The Bloody Roses

Chapter #1: A Run in with the Greek God of Music

This is my first fanfic so tell me if you like it. It takes place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Just so you know!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything. It all belongs to Stephanie Meyer! No copyright infringement intended!

BPOV

God, when will it end?

We've been sitting here trying to find a new keyboardist for the past week and we still haven't found anyone. How hard is it to find a keyboardist in Toronto? The gang and I have gone through nearly 500 people and we still have not found anyone. Just a bunch of wannabe rock stars dreaming of making it big and living in a mansion somewhere in L.A. That's exactly what they are dreamers.

We shouldn't have to do this, but our old keyboardist, Jacob, is too much of an egotistical maniac to take the fact that I wouldn't go on a date with him. It's not like Jacob isn't good looking and all, but he's such a jerk! He practically tried to rape me after practice one day, if Emmett hadn't saved me. There's no way in hell I will ever go out with him. So now, we're stuck here trying to find a new keyboardist for our band.

"Okay, it's getting a bit late. One more person and that's it," I said, my voice full with boredom.

"Yeah, you're right. Want to head over to a pub after? It'll be my treat." Emmett asked.

"A pub sounds great right about now," Rosalie added, who was sitting on Emmett's lap.

The last audition of the night walked in. He had blonde hair, blue eyes and a face that strangely, for a guy in his 20's, looked like a child's face.

"Hi, I'm Mike Newton," he said.

"Okay Mike, what are you going to play," Jasper asked.

"One Republic featuring Timbaland, Apologize," I looked over to Alice and she had the same face I'm sure I had. This kid probably found our add, looked up piano sheet music on the internet, found this song and learned it in his mom's basement, with a keyboard he bough from Costco for $40. Yeah, no shot in a million years. We want someone who loves music and not the money. Someone down to earth, who will put everything they have into our band.

After baby face, as Emmett dubbed him, finished and we told him he didn't make it. We all hopped in Emmett's ginormous Jeep and headed off to our favourite pub. We walked in and got a booth to sit in.

"Hey, I'm going to the bar, you guys want wants drinks?" I asked.

"Beer!" they all yelled at me.

"I need Guinness, stat!" Emmett yelled after.

"Okay, be back in a second," I walked to the bar and ordered our drinks. After, somehow, getting 5 beers in my arms I almost dropped them from bumping into a man. Before even looking at him I started apologizing.

"I'm so sorry. I should watch where I'm-,"Then I saw his face. It was perfect, ever inch of it. His shirt clung to his body in such an appealing way. His jaw was tight and angular, his lips full. His bronze hair was messy and slightly in front of his eyes...his beautiful green eyes. It's like I could jump right into those gorgeous green pools and find my way to heaven.

"It's ok, beautiful, it was my fault," he said in a low velvety voice.

Wait did he just call me beautiful?

"Now, how is me being a klutz your fault?" I asked in a breathy voice. I suddenly felt out of air.

"It's not but you see, I couldn't take my eyes off you from across the room and I finally got the courage to come over and talk to you, when you turned around and bumped into me," he said flashing a crooked grin. I swear my heart stopped. What is wrong with you? Snap out of it Swan!

"Oh? Is that your way of trying to woo me into thinking out of all the girls at the pub tonight, your eyes immediately drew to me?" I asked with a snort.

"No, this is my way of trying to act cool in front of the most beautiful women I've ever seen," he said with a slight blush to his cheeks. How can this guy make blush look sexy?

"If you're looking for beautiful, you're looking for my friend, Rosalie," I pointed to my super-model beautiful friend. She was the envy of every girl with her beauty and the ability not to take shit from no one. She once got into a bar fight with a guy Emmett's size that was being a little to "hands on" with her. That fucker ended up in the hospital for 3 weeks. The Adonis just gave her a quick glance and returned his eyes to mine.

"No, I think I'm looking for Miss..."

"Swan, Bella Swan,"

"What a beautiful name," he said as he picked up my hand and kissed it. The feeling of his lips on my skin was pure pleasure. I needed more." I'm Edward Cullen, and it's an honour to meet you, because you are the most beautiful women I have seen, and ever will see,"

"Well, Mr. Cullen, I'll be seeing that if you ever do meet a woman more beautiful, you will owe me $50,"

"Does that mean I will be seeing more of you, gorgeous?" All this beautiful and gorgeous shit was making me weak in my knees.

"Maybe, I'll come over to see you before the night is over," I said biting my lip and blushing as he leaned in to whisper in my ear.

"Can't wait to see more of you,"

"Holy shit," I murmured as I sat down at the booth with my friends and gave them their drinks.

"So what was that all about? Did Miss "I-never-go-out-with-anyone" Bella just have an interaction with the opposite sex?" she asked, with a smug smile on her face. I replayed my conversation with Edward to them.

"So are you going to go out with him?" Alice asked, already bouncing in excitement.

"I don't know..."

"What do you mean you're not sure?! He called you gorgeous within 2 minutes of meeting you! You are going and that's final," Rose decided for me.

"I'll give it a shot,"

"That's our Bella...soon to be Edward's Bella," Ali said, I could just see her mind just reeling with outfits for me to wear on dates. I'm like Alice's personal Punk Barbie doll. Usually she just tortures me for our gigs, but now I'm going to go through more buffing, plucking and tweezing than ever before. I rolled my eyes at her and waited for the live music to come up.

"Ladies and gents, please enjoy the keyboard arts of Mr. Edward Cullen," my jaw dropped, while everyone at the table was laughing their asses off, I eventually joined in at the end.

"Hello, I will be playing Paranoid Android by Radiohead," he said in a low voice. He played with such emotion and depth... it was easy to get lost in his music. He weaved in and out of the main music to create and perfect harmony. His second song was Weezer's The Greatest Man that Ever Lived. He played the piano part perfectly but added the guitar part on the keyboard to make it livelier. His third and final song was Monkey Man by the Rolling Stones, which he played amazingly. We all laughed because that was Rose's pet name for Emmett.

"What? I love me some monkey man," Rose said and turned to kiss her true love. Between her and Em, and Jazz and Ali...it's like the four of them were made for one another. Sometimes I really felt like the odd man out.

"We need him for the band he'd be perfect," Jasper said confidently.

"Yeah, he would Jazz. Bells, do you think you can go work any of that charm of yours to make him join?" Em said, I laughed and said," Let me see what I can do," I walked towards Edward not knowing what would come out of it.

EPOV

After finishing my three sets, I saw that beautiful girl from before come to walk up to me. Please let her say yes. I looked into her deep rich eyes and saw a tiny spark of something in them. God, when I saw her across the room with her five other friends, I couldn't believe she was real. She is what I would make if I could make a perfect woman. Beautiful brown hair, long legs, porcelain skin and the most gorgeous eyes I have ever seen.

"Why, hello, hello. Nice to see you, come to me with an answer?" I asked. Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes.

"Yes and no,"

"Well, you see, my friends and I have a band and our keyboardist dropped out, and we were wondering if-" "Sorry, no," I interrupted. I saw the pained expression on her face, and it hurt me to see it there. Like I was in agony, if she was in agony. What the hell? That's never happened before with a . I tried to make it better by saying the truth," I have bad experiences with bands. Arn't there any other keyboardist in Toronto?"

"Yeah, but they're all no good," I snorted at that," Really, we've been holding auditions all day and no one that we've seen can put that kind of soul like you do into music. We know you would put your heart into the band, too," What the hell? I get to spend more time with her if I join, and she's right, I would put my heart into her band.

"Okay, I'll join, but what is your second answer?"

"You can pick me up this Friday at seven. See you there, oh, and band practice is at 52 Forks Rd. Appartement C6 on Thursday at three. Bye Edward," she said waving her hand as she left with her friends.

"Bye Bella, can't wait,"

Well that's the first chapter. Tell me if you like it or not! I'll try to update as soon as possible. The next chapter will be their first band practice where you'll learn a bit more about each character.

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