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Part I-Chapter 5: Excited

Where the Party at?-Jagged Edge & Nelly

Photograph-Def Leppard & Taylor Swift

Hell Yea-Rev Theory

July 24th, Friday

"So, are you excited for the party later, Embry," Harry asked me.

It was early in the morning and to say I was excited would be a lie. Who's ever excited to see their best friend move or have a party for them to move? It's like throwing salt in the wound, celebrating a time that will be the saddest moment of my life.

"Not really." I grimaced.

Harry chuckled. "At least look like you're having fun and don't do anything I wouldn't do," he warned me with his eyes.

"Wouldn't dream of it, sir." I rolled my eyes, thinking exactly how I would do something he wouldn't. If her mother invites that punk Josh again I don't know if I can control myself.

"Embry," he warned again.

Seth giggled at his tone and I shot him a look. "You have my word Harry. I won't do anything that you wouldn't do." I smiled politely at the double meaning in my words.

"What did you get Vanessa as her going away present?" Seth asked me, breaking the tension around us.

"You'll just have to wait."

"Why?"

"Because I said so."

"Why?"

"Because," I said annoyed.

"Why?"

"Seth, shut up!" A loud voice yelled from the doorway. We both turned around to see Leah standing with Nessa at the open front door.

"Hey." I jumped up. "What are you doing here?" I asked as I reached her, leaning down to hug her. Her shirt slid back a little to give me a look at what was on underneath and I saw her bathing suit.

"I could leave," she suggested playfully, pulling back.

"No! Not at all, I just thought you'd be setting up." We walked to the front room and sat on the couch next to Seth as Harry flipped through the channels.

"Got out early. The parties in an hour thought we could come to the beach and hang out for a while."

"Yea, let's go," I agreed, jumping up, pulling Nessa along with me.

"Can I come?" Seth asked, bounding in his place.

I opened my mouth to say no but Nessa responded before I could. "Of course, Seth. Let's look for seashells today."

"Okay, Vanessa!" Seth beamed, leaping to his feet and grabbing her hand once he reached us. "Leah, are you coming with us?"

"Not today, Seth. I have to help Mom. You go with Vanessa and Embry and have fun," she said sweetly.

It was times like these that I got to see Leah's soft side. It was rare but incredible to experience. Leah was always nice to everyone except Jake, Quil, and me. It was completely personal. I got over it quickly, though. I stared at Leah for a second, seeing the nice girl and then shook my head. I grabbed my camera from the counter and Nessa's sweater just in case.

"Okay, sissy."

After Seth dragged Nessa out the door with me following me arrived at First Beach in 10 minutes. I told Nessa I would sit on the beach and take pictures of the scenery when all I would be capturing is her. Seth pulled Nessa over to the water and she laughed and told him to hold on.

Nessa ran back toward me and grinned as she came closer.

"Aren't you going in?" she asked softly, reaching at the bottom of her shirt to pull it over and reveal her white bikini top. She pulled her jean shorts down to show off her perfect legs revealing matching blue swimming shorts.

"I don't have time to take another shower before the party," I explained.

"Do like me! I'm going wet and when my mom freaks out I won't care!" she exclaimed loudly, twirling around.

It wasn't very often that people saw Nessa like this. Mostly just Leah and me did and sometimes Seth when she was babysitting, but never in front of her parents.

"Okay, after I get some shots," I gave in, smiling up at her.

"Fine, party pooper!" She laughed.

I smiled up at her and lifted my camera to take her picture. "Embry! You know I hate it when you do that!" she complained, tackling me into the sand, tossing my camera on the towel.

"You never let me take your picture!" I groan, rolling us over so I'm over her and she's squirming under me.

I reached over and grabbed my camera. "Say cheese, Ness!" Nessa screamed girlishly as I snapped her picture and kept the shutter going until I had 10 pictures of her laughing.

"Embry! Let me up!" she giggles until I jump up off her and grin.

"Race you into the ocean!" I yell, tossing my camera on the towel and jogging away from her as she jumped up.

"No point in trying, Ness. I've already won!" I reached the edge of the water and scooped Seth in arms, laughing as his girlish giggles rang throughout the air.

"Not fair!" Nessa screamed, reaching the water as I shielded myself from her with Seth. "I can't hurt the boy!"

She laughed loudly running around us and jumping on my back. I felt the extra 100 pounds and tried to steady myself but ended up dropping Seth to hold onto the back of Nessa's knees.

"Oh, crap! Seth!" Nessa screeched, jumping off my back and helping a disoriented Seth out of the water.

"Are you okay? Did you hit your head?" Nessa asked, looking over his body for any bodily harm.

"That was awesome! Embry throw me again!" he shouted, jumping up into my arms again. I laughed hard until I looked over at Nessa's perturbed face.

"What?" She rolled her eyes at me. "What, Ness? He likes it!" I justified myself.

"Don't hurt him," she said. I love watching Nessa when she gets like this. She gets maternal and crazy over Seth like he's her own brother or child.

"I won't," I promised.

Over the next hour we took lots of pictures and threw Seth around a little too rough. After that we collected a million different sea shells and made a necklace from them out of fishing wire we found on the driftwood we sat next to. Leah came to tell us the party was starting and we ran all the way there, Nessa on my back while Seth ran ahead of us.

When we reached Nessa's house the whole front yard was filled with people from all over the block. Nessa giggled when she saw Leah blushing and flustered talking to Sam. When we saw Nessa's mom she was glaring at me so hard I thought I would fall through the earth. I got the hint to let Ness down but I grabbed her hand and steered her toward the cooler full of drinks.

"So, big turnout huh?" I said casually as she glanced around all the faces of family members most of whom daughters hated her.

"It's…alright," she admitted. "Just too many people that could care less about us are here."

"You're right. My thoughts exactly." I looked over at Josh's family and scowled deeply at him.

"Embry, I know you hate him but I won't ever be with him. Don't worry about him, k?" Nessa whispered, tangling her hand in mine and smiling up at me.

"How did you—?" I asked, trailing off unsure.

"I see the way you look at him, Embry. It's okay, though. I'm your best friend so you feel the need to protect me."

"Yea…" I trailed off again.

"Hey, there's Jake and his family. Let's go say hi." Nessa led me toward the Black family and Jake instantly went to hug Nessa. Billy clapped me on the arm and Jake clapped me on the back.

"Hello, Vanessa," Rebecca said. Rebecca was Jake's older sister along with her twin Rachel, who wasn't the nicest girl around. We all like Becca a lot more than we like Rachel.

"Hey, Rebecca," she replied sweetly.

"Hello, Rachel." Rachel looked over at her for a second then looked away.

"Hey."

"Um, well, Embry and me are going to go change upstairs real quick," Nessa explained, apologizing before grabbing my hand again and leading us away from them.

"Probably going to have a quickie. Everyone knows she's a slut," I heard Rachel say just loud enough for us to hear. Heat rising to my face I was about to turn around before Nessa tightened her grip on my hand to a hurtful point and yanked me inside.

"Nessa! Why didn't you say something? This is your party. If she doesn't like you she shouldn't have come."

"Member what I told you before, Emb. We know the truth."

"You're right. Let's go change. I bet your Mom was pissed when she saw you in shorts and a bikini."

"I'll get hell for that later." She rolled her eyes.

"Ooh, you cussed. Goody two shoes Nessa cussed!" I accused playfully.

She swatted my arm harmlessly and went upstairs with me trailing along. When we rounded the corner to her room she opened the door and revealed a completely empty room. Everything was bare from top to bottom except the closet doors still intact.

"You guys cleaned out good," I noted.

"We're selling the house with no furniture and taking everything with us. It's a lot cheaper than to buy all over again."

"You never told me why you're moving, ya know. You told Leah cause she gloats about it all the time, and you said where, not specifically, though," I said casually.

"California. San Luis Obispo, California," she said slowly, reaching around in a plastic bag in the closet and pulling out a pair of my old basketball shorts and t-shirt. She tossed at me and grabbed a summer dress for herself.

"That sounds familiar. Wait…" I trailed off. That sounds very familiar. "Oh my God."

"Embry—" she started.

"No, you're DAD is the one who is moving you guys out there? He's moving there to be with Laura isn't he?" I questioned, eyebrows furring deep into my forehead.

"Yes," she admitted, sighing. She was turned away from me so I couldn't see her face as clear but her voice resounded pain.

"She needs financial help so we're moving down there since we can't do anything here," she explained, motioning for me to get dressed as she flipped the light blue sun dress over her figure and slid the shorts off underneath as she continued, turned around to give me privacy.

"She begged him to do it and he didn't want to, but he knows how I get teased around here and he thought it wouldn't be that bad. They said I have to skip my freshman year because I tested out. I have to take all AP classes too and that's where my mom agreed. She wants me to get early admissions to Cal Poly." Nessa flipped her hair out and splashed me lightly with the excess water. Finally she turned around and smiled at me.

"Wait, you'll be moving there permanently?" My heart dropped with the sentence and I gripped the doorframe tightly.

"No. That's where my plan comes in handy, Embry. I graduate one year earlier than you and I can come back here to go to WSU. It'll be perfect because they can't force me to go to a different college. They can say they won't pay, but by then I'll have the money from grandpa to pay all four years. I'll get a job when I turn sixteen and save every penny, too."

I stared at her and let my enthusiasm build.

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