Thanks be to EBT.
I take a few minutes to compose myself before I start to leave the room.
"You can't let him tell Bella. You can't tell Bella. It'll ruin everything."
But those minutes are in vain, because I'm furious and crying again.
"Fuck you."
I run from the room and head back to where I left everyone. Alice is actually smiling, Jasper's flirting with her, but Bella looks worried. Emmett and Rosalie are making out two picnic tables down.
And my prom shoes, the shoes Ben had been holding for me, are on the grass next to Alice's feet.
Ben's nowhere to be found.
"There you are," Bella says.
Then she notices my face.
"Angie, what's wrong? Why are you crying?"
I'm trying to figure out if now is the time and place to tell her, but you speak up, letting me know that I wasn't alone on the run back.
"She was worried about Alice."
"Oh," she sighs. "I thought it might have something to do with why Ben suddenly left."
It looks like I should've named this fic You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It, Too! :P
Thank you for being amazing.
See you later.