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Chapter 2

Edward

Emmett and I strode down the dimly lit hallway in our fire gear as I made my way back home now that my shift had finally finished. It was a long day; I mean you would think that parents wouldn't let their kids play with matches because they found "the flames fun".

Some people.

Well at least the day wasn't a total loss; I did get that brown-haired chick's phone number. I mean she was hot, along with having no boyfriend or husband from seeing her wedding finger. I bet she'd be a good fuck. But getting girl's numbers on the job was hardly rare for me. Girls seemed to like firemen though I'm not sure why. But this girl was different, somehow. There was something very endearing about her that I couldn't quite place. Maybe it was the rosy blush in her cheeks… hmm… I never cared much for that before.

"Hey dude," Emmett broke me out of my thoughts, "you want to try out that new club on Saturday night called Electric? It's supposed to be pretty cool. A great place for the ladies."

"What about Rose?" I asked. Rosalie is my sister and Emmett has had a crush on her since forever… probably since when we were in high school together. But he never had the nerve to ask her out which is strange for Emmett seeing as he is always so confident.

"Oh Rosalie?" he got all shy which I would find it cute if he wasn't being such a damn coward.

"Nah man, she's with that other guy right? Derek?" A look of anger flashed across his face.

"Daniel," I corrected, "and no, she's not, they broke up a couple of weeks ago, so now's your chance."

"Yeah well I should give her time to get over him."

Time to find someone else, more like.

I never understood what the big deal was with Emmett and Rosalie? Girls are girls… nothing special. He told me he loved her one time when he was drunk but if he loves her why not ask her out? Simple.

"Yes ok Emmett, whatever you say" I nudged him playfully, "the new club sounds good. Come round to mine at about half eight."

"Will do."

We made our way back to the fire station to get sorted out and then I took off in my silver Volvo to go back home. I loved my house, my parents Carlisle and Esme bought me it as a gift. They were too generous and no matter how much I refused, they insisted. It was big and very modern, just the kind of house I would have loved, and my mother knew that having designed it. By now it was about midnight so I dragged myself upstairs, flopped into bed and drifted off into a deep sleep.

Bella

I spent the night at Alice's sharing her bed with her while Jessica slept on the couch. I was pretty sure Alice would have a hangover so I got up and searched the kitchen for some pills for her and bought them back with a cup of water and placed them by her bedside. It was a Tuesday so lucky for me I had work, trust Jasper to break up with Alice on a Monday. Friday would have been a lot more convenient. I tip toed out of her apartment giving Jessica a quick wave as she noticed me leaving and made my way home to change before work. I opened the door to my apartment and spotted Mike sitting at the kitchen top eating a bowl of cereal.

"Hey Bella, did you have fun?" He asked looking up from the morning paper. His morning routine was to eat cereal and read the paper. Spontaneity was not a word in Mike's dictionary.

"Not particularly," I replied, going over to give him a quick kiss on the cheek. I decided there was no need to mention me getting the sexy fireman's phone number.

"Alice just talked and talked and then ending up starting a fire so we had to call the fire-brigade."

"Oh dear is everyone ok?" He asked worriedly.

"Yeah fine, except for Alice's kitchen floor, which has melted slightly."

He chuckled lightly, "Oh dear" he seemed disinterested, "well I'm off to work. I'll see you later baby." He hugged me gently and walked to the door.

"And if you're not too tired maybe we could have some 'quality time' later." He winked at me.

I knew what 'quality time' meant. Sex. But I just wasn't in the mood… I knew what it would be like which didn't really give me much to look forward to.

"Maybe," I forced a smile as he blew me a kiss and walked out the door. I went into my room to change and spotted an unmade bed. Yet again. Why are men so frigging untidy? I sorted out the bed and got dressed for work in a tight pencil skirt, a waist belt and a white shirt and quickly straightened my hair before jetting out the door.

The rest of the week was uneventful but I was given some meaty articles to sink my teeth into at work which really pleased me. Alice continued to cry to me about how she missed Jasper. I felt so sorry for her that I kept trying to persuade her to make it up with him but she was insistent that there was no hope. So I adopted another strategy and told her that we would go out to help her get over him.

I couldn't stop thinking about that drop dead gorgeous fireman. Maybe I'd made a mistake throwing his number away.

What are you saying Bella? Damn! Why did thoughts like this keep creeping into my head? I mean yes Edward was attractive, but was he attractive enough to go out with when I'm married? Hell no. One thing I definitely wasn't was a cheat.

Edward

I woke up on Saturday morning at about eleven and decided to get up and make the most of my day off. I worked out in my gym for a couple of hours before going for a swim in the pool. I always tried to keep fit and I enjoyed exercise which was a good thing for my job. I then spent the afternoon on my piano. I loved music and could spend hours composing new songs and playing my favourite melodies so before I knew it; it was time to get ready. I changed into some tight black jeans and a dark blue shirt with the sleeves rolled up and did my hair in its usual 'just woke up' do. The doorbell rang and Emmett and I made our way to the club in his jeep. Why he has that Jeep in New York City I do not know. But he insisted it made him 'stand out from the crowd' so whatever.

"Hey I know the guy working on the door so we can just go straight in," said Emmett as we walked up to the club, "like I keep telling you. I have connections."

I rolled my eyed as Emmett eyed up some of the girls that were waiting to go in. Some of them weren't half bad looking but none of them held a candle to Bella from yesterday. It suddenly occurred to me that she hadn't called yet. Oh well, she will soon enough. They all do.

As we walked in, the beat of loud music filled my ears and my eyes adjusted to the flashing lights as I glanced around the club. It certainly was glamorous with smartly dressed bar tenders and lights projected on the walls making bright yellow lightning bolts. I walked over to the bar to get some drinks.

"What do you want Em?" I asked.

"I'll have a beer."

"A beer and a dry martini please," I said to the bar tender. She turned round and leaned over to get the drinks and I got a view up her short skirt.

A thong… nice.

"Thanks," I smiled politely and she handed me the drinks.

"Sure it's no problem," she replied in a sultry voice, eyeing me up "if you need anything don't hesitate to ask me."

Could she be more obvious?

"Thanks, I'll remember that," I replied grinning as I picked up the drinks and walked over to find Emmett who was already sitting at a table.

"So who do you think I should go chat up?" asked Emmett once we were seated. "Those girls look nice," he said pointing to three leggy girls with blonde hair and fake extensions.

"Oh how original," I replied, "no, I would say go talk to that girl over there." I pointed to a red head sitting at the bar by herself, "she's pretty and there's no one with her so now's your chance."

"Yeah good move dude," said Emmett as he strolled over and sat down on the stool next to her.

It looked like it was going well as he talked and she laughed. Girls always loved Emmett's sense of humour but they could never resist my charm.

My turn.

I scanned the room searching for a girl to talk to. I noticed a girl with black spiky hair and another with long brown hair who both looked pretty sexy. Along with a black girl with a mad afro and a chubby blonde. Hold on a sec. A took my gaze back to the girl with long brown hair and realised that I knew her from somewhere.

Bella.

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