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Here is chapter 38!

Much Love,

~Dazzler 916~

Chapter 38

Coming Home To Many Surprises

(Ella's P.O.V.)

I'm so glad to be home. Can't believe that week went by so fast.

Can you believe I actually missed the rain?

It was a six hour flight back to Seattle, and then a three hour drive back to La Push. So technically we didn't get home till midnight. Lucky for us we still have the weekend and then it's back to school : P.

It's 2:30pm and i'm pretty sure I just got thirteen hours of sleep. Oh the joys of having jet lag and on top of that I have to wake up early to for dance tomorrow. Yay :P

Looks like things are about to go back to normal for me very quickly.

Just as I was about to fall back asleep, I heard my name.

"Ella!"

Incoming Chloe in 5...4...3...2...1...

"Ella! Finally you're home!" She eagerly jumped to my bed and laid down right next me.

"No, I'm tired." I groaned.

"Awww poor baby—on second thought I take that back—get up!" She yelled.

"You can't make me," I mumbled.

"I know who can...Charlotte! Come!"

Oh crap, the sound of my dogs footsteps echoed through the hallway and the sound of her jingling collar got closer and closer.

Charlotte barked which caused me to jump, and then she jumped right on top of me and started giving me slobbery kisses.

"Lotty! Hey—Lotty off! Oooo Chloe I'm gonna get you—jeez Charlotte you gonna lick me to death?" I had to sit up before I end up getting doggy drool all over my face.

"You're home early." I said as I ruffled the fur on her back.

"Jacob and Nessie brought her by yesterday afternoon. She kept following Nessie out of the house when they tried leaving." Chloe explained.

"Sounds like someone got spoiled rotten while I was away." Of course Nessie was all behind it.

"Oh and her nails painted too."

"Yea right, like Renesmee actually painted my dogs na—well hey at least she painted them my favorite color." I shrugged.

Charlotte licked my face again.

"I missed you too girl." I kissed her nose.

"By the way you left your phone on kitchen table when you got in last night and—"

"I'm guessing he called." I said before Chloe could finished.

"Actually, he texted you." She placed my phone in my lap.

~Something tells you won't be up till about 3 or 4, but don't forget that about the surprise for my parents later~

"Ahhh, that's what I have to do today." I remembered after reading his text.

"So what's going on?"

"Well...Seth got a full ride to N.Y.U." I whispered.

"What!—"

"Shhhhh!" I nearly attacked her when I slapped my hand on her mouth before she could even yell loud enough for everyone in my house to hear.

"What!" She yelled with the same intensity only in a whisper.

"I know! I feel so relieved that he got in, now lets just hope I get into Julliard." I sighed.

"Oh shut up. You know you're gonna get in—"

"Well we're not gonna know until I get that letter in the mail." I reasoned with her.

"Eh, that's true." She nodded.

"You have that look on your face." I said in hopes that would get her to talk. "What have you been up to over spring break?"

"Y'know...stuff." She bit her lip and let out a childish giggle.

"Go on,"

"No this can wait, I wanna know about your trip." Chloe crossed her arms.

Now I'm the one with the suspicious look my face.

"I'm not gonna say anything else about my trip until you tell me what I missed out on." I haven't talked to Chloe in a week and I have a feeling something happened.

"Okay...so I've spent every single day with Gabe—shocker I know—and then Nora ended up spending the night at Emily's with Kayla and Claire yesterday while Gabe and I—"

"Oh my god you did what I think you did didn't you?" That was the first question that came to my mind before she could even finish.

"I'm not finished! Anyway—he made me chicken enchiladas and you know that's my favorite. And so we ate, we talked, we kissed a little bit...and then we kissed a little more which led to us going back into his bedroom and then..." Chloe stopped rambling right in the middle of her story and then pulled out her phone and started texting.

"Really? You're in the middle of telling me something and then you pull out your phone and start texting someone. C'mon Chloe."

"Hold on a sec!" She snapped. Chloe got up and closed my bedroom door and then sat back down on my bed.

About ten seconds later my phone beeped. That's probably Seth checking to see if I'm finally awake, but sure enough it wasn't Seth who just texted me...

It was Chloe.

I didn't say anything, instead I just looked up at her with a confused look on my face.

"Read it." She raised her eyebrows and pierced her eyes down at my phone.

I was a little hesitant when I opened the text.

~Yes. We did exactly what you think we did ;)~

I literally had to read the message five times before opening my mouth and screaming "WHAT?"

"I know I said that I wasn't gonna do anything like that for a long time, but one thing led to another and...it just happened." She shrugged.

"Chloe—"

"If it makes you feel any better we used protection and you know good and well I've been on birth control for solid three years, I have condoms and plan B just in case. Believe me when I say I don't plan on having another Nora running around for a good ten years or so." She reassured me.

"Well that's good." I nodded.

"Oh Ella," Chloe lifted her arms up into the air and fell back onto the bed. "I feel like a new woman!"

"That good huh?" I chuckled.

"Okay I'll say this and then I'm done...it's like Gabe and I connected on a completely different level and then when it was all over he just gave me this look...and then all of this imprint stuff came into my head and I realized how true it was. He is my match." It's nice to see my best friend so happy again. High school has been tough for her, but it definitely made her stronger.

"I can assure you that it's gonna keep getting better. Seth is the best thing that's ever happened to me since moving to La Push...by the way where's Nora?"

"She's still at the Uley's playing with Kayla and Claire. Gabe and I are gonna go pick her up later. She's been asking about you almost everyday since you left." She told me.

"Just wait until she sees what I brought her back from New York." I said.

"Oooo, you better have brought me something." Chloe demanded.

"I brought back lots of stuff, but that box won't be coming in until tomorrow." I assured her.

"Box?"

"Did you honestly think everything I bought in New York was gonna fit in my suitcase?" I asked her.

"No," She shrugged. "It makes sense seeing how much shopping you can get done in as little as an hour."

"Ella!" My little sister said knocking very loudly on my door.

"Come in," I said in a half exasperated tone.

Megan opened the door and slowly made her way in.

"What's up Meg?" She obviously had something to tell you.

"Can you take me Hannah's house?"

"Why don't you go ask Mom? She's downstairs in the kitchen." I said making it obvious that I was sort of busy.

"Already asked her and she told me to go ask you." Of course Mom would make her ask me.

I looked over at my alarm clock and then back to Meg. "I'm kinda busy so...no."

"Fine, be that way." Megan walked back out into the hallway where we could still see her and she had this evil little smirk on her face.

"Mom! Ella's being mean!" She yelled.

"Ella May Rose! You've been in bed all day, so get up and take your sister to her friend's house!" I heard my mom shout from all the way from downstairs.

I got out of bed, stepped right outside the door and yelled, "Mom my jet lag hasn't worn off yet and I'm still tired." I lied despite if I'm fully awake I don't feel like driving anywhere. Well at least not now.

"NOW!" Mom yelled even louder that time.

I looked down at my sister and she was smiling at me now. "You better wipe that smile off your face or else I'm gonna do it for you. Then we'll see whose smiling." I threatened.

"Try me," Megan folded her arms and bobbed her head in a diva-ish way. The two of us had a stare down for a good for a good two minutes until I backed out,

"That's what I thought," She mumbled under her breath.

"Ooooo, you drive me crazy!" I stormed back into my room and face planted onto my bed. "Ugh!" I groaned.

"I'm giving you ten minutes and if you're not ready by then, I'm telling Daddy." My sassy little sister said in a sweet voice.

And with that Megan skipped down the hall back into her room.

I got back out of bed a few seconds later and changed into a pair of jeans and a sweat shirt. One of these days I'm gonna get her back.

"You gonna be here when I get back?" I said to Chloe who was still sitting on my bed.

"Gabe's gonna be here in five minutes and then we're gonna go hang with Lucy and Brady." She told me.

"Well I guess I'll just see you at Sam and Emily's later," I said as I grabbed my keys off my desk.

My little sister was waiting for me downstairs on the couch and Chloe came downstairs shortly after I did. Megan still had that evil little smile on her face when we walked outside.

"Took you long enough." She said.

"Just get in the car." I hissed.

The entire car ride to Jared's house which was only five minutes, I played music from band that I loved and she hated.

Coldplay. Personally I didn't like Coldplay at first only because Elijah got Sasha hooked at that band and all she did was play Viva La Vida over and over again. But once that song got old she started listening to someof their other songs like Strawberry Swing and then I got hooked.

"I hate this band! You're driving me crazy!" Megan plugged her ears.

"Haha very punny." I laughed.

Well, I am driving...hehehe :)

Jared was sitting outside on the steps with Kim when I pulled up.

Megan got out the car before I even stopped and she didn't even bother to close the door. I watched as my sister right passed Jared and into the house.

"Thanks for closing my door!" I shouted.

A few seconds later Megan walked back out just to stick her tongue at me, and then she went back inside. And then, Hannah peered out of the door way and waved hello with a friendly smile on her face before going back in.

"Bout time you got back." Jared made his way towards my car dragging Kim along.

"We got home last night." I yawned.

"What's up with your sister?" Kim asked me.

"So Chloe woke me up about thirty minutes ago and in walks Megan who was being a little brat and asks me to drop her off here. So after I told her no, she goes and tells my mom that I was being mean to her and I wasn't being mean at all. I simply told her no, so then my mom made me take. Plus, she's just mad because I got back at her and played the kind of music that I love and she hates." I explain.

"Well I'd rather have a little sister than a little brother." Kim said.

"You say that now..." I warned her.

"True, well at least you don't have a twelve year old brother going through your stuff when you're not home."

Kim's younger brother Cory the same age as Hannah and Megan and they're all in sixth grade. I remember sophomore year I got stuck babysitting all three of them and I made Lucy come over and help me out.

"You coming over to to Sam and Emily's later?" Kim asked me as she ran her fingers through her hair.

"Yea. Seth and I are—" I stopped in the middle of my sentence and noticed the ring on Kim's finger. It looked like it could be an engagement ring.

"Is there something you two wanna tell me?" I asked looking back at the ring and then at Kim and Jared who were both on the virge of smiling.

Kim looked over at Jared and gave him a nod, then they looked back at me.

"Well you're last to find out about this...but Kim's pregnant." Jared told me.

I leaned forward and jumped when the sound of the car horn went off.

"Oops, that was an accident." I leaned back into my seat.

"Jared! Quit telling everyone that." Kim hit him on the arm.

"It was just a joke," Jared shrugged.

"You think you're slick." I rolled my eyes at him.

"He's been telling everyone that, but we are getting married—but the date isn't set till December—and hopefully you'll be back in town by then because we want you and Seth in the wedding." Kim explained.

"Of course, I wouldn't miss it." I told them.

"Does Seth know if he got into that New York school yet?" Jared asked me.

"Nope. Not yet, I'm about to go over to his house now and hang out with him for a little bit." I said.

"Hey did you hear about Leah—"

"Jared! Let Ella find out find out for herself. We'll see you later Ella." Kim cut Jared off.

"O..kay. I'm gonna go now. See you guys later." I rolled up the window and drove off.

Seth and I have been gone for about a week and we've missed out on so much. Goodness gracious it's like something big happened to almost everyone we know and we're the last ones to find out about it.

Seth just walked out of the garage when I pulled up. He was happy to see me, like always :).

"I was afraid you were gonna over sleep." Seth said as I got out of my car and closed the door.

"Ugh! I would've still been sleeping right now if Chloe didn't come in and wake me up. Plus, my mom made me take Megan over to her friends house so I didn't really have time to actually get dressed and look somewhat decent." I said in an irritated tone.

"You look beautiful, as always." He assured me.

"I'm wearing sweatpants and and sweat shirt." I said trying to be reasonable.

"Still tired?" He guessed.

"Yes," I huffed. "We only have two days left to sleep in before it's Sunday comes making it a school night—on second that I have to get up and go to the studio tomorrow morning for a three hour rehearsal. Great."

"You're not the only one that's tired. I had to wake up at 7:30 this morning for a pack meeting and I couldn't fall back asleep when I got home." He yawned.

"Awww, my poor baby." I ran my fingers through his hair. "Don't worry, we can be tired together."

"Speaking of which, we better get inside before Leah drags us in. Leah's got some big news—well I already know about it cause she told me when I got back from the pack meeting but basically you're the last to hear about it." Seth said.

"How much have we missed out on since leaving last Friday?" I asked him.

"Apparently...a lot." He chuckled.

"You're probably right." I agreed.

Shortly after we stepped inside, Leah was the first person who walked out of the hallway.

"Leah!" I let go of Seth hand to go give her a big hug.

"So glad you're back! I have something very important to tell you—"

"Leah that can wait! Besides we have something to tell all of you—technically it's just me who has to tell you something, but Ella already knows about it and I wanted her over here so we could share it together." Seth interrupted her.

"Mom! Charlie! Living room now!" Leah yelled.

I took a seat on the couch while Seth went into his room real quick to get the surprise. We planned this out the day Seth bought the shirts.

"Hey Sue." I said as she walked in and gave me a hug.

"How was the trip?" She asked.

"Great. Really great! Seth and I had a fun time. He loved it." I told her.

"He's been talking about it ever since he got back from his meeting this morning—" Charlie sat down right next to Sue and she was eager to cut him off.

"So what did get Seth get us?" She asked.

"You're about to find out." Seth walked back in holding two small boxes. They were about the size of shoe boxes but a little bit smaller. He gave one to his mom and the other to Charlie.

"Wait!" Seth ran back into his room and was back in seconds with his camera in hand.

"I'm video taping this, so don't open until them until I say go." He said to them.

"Ella what's in here?" Charlie asked as he started shaking the box.

"I can't say anything." I pretended to zip my lips shut.

"Okay Ella hold this." Seth handed me the camera.

"Press the record button..." He took a seat at the end of the couch next to Sue. "Now."

I pressed the button and it started recording.

"Can we open them now?" Sue asked.

"Go ahead." Seth shrugged.

Seth and I shared a quick glance as they unwrapped their presents. Charlie ripped open his box first and Sue opened hers shortly after he did.

Both of them held the shirt up backwards and didn't even notice there was writing on the front of the shirt.

"A blank purple t-shirt?" Sue looked over at Seth with a confused look on her face, while ended up figuring it out for himself and turn the shirt around so she could see what it said.

"Sue, there's writing on front of the shirt." Charlie told her.

"I know, I know." She fussed.

The two of them read the writing out loud, "My son goes to N.Y.U..."

"You're kidding," Leah's jaw dropped.

"OH MY GOD!" Sue jumped up and screamed before pulling Seth up to give him a very long hug. "You got in! You got in! Oh my baby's going to college in New York!" She cried.

"Babe are you getting this?" Seth asked me.

"It's still recording." I told him.

"Way to go Seth," Charlie joined in and made it a group hug while Sue continued sobbing tears of joy.

"Okay okay! My turn." Leah said.

Sue and Charlie quickly stepped back from Seth and Leah nearly attacked Seth. Awww, brother and sister hug! How sweet :).

"I'm gonna go brag about this to everyone I know, just giving you a heads up bro." Leah said.

"Well I'm gonna wear this to work tomorrow." Charlie said to the camera.

"I'm wearing this to the grocery store!" Sue said before turning back to Seth. "Come here,"

"Mom don't cry," Seth told her.

"I'm your mother and I can cry if I want to." She said sternly.

Seth gave me a look and nodded which indicated that he wanted me to shut the camera off. I set his camera on the lounge chair.

"It's not like I'm going to be leaving you forever. Plus I won't start school till the fall. I've got loads of time." He assured her.

"Can I tell Ella my news now? I'm waiting for Mom's crying fest to end." Leah huffed.

"Oh sit down and quit fussing before you have a miscarriage." Sue said trying to shut her up.

"Mom!" Leah stamped her foot.

And then I thought about what she just said to Leah. Miscarriage?

Oh my God!

"You're pregnant?" I gasped.

"Almost four months! Look," Leah lifted up her sweatshirt to reveal her noticeably little baby bump. "Jon and I will find out the sex of the baby in three weeks."

"You're almost four months and you're just now telling me?" I protested.

"We found out in February, we just decided not to tell anyone until we we're ready. Plus with the wedding in June and the baby due in September this all works out perfectly." She said.

"Awwwww," I didn't really know what else I could possibly say right now. I mean I completely understand why she chose not to tell anyone sooner because of all the drama that had started since the beginning of the year.

But I'm really happy for her. She may not have imprinted on Jon but they're madly in love with each other, so I guess that's close enough right?

"I hope you have a girl. Then you'll get a taste of what we had to deal with when you were little. She'll be just like you." Sue chuckled.

"Gee, thanks mom...but Jon and I are pretty sure it's a boy. Actually we're hoping it's a boy." Leah corrected herself.

"I'm to young to be a grandma!" Sue protested.

"Mom, you're almost fifty." Seth said.

"Hey!" Sue smacked him on the arm.

"He does have a point." Leah agreed with him.

"Don't worry about it Sue, you don't look a day over forty." I assured her.

"Ella," Sue walked towards me and gave me another hug. "It's official. I'm adopting you."

"Oh please Mom, She's gonna be your daughter in law before ya know it." Leah rolled her eyes.

"Okay," Seth grabbed a hold of my arms and pulled me out of Sue's hug. "We have to go. Emily and Sam are expecting us." Seth was so eager to drag me out of the door and I trip over the welcome mat on our way out.

"Jeez bro, don't make her fall over." Leah said to him.

"Sure sure, see ya later." Seth waved and then hopped into the passengers seat of my car.

"Well," I slid into into drivers seat and shut the door. "That went well," I nodded.

"Yea and now my mom is going to be talking about it until I actually leave." He said.

"She's gonna go nuts when you leave. Then again you are the youngest." I mentioned.

"Oh she'll be fine. She may call me every single day for the first few days...or weeks—no—she's gonna call me everyday for the firs few months." He clarified.

"You're the last one to leave the house and pretty soon you're gonna be out of the house living you're own life—not that you already are but you're going to be away from her. And I'm pretty sure she's going to give me a call every so often or possibly every other day and ask me how you're doing."

"Trust me. She will." Seth reassured me.

All of this talk about going of to college and what not really got me thinking about what I had coming up in about two weeks.

My auditions.

These next few weeks at the studio are going to be so stressful. Madame is going to drill us on everything, and I'm pretty sure she's going make a last minute decision and have us learn a new dance for the showcase three days before the show like always does.

The two of us spent the evening at the Uley's with a few of our friends and we told them all about our adventurous trip to New York.

Actually...not everything, but most of it ;)

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Much love,

~Dazzler 916~