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Bella's POV
I felt another tap on my shoulder and turned around. I gasped in shock at what stood before me. An unhappy looking Alice Cullen stared at me with her hands on her hips. She looked fabulous as usual in a sparkly red dress. Probably some expensive designer label... I could feel my heart skip a beat as I was overcome with the ancient feeling of joy. Alice continued to stare at me skeptically, until she finally spoke.
" Aren't you going to say hello? Or are you too cool for us now?" Her musical voice shocked me. After so many years of not hearing it, I was more than speechless.
" A-Alice...?" I stuttered as I looked her straight in the eyes. She managed a tiny half-smile.
" The one and only. So does your best friend get a hug?" Alice smirked at my shocked expression. I blinked and suddenly I was in her arms embracing her. We stayed like that on the dance floor for god knows how many minutes. We finally broke apart, and I noticed Rachel making her way towards us. She was waving my drink in the air so that it wouldn't spill. Tears spilled over my cheeks and dripped off of my chin. Alice smiled warmly as she wiped my tears away with her thumb. A small sob escaped my lips.
" Alice I've missed you so much. You have no idea." I whispered. I still didn't trust my voice completely to talk at a normal level so I decided to stay quiet.
" Oh, Bella. If only you knew the agony that I experienced being away from you. And the worst part is, is that you didn't even know I had gone until I was in Alaska!" Alice said as she gave my hand a light squeeze. Rachel tugged on my arm.
" Hey Bells I got your drink. Sorry it took my forever to get it. But you will never guess who I just saw at the bar! Remember that jackass that you are always complaining about? Edward Cullen is it? Yeah, well I just got done talking to him! And let me tell you he was desperate for details on your life." Rachel winked at me. I could feel the heat rising to my cheeks as Alice looked at me and Rachel with an arched eyebrow. Rachel cleared her throat and widened her eyes at me. I knew that she wanted an introduction to Alice, but I was too stunned to even move. Alice rolled her eyes and smiled at Rachel.
" Hi, I'm Alice. You must be Rachel." Alice said in a sweet voice as she shook Rachel's hand. I noticed Rachel flinch slightly at the temperature of Alice's skin. Rachel surveyed Alice's outfit and smiled in approval.
" Thats the new Gucci line right? I have that dress in black. I love the heels by the way. Let me guess. Louboutain?" Rachel asked as she twirled Alice around. Alice giggled.
" Nope! But good guess. They're actually Gucci also. Well I'm glad that at least Bella's new friends have style." Alice laughed. Rachel furrowed her brow in confusion.
" New friends? Did you know Bella in high school or something?" Rachel asked curiously. Alice nodded.
" Oh yeah, me and Bella have been BFFs for years. Right Bella?" They both turned and looked at me. I tried to nod my head, but all I could think about was Edward. He was here at a nightclub. Looking for me. I had to get out of here. Rachel shook my shoulder.
" Bella? Are you alright? You don't look too hot." Rachel asked in her raspy voice. Alice stared at me with worried eyes. I managed to look at both of them.
" W-what? Huh... uh... don't worry about me I'm fine." I stuttered as my mind drifted elsewhere. As the shock wore off, I was suddenly ambushed with a tsunami of different feelings. Happiness, hurt, betrayal, and finally, anger. I could feel my face slowly melting into a mask of anger. My eyes narrowed, my lips became hard and angry, and my eyebrows caved down in a glare. As all of these emotions pulsed through my body, Rachel and Alice stared at me with shocked expressions.
" Ok, dude Bella you are seriously freaking me out. What is up with you? Is it the dress or something? Because we can always switch clothes if you would rather wear something more loose fitted..." Rachel rambled. I shook my head and worked to compose my face.
" I'm fine. Just a little bit shocked. I haven't seen Alice and Edward in so long. Thats all. So, Alice how did you find me here?" I asked trying to change the subject. Both of my friends exchanged a glance before Alice answered my question.
" You could call it a woman's intuition. I had a feeling that you would be here." Alice answered. I snorted at her words.
" Its cool Alice. Rachel knows that vampires exist. Heck, she knows werewolves exist!" I said as I winked at Rachel, who simply turned back to focus on Alice. Alice rolled her eyes.
" Bella don't be silly. Vampires aren't real! I can't believe you still believe in them after all these years!" Alice pretended to laugh, but even Rachel could tell it was fake. Alice stopped "laughing", but not before shooting me a wide-eyed panic glance. I rolled my eyes.
" Please Alice. Its not like she will reject you! Stop lying. She is dating a goddamn werewolf for goodness sake!" I scoffed. Alice smiled meekly at Rachel.
" Alright you got me. I guess it alright to tell you since you technically already knew about us through your boyfriend. I see visions, and I saw a vision of Bella in this club, so we ran here as fast as we could." She whispered quietly. Rachel nodded.
" Oh yeah! Embry and Jake were telling me about you guys once! So you must be Edward's sister. Yeah, I noticed something a little off about you when I met you.." Rachel replied as she back slightly away from Alice, and inched closer to me. Alice sighed, and I snickered. Its about time someone actually was scared of them... Alice suddenly scrunched up her nose.
" God Bella you smell like crap! Did you shower this morning? You smell like wet dog." Alice plugged her nose at both me and Rachel. I rolled my eyes as Rachel frowned.
" What are you talking about? Bella's smells like Michael Kors perfume. Besides we don't own a dog." Rachel said while sniffing my shoulder. I snickered.
" Thats not what she means Rach. Werewolves smell horrible to vampires, and we smell like werewolves. But on the contrary, vampires smell bad to werewolves." I said with a slight sour edge. Rachel nodded her head and scooted a little closer to Alice. Alice rolled her eyes.
" Why do you guys even smell like those mongrels anyway? I understand you Rachel, but why does Bella?" Alice asked curiously. Oh no. The question I'd been dreading. I was just about to answered, when I was saved. Sort of. Three men approached us. I recognized the two ones in the back, as Jasper and Emmett. Jasper still had his white blonde hair, and Emmett still had his dark curls. Emmett grinned at me.
But the vampire who was in front of Emmett and Jasper was the one who cause the shock to spread back on my face. I recognized him immediately. How could I forget that face? His chiseled jaw line, his perfect nose, his full lips, his tousled bronze hair, and last but certainly not least, his topaz colored eyes. Even just looking at them now made my insides melt. How could anyone bare looking into those eyes with out drooling?!
As we made eye contact I noticed something different about them. They seemed deeper and somehow more empty. Almost as if they had been through a world of pain that nobody could ever imagine, and looking in his eyes was like the aftermath. I looked away instantly as they came to a stop in front of us.
Now that he was so close I could feeling the tsunami rising. Rachel looked at me in anticipation. Alice, Jasper, and Emmett all stared at me and Rachel with perplexed expressions. I could feel the heat rising in my body. But this heat wasn't the normal heat from blushing, no, it was heat from all of the anger, and hurt that this one perfect creature had bestowed upon me for the last five years of my life. The anger was like lava, and I was like a volcano that had been building up to this one moment for years. I focused my gaze on nothing else but Edward's face. He stared back at me with a burning emotion that I couldn't place.
" Hello Bella." He says politely. My eyes almost pop out of my head in shock. I can feel my mouth drop open before I close it. He hasn't seen me in how many years, and all he can say is, " Hello Bella" ?! I can feel the foul words rising up my throat and I can feel my mouth opened as if to speak, but I force the foul words back down, and close my mouth. I close my eyes and try to calm myself down so that I don't freak out on him and embarrass myself. I open my eyes and stare at him.
" Hello Bella?" I say in a normal voice. I can see that he is thinking about something hard, but I ignore it. I see Alice plead Jasper to calm me with her eyes, but I hold up my hand before he can even bother.
" Don't bother Jasper." I can tell that the storm is coming and I brace myself for it. " Now I would just like to ask one thing. When I kill you, Edward, should I hire a hit man, or should I do it myself?" I try to keep my voice from wavering. Everyone stares at me in utter shock. Emmett snickers, and I shoot him a dirty look. Alice crinkles her eyebrows in worry, as she lays her hand on my shoulder.
" Bella be reasonable." She says in a soft voice. I shake her hand off.
" Reasonable?! Be reasonable?! You try being left alone in the woods by the man you loved five years ago, and being in pain since then! Then lets see how reasonable you are!" I shout at Alice. I can see Jasper put a hand on Alice's back. I turn back to Edward. He is looking down at the floor in shame. I grab his face, and make him look me in the eye. I almost stop talking when I see the pain in his eyes.
" What do you have to say about this Edward?" I ask in a mocking voice. I can tell that I'm overreacting, but I don't care anymore. He looks shocked at my cruel words.
" Bella you don't understand. I never meant to hurt you.." He trails off and I release his face from my grasp. And shake my head. Rachel grabs my arm.
" Bells maybe we should hit the sack for the night. Your just tired. Besides we have classes tomorrow." Rachel tries to soothe me by rubbing circles on my back, but I ignore it. I turn to Rachel.
" Rach please don't tell me that you agree with them. Rachel Marie Nixon!" I glare at her. She holds her hands up in surrender.
" Dude I didn't say anything! God Bella you always were one to overreact." She mumbles. I roll my eyes.
" Gimme my drink. I don't think I can handle this much longer sober." I say. I hear Emmett and Jasper snicker behind me. Rachel hands me my Cosmo. I take a long swig. I instantly feel better. I turn back around.
" Anyway, back to this. So I don't understand do I? Yeah you're right I don't understand why you suddenly stopped loving me and just leave! I thought that we both loved each other, but I was obviously mistaken. So Edward, just out of curiosity, which little human girl are you taking advantage of now? Wait! Don't tell me. Its a new girl. So how did it go last time? Did you use the same pick up lines with the new girl that you did with me? Saying that you couldn't live without me and all that bullshit. Is she prettier than me? Or richer? Does she have a perfect little life? And let me guess. You're just itching to break her heart like you did to mine." I spat at him.
Before he could answer, a new song started playing. It was " Cry For You" by September. How appropriate. I laughed bitterly at the irony of the song. Edward looked me straight in the eye and I could see the anger flash in his eyes.
" You think that I'm playing some kind of game with you? You think that I'm leading some other girl on and pretending to love her? Everything that I told you was a lie? Is that right? Well if thats what you so strongly believe, then why don't you just leave now and forget the real reason I left you!" He yelled angrily. I jumped slightly at his words, but composed myself quickly. I narrowed my eyes and glared at him.
" You know what Edward? Maybe I should use your tactic. Goodbye!" I huffed. I grabbed Rachel's hand and dragged her out of the club. Behind me I could hear Edward running after me and calling my name.
" Wait! Bella! No stop! I didn't mean that!" Edward called from behind me. I turned around just in time to see him get swallowed up by the huge crowd of dancing people. I ran the entire way home, with tears threatening to expose themselves. I could hear Rachel running behind me trying to keep up me, but I didn't even try to slow down.
As soon as we opened the door to our apartment, I kicked my shoes off, and collapsed on my bed sobbing. Rachel sat next to me and rubbed my back. I don't know how many hours I sat there and sobbed, but by the time my tears had dried up, It was nearly midnight. Rachel had gone to bed already, and I was still in my clothes. I lazily changed into my PJs and climbed in bed.
I sat awake in bed for 15 minutes replaying tonight's events in my head. When I finally feel into a deep slumber I didn't dream of anything except him. What had I done?
Sorry it took me forever to update, but I've been so busy with school starting in a few days and all. And to answer your questions, yes, Bella and Jacob are still together. But tonight was just like a GNO for Rachel and Bella. But don't worry, he will show up in the next chapter.
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