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Chapter 7-Wide Awake

The ladies and I decided we would go down to the local pub that had a Karaoke on the weekends. It was about 8 when we made it there. It was just a relaxed night, jeans and tee-shirt type of night. I know I know very rare but its amazing how I can get Rose & Alice to dress down sometimes with me, to my astonishment they still looked stellar in their designer jeans and t-shirts and heels..crap really heels??

Rose went up to the bar to get a copy of the song book, she made it back to our table not only with the book but balancing three beers in the other hand. "So, what do you ladies want to sing tonight." I asked.

"Oh no." said Rose. "You have no choice in songs tonight you will end up singing what we pick out.

"Ok ladies and gents." The DJ said. We have three special ladies that are going to do the next group of songs for you."

"Alice, Rosalie & Bella!!" "come on up ladies!" he said. Alice and Rose pulled me up on stage, I turned around to see what they first son was.

First I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
without you by my side
But I spent so many nights
thinking how you did me wrong
I grew strong
I learned how to carry on
and so you're back
from outer space
I just walked in to find you here
with that sad look upon your face
I should have changed my stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
you'd be back to bother me

Rose, Alice and I all were singing at the top of our lungs by now.

Go on now go walk out the door
just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
you think I'd crumble
you think I'd lay down and die
Oh no, not I
I will survive
as long as i know how to love
I know I will stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
and I'll survive
I will survive

That's when I noticed out of the corner of my eye that mass of blond hair I couldn't mistake sitting at the table in the corner. Lauren.

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart
kept trying hard to mend
the pieces of my broken heart
and I spent oh so many nights
just feeling sorry for myself
I used to cry
Now I hold my head up high
and you see me
somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
still in love with you
and so you felt like dropping in
and just expect me to be free
now I'm saving all my loving
for someone who's loving me

I looked over at the table in the corner and noticed Lauren sitting there with a huge smirk on her face. As the song stopped I looked between Alice & Rose, Rose was looking over at the bar and she looked like she was about ready to pounce.

"Rose, what's up?" I asked her

I followed her gaze that was locked on no other than Mike from the bar back to the table in the corner. Mike handed Lauren a drink. "They have to know we are here, for godsake we just got an announcement from the DJ before the song." Alice stated. That's when Mike turned around looked me dead on and grabbed Laurens face and started to kiss her. I stumbled backwards, not because of the fact that he was kissing her but of the fact that he was basically confirming everything I thought about him, if he thought I would be jealous he was dead wrong. I couldn't have been looking at a better couple for one another.

I walked over to their table, Alice steaming to my left and Rose cracking her knuckles to my right. Mike broke his kiss with Lauren and turned around to me. "Hey Bella baby, you know Lauren right?" He said. "Of course I do." I stated back to him. He knew that she was the one person in the world I couldn't stand. "Well since you guys know eachother you won't mind if I get to know her would you?"

"Nope Mike go right ahead." I didn't know what came over me, I smiled as sweetly as I could and walked away, yes I walked away I had so many things that I wanted to say to Mike & Lauren but it wasn't worth them getting the better of me here in public. So I grabbed Alice & Rose and told them we were leaving. I needed to get my things out of the house, to do that I could think of only one person in town that I knew Mike wouldn't mess with…my dad.

8/26/08 10:30pm Phone call to Charlie

"Hey dad, I'm sorry I called you so late."

"Hey Bella, what's up, is something wrong?"

"Umm Dad, if I ask you to come help me with something will you do it and get it over with and then get mad later."

"Bella…what is going on."

"Dad I'm moving in with Alice & Rosalie, I need to get my stuff out of the house before Mike gets home."

"That can be done." Charlie said matter of factly.

"Dad why are you not questioning me on this?"

"Bella you are my daughter I might not always agree with your decisions, you know sure as hell I didn't want you marring Mike, so how ever you came to the conclusion that you do not need to be with him an longer I'm not going to question it right now, what I am going to do is make sure that he isn't able to get back to the house tonight."

"Char…dad, don't do anything."

"I'm not honey, but if you want to let me know where I can find Mr. Newtons car I'm sure that I can finally stop looking the other way on all those damn parking tickets he has and tow his car."

"Dad.."

"Bella, work with me here, I want as much time for you to get your things before he comes to that house because if he starts something one of my deputies will probably have to end up arresting me, or I'll just shot him…either way not a good outcome." He chuckled

"Ok dad, he's at the Pier Street pub right now."

"Good I will send Ben out to impound the car." And I'll meet you in 20 mintues at the house.

"Dad, I love you and thank you."

"I love you too kid, see you soon."

I looked over at Rose & Alice. "Let's do this." There was no one in the world that could move faster than Rose & Alice when they had motivation, you should see them shop, it's like a tornado.

Fifteen minutes later we pulled up to the house I shared with Mike. It didn't feel like home, it never really felt like home it felt like a house if that makes since. I couldn't help but get pissed knowing that while we were going through the motions of buying our first home, he was screwing Jessica. It just made me angrier and angrier.

I noticed that my dads truck was already there, and so was Billie Black, my dads oldest friend..ok that's like dad call in reinforcements, I chuckled to myself. Rose and Alice were two steps behind me.

"Hey dad, hey Billie, thank you so much for coming." I walked over and gave my dad a huge hug and kiss and did the same for Bille.

"No problem they both said."

" Hey Billie how is Jacob doing?" I asked

He chuckled. "He has his hands full between being Chief of the tribe, married to Nakoia and the four year old twins you wouldn't think he would have time to breath, and we just found out Nakoia is two months along with my next little grand baby." You could see the pride in his eyes.

I smiled at him. "Oh Billy I'm so very glad to hear that." Jake and I had always been friends, not best of friends but still friends we had spent many a summer day when I was little and came to visit my dad, making mud pies while Bille & Charlie fished.

I noticed a second set of headlights and what looked like to be a very large trailer pull in. I wasn't sure who it was and couldn't see in the cab. The truck pulled to a stop and two of my favorite men (who once again were like second fathers to me) in the world got out. Carlisle Cullen & Jackson Whitlock.(A/N: come on, I love the name Jackson, I had to go there.) I was speechless. I couldn't help it, tears started streaming down my cheeks, I knew that they were always there for me when I was in high school, I was like the daughter neither one of them ever had. But standing here 29 years old and blubbering like a baby, I ran to them. I threw my arms around their necks.

"Bella you didn't think we would miss the chance to help you out right." Jackson said when I pulled back from them.

"Charlie called me and I called Jackson and I have to say we made it here in pretty good time." Carlisle said.

I looked over at Charlie said "Like I would pass up the oppritunity to have all you dads help you out." I smiled at him.

"Ok guys lets get this going we need to get all of her stuff packet and in boxes I'd say we have about two hours."

No questions were asked everyone just took off and started on a room. I only wanted my stuff the dishes, tv, bed stuff like that could stay. I wanted my clothes, personal items, computer and stuff like that.

I was in the kitchen getting something to drink when Carlisle came in. I couldn't help it I had to say something.

"Carlisle, I have been able to step back from the bubble that I was living in to see that my life was passing me by and that as each day passed I was becoming more isolated." He was always so easy to talk to just like his sons.

"Bella, I'm glad that you were able to see that, I have a vast amount of contacts and resources if you need any help, I don't want to over step my boundaries and you don't have to tell me what exactly happened, but I do want to give you a phone number of a really good therapist. Ok?"

I looked at him and smiled "Yeah that would be ok."

That's when Jackson came into the room. "So have you heard anything from my boy lately?" he asked. I had to smile, I actually just joined this online thing called Myspace it's a site dedicated to social connections, well I found Em & Jaz on it but there profiles were restricted so I actually just sent them both a "friends request" this afternoon and I'm hoping to hear from them soon. " "Mike had made me change all of my phone numbers about 2 years ago and would always pop into my email so it was hard to actually have any sort of contact with the boys." Charlie walked in right at that moment and looked at me.

"Oh Bells, I didn't know that it was that bad with Mike."

I looked back and him. "Dad I'm moving on from this day forward I will not live my life as an attachment to someone else, I will be me and one day when I do find that person I'm meant for they will be them and the two of us will make up a whole, not be eclipsed by one another. I said.

I turned back to Carlisle. "I wasn't able to find Edward though."

"Oh that's because he doesn't have MySpace." Carlisle said.

Ok you guys know about MySpace?" I asked them. Everyone looked at me like I was the last freak on Earth and then started to laugh.

"Yes Bella, we know what Myspace is." Jackson said.

"Edward doesn't think he has time for Myspace, between school and work." "We cannot seem to convince him that he needs one." "It's actually quite fun I was able to find all sorts of people that I made connections with through out my life." Carlisle said.

"Well in that case I seem to not be the last one on the boat, that is now Edward." I said smiling

Alice and Rosalie walked in at that moment and came over to stand by the sink with me.

"All done." Alice said with a smile.

Rose reached over to fill up a glass of water and whispered to me

"hmm..Edward, smile, smile, Edward." "They seem to go hand and hand with you." I glared at her.

"Do not." I said.

I thanked everyone for their help and was told by Carlisle that Esme and Rachel (Carlisel and Jacksons better halves) missed me very much and he would like to extend the invitation to myself, Charlie, Rose and Alice for dinner on Sunday. I looked at the girls and they were grinning, so I told him we would be there. We packet everything up and drove off to my new home with my best friends.

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