Hey guys, I told you I would post the next chapter some point this week :)
We're gonna do small time-jump now as we skip ahead to senior year. I hope you like it
Chapter 8 BPOV
Senior Year
Summer passed quickly and, before any of us knew it, senior year was upon us.
The first day of school, mom woke up early and made me breakfast, which she brought in to me while I was in bed. She woke me up and put my breakfast on my lap. I thanked her and she left after placing a kiss on my temple.
Over summer, things had definitely improved between my mom and me. I continued to go to therapy once a week, although Doc told me during my last session that we could go to once every two weeks but she gave me her emergency number in case I needed to talk to her during a week we didn't have a session booked.
During one of my sessions, Doc had suggested that my mom come in with us for a session. She made me repeat the majority of what we had spoken about; my anger at my dad; my anger at my mom for moving us; my feelings regarding her dating; my feelings about me dating. The two of us basically spent the entire hour crying and in the end I called Edward to pick us up, who, of course, did it in a heartbeat. He even took us back to pick up my mom's car the next day.
To say Edward and I had become close was an understatement. He had become my best friend in the weeks of summer. We hadn't shared anymore kisses and he was really sticking to our promise to be friends only.
After finishing my breakfast I got up and began getting ready for the first day. Alice had shown up the day before and picked out what I was supposed to wear. I changed into it once I had finished in the bathroom and left my hair down in waves around my face. I added a touch of makeup and then picked up my bag and headed downstairs.
I poured myself another cup of coffee as mom walked down the stairs carrying a pair of black heels and her black bag.
"Diner for dinner tonight?" she asked as she slipped into her shoes.
I nodded. "Yeah." She kissed my cheek and said goodbye before leaving.
I finished my coffee and then headed out a few minutes later. When I got to school, I parked and locked the car and then met up with my friends who were waiting by the steps.
"Morning, Bella," Alice said cheerfully. I still didn't understand how she could be so happy so early in the morning. "Can you believe we're seniors? This year is gonna be great." She grabbed Jasper's hand and dragged him inside while the rest of us shared looks before following them to homeroom.
Senior year wasn't as exciting as Alice had thought and before we knew it September had hit us, along with the much colder weather. I woke up on September thirteenth to my mom singing.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday my Bella, happy birthday to you." I shook my head and smiled as I sat up. "I can't believe my baby is eighteen already. I remember when you were born."
"I should hope so, you were there, mom." She rolled her eyes and hushed me. "It was a cool Friday morning, your father and I were sleeping when suddenly I heard him complaining; 'Jesus Christ, Ren, did you wet yourself?' I, of course, being heavily pregnant started to cry and hit him in the chest while exclaiming, 'No, you jackass, my waters have broken!' And…" I cut her off.
"And dad jumped out of bed like a shot was fired up his ass and started running around the house like a headless chicken. He put everything in the car and you heard the engine fire up and him pull out of the driveway before he stopped and ran back into the house, realizing he had left you behind," I finished with a smile.
She told me this story every year on my birthday, except for last year when I had told her to shut up.
Mom laughed and brushed my hair back lovingly. "Here; open this."
I took the present from her and ripped it open. I threw the paper down my bed and a box was left it my hand with a picture of a camera on it.
"You got me a camera?" I asked excitedly.
She nodded. "I thought you could use it to capture special moments from senior year. Do you like it?"
"I love it, mom. Thank you." I jumped up and hugged her tightly.
"I'm glad. Anyway, I am going to go down and make your favorite breakfast. Go shower and come join me." She gave me a kiss on the cheek and left.
I showered and dressed in a pair leggings with a white tank and a long cardigan. I walked downstairs and saw my mom finishing off the chocolate waffles. She put two on each plate and topped them with chocolate syrup and placing cut up strawberries on them. She looked up when I walked in and smiled.
"Perfect timing." I sat on the bar stool and she placed a plate in front of me. "Dig in, baby." I smiled and started eating my breakfast.
The rest of the day was spent with my mom until the doorbell rang at three. Mom told me to go and answer it and I frowned when I saw Alice, Rosalie and Angela standing there holding a couple of boxes and a few material bags that dresses are often held in.
"Happy birthday," they sang in sync.
I smiled. "Thank guys. What are you doing here?"
They walked in the door. "We're here to get you ready," Alice told me as she walked up the stairs. The other two girls followed her. I frowned and ran up after them.
"Ready for what?" I asked as I followed them into my bedroom.
"We're going out for dinner."
"We are?"
Rosalie nodded. "To celebrate your birthday," she said as if it should be obvious.
"I was just gonna have dinner with my mom."
"She's coming too," Angela told me. "She invited us all."
I shook my head as Rosalie ushered me to sit down while she curled my hair. Alice did my makeup while Angela painted my toes and finger nails.
When I was ready, they got ready while I sat on my bed. When they were finally finished, Alice told me to strip while she unzipped one of the bags and pulled out a beautiful black lace dress.
"Happy birthday," she said as she took it off of the hanger and unzipped it.
"What?"
She laughed. "This is your birthday present from me," she told me as she put it over my head. I put my arms through the straps and she pulled it down my body and zipped it up. "What do you think?" she asked.
I smiled and hugged her. "It's beautiful, Alice. Thank you." She hugged me back. While Rosalie picked up a shoe box and handed it to me.
"From me. Happy birthday."
I opened it and found a pair of expensive metallic leather sandals. "Rose they are gorgeous," I told her as I put them on. I stood up and hugged her.
Angela stepped forward and handed me a small box. "From Ben and me."
I opened it and saw a pair of black and silver earrings. I gave her and hug and thanked her before she helped me put them in.
"There you go. You look beautiful," Alice told me.
I thanked her and sat down on the bed while they got dressed.
Alice changed into a light pink and black lace dress with black sandals and silver jewelry. Rosalie wore a bright red dress with black sandals and silver jewelry while Angela changed into a royal blue one shoulder dress and a pair of gold sandals with gold jewelry.
When we were all ready, we headed back downstairs where I saw my mom wearing a beautiful orange V-neck dress.
"Oh, girls, you all look beautiful." We all said thanks as the doorbell rang and Alice went to answer. She came back with the boys following behind her. "Okay, now everyone's here shall we get going?"
We all walked out of the door and waited as my mom locked it. We decided to take two cars, Edward's and Rosalie's.
Mom wanted to drink so we decided that we'd go in Edward's car with Angela and Ben and the others would be driven by Rose. We climbed into the cars and headed towards the restaurant that mom had made a reservation at.
We got to the restaurant, Bella Italia, in less than an hour and my mom sorted out the table. We were led to a large table in the back and sat down while the waitress handed out menus.
Dinner passed with embarrassing stories about my childhood, told by my mother. When the plates had been cleared from our dinner, just before our desserts arrived, they decided it was time for presents.
"You guys have already given me presents."
"The girls have," Jasper told me as he handed me a package. I opened it and saw a box set of Jane Austen books. I gasped. "I remember you saying she's your favorite and that you needed new copies."
"Jasper, I love it. Thank you so much."
He smiled widely. "You're welcome."
"Okay, mine next," Emmett said and he handed me a box. I opened it and pulled out a white T-shirt that said in blue writing, 'Kansas City Royals SUCK! Seattle Mariners Rule' I laughed.
"Um, thanks Em. This will look great burning in my fire." They all laughed.
"Okay, mine next," Edward said from beside me. He gave me a package and watched nervously as he watched me open it.
I ripped the paper off to reveal a beautiful black leather journal with gold trim paper and a red silk ribbon in between the pages. I smiled and frowned at him.
"A journal?"
He nodded. "I know you struggle sometimes to describe how you're feeling, and when you're sad or angry you don't know what to do about it so I thought maybe you could use a journal. I spoke to Doctor Sanchez a few weeks ago and she thought it was a good idea. Now that I think about it, it's kinda stupid."
I had tears in my eyes. "No, it's not. I love it. Thank you." I put my arms around his shoulders and hugged him tightly. I pulled back and smiled. "Thanks everyone."
"Wait, there's one more," my mom said. She pulled another box out. I opened it and gasped.
"Dad's dog tags? They were given to you."
"Sweetie, your dad loved me, but even I couldn't compare to you in his eyes. You were his baby. He'd want you to have them. Besides, you need them more than I do."
A tear fell down my cheek as she took them off of me and put them around my neck. I hugged her and pulled away just as the waitress brought our desserts out.
When we finished, Edward dropped us home and I said goodnight and thanked him again for the journal. Because it was late and I had school the following day, I said goodnight to my mom and walked upstairs. I changed into a grey t-shirt and a pair of flannel pants. I wiped my makeup off and climbed into bed, I wrapped my hand around the dog tags around my neck and closed my eyes, drifting off to sleep.
Months passed quickly and, before we knew it, we had broken up from school for the holidays.
About a week after school finished, it was the Cullen's annual Christmas party. A few hours before, me, Rosalie and Angela gathered in Alice's bedroom once again to get ready for the party. Two hours into the 'pampering session', her sister, Cynthia, walked in.
"Alice, can you help me get ready?"
Alice agreed and invited her to join our makeover.
Finally, at around six, we were finally all ready.
I looked in the mirror as I put my dad's dog tags around my neck. The dress that Alice had picked out for me was beautiful; it was a black dress that flared out at my waist with a gold pattern at the bottom paired with a pair of gold sandals.
I looked at the other girls, who were looking amazing. Alice was dressed in a light pink and black lace dress with gold sandals, Rosalie was in a black and white lace dress with red sandals, Angela was in a blue lace dress with black leather pumps and Cynthia was in a purple/silver lace dress with silver flats.
Alice checked us all over and decided we were ready so we headed downstairs where Alice and Cynthia's parents were waiting with my mom, Jasper, Emmett and Ben.
Like us, they were all dressed up glamorously.
"You look beautiful, baby," my mom said as I walked up to her.
"Thanks mom. You too." She really did. She was dressed in a beautiful blue off-the-shoulder dress.
Kelly, who was dressed in a grey shoulder cocktail dress smiled at us all. "Are we ready to go?"
We left the house and climbed into the cars, heading to the Cullen's house.
When we got to the big Cullen residence, we all parked and made our way inside, where we were greeted by a glamorous looking Esme, who was dressed to the nines in an ivory and gold cocktail dress.
We talked for a few minutes before making our way into the living room so that she could greet the next guests. Carlisle was standing in the living room with a few older men, but said goodbye and approached us when he saw us.
"Glad you could all make it," he said as he shook Rosalie's dad's hand. He put his arm around my shoulder and led me away from the group for a moment. ""How are you doing, Bella?" he asked, clearly thinking about what happened months before.
"I'm good. Thanks." He smiled and led me back to the group. "Uh, where's Edward?"
"I'm not sure. He went out a little while ago and said he'd be back soon. Will you excuse me, folks?" He gave us a kind smile and walked away.
An hour later I was sitting with my friends on the couch sipping on a soda talking to Angela about a book that she had just finished. All of a sudden, her eyes popped out a she stared behind me. She nudged Alice beside her who looked uncomfortable. I noticed all six of them were looking at something behind me. I turned and saw Edward had arrived with a beautiful blonde on his arm. My mouth dropped open as they approached us.
"Hey guys. This is Tanya; Tanya, this is Ben, Angela, Alice, Jasper, Bella, Rosalie and Emmett." They all said hello while I stayed silent. Edward and Tanya sat down on the chair in front of us.
"So, where did you two meet?" Alice asked.
"We met at a party over summer," Edward told us as he snaked his arm around Tanya's tiny waist.
They all went back and forth, asking Tanya about herself. Edward eyes caught mine and he grinned, which I returned with my own fake smile.
"Oh, Bella, I won't be able to come with you to therapy next week," he told me suddenly.
Tanya laughed. "You go to therapy?"
Alice rubbed my back supportively while I answered. "How come?"
"I made other plans and forgot."
"Can't you reschedule your other plans? I really need you there." Doc asked me to take some home videos in for my next session for us to watch, which was the week after Christmas, just before New Year's. She didn't usually see anyone over the holidays but she said she wanted me to watch some home videos before the start of the New Year and said I could bring someone with me to be there while I watched them. I, obviously, chose Edward.
"No, he can't."
I was surprised. "Oh, the plans are with you?" I asked. She nodded and grinned, her white teeth gleaming. "That's fine. I'll go by myself. I'm going to get another drink." I stood up and walked away from them all.
I walked into the kitchen to grab a soda and looked around to see if my mom was near before adding a touch of vodka. I walked outside and at down on the couch that was in the back porch. Angela, Alice, Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper and Ben joined me a few minutes later.
"I don't like her," Alice said as she sat down beside me and crossed her short legs.
"What does he see in her?" Angela asked from the other side of me. Ben and Jasper sat on the two arms of the couch while Rosalie sat on Emmett's lap, who was sitting in the matching chair beside us.
"I can tell you what he sees in her," Rose answered. "Her huge fake tits and her long legs that probably never shut."
My face scrunched up. "Well if I didn't feel sick before, I definitely do now."
Alice touched my shoulder. "You feel sick?"
I nodded. "Just my stomach hurts."
"The vodka you mixed with that soda won't help," Jasper told me. I frowned. "Don't ask how I know; I just do."
The others frowned too and Angela took my cup off of me and sniffed. "Whoa, that's strong."
"What's strong?" Edward asked as he walked outside alone.
"Nothing." I took the drink back off of her. "I think I'm gonna head home," I told them as Tanya joined us outside and leaned into Edward. "Yep, I'm definitely gonna go home."
"Do you want one of us to take you?"
I shook my head. "No, I'm fine."
Carlisle walked up to us. "Hey kids, you having a good time?"
We all nodded. "Do you know where my mom is? I need to get the car keys from her."
"You leaving?"
I nodded. "I'm not feeling well." He looked at the cup in my hand and then looked at me as he took it off of me and sniffed.
"I'm surprised you even wanna sniff vodka after last time." My friends look confused. "Come on, let's go find your mom and then I'll drop you home. It will be like old times. Although this time you won't be passed out." He grinned, letting me know he was joking.
I rolled my eyes. "You're funny, Carlisle."
"What's he talking about?" Emmett asked.
I shook my head. "Nothing. I'll talk to you guys tomorrow, okay?" I gave them all, apart from Edward and Tanya, a hug and then left with Carlisle.
We found my mom with Esme talking to some people they worked with. I let her know that Carlisle was gonna take me home because I wasn't well and she kissed my cheek and said goodbye.
The journey to my house was short and, before I knew it, Carlisle had pulled up in front of my house.
"I have a feeling this sickness was brought on by my son and his new friend," he said as he looked at me from the corner of his eye.
I shrugged. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"You know, jealousy is not an unusual feeling."
"It is for me."
He smiled and turned to face me. "So, you admit that you're jealous." I rolled my eyes and he laughed. "My son will come around. Just you wait."
I didn't want to tell him that his son had asked me out and that I had rejected him before making out twice so I simply said thanks and got out of the car.
How much do we love Carlisle? How much do we not love Edward? How much do we really not love Tanya?
Let me know what you think. Reviews mean a lot :)
p.s. I'm posting the preface of my new story, Cali Girls, today so look out for that :)
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