-::- Chapter 8: The Confrontation -::-
(Bella's pov)
The movie was great I'd only seen an early draft but not the entire end result. We were at the after party which had a vampire theme, naturally, and I've been getting some great reviews from my friends. Paul and I have been inseparable all night, he was so sweet and thoughtful. I was sitting on one of the velvet couches when Angela walked up to me 'The movie was great!!!' I looked up at her seeing the biggest grin on her face I'd ever seen. 'There's a rumor going around that FOX is willing to sign you for a contract for at least five movies, that's never been done before'. She raised her glass and signed for me to do the same. 'To Bella Swan a most amazing actress and the world's greatest friend, I couldn't ask for a better one' Her small toast gave me tears in my eyes. 'To Angela, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't be here right now, and I wouldn't have this amazing life.' Angela now had tears in her eyes to. 'To the world's greatest women, they don't get better then you two' we looked up and saw Paul walk towards us. I got up and walked over to him. 'I've missed you.' 'Haha, I've been with Ian for about twenty minutes.' I gave him my very affective pout with teary eyes, he looked at me and raised his eyebrow 'Come on baby I promise I won't leave your side for the rest of your night.' Angela cleared her throat 'I'm gonna go before I throw up' and with that she started to walk away. 'Have a nice night Ange' we said in unison. I looked at Paul and started laughing, which he joined.
'LOOK THERE SHE IS' I froze that voice sounded awfully familiar, I glanced in the direction I heard the dreaded voice. Alice Cullen, oh wait behind her is the rest of the clan. 'Babe, hello can you hear me?' Paul was waving his hand in front of me, I snapped out of my daze and looked at him 'I'm sorry what did you say?' He laughed 'I said I have a special night for us planned' he kissed my shoulder 'I know you'll enjoy it.' I swear I heard a soft growl. I was about to kiss him when… 'Bella, is that you' I looked to my left and there standing in all her glory was Alice Cullen, my former best friend and current heart-breaker. 'Yes it's me can I help you with something?' I kept my voice casual but I could tell that Paul was a little confused, my voice was barely casual and if it was it generally meant that I didn't like the person. 'Hi, I'm Paul' Paul gave his and for Alice to shake., she did. 'I'm Alice, me and Bella go way back.' I huffed, Paul looked at me and then back to Alice 'She's never mentioned you before'. I looked behind Alice to see the rest of them approaching. 'Bella it's wonderful to see you again' Esme had such a loving voice. Before I could answer I was grabbed by the massive arms of the one and only Emmett Cullen. 'It's been a long time no see sis!!!' when he put me down I straighten out my dress 'I'm not your sis!' He had an hurt expression on his face. 'Bella…' Edward started to say but I cut him off. 'Paul let's go home I've had enough for today, didn't you have something planned for me?' I saw his face lit up as he put his hand on my lower back and guided me towards the front door. 'Wait here I'm going to get us a car' He walked off. I looked around me and saw the Cullen's looking directly at me. When I saw the agonizing expression on Edward's face I thought my heart broke into a million pieces. 'Ready to go hun?' Paul looked at me and I gave him a loving smile.
When we got back to my hotel room I could tell by the look on Paul's face that he wants to talk about what happened tonight. 'What was going on tonight, I've never seen you unpleasant to people before.' 'I know, look I really don't want to talk about it' I took off my jewelry 'I loved them a lot and they ripped my heart out.' He came over to me and wrapped his arms around my waist. 'I'm sorry honey.' 'I know, hey do you mind if we leave Italy. I don't like it here anymore.' I kicked out my shoes and walked to the bed. Paul took off his jacket and shoes and laid down next to me. 'We can go wherever you want to go.' He kissed the top of my head and I fell to sleep.