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"Your worst humiliation is only someone else's momentary entertainment." – Karen Crockett
Finally the week was over. It was Friday. TGIF! I didn't have to work today, and I told Renee to bring supper home from the diner. I was going out with Alice tonight.
We needed to be ready by six so we could help Emmett set up. His parents, Karen and Darren, were awesome. They let Emmett have parties whenever he wanted to, as long as they were present, which was fine with every teenager in Forks. Karen was a hot mom and Darren was so funny that people hung out with him more than Emmett at the parties.
I drove to Alice's farm as fast as my old truck would let me. I was finally excited to do something. This is exactly what I needed.
I pulled up behind Missus Brandon's SUV and killed the engine. I had to restrain myself from sprinting into Alice's mansion of a house.
"I'm here!" I squealed when I opened the door.
Alice bolted down the stairs and started jumping around with me. Yes, we are in fact the most immature seventeen-year olds at times.
Alice grabbed my hand and we ran up her staircase and into her freakishly big bedroom.
"Oh, I've had our outfits picked since Monday," Alice confessed. She walked over to her closet, which was bigger than my bedroom. "Here's yours."
She pulled out a pair of skinny jeans, a deep blue tank top, and a pair of black high heels.
"Alice," I gasped. "This is a high school party, not a night out clubbing."
Alice shrugged. "We need to look good. We're co-hostess's. Poor Emmett would be lost without us."
I nodded, running my hand over the material of the tank top.
"And this is my outfit," Alice announced, pulling out a pair of leggings and a long green tank top with a pair of cute yellow flats.
"Ooo," I cooed. "That's cute, Alice. Are you trying to impress someone?"
A delicate blush creeped into Alice's cheeks.
"No," I gasped, sitting on Alice's bed. "Who, Alice? You have to tell me."
"I can't," she whispered, looking away. "You'd hate me for liking him."
"Alice, the only person that I would hate for you to like is Edward Cullen and I know you have more sense than that."
Alice giggled, swaying a bit on the spot, biting her lip. "Fine, it's Jasper Hale."
My jaw dropped.
Alice's face slipped into a pout. "See? I knew you'd be mad.
I shook my head. "No, Alice, I'm not mad. I'm just shocked. How did you get to know Jasper Hale well enough to like him?"
Alice hopped onto the bed beside me. "Well, Jasper worked in the shop right beside my aunt's boutique this summer. He's ridiculously shy, so he didn't have enough confidence to even say hi to me when he saw me. I always thought he'd be nice and he's definitely good looking, so I asked him to grab some coffee with me one day after work. We ended up staying at the coffee shop until it closed."
"Oh, Alice," I sighed. "That's so awesome. I don't care if he's with Edward Cullen, you can go for him. Maybe he'll ditch Cullen to be with you. How sweet would that be?"
Alice giggled. "I'm hoping that's what will happen. I still can't stand Cullen, but I simply adore Jasper. I don't understand how the two of them can be friends."
"In the words of Charlie, 'I don't understand how anyone could like a Cullen'," I quoted.
Alice glanced at the clock. "Jesus, Bella! It's already quarter to five! We only have forty-five minutes to get ready!"
I jumped off the bed and started to get ready.
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"Everything set?" I asked, looking around Emmett's house.
"I think so," Alice murmured, checking over every detail.
"It's fine," Emmett decided for us, rolling his eyes. "It's a house party; everything will be destroyed by the end of the night anyway."
"This is true," I agreed. I looked at the clock. "People should be here soon. Wanna crack the keg, Em?"
"Only if you do the first keg stand of the night," Emmett replied with a grin.
"Of course I'll do the first keg stand. Always have, always will," I declared proudly.
"But," Emmett continued, "you'll also be having a competition with Cullen."
I pursed my lips. Cullen probably had at least forty pounds on me and he had a good six inches above me. If you looked at that, I had no chance. But, if you took into consideration how badly I wanted to win, the odds were pretty even.
"Fine," I agreed. "But he's going first."
"It's a deal, Ms Swan," Emmett proclaimed, shaking my hand. "Now let's get the night's first keg stand started."
People showed up during the middle of my keg stand and started cheering. I got set down and let out a loud whoop.
"Let's get this party starrrrted!" someone yelled.
The music started blasting and I did six shots with Alice. I needed to get drunk if I was going to face Cullen.
Three hours later, I was completely and totally wasted. My high heels wee long gone, my eyelids were drooping, my smile was stupid, and I was too giddy for words.
Right Round by Flo Rida started playing and I began to dance with a man I did not know. I never used to be that girl that made out with random guys and danced like a whore with anything with a penis, but something came over me when this song came on.
The guy placed his hands on my hips and helped me grind into him. I was too drunk to realize that I probably looked like Fork's biggest slut at the time.
"Bella!" Emmett called.
I hid my face in the guy's chest, trying to hide from my friend.
"Bella!" he called again. "I can see you; don't even try to hide from me. And you might wanna get your hands off her ass, man." I suddenly realized that my ass was in fact being groped.
I stepped away from the guy and gave him my best glare. He looked dead confused. I probably would be too, if I was him.
"Emmett!" I yelled, opening my arms to give a hug. "Buddy!"
Emmett gave the guy I was dancing with a deadly look before turning back to me.
"It's time to have your chugging competition with Cullen," Emmett yelled in my ear. "You still up for it?"
"Hell yes!" I screamed, letting go of Emmett and pushing my way to the keg.
"Okay, we're here Cullen," Emmett announced. "You go first, then Bella goes. Got it?"
Cullen was a blur to me.
"Yeah, go Eddy," I slurred, swaying on the spot.
Cullen snorted. "She can barely stand, how is she gunna chug?"
"Hey, hey, hey," I mumbled. "Do not underestimate my ability to open my throat. I'll even deep throat a hot dog to prove it.
Emmett burst out laughing. "Bella, I don't think that's entirely necessary, although it'd be funny to see. Just go, Cullen. Bella can handle herself."
I nodded in agreement, closing my eyes and leaning against someone that I thought was Emmett.
"Fine," Edward agreed gruffly.
"Bells, can you lean against Alice for a sec?" Emmett asked, pushing me into Alice's arms.
Next thing I heard was a million voices counting up to fifteen, then a bunch of hooting and hollering.
"Ready, Bella?" Alice asked.
I nodded against her shoulder before a pair of arms led me away from Alice. I opened my eyes.
"Strap yourselves in, boys," I mumbled groggily. "This is going to be crazy."
Someone grabbed the glasses off my face, making my vision even worse.
I put my hands on the handles of the keg and leaned forward. Emmett grabbed my ankles and pushed them towards the ceiling. Alice shoved the hose in my mouth and the beer started flowing. People started counting again. I swallowed every drop of cool beer that came into my mouth for seventeen seconds. Then I felt my stomach react. I pulled my face away from the hose and Emmett set my feet on the ground. I bolted to the kitchen sink and puked up the beer I had just consumed. I heard people cheering for me as I gagged and threw up four more times.
"Come on, Bella," Alice murmured sympathetically. She led me outside into the cool night air. She sat me down on the steps on the back porch and let me puke until I felt myself sober up.
"I think I'm good," I mumbled, wiping my mouth.
"Okay," Alice said, grabbing my arm. "Let's go get you cleaned up and back into the party. You were awesome, Bella."
"Thanks." I smiled weakly. "Hey! I can see again!"
Alice burst out laughing. I giggled weakly; a little wore out from my puking session.
"Oh, Bella, you crazy kid," she finally sighed. "It's good to have you back, honey."
"It's good to be back," I murmured, standing up. "I just needed to get back with my friends. I can't hold onto Jake forever."
"No, you certainly can't," Alice agreed. "You need to find yourself a new man, B, even if it's just a random guy to make out with for the night."
"I will, eventually," I decided. "I don't think anyone will kiss me tonight. I'm pretty sure everyone knows I was puking my guts out."
Alice giggled, giving me back my glasses, and leading me into the house. I stepped back into the house and got plenty of high fives and cheers. I smiled at everyone, praying Cullen was seeing this. I won by a long shot.
Alice got me upstairs and kicked a couple out of Emmett's bedroom. She got me out of me out of my tank top and jeans, and put me into a pair of Emmett's sweat pants and an extremely large t-shirt. She pulled my hair into a ponytail and wiped my face. Everyone at school had seen me like this before so it wouldn't be a huge surprise.
I stumbled back down the stairs, ready to say goodnight to everyone and crash in Emmett's bed.
It was dead silent. No music, not talking, nothing. Everyone was staring at me.
"What's going on?" Alice whispered.
I shook my head and whispered back, "I have no idea."
Emmett made his way through the crowd. "Bella, come here."
I made my way over to Emmett and he pulled me into the broom closet and closed the door. He flipped open his phone and showed me a picture of me, naked, on my back, smiling a drunken smile up at the camera. In the bottom right hand corner it read "I love you, Jacob". I was so shocked that I could barely comprehend what was going on.
"Is this really a picture of you, Bella?" Emmett demanded. "Please tell me that shithead didn't make you do this that one time you had sex."
Tears formed in my eyes and I covered my mouth with my hand. I closed my eyes and looked away. Emmett groaned and flipped the phone shut.
"I'll kill 'em both," he finally declared after an eternity of silence. "First, I'll kill Jacob for making you do this and for giving the picture away, and then I'll kill Cullen for stooping this low just to get a reaction out of you."
A sob escaped my throat. Why did this happen to me? Why in the world would Cullen get a picture like that of me? Why would Jacob give that away? Why would I let Jacob take a picture of me in the first place?
Emmett's arms wrapped around my shoulders. "Shh, Bella. We'll get through this somehow, we always do. Alice and I will take care of you just like you took care of us when we were humiliated. Shh, shh, shh. It'll be okay."
I melted into Emmett's chest and continued to cry. Years could have passed and I hoped they did. How in the world was I going to fix this?
Holy freak, eh? That would be the worst thing that could happen during high school, in my opinion. I'd move to, like, Asia, or something and change my name if that happened to me.
So, my skin is peeling realllly bad. I look like a snake that's losing it's skin. The blisters popped, so that was good. My tan is gorgeous though. I love it.
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Also, for all you Seducing Revenge fans, another chapter should be posted this week. I have a fanfic that I need to finish with my OC's on dA, and then all of my attention shall be turned back to SR, SS, and TDATD!
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