Another chapter, woohoo! :) 11. Tattoo
After a short ride we arrived at the cliffs. Kids were already there and getting the pit for the fire ready. We exited the car and grabbed whatever we had brought with us out of the trunk. I followed our group over to a large log by the pit and draped my jacket over it. I was ready to party but people were just sitting around talking, waiting for the fire to start, or couples were walking down by the water. So I sat next to a girl that had come with us.
"Hey Bella." The girl said. I looked over at her and I realized that her face was really familiar.
"It's Angela, right?" I wasn't sure
"Yeah, I'm in your biology class."
"Oh yeah." So that's where I saw her.
"So how's your weekend been?" She was shy, it was easy to tell.
"Pretty good. Last night I stayed over at the Cullen place and-"
"The Cullen's house?"
"Why does that surprise everyone?" Seriously was there some problem with their family or something that made it so strange for them to talk to other people.
"Well it's just that the Cullens don't usually talk to anyone else, they always keep to themselves, it's just...different, that's all."
"Huh." Why would they suddenly change their ways just to talk to me, it's not like I'm anything special. "Well anyway, today my dad had his friends over and then before you guys picked me up we got into an argument, so far its been a pretty eventful weekend." I laughed. "But how about you?"
"Well last night I had to babysit my two brothers while my parents went out for their 'date night' and then I had to work on that book report for English."
"Damn, I totally forgot about that. When is it due?"
"Wednesday." Fuck, I'm screwed.
"Great."
"I'm sure you'll be fine." She said.
"You obviously don't know me to well." I smirked.
"Duck!" Some guy yelled from the other side of the pit. I looked up to see a football flying towards me and I moved my head just in time. I grabbed the ball off the ground and walked up to the guy.
"Watch where you throw this thing." I snarled.
"Hey my bad, it's not like I meant to." He held his hands up in this 'don't hurt me' gesture.
I could smell beer on his breath and sure enough behind him was a cooler full of it.
"Look I'll forget this ever happened if you hand me a beer." I'm not the kind of girl who usually drank beer, I preferred tequila, or martinis, beer is just so frat boy party or sitting in front of a TV screen watching a football game.
"Sure thing." He took the ball from my hand and replaced it with the drink.
"Thanks kid." I said as I walked off.
"No problem." He said in this slow voice. I glanced behind me and he was watching my ass the whole time as I walked. Pig.
"Bella?" I turned at my name being called and saw a face I wasn't expecting to see.
"Hey Jacob."
"I didn't think you would be here."
"Yeah I could say the same to you." It looked like mostly older kids were here and Jake is just too young to look like he belonged here.
"I came with some other kids." He glanced down at the beer in my hand and looked slightly surprised. "I didn't think you were a beer kind of girl."
"I'm not. I'd prefer something better," and a bit stronger. "but I don't really care what I'm drinking right now."
"Rough night after we left?" he asked.
"Definitely. Charlie was being such an ass to me and we got in a fight right before I left to come here." I took a long sip from my drink.
"Over what?" I found it weird that he actually cared.
"Well first he had a problem with the way I was dressed, saying that I looked like I was going to a party. I don't know what was wrong with that but whatever. So I disagreed, he said he didn't like my attitude or the way that I think I can do whatever I want. So I told him like it is and said that I have no freedom and that he's treating me more like his maid than his daughter, so then he tried to ground me but I just walked out and got into my friend's car." I rushed it all out. I'd be surprised if he understood what I said.
"I think he's just taking his anger from the argument with my dad out on you, because I'm pretty sure that's what my dad is doing. He was yelling at me earlier when we got home from your house saying that I never helped out and that I was always out during the weekends." he rolled his eyes. "And by the way, I don't see what Charlie was worrying about, you look amazing in that."
"Aw thanks Jake." I really hoped he didn't have a crush on me, I don't date younger guys. Even with the horrible light I could tell he was blushing. "So do you guys party at these things or do you just sit around and chat?"
"What did you have in mind?" He asked.
"Well I was hoping to get drunk off my ass, forget about Charlie, and dance."
"You know you're not at a club Bells."
"I know but I wish I was." I sighed
"Well the night is still young and I'm sure with you here this bon fire is gonna be a bit different than usual."
"Bet your ass it will be." I grinned and chugged what was left in the bottle.
I don't know how many drinks I had had but all I knew was that I had gotten my wish. I was grinding up on some guy and the place looked like a spring break party on MTV. People were finally dancing, the fire was blazing, and rap music was blaring from a stereo someone had brought with them.
Now this is more like it, I thought.
In the middle of all this I had taken off my sweater and was wearing the tank top that I had on underneath. It may be chilly out but right now I was hot, and I mean that in both ways. The guy I was dancing with had his hands on my hips and was guiding my movements when I heard Jessica's annoying voice in my ear.
"Bella we have to go, its getting really late." She pulled on my arm and dragged me away from the guy.
"Wait," I whined. "Where are my clothes?"
Jessica rolled her eyes. "Angela has your shirt and your jacket."
"Aw I love Angela." I said as I swayed.
"And I would love it if you didn't throw up in my car."
"I can hold my drink." I defended. And I could, we played drinking games all the time back home and I always held mine the longest. Well except for this one time, but that wasn't my fault, if Riley would have quit shaking me I would have been perfectly fine. But I guess she got what she deserved, that gorgeous dress she was wearing isn't worth shit now.
Jess helped me into the car and I sat with my face pressed against the cool window. I guess I fell asleep-or passed out- because the next thing I knew someone was shaking me awake.
"Ow!" I screeched when someone pinched me. "Damn bitch that hurt."
"We're at your house." Mike said from beside me. When did his arm wrap around my shoulders?
"Damn. Already?" I groaned as I grabbed my stuff and stumbled my way out of the car.
On my way to the door I slid my phone from my pocket and checked the time two thirty. Woah deja vu. This is just like last weekend when I came home late...and she ended up shipping me here. I wonder if Charlie would ship me back? That might not be too bad actually.
As quiet as I possibly could I turned the knob and entered the house. I could hear that the Tv in the living room was still on but I didn't know if Charlie was still up. So I tip-toed my way past the living room and was almost to the stairs when I heard it.
"Bella come in here." He was in the kitchen. Dammit I didn't even think about him being in there. I walked in and leaned against the counter. "If you're gonna try to sneak in I recommend having your friend turn off her lights when she drives down the street."
"You know the good cop bad cop thing is really old so if you have something to say stop beating around the bush and say it already." I spat out, he really wasn't my favorite person right now and I wasn't in the mood to pretend. "But I'll be sure to remember that for next time." I threw that in just to piss him off.
"There won't be a next time Bella."
"Because you're sending me back to Renee's?" I guessed and judging by the look on his face I had said that a bit too happily.
"No because you're grounded, and I mean it." He said sternly.
"Yeah well you told me I was grounded earlier but we both saw how well that worked for ya." He stood up and walked over to stand in front of me.
"I called Renee and-"
"You called Renee!" I was furious. Does he know hoe this could ruin my plans if she's mad at me too? "What the hell did you do that for?"
"Because we agreed when she called me to send you here that I would update her on every important thing that happened while you were here. But she agreed with me and said you definitely are grounded."
"Wait, Renee agreed with you? That's absurd." I remember every time she would tell me something about him she always would say something about how they could never agree on anything, and I also knew that Renee wouldn't agree with grounding me because she knew that would just make me want to sneak out. "You didn't call her." I said with a triumphant grin on my face. "You were too afraid too because you knew she would start telling you how to handle me, and she told me how you hate to be told what to do."
"So I didn't call her, but not because I was afraid, because I knew that you were going to that fashion show in a few weeks and-"
"And you didn't want to ruin your chances of having a free weekend away from me right?"
"Why do you think everyone is always trying to get rid of you Bella?" Charlie asked in an almost furious voice.
"I don't think that, but come on Charlie you can't tell me that's not what you were thinking when you heard I would be going away for the weekend."
"No, do you know what I thought Bella? I thought that I just got you back and you'd be leaving me again."
I refrained from rolling my eyes. "Oh come on Charlie don't pull that shit."
"It's true Bella." The was a silence. "Where's your shirt?"
Huh? I looked down and saw that I was wearing my tank top, I had forgotten that I took my sweater off. "It got hot so I took it off." I explained as I grabbed it off the counter and waved it in his face.
"Its barely fifty degrees outside, I really don't think that's tank top weather. And do I smell beer on your breath?"
"It's hot when you're dancing with people next to a huge fire, and I had a few drinks, no biggie."
"It is Bella. That's underage drinking."
"What are you gonna do Charlie? Arrest me?" I laughed.
"I should, but I wouldn't. Now go upstairs Bella. It's getting late, we'll continue this conversation in the morning."
"Sure thing chief." I said sarcastically and went upstairs.
In my room I stripped down to my underwear and dove under the covers, too tired to bother with finding my pajamas. I was asleep within minutes.
"Isabella Marie Swan, what the hell is that?!" Charlie's voice replaced my alarm clock. Oh goody, guess who woke up with a hangover headache, yay me.
"What are you yelling about?" I asked groggily.
"That-that thing on your lower back."
"My ass?" What the hell was he talking about?
"No, your tattoo!"
My tattoo? How can he see that? I looked down to discover that I was wearing only a bra and underwear, thank god I hadn't worn a thong last night or this would have been even worse.
"It's just a tattoo Charlie, what's the big deal?" I asked as I sat up and bed and wrapped the sheets around my body.
"Get up and get dressed, we'll talk about this when you're fully clothed." He stomped out of my room. Well I guess someone's still a little grumpy about what happened last night, oh well. If I was going to stay here till god knows when then he's have to get used to it. I grabbed my clothes from my closet; just a juicy couture track suit, and went into the bathroom. A shower was in need, I felt sweaty and gross.
In the bathroom mirror I examined this morning's reason for a screaming match; my tattoo. It was just a design done on my lower back in hot pink in black, no big deal. But thank god he hadn't seen what was on the front of my body, that was something I wish I hadn't got.
After showering and getting ready for the day I went down stairs to see Charlie.
"Does your mother know you have a tattoo?" He asked before I got a chance to sit down on the couch.
"Of course she does. She got one with me." I laughed. "That was a fun day."
His nostrils flared. "Why doesn't that surprise me?"
"Because it's Renee."
Charlie grumbled something unintelligible.
"Listen Charlie, it's just a tattoo. I don't know why you're freaking out about everything I do all of a sudden. Like last night, I was wearing a sweater and jeans. I was barely exposing any skin, and you freaked out. What's you deal?" For once I wasn't yelling, and I think that scared Charlie even more.
He put his head in his hand and rubbed his forehead. "I know that it wasn't anything bad but I just-I hate seeing you go out like that."
"Like what?"
"Like you're about to go out on some runway, or you're going out on a date with some boy. I've seen those outfits you wear to school Bella and I know that you probably have every guy after you, it scares me Bells. I don't want to see you get hurt. It's like I just got my baby girl back but she's already grown up and doesn't need her dad looking after her anymore." I could see how hard it was for him to say how he felt and for once I didn't roll my eyes or say how stupid it all sounded.
Then I did something unexpected. I got up and hugged him. "I'm sorry Char-dad if you hate seeing me like that but you're right, I am grown up now. But that doesn't mean I don't need you. I just don't need you to freak out and ground me every time I wear something you don't like, okay?"
"Yeah I got it." Charlie sighed.
"Good, because I'm really getting sick of being cooped up in this house so I was thinking I was going to go shopping today and expand my wardrobe a bit."
I just may end up giving Charlie a heart attack by the time I leave this place.
I hope you all liked it. I'm so proud of myslef for all the writing i've been doing lately, it's insane. Anyway review please.
Peace, ERIN