Edward sat on his couch, thinking back to his life a few months ago. He had been in a bad relationship, too involved in his work, and rarely saw the outside world. Now, he had much more reasonable hours, actually saw his friends and family. And, though he had gotten out of the relationship he didn't want to be in, he had yet to find a new prospective girlfriend. It almost made him wish that he hadn't broken up with Tanya, almost but then he remembered that he would rather chew off his own foot than spend any more time with that woman.

Their break-up had been pretty much inevitable actually. They hadn't really clicked much, even in the beginning. Actually, thinking back on it, there wasn't really that good of a reason he had even agreed to go on a date with her. When he had first met her, she had been completely arrogant and rude, just the kind of girl that Edward usually stayed away from. But, she was extremely attractive and for some reason he just felt drawn to her. So, somewhat reluctantly, he agreed on dinner and a movie. From there everything escalated much faster than what Edward was ready for. They became an exclusive within the first two weeks, and she became clingy. Though instead of her clinginess being a huge turn-off for him, he had taken it as cute, thinking that it was nice that someone was actually committed to having a decent relationship.

The next week Edward had been called to New York for work. When he agreed, he thought he might miss Tanya a little bit, but when he got there, he realized he didn't miss her at all. When his company told him that he would have to stay for at least three months to smooth over some affairs with another cooperation, he was actually relieved that he wouldn't have to go back to spend any time with her. Even the few phone conversations they had ended up making him frustrated and annoyed at the whole 'relationship' thing.

He hadn't thought that a relationship could get worse if two people never saw each other, but apparently it can. And it most certainly did too. But, even though he wasn't fond of Tanya to say the least, he wasn't going to break-up with her over the phone. His mother had taught him to respect women more than that.

Eventually Edward just learned to string the relationship along. He would answer the phone each of the very few times she called, and then listen as she told him all about what had happened to her that week. It worked for him, but he knew that it wouldn't ever work when he had to go back home.

When his boss told him that he had to go home, he had expected to be happy to see his friends, and to just be back home again, but his dread of seeing Tanya again just kept him from being at all excited. He made sure to arrange to have dinner with her as soon as he got off the plane. He could sleep once he was a single man again.

After sitting down in Ruby Tuesday's and ordering drinks, Edward decided to just get right to the point.

"Tanya, I just can't do this anymore. It was never really working in the first place. I didn't mean to string you along while I was in New York, but I couldn't break up with you over the phone."

Her eyes went wide and her face got red. "So, it's better to break up with me, after THREE MONTHS, in a crowded restaurant? Jerk."

She stood up and dumped her diet coke all down the front of him, thoroughly drenching his shirt as well as leaving a nice puddle across his legs and shoes. As Edward just sat there shocked, as she grabbed her purse and stormed out. The waiter, having seen everything, brought the check for their drinks over quickly as well as a few extra napkins. Edward quickly laid down a ten in the bill hold and walked out the door towards his Volvo. After drying himself off as much as possible he got in and drove back to his house.

Now, he was sitting on his couch, trying to think of a decent way to fill the next three weeks. His boss has given him a decent amount of time off, paid, as a part of his payment for spending three months in New York. If he had had a decent girlfriend to come home to, he would have been ecstatic to have the three weeks off. But with no plans at all in the upcoming weeks, even the thought of sitting around all day was making him glum.

Oddly enough, as he was wishing for anything to do tonight, his doorbell rang. Jumping up he moved towards the door, quickly unlocking it and opening it to reveal his two best friends.

Emmett, one of his best friends sine elementary school, was tall, burly and quite a scary looking-fellow if you'd never experienced his signature teddy-bear side before. On the other hand, Jasper was tall, skinny and looked like the kind of man you could just walk up to and strike up a conversation with. He had just recently met Jasper, through Emmett's girlfriend Rosalie actually, but they had become fast friends.

"Hey man. Welcome back from New York. How was the big apple?" Jasper questioned as he walked in and plopped down on the couch.

"Good, but I'm glad to be home. I missed my friends."

Emmett looked at him, "Not your girlfriend? Just us?"

Edward sighed. "Well actually, ex-girlfriend and no. I didn't miss her one ounce while I was in New York."Jasper snickered and Edward punched him in the shoulder. "Hey! Just because you and Alice have had such an amazing relationship since 10th grade, doesn't mean you can make fun of my relationship deficiency."

"Well, actually, I think that as your best friends we have that right. And, I think that we have the right to try and resolve the issue. Don't we Jazz?" Emmett asked in a conniving tone that meant he was surely planning something.

When Edward started to protest Emmett just cut him off and started talking again. "As your best friends Edward, it is our official duty to make sure that you have a decent lady-friend at all times."

With a roll of his eyes Edward turned his attention toward the still-empty kitchen. "And how exactly, do you plan to fix my relationship issues ?"

"Easy, we're going out to a club tonight." Jasper announced with a smile.

"Rose and Alice are coming." Emmett added. " Plus, they're bringing another lovely lady that they think you'll like."

Edward tried to refuse, he had wanted to get out, but he wasn't sure that he wanted another date already. Emmett and Jasper insisted though, and soon enough he was sitting in Emmett's jeep, clad in a pair of dark wash jeans and a blue and black button up shirt.

"So, where are we going?" Edward asked with a sigh.

"It's a new club. Moonlight or something like that. The owners play all this really cool music."

"And who is this girl that I'm being set up with?"

Jasper and Emmett exchanged a look. They seemed to be fighting with their eyes until Jasper finally spoke up. "Well, actually we don't know. She's a friend of both Alice and Rosalie though, so she has to be a nice enough girl. If anything, she'll keep you from being the odd man out tonight."

Edward groaned. "Great. I don't think I've been on a blind date since like 11th grade when I went out with Molly's sister for a copy of her Geometry homework."

Emmett's boisterous laugh filled the car and he had to wipe the tears from his eyes. "Oh, scary Cindy. She woulda been a keeper Ed."

Edward shuddered dramatically. Then paused for added effect, but then quickly changed the subject back to tonight's date. "Do you even know this girls name?"

Jasper piped in again. "Her name's Bella. Bella Swan."