Chapter Two: Shocking Realizations

BPOV

Rosalie, Alice, and I got into our line as the music began to play. I was taking deep breaths and trying my hardest to think of anything and everything but Edward sitting over by the bar watching me.

You can do this, you can do this. I thought as the lights began to dim on. You've done this many, many times. You know this. You can do this!

I was the first one to sing and right when my part came, I sang my heart out and fought with all my might not to look at the bar.

"I'm so hot when I walk I leave smoke in my tracks. Don't leave your man with me cause he won't come back. I'm dangerous…" I sang.

Rosalie and Alice smiled singing their part: "It's when the lights go out."

The next part was Rosalie's. "I'm a girl that's not afraid of the dark. When the lights go out I get what I want. So easy…"

"When the lights go out." Alice and I sang together.

"I don't know what you want to do. But I want to get you up in my room. I like your…" Alice sang followed by Rosalie and I singing "Swagger."

Alice: "Gotta…"

Rosalie and I: "Have it."

All three of us: "So won't you come along?"

By the time we got to the chorus, all of people who came to the club regularly were singing along with us.

"Turn off my lights and see if you wanna get into my dark side. Turn off my lights and see if you wanna get into my dark side. Turn off my lights and see if you wanna get into my dark side. You ain't never, ever, had a, nothing better,

When the lights go out…"

Alice began the next verse, "I'ma dig in my bag and see what I pull out.I got a lot of tricks so let me start out with momma…" Rosalie and I followed by singing, "When the lights go out"

The crowd was going wild with people dancing and grinding and singing along by the time I got the courage to look at the bar. I saw Edward sitting right where I had left him, his eyes watching me intently. I sang my lines, "I'm gonna change your good boy status, break all your good habits. Momma gonna make you an addict…"

Rosalie and Alice: "When the lights go out."

Rosalie: "I'm gonna make you a new man, have you talking to all your friends - Baby you ain't seen nothing…"

Alice and I: "When the lights go out."

It was my turn to sing again and I was singing to Edward again: "I'm the type of girl that always gets what I want. So be sure before you come up in the dark. Cause you about to see me…"

Alice and Rosalie: "When the lights go out."

We sang the chorus again and then the song was over. While the DJ was changing to the next track Rosalie came up to me and said quickly, "Wow, girl! I think that was the best I have ever heard you sing and that's saying something!"

"I agree." Alice said before getting back into her position to sing "Parking Lot". I smiled. If Rose and Alice say that I was singing better than ever, then that must mean that Edward liked my singing too. At least…I hope so… I thought to myself before singing the song.

We sang five songs after "Parking Lot" before our little concert (if you could even call it that) was over.

"Thank you guys. I hope you enjoyed our show!" Rosalie said getting cat calls as a reply from a group of guys that had stayed in front of the stage for our whole concert.

"Make sure you go to the bar and give us a big tip! Tell our favorite bartender, Mike, who it's for." Alice said before we all introduced ourselves in our special way.

As the music started up again I sang my part, "My name is Aubrey, and I'm so cold. My style is flashy. You're style is old! Cuz I'm fly as hell with the juicy humps. I don't want your man, cuz I got enough. So don't be mad at me cuz he be calling my phone. I got my eye on one guy, tell him 'leave me alone!'" I sang before walking off the stage and heading towards the bar.

"I'm Dawn and I know you like my personality. One of a kind - I'm so unique. I set the trend, you follow me. I know I bring you to your knees!" Rose sang before falling backward into the crowd and being carried into it. Sometimes, I think the only reason she does that is to be touched by all the guys in the club!

"And I'm Audrey. So don't forget to leave us a BIG tip with Mike, okay? Oh, and ladies…he's single!" Alice added and then the club was filled with the sound of girls screaming.

Wow! I thought. Mike's gonna be happy about that!

When I reached the bar, I saw him. He was smiling a crooked smile at me that made my heart melt and I had to think really hard about breathing. I didn't know how a complete stranger could have this effect on me but…this guy did.

"Hey." I said with a smile when I reached Edward.

"You did wonderful up there." He replied. "You sing beautifully."

"Well, thank you." I said as calmly as I could. It was rather hard because I was standing so close to Edward. So close that I could smell him. He smelled like "Tag" but there was another scent to him. I didn't know what the other scent was but "Tag" had just become my new favorite scent.

"Would you like to grab a table and talk with me?" Edward asked me oh so calmly. Damn. I thought. He asks me to sit with him and talk and I can't. Damn. Damn, damn, damn!

"I wish I could." I said with a frown hoping Edward would see the sadness in my eyes in the fact that I was not able to talk to him tonight. "But, how about you give me a call tomorrow or something. I mean, if you want to." I added.

"So you'll tell me your real name?" Edward asked me with that beautiful crooked smile of his.

"No." I said with a sly smile. "But I will give you my cell number. If you do choose to call me, then maybe you'll learn my name."

Edward was smiling wide as he watched me write down my number on a "Twilight" napkin.

"Maybe." I said firmly giving him the napkin.

As he took the napkin from my hand, I felt a spark and immediately removed my hand. I looked at him wide eyed.

"Sorry." Edward said cautiously.

"I have to go." I replied before running out of the bar as fast as I could.

EPOV

I watched as Aubrey, Audrey, and Dawn sang and danced on stage. They were dancing sexy and seductively and Aubrey looked really good at what she was doing. REALLY good. No. Stop it, Edward. You don't even know this girl. What's wrong with you?

"Holy shit!" Emmett practically screamed as Dawn did a back flip and went right into a split. "She's fucking FLEXIBLE!"

"Calm down, Emmett. You don't want her seeing that." Jasper said pointing to Emmett's pants where, sure enough, there was a bulge.

"Shut up." Emmett said between his teeth while he moved his beer to cover himself up.

After about seven songs, the girls started talking to the audience and saying their goodbyes.

"My name is Aubrey, and I'm so cold. My style is flashy. You're style is old! Cuz I'm fly as hell with the juicy humps. I don't want your man, cuz I got enough. So don't be mad at me cuz he be calling my phone. I got my eye on one guy, tell him 'leave me alone!'" Aubrey sang before walking off the stage and heading towards the bar.

I turned towards the bartender and said, "Here's 200. That's my tip to Aubrey."

"Are you serious?" the bartender asked me with an incredulous look on his face.

"Yes, I'm serious. I wouldn't have said it if I wasn't." I snapped before turning back to Aubrey walking towards me.

"I'm Dawn and I know you like my personality. One of a kind - I'm so unique. I set the trend, you follow me. I know I bring you to your knees!" Dawn sang before falling backward into the crowd and being carried into it.

I saw Emmett's eyebrows shoot up and he turned around and said, "Here. I have 150 dollars right now in my pocket. It's all going to Dawn."

"Do you guys come from a rich family or something?" The bartender asked while adding the money to an envelope marked "Dawn".

"Something like that." Emmett replied turning his attention back to Dawn.

"And I'm Audrey. So don't forget to leave us a BIG tip with Mike, okay? Oh, and ladies…he's single!" Audrey added and then the club was filled with the sound of girls screaming.

The bartender that had spent the whole night talking to us started laughing. "I'm gonna add 50 to each of their tips just for that." I heard him say before Jasper turned around and gave him 200 to put in Audrey's envelope.

Finally Aubrey made it over to me at the bar.

"Hey." She said with a smile when she reached me.

For a second I forgot how to breathe. I forgot to talk. Then, right before I could look any more stupid I said, "You did wonderful up there. You sing beautifully."

"Well, thank you." Aubrey answered calmly. She was standing really close to me having been pushed closer and closer by the crowd. She smelled like strawberries and I couldn't help but notice how full her lips were. No. Stop thinking like that, Edward. Be a gentleman!

"Would you like to grab a table and talk with me?" I asked her as calmly as I could. I wasn't the most religious person in the world but I was praying very hard at that moment that she would agree to sit with me.

"I wish I could." Aubrey said. I thought I was a slight frown on her face but I couldn't be sure. It was probably my imagination. But then she added, "But, how about you give me a call tomorrow or something. I mean, if you want to."

"So you'll tell me your real name?" I asked giving her a hopeful smile. I wanted nothing more than to have her phone number so I could call her, but having her real name too would be wonderful as well.

"No." she said with a smile. "But I will give you my cell number. If you do choose to call me, then maybe you'll learn my name."

I knew I was smiling wide as she wrote down her number on a "Twilight" napkin, but I couldn't stop myself. I was getting her number!

"Maybe." she repeated firmly giving me the napkin.

As I took the napkin from her hand, I felt a spark and she immediately removed her hand. She looked at me with wide eyes and I was afraid that I had hurt her.

"Sorry." I said cautiously, not knowing what exactly to say after having a little shock while touching a girl's hand. It had never happened before.

"I have to go." Aubrey said before she rushed away from me.

"Aubrey!" I called, but she was already gone.

BPOV

Feeling that spark as Edwards hand met mine scared me. It scared me because of all of the love stories I had read about how a spark was supposed to mean love. But I'd been in love before, and I got hurt. If Edward called me and asked me out, would I be able to do it? Would I be able to put myself in the position of getting hurt again? I wasn't sure about the answer to that question, but I did know one thing: I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.