Twilight: Vampire From the Start

Chapter 5: Secret

"Phil and I are getting married!" She yelled. "Aren't you happy?" Phil stood behind mom, and put his hand on her shoulder.

"Yeah, of course mom!" I wasn't going to mention that I thought Phil was a little young for her. I doubt I needed to. I tried to smile convincingly for her benefit, but it didn't look like she believed it.

"Mom, I love you. I'm going to go to my room and work on homework, ok?" I said a little awkwardly.

"Ok, call you for dinner," mom replied.

I laid down on my bed, and logged onto my laptop. I decided to go on Facebook and find Martha and Bryan. Looks like they beat me to it I thought.

I accepted their requests, and sent them both a message. "How about coming over Saturday night for dinner?"

When I was finished, I closed the lid and set it on my desk. Then I pulled a book off my shelf. It was one of my favorites, The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

I got a couple chapters in when mom knocked on my door.

"Come on Bella, we're going to Pizzeria Bianco. Hey... I thought you were doing homework?"

"Uh, I did! I just finished early, so I had time to read," I told her. She didn't question it so I took it as a good omen.

When we got to the restaurant, mom and Phil sat together on one side if the table. I was sitting across from Mom.

After we had placed our order, Mom started to speak to me.

"Bella, I'm sorry for keeping this secret from you."

"Wait..." I spoke while thinking about the words I would use. "How long have you two..." I trailed off. I really didn't want to say the 'E' word aloud.

"A while," mom said. She was clearly uncomfortable.

But why should she be? I mean she was the one who really liked Phil. It's not like I can stop that. She is choosing to marry him, even if she might be rushing into it. But I won't say anything about it. Just another one of the secrets i'm keeping.

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When I got home, I checked back to Facebook. I had one new message from Bryan: Yeah, that'll work :)

I quickly typed back a reply: Alright :) I'll let my mom know!

Then I logged off of Facebook, and went to talk to mom.

"Hey mom. Bryan and Martha said they could come. Just wanted to let you know."

"That's great!" She seemed really enthusiastic.

"Yeah," I replied while smiling. "Anyways, I'm going to go to bed. Night mom, I love you!"

"Goodnight, sweet dreams.," she replied back.

"Goodnight Phil!" I called out, before shutting the door to my room. I could barely hear his muffled reply.

That night was the first night Id had a restless sleep in years.