A/N: I can't even begin to explain how ecstatic I am; this story has over 3000 hits and 20 reviews. I never expected anything like that, thank you so much. Please vote in my poll; I am getting close to the point where the story would change, should you want that. I really, truly can't go much further unless you tell how you want me to continue; I only have a few voters, and if more of you don't vote then they will get there way, and I know I have more readers than that. Enough rambling; please read and review. I am actually considering ending this story soon, and just continuing the plot as a sequel that would start at the beginning of Bella's senior year. I have placed Bella's birthday near the end of summer (right before school starts), and now here it is.

Disclaimer: It' 1, 2, 3 strikes you're out. Stephenie Meyer, I am not, so therefore Twilight isn't mine.

Chapter 12: It's My Party

The last week of summer was unfortunately here; just seven days left until school started. Alice had already taken me shopping for school supplies, and I had ended up with three times as many things as I normally would have bought.

The plan was to spend our last days of summer together, and enjoy our last hours of freedom before school started again.

I couldn't believe that I was actually going to be a senior, but that is beside the point. Today is my 17th birthday!

The whole gang was coming over to my house for a party at 6, that Alice had planned. That crazy little pixie was even more excited than I was.

This is going to be the best birthday ever! I'm 17, I have the most amazing boyfriend, and I also have the best group of friends any girl could hope for.

Everyone was having a great time, and my parents were even getting along. The pizza had been eaten, the cake and ice cream had been served, and it was finally time to open my presents.

My dad handed me a rather large, somewhat heavy, wrapped box. I quickly tore the paper off, and opened the box to find a brand new Mac Book. I turned to my dad, thanked him, and gave him a huge hug.

My mom handed me the next box. It was much smaller, and better wrapped, but I knew I would be equally pleased with her gift; she knew me so well, and always gave the best gifts. I quickly opened the package to find a digital camera.

The next gift was from Alice; she of course got me clothes. Clair got me some really cute earrings, and the list goes on.

The present I was most excited for was the one from Edward. I wasn't happy with the fact that he spent money on me, but I was still wondering what he could have possibly gotten me.

He approached me slowly with a very small rectangular box. Oh no, he got me jewelry. Holy shit! The box is blue. I could kill that boy for getting me something from Tiffany's.

He handed the box to me, and as I slowly untied the white ribbon I could see the nervousness in his eyes. I lifted off the top, to discover one of those silver toggle bracelets with the heart charm. As I looked more closely at the bracelet, I noticed that the words "Forever, my love" were engraved on the charm. It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

"Hello, party people," I heard some girl yell to my right. I turned around to find Tanya entering my backyard. I felt my face fall immediately, and turned to Alice looking for an explanation.

"Don't look at me; I certainly didn't invite her," she replied to my silent question.

"Well, then who did?" I asked as we made our way over to her, Clair and Angela joining us along the way. Angela had just gotten back from her trip to Europe, and I was glad that she was there to back me up.

"Hey Bitch, what the hell are you doing at my party because you were definitely not invited," I practically shouted at her.

"Like I need an invitation, every party needs me. No one doesn't invite me to a party," Tanya retaliated.

"Well apparently I'm nobody, and I don't care because you are definitely not invited to this party. Now get the hell out of my backyard!"

"Babe, are you okay?" Edward asked, coming up behind me.

"Of course, I can take out the trash just fine by myself," I sneered at Tanya.

"You haven't seen the last of me Swan!" Tanya yelled, before finally leaving through the gate.

A few days later, Edwards and I decided to go out for coffee. We arrived at the Starbucks, and the barista took our order quickly.

After we picked up our drinks, we went to sit down on a couch that was positioned in front of a large bay window at the front of the store. I nestled into his shoulder, and we sat there talking about mostly nothing for at least an hour.

I excused myself to go use the restroom, and gave Edward a quick peck on the lips. I told him I loved him, and made my way towards the back of the Starbucks.

I checked my appearance in the mirror, and quickly reapplied my lipgloss before exiting and returning to my Edward. My heart was totally unprepared for what I saw next.

Tanya was straddling Edward on the couch, and fiercely making-out with him, but the part that killed me the most was that his hands were on her ass. I literally felt my heart fall into my feet.

I immediately ran forward, and took a hold of that bitch's hair and yanked her backwards. She looked up at me from the floor completely stunned, but when she noticed that I was on the verge of tears, a sly smile came across her face.

"Just get the hell out of here before I kick your ass," I told her, and she quickly got up and ran or the door, smirking the entire way.

"How could you?" I yelled at Edward. "How could you do that to me?" I looked down at the floor, hoping that the tears would hold off for just a little bit longer.

"Bella," he began, but I cut him off.

"After what she did to you, why?" I asked.

"Bella, I'm so sorry, she just jumped on me. I know that's not really a reason or an excuse, but please believe that I didn't want it or enjoy it," he stood up, and walked towards me, but I stopped him as he tried to put his arms around me.

"No, no, no, no, no, I will not fall for your tricks. You will not lie to me. I saw your hands on her ass! How could you do that to me, knowing what my father did to my mom?!" I turned, and ran out the door, but he followed me and pulled me backwards and into him.

"Bella, please don't go, I'm sorry. I don't know what else to say, but please don't go, I love you," he was pleading with me.

"You love me! You love me! What a relief, I was worried that after I saw you cheating on me that you would hate me," I retreated into sarcasm to hide my pain.

"Bella, please, can we talk about this?" he looked so pathetic that I almost gave into him. Instead of doing that however, I removed his bracelet from my wrist, and threw it at him before running for my car; there was only one person that I wanted to talk to at this point.

As soon as I was safely looked in my car, I pulled out my phone, and dialed the number of the one and only person that I knew could help me through this. It seemed as if the phone rang forever, but it was finally answered after just three rings.

"Hello?" asked the only voice I wanted to hear.

"Mommy, I need you," I sobbed into the phone.

"Oh sweetie, what's wrong?" my mother asked.

"Not yet, can I come over?"

"Of course baby girl," with that we hung up, and I quickly headed over to her house.

For most of the night I sobbed in my mother's arms; I had no idea how I was going to face my first day of senior year the next day, especially with out him.

A/N 2: Please don't hate me for doing this to them. Sadly, it is a necessary thing. Also, this is the last chapter of For the Love of the Game; I promise, there will be a sequel soon. I hope that you know understand why this chapter took me so long to finish; it was an extremely difficult and painful thing for me to write. The sequel will be coming soon, and I will put a note on this story in case you haven't put me on alert. I think it will be called How To Deal, but that is subject to change, so keep your eyes peeled for anything new from me. Please review; I would love to know your opinion. I have also changed the poll to reflect the rating of my next story, which is the sequel to this one. The votes so far have been for what I was hoping, and I am looking forward to writing more.

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