It was a wakeup call sitting there in my Los Angeles hotel room. I sat there looking up all the places I wanted to go on my laptop as I watched my phone. I was secretly hoping someone would call needing me to come home. But, that's just because I have never been on my own like this before. However, I know that I have to do this. It's the first thing I have ever really done for myself. I was making out a list and plotting a route when my phone went off. I looked down to see 'Cowboy' flashing across the screen. "Angelo's want can we do for you?" I asked as I channeled my best New York accent.
"I want one superstar, please." He said on the other line.
"Miss me that much?" I asked with a laugh. I got up and went to look out the window. I sat down on the sofa up against the window.
"Of course I miss you." He said. "What does it look like there?" He asked.
"Amazing." I said as I looked out the window. "I have a great view and a walk in closet." I said as I looked out the window. "My dad wants me to enjoy everything the best I can. I think he thinks this way I won't leave again." I said.
"Probably, but your folks are loaded they can afford the Hilton." He said with a laugh.
"It's the Ritz actually." I said with a laugh as my heart sank. "You would love it out here." I said as I turned back towards the room.
"Probably, but my folks aren't loaded." He said with a laugh. "But, take tons of pictures and post them on Facebook for me to see."
"Do you think we made the right decision?" I asked him.
"Yeah." He said softly. "If you love someone you have to let them go and if they come back that means it was meant to be." He said.
"I think it's supposed to be then they love you too." I said.
"But, I know you love me already." He said.
"Come to L.A." I said as I looked at the picture of us I had placed on the table next to the bed. It was our prom picture from this year. We looked so happy.
"I can't this is your dream not mine." He replied.
"I miss you." I said into the phone.
"Stop being sad." He said on the other line. "So, where are you going today?" He asked.
"Nowhere Sydney and I are just staying in." I said. "She is down the hall."
"Cool." He said.
"Yeah I guess." I replied. "I am thinking of making tomorrow a major tourist day." I said as I looked back at my laptop.
"That sounds great." He said. "Well, I have to go. I am on break." He said. He worked at the local grocery store.
"Tell Bobby I said hi and Jeanie too." I said.
"I will." He said. "Talk to you later superstar." He said.
"Talk to you later, Cowboy." I said as I hung up. I went back to unpacking. I wasn't sure how long I was going to be in L.A., but I was planning on at least a week. I got to the bottom of my first suitcase to find the package Edward gave me the night before. I just sat down on the floor and opened it. It was a leather bond journal with pages falling out. I didn't open it to the beginning rather the middle.
Leaving home can be a confusing time. I remember my first night in that apartment in Seattle. I cried the whole night through. I missed Charlie (You grandfather) and Carlisle. I was so confused if I was doing the right thing. Sometimes I felt like I needed to fly and that apartment was helping me. Other times I just needed my daddy. Charlie had this funny way of making things seem better. Even when he didn't try. I know I have mentioned this before already. But, Charlie helped me a lot when Edward left. Even if I was still so messed up. But, everything turned out great. I got you. My beautiful little girl. Now I know that you were probably raised listening to my music, but if not listen to Never Grow Up. Maybe then you will understand how important this all was. I love you.
What is this an advice book? It doesn't matter. I found myself placing the book next to the picture of me and Nate. Then turning my iPod on to that song. (A/N: Taylor Swift). Then I called my mother. She was thrilled to hear from me. I told her how I was putting my clothes up. Getting this huge hotel room to seem like a little home. She was over the moon to hear that I talked to Nate. She thought it was silly for us to end things. She knew we both still loved each other. I ended the phone call telling my mother I loved her. The rest of the night was unpacking and talking with Sydney. "So, what now you are just going to go from place to place? Carrying his picture? Acting like you don't keep checking flights to Ohio?" She asked as we sat in the entertainment area of my hotel room.
"I don't check flights." I said as I looked at her.
"Yet." She said as she looked at me. "He was going to propose." She said as she looked at me. "You know that."
"We are eighteen it is silly." I said as I looked at her.
"Is it?" She asked. "You love him."
"Let's drop it." I said as I looked at my schedule for tomorrow.
"I so wish I didn't sparkle. I would so love to go these places." She said as she looked at me.
"Why did you want to come to California again?" I asked as I looked at her.
"I didn't think it through." She said as she looked at me.
"Apparently." I said as I looked at her.
"Shut it." She said with a laugh. Somehow things seemed okay sitting there with my sister. But, I knew I wouldn't always have her sitting with me. However, I did have what seems like a million family members in my contacts. So, I could always find someone to talk to.
Bella POV
"How is she doing?" Carlisle asked as I placed the phone on the kitchen counter.
"Good." I said as I looked at him. "She sends her love." I said as I sat down on one of the bar stools. "Maybe we could send Nate out there." I said as I thought about how to get my baby to come home. "He could get her to come back. They love each other and he didn't want things to end."
"Then she will just go to Ohio." He said as he wrapped his arms around me.
"But, then she will be with him." I said. "I wouldn't have to worry about her."
"Always worry when they are with a boy." He said with a laugh.
"I want her here with me. She hasn't left me before." I said as I looked backed at him.
Charlotte POV
"Just so you know our mother is at home making everyone miserable because you left." Sydney said as she sat down on my bed. I was straightening my hair in the bathroom.
"How come she is never like this when anyone else leaves?" I asked as I looked at her from the doorway.
"Because you and Alex are her babies. You have always been with her." Sydney said as she walked over to the doorway.
"Well, I am sorry, but I cannot spend forever with my mother." I said as I looked at her.
"Whatever, you can go give your give me freedom speech to someone else. I am meeting you where tonight?" She asked.
"Here in the dining room." I said as I looked at her. "Then the Cullen sisters are going to hit the town." I said with a laugh.
"I just hope you can keep up." She said as she freshened up her lipstick.
"Trust me I can handle it, Sparkplug." I said as I looked at her. "So, what are you going to do today?" I asked her.
"Flirt with that cute bell boy." She said as she smiled at me. "Who knows I might just get lucky." She said as she played with her long red hair.
"Well, then." I said as I looked at her. "I guess I was worried about you for no reason." I said as I looked at her.
"Of course you were." I said as I looked at her. It wasn't much longer that I was pulling out of the parking lot in my rental car. I found myself sitting in The Cheesecake Factory looking at the pictures I had taken of the Farmer's Market. I found myself snapping a picture of my red velvet cheesecake with my phone and sending it to Nate. This was his favorite. He sent a message back with a picture of his mother's homemade lemon squares. Those were my favorite. I typed back 'I am so jj" before I took a bite of my cheesecake.
"How is everything going over here?" A waitress asked as she walked up to my table. I just looked at her for a second she was probably around twenty-three with black hair.
"Just fine, but do you by any chance have lemon squares?" I asked her.
"I am afraid not Miss." She said as she looked at me. "We do have a Lemon Raspberry Cream Cheesecake." She said as she looked at me.
"Can I have my bill?" I asked.
"Sure thing. I will bring it right out." She said as she smiled then walked away. It was hard to believe that I spent most of my day in a shopping mall and all I got was a coffee and a piece of cheesecake. Dad would be so proud of me. I walked around for a few more hours before heading back to the hotel.
"You went to a mall and didn't bring me anything back!" Sydney squealed as we sat in the front room of my hotel room. "Bitch!"
"What there wasn't anything that you didn't already have?" I said as I looked at her.
"I am still hurt." She said as I grabbed my purse and got up. I had run into in the hallway. So, now we were on our way to dinner.
"Let's get going." I said as I looked at her. "I want to see the waiters cringe when you ask for raw meat." I said with a laugh.
"I don't know I might just suck it up. After all this place is supposed to be like the best in Chinese food." She said as we walked out into the hall.
"Hold on." I said as we stood by the elevator. I pulled us together and took a picture. "For dad." I said with a laugh.
"I am surprised he wasn't called." She said as we got in the elevator.
"Yeah me too, but he was more understanding." I said as I looked at her. We soon found ourselves sitting at a table with too much food for us to eat. "Oh my god I can't believe it, but I think I am missing Cullen right now." I said with a laugh as I looked at her.
"I know he would have this gone in no time." She said with a laugh.
"Can I get you girls a doggie bag?" A waiter asked as he looked at us.
"No, that's alright." Sydney said as she looked at him.
"Let me know if you need anything." He said as he placed the check on the table.
"I don't even want to see that." I said as I looked at her.
"Okay then." She said as she picked it up and placed her credit card that was linked to our parents account in the little folder. "Waiter I think we will take that doggie bag." She said as she called the waiter over again.
"I will be right back." He said.
"There is a bachelor party outside drooling over this place." She said with a laugh.
"Have a good day." Someone said as we walked out. I smiled at Sydney pulled me over to a group of guys a little older than us.
"Hi boys." She said as she smiled at them. "You know my sister and me were hoping you would take all this food off our hands." She said as she looked at her bag.
"What is something wrong with it?" One of them asked.
"No, I guess can't eat all of it. We want to keep our perfect figures." She said as she looked at what she saw as the weakest one. He was tall and lanky with shaggy hair. Not that he was still pretty attractive.
"It's free food I am not turning it down." He said as he took the bag from her. "How old are you anyways sweets?" He asked her.
"How old do you want me to be?" She asked back.
"Eighteen." He said.
"Well, you're in luck I just happen to be nineteen." She said with a cocky smile.
"Come on hot pants we have places to go." I said as I pulled her away.
"Maybe I will see you later." The guy said before we walked away.
"You never let me have fun." She said as she looked at me.
"Sorry, but you don't need to be sleeping around with random guys." I said as I looked at her.
"Why not? Afraid I am going to get knocked up because newsflash I can't." She said as we walked out of the hotel doors. "Plus, it's not like you are a virgin queen."
"How did you know?" I asked her.
"Vampire hearing." She said with a smile. "I was just down the hall."
"Shut up." I said as I looked at her.
"Fine, but only because I am ready to party. Here I come L.A!" She said as she looked at me. Somehow I am not sure Los Angeles is ready for Sydney.