Chapter 2
As I threw my hoards of clothes all over my bedroom floor discovered that I owned way too much of the same thing. I let out a loud moan. Why was a so fashion senseless? I finally decided on a blue sweater and dark jeans. Daggy as it was, the blue made my skin look nice. I looked myself over in the mirror and let out a sigh.
'I'm so boring,' I whispered running my fingers through my long tangled hair. I let out another sigh and grabbed my old hand bag and swung it over my shoulder. I took one last look in the mirror and pulled a face. I was never going to be super-model material. I trotted down the long hall of my apartment. I skipped through the door and waved to my doorman. I recall his name was Derek. I walked down to the agreed meeting spot and hummed a tune. I didn't understand my mood, I was so happy. I stopped when I saw Emmet waving happily in my direction. I waved back. As i made my way through the crowd I saw Jasper and Edward with him. I waved to them as-well. Jasper smiled his kind southern smile while Edward nodded.
'Hello,' Jasper greeted.
'Hi guys, ready for that drink I promised?' I asked kindly.
'Hell Yes!' Emmet encouraged. We began walking toward the closest bar and walked in. We took a table and sat down. I ordered four beers and we clinked our glasses together.
'So, I understand Emmet and Edward knowing each other but I'm curious as to how you fit in the picture Jasper?' I asked trying to make conversation.
'Ah Emmet and I went to school together,' he said simply. I had hoped for more of a story to avoid awkward silences but Emmet seemed to keep that together.
'He also happens to have the biggest crush on our little sister, it keeps him around,' Emmet joked while smacking Jasper on the shoulder. Edward laughed while Jasper turned red. I laughed as well.
'What's her name?' I asked.
'Alice,' Jasper answered immediately. His eyes became dreamy and I could see he was thinking about this girl. I smiled. He suddenly smiled evilly.
'But then there is Rosalie, who Emmet practically falls over to impress,' Jasper started. Emmet now looked red while Edward and Jasper laughed joyfully.
'Who is Rosalie?' I asked smiling. It was amusing watching the interaction.
'She's my twin sister,' Jasper said taking a gulp of his beer. 'And i'd kill him if he went there,' he finished.
'As we would kill you if you 'went there' with Alice,' Emmet finished. Both Jasper and Emmet began sparring while Edward leaned over. His beautiful body shifted the table and I could smell his sweet scent. He smiled that dazzling smile and whispered.
'That's not true, secretly we all want each other to work out,' He said sarcastically. I nodded and smiled. I was enjoying hanging out with these guys and they accepted me very well. We sat and talked for hours. I learnt that Edward and Emmet's parents lived in New York, their father a world renowned doctor and their mother a highly respected interior designer. Jasper's parents were both lawyers who owned their own law firm. Emmet just finished his course in becoming a paramedic while Edward was studying medicine and Jasper was a studying psychology. It was extremely interesting to hear about their lives and they seemed genuinely interested in mine. I was disappointed when the night came to an end as I was loving my new friends. We traded numbers and went in opposite directions.
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Buzz
I rolled over and pulled my pillow over my head.
Buzz
I groaned and squinted my eyes open and quickly clamped them shut once again.
Buzz, Thud.
My phone had fallen on the floor and I let out a loud groan and reached around my floor, still covered in my thick blanket, and located my phone.
'Hello?' I answered my throat all crackly.
'BELLA!' I heard someone shout down the phone. I sat up and cleared my throat of its morning goodness. I took my phone away from my ear and looked to the caller ID. It was Emmet.
'Emmet?' I asked feeling slightly annoyed.
'I think you should join us for coffee,' he said excitedly. I groaned.
'Okay. Normal spot?' I asked crawling out of my warm bed and moving slowly to my bathroom.
'Yep, see you in 20,' he said with too much enthusiasm. I slammed my phone shut and turned the shower on. I quickly went through the morning motions and ran down and out my door. I waved to Derek and speedily made my way to the coffee shop. Edward and Jasper were waiting at a table with four spare seats. I walked over to them. Jasper stood up and gave me a greeting peck on the cheek, Edward followed.
'Who are we waiting on?' I asked indicating to the spare seats.
'Alice and Rose wanted to meet you?' Edward said with a smirk. I gasped.
'Warning would have been nice, I look terrible,' I said a little angrily. Edward's smiled grew while Jasper laughed.
'Emmet was supposed to call you,' Edward managed to get out.
'He did, twenty minutes ago!' I said as I took my seat. Jasper looked at me and pretended to look me up and down.
'You look fine, Alice would be critical regardless. You get used to it,' Jasper stated kindly. I suddenly became nervous.
'I wonder if they serve Irish coffee,' I said rhetorically but was over heard by Mike.
'Anything for you sweet cheeks,' he said in his slimy voice.
'Hey! Remember ME!' Jasper shouted over to the counter. He put his arm around me and I smiled in Mike's direction. He looked away and slammed something hard on the counter. Edward burst out laughing while Jasper smugly removed his arm.
'Ah this is fun,' he said with a grin. I rolled my eyes.
'Maybe for you!' I said annoyed.
'What were you after Bella?' Edward asked indicating to the ordering of coffee's.
'Latte please,' I asked kindly. He smiled and looked to Jasper.
'Flat white,' Jasper stated. Edward made his way over to the counter and ordered.
'So what are Alice and Rosalie like?' I asked nervously trying to fix my hair in the shiny spoon. Jasper snatched the spoon away.
'First of all, you look fine, second of all they are both very nice people. You'll like them,' he said encouragingly, I looked at him doubtfully. I straightened my white shirt and hoped that no-one would notice it wasn't ironed.
'Where is Emmet?' I asked still nervously fixing myself.
'Ah he got paged last minute, he won't be joining us,' Edward said rejoining us. I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. Emmet was the person i was closest with. Edward put his hand on my thigh. A pleasant tingly feeling fan down my leg and I looked to him.
'Relax Bella, you'll be fine,' He said still smirking. Just at that moment two spectacular women danced into the room. One of them was extremely short with spikey black hair. She wore big celebrity glasses and a well fitted dress with gladiator sandals. She was petite and reminded me very much of the fictitious pixie. Next to her was the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. She had long blonde hair and a killer body that curved in the right places. She was tall and had the most elegant glow about her. I could already tell she was Jaspers twin as they both possessed a 1940's Hollywood glamour about them. My jaw dropped as the two goddesses made their way to our table. I stood to greet them. The pixie like one bounced over and hugged me tight.
'Hello Bella!' she said, her voice the most beautiful sound.
'Hi,' I said awkwardly as she squeezed me tighter.
'Umm Alice,' I guessed, 'I can't breathe,' I said gasping for air. I felt Jasper pulling her off.
'Al, chill,' he said holding onto her longer than necessary. She sat down, yet still managed to bounce excitedly. I held my hand out for Rosalie to shake but she ignored it and sat down on the chair furthest from me. I was taken aback but decided not to take it personally. I sat down in between Jasper and Edward. As we sat Mike brought our coffee over. He served everyone else (Edward having ordered for Alice and Rosalie) but me. He saved me for last and leaned over making his body rub against mine. I shivered. He ran his body slowly back and his lips came to my ear. He tried to subtly stick his tongue in my ear and I let out a yelp. Within seconds he had been thrown across the room. Edward was standing, fury written all over his face. Jasper stood and placed himself between the two. He faced Mike who was lying on the floor.
'You need to get the message and back off,' he said angrily pointing his finger. Alice stood and came over by me.
'Are you okay?' she whispered patting my shoulder. I nodded and looked back at Edward who was still standing protectively by my side. He started forward and shoved past Jasper. He picked Mike up and slammed him against a wall.
'You ever touch her again and I'll make sure that you never see the light of day again!' he fumed. Jasper stepped forward and attempted to pull him off.
'Dude, relax, he isn't going to touch Bella again,' he tried but Edward continued to hold Mike against the wall. Rosalie stood up and glided over and whispered in Edward's ear. Edward dropped Mike and Rosalie gave him a kick in the groin. Alice and Jasper laughed. I still sat with my mouth hanging open. Edward stormed out followed closely by Rosalie and Jasper. Alice kept her hand on my shoulder.
'Welcome to the family,' she said sweetly.
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