"Alice. You can't be serious." I throw the garment in my hand onto my bed.
"Deadly Sophie. It looks amazing on you!" I give her a blazing look.
"Can't I just go in jeans and a t-shirt?"
Alice soon has a look of horror. "No, absolutely not! You are wearing that dress to graduation!"
"Alice, no one is going to even see me wearing it." I look at the dress in question. She has given me a green dress that goes to my thighs. There are intricate details in black that complement the green dress. It's pretty but it's certainly not my style. I'm not the dress type of person.
"Well, you need to get over it. You are wearing it and that's final. Go ahead and get changed. I'm going over to help Bella with her outfit. I'll see you at the school. Oh, and don't forget to wear the heels" I groan in annoyance, I hated wearing heels. I give her a small grin and watch as she races out of my room in a flash.
I sigh in defeat and pick up the dress in question. It is a pretty dress. I finally give in after much thought and put the dress on. Looking into the mirror, I can tell why Alice bought it for me. The green of the dress brings my green eyes out more. My eyes almost look like they glowing. I quickly brush out my dark brown hair and put a little bit of makeup on. I smile at my reflection. I looked pretty descent.
Glancing into my reflection one last time; I go into my closet and put on a pair of black heels to match the design. I would rather wear flats but Alice would have my head.
Sighing one last time, I walk out of my room and down the stairs to where my family is waiting for me.
"Oh, look at you." I smile as Esme comes and hugs me. "I am so proud of you sweet heart."
I smile at her. "Thanks mom." Esme beams at me.
"Alice really has out done herself this time." I look at Rosalie as she comes over to me.
I laugh. "Well, you know Alice." I then feel arms snake around my waist before I'm pulled against a muscular torso. I giggle and look up at the culprit.
"I'm proud of you Sophie." Alex beams at me and then proceeds to kiss my forehead.
"Come on. We should go, we don't want to be late for graduation. Edward will meet us there with Bella. Alice is probably there already," explains Carlisle.
I nod and follow Alex to the garage. He leads me to a blue convertible car. I stare at it in confusion. "Is that a Bentley Continental GTC?" I stare at the car in amazement. It beautiful. It is an almost sky blue car with tan leather seats. It has to be one of the most expensive cars I have ever seen.
"Yep and its all yours," states Alex proudly. My eyes widen in astonishment.
"Wait, this is mine?" Alex and my whole family laugh in reply.
"Yes, its your graduation present," responds Esme. I squeal in glee and launch myself at her.
"Thank, thank you!" I hug her tightly in glee. "I love it." Her laughter and hug gives me joy.
"You are welcome sweetie. Come on. You don't want to be late." I nod and turn to catch the car keys in my hand that Alex just threw at me.
"Come on. You can drive us to school." I squeal in delight before running to my new car as Alex gets into the passenger seat. I put the car into drive and head over towards the school. I feel Alex's hand on my leg. "Slow down. You just go it and your about to wreck it." I laugh in response but slow down. "Are you excited?"
"About this car? Yes!" I laugh in delight. Alex chuckles at my response.
"Well that too, but are you excited to be graduating."
"Yes. Finally done with high school."
"For now," responds Alex.
I grumble in annoyance. "Don't remind me."
"Don't worry about that right now. That won't happen for awhile. On a lighter note. Alice's party." I still wasn't on board with this party. The last party we had was Bella's birthday party and we all know how that went.
"Oh yes, Alice's infamous party. What about it?"
"What would you say to ditching it?" I pull into the school parking lot and park my car in an open space.
I look at Alex. "Skip Alice's party? Have you gone mad. She'll kill us both if we don't go."
I stare at the man before me as he tucks a piece of hair behind my ear. "Fine. We can go for an hour and then we will leave."
"Why would we leave?" Alex just grins.
"I want to take you somewhere. A graduation present from me, kind of."
I sigh in content as I hop out of my new car. "Fine, but your telling Alice." I grab my graduation robe and make my way towards the gym where everyone is waiting to get in line. I soon spot Edward with Bella. "Oh, there they are." I look up at Alex.
"I'll see you after the ceremony." He gives me a kiss before leaving to go sit inside the gym with the rest of my family. A small smile is etched onto my face as I make my way over to Bella.
"Can we get this show on the road. I want leave this prison." Edward just laughs.
"Always so overdramatic."
I gasp in surprise. "Well brother dearest, overdramatic is my middle name." Bella and Edward laugh along with me.
"Cullen's up front." I look over to see Mr. Varner directing students to get in line.
I look at Bella with a smile. "See you on the other side of freedom Bells." I laugh as Edward rolls his eyes. He gently takes my hand and leads me towards the front where the C's are.
"Can you ever be normal," he says.
"Edward Anthony Mason Cullen, you wound me. That would be boring and uneventful." I just get an eyeroll in response. Though, a small smile is etched onto his face. I look around and notice that Alice is missing once we get into the line. "Where's Alice?"
"She's on her way. Had to get a couple of things for the party tonight," replies Edward.
"Oh joy," I grumble. I look down at the ugly mustard yellow robes we have to wear. I quickly put it on. "Why is it that you and Alice can pull off these ugly robes while I look like a mustard packet?" Edward couldn't contain his bark of laughter.
"Never change Sophie." Mr. Varner takes that moment to call us into procession. It was time for graduation to begin. We soon enter the gym and head to our assigned seats, where Alice happened to be.
"About time you showed up." Alice just flashes me a smile in response.
Graduation started to fly by. It was as if someone had pushed the fast forward button. Eric started his valedictorian speech about "new beginnings" and how we are leaving things behind. My new beginning was the future that lay before me. I would leave my humanity behind in a couple of years so that I could be with my family. I made a decision that I will turn into a vampire, but I was going to wait. I wasn't in a rush, unlike Bella who wanted to be changed now. With Eric's speed talking and nervousness, the words and phrases started running together so they didn't make sense anymore.
Principal Green then started calling names one after another. It was soon our turn to walk on the stage. I watched as Alice practically dance across the stage to get her diploma. Edward soon followed behind. Only they could pull off these ugly yellow robes. It was soon mine turn. I smiled as I heard the cheers from my family as I accepted my diploma. Green eyes met rich topaz eyes that used to be ruby red. I couldn't help but to admire his beauty as I walked back to my seat.
It was soon Bella's turn. You could hear the cheers coming from Charlie. I couldn't help but to clap along with Edward. The rest of the commencement went by in a flash. Before I knew it, graduation had ended and we were now graduates. I followed students out of the gymnasium into the warm air. I then followed Edward to see Bella as Alice walked away to find Jasper.
"Congratulations," whispered Edward into Bella's ear as he wrapped his arm around her waist. I smiled at them as he kissed her forehead.
Bella looked into the crowd, no doubt looking for Alice.
"Alice ran out as soon as she got her diploma," I interjected.
Bella looked confused. "How did you-"
I snort. "Please, it doesn't take a genius to know who you are looking for." I give her a mischievous grin and pulled her into a hug. "Congratulations Bella."
"Thanks Sophie," mumbles Bella.
An arm soon wraps around my waist. I smile up at the culprit. "If the two of you don't mind, I'm going to steal my girlfriend." I giggle in response.
"Bye Bella. I'll see the two of you tonight." Edward hugs me quickly before Alex swings me away and leads me to my family.
Rosalie is the first one to hug me. "Congrats Sophie. You finally graduated." I laugh.
"Thanks Rosalie." I'm grabbed away from Rosalie and find myself in Emmett's arms.
"Congratulations baby sister." I hang on for dear life as Emmett spins us around.
"Emmett, put her down," grumbles Alex.
As soon as he places my feet safely on the ground, Jasper pulls me into a hug. My anxiousness soon evaporates and I'm calm and content.
"Thanks Jasper."
I'm finally pulled into Carlisle's arms. "We are so proud of you."
I smile at my family. It was still hard to believe that I was adopted into the Cullen family. Standing before me was a family that loved me. They continued to accept me after learning the truth about the books. "Thanks dad."
I feel a hand intertwine with mine. "Come on. I'll take you back to the house. Alice is already there, setting up for the party." I wave goodbye to my family before following Alex to my new car.
I stare at Alex in wonder as he drives us back to the house. He rests his hand on my leg and we stay in a comfortable silence. Smiling at what the future holds ahead for me. What the future holds for the both of us.
Well, graduation is done. I'm wanting to get to Breaking Dawn soon. I don't want to rush anything though. I want to continue to flesh out Sophie's story in Eclipse. There are still things I want to include. What would you like to see in Sophie's story? Thank you again for reading this. Until next time!