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I was about to slid into the seat behind Jasper, "Shit," I moaned and pulled back and started back to the apartment.
"What are you doing?!" Alice yelled over her car.
"I forgot my camera. I wont be long I promise!" I ran into the apartment and pulled the camera over my shoulder. Piper was already asleep on the bed, so I didn't need to worry about her tonight. I ran back down the stairs and caught myself before I busted my ass on the last step.
"Saw that," Jasper drawled while I was sliding into the car.
"Shut your face," I said while smacking his shoulder.
"Are you two ready or not?!" Alice asked angrily before pulling onto the road.
"Where are we going to get food?" Jasper asked Alice while I pulled out my camera and took a picture of the two of them looking at each other lovingly.
"I swear to you Bella..." Alice's eyes flashed in the rear view mirror.
"You don't look ridiculous I promise. It's endearing." I said smiling at her and showing Jasper the picture. He smiled at it and turned to Alice, "It's beautiful. Bells you're going to be our wedding photographer." Alice huffed lightly as we pulled into the parking lot.
I laughed, "Oh, calm down. Here look," I said shoving the camera under her nose. Her eyes lit up before she yanked my camera away from my hands to get a better look.
"Oh," was all that she could manage to say.
"Told ya," Jasper teased kissing her on the cheek.
"Can I get out now? Your car was not built for more than two people." I started pushing the seat up while Jasper was still sitting there.
"Woman!" This made me push harder laughing as he was shoved out of the car.
"Thanks," I smiled before heading into the grill.
There were about five drinks sitting on the table. Jasper had a scowl on his lips while he watched as Alice helped herself to a beer.
"I don't know why men feel the need to supply you two with liquor every time we go out. Do they not see that there is a male already present fully prepared to buy drinks for the two most beautiful women in this place?!" Alice and I shared a look and busted out laughing.
I grabbed for the margarita and took a sip, "oh, calm yourself Jazz. You're the only man for us. We're just drinking what is supplied to us." I raised one eye brow as he called the waitress over ordering a round of vodka.
Alice started giggling uncontrollable. She was such a light weight. "We're never going to make it to the party with you already half way there." I grabbed her drink and put it by me. "You're cut off." She crossed her arms over her small body.
"I'm ready to leave." She said suddenly.
"Alright. Let's drink the shots then I will drive over to Emmett's." Jazz said before he slammed down his own shot, Alice and I following suit.
I could feel my own buzz already working its way through my body as we made our way over to Emmett's. Emmett was a very close friend of Jasper's. I had only met him recently but he seemed nice enough. The first time I met him, I didn't think that he was going to fit into my tiny apartment; he was so huge! I laughed at the internal memory.
"What's so funny?!" Alice asked twisting herself unhealthily in the passenger seat.
"I was just thinking about when I first met Emmett. He was so HUGE!!!" I used my hands to emphasis my point.
Jasper laughed before turning the car off. "We're here." I looked out the windshield and saw that Emmett's house door was wide open and there were people spilling out onto the patio. I reached for my camera while I pulled myself awkwardly out of the back seat. Alice grabbed my hand and we walked into the house.
The smell of smoke and alcohol assaulted my senses as I stepped farther into the house. I looked around seeing a few people that I knew from classes but the majority I had never seen even on campus. "Ugh," I yelled out loud as I was grabbed roughly around the middle and lurched forward a few feet. "What the fuck?!" I said turning around.
"Hey Bells!" Emmett beamed down at me with a wide smile.
"Hey Emmett. You're going to kill me one day," I laughed wrapping my arms around his neck.
"I wouldn't do that." He laughed again releasing me and handing me a cup containing a dark liquid.
"What the hell is this?" I asked trying to smell it. 'Gross.'
"It's my own concoction. You'll love it. Just drink it." I raised my eyebrow at him before taking a sip closing my eyes tight. Surprisingly it wasn't that bad. It was sweet but had a really strong kick as it flowed down to my tummy.
"Not bad Em," I patted him on the shoulder before he turned around to wrap his arms around a beautiful blonde smiling over at me. I sat my drink down and turned on my camera. I looked through the lens a little while before snapping a shot of Emmet looking down at Rosalie with his massive hand on her delicate cheek. "Peaceful giant," I laughed at myself for making such a ridiculous connection.
I headed farther into the house and snapped a few more pictures of people laughing and cheering each other. I got stopped a few times by random guys asking for my name and if I wanted to go home with them. No thanks. Emmett or Jasper would always show up at the perfect time to help me escape. I loved those boys. I headed toward the back of the house and to the deck.
I slipped around a group of really young looking girls and instantly felt the night air hit my face. I took a deep breath before turning around to look toward the railing. There standing silently with a cigarette hanging out of his lips and a beer in his hand, was a man with shocking copper colored hair and a beautifully sculpted face. I pulled my camera up and looked through the lens. I snapped the picture as the man parted his lips slightly. A small stream of smoke escaping from the tip of his lit cigarette and a peaceful look playing on his face.
He turned to me then, no doubt hearing the shutter close as his picture was taken. "Sorry," I mumbled turning my camera off and looking down at my shoes.
"It's alright; I just thought I was the only one out here. How long have you been there?" He asked turned fully to me. His features were even more stunning looking at them straight on. The most beautiful green eyes were looking into my brown ones.
"Not long. I just walked out here when I saw you and took your picture without asking." I walked over to the railing and leaned against it a few feet away from him and looked out toward the woods.
"Do you mind if I have a look?" He asked me suddenly.
"Um, sure?" I said handing my camera over to him. He easily turned it on and looked at the pictures starting with the ones I had taken of Piper a few days ago. I turned back to the view and let him look.
"That's a cute dog. No doubt it's yours; you have many pictures of it." He looked at me with a smile before taking the last drag of his cigarette.
"That's Piper." I said nodding to the picture of her looking up at the camera with wide bug eyes. I watched as he filtered through the other pictures stopping once he saw the ones I had taken of Alice and Jasper in the car. He went to the next picture and stopped a moment on the one of Emmet and Rosalie.
"Nice," he muttered more to himself so I waited until he flipped over to the picture of him. I didn't look down at the picture but watched his face change from a range of emotions before looking up at me and handing me the camera back. I took a second to look at the picture myself and couldn't believe the amount of emotion that I had caught in the second.
"What were you thinking about?" I asked before I could stop myself. I looked up to see him looking at me thoughtfully as I could feel the blush creeping up to my cheeks. "Sorry," I muttered again turning away from him.
"What's your name? I haven't seen you around before." He also looked away and over the railing diverting my question.
"Isabella," I said giving him a side glance. His features were taking me by surprise. "But I like just Bella. What about you?"
"Edward. But I like just Edward." I couldn't hide my giggle at his sarcasm. "You're obviously friends with Emmet, Jasper, and Alice. Do you go to school here?"
"How do you know them?" I asked him forgetting his other questions.
"Well," He glanced over at me before answering again. "I met Jasper a while ago when he was doing a gig at the paddywagon. We've been friends since. I met Emmett through him as well."
"That's strange," I trailed off.
"What is?" He asked raising an eyebrow at me walking toward a set of chairs that were sitting in the corner.
"Oh." I laughed. "I have been friends with Jasper for years now. He just has never mentioned you before. Then again I haven't really gotten to see him much lately." I stopped myself before I rambled on by taking a drink from my mystery cup and following him toward the other chair. Everything happened quickly. I tripped over my own feet, which wasn't new for me, and was heading face first to the wooden deck below me when a pair of strong arms caught me around the middle and pulled me up to a strong body. I looked up into the forest green eyes that had caught me. "T-Thanks..." I was blushing deeply and had to look away at the ground. I pulled myself out of his arms and straightened out my skirt.
He had an endearing smile on his lips, "No problem." We were silent for a long time while my blush subsided.
"So do you go to school here?" He finally asked after a few more moments.
"Yeah. I am an art major with a focus in..."
"Photography?" He asked looking at me full in the face.
I laughed, "How'd you guess?" There was a long moment of peaceful silence, "Do you go to school here?" I asked him throwing his own question back at him.
"Yes. I am a pre-med." He said proudly. I smiled at him fiddling with my camera.
"BELLA!!!" I turned around at the sound of my name. More like the screech. "There you are!! What're you... oh" Alice stopped midway through her sentence looking between me and Edward with a sly smile. "Hey Edward." She smiled at him. She knew him too? Why did I feel like my friends were keeping him from me? "I'm going to steal her from you. Sorry." She looked over at me, "We're going to leave. Jasper wants to get back to your apartment for who knows." She rolled her eyes at me while grabbing my hand and pulling me towards the door.
"It was nice to meet you," I said looking over my shoulder at Edward.
"You too," he said lightly with a small wave before he turned around to look over the deck railing again. I turned suddenly to face Alice.
"You have a lot of explaining to do my little friend," I said looking into her pixie features before drinking down the rest of my mystery drink and following Jasper out to the car.
"How come you never told me you met a piece of artwork?" I asked Alice and Jasper once we were in the car.
"Bells I have only met him twice and they were at the bar where Jasper was playing." Alice said leaning her head on the window. Jasper was looking around questioningly.
"Who are you talking about?" He asked turning around in the seat.
"Edward."
"Oh, he's cool. We met a while ago and have been hanging out a lot lately. He keeps to himself though. Why are we talking about him?"
Alice turned to him suddenly and smiled slyly. "Bella ran into him at the party." She winked. Jasper just raised his eyebrows slightly before glancing at me and heading back to the apartment. I flipped on my camera and looked through the few pictures I took tonight.
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