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Chapter: 1 – Reunited

Chapter 1

Emmett's POV

I walked in to the smoky bar, smiling as I could already hear my friends causing trouble. Taking a deep breath of the polluted air, I let out the breath with a sigh; it was good to be back in town. I continued my path and walked up to the bar standing behind my three friends.

"Dude, I'm telling you, that chick was totally coming on to you. How in the hell did you miss that? She was practically fucking you with clothes on!" I listened to Jasper say in an exasperated voice.

"Jasper, how many times do I have to tell you? I pride myself on not being like you." Edward retaliated quickly.

"And what exactly is Jasper, a man whore?" I added laughing, and was suddenly attacked from all angles, getting completely tackled to the floor.

"EMMETT!" "What the hell?" "I thought you weren't coming until the morning?" Jasper, Edward, and Jacob all yelled at the same time. If it wasn't for years of hanging out with these boys; I wouldn't have caught any of it.

"Well if you fuckers would let me off the damn floor, maybe, I would explain myself." I had said, and then all but threw them off of me. Edward ended up getting thrown back on to me, courtesy of Jasper, and he and I got into a nice wrestling match on the floor. Our fight ended in him flipping me off and me shoving him into a bar stool. After the four of us were done with our shenanigans, and had gotten yelled at by the bar owner, we finally settled on down on our bar stools.

"Now," I continued, "which one of you ungrateful punks is going to by your poor military friend a beer?"

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Bella's POV

I was pissed, no I was beyond pissed. I couldn't find anything to wear. Giving up I sat on my bed in a huff.

"BELLA!"

I didn't even move at the sound of my roommate's voice, I knew she was ready to go, looking gorgeous as always. We were going into Forks; my friends had called earlier and invited us to hang out at Diamond Point with them, a local bar. Well; technically they weren't my friends, they were my brother's best friends. Emmett, Jasper, Edward and Jacob had been close for as long as I could remember; and then there was James, but I wasn't in the mood to think about him right now. At any rate I was rather surprised when I received the phone call from Jacob earlier in the day. It was nice to be included into the friendship group, I finally felt like an actual part of the group instead of the annoying little sister.

"Bella," Rosalie walked into my room and I snapped my head up, shaking all the thoughts of the past from my head.

"I'm not going, I have nothing to wear. You can't make me go!" I said in an all too whiny voice. I already knew in about five minutes she would have me in the car and we would be singing some ridiculous song.

"Get your ass up and put this on." She said and handed me a t-shirt like it held all the answers to the world.

"Ugh, I hate you sometimes!" I said glaring at her while growling at the same time.

"You're the one that told me about this idea! We ARE going, we are going to have a good fricken' time, and we are going to enjoy God's gift in the form of your brother's friends. Emmett gets into town tomorrow anyway, so it makes sense to go into town and stay at your place tonight. Get dressed and be ready in five minutes." And with that, the evil person I call my best friend turned around and left.

I couldn't help the urge and stuck my tongue out at her as soon as her back was turned. Putting my head in my hands I groaned, "This is going to be a long night!"

"Bella MOVE!" Rosalie shouted from the living room.

"I'm going; don't get your panties in a wad."

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Rosalie's POV

I knew that pacing around the living room, tapping my heals against the carpet, examining my nails, and checking my watch a thousand times wouldn't make my roommate move any faster. But at the time, it occupied me. Truthfully, I was just as nervous for this night as Bella. Hanging out with the boys again was going to bring up a lot of shit, and Emmett wasn't even here yet. I finally sat down on the couch giving up on pacing, and wondered if James was going to be there tonight; he hasn't been around for almost a year. However, with Emmett coming back into town, part of me wondered if he really would crawl out of his hole and show up.

I was pleasantly surprised when Bella finally came out of her room, but then disappointed when I realized she was missing a very important element to her outfit.

"Where is your purse?" I asked shocked that she didn't have one.

"I'm not bringing one; I never do, knowing me I would lose it."

"Seriously Bella, everyone knows a girl has to have her purse when she leaves the house! Have I taught you nothing?"

"Rosalie, just be happy I am out of my room and going." She all but yelled at me, and I had temporarily given up on the purse discussion…temporarily.

"Fine let's go!" I said walking out the door and jumping excitedly to the car.

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Jasper's POV – Back at the Bar

"I will." I said grinning like a Cheshire cat at my buddy. "Hey Alice, get this man a bud! He's a soldier on leave; he needs a bar, a brawl, and a brothel!"

"Um Jasper, we have already had a 'brawl' and we are in a bar…douche bag," Emmett said to me laughing the whole time.

"Shut up, Em, I just bought your ass a beer!"

"Ok, ok. Forgive me man!" Emmett said in a fake pleading voice.

"Hey Jacob, didn't you say that Bella and Rosalie were coming?" I asked wondering where my "little sister" and best friend were.

"Yeah, I just texted her, she said they are on their way," Jacob replied quickly, seeming to be in a pissy mood.

"Alright, cool, cool" I said nodding, and letting my thoughts drift again.

"WAIT? Rosalie is coming? I thought she went back to Minnesota for Christmas, why don't I know about this?" Emmett said, and started scanning the bar as if expecting them to walk in at any minute.

"Em, you're a dick!" Edward said, finally chipping in to the conversation. "You haven't seen your sister in over a year and you're concerned with her roommate?"

Emmett was silent for a second, seeming to be considering what Edward had said, and then smiled, "Well Rosalie's fucking hot!"

We all shook our heads at him, something things never change, but he did have a point…she was hot.

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Bella's POV --- Back with the Girls

"She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, she's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers. Dreaming 'bout the day when you wake up and find that what you're looking for has been here the whole time!"

We both sang together, trying our best to imitate Taylor Swift. Then Rosalie turned down the volume and looked towards me.

"So are you nervous?" She asked with a look of question.

"Dude, what the hell do you think? This is the first time we are all going to be together in a long time. I just don't know how to act." I said back.

"Just be you, they have no reason to suspect anything. What happened between you and Jacob was a long time ago, and he said that no one knows so just be you, the little sister that they know and love." She said trying to convince me that it would be all ok.

"Yeah you're right, what about you are you nervous to see my brother?" I asked wondering how things would pan out this time between Rosalie and Emmett.

"I donno, there was just so much tension last time, I can't hide the fact that I want him," She said smirking, probably at some dirty thought in her head.

"Well you can't hide that from me, but from him…you can. Plus he doesn't get in until tomorrow anyway, so it will be nice just to chill and have a good time."

"Yeah…I know" She said sighing.

"HEY! On the plus side, Alice is bartending tonight! We will be able to party like rockstars!" I said adding a scream to the end of it, which Rosalie joined in and turned back up the radio.

We both looked at each other and smiled after hearing the song that was on the radio.

"I gotta feeling, that tonight's gonna be a good night" We sang together as we traveled on the dark road out of Seattle.

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