A.N. SO sorry for the SOOOO late update but at least its here right?
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I woke up in the morning in my dance studio on the hard wooden floor. Alice and Rose were sprawled out on the floor beside me and I started laughing. We were so tired from dancing yesterday that we collapsed and fell asleep on the floor. I quickly shook them awake and we headed back up to my room.
"Alice I'm going to spend 2 hours on your make up, 1 on hair. And same goes for you Rose. This way ill be done everything for you guys by around 6 tonight. And right now I have to go call the principle so go shower up right now." They went to their rooms and started up the showers. I went to my bed and sat down while crossing my legs. I grabbed the phone and called my old school.
"Hello, how may I help you?"
"Hi can I speak to Principle Clearwater." (HEHE)
"One moment." I waited as the stupid music played in the background till it was all too soon cut short.
"Hello Principle Clearwater speaking. How may I help?"
"Hi principle Clearwater this is Isabella Swan."
"Isabella how are you?"
"I'm fine and yourself?"
"Good good. Why are you calling the school aren't you in Washington."
"Not right now. I came back to visit my mom. I was wondering could I come to the dance tonight to catch up with some old friends."
"OF course Isabella you're always welcomed here."
"Thanks Mr. Clearwater. Oh yah can you put my name down with plus 2."
"Of course see you tonight."
"Thanks again Bye." I hung up and my arms shot into the air. He's is so pathetic to fall for "catching up with some old friends". Whatever were in and now time to get ready.
I quickly showered and finished before the others which is perfect since I want to call Edward.
"Hello?"
"Hey Edward its Bella."
"Bella I haven't talked to you in ages. I was getting worried." He actually did sound worried. Opps! Should have called him sooner.
"Sorry it's just been busy here. Were going to a dance tonight at my old school and were going to make this girl's life a living hell for the week." He started laughing and I smiled.
"Same Bella I see. So did you talk to this girl already?"
"Oh yah and she thinks I'm still the same old defenceless Bella I was in the past. But she doesn't know the real me now and I'm glad cause she wont expect anything."
"Your evil you know that."
"I hear that often." We both laughed and it was good to talk to him again. I really did miss him.
"I really miss you." It's like he heard my thoughts.
"I miss you too. Ill be home soon, it's already Wednesday and I'm leaving this place on early early Saturday morning to be home before school starts."
"It's so hard to hear your voice saying each word but not see you speaking them that it's much worse."
"Don't worry ill be back soon but I have to go now. I have to get ready for the dance."
"Okay but be careful and don't do anything I wouldn't like please."
"Edward I would never do anything to hurt you so no worries. Love you."
"Love you too." I hung up and quickly went into the bathroom and started working on my hair. I finished it all by the time Alice came into my bathroom. She took a seat and I started working on her hair. I straightened her short hair and gave her side bangs and then I flipped the ends of her hair.
Once that was done I worked on her make up for 2 hours straight, taking my time and working the best I could to do it perfect. Once the 2 hours were up, Alice was off to get her dress on and Rose was in with me. I made her hair wavy all the way but then at the end there were some curls. Simple yet still complicated. Once that was done I worked the 2 hard hours on her make up and worked just the same as I did on Alice. The make up looked amazing and she smiled in thanks. I kicked her out after Alice passed her my food which she passed to me. I quickly ate and went back to my make up.
It was already 8:30 when we were all ready to go. I had my hair in a messy style and all pulled to one side and my make up was flawless. My dress was a soft metallic pink with gold rhinestones in 3 lines going across my chest and stomach. The neck line was a daring one and went quite far down. The back was all open with the exception of the 3 straps and the two holding the dress up. The dress also had a long slit going up pretty far on the thigh and had a gorgeous train.
Alice looked stunning in a small red cocktail dress that flowed as she walked. It had two small straps holding it up and the top part was beaded with a little bow tying underneath it. The strings of the bow hung down in the dress where the fabric just flowed out around her. It was so short that if she bent over you might get a full view. I started to laugh at that thought.
Rose was amazing in a midnight blue dress with a deep deep plunging neck line. The neck line went sort of to the right with little silver rhinestone bands holding the two sides together. The back was open like mine except all the strings holding up the dress met up in the top middle of her back. It had a 3 quarter slit on the leg and lots of train to the dress. (ALL 3 pics on profile)
"You all look so stunning this night." I complimented them and they smiled.
"You too Bella."
"You look amazing and Angel will freak when she sees you."
"When she sees you guys too." I budded in and they laughed at me.
"Bella this night is all about the new you."
"Were just you sidekicks in action!" Alice exclaimed and Rose laughed.
"Alice you're throwing this off." She mumbled a sorry and I laughed at them.
"Okay whatever you guys say but let's go already."
We all got into my car and I drove to the school. Everyone was pretty much already inside and they didn't know we were coming. We got out of my car and started making our way to the gym doors. When we were in and the doors slammed shut the music actually stopped playing. Everyone was staring at us in shock.
"Swan what the hell are you doing here?!" Angel yelled at me from across the room and everyone who didn't know who I was looked amazed that I was really the Bella Swan they went to school with.
"Well Angel I'm here to catch up with old friends. Is that a problem?" I started off with this sickly sweet smiled and I growled the last part. Everyone seemed taken back by my tone but I just laughed. I looked to Alice and Rose and saw them smiling.
"Ready?" I whispered and they nodded their heads. We went into the middle of the dance floor and people literally moved out of the way for us. Once we were in the middle I looked over to the Dj.
"Give me something Hot!" He nodded and Piece of me by Brittany Spears started to play. The three of us started to dance seductively and in moments people were cheering and the guys were whistling at us.
Halfway through the song, some guys finally came over and we started to dance with them. I was dancing pretty close with some guy I remember a bit but that wasn't it. It was dancing close with him that I didn't like because I felt like I was betraying Edward some way. Even if he never saw this I still feel like I'm betraying him. But I have to do this to make Angel mad and I don't have to get carried away on this. I promise myself I won't.
For the next few songs guys were dancing with us and it was pretty fun. I would catch a few glimpses of Angel and start laughing. It looked like there was smoke coming out of her ears, she was so mad and you could just tell. I mouthed to Alice and Rose to look and they started laughing like crazy. We were the center of attention at the dance and no one was even trying to stop us. I was dancing with some guy I remember being on the football team when Angel walked up and pulled him of me.
"Blake what the hell are you doing?" She yelled at him but he ignored her and grabbed me. We started to dance again while Angel looked like she was about to cry. I felt bad for hurting her some way but I don't even know what I did. When she ran off I asked this guy Blake about it.
"What was that about?"
"Oh she's just my girlfriend but I'm so much more into you." He whispered seductively in my ear and rested his head on my shoulder as my back was to him.
"Angel was your girlfriend?" I just did the same thing to her that she did to me. Her boyfriend is all over me, just like Dante was all over her. I stopped dancing right there. I may want to hurt Angel but I can't do this to her. I know what it feels like and I can't do it.
"How long have you been dating her?"
"A year now."
"Do you love her?"
"Yah but I want to dance with you right now." He put his hands on my hips and slowly started moving them lower and further back to my butt.
"You love her?"
"Ya I already said yes." He said getting a little frustrated. I pulled away and just walked off the dance floor and into one of the halls. I stopped at a locked and slid down till I was sitting on the floor.
I just did what Angel did to me. I know I shouldn't care because this is Angel I'm talking about but I know what it feels like when that happens to you. And it's not fun to feel that hurt in your heart when you care so deeply about someone. It's the worst feeling in the world to have in your heart.
"Bella? Are you okay?" It was Dante and he was kneeling in front of me.
"Yah I'm fine. Go back in the dance and have fun. I'm fine."
"Bella stop lying. What's wrong?"
"Nothing." He sat beside me and put his arm around me.
"Bella I know you're lying so please just tell me the truth."
"I said I'm fine."
"Bella t-"
"GOD Dante I said I'm fine, so I'm FINE!" I screamed at him and that's when I broke. The tears just spilled over my eyes and I couldn't hold them back. Dante quickly circled his arms around me as I cried in his arms. He would whisper soothing things as I just cried.
After a while I pulled back and stared at him.
"I'm sorry for yelling at you." I whispered not ready to trust my voice.
"Its okay, it happens to all of us at some point."
"I guess."
"What sent you over the edge though?"
"I was dancing with Blake when Angel came up and asked him what he was doing. HE ignored her and we started dancing then I found out he loved her and she loved him. And I just couldn't do that to her.
"I might hate her with all my might but I've been there. I felt the pain you feel when that happens. I felt that pain when she did that to me. When she was all over you that day, I felt that pain. And tonight I was all over her boyfriend and now she's feeling that same pain. And I just couldn't bring myself to ignore it.
And then seeing you these past days opened those raw cuts and it hurts even to sit here with you right now. It hurts to hear your voice or see your face or even just hear your fricken NAME!" I took a deep breath and calmed myself.
"Everything hurts when something about you comes up. I remember the times we stayed up late to talk on the phone or when I snuck out of my house and you helped me. And worse of all is when you said you love me for the first time. I hear that all the time in my head and I don't know what to think when I hear that. It comes and goes just like that and leaves me in shock.
"And I hate hearing that with a passion." His face took on a new pain and I felt a little bad about that. "I hate it because I loved you back so much and yet you still found some way to hurt me. You still found that small way to hurt me so much that I couldn't live my life anymore, I couldn't even think about liking another guy.
"But then I met my boyfriend Edward and you proved me wrong about him. I remember when you first asked me out and you were that popular jock. Same thing with Edward and I couldn't stand him so I ran away from home. I just ran leaving my friends behind and I loved them so much it hurt. They were always there for me when I needed them but I left them because of him. But when I saw him again I heard him talking to someone about how he would have changed for me and only cared about me. But I never thought that could happen because people like him don't change. And you were like him so I couldn't trust him.
"And when I came back he apologized and wanted a fresh start, I gave it to him. And we were supposed to go to the movies and we both knew he meant like a date. But then after school he goes and kisses this girl and my whole world shatters again. He wanted to earn my trust to we could be friends or more and that happens. So we go the movies and then go clubbing. I get so drunk a guy takes advantage of me and Edward saves me from this guy. I then knew I loved him and I couldn't hide it and that's when he admitted his feelings for me and proved to me he's worth the shot.
"And he hasn't done a thing to even screw it up and I love him so much but I'm worried it's all going end like it did with you. But I don't want to feel that hurt again, I can't feel that hurt again because if I do I might not make it through it this time." The tears still streamed down my face as I talked to him about all this. He was speechless through the whole time I was talking and I can't believe I told him all that.
"Bella I'm so sorry but I don't know what to do or say. Like you said the damage is done and no matter what I could say will make it better. But from what you tell me I know this time it won't end the same. I promise you it won't end the same because I won't let it. Bella you mean so much to mean and you always have and I known you can't forgive me but Ill always care and I can't let that happen to you. Not after all the damage I caused you."
"But Dante why did you just hug me when I caught you kissing her. You just hugged me and nothing else." I stared at him and his face broke again.
"Because I knew whatever I said wouldn't be the truth and I would hurt you that much more. I still can't believe I did it, you meant so much to me and I made a stupid choice of being in a room alone with her. And that one mistake ruined everything and I regret it all but I now know for sure you're happy with this guy. So I won't let this end the same way. If it does ill personally come over there in Washington hunt this guy down and get an explanation out of him." I laughed slightly and he smiled.
He got up and pulled me along with him.
"Come on lets go get something to eat."
"I have to get Alice and Rose first." We walked into the dance together and they both ran up to me hugging me like crazy.
"Bella I was so worried."
"Bella are you okay, Rose was going crazy without you here and I was about to run through the school like a crazy person looking for you." I laughed at her comment and they smiled.
"Dante this is Rose and Alice. Guys this is Dante." I pointed them out to him and he smiled and said a small hello.
"Lets get something to eat I'm starving. Actually let's go back to my house after picking up something."
"Sounds good."
"Perfect!"
"Dante you want to come and stay the night?" It was weird asking but it somehow felt right.
"I would love to Bella." We all piled into my car and got some Mickey D's on the way home. Once home we snuck up to my room and crashed on the floor.
We all ate our food in some silence except for Rose and Alice asking the occasional question about school.
"I'm going to go change, you guys change too." I told them both and they left. I went into my closet and went to the very back. I had a shirt and shorts that Dante left here one time he stayed over. I grabbed my pjs and went back out to him. I passed him the clothes and he looked confused.
"It's from when you stayed that night here." I left it at that and went into the bathroom. I changed and took all my make up off. I hung the dress in my closet and went back out to Dante. He was sitting on the bed waiting.
"So do you have any pictures of you friends?" He asked a little curious.
"I actually have a lot I showed them to my mom that's why their here." I pulled out the albums and sat down beside him. The first one was the first few months before I ran.
"Your hair was such a gorgeous brown." He murmured and I laughed.
"True but I need a drastic change and all. Then their where the pictures with Zane.
"This is my friend Zane. I had to share a room with him when I ran away. I was working at a hotel and his mom owned it." He nodded and made a few comments on the pictures.
We kept going through when he got to the pictures of the guys.
"That's Emmett, Rose's boyfriend. There's Jasper, Alice's boyfriend. You would probably like them as friends. Their really sweet and all."
"I probably would." We kept growing through the pictures and I would laugh remembering the moments. We got to the few last pages of me and Edward.
"This is Edward?" He asked and he sounded a little hurt.
"Yah that's him." He looked carefully at each picture and when he was down he smiled up at me.
"You look so happy in each and everyone one of them. Happier than I have ever seen you."
"Well it is the happiest I have ever been."
A.N. I will try to update soon but please review for this and pics on profile. I know this chapter was a lot of intense conversations but I hope you like it.
Love,
Topaz
