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Thank God it wasn't a party it was just a nice get together. I knew Angela wasn't going to be here since she was with her parents in Oregon which meant Paul wasn't going to be here. I couldn't understand why Tanya was here but the way she was clinging to Edward I assumed he asked her to come. McKenna was beside Jasper constantly and even though he was trying to get away from her it didn't make his life any easier. Tyler, Mike, Eric and Jessica were also here and Alice and I were around them for most of the night. Rosalie and Emmett were in the pool talking and I just shook my head at the fact that he still hadn't told her yet.

Our parents were inside laughing and drinking which spelled disaster for anyone they didn't like. As the music got louder and all of us started to get looser I felt arms wrap around my waist. I knew who it was and I turned in his arms as I kissed him softly. Jake grinned as he pulled me in for a hug. I hugged him back but he could feel their was a difference in our embrace, his face said as much. I grabbed my flip flops and told Alice I would be right back. She nodded as I took Jake's hand and we walked farther into the backyard so we wouldn't be over heard. I sat on a lounge chair and Jake sat beside me with his arms around me. I rested the back of my head on his shoulder as I brought my knees to my chest. Just being with him made me calm. Our intimate relationship would NOT continue after tonight but I was content with my decision in his arms.

"Baby what's wrong?" I smiled sadly as I felt a tear slide down my face. I kissed his chin and then removed my lips.

"I saw you earlier" I felt Jake stiffen as he looked down at me.

"What do you mean you saw me?" I smiled sadly as I felt another tear slide down my face.

"I saw you with Tracy in your garage today and babe please don't tell me you don't know what I'm talking about or you were just talking. Just please be honest with me." I felt a tear hit my forehead as I knew he knew what I was talking about. He pulled me tighter to him as I closed my eyes.

"Bella…please don't do this" I shook my head and took off the promise ring he gave me and handed it to him.

"I can't Jake. We made a deal and you broke it…again"

"But I love you" I wiped my face and his as he took the ring from me.

"And I love you too but I don't deserve this" He grabbed my chin and our eyes met.

"You're right. You don't deserve this. And I'm sorry" he pulled my chin so our lips could meet and my eyes closed as we kissed. He started to kiss me harder and pull me into him until he stopped. He hugged me and his head stayed in the crook of my neck.

"I do love you Bells and I have for awhile" I smiled and kissed his cheek.

"I know you do Jake believe me I know " He unwrapped his arms from me and got up. He pulled me up and we walked back to where everyone was. He looked at me again and kissed me softly one more time before he hugged me tightly. I hugged him back as a few more tears escaped from my eyes. When my feet touched the ground he wiped my face and brought my hands to his lips.

"Still best friends unless you've changed your mind" I laughed and then smiled.

"Still best friends but with solid strings attached" he smiled and then walked away from me. He looked at Edward for a minute and walked into the house. Edward looked at him and told Tanya he would be right back. I took off my tunic and jumped into the pool. Alice jumped in after me as did everyone else.

We started playing different water games which took my mind off of the fact that I no longer dated the boy I have loved for so long. Yea right, who was I kidding I was miserable. Alice kept flirting with Tyler as I saw an angry Jasper staring daggers at the back of his head. I saw when Alice wrapped her legs around Tyler's waist and he started sucking on her neck. I looked at Jasper and I knew he had reached his breaking point. Jasper pulled her off of him, turned her around and kissed her hard. I started to whistle as I saw Alice's arms wrap around his neck and their kiss became more heated. Tyler looked like he had been punched and McKenna looked pissed which had me laughing hysterically. They broke away from each other and Alice winked at me as I winked back. I knew they would be good. I got out of the pool, dried myself off and sat on a lounge chair. My mom came out to see me with a strawberry Margarita in her hand. She sat beside me, wrapped her arm around me and cradled me into her side.

"No more Jakey Wakey huh" I shook my head and she kissed my forehead.

"He told me he messed up royally" I nodded and she squeezed me tighter.

"Will you be alright Izzy?" I tilted my head up and looked at my mom.

"Yea…I think I will be alright. He's nothing like James and even though he messed up royally I still love him. This time though we will just stay friends." Renee beamed and kissed my forehead as I closed my eyes and smiled. My mom started humming a song she used to sing to me when I was younger and I hummed along with her. She kissed me again and stayed with me until the party was over.

Months started to pass by and after my break up with Jake, we went back to acting how we were before we dated. The difference being we kissed still, we hung out more and he would get jealous when any guy tried to talk to me. I just rolled my eyes and punched him in his shoulder anytime he would start and then he would grin at me and walk away. Alice and Jasper went back to normal and before I knew it summer was coming to an end and it was time for us to go. Edward started to mess around with Tanya, which he does when he's bored, and I tried to act like it didn't bother me when obviously it did. Alice's party came and went which ended with Alice finally punching McKenna in her face. Let's just say that was the best party ever and I've never been so proud of my bestie. Emmett told Rosalie about that night in Seattle and she of course shrugged her shoulder and said she fucked two guys so now she no longer felt guilty about it knowing he cheated. He just looked at her in shock and then kissed her with a passion that was out of this world. I blushed and I wasn't even the one getting kissed. Alice just wanted a girls day out for her birthday which also included our moms. We went to another spa, ate dinner in style and even stayed at a hotel. In short it was a pretty good summer.

I sighed as I finally finished our scrap books and wrapped Alice's up in blue, brown and pink wrapping paper. I also printed out copies of the New Years picture with all of us and made sure I found frames that fit each persons personality. For example Rosalie got a hot pink frame that said "I'm a bitch so what!" while Emmett got a blue frame that said "My girlfriend doesn't mind if we screw why should you". I thought they were cute and I laughed hysterically every time I read them.

I put Jakes picture in a special frame and wrapped it up. I told my parents I would be right back and took the keys for the Passat. I was in La Push in a matter of minutes. I knocked on the door of the house and Rachel told me he was in his garage. She wasn't thrilled that Jake and I broke up however she was more pissed at him, she still loved me. I smiled at her and ran to his garage. I opened the door and saw Jake working on his bike. Kara was there with him this time, which is surprising because Natalie was here yesterday, and the scowl on her face told me she knew exactly who I was. I continued to grin and whistled so Jake would notice me. He snapped out of it and his face lit up as he ran to me. I laughed as he picked me up in a hug and twirled me.

"I thought you were going to leave without saying goodbye" I rolled my eyes and continued to smile as he kept my feet off the ground.

"You know me better then that Jake. I could never leave here without saying bye to you." I said as I kissed him on the lips. I heard Kara gasp and I looked at her and smiled.

"Don't take my actions seriously Kara we aren't together and well since he knows how to fuck my brains out we can't just go back to cheek kisses." Kara glared at me while Jake laughed and held my hand. We sat side by side on his cot and I handed him his gift.

"What's this another lingerie picture. The other one is still in my room" I rolled my eyes again.

"No Jacob and stop making her mad" He looked at Kara who looked like she was about to cry and then rolled his eyes. He opened his gift and smiled softly.

"It's really nice Bells and that was a very fun night" he rubbed his bed and I punched him in his arm as I blushed. He laughed and handed the picture to Kara, she looked at it and her eyes widened.

"Jake you look so happy" she said stunned. Jake put a piece of hair behind my ear and looked into my eyes.

"I was happy Kara. Very happy" I smiled and rested my hand on his as I kissed his palm. I stood up and stretched as he took in the movement. I just shook my head.

"Gotta go Jakey Wakey. Promise me you will take care of yourself" he got up and pulled me to him.

"I promise" I smiled as I kissed him and hugged him tightly. I knew I had to let go or he wouldn't and trust me it was hard.

"Visit me ok" I whispered. He nodded and we kissed again, harder this time. We let go of each other at the same time and as I walked out I waved to him. He waved back and I winked as I walked to his house to say bye to the Black family.

With all the hugs and kisses I gave Rebecca, Rachel and Billy I knew they realized how hard it was for me to go. Billy gave me a dream catcher, which I kissed him twice for, while Rachel and Rebecca gave me a backpack. They told me not to look inside until I got to school and I promised them I wouldn't. Billy also handed me a smaller gift and tilted his head towards the garage so I knew who it was from.

"Why didn't he just give it to me?" Billy smiled

"Because he knows he can't be with you again after you leave." I smiled at Billy as Rebecca rolled her eyes.

"It's his own damn fault" I laughed at her as I kissed Billy one more time, gave all of them one more hug and left the Blacks home. I ran to the Passat and turned around as I saw a sad Jake leaning against the garage door. I smiled at him sadly and mouthed that I loved him. His face got brighter as he told me he loved me too and then I saw Kara walk out to stand beside him. I waved, got in and drove back to Forks. I wasn't leaving until tomorrow but their wouldn't be enough time for me to come to La Push tomorrow. I smiled and hurried home so I could help Charlie host, luckily for me my part was already taken care of. Charlie wasn't a cooker per say but my dad sure did know how to grill. I became this well fed teenager somehow right, other then my glorious cooking abilities of course.

When I got home I saw that the Cullen's were already there. I just shook my head as I parked the car behind the cruiser and unloaded my gifts. People are going to start to think that we are all inseparable. I walked through the door and smiled as I heard all the laughter. I walked into the living room and saw that they were all in there playing some game and by the looks of it, it seemed to be taboo. I dropped the stuff I received on the ground and cleared my throat. Everyone looked at me like they just realized I was missing. I shook my head with a grin on my face and sat beside Alice. Who nudged me with her shoulder and smiled. I put my arm around her shoulder and kissed her cheek.

"So I think the youngest soon to be college student should share out all of the food" Emmett said as I glared at him. He knew I was the only one that was still a minor since the twins were already 19 now and Alice was finally 18. He smirked at me as I grinned back.

"I think the person that lost at the easiest game like ping pong should share out the food. I mean it's only fair since I also beat you at badminton and beat you twice at pool. Should I continue the list wrestler" Emmett glared at me as I grinned.

"Oh yeah Swan!" He got up and ran for me as I moved out of his grasp. He finally caught me and once again started to tickle me. I started to scream in laughter as everyone around us started laughing. I knew Emmett was ticklish too because Rose told me and I knew exactly where to get him. Right on his ribs underneath his arm and lucky for me he left that spot open. My finger attacked his side and he stopped tickling me instantly as he tried to block my movement in laughter. Tears were running down his face as I sat on him and he continued to laugh.

"I'll stop if you share out the food" He started to nod his head vigorously as I finally let him go. I kissed his cheek before I got up and sat beside Alice. Emmett glared at me playfully while I blew him a kiss. He walked into the kitchen still laughing a little and shared out the food.

After dinner, a movie and some games I gave Edward, Emmett and Alice their gifts. They opened it immediately and Edward and Emmett grinned as they looked at the picture and their frames. Carlisle and Charlie looked over their shoulder and started to laugh hysterically as they read what I put. Alice of course looked through her scrap book, which contained every picture we have taken this year and started crying. I even put our Halloween costumes as well as our lingerie pictures in their. She put it down, after she looked at the last picture with us holding each other and smiling at the camera, and tackled me. I laughed as I hugged her back and rocked back and forth while our moms looked through the scrap book and laughed at all the pictures. I don't know who took a picture of Edward picking me up and jumping in the pool but even that was in their. Everyone looked at the pictures with the exception of Alice and I who walked to my room and left them laughing downstairs. Alice finally stopped crying as I handed her a tissue. I put my scrap book in my trunk and finally I closed it. I think I had everything with me like my laptop, bed set, clothes, sneakers, heels, purses, hats, food, decorative pillows, yea I was set then again we both were. Our fridge, TV, printer and our bath products were already in our room locked away. The twins had already dropped off all their stuff earlier today and left it in the care of Jasper who was also sharing a room with them. Tanya, Rosalie and McKenna were already there and Alice and I had said bye to Angela who was going to Peperdine University. We promised her we would visit her and she smiled and cried and hugged us tighter.

Alice and I sat on my bed and put our arms around each others shoulders.

"This is it Al's." She laughed and I could hear the tears in her voice.

"This is it Bells" I squeezed her hand and we walked back downstairs with our family. We were headed to UW tomorrow and school was bound to be exciting.

Thank you everyone for ALL the favorite story adds. There will be a second part to Destiny Awaits which I will start as soon as I have time. Hope you enjoyed it.

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