A/N: This is a Bella/Edward story even though Edward won't be making his entrance until the second chapter. I promise though it will be worth the wait. In this story the characters are all human and most of them are OOC. It may seem a little slow at first but I promise it will be drama filled and oh so juicy. There will be cannon pairing all though not all characters will be in the story right away. Give it a chance and you won't be disappointed.

Twilight= Not Mine

1)This is the Life

"Ugh, is it closing time yet?" I whined to Rosalie, my best friend since freshman year of high school.

"I wish, why did we let Jake talk us into working a double again?" I just rolled my eyes at her. "Oh yeah that's right cause the tips on Fridays are to good to pass up." I just laughed at her cause we both knew that wasn't the only reason.

"Are you sure that looking at hot guys all day has nothing to do with it Rose?" I arched my eyebrow at her and she just smirked.

"Oh shut it Bella you know that's your favorite part too." I just nodded my head eagerly in agreement. "Well enjoy the rest of your break I have to get back out there." With a wave of her hand she was out the door. There was still 10 minutes left of my break so I decided to sit down on the couch in the lounge to give my feet some much needed rest. My mind started to wander about how things seemed like they were finally coming together.

Rosaile and I both just graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle and we have decided to take some time off before we head out into our careers. We have always been very responsible and school orientated but now that we are finally done we figured it was time to have some 'us' time. So that leads us to where we are now partying, flirting with boys and oh yeah work.

The Tight End is a sports bar/restaurant that we have been working in since our sophomore year of college. When I first talked to Rose about working here she was shocked that I would suggest it but I had always been the innocent one and I wanted a change and boy did I get one. We have to wear tight low cut spandex referee shirts that come to just above our navels and a short black school girl skirt that barely covers our asses. Add knee high white tube socks, high heels and a whistle that hangs perfectly between our cleavage and you have every guys fantasy.

Working here had been crazy especially since we are the busiest sports bar in all of Seattle which only seems fitting considering our uniforms. After only a year of working here we were able to move out of the dorms and get our own apartment together off campus. The amount of money we make sometimes is absurd but if guys are easy enough to give us outrage tips just cause we wiggle our assess a little, then who am I to stop them. Trust me this isn't a career but it is a fun job to past the time with, I am young after all so why not have a little fun along the way to growing up.

Shit it's been 15 minutes I better get out there before Jake yells at me. Quickly I made my way out of the lounge, through the kitchen and out to the dining area. Score, the three tables I still had were still eating so they won't notice that I took a little longer.

Walking over to my first table to do my rounds I made sure I added a little more sway to my hips and widened the smile on my face. "Well guys how is everything." The two guys stop talking immediately and just stared at me.

"Amazing, thank you." The guy on the left said with a wink as I tried to stifle my laugh at his pitiful attempt to be slick.

"Well here is your check, let me know if you need anything else." I smiled a sexy smile and turned on my heels and walked away. Normally I am very shy but when it came to being a waitress it all dissolved. I knew how to get good tips and I have to admit I kinda liked the power I had over the men that came in. Not that I was ever interested, I liked my freedom too much at this point in my life to want a relationship.

"Go over an kick your last two tables out so we can clean up and go home." Rose playfully whipped me with her apron as she giggled and walked away. Wait Rosalie doesn't walk, she struts but when you look like her you can get away with it. Rose was easily at least 5'8 with the legs that guys would describe as 'going on for days'. She had long, flowing blond hair and ice blue eyes. The only realistic way to describe her would be to say that she was every guys wet dream.

After giving the checks to my last two tables I joined Rose in filling up the salt and pepper shakers while I waited for the last customers to leave. 10 minutes later the last two tables were leaving so I went over to the tables to get my tips and clean them up. Once finished I went back to doing my side work, when I was done I started counting my tips while waiting for Rose.

"Come on miss money bags you can finish counting that at home, I have a pint of Chunky monkey calling my name."I laughed at Rosalie, shaking my head as I followed out the door behind her. "So cab tonight or are we walking?"

I thought about it for a minute, it wasn't that cold out tonight and we only live ten minutes away but my feet were killing me. "If I am going to get up tomorrow and actually come to work then I say cab or else my feet won't function tomorrow." Rose just rolled her eyes as she waved her hand to signal the cab.

By the time we got home it was a little before 1 am and it was a good thing we didn't have to be back in until 5 tomorrow. We went our separate ways to change into our PJs and then we met in the living room and plopped on the couch. Rose of course had the pint of Chunky Monkey in her hand along with two spoons. She took a bite and actually moaned, I just laughed at her.

"Who needs men when you have ice cream that tastes this good?" I grabbed a spoon and started to dig in. "This is the life huh?"

"Amen sister." It was true we had a pretty great life with an amazing apartment, a great job and we were on our way to a fantastic career. Just then Rose turned on the TV to sound mindless show as we just sat in silence enjoying the ice cream.

"So Bella, have you decided what you want to do for your birthday?" I have been so busy lately that I actually almost forgot that my 23rd birthday was only a week away.

"Nope, I am still getting over the shock that Jake actually let both of us have that Saturday off." Jacob was a really nice boss but he always tried to make us work, I guess that had something to do with us being his best waitresses.

"I'm not, I am telling you Bells he has a thing for you." Rose giggled as I just rolled my eyes at her as to say 'yeah right'. "I am telling you Bella you don't see your self clearly. You try to act all hot shit but when a guy actually acts genuinely interested you get all self conscious."

Before I could stop in the pained look that I haven't felt in a year crept on to my face. "Jeez I wonder why." I snapped at her bitterly.

"Come on Bella I didn't mean it like that. You are a gorgeous girl with a great personality. You need to fucking forget what the asshole did to you, it was two years ago you have to learn to trust again sometime." She was right and she knew it. I knew I was good looking with my cream colored skin and my toned 115lbs 5'3 build. Not to mention my long wavy mahogany hair and deep brown eyes but I wouldn't allow my self to think I was anything special and we both knew why.

"I trust you Rose and you do realize that you are calling your brother an Asshole right?" I laughed at her not only to lighten the mood but because the way her face turned red whenever she talked about him was funny.

"I don't care if he is the president of the United States he is still an asshole." She was seriously fuming now and I knew I needed to do something to get her mind away from him. It's amazing that it has been two years and she gets more upset about it then I do. To be honest I am so totally over it, in fact it didn't take me long after it happened to realize that he wasn't the one for me.

Just then I thought of the perfect idea for my birthday. "Rose I know what I want to do for my birthday." I squealed because I knew she would love it.

"OK Bella calm down jeez you know what ever it is I will say yes." It was true, we could never tell each other no, we have been through too much together.

I let a wicked smile appear on my face. "Let's get another tattoo." Roses eyes grew wide as her grin spread, I knew she would love that idea. About two months after we started working at Tight End we decided to get our first tattoos so we got matching Seattle Seahawks tattoos on our lower backs. Most people would think it was stupid but it was very fitting if you knew us. We didn't do it just cause we worked at a sports bar we did it cause we were die hard football fans and Seattle was our team.

"Oh I love it, I love it but what are we going to get and where?" We both sat there deep in thought trying to come up with ideas when it popped into my head.

"I got it! First of all I think we should get it on our hips cause it would be sexy with our uniforms." She nodded impatiently waiting for me to continue. "Ok now if you think this is stupid you can tell me but I think you should get bells and I should get a rose." She just started at me and I started to get worried that she thought it was stupid. Finally she spoke.

"Oh Bella that is a great idea, you are my best friend so naturally that the perfect tattoo." She hugged me and started jumping up and down. "Now I can't wait until Saturday, can't we just go tomorrow before work." She gave me her puppy dog face and she knew my answer before I could even respond. "Great I'll call Paul tomorrow to see if he can fit us in. Now I am off to bed." With that she jumped off the couch and walked into her room.

I got up and turned off the TV and the lights as I headed into my own room to get some much needed sleep. As soon as my head hit the pillow though his face flashed into my head but only for a second. I was with out a doubt 100% over him but I don't think you can ever forget when someone cheats on you. Especially when you were with that someone for 4 years and he was your best friend's twin brother.

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My dream was just getting to the steamy part when Rose came bounding into my room. "Come on Bella get up it's 8:00 am" She then continued to pull the covers off of me and I just growled. Was she serious?

"Come on Rose, we didn't get to bed until after 2, you can't possible be awake right now." She just plopped down onto my bed and started giving me her 'I am not in the mood look.'

"I am not but coffee does wonders so lets go."Sighing loudly I started to pull the covers back over my head but she just yanked them back down. "Nope not this time missy, get up!" I rolled over and turned my back to her refusing to move from the warmth of my bed. I felt the bed rise as she got up and started walking towards the door. "Fine I guess I'll call Paul back and tell him we won't be able to make it. I am sure he won't be too upset about opening the shop hours early for nothing." That got my attention.

"All right, all right I am up. What time does he want us there by?" Rose flashed a smug smile of satisfaction.

"9:00 he said he had a special treat for us in honor of the birthday girl." Oh great, knowing Paul this would be interesting. I glanced at the clock and realized that I had wasted 15 minutes arguing with Rose about getting up.

"Ok I am going to go get in the shower and when I finished you better be standing by the door ready to go with a cup of coffee in your hand." Quickly I jumped out of my bed, grabbed clothes for the day and headed into the bathroom.

"Yes ma'am." Rose muttered as I walked by here but I was in too much of a hurry to pay attention. 15 minutes I was out of the shower and dressed in black lounge pants that sat low on my hips and a purple tank top. I learned from my first tattoo that you should wear comfortable clothes that won't irritate the skin.

Rose was standing by the door just like I had said with two cups of coffee in her hand. "Thanks Rose you are the best." She gave me her typical 'I know' look as I grabbed my coat and we headed out the door. We had no choice but to get a cab seeing as Paul's shop was 20 minutes away.

The cab pulled up in front of Paul's shop, Inktastic, just in time to see him unlocking the door. We eagerly paid the driver and jumped out of the car running over to give Paul a hug.

"Thanks for doing this for us Paul, you really didn't have too." I gave him a grateful smile but he just waved it off like it was nothing. That's just the type of guy he is though. He is best friend's with our boss Jake and that's how we know him. He comes into the bar all the time and after awhile we started becoming really good friends with him too. Not to mention with his tall, well built, tan framed he isn't too bad to look at but that's a whole other story.

"Don't worry about it Bells, you know I would never pass up a chance to have you two girls to myself anyways." He always joked with us like this but I still couldn't help the blush that crept onto my face. Paul just started chuckling, "Same old Bells I see."

"Are you kidding Bella started blushing before she could even walk, that's never going to change." My blush just grew a deeper red, thanks Rose.

"Ok pick on Bella time is over." It didn't work, they just started laughing even harder but this time I joined them. Everyone has to laugh at themselves every now and again, it's only healthy. After a few minutes Paul started walking over to his drawing desk motioning for us to follow.

"Ok so after I got off the phone with you Rose I made a few sketches of different roses and bells I thought you two would like so take a look and let me know what you think." Looking at all the sketches I had no idea which one I was going to pick his drawings were all so amazing.

Finally I was able to decided on one that was a little bigger than I had originally wanted but as soon as I saw it I knew it was perfect. It was a red rose in full bloom with a long stem of thorns that twisted all the way around to about an inch or two up my side. "This is the one I want." I picked up the piece of paper and gave it to Paul as Rose nodded her head in a approval.

"Oh and I want this one." Rose squealed with delight as she handed her sketch to Paul. It was amazing, it almost looked like a silver delicate bracelet with little bell charms going around it. It was easy to see that her tattoo would be going up her side too.

"Good choices ladies those two were my favorites as well. Now before we get these going I have a surprise." Rose and I exchanged sideways glances. "Piercings!" My eyes just kinda bugged out my head, a tattoo was one thing but I don't know if I could actually handle a needle going all the way through my skin. "Oh come on Bella don't give me that look, you two walk around in those uniforms all day and you both know a belly ring would be perfect."

"He does have a point Bella." Of course Rose would say that she was always up for everything. "I've always wanted my nose done though." I did agree with her there, a simple little diamond stud in the nose was sexy.

"Great we will do that too." Paul and Rose were both staring at me waiting to see what I would do. "Come on Bells it will be my treat for your birthday and for Rose's since I missed it." As much as I was afraid to do it I was excited at the same time, I had always wanted a piercing.

"Ok lets do it." Rose started jumping up and down as Paul let slip a satisfied smile. He then led us into the piercing room and told us that he was going to be doing the belly buttons first cause they hurt less. I guess he was trying to ease us into the pain, who knows

I was laying down on the table and he was hovering over me. "You ready Bella?" I gave him a small smile and nodded my head. Rose grabbed my hand as he plunged the needle into my stomach. It was over so quick that I barely even had time to register the pain. "So..?"

"Piece of cake." We all started laughing and then Rose got on the table for her turn. As he was piercing her naval I couldn't help but stare at mine in the mirror, it really was sexy

"Yes we all know how sexy you look now get over here and let me do that nose of yours." I blushed at being caught staring at myself as I walked over and sat in the chair next to the table. Let me tell you the nose hurt a lot worse the the belly button but thankfully I didn't bleed.

"Fuck." I couldn't help but let it slip as the needle slide through my nose. Rose started laughing but I glared at her and she instantly stopped. Once I was done I got up and Rose took my place. I couldn't help but laugh as Rose's hands grabbed the chair so tight her knuckles were turning ghostly white.

"Fine you were right, it hurt." She just glared at me as I gave her my 'told you so' look.

"Come on Rose don't be mad at me, you know I love you." Just like that we were laughing and admiring Paul's handy work in the mirror. We have been friends for so long we could never stay mad at each other.

"As much as I hate to break up this bonding moment we really have to get those tattoos going. You are going to need at least 3 hours to relax if you want to be pain free enough to work tonight." Paul was right, it was already 10:30 and we didn't even know how long the tattoos would take. He led us into the tattoo room and put a pillow down on the table in the middle of the room. " Ok Bella hop on up, your first."

"Why am I always first, it's not fair." I whined and they both just rolled their eyes at me.

"Because you will chicken out if you don't go first." I couldn't even argue, Rose had me there. Slowly I made my way over to the table and hopped on. As soon as Paul was done pulling down the waist of my pants and pulling up my tank top, I felt the little needle pricking my skin. At first it hurt a little, then it just kinda got annoying but after awhile it was numb.

"All done!" I looked up at the clock and realized that it had taken him an hour and a half, it felt like 10 minutes. I carefully got off of the table and made my way over to the mirror.

"Wow Paul it is amazing, I love it. Thank you so much." It really was a beautiful tattoo, I couldn't help but touch it which was a mistake cause it was still sore. I returned to the table to see that Paul had already changed his machine and was working on Rose's tattoo.

After just over an hour Rose's was finished and it looked just as amazing as mine. "Oh my Paul! Thank you, it is beautiful."

"Just doing my part in keeping the world sexy. Oh and by the way girls I am having a party tonight so stop by after work." Paul gave use his signature grin and winked. By that time it was just past 1 and his first 'official' job of the day was arriving. So we paid him along with a big tip of course and then headed on home.

When we arrived home we decided to get blankets and chill on the couch watching tv until it was time to get ready for work. I set the alarm clock on my cell just in case we fell asleep, which we both knew we would.