I stood in front of the bathroom mirror in the two-story home I
shared with my father, giving myself a pep talk. This day had
been a long time coming, but for some reason I had been putting
it off. It wasn't that I was afraid per say, but more that he
and I had to have so much distance between each other for safety
reasons that we didn't really know each other properly. Of
course I knew him, but it was just the outside shell of him that
I knew, not the real depths that resided within him. And today,
I was going to give it a go and try and build some sort of
foundation with him, starting with me making peace with him
about my birthday party. To my great satisfaction and annoyance,
today was the day as both Alice and Edward were gone hunting for
the weekend. I was going to do this...Oh dear god what the hell
was I doing?  I looked in the mirror one final time before
blowing out a sigh and giving up on my hair. It was impeccably
straight, due to my new super heavy duty blow drier Alice had
forced upon me, but I