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"Revenge is a confession of pain"

Latin Proverb

I pulled my bike into the parking lot of the diner and parked it. Pulling my helmet off my head, I ran my hands through my hair. I was in dire need of a haircut but had yet to find anyone in this god forsaken shit hole that I would let near my head with a sharp pair of scissors. Besides, I had shit to do here. I didn't come to Forks, Washington to make friends or settle down. I had come here to wreak havoc and stir shit up. And that is exactly what I intended to do.

I found out about this little place a few months ago when I was rummaging through my father's shit trying to find some cash to hold me over. He had some fucking folder marked "Forks" and of course my nosy ass just had to open it up. What I found inside shocked the hell out of me. I found my birth certificate in the folder. What shocked me was the name that was listed on the mother's line. Esme Platt. I began to wonder who the fuck Esme Platt was. I was twenty four fucking years old and had never heard the name before in my life. My father had told me that my mother died giving birth to me and that her name had been Maria. But the more I looked through that file, the more pissed off I became. It seemed as if Esme Platt, my real mother, had not died. She had just left me.

So, that's how I found myself in this little town. I was here and ready to cause some trouble. I had been here about two weeks and had befriended a local guy named James. He had unknowingly fed me a lot of the information that I needed in order to enter into phase one of my plan.

My mother, Esme, was now a Cullen. She was the wife of the town's most respected doctor, Carlisle Cullen. They had been married for a while and had no children of their own. That part kind of pissed me off. How was I supposed to get revenge on my mother if I had no one close to her to hurt? I didn't want to come flat out and do something to her. No, I wanted to go behind the scenes, hurt the ones she loved.

And I found out exactly how to do that.

Esme was raised by the Swan family when she was younger. James had easily told me all about Esme's adopted sister, Renee Swan. I got all the deets on this Renee character and her family. What piqued my interest was Renee's daughter...sweet, virginal, Isabella Swan. Practically a daughter to Esme and her husband since Isabella's parents had died in a crash when she was 15.

When James told me that, my brain had gone into overdrive and I conjured up a plan to seduce Ms. Swan, make her fall madly in love with me, get in good with aunt Esme and Uncle Carlisle then expose my mother for the fake she is. Sexing up the virgin was going to be the fucking bonus for me. I had yet to fuck a virgin.

I walked into the diner and sat at one of the booths lining the wall. The place looked like it had been around as long as this shitty town. I found out from James that this is where Isabella works. I had yet to actually see her in person. This was our "accidental" meeting. Only she had no idea this was far from accidental. This shit had been planned out in my head for over a week now.

I opened the menu looking it over, deciding what to order. When I settled on what I would have, I placed the menu back on the table and looked around. It wasn't too busy for a weekday afternoon. After a couple of minutes, a waitress walked over and stopped at my booth. I looked up at her and noticed her name tag read, Bella. James had often called Isabella, Bella, during his stories, so I assumed this was her and she went by Bella.

She cleared her throat, I looked up at her face and she blushed. Perfect, she looked like a shy one. A few nice words, some winks and crooked smiles and I'd have her eating out of the palm if my hand in no time. This shit was going to be too fucking easy.

"Hello, Bella," I said, smiling at her, "I am new in town and heard that this was the best place to eat." She nodded her head and smiled at me.

"Well, welcome to Forks!" She said with a smile, her blush deepening just a little. "You heard correctly, we have the best food in town. What can I get for you today?" She began to nibble at her bottom lip and I'll be damned if it wasn't sexy. She probably had no idea how fucking sexy it was though. I bet she had never even been touched by a guy. Probably hasn't even been kissed properly.

"I think I'll have a Bacon double cheeseburger, an order of fries and a strawberry milkshake," I told her as she wrote my order down. She looked down at me again when she was done and smiled widely.

"Okay, I will have that out to you to in a few," she said, as she turned to go behind the bar of the diner. I knew from what James had told me about Bella that she was pretty much as wholesome as you could get. But I had no idea how fucking hot she was going to be. She had the deepest, most captivating brown eyes I'd ever seen. Her chestnut colored hair was long and wavy. She was sexy as hell, and I could tell in just the few minutes that I had observed her, she had no idea. She didn't sway her hips when she walked. She didn't lick her lips suggestively. She was just all innocent and sweet, I couldn't wait to corrupt her.

About ten minutes later, Bella came over with my food. She sat it down on the table and placed the bill under the salt shaker.

"Let me know if you need anything else..." she said, as if she were waiting for something. Oh, okay, I get it. She wanted to know my name.

"E.J., the name is E.J." I told her, smiling at her boldness. There was no fucking way in hell I would be giving her my full name. That was just asking for trouble.

"Well, E.J., welcome to Forks and enjoy your meal." With that, she walked back behind the bar as I began to eat. It didn't take me long to finish the greasy food. I left Bella a hefty tip on the table along with enough to pay the bill and headed back out to my bike.

I walked into the diner feeling good. My plan starting to fit into place perfectly. I had Bella's schedule down to a T and over the last few weeks, I had gone into the diner to eat. Bella started to get a little more open and comfortable around me. It was making my seduction job much easier. I put on the Masen charm and she was like putty in my hands, flirting and laughing with me.

I sat down in what had become my regular booth and made myself comfortable. I spotted her at another table in the back of the diner. Her hair was pulled into a high ponytail and she wore the usual Forks Diner uniform of black shorts and a red t-shirt with the restaurant logo on the front. The shorts showcased her creamy, long legs and the shirt was tied on the side in a knot that exposed an inch of her flat stomach.

When I first started coming in, Bella's uniform was a little different. Her shorts were longer and the shirt was tucked in to them. The more I came in, the more she seemed to "let loose". And honestly, she was becoming very sexy in her own way. Bella had become a fantasy that I'd partake in nightly in the shower. Bella walked over to my table, smiling widely at me. I smiled back at her as she stood in front of me.

"Let me guess, E.J. Your usual?" she asked me, not even bothering to wait for an answer before she began writing my order down.

"You know me too well, Bella," I told her, winking. She giggled a bit and walked back and placed my order with the cook. After a few minutes, she brought my food out and placed it on the table, but she didn't walk away immediately like usual. Well, it seems as if little Bella was finally going to make a move. Like I said, too damn easy.

"E.J., I was thinking," she said, quietly. I looked up at her and smiled the fucking blush was back. I knew it was only a matter of time. My inner self smiled, this was going to be so fucking easy.

"Yes, Bella?" I asked her, trying not to show my excitement that she was falling for my plan perfectly. She had pulled her bottom lip into her mouth and was nibbling on it nervously.

"I was wondering. There is a small street fair and carnival uptown this weekend and I wanted to know if you would like to come with me?" she asked me, twisting a bit of her hair around her tiny finger.

"I would like that very much Bella. I haven't had a chance to do much yet and that sounds like fun," I replied, smirking like the asshole that I am on the inside. I can get the next part of my plan in motion and maybe even get some play out of it. She looks all fucking sweet and innocent but I bet once she gets wound up she can be feisty as hell. And I definitely like feisty.

"Okay," she said rushing off. It seems as if I would have to be the one to finalize the plans since she was so nervous.

I finished off my food and pulled a small slip of paper from my jacket pocket. I wrote down my cell phone number and placed it with Bella's tip on the table. Standing up, I pulled my jacket on and spotted Bella clearing off a table by the door. I walked over to her and leaned down by her, letting her feel my breath on her ear as I spoke.

"I left you a little something extra tonight. Can't wait for this weekend." I stood back up and walked out of the diner, smirking the whole way.

I wasn't surprised that Bella hadn't called immediately. I knew that she would have to squeal about it to her girlfriends and get their opinion on what to do. They'd tell her to wait a couple of days to make the call. So I found myself, on Thursday afternoon, waiting on Bella's phone call. I knew that she wouldn't wait until tomorrow because that would be really short notice. The phone rang and I laughed. I cleared my throat and answered by the third ring.

"Hello?" I heard a sigh on the other line and had to keep myself from laughing.

"Hello, E.J.. This is Bella." She told me, as if I hadn't already caught the sound of her voice.

"Yes, Bella. How are you this afternoon?" I had to make nice. No matter what I was actually planning on doing to her, I needed her to believe the lie. If this shit was going to actually work, I needed her to trust me.

"I'm doing okay, E.J. Just wanted to make sure we were still on for this weekend. I understand if you had something better to do," she said quickly, expecting me to ditch her. Now what kind of boyfriend material would I be if I were to ditch her when something better came along?

"Of course we are still on for this weekend. Where else would I rather be than spending time with you, Bella?"

"Okay, so I guess you can pick me up Saturday around eleven at the diner. Is that okay?" she asked. I could almost see her biting her bottom lip nervously or twirling her hair on her finger as she waited for me to answer.

"That sounds great. See you then, Beautiful." I said, hanging up quickly before she had a chance to say anything else. She probably jumped around and squealed in her bedroom before immediately dialing one of her BFF's to share what had just happened. This shit was just too easy. I was going to have her eating out of the palm of my hand before the end of the weekend.

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