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Chapter 14
JPOV:
The first semester of school was flying by. It was already the end of October, and Alice had all of our costumes planned for the halloween party. I was dreading it, as was Bella. she was
becoming more and more distant. I knew it wasn't because of me. It was because of Charlie. He had been getting thinner, but now he just looked down right awful. He was knocking
on death's door. We all felt bad for Bella, but never brought it up in front of her. She cried without our help. I was sitting in my room listening to some Keith Urban, trying to ignore my
life. I hadnt been to school this week. I was mostly avoiding Alice. I knew Bella wasnt going to school either. She had only been to all her classes about five times this month. Charlie
tried to get her to go, but she refused and he was in no shape to physically force her. He called us and tried to get us to come and make her attend, but we didn't have the heart to do it.
We told him we would, but never actually made it. My music changed from country to rock. I was starting to fall asleep when my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Jasper, what the hell are you doing?" Bella was drunk. Charlie must be in Seattle again.
"Im hiding from Alice. Im in my room, where are you?"
"Im coming over, be naked!" She giggled and fumbled with her phone. "Shit wheres hang up?" I heard her mumble. I laughed at her, and the phone finally disconnected. I turned my music down, and continued to lay there waiting for Bella. She came bursting through my door a few minutes after we hung up, and she was very drunk.
"Did you drive here?" Astounished she would attempt it.
"Shhhh." She couldn't finish she busted up laughing. I just shook my head. Drunk Bella was a bit better then sad Bella, but they were both pathetic in their attempts to down play the situation.
"Come here," I held my arms out to her, and she crawled up the bed to me. She sighed as she laid her head on my shoulder. Before I could even talk to her, I heard her breathing slow down. I looked at her and she was asleep. She looked like she could use a weeks worth of sleep. Her face was haggard, the circles under her eyes were so dark they were almost black. I felt terrible. This situation with Charlie was getting to Bella. She wouldn't tell me, but I could tell, she was letting his sickness eat away at her. I pulled the blanket up over her, I climbed out of my bed and padded downstairs. I decided to make some food for Bella. She needed to eat. I made her some tomatoe soup and grilled cheese sandwich.
Once it was finished I took it upstairs to her. I sat the food on the side table. I shook her softly.
"Bella darlin', wake up I made you some food. Bella darlin'." I shook her again. She moaned and slowly opened her eyes. "Hey darlin'." She smiled at me. "Here is some soup and a sandwich. Sit up, you need to to eat." She frowned but sat up. She had a hard time sitting still. She was still a little drunk. She did take a few bites of the sandwich.
"Thank you Jasper. This tastes good." She pulled the bowl of soup to her, and started eating it slowly. I guess it was still hot. She finished about half of her soup and sandwich. She laid back down on the bed curling up under the blanket. She was out before I could even realize it. I crawled into the bed next to her. I held her to me, eventually letting sleep overcome me as well.
I wasnt sure how long we had been asleep. I awoke and it was already dark outside. I shifted Bella a bit so I wouldnt wake her, I rolled to the side to look at my clock. It was already ten thirty eight. Bella had came over at eleven this morning. I laid on my back for a little bit. I could feel Bella moving around next to me. I turned my head to the right to look at her. She was streching and yawning. She looked much better now that she had slept some. I continued watching her wake up. Finally she opened her eyes, and looked at me. Her brow furrowed as she tried to remember why I was here. Then it dawned on her, she smiled at me, and leaned in and kissed me quickly.
"Im hungry." She whispered to me. I realized then that I was hungry too. I nodded, and got up. She followed suit. Apparently she sat up too fast because I could hear her groan.
I laughed and went out into the hallway. I turned the light on and made my way downstairs. I could hear her stumbling behind me. I turned on the lights in the kitchen and took in the mess
from our party this last weekend. I needed to throw away the empty bottles, and pizza boxes. I went to the fridge to figure something out. Bella moved the barstool back, and it made a
terrible screeching noise.
"Ah! That is miserable. Why am I so hung over Jasper? Oh, make me breakfast." I looked at her and she biting her lower lip, pleading with her eyes. I couldn't help it. I pulled out eggs and bacon. I got them cooking and poured us out some orange juice. I handed Bella tylenol with hers. She gladly took them, and watched me make her breakfast at night.
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To say Bella was distant before was a fluke. After she came to me drunk instead of us going to school changed everything. She was hanging out around us all again like nothing had happened. She even went back to school regularly. Alice, Rose and Bella immersed themselves into party planning. Halloween was this weekend, and Bella told me that if she could have some say in the party she might actually enjoy it. On friday we were all ditching to get the house set up. That meant I only had to endure one more day of classes this week. I got up early and got ready. I could hear Bella pulling up to take me to school. It was so backwards, but I couldn't help but smile. She came waltzing into my house looking happier and more alive then I had seen her in a while. She told me over the phone last night that Charlie was doing better. His body was responding well to the new round of treatment they were giving him each week.
I grabbed my books and we were off. I tried to focus on what the teacher was saying each period but I couldn't remember anything once we were dismissed to go on to the next thing.
Finally luch rolled around and we all got something different today. Bella actually ate her whole plate full which was shocking in of itself. My blur of a school day was coming to an end.
We were all waiting for gym to come to a close. We had been playing basketball. The girls opted to walk the track instead of participating. The three of us were half tempted to bow
out and join them, but when Newton over heard us talking about it he challenged us to a game. Emmett, Edward and I were not going to bow out. We slaughtered Mike Newton, Eric
Yorkie and Tyler Crowley. The girls could see us from the track, and everytime they got near our court they cheered us on.
Finally the dismissal bell rang. We all went into our locker room's and changed. Everyone was already talking about our party this weekend. They were all comparing costumes. Hoping someone else wasn't wearing the same thing. I rolled my eyes. That was the dumbest conversation I had ever heard in the guy's locker room. I had to look around for a second to make sure I didn't accidently walk into the girl's locker room. I got dressed back into my jeans, and tshirt quickly and headed out to meet the girls. We had to go to Port Angeles, according to Alice and pick up party supplies and our costumes she had custom ordered. Everyone drove thier vehicles home, and Bella followed picking everyone up in her Tahoe.
The trip to Port Angeles was uneventful. The same for shopping and dinner. We were all ready for the next day. Missing school to decorate and get started on the drinking. Maybe even some swimming. I needed to turn the pool heater on. I made a quick mental note to do when I got home. When I got home Bella followed me inside. I was shocked at first. I figured Charlie was home and wanted her to be there with him since she was staying with me all weekend.
"I need to talk to you real quick." She had my attention. I turned back to her and she looked nervous.
"Whats wrong darlin'?" I walked back to her and raised my right hand to her cheek. She leaned into and closed her eyes for a second.
"I told Charlie last night that I loved you, and you loved me. He wants to talk to you when he gets home Monday. I think he wants to know what your plans for the, OUR, future are." I kissed her forehead lightly.
"Well I plan to go to college where ever you are going. Yes I love you, and I am willing to follow you all over the world if required." She smiled when I said that. I decided to lighten up the conversation a bit. "So are you excited for tomorrow night?" She rolled her eyes.
"I am, but Im not looking forward to wearing that, I cant even call it a costume, that piece of material." I laughed. Alice had talked the girls into getting themed costumes, only forgetting to tell them they would be wearing half of the cotume. Although Alice swore up and down it was the full thing. Bella kissed me, and all thoughts left my mind. I was actually looking forward to seeing her in that sailor's suit.
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a/n I decided the halloween party will be in Bella's pov. The end of chapter 15 will not be fun. Im warning you now! Sorry I didn't get this one up yesterday. I was super exhausted so I
posted the other one that has been written for awhile now. Oh well, onward!