BPOV

"Welcome to CCC Galore, how may I help you?" I work here at CCC Galore with my best friends, Alice Cullen and Rosalie Hale. We own this business that we started a couple years ago. Alice and I can make a mean cupcake, and Rosalie can make cookies and chocolate like no bodies business. Our business we work for is in Orlando, Florida. It's a pretty small business.

We normally have at least 100 customers a day. That means at least 125 cupcakes a day, about 200 truffles, 200 cookies, 200 actual pieces of chocolate, and about 30 caramel apples. It's a busy day everyday, especially since we only have 3 employees. I guess you could say that we all own the business. That also means we have to work Saturdays, too.

It was a busy day today, I couldn't wait 'til it was closing time at 7 o'clock. I worked the counter today, Alice did the cupcakes, chocolate, and truffles, and Rosalie did the cookies and caramel apples. We are going to have a few more new employees soon. They start tomorrow, and none of us have seen them before. All I'm hoping is they know how to make at least something.

"Alice, Rose! I'm going to go. I'll see you tomorrow." I called over my shoulder as I hopped off my stool.

"Bye, Bella!" They called in unison, from the back of the store. We all live in the same condo, but we all leave separately because we never know how many customers there will be. I grabbed my purse from under the counter, put my apron on the hook, and walked out the door.

****The Next Morning

I woke up with a crick in my back, and super tired. I had to get up at 5:30 every morning, because the store opens at 7 a.m. I got up and took a quick shower. I put my hair in a low pony tail, after I dried it. I put a bit of make up on. Then put on my regular tight fitted, white t-shirt and black slacks. I grabbed the keys to my car and a banana, since I didn't have enough time to eat, and walked out of our condo. Alice takes a little longer then me to get ready.

When I arrived at work, the only other person there was Rose.

"Hey, Rose." I called as got on my apron and I took my spot behind the counter again. I worked behind the counter every day this week, then next week I would be in the kitchen making the cookies.

"Hey, Bella! Are you ready for the new people to come today?" She asked walking up to the counter, from the back of the store. She was making the cookies and caramel apples today.

"I guess. We could really use a few extra hands in the kitchen." I told her honestly. It was so busy, none of us ever get a break. Not even a lunch break.

"Yeah, that's what I was thinking. Were going to have more then a few. Three new people are coming, and they all have experience." She stole a piece of chocolate from the display case. "Don't tell Alice." Then took a bite.

"Don't tell me what?" Alice asked as she pranced through the door. I saw from the corner of my eye Rose shove the whole piece of chocolate in her mouth.

"Nothing." Rose said with a mouth full of chocolate.

"You can't hide anything from me, Rose. I know you had a piece of chocolate." Alice stalked over to her apron and put it on. "Anyway, are you ready for the new people to come? They should be here anytime now."

"Actually Rose and I were just talking about that." I said, leaning up against the counter. "Who are they, anyway?"

"You'll just have to wait and find out." Alice said and winked at us. "Speaking of which, it looks like they're here."

I looked through the windows and found three gorgeous looking guys. One was huge, and looked like a body builder. He had big brown eyes, and had huge dimples. He was pretty hot. He had a big grin on his face. Another was tall and lean. He has blond curly hair, with big blue eyes. He had cowboy boots on, it looked like he was from the south. The last was the most gorgeous of them all. He was very tall and was muscular. Not to muscular like the first guy, but just the right size. He had bronze colored hair, and big bright green eyes that any girl could get lost in. His hair was very messy, also very sexy. His eyes caught mine through the window and smiled at me. I smiled back. I had to know who this gorgeous god-like creature was.

"Hey, girls!" The big guy came into the shop and opened up his arms, acting like we were going to jump into them. "I'm Emmett." He said giving every one of us a hug. We each introduced ourself.

"Hi, I'm Jasper." said the boy with blond curly hair. He went around and shook everyone's hands.

"Hello, I'm Edward." He went around and gave everyone a hand shake and stopped at Alice. "Hey, sis." He said to her. Sis? Alice has a brother? He finally reached me. He took my hand and said "Hello, I'm Edward Cullen."

"Hi, I'm Bella. Bella Swan. Pleasure to meet you." I said shaking his hand back staring into his gorgeous eyes.

"The pleasure is all mine." He murmured and walked back to the guys.

"Well, guys, I have your schedule." Alice said stepping forward. "Each of you spend one week with each rotation. There are 3 rotations. Chocolate, truffles and cupcakes, cookies and candy apples, and the working the counter. Normally cupcakes, are what you make the most. You will have the same partner every rotation. No matter what you stick with your partner. Here are each of your schedules." Then she handed each one of them a schedule.

"I have cookies and caramel apples!" Emmett boomed.

"Then you're with Rose." Alice told him.

"Yes!" He said grinning at Rose. Rose blushed. That was a first.

Edward looked up at me and said, "I'm working the counter."

"Then you're with Bella." Alice told him, bouncing up and down. Then she looked at Jasper, "Then I guess you're stuck with me."

"Do you have any questions?" I asked all of them. They shook their heads. "We will show you what to do whenever you get to each rotation."

"Well, let's get to work!" Alice said, and flipped the close sign to open. Everyone went to their rotations. Edward sat down in the stool next to mine waiting for me to explain what to do.

"Okay, so, I'll just go over the basics. This is the display case," I said pointing to it. "and this is where customers look at the food in it. This is the scale where you weigh the chocolate and truffles. Each pound is 2 dollars. You just have to do the math in your head."

"I think I can handle that." He told me looking at the scale.

"We don't normally just sit on our butts all day, you know. The people that work the counter has to go around and fix everything up. Also, we have to clean up the messes that people make." With that a customer came in. As soon as the man left with his caramel apple, we heard a commotion in the kitchen. Edward and I walked back there to see what was happening.

"Emmett!" Rose screamed. This was not a happy scream, this was a blood curltling scream. We looked in and saw Rose with flour all over her apron and pink frosting in her hair. "You got frosting in my hair!" She screamed and stomped out of the room. Alice and Jasper were also in the room, and Alice went and followed Rose to the bathroom, to help her get the frosting out of her hair. She turned back and glared at Emmett. I heard Alice yell from the bathroom, "Rose! Learn how to put your hair in a ponytail!"

"What did you do?" I almost yelled at him.

"I accidentally got frosting in her hair. I was frosting some cookies and she leaned over and I didn't realize it, and I got a little bit in her hair. What's with girls and their hair?"

"Emmett, you can't just accidentally get frosting in someone's hair!" Edward told him.

"Okay, maybe it wasn't an accident." He threw his arms up in the air. "She was so uptight, making sure every single cookie was perfect. I had to have a little fun."

"Whatever, Emmett. You better go apologize before you get fired on your first day." Jasper said and walked to the other side of the room where Alice and him were making cupcakes.

"I can't wait to see what will happen if he ever gets some caramel in her hair." I mumbled to myself. Edward heard me and chuckled.

"Fine!" Emmett yelled and walked to the bathroom and knocked on the door. "Rose?"

"GO AWAY!" Rose yelled at him.

"I'm sorry I got frosting in your hair!"

"Okay. Fine. I forgive you. But you're going to get pay back!" she stalked out of the bathroom and started making the cookies again.

Before anything else happened Edward and I snuck out of the room.

"Does this kind of thing happen everyday?" Edward asked, sitting back on his stool.

"Not really. Everyone has their own rotations to go to, normally. So, were not really in each others way." I explained.

"I guess were just going to have to get used to it. It looks like it's going to happen a lot." He insisted, then chuckled. I laughed a little with him. The day was pretty busy and Edward seemed to pick up the job pretty quickly. He knew how to work the scale and cash register. He would clean up after everyone's messes, and could put the items in the display case pretty quickly. I was impressed. By closing time, everything was cleaned up and ready for the next day. I had to admit, I liked having more hands around here.

"Okay, I think everything is ready for tomorrow, Edward. We can head home, now." I said and put my apron back on the hook.

"Okay, I just have to wait for Emmett and Jasper to get finished and then I will be headed on my way." He looked around the corner to the kitchen and his eyes popped out of his head. "I have a feeling I'll be here a while." I walked over to where he was standing and there was Emmett and Rose in a big mess full of cookies, flour and frosting. Jasper and Alice's hands were covered in chocolate and so was the counter.

"Would you like a ride home? I mean, it could take a while." I asked, hoping he would say yes. I didn't want to part with him even though I've only known him for a few hours.

"That would be great! But I don't want to intrude…" He remarked looking at the floor.

"No no! It'll be my pleasure." I grabbed my purse from under the counter.

"Okay, let me just tell them I'm leaving." He walked into the kitchen, within a few seconds he was back with a big smile on his face.

"Let's head out." He said, with a lot of enthusiasm, which made me happy.

We headed out to my car, and got in. "Where do you live?" I asked him casually, like it was no big deal that I was asking an almost stranger where they live. He gave me the address, and luckily it was very close to our condo.

"So, what did you do before you came to work at CCC Galore?" I asked trying to start a conversation.

"Well, I'm in the military and I just got back from Iraq about a month ago. I've been there for about 8 months. How about you? What did you do before you owned the shop?"

"The shop is the only place I've ever done that was serious. It's far less interesting then your life in the military." I murmured honestly. He looked like he was about to object, then he closed his mouth. I pulled up into his driveway and put the car in park.

"Bella?" Edward whispered.

"Yeah?" I said turning my head to look at him.

"How would you like to go to dinner tomorrow night? We don't have work tomorrow do we?" My mouth was about to drop to the floor. I couldn't believe he was asking me out. Me. Bella. Bella Swan. Of all people, he asks the "Plain Jane."

I smiled at him and said, "I would love to. And no we don't have work tomorrow."

He grinned at me. I could never get enough of it. "Great! I'll pick you up at around 7?"

"Sounds good."

"Good Night, Bella." He closed the door before I had the chance to answer.

"Good Night, Edward." I whispered to myself.

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