Authors note: so I'm going to have a vote on who should be her first date at the end of this chapter! Also I mention use of 'drugs' so if you don't like that, this isn't the book for you. Thanks again everyone

⚠️Trigger Warning⚠️

Mentions of drugs (sort of?) and death!

Illiana POV

After a long day of shopping, I get home. Rissa is getting a few things from her place, plus she is most likely getting chewed out by her adopted parents for what happened at the mall earlier. The Cullens are going to their place to drop off their stuff and grab clothes for the sleepover. Although now that I think about it, only Isabella, Rissa, and I will be sleeping. Haha. I giggle to myself as I lug my things to my room. As soon as I get my door unlocked Isabella comes stomping up the steps. Great.

I quickly open my door, throwing my bags on the floor and then close the door back. It automatically locks and when I turn back around Isabella is right in front of me. "Can I help you Isabella?" I ask with a brow raised. She grimaces at the use of her full name. I never did understand that. Like why shorten such a beautiful name? I snap out of my thoughts when I hear the doorbell go off. Shoving past Isabella, I reach the front door and yank it open.

My face drops when I realize it's just Jessica. I roll my eyes and yell "It's for you Isabella!" I yell them make my way to the kitchen to start the popcorn for later. Ooh should I do kettle and butter? Yes, both definitely. I hear footsteps approaching so I turn to see Isabella and Jessica behind me. "Can I help you?" I ask while grabbing a bowl for the popcorn. "Yeah. Stay away from Jessica and I tonight. We will be having a movie night in the living room." I snort at her. "Whatever Isabella. I'm going to be watching movies in my room anyways."

The doorbell rings and Isabella runs to get it. "Our pizza is here Jess!" But when she opens the door, all she sees are the Cullens and Rissa. Edward was at the front, holding a pizza in one hand while the other holds onto Rissa. He pushes the pizza towards Isabella. "Hello. The delivery guy gave us your pizza since we were already headed inside." Her mouth drops open and she starts sputtering but eventually manages to grab ahold of the pizza box. I snicker at her and move past her. "Hey guys! Ready for a sleepover? We will have to watch movies in my room on the projector since Isabella has a friend over." Everyone nods but Rose sends a glare to Isabella. She cringes back while Jessica stands beside her, glaring at Rissa.

Rissa has obvious marks along her face and tear streaked mascara along her eyes. I gently pull her through the dorm door and rink my arms. "I'll kill them for you. I really will, just say the word Mel" I whisper in her ear, using her middle name. She shakes her head no but steps back with smile. Edward goes through the door next and gives me a hug. He kisses my cheek and the rest file in, giving me hugs as well. I pull on Alice's and Rosalie's hands, trying to get them upstairs into my room. While Rissa tugs on Emmett and Jasper's hands.

    The girls giggle and go to follow me. "Wait! You guys can hang out with us. You don't have to stay upstairs all night. I mean it's a bit cramped and where is everyone sleeping?" Isabella said, looking directly at Edward while twirling her hair. Ew. That dirty bitch needs to leave my giraffe alone. His face turns into a grimace and I start silently laughing which causes Rose to laugh. Alice joins next and the others follow. Rose, Alice and I end up leaning on each other crying from laughter with the boys laughing and holding up a hysterical Rissa. Isabella and Jessica just stare at us as if we are crazy. If they only knew.

Edward speaks up. "Um. No thank you Isabella. My family and I want to spend time with Illiana and Clarissa only. You know, getting to know my girlfriends and all." Edward grabs my hand and intertwines his fingers with mine before doing the same with Rissa. I just smile at him and grab one of the popcorn bowls off the table while Rose grabs the others. "See y'all in the morning!" I say. Alice, Rose, Em, and Jasper follow behind us up to my room. Emmett holds all the bags, boosting about his muscles and I can't help but send a goofy grin back at him. "You're so cute Em" Rissa giggles out and I swear Rose swoons. Emmett just puffs out his chest with a grin "thanks baby girl."

    He winks at me and I let out a laugh, shaking my head at him. As we get to my door, I see Isabella and Jessica trying to follow along. "The only people that will be entering my room tonight, are the Cullens and Rissa. That means that you and Jessica are not welcome. Do not call dad. He already agreed to everything and I swear Isabella, if you bother him I will drag you by your ratty hair and beat the absolute shit out of you in the front yard. Got it?" I raise an eyebrow and tilt my head, begging for her to say something back.

Isabella just nods while Jessica rolls her eyes. "Crazy bitch" I hear Jessica mumble. Rage ignites in my chest and I take a step towards her. "I'll fucking show you crazy if you don't get the fuck out of here Julie!" I yell while Edward holds by my waist, so I won't go after her. I feel the magic thinking through my veins, begging to be let out. "It's Jessica!" She scoffs and I let out a cruel laugh.

      "Do you seriously think I care? You're just another plastic Barbie that wants popularity and the only way you can do that is through spreading your fucking legs. Please control your bitch Isabella." Isabella cracks a slight smile but shakes it off. "Oh fuck you, you crazy bitch! At least I wasn't the reason my friend get killed!" With that, it got quiet. The anger inside my died quickly and I couldn't find it in me to be mad either. Because it was my fault. Sammy should be alive and I should have died.

My inner turmoil is interrupted by no other than Isabella. As I wait for her to agree with Jessica, I find myself staring in awe at her instead. "Leave Jessica. NOW. And don't even think about talking to me until you apologize to Illiana. That was NOT her fault. I may be a horrible sister but no one is going to speak to her that way. So GET THE FUCK OUT!" Jessica's face turns red and she stomps down the stairs. We all hear her grab her keys and bag, then the door shutting. There's an awkward pause for a few moments but then I speak up "thank you Bella. You didn't have to do that."

She nods at me. "You know, I am sorry about all the Sam things. I never should have done any of that. I still don't like you but Sam's death was not your fault ok?" I just meekly nod back and she turns to leave. I sigh leaves my lips as I stop her. "Hey wait! Do you want to watch movies with us in my room? We can go back to hating each other in the morning if you want?" She looks surprised but shakes her head yes. "But back to hating each other in the morning." I nod at her then slide in front of the door to unlock it without anyone seeing.

Everyone files into my room and starts looking around. Rissa makes herself right at home, hopping on her side of the bed and throwing the rest of her things beside her dresser. Bella starts looking for movies while I grab blankets from my closet for a pallet. Russa begins throwing all the pillows to the floor, occasionally hitting Emmett instead. Alice and Rose are looking at my clothes, makeup, and accessories. Of course. Those girls are going to make me their Barbie doll! Edward snickers behind me and I narrow my eyes at him, meaning I'm most likely right.

"Hey Eddie? How about you grab more pillows for the pallet." He scoffs while Emmet and Jasper laugh. "Eddie? I would much prefer giraffe or grumpy or even Ed." I laugh but think for a minute. "What's your middle name?" He quirks a brow at me "Anthony.." I jump up quickly and yell "YOUR NEW NICKNAME IS ANT. NO TAKESYS BACKSYS!" Edward narrows his eyes at me. "Oh you're going to get it Lils!" I yelp while dodging Edwards hands and running to Jasper. Rissa giggles from the bed encouraging me to run.

    "Hide me Jaz! Ant man over there is going to kill me!" Jasper is just watching and laughing at us, so I run behind Emmett. "C'mon Em! You're like a fucking body guard! Don't let him get me!" I pout and jut out my bottom lip. Emmett laughs but holds up his hands in surrender. "Hey I'm just a bystander!" I let out a small whine "fuck you too Em! ROSE, ALICE HELP ME! GRUMPY GIRAFFE ANT IS TRYING TO KILL ME AND YOUR BROTHERS ARE NO HELP!"

Alice and Rose run out of the bathroom but before they get to me, Edward grabs my waist and spins me around. I let a shriek and try to get out of his hold. But we end up on the floor giggling when Emmett yells "DOG PILE!" Oh fuck me. Edward grabs me and flips us over out of the way. Which causes poor Emmett to belly flop unto my hardwood floor. I cringe back when I hear him grunt. Edward starts laughing and asks if Em is okay. Em just puts his middle finger up and lays face down. Rose laughs too but grabs him off the ground "come on you big baby." Out of the corner of my eye, I see Bella watching with a small smile on her face. Maybe, just maybe, everything will be alright.

⚠️ Trigger Warning ⚠️

Drug (kinda?) use

We finish putting the blanket and pillow pallet together. Bella picked out Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. Rissa's favorite. I sit down in the middle of the pallet with my fluffy pink cow stuffy. I look to Edward and pat the spot on my right. Rose takes the spot on my left and Rissa sits next to her. Emmett sits behind Rissa and Rose, secretly holding both girls hands. Alice and Jasper lay down in front of us and Bella takes the spot beside Edward. "Wait! Bella, can you crack a window please?" I run over to my bed and grab a small black bag. "Bella dad already knows I smoke and he doesn't care. So you can join or not." I pull out a neatly wrapped blunt and light it up. I wonder if vampires can get high? Edward laughs and nods yes.

My eyes widen at him. Not my pure little ant! There's no way you've done anything like this. He lets out a light laugh and Bella looks at him weirdly.Using my favorite lighter, I quickly light the blunt and take a deep hit. I pass it to Rissa who takes a small hit then pushes it back to me. I offer it to Bella and she grabs it, taking a huge hit. She starts coughing heavily and pushes the blunt back into my hand, while shaking her head. Laughing lightly, I wave it in front of my face and ask "would anyone else care for a hit?" Emmett immediately jumps up and joins us. Alice follows after him, then Jasper. Rose and Edward look at each other and then me. "Y'all don't have to smoke." They just shrug and get up to join us.

⚠️ Trigger Warning Over ⚠️

Thirty minutes later and we are all baked. I'm giggling at everything and Edward is a lot more touchy feely. Rose has her head in my lap and I'm playing with her hair. While Rissa is passed out in Emmett's lap, snoring lightly. Bella is half awake and shoveling popcorn into her mouth. Emmett is waving his hands around in front of him while Jasper laughs at him. Meanwhile, Alice is on my right shoulder looking through Pinterest and showing me different outfits she wants me to wear. I just sit timidly in the middle, watching the third Harry Potter movie and enjoying the warm feeling in my chest. It's nice. Peaceful.

And for a moment, the demons in my head were quiet. But I know they won't be silent for long...
They never are.

Authors note: this was a bit of a filler but I wanted to show more of Isabella. And if you caught the change between Illiana using Isabella and Bella, gold star for you! I wanted to show that she can be kind too.

I'm thinking if writing a dad/daughter day or a first date but I'm not sure. I also have no clue who I want her first date with. So comment on the one you want her to have a date with first or if I should do a Charlie one first.

Edward- he already got the first kiss though

Jasper- I'm leaning toward him

Rosalie- or leaning towards her

Alice- it's kinda hard writing her

Emmett- I think Rissa should be his first date.

Or a father/daughter day first! - which I really want. I would also add Rissa to it as she's part of the family at this point.

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