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Chapter 12: Refraining From Melancholy.

Two more weeks. Two more weeks till the horrendous pressure of school adds up to my shitty life and drives me to the brink of irrationality. But I can take it. I have to. It's a necessity for me to finish college. I wasn't a billionaire by blood. So I had to work. Hard. School was easy for me. But that right there was my problem. School was easy. Sometimes it felt like they were teaching Einstein addition. I'm not bragging or anything, it's just that, they teach us things we know.

School was supposed to start in a week, but they moved it to two weeks. The reason for the "inconvenience" was because they needed to make sure they had the right students in all the right classes and all that. Works for me. Gave me more time to…adjust to my new life.

I was taking the course of journalism. I loved writing. It wasn't a pain for me. It was actually fun. Enjoyable and…creative, I guess. I really don't know why I love writing. It just feels like it would fit a person like me. I wasn't really into pretentious type of jobs. Careers, whatever you want to call them.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

This alarm clock is either late or plain slow. I was already awake anyway. I turned to look at the time. 5:30. Humph, funny. I thought I set the alarm to go off 7:30?

"Surprise, surprise." I muttered in agitation. Of course, how could I forget? Alice and Rosalie made plans to go shopping. And I just HAD to follow.

"Good morning! Good morning! Glad to see you awake before time." Alice sang happily.

"Leave me alone." I grumbled, putting my face on one of my pillows. I am being so grumpy today. Either I wanted to go back to sleep, or I just wanted to avoid shopping. Alice just giggled like a demented freak. She's paranoid I tell you. Consider yourself warned.

"Silly Bella. You won't get away with shopping you know." She stated matter-of-factly.

I groaned, got up, and went straight into the shower. I took my time showering. Going in a slower pace then usual. Hoping they would get impatient and just go without me.

"Bella! Stop trying to delay us!" Alice suddenly yelled causing me to jump and slip. I caught hold of the shower curtain, to prevent me from falling. Luckily, I didn't fall, and the shower curtain didn't give in to my weight.

I hurried with my showering before the little pixie attacks. I practically ran out to an irritated Alice.

"Keep looking at me like that and your face will get stuck like that." I added in just to irk her a bit more.

"You are going to get one hell of a makeover from that!" she snapped. Looks like I hit a nerve. She became a makeup artist from hell.

"Don't forget the fact that we're still going shopping. Yup, you really shouldn't have messed with me." The she-devil smirked.

Great. Better start my prayers now…

(A/N): Hey I know I said I would update some stories on Monday but I was at New York for the week. I didn't have time to update. Sorry I didn't live up to my promise. So I'll understand if you don't review. I just wanted to say, I'll accept your criticism, your honest thoughts, and your insults. But honestly, if you didn't like what you've read from the beginning then why continue reading? Why are you going to keep reading my latest chapters and tell me over and over again how much you hate them, or how much they suck? Really, I'm not gonna stop you from flaming or complimenting. I'm gonna let you say whatever it is that you want to say about my story. So insult me, criticize, flame, etc… It's just a story. You should know better then to continue doing something you don't like. Don't like, don't read. Simple as that.