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"Bella, you have no idea how happy I am that you are here. I know the wedding is two weeks away, but I still have so much to do, and with you being the most awesome Maid of Honor ever.. I have no doubt we can get it all done.. I hope" Angela said staring off with pure excitement but finishing with a nervous worried tone.
"that's what I'm here for. To help make your big day something no one will ever forget?" I said trying to reassure her. She glanced over at me from the steering wheel and gave me a small smile.
'so tell me, what have you been doing in good old Phoenix since we last spoke? No chance that you have managed to have happened to have found a certain special someone, you know that could kinda of act as a date to a.. oh I don't know.. certain big event that is coming up in the next two weeks?" she said in a teasingly voice.
I just looked out the window at the forest passing us by smiling to myself. Of course I had, had some previous boyfriends, but after my last summer in Forks. I just didn't seem that interested in any of the guys I usually would hang around.
"no, no one of importance, besides as your Maid of Honor is my date automatically the Best Man?" I answered
Angela giggled to herself. "usually yes, but seeing as Eric has decided to ask Mike Newton to be his best man, I thought it would be best that the two of you bought separate dates"
I just glared out Angela. No where in the last 3 months since she had asked me to be her Maid of Honor, had she mentioned that Mike Newton was the best man. If I had of known that I would have definitely taken longer to accept her invitation. Mike and I had gotten along well enough in my past summers down here, but during my last summer here he had decided to proclaim his love for me, and then took it really hard when I let him down. Calling me a 'tease' and 'lead on'. I did feel bad about having to let him down, but after the way he had reacted, I didn't want to be in the same room as him let alone standing up on an alter in front of a couple hundred people. I tensed up in my seat, biting my bottom lip so that I wouldn't show Angela, how pissed off I was.
"so tell me more about the dresses, have you picked any yet?" I said trying to change the subject, relaxing a little in my seat.
" ummm, yea I have been to a few stores and have come up with a few ideas. I know what colors I want, just have to decide on a style, so I guess once we get some time, we can road trip it to Port Angeles and I can show you" Angela answered
"So what are our big plans for your hens night?" I asked Angela as I watched the forest outside my window fly past. She was driving me back to my dad's place in Forks where I would be spending the duration of my stay. I hadn't seen Charlie in almost a year, and from the sounds of things when I had called and asked him if I could stay for a couple of weeks, he had practically begged me to get a sooner flight out.
"well some of the girls have decided that we are going to do a bar hop, in Port Angeles..: she answered, unaware of my daze out the window, but finally looking over at me only to receive a roll of my eyes
" a bar hop? Really? Let me guess it was Lauren's idea wasn't it?" I concluded
Angela just shrugged her shoulders.
"I don't know Bells, it seems like it would be fun.. something different for us to do. I mean its not like it's something I would normally do, but this will be the one night I get to celebrate my final days as a single woman…" she almost begged "please.. oh pretty please.. I won't go if you don't" she finished looking at me with puppy dog eyes.
"ahhhhhhhhh.. fine.. I said rolling my eyes, "just don't expect me to be happy about it!" I reasoned.
'oh you will enjoy it' Angela thought to herself 'how could you not, alcohol, strippers, dancing oh and karaoke'. She just giggled to herself.
"have you been doing much of your writing as of late? Angela changed the subject, perking up a bit, Bella just looked over at her, nodding her head.
"anything worth hearing yet?" Angela pushed
Bella paused for a moment, not certain if she was ready to share her work with anyone just yet. Her writing was so personal, her release from the world. She could go into her own little world and be brutally honest, yet make the words sound so majestic,
"I'm not certain.. I've been working on a song, nothing fancy, just something about my last summer here.. but it's not even close to being finished yet!" I replied.
"ooohh.. please share.. sing a little for me?" Angela practically begged
I just shook my head. "Not until it is finished"
"fine, be a meanie!" Angela retorted in a childlike tone
We spent the rest of the drive discussing the ins and outs of the wedding, making sure that I knew all the fine points for the big day.
Finally we arrived at my dad's house. I had to admit that I had missed the place, the way the light shone into my bedroom from one of the many windows on the off days that it was actually sunny, and the smell of the woods after it had rained and the breeze had flowed through the house, but no matter how much I had missed the old house nothing compared to how much I missed my old girl. That's right my good old (literally) truck. Charlie had brought it for me as a gift when I got my licence off Billy second hand. Jacob had kindly donated a lot of his time to tune the old girl up, just in case she decided to have a temperamental day, when one of the guys weren't around. It was on these days that Jacob and I had truly bonded.
I thought as I grabbed my luggage from the back of Angela's car and thanked her for the lift.
"Yes, I promise. I will be around first thing tomorrow morning so that we can trek it up to Port Angeles and start having some fun" I laughed as I gave her a small laugh only to be interrupted by someone yelling from behind me.
"Bella.. I'm so glad your finally here." Charlie said with evident glee over his face.
"Hi Dad, nice to see you too" I said in return wrapping him in a small embrace.
"Thanks for picking her up Angela" Charlie said to Angela as he leaned in though the window.
"No worries, Chief Swan. You just make sure you keep her rested for our trip tomorrow" Angela said over her shoulder, with a small wave as she started to drive off. "it's going to be a big one"
"Don't remind me" Charlie muttered to himself, but loud enough for me to hear. I just shook my head at how predictable Charlie was, as he walked over and took my luggage from my hands, wrapping me in a one armed embrace and walking me towards the house. Asking a million questions and not giving me anytime to answer any of them before we had even made it to the door
Oh yea it was definitely good to be home.
A/N: Okay Guys, I hope you like this chapter. Sorry its so short. But I promised things will begin to get interesting in the next few chapters. Just had to lay the background out for everyone.
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