Disclaimer: I don't own these characters, SM does, but I admit they totally own me! :-)

Author's Note: A special thanks my sister and my "lover" for being my betas you guys are the best. :-) This is my first hand at a fanfiction. Please review and tell me whether I should just stop now. :-)

PG13 for language, adult situations. I'm probably being over cautious but oh well.

"From Yielders All Things Catch"

Chapter 1

Poor Mike I thought as I listened to James berate Mike Newton about Puck's "magical meddling." Suddenly I felt my cell vibrate. I looked at it and saw I had 2 missed texts. One from Alice asking when I'd get home from rehearsal and one from Jacob... wanting to know when opening night was. He'd like to bring Nessie and Charlie... I would have to think about that one. Seeing Jacob with Nessie still stung a bit though I'd never say it out loud...

"5 Minutes, James" I yelled to him reminding him rehearsal was almost over. I send a quick reply to Alice letting her know I'd be home soon.

"Hey Bella" said Mike.

"Hey Mike"

"Sorry about the crappy rehearsal, sometimes I think I've bitten off more than I can chew with this one..."

"Nah, Mike you know James is just an ass... I was at the auditions, you're by FAR the best Puck... You'll see... Besides we still have 2 weeks until opening..."

"True, guess I'll I see you later..." As I turned away to head out, "Uh Bella?" Mike asked?

"Yeah Mike?"

"Would you want to go grab dinner?" he asked. Shit I didn't want to go there... again...

"Sorry Mike, I have plans with Alice, besides I don't date actors!" giving him my "teasing but stern get the point" smile.

"Right" he smiled back at me, "See you tomorrow then!"

"Call is at 4" I called after him, always counting on the actors to screw up my rehearsal schedule. I walked over to James, reminded him of the production meeting tomorrow at 11 and then said good night.

"Bella wait just a minute.." Great here we go I thought.. What is he gonna need this time..

"Bella, I need to you call Emmett and ask him to bring Act I's set plans, I want you to spike the stage. We're gonna start run throughs."

"I'll remind him and I'll spike the stage right after the meeting, anything else James?"

"No, you may go" as he waved me off... Well there goes lunch tomorrow. Maybe if I call in Angela she can help me spike the stage and get the rehearsal set, I thought as I walked to my truck. I sent a quick couple of texts to Angela and Emmett and drove home.

"Alice?" I called out into the apartment I shared with her.

"Hey Bella! How was the rehearsal?" she called to me as she walked out from her bedroom.

"Where's Jasper?" I asked as I flung myself onto the couch. "Rehearsal was fine. Production meeting is tomorrow at 11. Run throughs for you guys to watch start Friday so make sure to clear your schedule for Friday and all day Saturday... Sunday should be a dark day though, so you want to go into Forks with me and see Charlie?"

"Jasper is out to dinner with Rosalie and Emmett. Visiting Charlie sounds good!" she said as she sat herself down next to me.

"Why didn't you go with them?" I asked confused, Alice never passed up dinner with Jasper.

"I wanted to talk to you about something so I stayed here." She took a deep breath.. "Jasper's lease is almost up, and since he's here all the time anyways I wanted to ask him to just move in here with us, but I wanted to ask you first, make sure you were okay with it... He can't possibly spend another year with Eric Yorkie... pretty please?"

I thought about it, well pretended to think about it for a second. "Sure, he's here all the time anyways. Just make sure he's got boxers on in public areas okay? No more Jasper butt!"

"God Bella, are you ever gonna let that one go? It was just one time!" she giggled. But she agreed "Okay no more Jasper butt... for you anyways!" she added after.

"Make sure you're ready to go tomorrow morning by 10:30!" I said.

I got up to grab a quick sandwich. After I ate, I headed to my room and closed the door. I flopped down on to my bed and pulled out my laptop to write up my rehearsal report for today and gather up my thoughts and stuff for tomorrow's production meeting.

My thoughts kept going back to Jacob and whether I should have "them" come up for opening night. Finally I decided it'd be okay... Alice was gonna give me hell but he'd always been my best friend, even before we started dating. And it was a year ago already. I just needed to get over it. It might have helped if there were other people besides Mike Newton asking me out... Maybe I should break my own rule and date an actor... Just not Mike Newton... THAT was all Jacob's fault, not that he knew anything had ever happened...

I sighed and texted Jacob that I'd have 3 tickets for them and Charlie. I'd give them to Charlie on Sunday. That it wasn't for another couple of weeks but I'd like to have them there... After that I took a shower and crawled into bed, wondering if I would be able to get though opening night now...

After sleeping in just a little, I got up pulled on my favorite jeans and my Cowboy Mouth t-shirt. I had a feeling it was gonna be one of those days and I was just gonna need to be comfortable after all. Alice and I left about 10, deciding to get coffee and a bagel. I got to the theatre and starting pulling chairs towards the table. Angela came up behind me and started to help.

It still amazed me that we were all together again. Guess it was sign of just how small the theatre world was for Seattle. Pretty much all of us had gone to High School in Forks then came up to WSU. We all had our "specialties" that we went to school for, but now here we were all together again.

"Bella? Did you hear about Tyler?" Angela asked me quietly as we finished setting up the chairs.

I looked at my watch, James was late as usual..."No what about Tyler?" I asked her.

"Well, he quit this morning... Ben told me he heard him on the phone with James this morning." She went on, "Apparently he got the teaching job in North Carolina and they want him there before the semester starts. Least Ben and I have the apartment to ourselves now!" she explained.

"Well, good for you guys'" Shit, shit, shit was what was running though my head. No musical director now, weeks before the show opened, James was gonna be an ass now... He was like a hunter whose only focus was on its prey once he got started on a show... Guess we'll see how the meeting goes.

James walked in a few minutes later, surprising me with a calm attitude. He started the meeting announcing that Tyler was gone.

"I have all his notes, I can try to find a music student at the university who'd fill in," I told him.

"That's okay" said Emmett, "My brother just graduated from Dartmouth and is back in town. He'd be glad to fill in. He graduated with a Musical Comp degree James, I think you'll like him."

"Okay Emmett, have him call Bella to arrange for him to get Tyler's notes, not that he'll need them Tyler was a crappy sound guy anyways." James said as he moved on to the other topics we had to get though.

After the meeting Emmett came over to me and told he his brother Edward was gonna call me later today. I hadn't realized he had a brother. He'd joined "the group" once he started dating Rosalie. He was like a big brother now; guess I should have known that information. I noticed Alice and Angela waiting for me by the stage. I got the designs and set about the task of spiking the stage for tonight's rehearsal. Alice and Angela stayed to help me. Then we were all gonna grab some food before tonight's rehearsal.

"Ang?" I asked once we were finished.

"Yeah Bella?" she replied looking over at me.

"Can I get an extra comp for opening night?" I asked, out of the corner of my eyes I saw Alice raise her eyebrows in question...

"Um, sure I'll just give you my other one, you know we're only supposed to get two comps, but my parents can't come for the show, the twins have a baseball tournament or something, so it's just Ben. Jacob and Billy coming with Charlie?" she asked.

"Um, no I think Billy isn't up to the trip anymore, Jacob's bringing Nessie." I said, watching Alice starting to fume. I was gonna hear it. I just knew it.

"Oh" was all Angela said. She always knew better than to ask questions, she was the best when it came to knowing when I wanted to talk about something and when I didn't. "I'll give them to you Saturday. I'm coming to watch the run throughs."

"Thanks" I said as I walked over to Alice. She had that look on her face. As soon as we were in her car, she attacked.

"How can you give him the time of day after what he did to you!!" she screamed silently at me.

"Alice, we were best friends since birth... I can't just cut him out of my life" I answered, it was taking all my strength to have this discussion again her...

"He left you for another girl, on opening night of your first real show, which threw you into Mike's waiting arms, look at what that got you" she said... waiting for my reply.

"You're never gonna let me live that down are you? It was one night that will NEVER be repeated. I've sworn off soco and lime..." I smiled at her, hoping she'd give it up, knowing she wouldn't "Look Alice, you're the one who said that if he'd found his soulmate, then that means mine is still out there. I can't begrudge him his soulmate. Besides if I cut him out Charlie'd kill me. The Blacks are our famliy too you know. If I've accepted this then you should to."

"Bella, I just don't want to see you hurt. I know it still stings whenever you see them together. But if you can deal then I'll deal," she said finally leaving it at that.