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We walk out of Angela's classroom and down the FACS hall way. We go into the girl's bathroom, and are about to sneak through the window. When we hear someone about to come into the bathroom
"Shit!" I hiss, Alice hops off the window sill and runs into a stall, so I do the same. We put our feet on the toilet while the girls start to talk. I instantly recognize the nasal whines. Jessica and Lauren.
"Oh my god Laur, that Alice girl is sooo weird, I mean what was she wearing? I can't believe I'm putting up with her. Only so her brother will fall in love with me." Jessica says while re-applying her makeup. Lauren just nods while adjusting her leather mini. Yeah because leather minis go so well with boho tops and vintage Chanel purses? (Outfit in profile) Alice charges out of the bathroom, I follow quietly behind her.
"Oh hey Jessica, I can't hang out with you, I'm kinda ditching you for Bella…" Alice says with a angel like smile plastered on her face.
"You're hanging out with that little…little…hoe bag, instead of me?" Jessica's voice falters because Alice is giving her the death stare.
"Yeah, and BTW my brother says he thinks Bella is 10 times more beautiful than you. And she is going to look even better tonight at the dance!" She turns to me "Come one Bells." She takes me by the hand and leads us over to the window. She jumps through lithefully; I kinda just stumble out awkwardly. We spy-walk through the parking lot just incase of any lurking teachers. When she pressed the button on her car keys, and the tail lights of an austentacious car lights up, my jaw drops.
"This is your car?" I ask, I mean it's so…so…gaudy! But it fits Alice's personality perfectly.
"Yeah. Why?" She asks like nothings wrong.
"Nothing…" I reply quickly. We drive with the music blasting to an unknown song
I can't take the punches you throw at me anymore
I take them hard, they wear me down.
Every time one of them hits me, a little piece of me falls down the drain
Please just let this stop I need a clean slate with someone new
I need a new moon.
The realization of how much this song relates to my situation with Jacob hits me.
"Who is this by?" I ask eagerly
"This really awesome girl named Maura, she was a YouTube sensation, and then she got a record. Cool right?"
I agree, and the rest of the car ride passes in silence. We arrive at the house and once again my jaw goes slack. It's an amazing Victorian manor with modern hints, with three stories. I let out a long, low, whistle.
"You like?" Alice asks me while walking up the steps; she beckons me with her hand. I walk slowly over to her; she grabs my hand and runs. We almost make it to her bedroom before I fall. DAMN IT!
"Bella, we have to make you sooo sexy for the dance! Not that you aren't already beautiful! But you know what I mean!" I just nod.
"Oh Alice, I need to see if my boyfriends going to the dance, be right back." I walk out of the room, and pull my cell phone out of my pocket. And text Jake
"Hey baby, you going to the dance cause my friend wants me to get ready with her?" I get almost an instantaneous response:
"Idk if I want to go or not." I text back:
"Please baby? I'll dress nice and sexy for you!" Another immediate response
"Fine" I walk back into the room with my spirits high and exclaim
"I can come! But on Jake's order you have to make me very sexy!" Alice tackles me to the ground. I hiss as she hits the welts still healing on my abdomen.
"Oh my god! Are you okay? I didn't hurt you did I?"
"No it's okay; I'm just a little fragile, ha-ha." I try to force a laugh, but my wrist and welts hurt too much, so it comes out as a gurgled breath. Alice is looking at me weird so I say
"Who's going first?"
"I'm going to go first so I can spend more time on you." She skips over to her closet and beckons me over. I do as I'm told and my jaw drops for the THIRD time today. Her closet is HUGE! It's the size of my bedroom!
We go through a few of her outfits. About the fifth outfit she comes out from between the racks of designer clothes and says
"This is THE outfit Bella!" She's wearing a fire truck red dress that had a low neck line and ruffles on the skirt. It looks really familiar. That's when I notice it's basically a red version of Marilyn Monroe's dress! She paired it with this intricately designed necklace that hung down right under her bust, a black white and red purse, and dangerously high black heels with cheetah print! (Outfit in profile!)
"You look HOT Ally!" I was getting really good with this having friends' thing…
She dances over to her makeup dresser and spends an hour on her makeup; I just sit quietly and watch.
"Your time Belly!" I groan at the nick name. We walk back to the clothes and I glance at my watch. It's three, three hours until t he dance. Oh goodness.
I try on countless outfits before I come out on the 29th wearing a nicely fitted grayish blue dress, that really shows my tiny waist, gold dangly earrings, and black high heels, very simple. Just choosing the outfit took us an hour and a half. Now to the makeup, she ordered me to sit in her "cosmetician" chair and be still. I did what she said. After she finished she let me see. The bruise was completely gone. I had on really light silver eye shadow, eye liner, and mascara. I was starting to cry. I am not used to being THIS beautiful. I didn't believe this, this isn't me. I must be having a delusion or something. But the constant compliments from Alice telling me how pretty I am showed me it was real. I snapped out of my phase when Rose came in and asked for our help. Alice obliged gleefully on both our parts.
I followed them to Rose's closet. It was a little smaller than Alice's but still bigger than my room. Alice quickly skipped in. She was out within minutes, and had a outfit set up for Rosalie. Rosalie stripped down in front of us. I looked away but not before seeing a body that models would give their soul for. It was skinny, yet she had the curves, and definition. She quickly slipped the dress and accessories on. She turned around and said
"Ta-Da!" She looked stunning. As usual. She was wearing a grey and black dress, it was mostly grey but the black mostly dominated the bustier. She had on-just like Alice- dangerously high heels. But her's were skinny as an anorexic twig. I still couldn't decide who's were more dangerous, Alice won the height portion, but Rosalie won the stiletto contest. I was drawn out of my thinking when I saw Rose snapping on the Chanel earrings that Angela and Alice had wasted an hour on talking about.
We all walk back to Alice's room chit chatting about how well everyone looked. We sit on her bed and talk about what we like doing. Rose likes working on cars, Alice enjoys making her own clothes, but when I told them what I enjoy their jaws dropped.
"Really Bella? You sing? I never knew that!" Alice said
"Well you wouldn't since we only have known each other for a day…" I muttered awkwardly
"Bella can you play one for us? Pretty, pretty, pretty, please?" They both asked in synchronization. I said no, and they kept asking and asking. Finally I found a loop hole
"I don't have my guitar or a piano. So I can't" I said triumphantly, I finally won.
"We have a whole music room! Come on!" Alice yanked me off the bed and pulled me towards what I'm guessing is the music room. We walk in and my jaw goes slack for the FOURTH time! Why can't I control my jaw muscles around these people? The room is filled with guitars, FILLED! I have one guitar that once belonged to a 8 year old down the block. Then I noticed in the center of the room was a Yamaha Grand Piano. Wow, this is AMAZING!
"Okay! You are going to play us one song on the piano and one on the guitar!" Alice ordered me.
"Fine, fine, fine." I walk over to a simple acoustic guitar and pick it up. I start playing
Who is this who calls me?
And who is this who knows my name?
Why am I searching for someone else?
Why is my pursuit in vain?
You are so Alive!
You are so Alive!
You are so alive,
and I will die.
Why is my back to a fire?
And how are my hands in the coals
Why are my eyes in the corner
where nothing ever ever grows
You are so alive
You are so alive
You are so alive
and so am I
Why if I have legs can I only stand
on a place that's only inside your hand?
Well you are so alive
you are so alive
you are so alive
and so am I
I was born twice
I was born twice
I was born twice
and I will die once
When I looked up from the guitar I saw Rose and Alice with tears streaming down there faces.
"What did I do wrong? Guys? " I ask desperately, urg I knew Edward was lying to me, telling me I am good.
"It was beautiful, the lyrics were so deep, and meaningful." Rosalie said while Alice nodded and agreed.
"Now play us the one on the piano!" Alice squealed! I walked over to the piano and sat down. She was so intimidating. I laid one hand on the piano, and the other. Soon enough beautiful sounds started flowing.
"Something always brings me back to you.
It never takes too long.
No matter what I say or do I'll still feel you here 'til the moment I'm gone.
You hold me without touch.
You keep me without chains.
I never wanted anything so much than to drown in your love and not feel your rain.
Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.
You loved me 'cause I'm fragile.
When I thought that I was strong.
But you touch me for a little while and all my fragile strength is gone.
Set me free, leave me be. I don't want to fall another moment into your gravity.
Here I am and I stand so tall, just the way I'm supposed to be.
But you're on to me and all over me.
I live here on my knees as I try to make you see that you're everything I think I need here on the ground.
But you're neither friend nor foe though I can't seem to let you go.
The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me do-"
I was in the middle of a long note when I hear a gasp that does not belong to Rose or Alice. I stop playing and whip my head around see Edward standing in the doorway
"Edward? What are you doing here?" I ask
"I live here, and that's my piano."