Updated FanFic: Bon Voyage - Chapter Eighteen
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I woke to the sound of vibrations on the bedside table beside my head. I growled at the noise and threw the covers over my head in an attempt to block out the sound, but they were failing miserably. Yanking back the duvet, I reached blindly for the phone that could probably wake the dead even on a quiet setting. Of course the blasted thing stopped moving once I got it in my hand. A small coo and a shuffle came from the bed next to mine. I prayed I hadn’t woken Alice up again. She was already passed out when I had come in earlier.
I used the light from the screen of my iPhone as a flashlight to make it to the bathroom without tripping over something. The door clicked quietly as I pushed it closed and I felt around on the wall until I found the knob for the lighting. The lights felt like they were burning my retinas to pieces when I cranked the knob to the right. I shifted it back to the left slightly, rubbing my eyes in pain as the lights dimmed to a more acceptable brightness.
My phone vibrated in my palm, signaling I had a voicemail and I turned the thing over so I could read the screen. I noticed the time first before I looked at the missed call notification. 3:30 AM… Fuck! Who in the world needs me at this ungodly hour?! The missed call read my mother’s name and the word ‘Voicemail’ was tucked underneath. Great, just what I needed more than sleep. I unlocked the phone and pushed the screen until I got to the voicemail. Her voice rang out loudly, bouncing off of every surface in the bathroom since I had it set to speakerphone.
“Hey Bella! It’s your mom. I haven’t heard from you in a couple days and I just wanted to check on you to see how things are going over there. Give me a call as soon as you get this! Love you!” The quiet returned as the message ended but her chipper tone still rung in my ears. How could she be so vibrant this early in the morning?
My brain decided to start functioning properly and it dawned on me that it wasn’t three-thirty in the morning in Phoenix. I looked for my world clock application on my phone and punched in Phoenix, Arizona. Sure enough, it was only seven thirty-three at my mother’s house. Typical of her not to figure out what time it was here in Rome.
I flicked my fingers across the screen of my phone and called my mother back, hoping that with a warning, I could get her to check the timing the next time she tried to call me. The phone rang on and on until finally Phil picked up.
“Hello?” His deep voice sounded different than the perky one of my mother.
“Hey Phil, its Bella…can I talk to my mom?” I was whispering in an attempt to keep the noise down.
“Sure thing let me go get her.” I heard the phone making clicking and scratching noises as he covered the microphone with his thumb. A few shuffling noises later and my mother’s voice came on the line.
“Hey baby!” she shrieked into my ear.
“Mom, it’s almost four in the morning here. Can you tone it down just a little?”
“Oops,” she giggled quietly. “I didn’t wake you up did I?”
“Actually you did,” I grunted. “But that’s beside the point. What’s up?”
“I’m sorry sweetie; I just wanted to see how you were doing. I hadn’t talked to you since…” she paused to draw a breath “…well since that conversation with your father.”
I cringed internally, sliding down the bathroom wall and hugging my knees. This was not the conversation I wanted to be having at this hour.
“I’m fine mom. We are leaving Rome in about four hours to fly to Greece.”
“Ooo, Greece! How exotic! Where will you be staying?”
“Just outside of Athens I think.” I rubbed my face trying to remember the exact location. “Don’t you have the itinerary I emailed you?”
“No baby, I think I deleted it on accident.” Typical Renee.
“Anyway, that’s where were heading.”
“Did you take your camera with you or did Charlie make you leave that at home?” she questioned sarcastically.
“I have it with me, but I forgot to take it when we went to the Colosseum.” I still resented that fact.
“Well you still have plenty of trip left right? You can make up for it in the other places you go.”
“Yeah, I guess so,” I yawned. “Mom I better go. I have to be up and packed in two hours.”
“Okay sweetie. Listen, I wanted to tell you something about this whole college thing while I have you on the phone.”
I winced at the fact she was going to lay it all out on me right now. “Mom, not right now. I can’t deal with this right now.”
“It’s not bad Bella. I just wanted to tell you that after thinking long and hard about it, I’ve decided that I support your decision to go to whatever college you want to.”
“What?!” My voice vibrated in the room as I got louder. “Are you serious?”
“Yes, I’ll stand behind whatever decision you make.”
I wanted to stand up and jump around with excitement. But being as tired as I was and that the floor was slick tiles, I decided against it.
“Your father however will not budge. He’s determined for you to go to UCLA.”
That deflated my ego just a tad.
“Can’t you talk to him?” I pleaded.
“I’ve tried dear, but he gets rather angry and hangs up once I try to convince him.” Typical Charlie.
“I’ll figure something out I guess.” I sighed in resignation before yawning again. “I’m just glad that you see this is what I want.”
“I know baby, and I realized that by holding you back, I was doing the same thing your father did to me.” I knew her comment was meant to make me feel angry towards my dad, but I didn’t have the energy for anger right now.
“I’ll talk to you later okay?” I cajoled her as I was getting off the phone.
“Okay baby, have a good flight.”
A/N: Cute flirting is cute right?
Please review, its almost as good as stargazing with Edward.
I woke to the sound of vibrations on the bedside table beside my head. I growled at the noise and threw the covers over my head in an attempt to block out the sound, but they were failing miserably. Yanking back the duvet, I reached blindly for the phone that could probably wake the dead even on a quiet setting. Of course the blasted thing stopped moving once I got it in my hand. A small coo and a shuffle came from the bed next to mine. I prayed I hadn’t woken Alice up again. She was already passed out when I had come in earlier.
I used the light from the screen of my iPhone as a flashlight to make it to the bathroom without tripping over something. The door clicked quietly as I pushed it closed and I felt around on the wall until I found the knob for the lighting. The lights felt like they were burning my retinas to pieces when I cranked the knob to the right. I shifted it back to the left slightly, rubbing my eyes in pain as the lights dimmed to a more acceptable brightness.
My phone vibrated in my palm, signaling I had a voicemail and I turned the thing over so I could read the screen. I noticed the time first before I looked at the missed call notification. 3:30 AM… Fuck! Who in the world needs me at this ungodly hour?! The missed call read my mother’s name and the word ‘Voicemail’ was tucked underneath. Great, just what I needed more than sleep. I unlocked the phone and pushed the screen until I got to the voicemail. Her voice rang out loudly, bouncing off of every surface in the bathroom since I had it set to speakerphone.
“Hey Bella! It’s your mom. I haven’t heard from you in a couple days and I just wanted to check on you to see how things are going over there. Give me a call as soon as you get this! Love you!” The quiet returned as the message ended but her chipper tone still rung in my ears. How could she be so vibrant this early in the morning?
My brain decided to start functioning properly and it dawned on me that it wasn’t three-thirty in the morning in Phoenix. I looked for my world clock application on my phone and punched in Phoenix, Arizona. Sure enough, it was only seven thirty-three at my mother’s house. Typical of her not to figure out what time it was here in Rome.
I flicked my fingers across the screen of my phone and called my mother back, hoping that with a warning, I could get her to check the timing the next time she tried to call me. The phone rang on and on until finally Phil picked up.
“Hello?” His deep voice sounded different than the perky one of my mother.
“Hey Phil, its Bella…can I talk to my mom?” I was whispering in an attempt to keep the noise down.
“Sure thing let me go get her.” I heard the phone making clicking and scratching noises as he covered the microphone with his thumb. A few shuffling noises later and my mother’s voice came on the line.
“Hey baby!” she shrieked into my ear.
“Mom, it’s almost four in the morning here. Can you tone it down just a little?”
“Oops,” she giggled quietly. “I didn’t wake you up did I?”
“Actually you did,” I grunted. “But that’s beside the point. What’s up?”
“I’m sorry sweetie; I just wanted to see how you were doing. I hadn’t talked to you since…” she paused to draw a breath “…well since that conversation with your father.”
I cringed internally, sliding down the bathroom wall and hugging my knees. This was not the conversation I wanted to be having at this hour.
“I’m fine mom. We are leaving Rome in about four hours to fly to Greece.”
“Ooo, Greece! How exotic! Where will you be staying?”
“Just outside of Athens I think.” I rubbed my face trying to remember the exact location. “Don’t you have the itinerary I emailed you?”
“No baby, I think I deleted it on accident.” Typical Renee.
“Anyway, that’s where were heading.”
“Did you take your camera with you or did Charlie make you leave that at home?” she questioned sarcastically.
“I have it with me, but I forgot to take it when we went to the Colosseum.” I still resented that fact.
“Well you still have plenty of trip left right? You can make up for it in the other places you go.”
“Yeah, I guess so,” I yawned. “Mom I better go. I have to be up and packed in two hours.”
“Okay sweetie. Listen, I wanted to tell you something about this whole college thing while I have you on the phone.”
I winced at the fact she was going to lay it all out on me right now. “Mom, not right now. I can’t deal with this right now.”
“It’s not bad Bella. I just wanted to tell you that after thinking long and hard about it, I’ve decided that I support your decision to go to whatever college you want to.”
“What?!” My voice vibrated in the room as I got louder. “Are you serious?”
“Yes, I’ll stand behind whatever decision you make.”
I wanted to stand up and jump around with excitement. But being as tired as I was and that the floor was slick tiles, I decided against it.
“Your father however will not budge. He’s determined for you to go to UCLA.”
That deflated my ego just a tad.
“Can’t you talk to him?” I pleaded.
“I’ve tried dear, but he gets rather angry and hangs up once I try to convince him.” Typical Charlie.
“I’ll figure something out I guess.” I sighed in resignation before yawning again. “I’m just glad that you see this is what I want.”
“I know baby, and I realized that by holding you back, I was doing the same thing your father did to me.” I knew her comment was meant to make me feel angry towards my dad, but I didn’t have the energy for anger right now.
“I’ll talk to you later okay?” I cajoled her as I was getting off the phone.
“Okay baby, have a good flight.”
A/N: Cute flirting is cute right?
Please review, its almost as good as stargazing with Edward.