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This chapter is kinda of short, but I hope you all like it!

Hope all the U.S. readers are having a fantastic summer :) Any readers watching the Olympics?

~Dazzler 916~

Chaper 42

Changes For Everyone

(Ella's P.O.V.)

I'm. So. Freaking. TIRED.

It's almost 3:30pm and yes, I am still sleeping. But the nice thing is both my parents and my sister have graciously too the time to read the sign on my door that says, "Hibernating for the weekend. DO NOT DISTURB!"

Serioulsy, words cannot describe how exhausted I am. I danced a perfect program last night, got a full scholarship to my dream school on my list, got asked to prom (FINALLY) and then I got stuck in the middle of the whole "Sasha and Eli situation" but most of all I just really hope my sister doesn't end up doing something she's gonna regret.

I'm in this complete state of bliss...with everything.

Well, almost everything. I still have a few things left of unfinished business that I need to take care of before graduation.

On top of that sleeping all day has been fan-freaking-tastic.

"Ella! You home?"

There goes the next few hours me getting even more sleep.

And here comes Chloe, I could hear her scream my name from all the way down stairs. If she's expecting me to be all peppy and awake right now, she better think again.

"Ella!" She was getting closer.

"Great." I moaned as I threw the covers over my head and tried going back to sleep.

Then came the obnoxious knock on the door. It wasn'y a slow paced knock knock knock, it was the loud, fast paced and continuous knock that made it sound like a would pecker was pecking on your door.

Knowing that, all I could think of was the fact that whatever Chloe had to tell me couldn't wait till tomorrow.

Before I knew it, the door opened.

"Get up Rosita! We need to talk!" I could hear her footsteps tread across my room and then came the sound of my blinds opening.

I could see the room get brighter through my opaqe blanket that was still over my head.

"No," I said in a muffled tone. "Did you not read the sign on my door?"

"You can't stay in bed all day." She reasoned with me.

I pulled the covers off my face. "I've accomplished a lot in the past twent-four hours in case you haven't noticed and I would like to spend the rest of my weekend sleeping."

"Well you can sleep when we get back? Now get up and start getting cute. We're going out with the girls tonight?"

"I don't wanna go out." I whined.

"Aw c'mon chica! We've got some very important things to celebrate—" Chloe stopped in the middle of her sentence and looked at me.

My eyes were squinted open as I looked at her. I would've opened them more but the sun was shining in right right behind her.

"Please go out with us tonight? This is important." Chloe stamped her foot.

"I'll think about it." I threw the covers back over my head.

"Ella May Rose!"

"Okay fine, I'll get up." I yawned as I sat up.

"Thank you for cooperating. You're lucky I didn't go get a cup of cold water and throw it on you." She teased.

"Haha, you're funny." I rolled my eyes.

When I stood up, the first thing I did was look down at my bare feet. They're disgusting.

"I need to go get a pedicure." I bit my lip. God my feet are disgusting. That's one of the other perks of being a dancer.

"How bout we go get our nails done after school on Monday?"

"Yea..." I trailed off. "I'm not going to school on Monday."

"Why?" She looked confused.

"Because prom is next weekend and you and the girls are gonna help me find a prom dress." That should give her a hint.

"Shut up. Seth finally asked you to prom!" Chloe gasped.

"Did you not see the picture I tweeted last night?!" I asked.

"No, I was celebrating other things."

"Oh yea like what?" This must be good.

"Like this!" Chloe held up her her left and I gave her an even more confusing look because I was obviously supposed to be seeing something but all I saw was Chloe bare hand.

"Um, I like the color of your nails? Is it China Glaze?" I guessed.

"No that's not it—and yes it's China Glaze, my mom let me borrow the color. It's called Blue Years Eve. Usually I don't like dark blue nail polish but this kind has sparkles in it which is why I used it in the first place plus it really accents my new—" Chloe stopped in the middle of her sentence to examine her left hand. "Ay dios mio."

"I'm so lost right now." I tilted my head to the side.

Chloe dropped to floor and it made me jump because she practically did so by slamming her body. "This is not happening to me right now." She sang.

"Did you lose something?" I asked her as I got out of bed and stretched out my back.

"Don't jinx me I didn't lose anything!" She snapped.

Uh oh. I'm assuming that she must have lost something valuable

"I can help you look for it...whatever it is." I offered to help.

"No no I got this. I probably left it in—that's it!" Chloe ran out of my room and I could hear her feet stomp all the way downstairs.

"I'm gonna be in the bathroom!" My voice echoed through the house.

"I FOUND IT!" She screamed.

Good. Or else I would have to hear about how mad she is that she lost whatever it was.

Once I got myself cleaned up and everything I headed back in my room to get dressed. I assume this gathering is pretty casual as usual because there is no where within a twenty one mile radius that we could actually go to looking reasonably hot. We're probably gonna go to Port Angeles to get some pizza and then after that we'll go get some frozen yogurt.

As far as my outfit goes, today is definitely a Beatles's t-shirt, skinny jeans and a pair of toms kind of day. I walked out of my room and back into the bathroom to do something with my hair.

I unraveled the braid I put my hair into last night before I went to bed.

"Eh," I shrugged. "This will do."

I bent over and fluffed my hair with my hands and sprayed a little bit of hairspray in it. Now it had some more volume. "Much better," I smiled.

'Knock knock knock'

And there would be Seth. I knew he was gonna stop by today, I just wasn't sure if he was gonna come by when I was asleep.

I headed back into my room and opened the back door.

"Hey," He smiled.

"Good afternoon to you too." We leaned in for a savory kiss.

"You about to go out?"

"Yea," I frowned. "Chloe got here about an hour ago to wake me up. We're supposed to be going out for a little bit. I'll probably be home around nine or ten."

"You look tired." He chuckled.

"I am tired! But the girls wanna go out and celebrate...Babe I'm so tired." I leaned into his chest.

"How did it go with you sister and Elijah?"

"Hmm," I looked away. "We'll talk about that later."

It took Seth a minute, "Ohhhh," He realized.

"Yea it's a long story." I muttered.

"Well I'm glad I got to see you for a second."

"Me too—" I began to say.

"Ella you ready?" There's Chloe.

"I'm coming now!" I yelled. "I better go before she comes back up here and drags me out to the car. But I will text you later." I kissed him on the cheek.

"Love you." He said as he headed for back the door.

"Just go out the front door with me." I grabbed his hand pulled down the hallway.

"I guess." Seth dragged behind me as we went down the stairs.

"I'm WAITING—" And once again there goes Chloe.

"Stop yellin' I'm right here." I told her.

"Well no wonder it took you so long. Hey Seth." She said.

"Hey," Seth said.

"He just got here." I explained.

"I know, I saw him walk across the front yard ten minutes ago." She giggled.

"Don't we have somewhere to be?" I reminded her.

"Right! We gotta go." She made her way out of the house and we followed behind her. A howl from the distance had caught Seth's attention.

"Duty calls?" I looked up at my boyfriend.

"Yep." He gave me a quick kiss and then pulled off his shirt.

"I'm gonna go start the car." Chloe walked away.

Seth handed me his shirt. "Hold this for me will you?"

"I don't know." I shrugged. "You might not get it back?" I teased.

"Will see about that." He kissed me on my forehead this time. "Love you." Seth starting making his way into the forest.

"Love you too!" I yelled, watching him run off.

"Let's go!" Chloe honked the horn.

When I got into her car the first thing that came out of my mouth was, "Impatient much?"

"When we've got important things to celebrate, yes." She squealed.

"So what was it you were freaking about earlier cause you though you lost it?" I asked her.

"Well." She got the biggest grin on her face.

"Oh boy, this must be big." I rolled my eyes.

"Of course it is!" She held up her left hand once again. "You're gonna be my maid of honor!"

Maid of honor? What?

It was then that I noticed the diamond ring on her ring finger. And then my expression changed.

"YOU'RE GETTING MARRIED!?" I couldn't contain my excitement. "When did he propose?"

"Last night." Chloe looked down at her ring finger. "When we got home."

It was that moment when I realized that my life was changing a lot faster than I wanted.

"Wow." I laid back in the passenger car seat.

"I know. Life is finally playing in my favor. No more Cody, no more drama...everything's coming together. And on top of that Nora's really happy."

"So when did Gabe become Daddy?" I asked.

"A few weeks ago. But Gabe's completely okay with it. He loves it actually. At first I was so uneasy about her calling him that because I wasn't sure how Gabe felt and I was afraid that was gonna freak him out just a bit. You should just see how he is with her. There are even a few times when she wanted to be held by Gabe and not by her Mommy." Chloe frowned.

"Don't act like you don't love it." I rolled my eyes.

"Of course I do. And it's safe to say after everything that's happened, Nora finally has a father. A good one."

"What about college? I heard you got some really great offers." Everyone did and I know that for a fact.

"I did." She grew silent for a moment. "After the wedding, the three of us are moving to Seattle. I got several offers from some schools on the east coast and a few in the Midwest, but I got a full ride to study dance at Cornish in Seattle."

"That's great!" I'm so glad she's deciding to still go to college. "But what about your parents?"

"They got a job teaching ballroom at some new dance school downtown. So we're all moving. But I can assure you we're all coming back up to La Push for thanksgiving."

"All I know is that when you two have kids, I demand that you name one after me! Had I not convince my parents to have you come live with us, Gabe would have never imprint you." I reasoned.

"Even if I didn't move to La Pus I'm sure he would've imprint on me eventually."

"True." I shrugged. "But I wasn't kidding when I said you name one of your kids after me."

"Oh please. You know good well I'm not having anymore kids for a while." She reminded me.

"Yea yea, I know." I stuck my tongue out at her.

~~~3 WEEKS LATER~~~

There is a moment...when you realize your world is beginning to change.

When you're no longer a child anymore.

When you have to start making decisions without having any help from your parents.

And then suddenly all the childhood memories are replaying themselves in my head.

Chloe and I's very first dance lesson.

The first time I rode a bike without training wheels.

The first time I saw the Nutcracker. And if my memory serves me right I've seen it exactly twenty-one times. Seeing that ballet is what inspired me to learn ballet in the first place. As a four year old it was my dream to play the sugar plum fairy. Then as I got older I made a bucket list of prima ballerina roles I wanted to play. (Note, the list is getting even longer.)

Then when I turned six we moved to New York for three years and when I was seven I saw my very first Broadway show, The Lion King.

The day I became a big sister. I hated Megan at first because being the stubborn six year old I was I did not like the idea of there being someone younger than me who got all the attention.

The day I lost my first tooth...and then 8 years after that happened. Braces.

I hated those things, but I only had to have them on for 18 months so I can't really complain there. My brother had braces for three years.

Overall I can honestly say after everything that's happened in my life so far some of my best memories would happen to be...

1. Moving to La Push
2. Meeting so many of the people who I have come to know and love
3. Having the opportunity to work with Madame Peutrova (I've learned so much from her)
4. Reuniting with Sasha. (I wish that would've happened sooner, but I'm just glad I have her back)

and last but not least...

5. Meeting Seth

To think four years has gone by and then we're about to go off to start our own lives together.

But today we're gonna have to get through this tedious and very sad LAST DAY OF SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION.

Just when I thought this was going to be an extremely slow day, it ended up being a fast one. We only have two hours left and the day is over.

Right now all of the seniors are emptying out their lockers.

"This is just to weird for me. I'm never gonna use this locker again." Belinda huffed as she slammed the door.

The girls and I all just gave her a weird look as she stood their with a frown on her face looking at her locker.

"Lindy. It's just a locker." Nina told her.

"I know!" She banged her head against the locker door. "But so many good memories happened right in front of this locker."

"Like that one time Mr. Scott made you and boyfriend stop with the public display of affection in front on front of your locker that one morning...oh wait that happens everyday." Emerson teased.

"Stop it." Belinda gave her a friendly punch on her arm.

"Oh my gosh girls! Remember this!" Skylar held up a picture she just pulled out of her locker.

It was picture of all us huddled around our "masterpiece" or should I say four foot pile of sand that was supposed to be a sand castle. I remember that day in detail.

It happened last summer on day where it was actually fairly warm.

"Let me see." Maddy took the picture from Skylar.

"Haha! Brock's face." Nina laughed.

"We all couldn't stop laughing because that tiny little crab got into his pants and pinched his—" Payton began to say.

"That was the first time I ever saw him cry. His face was so red." Nina rolled her eyes.

"Let's for get Nina's epic cliff diving belly flop." I said.

"Stop talking now. That was horrible." She looked embarrassed.

"The best part was all of us sitting around the fire and making a group bucket list of things to do before we graduate." Maddy sighed.

"Well since we only completed five of the thirty-two things we wrote down on that list. Let's make a new one, only this time it will be our top ten things we have to do before we all leave for college." I suggested.

"I like." Lindy nodded in agreement.

"Incoming testosterone." Emerson mumbled.

We all looked to see the boys making our way towards us.

"Could these last two hours go any slower. I'm ready to get out of here." Mateo wrapped his arm around Lindy.

"Eh," Nate shrugged. "Not sure I'm really gonna miss this place."

"Don't act like you're not gonna miss this place." Maddy rolled her eyes.

"Seriously. It's not like I'm gonna start crying." Nate told her.

"Not gonna lie. Surprised none of you have started crying yet." Seth said.

"Okay let's stop before I actually start crying." Payton covered her face.

"And hear come the crocodile tears." Rik muttered.

The sound of the intercom bell echoed through the hallway and the sound of our principal clearing his throat was heard.

"Attention students! All seniors please return back to your classrooms. All seniors please return back to your classrooms. You have five minutes."

"We need to take a group picture!" I said.

"I have my camera!" Chloe held her digital camera up.

"Hey Quinn!" I yelled for Mallory's sister just as she walked out the bathroom.

"Yea?" She walked over to us.

"Can you snap a quick photo us real quick?" I asked her.

"Sure thing." She smiled.

"Just press this button." Chloe handed her the camera.

"Alright everyone huddle in! And boys do not make a silly face. It's happy picture there for you should all be smiling please." Nina said.

"Ready? One...two...three." The flash went off. "Perfect! Here ya go." Quinn handed the camera back to Chloe.

"Thanks girl." Chloe gave her a hug. "You enjoy your summer."

"I will." Then she walked over and gave me hug.

"You're such a sweetheart. Take care and don't let your sister boss you around." I said.

"Oh trust me. I won't." She assured me.

~~~~LATER THAT DAY~~~~

Seth and I spent the rest of that day on the beach.

Just the two of us sitting in the sand and watching the waves.

"Well," I sighed. "It's over."

"I know." Seth breathed.

"Funny how fast four years went like that." I snapped my fingers.

"It was good for years though."

"No." I shook my head. "It was an awesome four years."

"I think it's weird that we're graduating next Tuesday. Feels like just yesterday I was six year old and my dad took me out on my first fishing trip." He said.

"I wish I could have met him." I snuggled closer to Seth and rested my head under his neck.

"I wish he could have met you too. He would have loved you." Seth said with confidence.

"Y'know." I paused. "There are days when I wonder how high school would've went for me if I never moved here and just stayed in Vancouver."

"Going through high school without you? Hmmm..." He thought about it for a moment. "It wouldn't be the same."

"Yea." I nodded in agreement. "You're right. I probably would have been even more miserable. But I'm sure we would have met eventually. After all I am your imprint."

"That's true." He agreed.

We got quiet for a moment and looked back out at the ocean. Everything was so peaceful. It was partly cloudy and a little bit below sixty degrees but we didn't care.

"Ella?"

"Yea babe?" I replied.

"Nothing." Seth let out a hopeless sigh. "I'm just really excited for us to be going back to New York in the fall. Sucks we'll be in dorm rooms in different parts of town.

"Actually." I sat up. "I have an idea."

"Keep going."

"What if we could talk our parents into letting us get an apart that was the perfect distance between both of our schools?" I suggested.

"Therefore we'd be living together." Now he's got it.

"Uh huh." The smile on my face got even bigger.

"Uhhh." He sounded unsure.

"Aww come on babe—" I started to whine.

"You didn't let me finish."

"Oh. Sorry. Continue." I said.

"Aren't apartments in New York expensive?" He asked.

I rolled my eyes and laughed. "Not when your family has connections with a lot apartment and penthouse rentals in the city. I kinda already talked to my Aunt Carol a few days ago and she already found four that she thinks we would like."

"Well it's obvious that you've been putting a lot of thought into this." Seth seemed a bit surprised.

"I'm sorry. I just got a little carried away with this whole us moving to New York and I would hate to have us live in the same city not have a chance to see each other due to different schedule and the distance between our schools and trying to see each to other." I was starting to rant.

"Ella," Seth said calmly but I ignored him anyway.

"Plus we would get to see each other every day! And the days that we don't have classes we could—"

"Ella," He said again.

"Just stay inside and do nothing all day, sleep in our bed till late afternoon and then take a walk around town. Okay I'm done." I let out a heavy breath.

"How much?" I just explained to him what all of this could be like and that's the first thing that comes out of his mouth? Awesome.

"Knowing my aunt, she can talk the really nice ones down to about two hundred and fifty." I told him.

"I like the sound of that." He shrugged.

"The possible price of the apartment or us living together?" I asked him.

"Put it this way...let's talk to my parents about all of this first. They'll be easy."

"Yea," I looked away from him for a moment. "That would be a good idea."

"Then it's settled." He kissed me. "You and I are gonna get our own apartment."

This is gonna take some convincing. To be honest I'm not worried about winning Sue and Charlie over, neither is Seth...but it's my parents that the two of us are worry out.

We shall see how this is all gonna work out.

I'm crossing my fingers that they yes.

REVIEW! Thanks for reading! I will update soon.

Love,

~Dazzler 916~