Chapter 1
Bella's POV
I stood behind the counter at Starbucks. I just handed a customer his change and unfortunately I didn't get a tip. What I got was I piece of paper with his number on it. I rolled my eyes and threw it in the trash. Another customer walked up to me.
"Welcome to Starbucks may I take your order?" I asked politely.
"A black coffee, no milk no sugar." He spat. A please would be nice. I thought as I went to the machine.
"Can you hurry up? I have somewhere I need to be." He snapped at me. On purpose I slowed down. I was debating on whether or not to slip something into it but I decided against it. I covered the cup and handed it to him.
"Your total is $3.50." I said. He gave me exact change and walked out. "Have a nice day!" I yelled to his back. He didn't say a word. Stupid man in his stupid business suit. I thought. I sat down on the chair and read my textbook. There weren't any more customers. When I got to Chapter 4 the wind chimes tinkled signifying someone had come in. I marked my page and closed the book. The guy that approached the counter was very handsome. Bronze hair, green eyes, roughly six feet tall and had a 5 o' clock shadow he had bags under his eyes. He looked tired.
"Welcome to Starbucks may I take your order?" I asked him warmly. He smiled slightly. It was a cute half smile.
"A large coffee." He said.
"What type?" He shrugged.
"I dunno, surprise me." He asked. I chuckled. "Make sure it's strong though."
"Rough day?" I asked.
"Yeah, professor keeps bitching about getting my résumé in on time so I can start my internship." He said.
"Ah, I know how that feels. Mine keeps pressuring me to go give my essay to an editor." I rolled my eyes as I squirted the whipped cream into the bottom of the cup. I put marshmallows and strong black coffee mixed with milk, cream, sugar and cinnamon. I stirred it and topped in with chocolate sprinkles. I handed it to him. He took a sip.
"This is good. What's it called?" He asked. I shrugged.
"Sssssh, it's not on the menu. I made it up. It's one of my specialties. My mom and I used to have them all the time. But usually was hot chocolate and not coffee." I said. He nodded. And reached into his wallet.
"It's on the house. And have a muffin. You look like you haven't eaten in awhile." I said.
"Are you sure?" He asked. I nodded. "Won't your boss fire you?" I shook my head.
"Nah. He's afraid of me." I said. He raised an eyebrow at me. "Trust me. I might look small and innocent but I can kick ass. It also helps that I have a brother that is the size of a body builder and a dad on the police force."
"Wow."
"I know right." I smiled. "I'm Bella by the way."
"Edward." I shook his hand. "Well I gotta get to class. I'll see you later." He said. I nodded and waved goodbye. The rest of my shift was pretty boring. I went to the parking lot and got into my car. I drove to the house I shared with my brother Emmett. I parked my truck beside his jeep.
"Em I'm home." I yelled as I opened the door.
"Hey squirt." He said waving at me from the couch. I saw a woman's skirt on the floor.
"Emmett, how many times have I told you I don't want you bringing any of your hoes into the house?" I asked. My brother was famous for his womanizing ways. He just shrugged. "Where is she anyway?" He pointed to the kitchen. "Why is she in the kitchen?"
"She won't leave." He said. I walked in there to see a red haired slut in her underwear passed out on the kitchen floor. I knelt down beside her.
"Wake up." I whispered. She grumbled incoherently but didn't move. I said it a little louder. She rolled over but didn't wake up. I got off my knees and filled a container with cold water from the fridge. I walked back over to her and let it drip on her face. She scrunched her eyebrows. I dumped the whole thing on her. She jumped up.
"WHAT THE HELL?" She yelled. "WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU?" She asked.
"I think I should be asking you that." I said.
"What the do you think you're doing here?" She spat at me.
"This is my house I live here." I spat back. She looked like she was going to slap me. I grabbed her shoulders and pushed her out of the kitchen.
"You little bitch let go of me." She screamed trying to wriggle her way out of my hands. I rolled my eyes at her and opened the door. I pushed her out and shut the door in her face. She banged on it constantly. I picked up her skirt and top and threw them out the window. She continued banging on the door.
"Get your ass off of my property right now before I call the cops!" I yelled.
"They can't do anything to me." She shouted.
"You're right. I think I'll just shoot you myself." I said.
"Please like you could hurt me." I could hear the smugness in her voice. I went to my room and grabbed my hunting rifle. I loaded it and cranked it up. I kicked open the door.
"You have 10 seconds." I said. As soon as she saw me with the gun she ran off. I shut the door. I turned and saw Emmett laughing. "Shut up. I should shoot you for bringing her in here." I said. That shut him up. "But seriously Emmett you're 25 don't you think you should settle down instead of coming home with a different slut every night?" I asked. He shrugged. I walked over to him and slapped him upside the head.
"Ow." He rubbed his head.
"You're an idiot, you know that?" I asked walking into my room and putting down my gun. I changed out of my uniform and went to the fridge. I opened it. There was nothing but beer and a chunk of mouldy cheese in it. I rolled my eyes. I told Em to go grocery shopping this morning but as usual he forgot. I think screwing whores has given him short term memory loss. I threw out the cheese and ordered Chinese food. I walked into the living room to see Emmett on the phone.
"Tanya why don't you come over. Of course I'm free." He said. I grabbed the phone from him.
"No Tanya he isn't free." I said.
"And who are you?" She asked.
"I'm his sister."
"Oh you can join the fun." She said in a voice I'm assuming was seductive.
"Whoa, keep your panties on." I said. "And if you value your life. Don't come over." I added before hanging up.
"Why do you always keep spoiling my fun?" He whined.
"Emmett you idiot. She asked if you could do a three way. With me." I yelled. He looked shocked. "Yeah, now when was the last time you got yourself checked?" I asked.
"Last month and I'm clean." He said.
"It's a miracle you still are." I muttered. The doorbell rang. It was the delivery boy. He was pretty cute. Blonde hair, blue eyes fairly tall. Probably has a girlfriend.
"Hi." I greeted.
"Hey. Here's you order." He said. He seemed shy.
"Thanks." I looked at his name tag. "Jasper. I'm Bella."
"It's nice to meet you." He said. I paid him.
"Keep the change." I tilted my head and looked at him. His eyes had a red ring around them, his hair looked a little flat and his face looked tired and heartbroken.
"Bad break up?" I asked. He nodded.
"How'd you know?" I shrugged.
"I just can usually look at a person and tell what happened." I explained. "When do you get off?" I asked.
"This is my last drop off." He said. I nodded.
"Cool come on." I grabbed his hand and pulled him inside the house.
"Emmett, Jasper. Jasper this is my brother Emmett." I said.
"So how long have you known her?" Emmett asked.
"About 5 minutes." He replied. Emmett chuckled.
"Bella what have I told you about carrying random people into the house and talking to them?" He asked.
"I could say the same for you. But at least mine aren't whores that I have to kick out of the house when you're done screwing them." I said.
"Touché." I heard Jasper chuckling.
"You guys are brother and sister." He stated. I nodded. "I figured. I'm an only child." He said.
"Lucky." I mumbled.
"Oh come on squirt you know you love me." Emmett said ruffling my hair. I slapped away his hand and glared at him as I tried to fix my hair. Jasper burst out laughing.
"Seriously. You two made my day." He said.
"Glad to help." I said dryly. "So tell me about this break up of yours."
"Well her name is Maria. We started off as childhood friends. And we got together in high school. I proposed 5 months ago and she said yes. Then she made this celibacy until marriage agreement. Well of course you know I got frustrated after awhile. We went to dinner to tell our parents about the engagement. Right after we told them she went to the bathroom but she left her phone on the table. She got a text I was curious so I checked it out. It said, I can't wait for you to be in my bed tonight. We will have so much fun. Call me when you get away from your clueless fiancé." He said.
"Ouch. That must've hurt." I sympathized. "I would say I know how it feels but I don't so I can't. I don't date." I added.
"Yeah it hurt at first, it still does but I'm getting over it." He said. Emmett handed him a beer.
"No Emmett I'm not going to allow you to booze up my new friend. I don't want him to turn into you." I said taking the can from him and taking a sip.
"What so I can't have it but you can?" Jasper asked.
"Hey I'm not the one that's emotionally unstable right now am I?" I smirked raising an eyebrow. He rolled his eyes at me. "See I got you didn't I Jazz."
"Yeah you got me. And Jazz?" He asked.
"What you don't like it?" She shook his head.
"I do. It's just no one has ever called me that. It's always Jasper or Whitlock, or Jasssssssspurrrrrr." He said cringing when he said the last one.
"Jassssssssssspurrrrrr?" I asked.
"Maria." He stated. I nodded. "One of her annoying traits, her many annoying traits."
"Was she a good lay?" Emmett asked. I slapped him.
"Emmett he isn't like you." I snapped.
"How are you so sure?" He asked.
"Well first of all he was engaged. I don't think you even how many girls you've had sex with." I said.
"I do so. 36. Their numbers are in my phone." He said smugly.
"Name three of them."
"Tanya, Lauren and Jessica." He smirked.
"Last names?" I asked.
"Umm..." He trailed off.
"That is sad." Jasper said. I nodded in agreement.
"What it's not my fault I can get any girl I want." Emmett boasted. I rolled my eyes.
"Whatever you say man, whatever you say." Jasper patted his back. I shared out the Chinese food for Jasper and I.
"Hey what about me?" Emmett asked.
"My money, my food, my rules." I stated. Jasper snickered. "Plus you didn't buy the groceries like I asked you to, again."
"I was busy." He said.
"I know. I had to kick her out with my rifle."
"You've got a gun?" Jasper asked. I nodded. "That is wicked awesome. Where did you get it?"
"My dad got for me as a gift. I like hunting." I said.
"Me too, I had a rifle but Mawhoria burnt it." I giggled at his nickname for his ex.
"Mawhoria. Nice, but why did she burn it?" I asked. He shrugged.
"She was and still is crazy. But I loved that thing, it was my baby." He sighed. I rubbed his back. I knew how he felt.
"It's ok, I can ask my dad where he got mine and I'm sure if you could tell the make they can pull some strings and get you one." He smiled.
"So where are you from my rifle carrying friend?" He asked.
"I'm from here. Well we were both born and raised in Forks." I said. "What about you?"
"Well I'm all the way from Texas, ma'am." He slipped into a southern drawl. I chuckled.
"Do you have any family out here?"
"Yeah my cousin Rosalie." He said. I saw Emmett perk up.
"Emmett you aren't going to touch Rosalie. Got it." I warned. He rolled his eyes at me.
"Actually I don't think he's Rose's type." Emmett scoffed.
"I can get any girl I want." He said cockily. Jasper rolled his eyes as Emmett went into the kitchen.
"I've seen Rose make grown men cry. You don't have to worry about her. You should be more concerned about your brother." Jasper whispered. I shrugged.
"I think they should meet. Maybe she can cut his ego done to size." I said. Jasper thought for a moment.
"Doesn't sound like a bad idea. But you would have to meet her first of course." I nodded. "What are you doing tomorrow?" He asked.
"I have to work at 3 but otherwise I'm free."
"Ok then tomorrow I'll introduce you guys. She is going to get a kick out of how we met." He said.
"It's a usual for me. I mean I met a guy at work today. He looked really tired and everything. Like he had a rough day. He seemed like he just needed a friendly face and come caffeine. So I talked to him, cracked a few jokes, gave him his coffee and a muffin on the house and it turns out I was right he was having a rough day and he turned out to be a nice guy." I said.
"Wait you met someone before me?" Jasper asked pouting. I rolled my eyes.
"It's nothing, I just wanted to be nice plus I highly doubt I'll see him ever again." I said. He nodded in agreement.
"Well I should probably get going. Rose is expecting me back in-well I'm 15 minutes late. She might send out a search party for me." He said. I got up and walked him to the door.
"Bye Jazz." I said.
"See you later Bella. Wait where are we going to meet?" He asked.
"How about Starbucks around 4. I work there." He nodded and left.
"Good night Em."
"Night Bells." He replied as I went to my room. I changed into my pyjamas and went to bed.
I woke up feeling good. I met two new people yesterday and I was going to meet another one today. I loved meeting people even if just for a minute or two. I find enjoyment in knowing that I made some one happy for awhile. I checked the time. It was after 12. I got up and put on my robe. I went into Emmett's room. Of course he was sleeping with a slut beside him. I walked over to him and kicked the girl.
"Get up, put on your clothes and get out." I growled. She glared at me. I did the same to her. She was the first to break our stare off and began grabbing her clothes. I walked over to Emmett he was on his back with the sheets around his waist still asleep. I began shaking him.
"Emmett, Emmett." I said sweetly. He mumbled something I couldn't understand and then opened his eyes. I pulled back my hand into a fist and punched him. He screamed and held his eye. I walked out. I went back to my room. I got ready for the day and went outside for a walk but not before I wrote Em a note.
Em
Gone out. Make sure whore is out of the house when I get back. If not I will castrate you.
Love Bella =]
I put it on the counter and walked down the street. I passed a store with a few band tee shirts. I went in and came out with an avenged sevenfold shirt. I found a bookstore and sat down on one of the couches. I took out a book and began reading. I checked the time. It was 2;15. I closed the book and headed to work. I skipped down the road, I felt the heel of my leather boots get caught in the snow and I tripped.
"Oof." I said as I hit the ground. I heard someone chuckling. I looked up and saw Jasper looking down at me.
"Are you going to stand and laugh at me or are you going to help me up?" I asked. He stopped laughing and extended a hand out to me. I took and stood up. When I was steady on my feet I pushed his chest. I saw a leggy blonde behind him snickering.
"Hey Jazz. Who's your friend?" I asked.
"I'm Rosalie but call me Rose. You must be Bella." She said. I nodded. "I like you already. We're going to be great friends."
"Not necessarily. You're going to meet my brother and according to what Jasper said about you yesterday I don't think you'll like him." I said. She just shrugged. "Anyway let's get inside. I'm not in the mood to beat up my boss." They snickered and we walked in.
"Hey boss." I waved.
"Bella, you're late." He scolded. I rolled my eyes.
"It's 3:01. I'm one minute late. What are you going to do? Fire me?" I asked. He frowned at me. I stuck my tongue out at him and walked away. He grabbed my wrist.
"Bella you need to learn some manners or I will get rid of you." He threatened.
"Mike you need to let me go before I kick your ass." I countered before pulling my hand away and going to the cashier. He left me alone.
"Welcome to Starbucks may I take your order?" I asked Jasper and Rose.
"Nice apron. What's with the boss?" She asked.
"Oh Mike is a little bitchy because he asked me out a couple times and I said no." I said. "So well he's been trying to boss me around ever since." I shrugged.
"Typical. But doesn't he look a bit old for you?" She asked.
"Yeah he is like twenty years older than me." I said.
"That's just sick." She glared at the back of his head.
"Anyway so what you guys want?" I asked. Jasper ordered a mocha latte and Rose got a cappuccino with a banana nut muffin. They sat down in one of booths while I served people.
"Welcome to Starbucks may I take your order?" I asked an overly perky blonde girl.
"Can I have a white chocolate mocha latte?" She said in a nasally voice. I gave her what she ordered. She paid me and left. No tip. I grumbled and pouted.
"Welcome to Starbucks may I take your order?" I asked the next customer not looking up.
"Sure." I heard a familiar voice ask. It was Edward. I looked up at him. He didn't have the bags under his eyes the stubble was still there though and he was smiling.
"Well it looks like someone is in a good mood today." I smirked.
"Yeah, I actually got some sleep last night." He said. I nodded.
"So what do want today?" I asked.
"Hmm you have any other unknown recipes?" He asked winking suggestively. I went over to the coffee machine and poured him a cup of another unnamed recipe. He smiled.
"How much?" I shrugged.
"Let's pretend it's a black coffee. $3.50." I said.
"Ok." He paid me.
"What, no muffin?" He whined.
"Nope you don't look upset today." I said. He pouted.
"But I'm hungry." He said rubbing his stomach.
"Go buy food. I'm not a charity you know." He gave me puppy eyes.
"Well are you busy right now?" I asked.
"Yeah I have to get to class." He said. I nodded and handed him another muffin. He grinned.
"Thanks Bella."
"You're welcome, bye Edward." I said.
"Bye." He took a bite and left.