A/N: I still own nothing just the plot. Pre-readers: Sarah Overby and Linara Leni Philipps. Beta by:

BPOV

I was standing in my room in a pair of shorts and a tee looking at my closet trying to figure out what to wear to my interview. I knew that my clothes were not the thing that was going to be judged today, my food was, but I still wanted to look nice. I was lucky that I still had an hour and a half till I needed to be at my interview so I was able to stand here with a dazed look on my face. I was getting frustrated; just as I was about to scream my cell rang, I walked over to it and when I checked the caller ID, I saw that it was Alice.

"Hey, Ali."

"Black pencil skirt, blue blouse- the long sleeve deep V neck one- and your black open toe pumps."

"Thanks, Ali. Anything else?"

"Nope, I'm sure you can figure out what jewelry you want to wear."

"Yeah, I can. Thanks so much, Ali."

"Anytime."

After hanging up the phone, I got out the clothes and went to get a shower. Once I was showered and dressed I went downstairs, I checked the time and figured that I had enough time to grab a late lunch and then head out to my interview. Jasper told me that I could borrow his red Dodge Viper, I grabbed the keys and then drove over to the house. Twenty minutes later I was pulling up the drive of a huge mansion, I parked my car and after taking a deep breath I got out of the car, walked up the steps and rang the doorbell.

A few minutes later the door opened to reveal who I thought was the butler

"May I help you?" the man asked me

"Yes, I'm Isabella Swan, I have an interview today for the live-in chef position."

"Ah yes, I was told to be expecting you. Please come on in."

He stepped aside and I walked in. He closed the door and asked me to follow him. We walked down a long hall and came to stop outside a door, the butler knocked and after a short wait the door opened and I nearly gasped at the sight of the person on the other side of the door. There standing on the other side of the door looking the same as the last time that I saw him, but additional glasses, was none other then Emmett McCarty. His eyes bugged out behind his glasses and I could see his Adam's apple bob in his throat.

"Master McCarty, this is Miss Isabella Swan, she is here for the chef interview," the butler interrupted our staring contest.

"Thank you, Demetri, I'll take it from here," Em replied. Demetri nodded his head and then left. Once Demetri was out of sight Em and I went back to our staring match. I knew that we couldn't keep this up all day so I cleared my throat and said "Mr. McCarty, thank you for taking the time to interview me for the role of chef."

He cleared his throat and then said, "You're welcome, Miss. Swan. Shall we head to the kitchen so that you can show me what you can do?"

"Gladly, Mr. McCarty"

He nodded his head and then led me down to the kitchen of a chef's dream. It was all dark wood and stainless steel. There was an island in the middle, a stove, dishwasher, huge double door fridge, microwave and lots of cabinets. There were also two sinks, one built in the island and the other beside the dishwasher. I asked Em to take a seat at the island and then I got to work whipping up a dish for him. He sat watching me as I worked, he didn't talk much, just asked a few questions of what I was adding to the dish.

As soon as I was done, I plated the meal and placed it in front of him, explained everything that was in the dish and then stepped over to the side of the kitchen and waited for him to finish eating. When he was done he motioned me back over and he asked me questions about my previous work and where I went to school. I answered the question as I would to any other employer, I tried to ignore the fact Em and I had history but it wasn't easy.

When I had my back turned I heard Em whisper "Is this how it's going to be between us now?" I sighed because I really didn't want to be so formal around Emmett anymore. If he was going to hire me we would be in close contact all the time. I slowly turned around, took a deep breath and said, "What happened was a long time ago, I don't want us to be so formal, I want to go back to the way that we used to be; as friends"

Em got up from his chair and walked around the island so that he was standing in front of me

"Bells, we never really talked about what happened that night and I think that we need to discuss that before we go any further."

I closed my eyes, I didn't want to talk about this but I knew that we needed to so that we could move forward. I opened my eyes and said, "Alright, Em, let's talk."

Em smiled and then said "Come on, let's go to my study, so that we can be more comfortable."

I nodded my head and he held out his hand for me to take, I hesitated for just a minute but I placed my hand in his. His big hand closed around my small one, and we began the walk back towards his study. When we were outside his door, he turned the doorknob and walked in. The room had a fireplace along one wall, a small bookshelf, a leather couch, a big wooden desk, and three chairs around the desk and I white plush carpet. Em led me over to the couch and we sat down, there was silence for awhile. My body was yearning for his touch again but my mind was screaming at me that first we needed to have this very long overdue conversation.

"Alright, Emmett, you brought me back here to talk, so let's talk." I didn't mean for my voice to sound so harsh but he did owe me an explanation.

"Bella, I owe you an explanation, I didn't mean to end up in bed with Tanya, it just happened."

I snorted and let my mind wander back to that day.

~flashback~

I had to work a double shift at the coffee house near the campus because Tanya Denali had called in sick. I didn't really mind because it meant more money for me but on the other hand it meant less time with Em. With finals, his football games and me working at the coffee house, we barely had any time together. I had just finished helping to clean up after we closed, I was in backroom collecting all my things, I had my cell in hand and decided to call Em to see if he wanted to spend some time together, his cell went straight to voicemail and so I left him a message letting him know that I was coming over.

After saying goodnight to Angela, Ben and James, I made my way out to my beat up red Chevy truck. I flung my backpack onto the seat and climbed in; my truck roared to life and I made the short drive to Em's house. Mr. and Mrs. McCarty were out of town but I knew where they kept the spare key, I let myself in and went up to Em's room; I figured that he was studying with the music blaring and that's why he didn't hear his phone.

Sure enough I heard music coming from his room, I turned the doorknob not bothering to knock because I knew that he wouldn't hear me, and walked in. I was in no way prepared for the sight that greeted me; how could one be anyways, there lying on the bed was my boyfriend of seven years and the blond bitch that I had to cover for at work tonight on top of him, naked. Em's hands were on her hips and hers were on his chest for leverage as she rode his cock.

I was pissed beyond belief, I picked up the closest thing to me and threw it at Tanya; when it made contact with her back, she whipped her head around and when she saw that it was me, who caught them, she smirked at me and turned her head back to face Em; who up until this point had his eyes closed. I didn't see what she did but I did see Em's eyes open, she pointed to where I was standing, Em's eyes followed her finger and when he saw me, his eyes got big and he tried to get Tanya off him. She didn't budge off of him, till she orgasmed then she rolled off of him, and wrapped the sheet around her. I was fuming and I didn't know why I was still standing here. Em was stuttering over an explanation but no matter what he said my anger rose

"You bastard,!" I screamed at the top of my lungs and then stormed out of room, ran down the stairs and out the front door. I could hear Em calling my name but I didn't turn around or respond. I wasn't ready to go home yet, so I went over to Ali's dorm, I needed someone to talk to and she was it.

When I got to Ali's, I was pleased to find that she was at her dorm. When she saw my face, she didn't say anything just took my hand and led me over to the couch and made me sit. Ali didn't ask questions just waited for me to speak, once I was ready to told her everything about what happened. She was angry at Em for doing that to me and threatened his life, I had to chuckle at her threat because as small as she was I knew that she would have tried to hurt him. I phoned my dad and told him that I was spending the night with Alice, he didn't mind. I was in no shape to drive, Ali let me have the couch.

Em and I had a screaming match a couple days later where nothing got resolved and, once finals were over, that summer I left for France, I didn't even bother to tell Em that I was leaving.

~end flashback~

"I think that we both owe each other an explanation, Em," I said.

"Well I don't think that you need to explain anything, its me that needs to do that"

"So what happened that night?"

"Well I was in pub down the street, just hanging with my buddies and having a couple of beers; missing you of course, when Tanya walked in. I remembered you telling me that you had to feel in for her, so when I saw her I walked over to her and asked what she was doing here is she was sick, she told me that she lied because she wanted a night off. I was pissed at that but I decided to let it go. I walked back over to the guys, and had a couple more drinks, I decided that because it was a Friday night and a long weekend at that, that I would indulge and drinking way to many beers. After awhile, I started to feel the effects of the beer, so I told the guys that I was going to walk back to our apt. Somehow as I was walking home, Tanya drove by me and offered to drive me home. The next thing I know its morning and I'm waking up naked next to Tanya without any memory of what happened."

"Oh Em" I shook my head, "Why didn't you ever tell me all of this?"

"You were mad, I was upset at everything and I guess that I never thought that what happened, happened. I mean it never crossed my mind that you would run off to France."

"I guess I should have called or email you but everytime my mind wandered to you, instead of thought of calling or emailing to see how you were it was thoughts of that night, how I felt not only the anger but also the hurt"

"Its ok Bells I understand" He said smiling at me

I smiled back and we talked for awhile longer but I need that I had to head home soon. By the time that I left I had a good feeling that Em and I were on our way back to being friends. When I got back to Ali and Jazz's place, I had only thirty minutes to change and have dinner started. I knew that they both would want to know how my interview went, and I would have to tell them. They wouldn't let me get away without telling. I wondered how they were going to react when they found out that it was Emmett's house.

When Jazz and Ali got home, we all had dinner and sure enough as soon as we were done eating the questions started.

"Ok, Bells, spill, how did the interview go?" Alice asked.

"I think it went great, I'll know in a few days if he is going to hire me or not."

"What's his name, darlin,'" Jasper asked

"Well... it's someone that we all know," I stuttered

"Who?" Ali asked impatiently.

"EmmettMcCarty," I mumbled quickly.

"You have gotta be kiddin' me," Jasper replied.

"I'm not, Jazz, just think how I felt when I saw who it was.!"

"Well, what happened?" Ali asked next.

"It was weird. We were so stiff around each other. I cooked for him and then as I was putting the dishes in the sink, he asked me if this was how we are going to be, meaning stiff around each other. I told him that I didn't want it to be this way, so we talked about what happened that day, about how Tanya seduced him and only slept with him to get back at me for coming out top of the class. Oh, plus also he has a child."

"How the hell did she seduce him?" Jasper asked clearly not believing Em's reason.

"And what do you mean he has a child?" Ali asked.

"From what I could gather, by getting him really drunk. Well from what Em told me was it turned out that she didn't wrap it before she stuck it in her, a couple of weeks later, Tanya told Em that she was pregnant. Unfortunately Tanya died in childbirth and now Em is a single father to a son."

"Oh my, how terrible. Did you meet his son? What's his name?" Ali asked

"No, I didn't meet him, his name is Dale."

"So what, are you guys friends now?" Jasper asked

"We are going to try, I think."

"Just be careful, darlin,'" Jasper replied.

"I will, Jazz, and I promise that if anything happens, that I will let you both know."

"You better," Ali said.

"I will, promise."

After that we cleaned up from dinner and decided to watch a movie. A couple of days later Em called me and told me that I had the job working for him. I was glad that I had finally gotten a job so that I would be able to pay Ali and Jazz, but I was still a little concerned about working in such close contact with Em. But there was no way that I was going to give up this job, I was sure that we would make it work and if not, well then I would just have to find something else.