Chapter 11

After a while (a long while) Julie had to leave Edward. She didn't want to leave. She wished she could stay there with him forever and never have to deal with any hurt or pain or life in general again, but she knew she should probably get home. After a very long goodbye, she left the mansion and walked home. She left all of her stuff (except her shoes) in the yard. She walked home very slowly. It seemed like hours before she got home. She walked in looking a mess. Her father had left and Emily was probably in bed. Her mom was sitting in the living room, watching TV and reading a book when she walked in.

"Julie," her mother gasped getting up. "What happened? Why are you here so early?" "I don't want to talk about it right now," she said. "Let me change first and I'll tell you," "This looks bad," her mom said. "I'll get the ice cream."

After Julie changed, she told her mom all that had happened with her and Chase. She cried a little, but not so much. She told her mom everything except going to Edward. The ice cream was half gone when they were done talking. "I'm so sorry, honey." Her mom said as Julie sat there with her head on her mom's shoulder. "Why?" Julie asked. "I wanted you to go and have fun so bad. I think I pressured you into it. If I wouldn't have, you could have stayed home and you wouldn't be heart broken. Now, you're senior prom's ruined. Your whole night is ruined." "No," Julie sighed. "I actually want to thank you. I am actually happy for tonight, more than you know…"

The next morning, Julie woke up on her couch. The television was on to the Style network and her mom wasn't there anymore. She looked at her watch. "5 a.m." she said to herself. She got up to get something to drink. While she sat at the table, she thought about what happened yesterday…with Edward. She didn't know what was going on. She knew one thing: she definitely didn't have feelings for Chase anymore. She really liked…no she loved Edward. She had to say it and she had to say it to him.

"I'll go over there later-" she said to herself, but then stopped. She wasn't going later, she was going now!

She went over to the window and looked outside. The door would make too much noise. She was halfway through when…

"What are you doing?" asked Emily's voice. She jumped and fell through the window. Luckily, it was on the first floor. Emily went over to the window and stood on the chair. "Emily," Julie said getting up and rubbing her arm that she landed on. "Ow…what are you doing up?" "I was going to go the bathroom. Where are you going?" "To Edward's" Julie said taking some grass out of her hair. "Like that? Why?" Julie looked at her outfit: Loose, huge, baggy black sweatpants and a small hot pink t-shirt and a black hoodie. Her hair was up in a messy pony-tail. She rolled her eyes at her sister. "Well, I need to go now. Just tell mom I'm sleeping in my room and I don't feel like talking, so don't wake me up, okay?" "Can I come?" "No, Em," Julie replied thinking about how this whole thing would fly right over her sister's head. "I need you to stay and cover for me. Please," Julie begged. "Fine," Emily said rolling her eyes. "I'll be here," she said. "Thank you so much. I'll pay you back, promise!" Julie said and started off for the mansion. "You better," Emily muttered.

Julie walked and fixed her pony-tail. She saw that no one was out yet really, since it was a little after 5:00 a.m….she started running when she got closer. It was a little wet out…it looked like it had been raining. She finally reached the garden and stopped to catch her breath. Something suddenly dawned on her. What if he was sleeping? She hoped he was awake so she could talk to him. If he wasn't, the whole trip there was for nothing.

When she reached Edward's room, she quietly walked over to the little fireplace. He was asleep, his hands…scissors…were on top of his chest and he was lying down. His eyes were closed. He looked so peaceful when he slept. She smiled at him, but disappointedly walked back down stairs.

When she was outside, she walked through the garden to her house. It started to rain as she was walking hime, so she hurried her pace. When she got there, she saw Emily, still standing at the window. "Em-" "Shh!" Emily hushed her and pointed to the back of the house. Emily then looked behind her and saw her mom standing there. "Shhh…ooo shoo ew I hate bees, shoo!" Julie went for the back of the house, but before she could get out of sight, her mom was looking at her through the window.

"Julie!" her mom yelled. Julie froze and went back to the window. "Hey…mom…" she said. "What are you doing out there?" "I was….getting the mail…" Julie replied. Emily rolled her eyes and shook her head. "It's Sunday," Julie's mom said. "Get in the house, right now!" her mom said. Julie stomped over to the front of the house and went in.

"What were you doing outside, Julie?" her mom asked. "I told you I was getting the mail. I was expecting something…" "It is Sunday!" her mom said louder. "I forgot. Shoot me, I just woke up! Can't I make one mistake?" Julie asked. Her mom rolled her eyes. "Never were a smart one," Emily laughed. "Shut it, munchkin." Julie said. Julie's mom walked back to the kitchen to make breakfast.

"Why are you back so early?" Emily asked as Julie started up the stairs. "Tell ya later," Julie said heading for her room.

Julie threw herself on her bed. She had to go to Edward's today. She decided she'd wait until she got some time to herself to just go. She really needed to get over there. She had to tell Edward how she felt and she wanted to know if he felt the same. Then she thought about it for a little more. If he didn't feel that way, then things would be really awkward…she liked going to see him everyday. Then, she thought about the kiss. Did he kiss her? No she kissed him. Now she was very confused. Then she remembered that this same thing happened with Chase, and look where they were now. She tried to express a little bit of her feelings for him, and now they may never talk to each other again.

Julie started crying. Now, she had no idea what to do. The worst part was, she couldn't talk about it with anyone. Her mom would kill her if she found out where she'd been this whole time. Emily was too young to know anything about this, Edward…she couldn't tell Edward how she was feeling. The only one that came to her mind was….her grandmother. Tears started streaming down her face. She missed her grandmother so much. She remembered how she used to tell her about him. There was so much passion in her voice. Now would have been a great time to talk to her. She could just imagine the look on her face when she found out how Julie met him and how much she cared for him. This made tears flow uncontrollably. She didn't know what to do, now. She felt so confused as she cried herself to sleep…