I hope you enjoy. This is a new one for me. As always, I don't own Twilight.

I laughed as I stood on top of the boulder, looking down into the lake beneath me. I grabbed onto the rope and shouted as I jumped off the rock and swung over the lake, letting go to cannonball into the water. I came up laughing at Rosalie trying to keep the water from completely ruining her hair. I pushed my long, brown hair from my face right as two arms wrapped around me and pulled me down into the water.

I came back up and found Edward behind me, a huge grin spreading across his face. I went to push him backward, but his hands found my wrists and pulled me in for a deep kiss. I let him kiss me and I melted into his touch, like I always did. I heard the catcalls behind me and turned with a smirk.

"Get a room, lovebirds!" Emmett yelled before Rosalie hit his arm.

I laughed and splashed water at him as Edward's arms wrapped around my waist again. His lips nipped beneath my ear. "Doesn't sound so bad though," he whispered against my skin.

I smirked as I turned around to face him. "We've had many, many rooms. You know it sounds amazing."

Edward's arms tightened around me and I could feel how he thought it sounded pressed against my hip. I smirked and splashed water at him as I swam away. "You need to calm down there, Romeo."

Emmett barked a laugh and Alice giggled, curled up against a rock with Jasper. "Let's have a chicken fight!" she shouted, pulling Jasper with her.

Rosalie groaned, examining her nails, "Do we have to, Alice?"

Jasper chucked and helped Alice get onto his shoulders. "You know better than to argue with her, Rose."

XxXxX

"Isabella? Are you listening to me?"

I shook my head slightly, setting the photograph back down on the table. That was one of my favorite days at the lake with everyone. Right before we all split up to go our separate ways. I turned toward Mike and smiled, "Of course I am. I just got a little lost in thought for a moment."

He scoffed and slid the stack of papers in front of my chair as I sat down. "I was saying that we need to go over the case some more tomorrow before it goes to court so that everything is in order and there won't be any surprises. Are you sure you're ready for this one?"

"Of course, I'm ready for it. I've been on this case for over a month. I know it front and back, but I'll go back through it all again tonight, if that will make you happy."

He placed his hand over mine and softened his harsh look, "I'm sorry, Isabella. I didn't mean for it to come out like that. You know that."

I nodded once, giving him a small smile. "I know. Are we still on for tonight? Dinner at the new Italian place?"

Mike nodded, turned back to his notes. "Sure thing. You can head on out of you want. I'm going to finish this up before I leave."

I nodded, picking up the file to review at home. "See you then, I guess." I grabbed my things before leaving the office to make my short walk home.

I fingered the picture that was sitting in the pocket of my old purse and pulled it out once more. We all looked so happy and carefree then. Everything was just so much easier when we were just 18 and our biggest worry was what we would do with the last summer before we all went off to college. I pulled out my cell phone and dialed the one person that I hadn't talked in quite a while. It rang several times, and I began to question why I would even call him. It's not like we kept in frequent contact in the past couple years.

The phone picked up and I heard his smooth voice answer. "Hello?"

I paused once, the air leaving me at his voice. "Hey. Edward? Sorry, is this a bad time?"

I heard some shuffling in the background and then the sound of a door closing softly. "Bella? Not at all. It's been awhile."

I laughed softly, "Yeah, I know. I just found an old picture today that I thought you might want if you don't have a copy of it."

"What picture is that?"

"All of us at the lake right before college. You and me, Emmett, Rosalie, Alice, and Jasper. I found it in my purse earlier."

Edward's laugh filled the phone. "Oh man, that was a good day. Yeah, I would love to get a copy of that one."

I smiled at the sound of his laugh. "I'll send it to you later then." I heard footsteps running up behind me and turned to find Mike coming down the street.

"Isabella, hold up!" he shouted as I stopped. I guessed he finished early and wanted to actually spend some time with me.

"Isabella? You going by your full name now?" Edward's voice sounded a little tensed over the phone.

"Yeah, I guess. I've been told that I sound more professional if I use it instead of just Bella."

"Well, Isabella, I don't want to hold you up from whoever. Talk to you later and thanks for the picture." Edward hung up the phone before I could say anything and I sighed, putting the phone back into my purse. I should've known better than to call him of all people.

Mike reached me and threw his arm around my shoulders, "Who was on the phone?"

I slid the photo into my pocket as I gave Mike a smile. "Nobody. So what's on the agenda for tonight?"

Mike's smile dropped and he looked at the ground. I stopped and shrugged his arm off my shoulders. "Why even catch up with me if you don't want to see me, Mike? Just go back to the office and do whatever is so important. It's fine."

"Isabella, don't be upset. Please. I just need to get these reports finished."

"It's fine, Mike. I'll see you tomorrow at work." I walked off without waiting for his reply. I knew he wouldn't try to make it right anyway. He never did anymore.

I poured a glass of wine and sat down in front of the computer. I scanned the photo and pulled up my email, finding Edward's.

Hey, Edward. Here's the photo. –Isabella

I grabbed the file from my bag and flipped it open on my desk to look back over a few things while my brain was still on the topic. After a few moments, my computer dinged, indicating a new email. I pulled it up and found Edward's name.

Thanks, Bella. I sent you one that you might not have either. By the way, are you still in New York? –E

I pulled up the picture that he had attached, and I felt a smile appear on my face. It was one of the many things that I lost in my big move from Washington to New York. Our prom picture together from senior year. I wore this dark blue dress that hugged me in all the right places, and I remembered how much Edward had liked it. He had a matching suit, and looked absolutely amazing. His lips were against my ear in the picture, and I still remembered exactly what he had said to me when that picture was taken. He had let his lips grace my ear and he whispered that he couldn't get enough of me in that dress but knew that it would look better laying on a floor somewhere. It had immediately made me think of where we could sneak off to right at that moment.

I blushed in front of my computer as I typed up a reply and sent it back to him. Yes, I am still in New York. I'm at the same law firm I was at last time we spoke. Why do you ask? And thank you for the picture. I lost it in the move out here, I think. Everything was so easy back then, wasn't it?

Only a moment passed and another email had come in.

I'm going to be in your area in a week to prepare for a show. Would you want to meet somewhere for coffee and catch up? And I'll agree with you, that everything was much easier then.

I replied to him, agreeing that I would like to meet him somewhere. I told him that I would be in touch with him later on to set an official time to meet. Edward had gone to school for composition and piano, and he now plays for may important venues all over the country. This would be his first time in New York that I knew of though.

EPOV

I turned around from the computer and found Alice standing behind me, a stern look on her face and arms crossed over her chest. "What do you want, Alice?"

"Who did you just send the picture from prom to? Don't tell me you've been talking to Bella again." Alice followed right behind me as I walked out of the room.

"She sent me an old picture of everyone so I sent one back that I knew she didn't take with her. There is nothing wrong with that."

Alice sighed and stepped in front of me. "I'm just worried about you, Edward. You're my big brother. I have a right to be concerned."

I brushed past Alice and continued through the house to find my jacket and car keys. "It's been eight years, Ali. I'm over it all."

"Bullshit, Edward. You know that's a front you put on anytime you talk to her. The two of you never got any kind of closure."

I turned toward Alice and heard how firm my voice was. "I'm over Bella. She left me and ran off to New York without ever looking back. I'm happy now, Alice. I don't need her."

Alice stopped and nodded once, letting the conversation die there.

I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. I drove to the studio in silence to practice some of my pieces for the New York show. Bella's dad never liked me. He thought that I wasn't good enough for Bella, which was probably true, but I loved her more than anyone else ever could have. He pushed her to go to school in New York and become a lawyer, but she wanted to write. She had always wanted to write, and she was so good at it. I guess she caved though because she left and went to New York the summer after that picture at the lake.

It was hard when she left. I tried to get into some schools there for piano, but the money didn't work out and I was stuck closer to home. We tried to make it work for awhile. We took turns flying out to see each other, spent all the time we could together, but a year later and it wasn't enough. In the end, Bella is the one that called it quits after she flew out here to see me. She was stressed and exhausted, but she wanted to end it. I tried so hard to make it work. I did everything that I could to move out there, but she didn't want me to. She just didn't want me anymore. So I let her go.

I was a zombie for a month after that. I didn't know what to do without Bella in my life at all. We had been friends since we were 10 and in a relationship since we were 15. She wasn't just my girlfriend; she had been my best friend. Everyone tried to get me out of the rut I fell into, but nothing worked. So I threw myself into my music and somehow I rose to the top of the class, I graduated early when I took an extra course load, and I now play shows across the country. So I guess I have Bella to thank for my success.

A knock on my car window brought me out of my thoughts, and I realized that I had just been sitting in my parked car at the studio. I rolled down the window and smiled at the woman on the other side.

"Hurry up, Edward. Get to rehearsing. I want to hear it today."

I laughed and got out of the car. "You're impossible to please, Tanya. You know it's going to be perfect."

She turned around and smiled at me. "Sure thing, Ed. Now get in there and play me a song before you get to New York and screw everything up."

I laughed, but felt like those words could apply to a lot more than my music.

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