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CHAPTER 25
Edward's POV
I was being auctioned off in a couple of minutes and I was kind of nervous that I would be stuck with some snobby bimbo who would just hit on me or bore me with her stupidity. I was out of luck because Tanya couldn't bid on me since she was in charge of everything and Rose was going to get Em just like Alice was going to do the same with Jasper and the person I wanted most to bid on me wasn't going to do so since she was being bid herself to God knows who. So I also had to worry about that too….why the fuck did I sign up for this? Right, to help my best friend who happens to be my girlfriend and just as I was talking about her she walked up to me putting her arm around my waist and snuggling in my chest. I smiled at her. She was such a cuddler.
"Edward you look so handsome" said Tanya with a huge smile. She gave me a short peck on the cheek and rested her head on my forehead when she pulled away "…you're going to get me the most money tonight I will be eternally grateful to you forever and ever"
"You can make it up later tonight when I come over" I told her with my signature lopsided smile.
She shook her head with a weird expression, her eyes were sad and nervous for some reason "Edward, we have to talk" she said in a serious tone.
"Sure, what is it Tanya?" I asked her.
"I met someone and I think….no, I know that I really like him so we have to break this off" said Tanya quickly. She looked at the floor and then back at me like if this was really bad news or something….wasn't she supposed to be happy she had met someone?
"Oh" I said surprised that she hadn't even mentioned that she met anyone new I thought we were best friends; we told each other everything "Well that's great" I said sincerely pulling her into a hug and kissing the top of her head "Who's the lucky fella?" I asked her.
Tanya laughed surprised "Oh thank God Edward I thought….I thought that you would hate me for doing this to you"
I chuckled not understand why she was my best friend I wanted her to be happy even if that meant that I was being left alone "Why? You're my best friend and you have finally found someone special I'm happy as hell for you."
"Thank you Edward" She said smiling hugely at me. She kissed my cheek again and hugged me so tight that I chuckled I could barely breathe right now but I didn't tell her or pull away she was thrilled right now and I wasn't going to break her bubble "It's Jake" she said quietly.
"Jake?" I asked a little confused until I remembered that Bella sometimes called Jacob Black, Jake "Jacob Black?" I asked surprised as hell. Well I had seen them a couple of times together this past week but I didn't think it was like that….wow Jacob Black stole Tanya from me got to give him props for getting her attention because Tanya is very picky when it comes to relationships so he must have something special in him I suppose.
She nodded and smiled ear to ear and her eyes got that twinkle on them so I knew that this was serious "It just happened. I really like him he's sweet and funny and totally sexy"
I laughed from now on our friendship was going to be interesting I would be hearing her talk about Jacob did this and did that, it was going to be certainly funny well at least for now it would probably get irritating hearing about happy love lives when I had none whatsoever but what can you do? "Wow this is surprising I guess Jacob and I are finally even then…." I looked at her sweetly "…as long as we're still friends I'm happy for you."
"Of course you're my best friend Edward Cullen"
"Mine too Tanya" We hugged again.
"Come on love birds time to break it up" said the Greek Advisor, Elena Alvarez. She was in her late twenties and was extremely HAPPY all the damn time but she was cool in a hippie on crack sort of way. Tanya and I pulled out apart and I smiled at her letting her know that all was going to be good between us even if she was in a relationship now.
"Time to start selling the people" said Tanya with a small smile. She walked towards the red curtain and began talking to some guy who had an ear piece on him. I hadn't noticed that Elena was now standing right in front of me wide eyed and smiling at me
"Oh Edward, this is going to be such a terrific night I am so sure that we are going to make tons of money for the carnival and for everything else we have planned for the Greek system"
I smiled at her and lied straight through my teeth there was no way I was going to talk to her for the next ten minutes right now "Yeah Elena well I should get a drink of water I'm feeling kind of parched"
"Oh of course hun!" said Elena pinching my cheek. I walked away to the back were there was a small room with refreshments and bags of chips to keep the people entertained as they waited for their name to be called. I looked around for the guys but they were nowhere to be found and where was Bella? Where they all together and running late? Probably.
I sat down on the couch thankful that no one was sitting on it and drank a can of Coke in a few long sips finally Bella walked in a little flushed and sat down next to me.
"Why so breathless?" I asked her.
"I ran here….I thought I was late because the clock in our room said I was but apparently it was wrong…" she took a deep breathe "… and I thought it already started but when I got here Emmett and Rosalie just laughed at me and told me that they hadn't started yet….oh God" she leaned her head back on the couch.
I chuckled and patted her knee with my hand "Where were you that you forgot about this?"
"Nowhere" she said curtly.
"Nowhere?" I leaned closer to her smiling at her "I didn't know that friends kept things from each other Bella, friends don't lie to each other"
"It's nothing Edward…." I watched her carefully. She was lying to me? But why? "I need a cold drink" She stood up and walked off to the table. Elena walked in and gave me a thumbs up sign and I just smiled at her and thought LUNATIC.
"All right boys and girls thank you so much for volunteering to be sold to the community I really hope that we can make this night with at least 100,000 dollars so that we can continue with the plans that the Greek's have planned for the rest of the year" She took a long breathe out and then clapped her hands "Well it's time all boys please make it up to the back of the curtains and wait for you name to be called, I'll be back to get you ladies"
"Good luck!" said Bella happily as she sat down again on the chair. She slapped my back rather hard but I didn't say anything about that "I hope you get someone that won't try to seduce you!" she said teasingly.
"Why thank you, please keep your fingers crossed for that" I smiled at her and got up and walked out of the room to the front of the room. I got close enough to the curtains to see that Tanya had walked in from the other side looking confident and smiling hugely at the Miami community and students.
"Welcome to the First Beautiful Auction, today you will be bidding on one of the hottest students in campus and if you bid the highest you will have the chance to spend an entire night with your dream guy or dream girl. Let the biddings begin" said Tanya. "First we would like to bring to the stage Mike Newton; he is a sophomore and has ocean eyes that most girls would consider dreamy. He is a member of a fraternity and plays college football and is member of the Auto Shop Club"
Mike strolled in all confident and smiling at the ladies while people clapped. "Let's start the bidding with fifty dollars!"
"50!" said a brunette.
"55!" yelled someone in the crowd who I couldn't see from were I was standing. Emmett and Jasper came up from behind me
"I hope Rose has a lot of cash with her because the ladies are going to want me" said Emmett smugly. He had actually dressed up a little bit for this occasion he was wearing his jeans and his sneakers like usual but had a nice black shirt on. Probably Rose made him do it.
I smiled and then my eyes flickered to Jasper "Jasper, just so you know there is this girl obsessed with you she's a junior a little bit of a nerd and is filthy rich so let's hope Alice drew out all of her bank account."
"What? Where did you hear this from?" asked worried Jasper. I was giving him a heads up about this it was sort of like a peace offering that things would be fine between us. He smiled at me but I could see that he didn't want any trouble and didn't even want to be a near girl that wasn't Bella or Alice.
"From the grapevine" I told him.
"Oh God I'm texting Alice right now to go to the ATM machine and get some money from my bank account."
Emmett laughed "That's cheating Jasper" he took Jasper's phone and put it on his front pocket "If you reach for it, I'll slug you"
Jasper looked torn but then he put his hands inside his pocket knowing that Emmett would definitely do something if he tried. He bit his look and looked up all anxiously and angrily at Emmett "If I have to go on a date with a weirdo I'll kill you Emmett"
"Would love to see you try" said Emmett confidently. I chuckled and then nudged Emmett whose name was being called. Emmett winked at us and walked out towards the front stage. Tanya introduced him and the biddings began at a 100 thanks to the commotion of the young ladies. In the end Rosalie won him at $1085. The bidding continued until it was Jasper's turn I punched his arm softly "Good luck"
He smiled uneasily and walked up to the stage. Tanya introduced him and then I saw Alice walking up to the front of the stage to get ready to place her bid and then another petite looking girl except she had blonde straight hair and glasses. She was okay looking I guess.
"Let the bidding begin at a $100" said Tanya.
Alice raised her hand "$125?" then the small blonde girl raised her hand and shouted "250" I laughed when I saw Alice gasp and glare murderously at her "400!'
"450" the blonde girl said. I glanced at Jasper and he was fidgeting around and playing with his fingers. This battle continued until finally Alice said "1000" the blonde girl looked inside her purse and then smiled victoriously "2000"
Alice gasped but this time I saw her frown and she shook her head at Tanya. Tanya gave her a comforting smile and said "Jasper Hale goes to Lindsay for 2000" Jasper returned with his arms hunched
"Dude she really is obsessed with you" said Emmett thinking it was hilarious.
"I'm sorry it's only 12 hours though that could go by quickly…..actually bring a chastity belt that girl is going to be all over you."
Alice stomped into the backstage furious "UGHHH I HATE THAT STUPID LITTLE GIRL!!"
Jasper ran towards her and put his arm around her shoulder "Babe, don't worry nothing will happen you know I only love you I'll be texting you every minute I swear…."
"Why the hell is she so obsessed with wanting you anyways? I mean I know why you're handsome and intelligent but….she doesn't even know you…or does she?" She looked at Jasper and he sighed knowing that this was definitely going to cause trouble no matter what he said. For a small fraction of a second I felt bad for him but then remembered that he had made my sister cry so I guess it was all worth it.
"No Alice I didn't even know she liked me until Edward told me just a few minutes ago" said Jasper.
"You know about that…that obsessed freaked with split ends and you didn't tell me!!" she hissed.
"I…it's not my fault I warned Jasper but Emmett stole his phone so that he couldn't warn you about her money." I told her quickly. I knew that it was very cowardice to place the blame on Emmett so quickly but Alice had been acting very possessive of Jasper lately and no way in hell was I going to pay for that.
"You coward" yelled Emmett loudly.
"Hello Edward to the stand???" said Cindy, a girl who was in the committee "They called you; get your ass up there."
"Oh" I walked up to the front stage and gave the girls a lopsided smile whatever got us more money towards the Thanksgiving Carnival. The girls began going crazy hollering and whistling at me like if I was a piece of meat. If I was the old Edward this would've been amazing and made my ego go scoring high but right now it was kind of weird….the only girl I wanted was Isabella and she was far from my reach.
In the end I was won for $2500 by some mysterious online bidder. Great, now I had to wait till tomorrow night to find out who was my highest bidder. Please, don't let her be the worst thing possible for me.
I walked backstage and there was Bella standing there as Alice played with her hair
"Your hair looks incredible thanks to me!" said Alice all happily "I can't wait to see whose going to buy your lovely self I hope he's rich so he can take out somewhere fancy"
"I just want this night to be over with I can't believe I signed myself up for this" she mumbled.
"It'll be a great experience for you" said Rosalie.
"It will?" asked Bella dubiously.
"Yeah" said Rosalie "…you'll get a free meal and know that you will never sign up for anything like this ever again you dumb fool"
"Oh wow thanks for making me feel so much better Rosalie" said Bella frowning.
"At least you'll know who bought you, I got bought by someone through online…that's just freaky" I told her putting my arm around her shoulder.
"I guess you have it worst….but we'll have to compare on midnight afterwards when this is all over with"
"Midnight Breakfast at Denny's" I suggested.
She smiled and nodded her head "Sounds like a plan."
"Isabella Swan" said Cindy with a small smile "You're up next"
Bella nodded nervously and looked up at me "Hope that I don't get a psycho…" then she looked up at the ceiling "God, let it be an old lady please I promise I won't curse ever again" then she sighed and quickly hugged Alice and Rosalie and walked up to the front of the stage.
"And here we have the lovely Isabella Swan, she's fresh meat to our university and look at that blush…isn't she special?" said Tanya smiling at her "Let's start at one hundred dollars"
"Can I raise my hand from here?" I asked Cindy.
She laughed "You can try but no one is going to see you"
The bidding finally ended and some guy won her for $914 and she walked back to us.
"Well did you see him closely?" asked Alice impatiently "All I could see is that he's a guy with black hair from over here"
"Well he's older then us at least that's what it looks like" said Bella slowly "He does have shiny black hair and he was wearing a black tank top or whatever the name that boys call it"
"Hmm that doesn't sound good to me" said Emmett.
"Oh whatever I'm sure she'll be fine Bella knows that if anyone tries anything frisky you go for the eye sockets, you stomp on their feet with your heels, or you go for the balls" said Rosalie.
"We're buying you pepper spray right now" said Alice grabbing her hand.
"Thank you" said Bella with a small uneasy smile. "I'm hungry"
"Yeah let's get some grub!" said Emmett. He glanced at me "Do you mind if we start on without you and then you and Tanya can meet up with us later"
"Actually I'll go now with you I'm pretty sure Tanya has plans later with Jacob anyways" I said.
"What?" asked Alice confused.
"Huh?" said Bella in a whispered tone.
"Tanya broke up with me, she likes Jacob and he likes her" I said like if it was the most best thing in the world "They go out now so I'm single again."
"Wow" said Emmett.
"Finally!" said Rosalie as she looked at Bella who was staring at the floor but I was pretty sure there was a smile on her face. Bella glanced up and yep, she was smiling and she looked at Alice who gave her a nod and then smiled back at her.
"Am I missing something?" I asked quietly.
"Nothing" the girls replied at the same time. Ok that wasn't weird at all.
Bella's POV
It was time. Alice was back with Jasper and she was thrilled and singing love songs constantly now….it was a little annoying sometimes but I understood it she finally got the love of her life back….so now it was my turn.
After Alice dressed me up in some really tight jeans and a pretty pink top and made sure my hair was smooth and perfectly wavy, I called her name.
"Yeah…" she said in a distracted tone since she was putting on eyeliner.
"I'm sorry Alice but I can't do this anymore…." She stopped what she was doing and put the pencil carefully on the dresser and turned to look at me "…you're happy now and I'm really happy but….what about me? You said to wait till Tanya and Edward broke up but I can't do that anymore, I can't wait any longer….it hurts to watch them together and it makes me so angry to see him kissing her you have no idea how much I want to punch Tanya…and I understand your reason for me not wanting to be with Edward….okay actually I don't really understand it but I can't do it anymore. I need to tell him how I feel" Alice nodded "That's all you're going to do? Nod?"
She nodded again "Yeah Bella, if you feel like you have to tell him then go on ahead tell him" she continued to do her make-up and I just sat there with my mouth open looking at her. What the hell? That was all she was going to say, I was freaking out about telling her this….and I had been sad/mad/frustrated that she had made me ignore my feelings for the past week and all she could do was nod and say that. What the fuck?
"You put me through all of this, to say that? What was the point of telling me to stay away from him if you're going to let me do what I want so easily" I yelled at her. At this point she was done and she grabbed a black sweater and put it on.
"Bella I might have been wrong when I told you that I was just so messed up with everything about Jasper and….I…I thought that you didn't deserve him because you hadn't want him back then but you are good for him Bella, he loves you still and I'm sorry for being such a mean friend"
"That's better" I said quietly.
"And you should tell him whenever you want too Bella because I think he's back, back to being the brother that is good and…..what we all need so tell him how you feel Bella."
I smiled at her "I will Alice"
She smiled at me "A hug?"
"A hug" I said smiling as we wrapped our arms around each other "So I'm going to tell Edward how I feel"
"Yes" she said nodding her head.
"Ok…when should I?"
"When you feel like you should Bella I can't tell you what to do even if I thought I could before….only you can control your future"
"Ok so I'm doing this…I'm going to tell Edward that I love him"
"Yes" she beamed at me "And then we're going to be sister in laws, that's pretty cool"
I laughed but stopped when I saw what time it was "Oh shit. I'm going to be late for that dumb auction I'll meet you there okay"
"But that…." she started but I didn't wait for her to finish I ran out of there towards the Student Center: Auditorium for the bidding.
It was finally done and over with I had been sold to someone named Sean Henderson and I was supposed to meet him at some address in Miami. Alice told me that was around were she lived which meant it was a house. She was not exactly happy about that and insisted that I was to text her every five minutes and if she didn't she would call the cops. I thought she was exaggerating but I was glad that she was taking care of me so fiercely.
We were all in the 24/7 diner in the school campus eating two pies of pepperoni pizza while we all talked and just hang out like the old days before Tanya was even a part of our group. To say that I was thrilled was an understatement….she was going out with Jacob, my buddy Jacob I knew he would treat her well and now that she was with someone else I even liked her.
"This is so not fair, while all of you are with your dates for the next twelve hours I'm going to be here all alone and bored and paranoid" she said the last part paranoid as she stared at Jasper who stopped midway from taking a bite of his pizza. He put it back down and kissed Alice on the cheek
"Just trust me please" he soothed in her ear.
"I am!" she said loudly. I knew it was going to be a long way for Alice to be confident again about her relationship with Jasper but I knew he wasn't going to give up on her.
Edward changed the conversation "I'm thinking that I might want to go to England for Thanksgiving"
"No! Wait why?" asked Alice frowning like a little girl who just lost her dog.
"Because I haven't spent thanksgiving with you guys in years…it'll be weird being there with Carlisle and Esme and…..I don't feel like getting drunk for Thanksgiving I actually want to enjoy the flavoring of the turkey"
"But you have to come, it's the first holiday we're going to spend as real siblings Edward you can't do this to me please we need you there so that it can be a complete family" whined Alice.
"What's in England?" I asked him.
"Nothing I just thought it would be pretty cool to go there maybe I go to the bars you know and catch a few English bands that would be pretty cool" said Edward.
"Or meet a hot babe over there" said Emmett with a huge grin.
"No I'm not going over there for girls just for the music and I like England I went there last year for Winter break it was a lot of fun" retorted Edward.
"With whom did you go with?" asked Rosalie.
"With a few guys from the frat" replied Edward.
"But you aren't even close to them" I told him
"We didn't need to be best friends to hit the clubs and go after girls" said Edward like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"But I thought you said you weren't going after girls" I told him frowning.
He smiled at me "Bella, I'm not going to hit on girls I was just saying that's what I used to do with the boys….I was thinking of just going by myself it could be pretty cool I could go to a pub for a Thanksgiving dinner or something….and I can make friends, I'm pretty friendly when I want to be."
"You sounded like a girlfriend Bella" said Emmett. I glared murderously at him but he just said "I love you too."
Thank God Edward did not say anything about that just continued to eating his pizza.
"And you sound like a buffoon Emmett" said Rosalie. "That reminds me brother dear, are you spending Thanksgiving with mom or with Alice?"
"I was thinking of spending it with Mom, why?" asked Jasper.
"Because I was thinking of spending it with Emmett and his family this year"
"Yeah, I convinced her after last night to come with me…." said Emmett. "So we're spending Thanksgiving with at the Cullen household, Esme better know how to cook or she's going to ruin my favorite holiday."
My cell phone rang it was Renee so I picked it up "Hey Mom"
"Hey sweetie how are you doing?"
"Good Mom right now just eating with a few friends."
"Oh that's good….well I guess I should spit it out then well honey there have been a slight change of plans this year"
"What do you mean?"
"Well there was this huge sale in this agency and it was just such a good offer Bella so I bought it with the credit card and well it looks like me and Phil are going to be spending Thanksgiving on a cruise to the Bahamas."
"What?" I shrieked on the phone. Everyone looked at me and I motioned Edward to let me slide out he did it quickly and I walked out of the diner and sat down on the steps.
"Honey I know that you always spend it with us but it was such a good deal and I was thinking you could just come in the following week when we come back…..and you could spend thanksgiving with Charlie instead I'm sure he would be glad to get a home cooked meal"
"Charlie is going to Alaska"
"Oh"
"Yeah Mom….." I sighed and rubbed my eyes "its okay Mom don't worry about it I'll think of something to do for Thanksgiving maybe I'll spend it with a friend"
"Are you sure? I feel really bad now I didn't know he was leaving to go to Alaska….why would anyone go to a place so cold?"
I smiled "He wanted to try it he's going with his friend Billy but…..you just enjoy yourself out there okay"
"Okay sweetie and I'm sorry and I love you baby girl"
"I love you too Mom….I should go"
"Of course. I'll see you the following week after thanksgiving"
"Yeah, bye Mom"
"Bye" I hung up the phone. "This sucks" I whispered. It looks like I was going to be spending Thanksgiving in the dorms all my darn self. I walked back into the diner and sat down in the outside this time since Edward had slid all the way to the window
"Everything ok lil sis?" asked Emmett.
I smiled at him and at everyone else before I responded "Yep just a minor change in plans"
"Oh what?" asked Rosalie.
"Well Renee got some deal to spend Thanksgiving in a cruise"
"Wow that's wonderful! You're going to have so much fun as long as you don't get sea sick" said Alice quickly.
I shook my head "That's the change….she bought two tickets one for her and for Phil"
"But what about you?" asked Edward.
"I'm going to be spending it here I guess" I grabbed another slice and bit it. Everyone was looking at me and I felt extremely self conscious "It's no big deal guys I'll be fine"
"No one should spend Thanksgiving by themselves" said Edward.
"I have an idea!" said Alice beaming at me "You'll spend thanksgiving with us"
Edward smiled "Yeah that's a great idea. If you come I'll go to the house too so now you have to come or Alice is going to hate you forever"
Alice nodded vigorously "Yep, so say yes!"
"Really? I wouldn't be bothering?" I asked.
"Of course not" said Alice.
"Thanks then I'll definitely go" I said smiling at them.
Jasper grabbed my hand from the other side "You're family now you don't need to thank anyone"
I smiled even more "You guys are the best friends a person could have"
"You can sleep with Rose and I since there is no more space" said Emmett.
"Or with Edward" suggested Rosalie with a sly smile. "Since you guys are so close it wouldn't bother any of you right?"
I looked at her she was obviously planning something but I couldn't just say no because I sort of wanted too but I didn't want too if that was going to make him uncomfortable.
"Yeah I guess I could sleep with Edward" I said in a cool tone. I glanced at him "Of course if you don't mind?"
Edward shook his head and smiled at me "I don't" then turned back to eating his pizza.
"Good then it's settled you'll be spending thanksgiving with us!" said Alice clapping her hands.
"Now I feel left out, everyone is going except for me" said Jasper.
"Then come, thanksgiving at home is delicious and all but it's not really homey" said Rosalie.
"I guess that's true I just thought Mom would want to have one of us at home ever since everything you know" said Jasper.
"I think Jasper should go home, his mom needs him" said Alice.
Rosalie sighed "Whatever, Em and I are going the day afterwards and she completely understands so I'm not going to worry about it."
It was tomorrow already and I was dressed in some jeans and a nice brown tunic top I had the pepper spray in the pocket of my jeans just like Alice requested. I had drove down to that house and parked behind a black SUV that looked completely brand new. I walked to the door and knocked on the door and I think the guy who bought me last night opened it.
"Hi I'm Sean" he said with a friendly smile. I smiled a little seeing that he didn't look or sound like a creep and took the chance to look at him better. He was extremely tall, taller then Emmett and Edward and Jasper, so he was a giant. He was very skinny as well but I could tell he had muscles because of the way the blue shirt was hugging them.
"I'm Bella" He smiled at me again and motioned me to come inside the house. I walked in and the house was pretty darn amazing and luxurious too the whole design of the house was probably old time…everything was antique looking. This kid was wealthy!!
"So Bella I know that it must be kind of strange that I invite you specifically to my house but I have a rather odd request to ask from you" he said slowly and I couldn't help but notice extremely cautiously.
"Well go ahead ask away" I told him biting my lip. Please, don't let it be a freaky request! God I'm such a pessimistic. Maybe he just wants me to clean his house or something like that.
"You see, I have a son he's two years old his mother didn't want him so I kept him and I met this really pretty girl the other day and I asked her out on a date….but at the last minute the baby sitter canceled on me so there I was walking around campus when I remembered the auction so I bought you because you seemed like a sweet girl you know….you gave a good vibe….and stuff….so would you mind baby sitting?"
I laughed feeling the tension roll off my system "Oh God that's what you need from me, I would love to baby sit I really like babies so where is he?"
He smiled at me "I like the way you took the news….." his face turned a little bit serious "you didn't think that I was going to ask you something…um"
I nodded knowing perfectly well that he was thinking the same thing that I had previously thought he chuckled and shook his head vigorously "Oh, God no I am so sorry I was going to explain it to you in the e-mail but I wasn't sure if you would've gotten furious with me you know because girls do this to meet rich guys and stuff"
"Oh I didn't know that" I said slowly "but I guess I can see where that's coming from"
"Well let's go meet Andy he's sleeping right now"
We went upstairs into a baby blue nursery and the baby was there lying on his stomach and he looked absolutely adorable. He was so small and fragile still for a two year old baby.
"Wow he's a cutie" I said smiling at Sean.
"Yeah he is" he said quietly "….he likes to sleep a lot so he shouldn't be too much of a problem but my cell phone and other emergency contact numbers are taped in the refrigerator. I also have a list of what he likes and doesn't" he handed me a piece of paper "other then that you shouldn't have a problem"
"Ok well then I guess all that's left to say is have fun on your date"
He smiled at me "Thanks I hope I do too it's been a long time since I've dated and…..well I just hope she's the right girl you know there aren't many that want to go out with a guy whose only 21 and is already a dad you know."
"I think it's sweet and it must show that you're a good guy if you took the baby and raised it all by yourself" I told him with a smile he smiled back at me.
"Thanks Bella I'm glad that I picked you"
"Me too I was afraid I was going to be with a guy who was going to be weird or flirt with me"
"Well then looks like this works out for the both of us" he started walking towards the door "Feel free to roam around the house….and eat anything you want too."
"Thanks" I said smiling at him.
"I'll be back at midnight" then he waved good bye and left. Now this is what I'm talking about I sat down on the rocking chair and just relaxed.
Alice's POV
Elizabeth and I had just finished a massive shopping spree. We were in her hotel room just lying down on the bed watching 'What not to Wear' together.
"I was thinking since I have nothing to do tonight if you wanted to go to dinner with me"
"Oh Alice I can't I promised my friend I was going to go with her to this casino….how about another day?"
"Ok Mom"
Elizabeth smiled at me "Oh honey, I love that you accepted so quickly into your family." She kissed my cheek "You even call me mom, you're just such a good hearted girl"
I laughed "I wouldn't go that far"
"But you are, you have no idea how happy you've made me"
"You've made me really happy too Mom this is so surreal…..anyways I was thinking that it's time to tell Edward that you are back"
"Um how about we wait a couple of days and tell him together?"
"I want to tell him now and I think its best if I'm only there when we tell him I don't think Edward is going to take it as good as I did"
She nodded "Yes, but let's wait a few more days……I'm scared to go through that again I know Edward hates me more then you do…"
"How do you know that?"
"Because….." she smiled gently at me "He was older he remembers things more clearly then you do"
"Right" I said slowly.
"So just wait a few more days okay and then you can tell him"
"I don't know I don't want Edward to be mad at me" I got off the bed "I'm going to the bathroom"
"Okay" she replied quietly. When I came out Elizabeth was staring out the window with her arms crossed Alice walked up to her
"You do understand why I want to tell him right?" she whispered.
"Yes. It's your choice you have to do what you have to do" she smiled sweetly at me and kissed my forehead "…if you don't mind I have a few things to do before I have to go out tonight."
"Oh yeah I get it I'll see you later I guess"
"I'm sorry I just really need to shower and get ready…but I promise I'll call you tomorrow so that we can eat dinner, would you like that?"
Alice nodded "Okay." Elizabeth hugged her "Perfect. Oh and honey I know today is difficult since everyone is going off in their dates but trust Jasper I'm sure he wouldn't do it to you twice."
I gave her a smile hoping she was right. "Ok. Have fun tonight."
"Oh I definitely will Alice…..thank you for all of this"
"For what?"
"For giving me a chance to do this with you" She opened the door for Alice and Alice walked off grabbed her purse and stopped at the doorway "Good bye Alice."
"Good bye Mom" said Alice. She walked out of there and went to meet Jasper.
Edward's POV
It was tomorrow afternoon and I was dressed in a white shirt and jeans.
I received an e-mail telling me to meet them at Miami Beach in this outdoor chill restaurant that I had gone to when I was a little boy. I got there and sat down in the corner looking towards the ocean and the stars when I felt someone put their hand on my shoulder.
"Hello…" I turned around with a lopsided smile but it quickly disappeared to see who it was. I felt like I had gotten punched in the guts and that my heart was going to get vomited through my mouth. This was not happening. It couldn't be. It was Elizabeth Cullen, the women who had given birth to me.
"Hello Edward" she said softly. She looked just like I remembered her beautiful and radiant looking with her reddish brown hair and hazel eyes. She didn't look a day older if that was possible even though it had been years since I had seen her.
"You…I….um…." I didn't know what to say, I was speechless. I wanted to run away from her but I couldn't it was like I was frozen in place. This was the last thing I was expecting. Why did this have to be happening to me?"
"Edward I know this must be a surprise but I heard about the auction and I…I had to see you especially when my friend told me she had seen you. I….I just wanted to see if you were okay"
That's when it hit me—all the memories, the pain, the anger, ugh I fucking hated this woman more then anyone else in the world, she was the lowest of the low. I bit my lip furious how could she have done this? After all these years, and she wanted to see if I was okay??? Fuck her.
"So now you care what the hell happens to me?" I growled at her.
"Son I know you're…."
I interrupted her; I felt my blood boiling up. How dare she call me that when she abandoned us? "Do not call me son you lost privileges when you left…twice if I remember correctly and don't you think I forgot how you abandoned me and Alice in the beach I never forgave you for that not even when you came back. Dad might've been stupid but not me…and I'm definitely not going to start being an idiot…" I got up from my seat ready to get the hell out of here.
"Edward Anthony Masan Cullen, sit your ass down right now!" commanded Elizabeth in such an overbearing tone that I wanted to fucking run her over with my car…twice, maybe three times so that all this anger and frustration that I felt for her could finally disappear.
I chuckled bitterly "Says who? The women who abandoned me?"
"No, the woman who bought you for the next twelve hours so until it's midnight you are to remain with me whether you like it or not understood? Now sit your ass down Edward don't make me repeat myself."
I wanted to throw myself off the pier and jump into the ocean. God, what the hell should I do? She had bought me—but this was just wrong. It wasn't right that I had to stand her for the next twelve hours, it was just too mean. She should've known that I would never want to see her but she didn't care. God, where's that bolt of lightening when you need it?
I reluctantly and slowly sat down crossing my arms. I raised my hand to the waiter and ordered a scotch on the rocks and to keep the coming every five minutes. Elizabeth raised her eyebrows at the statement but said nothing; at least she knew better then to say anything.
"Edward, can you just listen to me?" she begged. She looked like she really was sorry but I knew better—she wasn't really sorry, she was up to something. It sickened me to now that she was such a good liar—she should've been a freaking actor with how talented she was.
"Why did you come here? Why did you buy me?" I demanded her. If I was going to be stuck with her I might as well know why? I wanted to know at least a piece of information of why she was here so that I could stop whatever the hell she was plotting.
"Because I wanted to see if you were fine that's all Edward" she said calmly, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. If she was a normal, good mother I would've believed her but this was Elizabeth Mason, the most conniving bitch in the entire planet.
I scoffed "Please, you need money that's it isn't it?"
She shook her head slowly as if she was pretending to be hurt…Boo Hoo bitch. "I want to be back in your lives Edward even if it takes decades I will not leave this time"
"Lives" I said slowly. Lives meant more then one person lives meant that she wanted not to just get near me again but Alice, maybe even Carlisle too. This was NOT going to happen again. I was not going to live through the lies AGAIN. Hell no. I had to think of something—anything—to get her to leave again. "...No, you are not allowed to talk to Alice I swear if I find out that you come even a foot from her, you'll regret it"
"What happened to my sweet little boy?" she asked with watery eyes.
"Please, you killed him!"
She shook her head and sighed taking a sip of her Coke "Please, Edward just give me a chance we'll talk about something else okay…. tell me how your father is doing?"
I smiled feeling a little bit victorious that she couldn't go to him for help because Esme was there and I knew for sure that she wouldn't let anyone steal her man. "He's getting married in a month to a beautiful woman so you're not going to get anything from him."
She smiled but I knew it was fake I could tell I knew all of her lies, all of her fake actions, every fake emotion she fed off into someone. "That's good he deserves to be happy I hurt him so much…..I think I should talk to him and tell him how sorry I am….may I come back with you to the campus? I want to talk to Alice too"
"I told you I don't want you anywhere near her" I growled at her again. Alice couldn't find out that this woman was back, she was going to hurt her. I knew she had a plan. I could see it in her eyes, no matter how much tears or words she said I knew she hadn't changed she's still the same piece of shit.
"You don't decide that, she does" said Elizabeth confidently. I didn't like that confidence she was up to something big, something that was going to destroy us more. I couldn't stand to look at her face anymore it was sickening and I just wanted to vomit.
"Fuck this! I'll pay the money myself in your honor mother dear" I spat. I got up from the chair and finished my drink quickly "Leave Alice alone I mean it" I threatened her then I walked out of there.
I got into my car and began slamming my hands to the steering wheel—this was not fucking happening to me! I buried my hands over my face and began to cry. God, I was such a weakling I should be used to seeing her….but deep inside it still hurt and I hated that fact.
Why couldn't I have a normal mother? One who actually cared for her kid and made him breakfast and told him that all she ever wanted was for him to be happy, a mother who kissed him good night and brightened up when he told her he loved her. Why couldn't I have one of those mothers? Instead of that manipulative psychotic bitch. It just wasn't fair.
I drove to the nearest bar and got the strongest drink in the menu and began to drown my sorrows out. I needed to tell Carlisle that this was happening—he wouldn't allow her to come back into our lives now, he was happy with Esme, and the idiot finally understood who Elizabeth was in reality. But I couldn't. Talking to Carlisle about this—just made it more real, much worse.
I kept thinking of ways to that I could make Elizabeth leave but I came up with nothing. I was thinking about giving her all of the money in my bank account but I didn't want her to get what she was after, which I was sure was money. I wanted her to fucking lose for once, just this one time. I wanted her plans to backfire. But how the hell did I do that?
In the end there were no other choices I would have to tell Carlisle and Alice that Elizabeth was back and up to something. I didn't know if it was best if I told Alice or if Carlisle did—I was just too messed up to tell this to her—there was too much pain and anger, and I didn't want Alice to see me like that. Maybe it was best if Carlisle told her. But what about if he sugar coated things? If he didn't really tell Alice everything that she did? Carlisle was always a softie, he always forgave people. What if he had forgiven her? What if he wanted her back still after all this time? Hell no. I'll have to do it myself even if it kills me.
By the time I arrived in campus it was ten o' clock at night and I already pretty drunk right now. I had decided that I would tell Alice tomorrow when I was sober and would come up with a laid out plan of everything I thought she needed to know so that she could hate Elizabeth as much as I did. I knew that Alice didn't hate her, that she even wanted her to come back but once she knew this there was no way she would want her back in her life.
I went to my room locking the door so that no one could disturb me. I took off my clothes and took a cold shower—I had two hours to sober up a little bit more so that I could meet up with the gang in the dinner. What the hell was I going to tell them? We were all supposed to share our experiences? I had nothing to say. Nothing at all.
I decided to call Bella instead of anyone else in the group. First of all because just hearing her voice would help me and second of all because if I called Alice she would immediately notice that something was wrong if I was drunk and sounded this stupid.
"Hello" said Bella in hurried tone
"Hi Bella" I said quietly trying my best to sound as sober as possible.
"Edward, what's up? Are you already at the dinner?" she asked.
"No I'm in my room actually where are you?"
"In the dorm room I'm about to go right now…..do you want to walk together over?"
"Actually that's why I was calling I don't feel so well I think I got food poisoning from the restaurant so I'm just going to go to sleep…."
"Oh….do you want me to come over?"
"No it's okay I would be horrible company…..I'll just see you and everyone else tomorrow"
"All right…" there was a pause on the line "Are you sure you're fine Edward?"
"Yeah as fine as I can be under the circumstances" I told her. That sounded completely honest so in reality I wasn't really lying to her I just wasn't giving her details.
"Ok…well I hope you feel better Edward and if you need anything just call me and I'll be there in like three minutes"
I smiled sadly "Thank you Bella. Good night"
"Good night Edward"
I hung up the phone and put it on the bedside table. I lied down on the bed and just thought and thought about how the hell was I going to tell Carlisle and much worse Alice; she didn't know anything about that gold digger.
Bella's POV
That was strange. Edward didn't sound like himself at all—I had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that something wasn't right. But I just couldn't barge inside his room and demand an explanation; he would have to tell me on his own time if he wanted too of course.
I walked to the dinner everyone else was already there, I slid into the booth
"Where the hell is Edward? He's late" said Emmett.
"He's not coming he good food poisoning from the restaurant he went too" I told them.
"He's sick?" asked Alice worried "I think I should bring him some soup or something"
"No Alice, he wanted to be alone said he wasn't feeling up to company right now…..he was going to go to sleep, or try to at least…"
"Poor kiddo" said Rosalie "Food poisoning sucks!"
"Uh-huh" said Emmett.
"Ok so who's going to share first?" asked Jasper.
"Why don't you share first, we're all dying to hear how it went with that skank" said Rose.
"Ok. Well we went to this place called Fun House it's like twenty minutes from here. It's kind of like Dave & Busters but it has some rides like Go Carts and miniature golfing, so we played some games and then went on the rides…."
"And how did she behave?" asked Alice.
"Well at first she was just blabbing a lot about how cute I was and how I had good fashion sense and blah blah….she kept talking about my looks I wanted to throw myself out the window….but when we got to the place she sobered up a little bit, it was okay, I guess, she talked about her school and asked me a lot of questions and I was polite to her…..then she got really crazy she wanted me to win her this stuffed animal but it was impossible and I kept spending and spending and nothing….she got really mad. I thought she was going to hit me!"
Everyone laughed trying to imagine that "Did you win it?" asked Rosalie.
"No" said Jasper shaking his head "But she got over it when I told her we could take pictures together"
"You took a picture with that psychotic dweeb?" asked Rose "You're an idiot!"
"Hey at least she stopped annoying me!"
"She's going to show that to everyone" said Rose.
"Oh well it's a small price to pay" said Alice. She kissed Jasper on the cheek "At least she wasn't too aggressive…..so who is next?"
"Well Rose and I had a very hot fun twelve hours and we have agreed that it's only fair that we tell you all the juicy details" said Emmett grinning like a little boy.
"Oh no that's fine Em we get it!" I said quickly not wanting to hear the personal details of his sex life. Rosalie rolled her eyes and jabbed Emmett on his chest playfully while Emmett just grabbed her face and kissed her sweetly on the lips.
"How about we let Bella share her experience?" asked Rosalie.
"Fine" Emmett sighed and he glanced at me "So do I gotta beat someone up?"
"No, he was a very nice guy he just wanted to go on a date with someone and asked me to baby sit his cute little baby!" I told them. "Lucas, the baby, was so adorable and slept most of the time but when he woke up he cried a little but I just held him and he eventually settled down."
"Awe that's cute" said Alice smiling "You got a good candidate then."
"Yeah….what did you do Alice?" I asked her.
"Nothing" replied Alice nonchalantly "I just stayed in the dorm and tried drawing a few designs for these purses for a project of mine and listened to music...."
Jasper put his arm around her shoulder "I wish I could've spent the day with you instead it would've been a lot more fun."
Alice's POV
It was Sunday morning and it was time—times to face the music so here I was getting ready to talk to Edward. He has to know. Last night Jasper and I had a very serious conversation about all of this. He convinced me to tell Edward today because the longer I waited the angrier he was going to be that I was hiding this from him. Jazz said he would probably feel betrayed and hurt that I accepted her back into my life so easily and I didn't want to hurt Edward. Mom would have to understand that I did what was best.
"We have to talk" I said as I went inside my room and closed the door.
"Oh, God this is the second time this weekend that someone had started the sentence that same way" said Edward smiling at me.
"Huh" I asked a little bit confused.
"Tanya…" said Edward clarifying this "…when she broke up with me but that one was actually good news, but I don't think this one will be."
"I think its great news" I said nervously.
"Ok…." He sat up on the bed looking at me "Tell me."
"Mom's back" I whispered.
"I'm sorry I couldn't hear you Alice" he got off the bed and walked over to me "Hey, are you okay? You look really nervous and I'm the one who's supposed to be nervous today."
"Why?" I asked glad for the change of subject. I was such a coward.
"I'll tell you later, its kind of big news." Said Edward "Go ahead, Alice, continue."
"Well our mother is back, Edward" I said quietly.
"What? You saw her too?" said Edward raking his hands through his hair "I told her not to go near you…Alice you cannot possibly be happy about that woman being here."
"But I am. She wants us back Edward and I've been talking to her a lot lately and I can tell she's really sorry."
"Wait a second! How long have you been talking to her lately?" he demanded. He looked so pissed
"A week" I replied.
"Alice, that woman is a cold hearted bitch, she never loved any of us, and the only thing she ever loved was money, MONEY, Alice that's it."
"That's not true; she left us because she needed to find herself, she was scared that we would hate her Edward that's why it took her so long to come back to us…"
"LIES!" yelled Edward angrily. He was pacing around the room and I couldn't help but feel scared—he was close to loosing it. I could tell. I needed to make him understand that she was going to be back in our lives—well at least mine. That I needed him to hear her out, that I wanted us all to be a family again.
"Edward calm down yes I am talking to OUR mother she really is sorry and I forgave her for everything she did to us. Edward she's changed and she wants us back, you need to forgive her…maybe we can all go out or something" I said quickly before I chickened out.
Edward punched the wall out of nowhere "Damn it Alice! You don't get it she's lying to you all she wants is your money….looks like the 10 million dollars she stole from Dad years ago is gone. That's what she does Alice she comes and pretends she loves us and then waits for the perfect moment where you trust her and the bolts."
"No, that's not true" I said shaking my head with tears in my eyes—that was not true. Edward was just saying that because he had always hated her for leaving us in the first place. He was just making that shit up; yeah it had to be a lie. Mom would've never done something like that to us "She left but she didn't take anything Edward, all she took was the car and that the police found abandoned in North Carolina"
"That's because she didn't want us to find her and arrest her. Of Course Carlisle didn't place any
Charges on her, he loved her too damn much. He was so stupidly in love with her he took her back when she came back two years ago do you remember when you came back for Christmas Break? How I was? Do you remember how I treated Carlisle?"
"No she….she was there?" I whispered so quietly I wasn't even sure he had heard me. I realized that I had sat down on the bed without even noticing—this couldn't be happening. She had come back to us only to steal our money and leave again.
"And she had left Alice again! She came back only for money and dad he was so stupid….so stupidly in love with her he was willing to do anything as long as she was back. He gave her everything she wanted, the credit cards, the bank accounts, and you know what she did, and she stayed for one month. She tried being nice with me but she didn't really care she was after one thing and that was our money Alice!!! As soon as she took enough she left us again….and what did Dad do? He got a freaking investigator to look for her again saying that he needed her to live, he was pathetic that's why I hate him Ali! That's the fucking reason why I behaved like I did"
I started sobbing. How could she have done this? How could he not tell me?....and I….I had believed her….Oh My God, I had given her what she wanted. I wasn't going to see her again. I think that hurt more then the realization that she had hurt us.
"Oh Edward, why didn't you tell me before?" I cried out.
"I wanted to protect you from this pain that I feel every fucking day" said Edward quietly "You were so hurt Alice when she left us, and I just couldn't hurt you anymore, you had been through enough. I told Carlisle to make her leave when she came back, but you know what he said…he said that he was in love with her and I was too young to understand that….that when I actually fell in love I would understand everything he had ever done….he was wrong."
I stood up and walked over to him so quickly wrapping my arms around him so tightly. I felt like a complete moron—she had used me. But maybe she had changed after all these years maybe all she really wanted now was just to be near me and Edward. I had to find out. I got out of his arms and looked at him "It might be a mistake" I whispered to him and then I ran….I ran so fast out down the stairs all the way to the campus parking lot into the car and onto the highway.
Edward's POV
When Alice left, I kicked the dresser with my foot several times and then chased after her. For a little person she sure as hell ran fast….Where the hell was she going? Dude, where else is she going to go to? To talk to her.
I ran to my car and followed after her. I followed her to a cheap motel by the beach, she ran up the stairs like a maniac and I walked slowly there hesitating the moment. I did not want to see Elizabeth again but it looks like I didn't have a choice not if I wanted to protect my sister from the lies that Elizabeth was going to make up again.
It was easy to find which room Alice was in the door was wide open and there was Alice on the floor crying and clutching something in her hand. The drawers were all pulled out, empty. She had left. Thank God! I couldn't help but smile at that but when I saw Alice again, how broken she looked my smile disappeared and I found myself on the floor next to her. "Oh Alice" I pulled her into a hug and whispered "It's all going to be okay." Even though I didn't really believe that—at least not for her, she was going to feel like shit for awhile.
"She lied to me, she did the same thing to me" whispered Alice. "I won't see her again Edward she already got what she wanted"
"What are you talking about?" I asked confused "She didn't get what she wanted Alice, she left."
"But she did….see" Alice was clutching to her checkbook, the only reason why I knew it was Alice's because it was pink and hello kitty on it. I gulped. "She must've taken it when I went to the bathroom yesterday, we had gone shopping and she must've seen me use it."
"Oh Alice" he kissed my hair "I'm sorry I should've told you earlier then this wouldn't be happening"
"How could she do this to us? We're her kids" cried Alice.
"Damn it. She is not going to do this to us again" I picked up my cell phone and reported the check book lost and for her accounts to be frozen but it was too late. At 8 am, her bank account had been emptied. I threw the phone on the rug "She took it, Alice."
"Oh God she probably used me because I was the most vulnerable and stupid one out of all of us" said Alice angrily "I fucking hate her" she cried.
I held her tight trying to make the pain go away but I knew it wasn't doing anything and that made me feel even worse "I didn't want you to feel this way I wanted to protect you from her but by doing so I've hurt you even more, this is all my fault."
"No it's not" she hiccupped
"We don't need her we'll be fine without her."
"Then why do I hate her but love her at the same time? Why can't I hate her like you do?" asked Alice.
"Alice, sometimes I feel the same way I might hate her with all my heart but that doesn't change the fact that I loved her for a lot of years…..I guess that's something that we'll always feel Alice."
Alice and I were outside of the building sitting in a bench. Surprisingly she had stopped crying I honestly thought she wasn't going to stop crying….it was so raw and painful to hear her cry. But she just stopped….she was resting her small head on my shoulder and holding my hand.
"I want to tell Jasper what happened" she replied quietly "I don't want to tell anyone else what happened until you're okay with them knowing."
"Thank you" I whispered.
"Edward, are you going to be fine?"
I chuckled darkly "I should be asking you that this happened to you, not to me Alice"
"I know but you always blame yourself for everything and you shouldn't this isn't your fault Edward I believed her because I wanted so badly to believe that my mother wanted me back…."
"Yeah but if I would've told you what happened all those years ago you wouldn't have trusted her, you would've hated her like I do, you wouldn't be going through this Alice this is my fault no matter how much you twist my words to make it appear like it wasn't, it was. I'll be fine Alice I just….these past 24 hours have been very…..unexpected I guess. I'm like in shock….I just….." I ran my hands through his hair "….I just don't know anymore."
"Edward"
"Please don't…." I said interrupting her and shook my head I didn't want to hear anymore I needed space and I needed to think of all of this. "I'm going to take a walk in the beach Alice I just…." I sigh and got off the bench "I got to go." I kissed the top of her head and mumbled an 'I'm sorry' and walked out of there. I felt horrible that I couldn't deal with this but I just couldn't—I had so many emotions going through my mind that I felt like I was going to go crazy. Why couldn't I just deal with this like every other normal human? Like Alice was doing.
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