Senior Summer chapter two...
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~AliceSwift
I drove to Alice's. I had called Olivia and told her about dad. I had explained the whole situation to Jackie's mother, Olivia's best friend, who had agreed to let her stay there for the rest of the week.
"Thank you so much." I said as I pulled up in front of Alice's house.
"No problem, we love Olivia like family. Don't worry about it."
"It's just so nice of you to do this for me."
"Really don't mention it, good luck at graduation tonight."
"Thanks."
"Your welcome, I'll let you go to get ready now."
"Okay."
"Bye Rosalie."
"Bye Mrs. H."
"Alice that hurts." Bella whined from the chair. I was putting curlers in her hair, I had to made the curls as tight as possible so they would last through the night.
"Suck it up cry baby, beauty's pain." I rolled my eyes at her and her jaw dropped at my words, I could see her expression in the mirror. I raised my eyebrows and she rolled her eyes then sat back in her chair.
Rose had just pulled up. I was so looking forward to doing her make-up. I couldn't wait to turn her face into a masterpiece.
"Hey." she said walking into my room.
"Hi Rose." Bella said, she had gotten up with my permission and was choosing something to wear. I tried the curling iron but It didn't work on her hair.
"Okay Rose, do you want to make-up or hair first?" I asked.
"Make-up." she replied putting her stuff down and taking her coat off.
"Okay." I pulled her over to the huge mirror. It had lights around it and a shiny counter that I had splattered with different colors. There were different cases and plastic containers that had different shades of blush and eyeshadow. I had demanded the room with the biggest closet when I was thirteen. I had put my bed in there and the actual room became my closet or dressing room. It was huge as was but I still felt like I never had enough space. I was happy with all but one thing.
"So, what's up?" I asked her as she sat down in the chair and I pulled her soft hair back from her face.
She sighed and I knew what was coming. "More of my dad and his self pitty."
"Well that's no way to start out a new summer." I said with my hands on my hips. She smiled but soon became serious again.
"It's just, I'm so sick and tired of having to take care of Olivia, make sure where she is and that she's safe, I'm sick of having to take care of my dad, make sure where he is and that he's safe, and then I have my own life to worry about too. It's not that I don't love them both, I do, it's just that I wish I could just have a day off. It's like I never have enough time in that day, I never get enough sleep, I'm never good enough to suit their needs. I mean, I know I've said this a million and two times but, it sucks that I'm left with doing everything because he can't pull himself together long enough to even be old what to do."
"Yeah." I agreed awkwardly, not knowing what to say to that. She had a point, she cared about them but she wasn't the person that should have been doing all of this.
"You know you're eighteen right, you could move out and leave it all up to your dad. I think he could pull himself together to take care of Olivia."Bella added. She wasn't around Rose's dad alot though. I was. I knew that when he was in a certain state there was no stopping him, there was no way he could get himself together period.
"I wish he could, but come on let's not talk about me. Let's talk about a little bit of a lighter subject."
"Of course, oh my God you guys can you believe that we actually made it? We made it through twelve years of schooling to get here." I said.
"Yeah we did." Bella said as she pulled a dress out of my closet.
"I can't believe I survived at all actually." Rose noted with her eyes closed. I was putting liquid liner on the top line of her lashes.
"Me either." I screwed the top on the black tube and then applied a wet silver, sparkly eyeshadow right above that. On her lid I put a dark purple and lightened it as it got closer to her eyebrow. I had her apply her own eyeliner and mascara as I helped Bella with the blue dress she had picked out. I knew why she had, Edward loved Bella in blue, so whenever she could she would wear blue. The dress would look fabulous. It was a dark blue and it was sort of big at the bottom, we had agreed that since we only graduated once we would go all out, even Bella. So she had chosen the one I had expected her too. It was strapless, which she would be nervous about, and then on white ribbon lining the top. She shimmied into it and the I zipped up the back. I let down the curls and her hair hung about two or three inches from where it usually did.
"Hey Alice have you decided what you're going to do with that wall yet?" Rose asked.
"No, I'm not sure. I mean I know I can't leave it white forever because that will drive me insane, but I don't wan to waste it either. Besides I only have on more year in this room before I go away for college so I better fill it up quick."
"Are you really going all the way out to New York for college? I mean we'll miss you too much." Bella complained. I had been excepted into the biggest cosmetology school in the country. It wasn't some rinky-dink small town college where they taught you tings that you already knew. It was a huge school where they did make-up for celebrities and models and spokesmen. I had been one in thousands to be excepted. That was huge for me and I had made positive that I wouldn't be staying here for college.
"Yeah I do, I mean there's nothing here for me. I've been bored here all of my life anyway, and you guys can come and visit whenever you want." I smiled and finished helping Bella with her dress, I walked over to Rose to help her with her hair I took two pieces from near her face and pulled them back to make a crown shape. Then I curled all of the pieces the way she liked them.
"Well we better get going, Rose hurry up and pick out a dress." I said, looking in my mirror and pulling the pins out of my hair. I had made it look soft and curly instead of spiky like normal. I wore a short hot pink dress that made me look a little like a lemonade stand with the yellow graduation gown I would have to wear. Bell and Rose had both gotten the plain black ones so they looked fine. Why did our school mascot have to be a hornet?
She chose a shimmery dress that would fit her perfectly. She would look great in it and I was so glad that she chose that one.
An hour later I was back stage going over my speech one more time.
"Okay Bella, deep breaths, deep deep deep breaths," I let out a huge gust of air, only to get distracted by our teachers entrance. I then realized I would run out of air soon and took in a huge gulp of air. I choked and coughed before Alice came up to me.
"Bella, you'll do fine don't worry about it." I knew that I would be fine once I got up there if I did it right at least once. Our instructor started to place us so we could walk out on stage together.
"I'm so nervous." I said to Jessica who stood infront of me.
"Don't be, you're too smart to mess this up." she smiled at me and I smiled back. She winked then marched forward.
"...and now if you would please welcome our valedictorian, Isabella Swan." the auditorium clapped as I approached the podium.
"Thank you so much," I started off."I've listened to a few valedictorian speeches in my life and they all sound the same to me. They're all about how high school can relate to real life and how it differs. Well when I asked someone very close and dear to me earlier if they thought things would ever be the same..." I glanced over my shoulder at Edward for a split second then turned back.
'He told me that nothing would ever be the same, because there isn't such thing as same. That it takes either tragedy or wonder for the days to break up and for us to notice the difference, when really everyday is different. That each day we receive a blank sheet and that we're the authors of our story, not many of us write the same thing each day. There's something different on each sheet that keeps us going, that we write new memories and adventures as they accumulate for us. So just because this summer isn;t the same doesn't mean that it's different because every summer differs from the last. So let tonight be the first page of the next chapter in each of our books. And know that when you except your diploma, nothing will be the same. Thank you." I said as I walked back to my seat on the stage. The place clapped behind me and I was thankful for Edward's words earlier. Sure I had a speech prepared for weeks but they didn't compare to his.
"Thank you Bella, and now on to our graduates." the people clapped again and I smiled. After about ten names Alice's was called out, with Edward's following.
"Alice Brandon" she strolled up to get her diploma in a very sassy way. He moved the tassel over to the other side and she curtsied. Totally Alice. She walked over and sat with the others.
"Edward Cullen." He excepted his diploma and then shook hands with our principal. He reached into his pocket and shook a can of spray paint high in the air.
After them would be Rosalie and Jasper then me.
"Rosalie Hale." she excepted her's then laughed as she shook hands with him.
"Jasper Hale." he took his and rolled his eyes, always jaded.
"Emmett McCarty." he got up and hit a super hero pose cheesliy before excepting his diploma and waving towards the crowd.
Later on when they got around to the S's my name was called.
"Isabella Swan."I smiled as I walked up to except what would determine most of the rest of my life. I shook his hand and walked over to join the others. They finished the rest of the names and then said the words we had all been waiting for.
"Your graduating class of 2010" he said and we all threw our caps in the air.
Our future had officially begun.
Later that night around twelve I was pulling pu in my driveway. Emmett had drove me home since I had rode to the school with Alice.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"Nothing I'm just worried."
"About?" he knew my dad was a mess. But he didn't know the depths of the complete trainwreck he had become
"Okay, listen to me. If I'm not at my window in thirty seconds, come in a get me. i don't care if you have to bust the door down okay?"
"Sure." I nodded and he kissed me before I got out of the car. I grabbed my bag and walked inside the house.
"Rose!" I heard my dad scream at the top of his lungs. I tried to run to the steps, get there before he could find me, and I did. But he caught up with me too quickly.
"Rose!" he grabbed my ankle and pulled me down the steps, the contesne of my bag going everywhere. He pulled me over to the wall and held me there.
"How dare you!" he spat at me and I flinched.
"Daddy please." I begged, sounding more like a three-year-old than I expected.
"No, don't you pretend to be scared. You snuck out again!"
"I had to-"
"No you didn't." he raised his hand up to smack me but I closed my eyes. The pain I expected however, never came.
"Don't touch her." he said.
"Who do you think you are to tell me what to do?" my dad slurred, inches away from Emmett's face.
"I think I'm Emmett McCarty your daughter's boyfriend...who do you think you are.""I'm not sure!" my dad then raised his hand to Emmett. He held his hand away for a moment before pinning him against the wall.
"Rose, call 911 and pack your bags." I wasn't sure why he meant but I didn't hesitate. I did as he said . Running to my room and grabbing my cell on the way up the steps.
"911 what's your emergency?"
"I need help. My dad's drunk and trying to hurt me and my boyfriend."
"Help is on the way."
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