I had nothing to wear. Absolutely nothing. I was looking through my closet with frustration. I had dresses all over the bed and I could no longer see the floor of the walk in closet. That was until the doorbell rang and in came Violet holding a white box and Adeline at her side with a pair of black heels and a makeup bag.
"From Sebastian." Violet says with a wink. I had never been surprised before and now that someone was finally making an effort it felt different. I felt the love and devotion. I couldn't help but give Violet a hug as she entered and led them up both to the bedroom.
"What in the h-."
"I know I know." I looked at her embarrassed as she tried her hardest to not step on the clothes on the ground. I attempted to just kick them out of the way and shove the rest of the stuff in a corner.
Violet sets down the white box and Adeline followed with setting down the black heels on the bed and then headed into the big restroom where she set down the makeup box.
"So how's this little guy?" I ask pointing to her protruding belly.
"I feel like he's already a handful even if he hasn't popped out yet but other then that he seems fine in the little oven." Violet says smiling down at her belly. I smiled back remembering my pregnancy with Thalia even if it wasn't the perfect pregnancy, a child growing inside you is something that I would love to do all over again.
"Where is Thalia anyway?"
"Yea Bwella where is she?" Adeline asked looking up at me with her cute plumped lips and thick braid.
"She's asleep in the room next to us sweetie she should wake up in a little bit so you can play with her okay?" Addy nods her head and sits herself in a chair that is set in the corner of the bedroom, looking around and humming to herself the ABC's.
"She's such a sweetheart." I step back into the restroom where Violet is setting down different kinds of makeup products.
"Thank you, she's always so happy and giddy it warms up my heart every time. My mom always says that I was just like her as a child." Violet says as she continues setting down tons of makeup.
"You told me you had her young..?" I say as I drag out the question.
"During high school actually." she says with a wince.
"Are you okay? I can help set up the makeup Violet, you sit down." I say as she whispers a thank you.
"Are you sure you're going to be able to, you know, do my makeup because I can do it?" I say sincerely.
"Yea it's fine, I can do it Isabella let me just rest my feet before I get started." She says rubbing her stomach.
"So you had Adeline young then..?"
"Oh yea.. Sebastian was pissed. Seb had no clue about Tristan at the time and it was just a complete mess." She says giggling at the memory.I lean against the counter as I continued setting out the makeup.
"I was five months pregnant with Adeline when I finally told Sebastian. My mom was the first one to know as soon I peed on that pregnancy test."
"What did Sebastian do when he found out?"
"He almost killed Tristan that same night that they met. Tristan was a rogue he didn't have a family and he lived in an abandoned little shack on the outskirts of Sebastian's territory. We met as I was walking to school one morning. I could remember seeing him from afar. I knew right away that he was my mate. Tristen was very to himself at first, I always seemed to push him to do things we probably shouldn't have been doing but you know... the bond that we shared was so strong." She was still so young. But I knew that she was a good mother. Adeline was a sweetheart and I knew she got it from the people that raised her.
"Me and Tristan met at the same abandoned little shack everyday. That was until Troy found us and since he was a beta he had to report everything back to Seb. I wasn't showing yet, but I just had a feeling. I kept it to myself for as long as I could. I was already in love with Tristan and he loved me. Seb one night over heard me and my mom...he almost ruined Tristan's hearing by stepping on his left side of his head where his ear was, in wolf form. Sebastian could have killed him."
"Oh my gosh."
"I know... I felt so horrible but I didn't know how to tell Sebastian. He was my older brother. My protector. My dad was no longer with us and Sebastian became the part. He had to grow up as we struggled as a family and I felt horrible for going behind his back. When Adeline came into the world Sebastian now had somebody else to protect. He was happy to be an uncle and I couldn't have been more grateful for my brother." Violet says looking back at little Addy counting her fingers.
"Nothing has happened to both of them since then..?"
"Nope, Tristan's a really good warrior so Sebastian respects his loyalty that he's made to the pack. Plus there is no way that Sebastian was going to get rid of him that easy." She says smiling. I was astonished at her story.
"Hey.. He's really not bad.. He just has his times.. Everyone does." She says silently. I whisper a silent yea and smile down at her.
"So let's get started." She says as she claps her hands and lets me sit down on the chair.
••••
"Don't mess with your face! I just finished my masterpiece." She says swatting at my hands.
"It's like perfectly blended, I could have never done this by myself." I say gazing at my face at how perfect it was.
"That is your tenth time saying that Isabella." She says as she finishes putting on some sort of spray on my face. My butt was currently numb from sitting down on the chair for almost an hour as Violet had just finished the makeup and was now running a straightener through my hair.
"You wanna take a look at the dress..? Seb told me not to peek but that big white box is so tempting to just open and I need a break, my feet are going to be the size of bowling balls." She says setting the straightener down. I stand up from sitting down in the chair and stretch before I enter the bedroom where Addy is Laying on the floor with Thalia gazing up at some little toys that hang above her head from a little rod.
I make my way up on top of the huge bed as Violet starts to open the the box.
"Jeez can there be any more tissue paper." she says laughing as she takes all of the white papers out. Violet finally gets to the item in the box. The color of the piece inside the box reflects on her face and its a bright blood red.
"Wow." she gasp as she looks up at me and lifts up the red dress from the white box.
"It's beautiful." I say reaching for it.
"You're going to look killer in this color!" She says gazing at the blood colored dress.
"It looks so short..." I say hanging it against my figure.
"It's not too short, go on try it on so we can finish your hair." She says excited. I carry the dress with me lightly and close the door behind me from the restroom. I fling Sebastian's old car t-shirt over my head and take off my shorts and push them towards the corner of the bathroom. I face the mirror and look at my body covered in light scars.
I would never be able to embrace them. I hated them. They left me wondering and most of all the memories that belonged to each one of them were depressing. I set my hand over my stomach and traced a jagged line that started mid-stomach and went all the way to my hip bone. Carefully I get the dress and put it over my head remembering to not ruin the perfect makeup Violet applied on my face.
The built in bra in the dress was the most comfortable thing ever. I pulled down the bottom of the dress and it fell a little beneath my thighs. On one side of the dress was a height to low split and the rest of the material fell above my knee. The sleeves reached my elbows and my chest was covered but showed my collarbones. There was an open back that showed off mid spine. I looked at myself in the mirror and twirled once, twice around. It was magnificent, tight but cute. Simple but sexy. My body wasn't curvy, but in the dress it felt like it fit in all the little curves I had left.
I stepped out of the restroom and looked up to see Violet holding Thalia while Addy sit next to her side. She looked up at me as the door made a creaking sound and smiled.
"Red looks good on you Bella! It's beautiful." she says as she gets off the bed and sets Thalia on the bed with Addy.
"It's a little tight. Not quite use to this." I say
"Oh stop you look amazing, lets go finish your hair, I can't wait for my Sebastians reaction." She says giggling.
••••
My hands were clammy. I shouldn't have put on that much lotion. Im sweating Through my palms. How embarrassing, why do I get like this?
"Can you sit down please, you're making my head hurt with the clicking of those heels." Violet says as she's eating popcorn on the couch.
I roll my eyes at her and take off the heels and set them on the side of the couch.
"There, happy?" I say as I pace again this time without any of the clamping sounds.
"No! Now sit and relax. Sebastian is going to be here soon."
"I can't! I'm so nervous." I shout.
"Shutup you're going to wake up the girls." Violet says throwing popcorn at me. With a huff I sit down and cross my arms over my chest. It's now seven forty and as you can see I was about to run upstairs, change back into that big shirt and comfy shorts and stay under the covers with Thalia the rest of the night.
"He's not here. He probably had something to do and forgot about the date." I say biting at my nails.
"Will you stop! He shou-" The doorbell rings. I rush to the side of the couch where my heels are and shove them back on my feet.
"Jeez women." Violet says getting up from the couch and wobbles toward the door.
The front door opens and in whips in the cool night air. I stand up from the couch and make my way towards the door making sure I don't trip over my feet. I come up behind Violet obviously taller than her and squeak out a 'hi' towards a handsome dressed Sebastian.
He doesn't say anything he just stares and without saying a word,"You lo..- look beautiful Isabella." he finally says stuttering.
"Thank you."
"Okay now leave, my mom will be here in a little bit so we can take the girls back home. Now go scadadel on." Violet says pushing my out the door as she throws the black coat in my face and slams the door as I ram into Sebastian's chest.
Sebastian's chest smelt like an entire bottle of cologne. It hit me like a ton of bricks, he smelt so good and he looked good too. He wore a white button up shirt with some nice black slacks along with a black leather jacket that brought out his eyes. I hummed to the music as it was playing in the background of the nice jeep that I didn't even know he had.
"You look beautiful." He says one more time.
"You said that at least five times already Sebastian, this is probably your sixth, and thanks." I say smiling as I grab his hand that was resting on the center console.
"I'm serious Isabella, you look stunning."
"Seven." he laughs as I count another one of his compliments in under five minutes
We finally got into town and pulled up in front of 'Luis Nursery'. It was a medium sized building that sold all kinds of plants and various amounts of beautiful flowers. It was a gated area surrounded by a beautiful flower bed, at the top you can see big yellow Christmas lights hanging from one side of the building to the other on top of the roof.
I heard a car door slam in my daze and noticed Sebastian walking in the font of the jeep towards my door.
"Are you going to kill me with some kind of flower power you have that I don't know about..?" I say lifting my eyebrow. He burst out in laughter and I laugh along with him only trying to make this date more curious.
"No.." He says trying to go back to his serious expression.
"Well then lead the way Mr. Carter." I slide my arm around his and he pulls me closer to his warm tall form. The sound of my heels click against the cement as we make our way towards the gate where some kind of pass code is needed to open the gate. Sebastian punches in some numbers and and the big elegant brown gate opens up.
"I've only ever seen the nursery from a distance." I say gazing at the huge fountain in the corner. I got closer and inside were Lilly pads that had a pink and purple little flowers on them.
"Are those Koi fish.?" I say looking down at the huge orange and yellow fishes.
"Yes ma'am." he says dragging me away from the big fountain and leading me into the lonely store up and up some swirly black stairs.
"How did you get to.. Like rent this out for just us..? I saw the closing ours and it said nine o' clock to four thirty..?" I say nodding my head towards the front.
"I have my ways." I kept silent after that as we reached a door that had a painting of purple flowers. Sebastian opened it and all those gleaming Christmas lights hanging on top of the roof looked prettier up close. The whole roof was covered in ivy and some kind of beautiful flowers. There was a grass area in the middle and a table was set with a candle in the center. Sebastian came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, "I hope this isn't much, I wanted it to be a memorable moment for the both of u-"
I turn around, "Shh" I say as I plant a light kiss on the neck and getting out of his arms and heading towards the table with the pretty white candle in the center that was covered in wax from being lit so much. Sebastian catches up with me and comes up to pull out my chair while I still daze around at the beautiful scenery displayed before me.
It was quiet for a while as a server came up through a door on the corner of the roof and gave us a warm steamy round pepperoni pizza that smelled like fresh dough. As the hours passed by we talked about everything and anything as we ate under the stars. His eyes were distracting the whole entire time as we sat and laughed about his childhood and how he grew up surrounded by people who loved and adored him. Sebastian had finally mentioned something he hated to talk about and that was the fact that he had to take his dads role so young. The story wasn't sad but through his stunning green eyes I felt how prideful he was for being able to accomplish what felt like the impossible.
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The bottle of wine was almost empty by ten forty as I giggled in my chair and the moon was bright outside. I stood up from my chair my head slightly spinning from getting up so fast.
"Woah."I hear Sebastian say as he comes up towards me and wraps his arms around me so I don't land face first.
"I'm okay."
"Sure you are come on, let's head home." He lifts me up in his arms like a princess as I wrap my arms around his neck and lean my head against his shoulder as my warm breath hits his bare neck.
"I see goosebumps." I hiccup as a trail a finger along his neck.
"Bella....."
"Mm k." I say mumbling to myself.
We head into the parking lot and Sebastian presses the buttons from the outside to close the gate. We keep on walking and a beep goes off from unlocking the jeep. Seb opens the door and settles me inside as he walks around to the driver door and turns on the ignition. My eyes are drowsy and my toes are cold as we head out of the parking lot and are on the main road to head home. I rest my eyes and lean my head back against the headrest as I feel a hand rest on top of my knee. I'm startled at the contact but then my body relaxes and I rest my hand on top of Sebastian's.
A few minutes later we arrive at the house. The lights were off and the pine trees lurked in the shadows as I looked up from my hazy state. Sebastian comes around to the passenger door and opens it. I don't reach for his hand instead I reach for his neck and yank him close to my lips.
"Thank you, so much for this Sebastian."
It stays silent as I hear the crickets in the background and the frogs in a pond far from the house but with the wolf hearing that we have, I feel as if I can hear them like their right next to us.
"Don't thank me. You deserve this Isabella."
I lean my forehead against his and our lips touch. I kiss him softly as our lips brush but it feels like a hundred volts are put into the kiss. He lifts me from the seat and sets my feet onto the ground as he grabs a hold of my waist. Our lips part and his hand tightens around my hips.
No words were spoken as he grabs my hand and leads us to the door of the two story house. As soon as we step into the bedroom I change into his big flannel shirt and wash the makeup off my face as I see him settling into bed through the mirror. Once finished I crawl in next to him. His arm sets around my waist as he pulls me closer. I flip around so our noses touch and our eyes connect. I run my finger over his jawline to his dark eyelashes and kiss both his eyelids.