I'll be posting a song index in the end so you can listen to all the songs...well, except my compositions. haha. I'm just a big Taylor Swift fan!
19. A Place in This World
Aunt Rosalie introduced me to the crowd and I could just make out my friends' shrieks as I walked on the stage. I sang the first track.
"I'm alone, on my own
And I don't know
I'll be strong, I'll be wrong
Oh, but life goes on
Oh, I'm just a girl
Trying to find a place in this world."
I immediately got the crowd's attention. I sang the rest of the songs and everyone began dancing.
"Okay, this next song is dedicated to tons of people. My closest friends," I saw Aunt Alice, Mom and Dad join the crowd "my best-friends-slash-siblings, Alice and Edward; my almost-sister, Bella," Mom and Dad beamed at me while Aunt Alice winked approvingly at me "and of course, a very special someone who's standing beside me right now," I shot a sideward glance at Jake as he winked at me. The crowd screeched. "Well, anyway, you get the idea. Here goes . . .
"Friday night beneath the stars
In a field behind your yard
You and I are painting pictures in the sky
And sometimes we don't say a thing
Just listen to the crickets sing
Everything I need is right here by my side
"And I know everything about you
And I don't want to live without you
"I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well, you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I'm with you
"Just a small-town boy and girl
Living in a crazy world
Trying to figure out what is and isn't true
And I don't try to hide my tears
My secrets or my deepest fears
Through it all nobody gets me like you do
"And you know everything about me
You say that you can't live without me
"I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well, you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I'm with you
"When I'm with anybody else
It's so hard to be myself
And only you can tell
"That I'm only up when you're not down
Don't wanna fly if you're still on the ground
It's like no matter what I do
Well, you drive me crazy half the time
The other half I'm only trying to let you know that what I feel is true
And I'm only me when I wanna be
Well, I'm only me when I'm with you
With you . . . oh, yeah!"
The crowd went wild! A DJ took over so that Jake and I could have some "alone time."
"So that was the thing you won't tell me," Jake said.
"Mm-hmm," I mumbled. "Oh, shoot. Wait here, okay?" I dashed to m family remembering the "other dress."
"You were just awesome!" Mom said, hugging me tightly. "So that's what you think of your own mother? Your almost-sister?"
"Well . . ."
"I can't believe Dad's your best friend!" Dad said, wrapping his arms around me. I so hate it when they do this.
"Cut it out! I can't go all 'I wanna thank Mom and Dad and Aunt Alice' in front of everybody!" I replied indignantly. "Just because I'm the only one who can blush" I felt my cheeks warm up involuntarily.
"I loved it when your Mom did that," dad said longingly with a sigh. Mom elbowed him.
"Come on, we don't want to keep Jake waiting," Aunt Alice said, pulling me. We went to the girls' lavatory to get me changed. Once I was in my dress she went over my hair and make up again.
"Perfect," Aunt Alice said.
"Wait, what about Jake?" I remembered him not wearing an Italian inspired suit.
"Of course he won't look out of place," Aunt Alice replied.
"He's getting changed, too?"
"Well, let's just say he's all taken care of so you don't have to worry."
I'm sensing that Aunt Alice did something again. Uh-oh.
Vampires are such amazing creatures, huh? Especially ones like Alice..haha