Disclaimer: Twilight and all the associated characters belong to Stephanie Meyer. The story line and all their naughty little actions come to you courtesy of me.

Investing in Love – Chapter 1

Beep...Beep...Beep. I groan when I hear my alarm. It can't possibly be time to get up. I lift my head off my pillow to check my alarm clock…7:00am... yep, that's what time I set it for. Ugh, I was so hoping it malfunctioned. I feel like I just got to bed, although this is normal for me; I haven't had a peaceful sleep in the last two years.

"Bella, you up?" Alice is asking through my bedroom door.

"Yeah, yeah…I'm up," I groan and stretch as I get out of bed.

"Put a move on it, Bella! I want to get there early today. Jasper is bringing one of his business partners by to see the venue. If Jasper can convince him, they will save Twilight. Isn't that sweet?"

"Yes Alice, Jasper is the greatest." I roll my eyes. He must really want to get into her pants.

"I know, right? I'm giving you one hour," she says as she walks away from the door.

I can't help but smile. I met Alice Brandon freshman year at Juilliard and we hit it off right away. We are both contemporary dancers for the Twilight dance company here in New York. Twilight is a non-for-profit organization and we are currently preparing for a charity event. The current investors, Mr. and Mrs. Cope, want to turn the dance company over to another investor, because they are getting older and are looking to retire. We have been hoping that someone would come forward and want to keep the organization going.

I walk out of my room still clad in nothing but a tank top and boy shorts as I head towards the bathroom. "Well, good morning Bella!" Oh shit, Jacob and Rosalie are sitting at the kitchen bar having breakfast.

"Hey Jake, um...sorry, I was just heading to the bathroom to get ready." I awkwardly wave and then scurry off.

I hear Jacob chuckle and yell down the hall, "You don't have to be sorry; you just made my day!"

"Shut it, Jacob. You are such a dog," Rosalie scolds him.

I giggle as I turn the water on and get into the shower. Rosalie Hale is my other roommate, best friend, and Jacob's step-sister. Jacob Black just lives across the hall and we are all living above his and Rosalie's bar, The Breaking Dawn Lounge. The locals refer to it as the BDL. It's a high end bar; usually only the elite people of New York are seen here. They come for the atmosphere and entertainment. Jacob started the BDL a year after he graduated from NYU with his business degree when Rosalie and I were just in high school. It was always their dream for Rosalie to go to school at NYU and become business partners with her brother. We are all from a small town in Washington, so it was big news when Jacob became successful here in New York. Jacob knew it was always my dream to be able to go to Juilliard and dance, so when he offered me free room and board in exchange for working and performing at the BDL, I couldn't pass it up.

I finished getting ready and looked at the clock...7:50. Alice will be so proud. "Alice, I have ten minutes to spare, aren't you proud of me?" I walk into the living room and Alice, Rosalie and Jacob are all hovering around the computer. "What are you guys looking at?"

Rosalie has the laptop on her lap so I hover over her shoulder and check it out. Hello handsome! There are two guys on the screen; both are wearing business suits and they appear to be on the red carpet at some event. The handsome guy is tall and lean with a head of hair you just want to run your fingers through. The other guy is also good looking, but is built more like a football player. He looks buff, like really stacked. Maybe someone should tell him to lay off the anabolic steroids?

Alice is the first to look up from the screen and answer me. "Oh, I was just telling Jacob and Rose that Jasper is trying to talk his business partners into investing in Twilight. They asked who his partners are, so we looked them up online."

I point to the screen, "So, I take it that's them?"

"Yeah, that's Edward Cullen," she points to Mr. Handsome. "And that is Emmett McCarty," She points to Mr. Steroid.

"The tall guy is hot!" I purely state a fact that anyone with two working eyes could see.

The girls nod their heads in agreement, but Jacob gives me a glare of disappointment that quickly diminishes my good mood.

"Yeah, well, he's a corporate asshole, too. You know the type, Bella." Jacob warns me. Someone forgot his happy pill this morning

"Yeah, I do know the type, unfortunately." I plop myself in the chair across from them. "So how do you know him?" I question Jacob, trying to ignore his bad attitude.

"He comes into the lounge. You probably haven't seen him because he comes in on your night off. He leaves with a different woman every night." Jacob again gives me a pointed glare, in warning.

I know what he's trying to tell me. We both despise the big corporate types, but they are the ones who bring the most business into the lounge, so we deal with them. I can usually tolerate them as long as they're not trying to hit on me, and I know better than to fall into that trap again.

"Enough of that." Alice slams the laptop closed. "It's time!" She says excitedly as she gets up from her seat and then attempts to help me out of my chair.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming." I rise from the chair and lift my hands over my head stretching and yawning one last time. "You know if we could figure out a way to bottle your energy we would be rich."

"I can't help it. I have a good feeling; like a change is coming and we are about to have a lot of excitement in our lives." Alice holds the door open for me smiling about her prediction.

"Well, we better start bottling that energy up because I'm going to need some," I quip as we walk out the door and head to Twilight.

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