Chapter 2

A/N: I don't own twilight Stephanie Meyer does.

EPOV:

God I hate parties. I prefer more intimate get-togethers. Just a few friends and some really good food is all I need. I can't believe I let my sister Rosalie bully me into this. Usually I wouldn't mind so much but things with Tanya have been strained and I'm really not in the party mood. I watch as Rosalie takes Tanya aside and starts to chat her up. That's strange usually she stays as far away as possible from her.

"Hey Emmett. Rose told me you could use this." Angela my sister's best friend says. Wow she looks amazing tonight. "I do. You're a lifesaver Angie." I say back trying to figure out how I didn't notice this before. "By the way you look great tonight. The guys here will be knocking me away to get to you." I say not thinking before I speak. She gives me a shocked look before she playfully rolls her beautiful brown eyes. "Yeah right." She says not believing just how beautiful she really is. "Believe me Angie I know how guys think." I say again without thinking. I can't help but get a little jealous as I scan the room and notice a few guys eying her.

What the hell is going on with me? I've known her since she was 10 and I was 12, like that matters because even then she was beautiful to me. I can't think of her this way. She's my sister's best friend not just that she's a good friend of mine too. She probably doesn't even think of me that way. I have a girlfriend. I need to focus and stop thinking dirty things about her. She's too sweet and pure.

Before I know what I'm doing I say "Hey you wanna go out on the porch and get some fresh air. I can hardly breathe with so much cigarette smoke." I grab her hand before she can answer and drag her to the front porch. We both sit on the steps and take a drink from our beers. We make small talk and it feels so natural talking to her. Everything with Tanya is always so dramatic. It's nice for once to sit and talk to someone that actually listens to what you say. "How are you and Tanya doing?" She asks in her sweet voice. "Good. We're good. Like any relationship we have our ups and down's but I couldn't be happier." I lie not wanting to let on how bad things are getting.

"So what about you, breaking any hearts lately?" I ask with a mischievous smirk thinking about what I would do with her if she were mine. "No, not really. Ben and I are still friends but nothing serious." She says wistfully. Ben, what a jerk. I still can't believe he knocked up Jessica Stanley while still with Angela. I wanted to beat the crap out of him when Rose told me. The only reason I didn't was Rosalie beat me too it. No one messes with my sister or Angela. She's fiercely protective like a mama bear.

"So congrats on the job." She says with a beautiful smile. My heart nearly pounds out of my chest at the sight. "Thanks. I should say congrats to you too. Rose told me about your promotion." I say really proud of her. I know how much she wanted to be head photographer. Suddenly I just pull her into a bear hug. I don't know what came over me. I just wanted to feel her close to me. God she smells so good. Like orchids and mangos. I pull away slowly and I can't help but notice how close our faces are.

I'm lost in her coffee colored eyes. I look at her pouty lips and can't help but wonder how it would feel to kiss her. I lean in slightly and barely graze her lips with mine. Fuck!! What am I doing? I pull away fast and jump up. I look at her and can see the confused expression on her face. Shit I'm a fool. She's a friend and I'm just going through a rough patch with Tanya. I can't believe I would do that to her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to do that to you. I don't know what got into me." I say knowing full well why I did it. I want her but I can't do that to her. I don't want to mess up our friendship. "It's fine really." She says with a small smile. It's so like her to be so forgiving. "It's not ok. I shouldn't have put you in that situation. We're still friends right?" I ask hoping I haven't fucked anything up. "Yeah of course." She says flatly. I know she's upset. I'm such an ass for doing that to her.

I wanna say more but I can't. Why can't I just say it? I love you Angela but no I'm too much of a coward. I can't do that to her or Rose. Rosalie would never forgive me for making things awkward between us all. Then I hear Tanya's baby voice and I internally cringe. What did I ever see in her? "There you are sweetie. I've been looking all over the place for you. Could we please get out of here? I promised Aro I'd stop by at the opening of his new club on Chippewa." Tanya says sounding like a bad imitation of Marilyn Monroe with my sister close behind her. Rose has a scowl on her face. Great I'm in for it now. "Sure love. Go to the car and I'll be right there." I say dreading spending the night watching her drink and dance like a skank at one of Aro Volturi's clubs. I know he's her godfather but the guy is majorly creepy and so are his business partners Marcus and Caisus.

They use to be some wanna be gangsters back in the day but the threat of a life sentence in prison straitened them up. Now they own several popular night spots in downtown buffalo that are very lucrative. "Sorry sis, I don't mean to cut out so early but you know how Tanya can get sometimes." I say when Tanya is far enough away. She rolls her eyes and gives me a dirty look. I hate doing this to my baby sister but I really don't want any drama with Tanya. "Fine but don't forget about brunch tomorrow." She says in her bossy way. "How could I forget our tradition? I wouldn't miss spending time with my two favorite girls." I say happily. The three of us have been going out to the same diner for brunch every Saturday since senior year of high school.

I pull both of them into a tight hug. Angela's intoxicating scent fills my nose and I pull away quickly. She's making me crazy. I give my baby sister a peck on the cheek then turn to Angela. I stare at her sumptuous mouth and I want nothing more than to kiss her senseless right now. Instead I chicken out and kiss her softly on the cheek. I linger longer than I'm supposing to but I don't want to stop the feeling of her soft skin against my lips. I pull way and rush down the street towards the car leaving my heart behind with her.

I get in my jeep with Tanya already in the passenger side texting her sluty sisters telling them to meet us at club SOHO. "This is going to be so much fun Em!!" She squeals. "Yeah definitely." I say flatly not really caring anymore. All I wanna do is turn back around and take Angela in my arms and kiss her the way I've been thinking about all night. "You know Em you could at least try to sound excited. I'm so tired of this attitude from you. You never want to go out anymore. All you wanna do lately is hang around you sister and her mousy librarian friend." She says snidely. "Don't talk about Angela like that. She's fine just the way she is." I say defensively.

Tanya turns and glares at me. "Oh my god you like her. No you more than like her. You love her. I should have known when you got all pissed that her little boyfriend cheated on her." She practically screams at me. "I don't know what you're talking about. She's just a friend, my sister's best friend." I say trying to convince myself as well as her. "Right I'm supposed to believe that. Just drop me at the club. I'm going to stay at my sister's tonight. Don't expect me home." She huffs. "Fine go and party all night with your sluty sisters. It's not like I don't know what you do when you're with them." I fume at her. "Please tell me you're not going to bring that up. It was one kiss with Felix and it meant nothing." She says getting more pissed.

I pull up to the curb and drop her off without another word. At this point I really don't care if she ever comes home. Why do I stay with her? We have nothing in common. The sex is amazing but that's just it. All it is is just sex. There's no real connection with her. I know I could never spend the rest of my life with her and I definitely wouldn't want her to be the mother of my children. I don't see any real reason to stay with her. I guess I'm just afraid of ending up alone.

I make it to my apartment. I go to my exercise room to release some of my pent up hostility. Tanya just makes me so angry all the time now. The only thing to calm me down is thoughts of Angela's sweet face. I take a cold shower trying to get rid of these naughty thoughts about her. I crawl into bed wearing nothing at all and drift off to sleep with dreams fill of a naked Angela in bed with me.

A/N: I hope you like this chapter. Next up some more tension.