As promised here is another chapter. Enjoy!
Post-Graduation: Party ConfessionsBella's POV
As soon as the ceremony was over large warm arms engulfed me. I turned and he lifted me on his shoulders.
"Jacob!" I shouted even though I was certain he would not drop me.
"Ha! Alright." He said and set me down on the ground, but as soon as my feet touched the ground I was pulled into another hug. This one was colder. I turned to see Edward.
"What do you want?" Jacob snarled.
"I just came to congratulate her… and ask her something."
"You don't ask her anything you filthy bloodsucker! Leave!"
"Bu—"
"I said LEAVE!" I saw hate in Jacob's eyes.
Edward sighed, turned on his heel, and stalked away.
"I'm sorry Bells. I know you want me to be nice, but after he tried to turn you I just can't look at him let alone talk to him."
I put my hand on his cheek and he looked at me. I saw the same hate in his eyes but there was also guilt.
"You have nothing to apologize for." I said. "We'll talk later." I said as I saw my father working his way through the crowd.
"Bells!" My father cried. "You did it! My little girl! Come on lets celebrate!"
"Sure." We started walking towards the car but Jacob started to walk towards the woods. I turned and grabbed his arm.
"Jacob. Where are you going?"
"It's OK. I've just got some dog problems to deal with. I'll see you at the party." That startled me.
"The party?"
"Yeah the one at the Cullens."
"Yeah I know which party I just didn't know you were going." He smiled.
"Well I am so I'll see you there."
With that he leaned down and pecked me on the lips and turned on his heel. As he vanished into the crowd I couldn't help but worry about him.
I ran back to the car and Charlie gave me a questioning look.
"Where did you go?"
"Oh, I went to say bye to Jake."
"Where is he going?"
"He has… some business to take care of. He said I would see him at the party."
"Oh."
"So where do you want to eat?" I asked before he could ask me anymore questions.
"Ummmm the diner?"
"Sure."
The drive to the diner was silent.
Of course Charlie ordered a steak and I ordered a burger. It was pretty good. When I was done and waiting for Charlie I looked around the diner. I've never actually looked around the diner before. There are bunches of partly faded newspapers littering the walls.
The colors of the newspapers went from yellow and went slowly to gray. There were a bunch of booths and in the front where you paid there were a bunch of knick-knacks in a glass case. Even farther in the front room there was a chair with the head of a bear on it.
When Charlie was done we walked to the car and he drove me over to the Cullens house. This time we had to talk because if we hadn't we would have gotten lost.
"It's a good thing you know where they live." Charlie said after about the fifth turn.
Finally we arrived in the driveway. Once again Alice had out done herself. The driveway was glowing with what seemed like hundreds of lanterns and streamers.
We got out of the car and Charlie walked me to the door.
"Well have a good time Bella." He walked back to the car but as he was about to get into the door he turned.
"But not too much fun." He said. I smiled but his face looked stern.
"You got it dad." I said and the got in the car and drove away. As soon as my dad was out of sight Jacob emerged from the forest.
He took me in his arms and lifted my chin.
"Hey." He whispered against my lips. He trailed his finger down my cheek caressing it when he reached my chin. And then… his lips met mine.
His warm soft lips molded to mine in the most natural way possible. I felt his tongue trace my bottom lip asking for entrance. Of course I granted it. I felt his soft tongue as it touched mine. I smiled and so did he. It was perfect. Should have known it couldn't last.
I heard the door open but I didn't care. That was until the person that opened the door cleared his throat and I pulled back.
With irritation I found myself looking at Edward.
"What?" Jacob asked with obvious irritation in his voice.
"Oh, well excuse me you're just kissing Bella on my porch I didn't mean to interrupt." Edward answered with the same irritation.
"Jealous?" Jacob asked his voice now smug.
"Either get in the house or leave." Edward said without meeting Jacob's gaze.
"That's no way to treat a guest." Jacob said as he walked in.
"Hmh." Edward answered.
Edward and I stood there for about a minute just staring at each other before I walked in.
The inside of the room was even more astonishing. There were more lanterns inside but that was just a minor decorations. There were streamers everywhere weaved out of each other in the most intricate patterns. There was a table just for food and a punch bowl sat on the end of it. It was filled with some red liquid that was such a deep color of red I thought it was blood for a second. :D
Each one of the Cullens was in a different spot in the room Alice was in the center of the room right under the disco ball, Jasper was naturally next to her, Rosalie and Emmett were on the stair case talking (when I came in Rosalie glared at me), Carlisle and Esme were walking up the stairs to Carlisle's office, lastly Edward was by the door waiting to open it for guests. Edward, Jasper, and Alice still had the same expressions as they did at the graduation.
I noticed that the lights on in the room made the Cullens look slightly odd. I figured Alice did this to make me stand out. She was always trying to make me the center of attention even though she knew I hated to be in the spotlight.
It wasn't long before people started coming. The first people that came were Mike, Jessica, Angela, Ben, Tyler, and Lauren. It was so amusing when they walked in the door. They stepped in so cautiously you would have thought they were stepping into a pitch-black cave.
After them it seemed as if everyone started to arrive. Everyone wanted to learn more about the mysterious Cullens.
About 15 minutes into the party the room was full of people and it seemed as if everyone was happy. The music was infectious, the decorations were wonderful, and the food was delectable. I was going through the crowd mingling. Of course Jacob was by my side. I went around the room twice and when I wasn't talking to anyone I was talking to Jacob.
The night was going great. Too bad it had to end. I was talking to Jessica again when I saw Alice's determined look break for a second and Edward's confused look change to realization. I instantly knew what happened.
"Excuse me Jess." I said and Jacob and I made our way across the room to the kitchen.
"This is what you were hiding all day? What if something happened?" I heard Edward snap at Alice.
"Well I think I got that covered seeing as I'm physic." Alice shot back sarcastically.
"You know sometimes your visions aren't right." Edward growled.
"Oh, so now you're not going to trust my visions but you sure as hell did when you went to go and kill yourself!" Alice yelled.
"Guys." Jacob cut in. "What are you talking about?"
"Oh, I guess they didn't tell you either." Edward said pointing at Alice and me. Jacob turned to look at me.
"This morning Bella had an "epiphany" and thinks that Victoria is the one making the newborns to et revenge on Bella. And apparently Bella has been having dreams about a guy vampire that killed her father and is in alliance with Victoria."
"Is this true?" Jacob questioned me.
"Yes." I whispered. There was silence.
I tried to look down but Jacob lifted my chin after a minute.
"You should have told me." He said gently. When I looked into his eyes I expected to see anger but what I saw was much worse. It was a solemn like he was telling a little child they had done something bad.
"I know I'm sorry. I just didn't want you to freak out."
"Don't you think I would freak out more if Victoria showed up and told me this herself?"
"Yes. I'm sorry. I should have told you."
"Well." Edward cut in. "We should probably prepare to fight. I mean if Victoria is looking for revenge on Bella and she has an army of newborns chances are she is going to come here."
"Yes you're right." Jacob said a bit grudgingly.
"Are you and your pack in?" Edward asked.
"What do you think jack-ass?" Jacob said sarcastically.
"Just asking." Edward mumbled. " Ok se let's meet in the baseball clearing. Can you follow our scent or do you need directions?" Edward asked.
"I'll take him." Alice cut in.
"How are you going to get him? He'll probably be on the reservation."
"Ha. You still trying to delude yourself into thinking that I don't love Bella?" Jacob asked Edward. He didn't answer. He turned to Alice.
"I'll be at Bella's house if you need me." He said and then exited the kitchen. I turned to Edward.
"That was really low Edward." I hissed.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He said stupidly.
"Yes you do don't lie. You were hoping that this would drive some sort of wedge between us."
"Did it?" he asked his voice a little hopeful.
"No." I said extremely aggravated. I walked out of the kitchen and slammed that door behind me. Jacob was outside the door waiting.
"You ok?" I asked.
"Yeah it's just… next time tell me first. I don't like finding out these things last and I especially don't like finding them out from Edward."
"I am so sorry Jacob I didn't think. Every time I told Edward something he completely freaked and I just didn't want that to happen with you."
"I'm not Edward, Bells."
"I know I'm sorry." He sighed.
"I know you are. Listen I'll climb through your window around 10:30p.m. and leave around 2:00 a.m. so I won't be there in the morning."
"I want to come with you."
"Bells no it's going to be dangerous I don't want to put you in that position. If something gets out of hand and you're there you could get hurt."
"Jacob have a little faith." I said.
"I don't know." He said obviously still uneasy.
"Jacob I'll be fine. Please let me go."
"Ok. I trust you."
"Come on let's get out of here" he said.
" Alice will probably kill me but I can deal with that." He smiled. And we walked out of the door.
He drove me to my house. He let me out of the car and walked me to the door and turned to me.
" Ok, I'll see you at 10:30." Then he pecked me on the lips, walked to his car, and drove away.
I walked in the door and found Charlie passed out on the couch a beer in his hand.
I sighed and woke him up so he could go to bed. We both walked up the stairs and went to bed. I didn't change because I was just going to have to change again at 2:00 so I just pushed back the covers and decided to take a short nap. I knew Jacob would wake me when it was time to go.
I trusted him.
This was the last thing I thought before I drifted into a peaceful slumber.
What seemed like 30 minutes later I was woken by Jacob's sweet voice.
"What?" I said wiping the sleep from my eyes.
"Come on Bells. It's time to go."
Ok so this chapter was longer and I'll be trying to post another soon. P.S. The description of the diner is really accurate. I went to Forks this summer and this is pretty much what it looks like.
Alice has forseen...
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