Chapter Nine: Sweet Revenge
Previously on Unrecognizable~
Edward was going to pay for what he did. And I know just what to do.
Revenge.
What better way to get revenge on Edward then playing games using his 'mate' Bella? Edward better watch out, because this is just the beginning.
Now on Unrecognizable~
Izzy's POV
The sun shone through the window, illuminating the room. Dawn was approaching upon us, the sun rays peeking through the thick green trees covered in soft fluffy snow dancing among the dark shadows on the dirty forest floor.
I tore my gaze away from the window and peered down at my hands, I was curled up on my bed cozily, letting the warmth from the sunny window penetrate my sparkling skin. My muscles were relaxed as I shut my eyes, in peace, allowing myself a few minutes of rest away from the Cullen family. I had been staying in at the Cullen's home for a week now.
My peace was soon interrupted as a small pixie burst into the room and appeared at my side in seconds.
"Izzy! Izzy! Can we go shopping?"" Alice bounced, clapping her small petite hands together in excitement.
I repressed the urge to laugh by keeping my lips in a tight line, but the corners seemed to want to curl up into a big smile. "Sure Alice, just leave me a few minutes to change my outfit, okay?"
"Alright, but if you aren't downstairs in 15 minutes, I'm dragging you down myself!" Alice called as she disappeared through the door in a flash.
I chuckled lightly as I got up from the bed. In my bag, I kept a few outfits. Today I chose, a light pink strapless bow top, paired with a black ruffled mini skirt and black lace up high heeled boots.
I used a makeup remover wipe to remove my heavy makeup and using my stellar vampire speed, I reapplied my makeup for today. I decided on an eye shadow look that faded from white, to pink, then black. I quickly lined my eyes with liquid liner and brushed on some dark mascara to my thick lashes then finished with a nude lip.
I was indecisive for my hairstyle, but in the end I choose to curl my loose waves and braid the pieces of hair that I used to frame my face on either side and then clipped the braided hair out of my face. (Entire outfit, makeup & hair on my PROFILE)
When I peeked at my reflection at the full length mirror, I was happy with my look so I reached for my Chanel purse on the vanity and dashed downstairs.
Alice was ready and waiting in her bright yellow Porsche. Alice had one a strapless floral dress. (ON MY PROFILE) It hugged her curves and looking stunning on her petite body. But that didn't surprise me; Alice could pull off just about anything.
I climbed into the passenger seat, taking my spot beside Alice as she backed out the driveway in a flash. We headed down the long hill at 150 mph, I peered out the window. The trees were blurs as we sped down the swerving road. Faint sunrays escaped through the cracks of the thicket of dark trees sprinkled with white flakes of snow which reminded me.
"Alice? It's sunny out, how are able to go shopping?"
"Not where we're going." Alice smiled knowingly. She must have had a vision, and I knew not to bet against her visions.
I smiled happily, as silence enveloped us both. But it wasn't awkward, it was nice. Just enjoying each other's presence like we had known each other for years. I repressed the urge to laugh, it was ironic really. Alice and I had known each other for years; she was just unaware of that.
The ride was uneventful, but pleasant. I soon found out Alice had planned for us to go shopping outside of Denali, in a larger town with a larger mall. Typical Alice.
After a good hour and a half, Alice exited the highway, starting down a busy road full of cars. Alice was correct, fluffy white clouds covered the blue sky, hiding the bright sunrays.
"Told you so." Alice wore a cheeky grin as she stuck her tongue out at me playfully.
I smiled, giggling slightly, "When have I ever doubted you pixie."
We soon reached a huge mall, Alice parked in the busy lot, we exited the Porsche and she took my hand in her own and gracefully skipped toward the building ahead of us.
We got in a good six hour shopping session, resulting in over thirty bags combined and several trips to the Porsche to unload our bags. But on our fifth trip to the car, we both decided we had no room for anymore bags so we called it a day and a fucking good one at that.
I honestly forgot how much fun I used to have with Alice, our shopping trip was really fun, though I would have objected to that idea as a human, I had a lot of fun today. One thing I loved about Alice is her acceptance. This is the second time she has taken me in and treated me as a true friend, like a sister. Just the thought, made my broken, dead heart flutter.
Alice and I stuffed the remainder of our bags into the trunk and hopped inside her Porsche. The car roared to life, signaling the beginning of our journey home.
Wait? Did I just say home? No, the Cullen's place has never been my home, nor will it ever.
Or that is at least what I convinced myself.
"So Izzy, what's it like being famous?" Alice asked cheerfully, almost bouncing in her seat. I simply loved just talking with Alice, she never asked me things because she felt like she had to make conversation, she only asked me things because she actually wanted to hear the answer. Alice seemed genuinely curious.
I smiled in amusement, "Well, I have mixed feelings about it really. Fame has its ups and downs. The fans are absolutely amazing, but they can also be quite a pain in the ass at times." I laughed as did Alice.
"How so?"
"Well, I have had some pretty crazy fans. One time, I was doing a live concert on stage. In the middle of a song, a small teenage girl jumps onstage and lunges at me. She was no match for me though. The security guards pried her off me easily though she put up a good fight, yelling, screaming, and kicking." I burst into a fit of laughter just as Alice joined in.
"Wow, who knew being famous would be so difficult." Alice giggled softly.
Alice's giggles soon faded away, and her expression changed. She looked hesitant.
"If you don't mind me asking, I was wondering how your career started. I know you were depressed before you were changed…" Alice trailed off, her eyes seemed cautious as she glanced back to look at the road.
I had never really talked to anybody about this before. I took a deep calming breath before starting, "Uh, once I was changed, I was still pretty depressed but I soon realized that music helped express my dark gloomy feelings. I knew I needed to get my life back on track so I started a career with my music. It started with a job singing at a nightclub, but a particular night I sang, there was a producer sitting in the audience. So, I got signed and I guess the rest is history." I concluded.
"Wow, using music to help channel your feelings." Alice looked deep in thought as she gripped the steering wheel, but surprisingly she began again, "My brother Edward is doing the complete opposite." She mumbled under her breath, ending with a deep sigh.
"What do you mean?"
Alice snapped out of her thoughts, "Um, something happened a while ago, it hurt my brother deeply, he has yet to recover from it, I don't think he ever will." Her voice cracked in the end. Her usual cheery bubbly personality was gone; she seemed so sad and broken.
"The loss of a mate", I answered, gnawing on my lip. A habit that I kept from my human life.
"How did you know? Did he tell you?" Alice's topaz eyes were wide as saucers.
"Uh, yeah, are you sure he mated with a human, are you sure it this human girl wasn't a mere distraction?" I fought to keep my voice firm while keeping my stoic mask up.
"Oh yeah, I'm quite surprised Edward told you, he doesn't like to speak about what happened. And I'm positive that they were mates. I have never seen such a strong bond between a human and a vampire. Surely if he had the balls to turn her, she would have been his mate." Alice's voice seemed hard, with an angry edge to it while she spoke the last part.
"Well, why didn't he?" I grounded my teeth together, attempting to keep my anger bottled up.
She scoffed, "He was being absurd, he has this stupid theory that us vampires are damned to hell, Edward didn't want to change her because he wanted to save her soul."
"Wow." I laughed darkly. "So what happened?" I pressed. "Did she die from an illness?" I knew the real reason, but I couldn't have anyone knowing that.
At first, she stayed silent. But Alice spoke up grimly, "He left her." Her voice was void of any emotion. Though her golden eyes betrayed her, showing all the pain, loneliness, and anger.
"Why?" I choked on the lump forming in my parched throat.
"I think Edward should be the one to tell you that."
The ride was mainly silent after that. We arrived at the Cullen residence half an hour later. As we pulled up the driveway, my phone vibrated in my purse.
"I can bring the bags into the house after this call if you like. I will meet you inside after." I told Alice.
"Nonsense, I got the bags. You can take care of that call." She smiled.
"Thanks for the good time today." Flashing her a small smile, I reached for my phone just as Alice scurried into the house with the shopping bags.
I pressed the accept button on my iPhone and held it to my ear as I stepped out of Alice's car and into the fresh blowing breeze.
My managers irritating voice rang into my ears. "Ms. Elizabeth? I called your apartment several times, each time going to voicemail. That's when I tried your cell. You disappeared from your dressing room last week. Where the hell are you?"
Shit, I forgot to call my manager last week.
I cleared my throat, "I'm still in Denali, I ran into some friends. I am currently staying with them. I'm sorry I didn't call, I've been quite busy lately."
Yeah, busy dealing with my roller coaster of emotions tumbling down on me. All thanks to Edward fucking Cullen!
"Are you aware you have a concert in Montana?"
Damnit, I forgot about that.
"Of course." I lied.
"Well I presume you have finished writing those songs then?" My manager pressed, clearly annoyed at me.
I forgot about the stupid songs. My manager had asked me last month to write three songs for a concert after my tour was over. I never did start those effing songs.
"Yeah, I have been working on them, they aren't quite finished yet, but they are getting there." I laughed uneasily.
"I expect those three songs finished and emailed to me by the end of the week." He said firmly in a gruff tone. Irritation laced his tone.
"That's only six days from now!" I yelled through the phone, anger bubbling up inside me as well as growing panic, six days isn't a lot of time to write three entire songs!
"Well, I gave you this project well over a month ago which you have been fully aware of the requirements. This is completely reasonable of me to ask you, especially if the songs just need a small amount of tweaking. So with that said, I am looking forward to seeing those three songs in my email in six days time." His voice sounded smug, much like the cheeky smile I assume he is sporting currently.
"But-" I was cut off, with the shrill sound of the beeping on the other line signaling he had hung up.
"Fucking dick." I seethed as I repressed the urge to throw my phone onto the paved driveway. I took a calming breath before proceeding to the grand entrance of the house.
I opened the door, frustration mixed with anger rolling off of me. Inside, the house was fairly quiet except for the faint whispers coming from upstairs.
Curiously, I crept upstairs pretending to go up to the guest bedroom but instead eavesdropping on the hushed conversation.
It was Alice and Edward. I guess everyone else was gone?
"Alice!" Edward's velvety voice whisper yelled to Alice. He was trying to sound firm, I guess stick to his side of the argument, but you could hear the plea in his voice.
"Damnit Edward! Seriously?! You wait twenty fucking years! You have waited this long, why interfere now?! I always wanted to and you know that considering I have practically begged you multiple times. What's changed now?!" Alice only hissed under her breath, but you could hear the underlying infuriation.
In all the time I had known Alice, I had never ever heard her cuss. She must be outraged! But what could they possibly be arguing about?
"I need to know, please." Edward's tone had now softened, he seemed so vulnerable. Not the Edward I had always known. But then again, everything he had said was a lie. We were a lie. What did he want from Alice anyway? Whatever is was, surely he could do himself.
"I will not look into Bella's future!"
If I had been human, I would have passed out. I was baffled. Why the hell did Edward want to see into my future? He effing left me! Alone and unprotected for Victoria to find me. And that bitch definitely succeeded with her revenge! I was the one to pay for it, not Edward but myself. A surge of anger rippled through me.
The sound of something hitting the floor distracted me. Edward had collapsed.
"Please." He sounded so unbelievably broken, my heart almost shattered to pieces. Well that is if my heart wasn't shattered already. "I need to see if she is okay."
"I'm sure she is fine, you have waited this long, haven't you?" Alice snapped.
No words came from Edward, so I assumed the conversation was over. But, I still couldn't help but feel confused, why would Edward want to see me?
I had no answers. Frustrated, I shut the door to the guest room. My bed was covered in shopping bags from our shopping trip earlier.
Now down to business, I needed to write three fucking songs. I sat down at my desk and retrieved a piece of paper along with a pen from the drawer. Now time for the creative process, usually the lyrics just spilled onto the paper. But not today.
Time ticked by, I was stuck. It had been over two hours. I crumbled my page up and threw it in the trashcan along with the hundred other balled up pieces of paper.
"Fuck!" I yelled as I dropped my head to the desk.
I needed to hurt, to feel pain, to suffer. I need to feel my usual heartbreak that leads to a finished song. Yes, I needed to provoke Edward. I smiled, this would not only benefit me with a song but it would also hurt Edward.
I'm a bitch. Just the way it's supposed to be, this is who I am. My plump lips curled into a devious smile. My absolute favorite smile.
I got up and stomped to Edward's room. I banged on the door, "EDWARD!" I screamed as my fists continued to connect with the wooden door.
"What the hell do you want?" He spat through the door.
I put on an innocent smile. "I need your help." I sugar coated each word that rolled off the tip of my tongue.
The door didn't budge nor did he say a word.
I was done playing innocent and sweet. "Open the damn door and get your ass out here!" I demanded.
The door swung open revealing Edward leaning against the wall, wearing a cocky grin.
"About fucking time, I need some help."
"I'm not going to help you." Edward snarled, crossing his muscular arms over his chiseled out chest, smugly. He was wearing a V neck shirt, showing off some of muscles. He looked gorg- No! What was I thinking? I shook my head, attempting to clear my wandering thoughts.
Back to reality, I wasn't going to take no for an answer. "Too bad." I grabbed his arm and pulled him across the hall to the piano room. Nobody had found the hole in the wall yet; the room was still a total mess. Dust covered the laminate floor, the piano still on its side too. I hoisted the piano back up into a standing position. I opened the lid delicately and ran my finger over the keys.
"It seems to still work." I muttered. What a miracle.
"Nobody touches my piano." Edward whispered. I turned around to look him dead in the eye. His eyes were hard and lifeless.
I rolled my eyes. "You didn't seem to have a problem with that last time." I slid into the empty seat, "Besides, this is necessary."
"What's so 'necessary' that you must touch my piano?" He growled.
"Look buddy, I have a deadline to write three songs by the end of the week before I leave for Montana for a concert in a couple weeks." The thought of leaving made my heart clench.
No, no way! I can't get attached to the Cullens again, remember what happened last time, right?
I shook my head from those thoughts. I must be going insane or something. I opened my eyes, I was unaware I had closed them in the first place.
"Help out a friend?"
Edward chuckled darkly, "You aren't my friend. I hate you."
For some odd reason, my heart broke at those three words. But I would not falter so I quickly recovered and managed to fire back, "I hate you too."
Edward cocked an eyebrow, "So, then why would I help you?"
"Please." I pleaded.
"Damnit. Why me? Go ask Alice or something." Edward grumbled.
"You are the one who can play piano. I assume you have written a fair share of pieces in your lonely existence." I shot back through a smile.
He growled in reply.
"I have six days to write three songs."
"Vampires don't sleep. That gives you all the time in the world." Edward narrowed his dark eyes at me.
I wish he would just play along! Writing songs about loss love would overwhelm him with crippling affliction. This would be the perfect plan if he just caved already so he could 'help' me.
Playing piano together, just like old times. As a human, I always loved simply just sitting beside Edward while he played my lullaby. My dead heart melted as it does every time I think of the sweet memories we shared.
Wait! My lullaby! It's perfect!
I could use my lullaby against him to gain the revenge I seek. This will crush him. He won't even know what's coming...which makes it even better.
Time for the first step in my evil plan to crush Edward to pieces.
"Edward?"
This chapter was longer than usual because the last chapter was so short. But I still didn't get everything into this chapter. I wanted the chapter to end once Izzy got her first step on her revenge on Edward, but that will have to be in the next chapter I guess. Anyways, I'm just got a new laptop! Yay, my old one was really slow so I was using my parent's computer most of the time. It's good I finally got a new one. I have some bad news though too, exams are coming up this month, in just under two weeks so I will be studying like crazy which means this may be the last update until after exams are finished. I know. I'm sorry. But school comes before fanfiction.
In a few reviews I got people gave me some song ideas, I have taken them into consideration and I have already planned on using a few of the songs in future chapters. :)
I got a review from a guest a couple chapters ago. I never got to reply in an author's note. I would like to thank you for all the ideas you gave me. I will take them into consideration as well.
I would also like to address the people who have taken the time to review. Thank you. Every review I receive means the world to me! :) So thank you.
~Alexandra xx
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