BEFORE THE CLEARWATER'S

CHAPTER 19

SAVANNAH P.O.V

"Congratulations, you are finished with high school." Esme said when I handed in my last final. I felt a sense of relief. I now had one less thing to worry about. Next? My wedding. "I will send these over to the school and you'll be able to get your cap and gown and be able to walk with the rest of your class." I knew it was important to my parents for me to finish school before I got married. My dad would have loved to see me graduate on the Rez but with my situation, we all felt that this was best. I still would be able to walk the stage and I think that is good enough.

"Can I plan your graduation party?" Alice asked. It was only March, graduation wasn't until June.

"Sure. You need to include my mom though because she wanted to be apart of this."

"I will." She scurried off. Rosalie came into the room then and looked at me.

"Have you chosen your bridesmaids yet?" I shook my head.

"I'm still thinking. Because I don't know how comfortable a vampire and a werewolf would be walking down the aisle together." I knew that for my parents sake they got along but when it came down to it, they were enemies. I knew that Seth would most likely have some of the pack. Probably Embry, Quil, and Jared.

"Is Seth going to have any vampires as his groomsmen?"

"Maybe Edward." I shrugged. We hadn't really discussed that together yet. We were more worried about getting it planned. We had most things nailed down. Alice said not to worry about how the alter will look and that she was designing it with Esme. I trusted both of them enough to take both of our tastes into consideration when it came down to how simple and romantic we wanted our wedding.

We were sticking with the daisy's and the red theme. We were leaving in a few weeks to go dress shopping and I was so excited.

My phone rang and I was expecting it to be Seth but it was Chelsea one of my friends from school who I had abandoned when I started seeing Seth and started homeschooling.

"Hey!" I said into the phone smiling. "How are you?" It had been a while since I had talked to any of my friends from high school. I missed seeing them. I missed just being a regular teenager. Life as imprints was intense. My entire world revolved around him and making him happy.

"Just calling to see if you wanted to come to a party tonight?" I looked up at Esme who was listening to the entire conversation.

"Um, where is it?" I questioned. I knew it wasn't going to be easy to get Seth on board with me going to a party tonight. I knew it was either going to be in Forks or on the Rez. Either way I wanted to go and spend some time with my friends.

"At Tommy Wilson's house." She answered.

"Okay. I have to work tonight so I'll come after." I answered. "I might be late cause I'll have to convince my fi- boyfriend that I'm going."

"Just bring him." She said. I bit my thumb nail while looking down. "I'll see you later." She said before hanging up. I sighed. Seth and I had never partied together. I partied a few times in high school with friends and got in trouble every single time. I knew it wasn't going to be easy to convince Seth that nothing would happen.

"Are you sure that's a good idea?" Esme asked.

"It's just a party." I answered cleaning up my school work.

"And what if Josh is there?" She asked. "Seth wouldn't be too happy."

"I won't interact with him. I think he knows to stay away from me." He had gone away for a while and I assumed he had gone to jail but apparently people had been seeing him around town and that he was still causing trouble. "I'll bring Seth."

"I'm sure Seth doesn't want to go to a teenage party."

"He will if his teenage fiance wants to." I answered. "I'll be careful. I promise." I answered jumping off the stool and grabbing my bag. "I love you. I promise I'll be okay." I kissed her cheek and hugged her.

"I love you too." She smiled. Esme was too kind to stop me from doing whatever I wanted. "Have a good shift at the shop." Seth was paying most of the bills in the house while I paid for our food and paid for my car. I was struggling to keep up with payments and as much as Seth said he didn't mind paying for most things, I felt terrible living off him.

"Thanks." I smiled shouting a bye to everyone before leaving out the front door.

"Want me to stand outside?" Edward called from the balcony. "The party I mean?"

"You would do that?"

"You're a teenager, Savannah. You should act like one before you're married with kids. If you want to go, I will stand outside in the woods."

"If you want. But the pack could smell you and wonder what you're doing."

"I'll go through the trees." I smiled shaking my head. "Be careful. Drive safe." He headed back into the house. I got into my car and drove over to the shop.

"Hi, dad." I called into the garage as I walked down the hall to the office. "I finished school today." I smiled as I sat down knowing he could hear me. He came flying into the office covered in oil.

"You're done?" I nodded smiling at him.

"Esme is sending my transcript over to the Rez high so I can walk with my class." I smiled. "I know it means a lot to you."

"I'm very proud of you. Did you tell mom?"

"Not yet. I figured we could do dinner tomorrow and I'll tell everyone." I answered turning on the computer.

"Why not tonight?" He asked.

"I have plans with Chelsea tonight." I answered.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah." I answered. "I haven't told Seth yet though." I don't know why I was nervous to tell him that I was going to a party. I wouldn't hold him back if he wanted to come with me and have fun. Either he was going to let me go and have a fun night with my friends or there was going to be a fight. "I'll tell him at dinner." Usually on Friday's we went out but lately we had both been so exhausted that we would just order food or go to my parents.

"Good luck with that." He commented. When Seth got off work he called me like usual asking what I wanted for dinner. Once my shift was over I said bye to dad and headed to the pizza shop to pick up the pizza's before heading home.

"Hi." He smiled holding the front door open for me. He leaned down to kiss me as I stepped across the mantel.

"Hi." I smiled heading to the kitchen. I set the pizza's down before kicking off my heels and grabbing plates. "How was your day?" I asked grabbing a piece of pizza.

"Good. Boring. How was yours?" He asked.

"I am officially done with high school." I smiled. He jumped up out of his seat and pulled me into his arms.

"That's amazing!" He spun me around before setting me back down. "We have to celebrate."

"Alice said she would throw me a party. And I'll be able to walk with the other seniors on the Rez." I was excited to get to walk with my class. I knew that the Cullen's would make the day special if I couldn't walk with my class but it still meant a lot to me to get an actual diploma and make my parents proud.

"Can't I do something for you too?" He asked.

"Of course you can. But tonight, I'm going to a party." I looked up at him through my eyelashes to see his reaction.

"Where?"

"At Tommy Wilson's house." I answered. I could see him thinking about every possible scenario that could end with me dead or injured. "I'll be safe." I commented.

"Can I come?" He asked. Seth's teenage years were spent with the pack. He never got to be a normal teenager. He was too busy running around on four legs killing vampires.

"If you want to. I would love if you came." I was expecting him to want to come. We had never partied together. I've seen him drunk a few times but I knew that tonight he would watch himself. "Just don't act like you're an adult who's going to bust us."

"I'll just be your boyfriend who's home from college for the weekend." He answered casually. I hated lying but I knew that for his sake he needed me to lie.

"You're my fiance." I smiled eating. "I don't care if people think we're too young. I don't care." He smiled at me.

"I love you."

"I love you." I finished eating and quickly rushed upstairs to pick out something to wear and redo my makeup. Seth came into the room and looked at the outfit that I was going to wear.

"Is this what you're wearing?"

"Yeah." I answered before he went over to the closet and picked out a tight fitting white shirt and jeans. I was going to be wearing a white lace body suit with a jean skirt and a pair of vans. I watched him as he got dressed and at this point I wasn't sure we were going to be leaving the house. "You look really good." I smiled standing up. I fluffed my hair before stripping and getting dressed.

"Damn." He smirked. "I don't know how I'm going to keep my hands off you tonight."

"I would prefer them to be all over me." I answered leaving out the door. He was close behind me and chased me down the stairs. He grabbed my keys before heading out to my car. "Who's going to drive home?" I asked.

"I won't drink."

"Can I?" I asked.

"Do whatever you want pretty girl but just know, we're having sex tonight." I was counting on it. I showed him how to get to the house. The sun was setting just as we pulled up. People were everywhere. A few people were hanging off the roof and we could hear the music from a mile away. "Just stay close okay?" He asked getting out and locking the door. I ran around the car and grabbed his hand.

"It'll be okay." I answered squeezing his hand as we walked inside. "One beer won't kill you." I answered pulling him into the kitchen. Most of the people here were in my graduating class.

"Is that douche bag Josh here?" He said. If any other people were talking to each other in regular voices, they wouldn't be able to hear each other. He could have whispered at me and I still would have heard him.

"He probably will be yeah." I answered leaning into him. "Don't cause a scene." I begged just as Chelsea came over.

"You came!" She shouted hugging me. I hugged her back laughing.

"Of course I came." I smiled pulling back. I turned to Seth and she looked from him to me. "This is Seth. My fiance."

"Fiance?" She asked. I nodded looking up at him. "Wait and this is the Seth?"

"This is the Seth." I smiled. I had been friends with Chelsea since I was a kid and she knew all about my crush on Seth. All she knew was that he was older and he probably didn't like me the same way I liked him.

"Well damn." She smirked holding her hand out to him. "Nice to meet you." He shook her hand.

"Same to you." He smiled.

"You got yourself an upgrade. When you said he was hot I didn't know you meant that hot." I shook my head laughing. I pulled Seth into the kitchen and grabbed him a beer to help him relax a little while I got a red solo cup and filled it with the punch that was sitting on the counter in a big bowl.

"Be careful." He stood behind me whispering in my ear. "Those can easily be drugged."

"I'll be careful. I know you won't let anything happen to me." I answered turning to look at him. "Wouldn't be the first time I passed out on someones front lawn." I shrugged.

"What?" He asked. There was a lot of things I did in high school that my parents didn't know I did. "When did that happen?"

"Junior year." I shrugged. "It's not that big of a deal." The music turned louder. I grabbed his hand as I pulled him into the living room.

"This is a bad idea." He commented resting his hands on my lower back. Then he stood up straighter and pulled me closer to him.

"What?" I asked trying to turn my head but he kissed me before I could turn my head too much. I kissed back but knew that he was just trying to distract me. I pulled back to breathe. "Josh?" I asked. He nodded. I could feel him standing behind me. I turned in Seth's arms as he moved one arm over my shoulder and rested it across my chest. I held his arm with my free arm as I turned to Josh. "What do you want?" I asked.

"Just surprised to see you here." He shrugged chugging from his beer.

"Could say the same to you. Thought you were in prison?" He scoffed. Seth's grip on me got tighter.

"Like guys like me stay in prison for long." He answered making my blood boil. Seth pulled his arm back trying to act like I didn't burn him. Josh looked at us both weird. I breathed trying to calm myself down but I could still feel my skin burning.

"I could kill him." Seth whispered.

"Alpha wouldn't be too happy about you murdering someone in front of a bunch of high schoolers." I mumbled still looking at Josh. "I just wish you could rip his face off." I turned to Seth looking up at him. I ran my hand under his shirt feeling over his abs. He held my face in his hands.

"Are you okay?" He asked kissing my forehead. I nodded closing my eyes. "I will always protect you."

"I know." I smiled slipping my hands into the back pocket of his jeans and squeezed. "We could go fuck in my car." I smirked.

"You deserve more than being fucked in a car."

"No. I wanna be fucked." I smirked tugging on his arm as we walked away from Josh. Seth pulled on a piece of my hair yanking my head back as I turned to him and he let go so he could grab my throat to kiss me. I kept my eyes closed as his lips moved down my throat. I let out a groan before shoving him off and nearly dragging him through the crowd.

I quickly ran up the stairs trying to find an empty bedroom. I knew he always locked his parents rooms when he had parties but not many people knew that there was a bathroom up here. I had found myself in that bathroom a few times with a certain boy.

"Are you sure about this?" He asked as he closed and locked the door behind him. I nodded before jumping into his arms and kissing him.

"Please." I groaned. He flicked the button's open on my body suit before sliding the skirt up just enough to get my panties down my legs. I slipped one leg out but left them on one of my legs before going to his jeans button. He held me against the wall while he shimmied his pants down just enough to pull his boxer's down and thrust into me. I threw my head back moaning.

He wasn't slow and he wasn't gentle and it was exactly what I wanted. I wrapped my legs around him trying to lock him to me while his thumb ghosted over my clit giving me just enough friction to be begging for more. Every time he thrust into me he hit my g-spot making me cry out. I clenched around him before orgasming and moaning loud. My body shook against his as he continued his thrusts and released into me. I moaned at the feeling before he slowly pulled out and set me on the floor.

I giggled watching his face. He opened his eyes and looked at me.

"You are so beautiful." I giggled and kissed him. I grabbed my panties and slid them up my legs before pulling my skirt down.

"Let's blow this popsicle stand." I smiled opening the door. A few people were standing in the hallway and gawked at me as I opened the door. I fluffed my hair before striding past them with Seth right behind me with a hand on my shoulder.

"It's all yours boys." I heard Seth commented as I headed down the stairs and out the front door.I scanned the trees before seeing Edward.

"You can go. Thanks, Edward."

"Edward?" Seth asked following my eyes to the trees where Edward was a blur as he left. "What was he doing?"

"Making sure I was safe." I answered getting into the car. "Get in. I am not nearly finished with you tonight, Clearwater."