Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight or The Lord of the Rings. And the one kinda quote from The Notebook? I don't own that either.

Now that I actually have people that are reading this, I will continue it. But, understand, that I am a college student, and therefore my updating might be a little unpredictable.

Chapter 2

Exactly an hour and a half later, as promised, Alice led me to the mirror to show me her finished product.

Damn, I actually looked good.

She had dressed me in a knee length black dress and a pair of silver death traps; the kind you could poke an eye out with. It was simple, but as Alice would say, fabulous. I turned to give her a hug, but she ducked out of the way.

"Hell no!" shouted Alice. "I just worked my ass off making you look like a super star! My best friend can't go to graduation with a wrinkled dress! The horror!"

I dropped my arms and giggled, "Oh Mary Alice, you're so ridiculous." She wrinkled her nose at my use of her first name.

"Bella, I have to go get myself and Edward ready. Do you think you can make it to graduation on your own?" she asked, in a serious tone.

I opened my mouth to respond with a sarcastic comment, but she cut me off.

"Who am I kidding, of course you can't," she answered.

I watched as she opened my door and pranced out of my room and down the stairs. I followed her out.

"Charlie!" sang Alice, as my dad looked up at her, inquisitively. "Can you make sure that Bella doesn't move? I made her look beautiful and I'm scared she's going to ruin it." She pouted.

He melted under her sad eyes, but really, I can't blame him. Weaker men than Charlie have fallen for the evil pixie's pout.

"Sure Alice," said Charlie, "you go get ready. I'll make sure Bells gets to graduation in one piece. How long until we have to leave?"

That last question was directed at me, and of course I had no idea. I coughed and looked innocently at Alice.

"You need to leave in about 20 minutes, Charlie," she said as she rolled her eyes at me. She flashed Charlie a grin and left.

"So Bells, you excited?" Charlie inquired, "Graduation's a big step."

"Not at all dad, not at all," I told him as I sat down and grabbed a magazine, hoping that the 20 minutes would last forever.

Of course they didn't. In no time it was time to leave. During the entire drive to the high school I was praying for traffic. Clearly I wasn't thinking. This is Forks. Forks and traffic? That's funny.

Before I knew it we arrived at the school. I gave Charlie a hug, grabbed my ugly yellow gown, and walked towards the gymnasium.

Inside the gym there was mass chaos. Girl were fighting to get to the one tiny mirror for a last minute make-up check, a couple of guys were throwing a Frisbee around, and I think I even saw one couple walking towards the equipment closet. Yikes! Hand check, kids!

I scanned the large area, looking for Alice and Edward, and finally spotted them sitting calmly on the bleachers.

Before I could join them, Mr. Green, our principal, came into the gym and announced that it was time to line up. As I turned to go take my place I tripped.

I was about to have a reunion with the gym floor, when a pair of strong arms caught me. I knew those arms. Edward. I shivered, but not because of the cold.

"You got to be more careful, Bella," he murmured, "what if I wasn't here to catch you?"

Before I could respond, Mr. Green yelled across the gym, "Cullen! Stop feeling Swan up and get in line!"

Way to ruin the moment Mr. Green.

I blushed profusely, as I moved to take my place behind Jessica Stanley. Edward turned and grinned at me, as he lined up behind Alice.

"Alright, ladies and gentlemen," said Mr. Green, "this is the last thing you'll do as high school students. Don't screw it up, and have a nice life."

For the last time as a class, we marched into the gym to the beat of the processional.

As we took our seats, I glanced over at Edward just as he was glancing at me. "Hobbit?" he mouthed at me. I rolled my eyes at him, and tried to suppress my giggles. As Eric, the valedictorian, rose to give his speech, I allowed myself to get lost in the memories.

"Effing Calculus!" groaned a teenage girl. "Seriously, who is ever going to have to know how to use the quadratic formula in real life!? It's a pointless waste of time, a pointless waste of time that I am going to FAIL! I might as well just drop out of school now."

The boy, with whom she was studying, looked up from his book with a crooked smile.

"Isabella," he said to the girl, "what exactly will you do if you drop out?"

"Umm… well, I was thinking about moving to London and becoming a hooker. I hear they like Americans over there, and of course, it's easy money. But then I thought of the death traps that they call shoes and decided against it. So now…" replied the girl, as she looked around the room for inspiration. Finally, her eyes fell upon the case for "The Lord of the Rings."

"Now I'm going to move to Middle Earth, and become a hobbit," replied the girl, in a serious tone. "Are you coming with?"

"But you don't have hairy feet," said the boy, as if this settled the matter.

"Clearly, they must have some kind of magical foot-hair formula," replied the girl, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. "So, I repeat, are you going to be a hobbit with me?

"Bella, if you're a hobbit, I'm a hobbit," replied the boy.

"Bella," hissed Jessica, "we have to stand up now."

I was shocked how fast graduation had gone by. It was almost time for my row to get our diplomas.

"Jessica Stanley," announced Mr. Green.

And with that, I was on deck. Before I had to go on stage, I took one last quick glance at Edward.

He flashed his crooked grin at me and gave me thumbs up. Seriously Edward? Thumbs up?

"Isabella Swan." And with that, I walked across the stage to receive my diploma. I could hear Emmett yelling for me.

"Congratulations, Miss Swan," said Mr. Green. I smiled at him, as I walked went to walk off that stage.

I walked back to my seat and waited. As my last classmate returned to his chair, Mr. Green motioned for us to stand up.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it is with great honor that I present the Forks High School graduating class of 2009."

A cheer rose throughout the room, and everyone threw their caps into the air.

I made my way to my friends and my family. Charlie caught up to me first.

"Congratulations sweetheart!" he exclaimed, as he pulled me into a hug.

"Thanks Dad," as I said with a weak smile.

I then took a turn hugging the rest of my friends and family. I took an extra second with Edward's hug.

Damn, he really did smell good.

"I guess we didn't need those one way tickets to Middle Earth, now did we?" I asked him with a grin.

"I guess not, Bella," he said with a chuckle. "Congratulations," he said as he released me.

"You too," I replied. As I turned to congratulate the rest of my class, I ran into a brick wall. Oh wait, it's just Emmett.

"BELLYKINS!" shouted Emmett, "You forgot to give me a hug!"

"Sorry Emmy!" I said, "I was a little distracted."

"By my brother?" he whispered suggestively. I smacked his arm and blushed, which he obviously took as confirmation.

"Oh Bellykins, it will be okay!" he exclaimed with a silly grin. "Pretty soon you'll be in Seattle with us, and Eddie won't be able to ignore you anymore, just wait!"

I smiled at him and turned away.

Urgh. In three month I will be moving to Seattle. More freaking change. What is the point of piling all this change onto one person, this quickly? It's lucky I haven't spontaneously combusted yet. Luckily I still have the summer; let's hope this summer is the longest yet.