"Bella. You okay?" Charlie asked. He was sitting across from me scarfing down his meal. I got up early to make breakfast for him and I. Guess I looked tired today like I did every day.
I looked up at him from my plate full of eggs and bacon that I won't eat as I replied, "Yeah, I'm fine. Tired." I gave him a small smile that slipped from my face almost immediately and I moved my fork around my plate.
"You sure?" He coughed and continued. "I'll be staying at work much later tonight. Do you want me to hang out with you?" He glanced at me awkwardly.
"No!" I almost yelled. I can't have him here. I'm too emotional for him. I pretended to clear my throat, "No. I'm okay. I promise. I'll go hang with Angela or Sam." Lies.
"Okay. Well," he grimaced as he stood, "I better get going. See you later kiddo." Walking his way out the kitchen, he kissed my forehead and left for work.
My exhaled all the air in my lungs and let my head fall onto the table with a thud. Thinking about all the stupid choices I've made already in my life made my head hurt; coming to Forks, meeting Edward, not breaking up with Edward sooner, drinking with Jessica and Lauren… All mistakes. My heart hurt with loneliness and I was tired of feeling like this all the time. I needed an escape.
Suddenly, there's a knock on the door and I lift my head with surprise. I look at the clock. It's only 8 in the morning. Who's here so early? I stood from my chair and zombie walked over to the door. I ran my hands through my hair and rubbed my overly pale face. As I opened it, the bright morning sun blocked my vision and made me blink a million times before allowing me to focus on the two people on my porch. When I did, I saw Lauren and Jessica staring at my face with a frown. Jessica pulled at the ends of her salmon colored shirt and Lauren was playing with the ends of her long hair that reached her biceps. Jessica had a bag on her shoulder that seemed to be quite full.
"Hey, Bella," Lauren said first. She gave a small smile and Jessica waved.
I cleared my throat before answering. "Hey, Lauren. Hi, Jess. What's up?" I asked quietly as I fidgeted with my white shirt.
"We came to say sorry," Jessica spoke. "We didn't mean for you to get hurt like that. We just wanted to give you a good time, I suppose. Please forgive us?"
I looked down at my shoes awkwardly then up at her again and replied quickly. "Yeah, I get it. S'okay."
We didn't say anything to each other before Jessica finally broke the silence.
"So," she started, "We came over because tonight we are going to make it up to you." She winked at me and moved past me into my house, Lauren on her tail. "Lauren and I are going to fix you up, take you out, and make you happy. You ready?"
She walked through my hallway and the into the kitchen to put her bags down. For the next few hours, Lauren made me shower and they both did my hair without me looking in the mirror. They also made she I was entertained.
"Tonight we are going to make you forget Edward, the douche bag. It's like he sucked all your happiness away." Jessica joked. I laughed way too hard. If only Jess knew what she said was actually true.
Once they were both done fixing my outfit and doing my hair, they picked out a few movies for us to watch since it was only 12 in the afternoon. The first film was White Chicks, which I've never seen, and I genuinely laughed with them both at the silly jokes. The next two films seemed to fly by and before I knew it, I was a barbie again. Lauren and Jessica started to do my makeup, which I asked them to not put a lot on, and I really enjoyed it. For some reason, I liked getting my hair and makeup was done by Jess and Lauren than Alice. It's through because they're human.
After half an hour of them brushing and coloring my face, they got up to get me an outfit from Jessica's gigantic bag. What they chose was a simple black dress that met my mid thigh and had spaghetti straps on my shoulders. When I looked into my bathroom mirror, my eyes widened in complete surprise. I could barely recognize myself. My long hair met the middle of my back flowing with curls. The bags under my eyes were gone from the makeup. The dress I wore made my curves pop out seductively. My butt was rounded and looked amazing. I looked amazing.
"Wow. You guys… Thank you. So much." I turned to look at them with tears in my eyes. "I've been so tired all the time and just so done with everything. Thank you for doing this for me." I'm getting too emotional. Whoops.
They both chuckled. "Of course, Bella. Although it may not seem like it. We're both here for you," Lauren said. "You're actually pretty cool."
I laughed lightly and hugged them both. "So," I started after pulling away from Jess. "Where are we going tonight?"
"Well, it's still too early to go to where we want to go exactly, but we're going to Port Angeles," Jess told me. "We should go now." She looked at Lauren who nodded in agreement and then they both looked at me.
"Alright," I said. I went into the kitchen and grabbed my purse, which Jessica let me use for tonight, and walked to the front door. Behind me was Jessica in her red dress and red purse, and Lauren in her white dress. The three of us looked amazing together. I looked in my driveway and saw a Volkswagen van next to my truck.
"Who's car is that?" I asked.
"Well," Lauren smiled, "Where we are going we need a good looking car. Your car is garbage, no offense, and Jess' car isn't any better. I convinced my mom to let me use it."
I chuckled and walked up to the car and hopped in the passenger seat. The two of them got in after I did and Lauren drove out of my driveway. Soon, we were on our way to Port Angeles.
