A/N: this story I am reposting as it now been beted by the lovely Misty :) this story was previously over in TWCS

What doesn't kill you (makes you stronger)

Chapter 1 Tough Love

BPOV

"Hey Bella, there's some cute guy's here to see you" Jess called out from across the room.

"Thanks Jess, did they say who they were?"

Jess is the closest person I have to family here at the club, patrons always asked if we were sisters or related, though Jess is a bit bigger than me we both have similar facial features long dark brown almost chocolate coloured hair with natural red highlights though Jess has more red than me.

I leaned up against the bar talking to Jess while she set up the lounge bar for tonight's show.

"All they said was Whitlock and Mason"

"Huh? Ok thanks Jess, tell them I'll be over I just need to finish setting up"

I head towards the stage and double check everything, while thinking about the two guys that Jess has mentioned wondering who they could be I don't know any Whitlock's but Mason on the other hand the only person I know that has Mason in there name is him but it can't be him I mean I haven't heard or seen any of them in 5 years.

I make my way to the backstage to the changing rooms to set my outfit up for tonight, I pick up my song book and guitar and drop them at the stage on my way back to the lounge bar, I ask Jess were these two guys are; she tells me they are over by the pool tables in the public bar so that's were I'm heading now. I stop as Jess call's out to me.

"Hey Bella if your not interested in one of them send him my way or both I'm not picky" she laughs and continues polishing the glasses as I head towards the pool tables I spot the two guys Jess was telling me about, they both had their backs to me, I could tell they were at least a foot, foot and half taller than me one had wavy, honey coloured hair the other short dark brown hair but as he moved the light caught the bronze highlights.

"Jesus fucking Christ on a pogo stick" I whispered

I stood there frozen stunned thinking how the fuck did they find me? What did they want? What are they doing here? Did they hear what happened to me back in Forks? Or about what happened to Charlie?

With my anger rising as each question went through my head, how fucking dare they come here to where I work requesting to see me he said he would never see me again; it would be like they were never there, those lying manipulative selfish fucking vampires.

"Ah, hey Bella" Jasper says looking at me with a sheepish look on his face.

"Hello love" Edward says as he reaches his hand towards me.

I take a step back away from him avoiding his grasp, what the fuck does he think he's doing.

"What the Fuck! Don't even think about touching or talking to me you selfish manipulative arrogant fucking bastard" I hissed at him in quietly in anger.

I turned to Jasper

"Hello Jasper, what brings you here to this sunny little town?" my tone of voice changing to sweet and innocent with a hint of sarcasm.

"Well Edward and I were just passing through to meet up with the rest of the family" he said with distaste.

Huh? I guess they are all blaming Jasper for what happened, fucking selfish pricks.

"Hey Jasper, just so you know I'd all ways thought that if I ever saw you again I'd tell you I forgive you, though it was never your fault , I mean come on you had the blood lust of 6 vampires not including your own and for one of them (looks at scumward) I was their singer."

I moved and stood in front of Jasper, as I looked at him I saw he looked so beat down, sad and miserable I pushed out my feelings of forgiveness and acceptance to him, I know as soon as he feels it, he looks straight at me and gives me a small smile.

"Thank you Bella, it truly means a lot to me I was…."

But just before Jasper could finish his sentence Jess calls out to me

"Bells the bands here there waiting for you by the stage"

"Thanks Jess" I reply back

"Look I have to go get ready and help the band set up; it was nice seeing you Jasper"

I turn around, head over to the gang, make sure they haven't touched my stuff the last thing I need is for Nick or AJ to spill their drink on the piano or knock my guitar over.

I spend a couple hrs with the gang helping them set up and checking sounds with them, when were all set we sit down for a drink and go through the song list for tonight, we usually pick two songs each, but they decided to leave the song choices to me as I am as they blatantly tell me their lead singer.

I was flipping through my book I notice a piece of paper fall out of my folder and land on the floor I leaned down to picked it up and saw a list of songs I had made a few years ago when I finally snapped out of my zombie state. Reading down the list of songs I made, a note was attached to the piece of paper that read if I ever saw the Cullen's again I would use theses songs to express myself to tell them what leaving did to me.

"Bella? Bella?… yo Bells" I heard one of the guys calling to me

"Huh, yeah sorry what's up?" I replied

"I was asking what song you want to do for the opening number?" Cristian asked me

"Oh umm" I have a look at my song choices seeing if any thing jumps out at me, I spot one that we haven't done for a while and it usually makes everyone jaws drops when they here it, I mask a lil giggle thinking of the last time I sang it.

"Lets do Tough Love, I haven't done it for a while.

*from the Burlesque movie, sang by Christina Aguilera