Edward POV
I was woken up by my brother and agent Emmett storming in my bedroom at five thirty in the morning.
"Sunshine!" he crowed.
"Go away." I groaned covering my head with my blankets.
Suddenly I felt the weight of my 6'4, body builder brother on top of me.
"Emmett." I shouted short of breath. "Get the hell off of me!"
"What are you guys doing?" I heard someone laughing. We both stopped struggling and turned to see my assistant Ben staring at us laughing.
Emmett hopped off me grinning. "Sunshine wouldn't get up."
I untangled myself from my blankets and stood up. I glared fiercely at my older brother. "You are a child!"
Emmett grinned at me. "I know!"
I groaned and rubbed my face. "So why am I being bugged at this time?" I glared at Ben and Emmett.
"Well, Leah called and she said she found your co star for Whispering Softly." Ben informed me.
My head snapped up. I was going to be in this dramatic romance about a women named Wynnie falling in love with a ghost named Peter after a near death experience causing her to see the death of people, and when people are gonna die.
It was a big deal of a movie. Apparently the book was a huge hit.
Anyway, the director, Leah, couldn't seem to find the right Wynnie.
"She has to be sexy, but modest. Smart, but not so smart where she annoys the shit out of me. But most of all, she has to be fierce. Fierce and vicious enough to deal with me and the rest of these stuck up show biz actors." I remembered Leah telling me after I asked her what she was looking for.
Emmett laughed. "And you'll never guess who it is. Do you remember your high school crush Edward?" Emmett teased and turned the TV on.
My eyes widened as I watched Deborah Shields do an exclusive on Isabella Swan.
"…in a recent interview with Isabella Swan, she was an absolute free spirit. She was an open book about everything…except for the topic of her love life. When asking about Isabella's aversion to love, she all but pounced at me and made her escape-"
It cut to show the footage of the interview.
"You do have a rather interesting history with love. You don't have any songs about love, nor have you done any romance movies. What's up with that?" Deborah asked, smiling cruelly.
"I-" Bella tried but she looked so lost. I had to admit. She looked adorable.
"I mean come on Bella. You're beautiful. You're the object of every teenage boy and grown man's fantasy. Yet you can't seem to find yourself a boyfriend. So what is it about you, Isabella Swan, that turns the men off?" Deborah smirked at Bella.
Bella glared so fiercely-so viciously at Deborah that for a second it looked like she was gonna hit her.
Then a blonde walked in and I couldn't hear what she was saying to Deborah but the blonde looked dangerous and Deborah looked scared. The blonde and Bella left quickly after that.
"Man!" Emmett howled. "Did you see that blonde? And Bella looked like she was about to throw a shit fit."
"I like her." Emmett, Ben, and I all jumped and turned to see Leah leaning in the doorway staring at the TV screen. She looked at us and smirked. "You should really lock your door."
I shook my head. "So you already met with Bella and she's cool with doing a romance?" I asked.
Isabella Swan was known for avoiding the romantic movies…and being voted Sexiest Women Alive for the past three years. Just saying…
Leah nodded. "Yep. Met with her last night. It was a very all of a sudden decision. Maybe an hour after that interview."
Ben was immediately scribbling in a small book at top speed. "So is there gonna be a meeting to go over the script?"
Leah smiled. "And a cast meet and greet."
I felt Emmett slap me on the back, nearly sending me into a wall. "Congrats Eddy! You're gonna reunite with your childhood love!"
Bella POV
I was staring at the TV, frozen, looking through my fingers. Rose was screaming through her phone in the background.
"Did you think that was just an empty fucking threat? Did you think that I was a joke? Oh just you fucking wait! When Alice and I get down there your ass is grass!" Rose paused to listen. Her face turned red and I could've sworn she was gonna pop a gasket. "Are you fucking kidding me? How dare you underestimate me! Just you fucking wait! I'm half way out the door!"
"ROSE!" I shouted grabbing her as she threw her phone. "Rose it's okay! Relax!"
Rose's eyes were reeling and her face was still bright red but she was calming down.
"Bella! Not only did she completely disregard every word I said, but she made you look bad! I'm not going to stand for this!" Rose exclaimed. She was still angry but not as pissed as before.
Before I could say anything, Alice stormed through the door looking worse than Rose.
If you've never seen a pissed off Alice, consider yourself lucky. Her face was so red it looked almost purple, her bright white teeth were bared, her little fists were clenched in little balls, and she had a glare so fierce that any normal person would burst into flames. Even Rose, the toughest person I knew, cringed at the look.
"Who does that bitch think she is? I will tear her apart! I will fucking end her joke of a career! Why aren't you two at the studio yet? You know what? I don't care! Bella, Rose get in the car we're giving her a visit!"Alice screamed.
Automatically, Rose and I began to try to calm her down. She didn't seem to buy it though.
"Alice! Alice! It's alright!" I assured her.
"I don't give a shit!" she seethed.
"Alice, calm down!" Rose commanded.
Alice's breathing wasn't getting any lighter, so Rose tried again.
"Bella said she's ready to start dating."
That worked.
Alice froze and then started squealing and bouncing in place.
"Oh my God! No way! Really! Yay!" Alice squealed.
They both celebrated as I laughed, but then my phone started to ring.
"Hello?" I chuckled.
"Bella?" it was Leah. "Um, are you still meeting us for the script review, and meet and greet?"
"Oh shit!" I exclaimed covering my mouth. "I am so sorry Leah! I just saw the interview. Me, my agent, and my assistant were just talking about what the best plan of action is and we just lost track of time!" I began apologizing putting my leather jacket on. "How late am I?" I asked trapping my cell phone between my ear and shoulder as I did my best to tie my boots.
Leah laughed. "Not to worry dear. Only about…forty-seven minutes late."
"Damn it." I cursed. "So sorry. I'm just about out the door."
I motioned for Alice, and Rose to get going and they began scrambling for my keys.
"It's alright." Leah laughed and hung up. Rose found my keys and tossed them to me. I checked it out as we walked out the door.
"The Corvette, Rose?" I laughed. "Really?"
Alice, Rose, and I all had our preferences when it came to my cars. Rose was in love with my red Corvette, Alice was ready to marry my canary yellow Porsche, but I would gladly take a bullet any day for my midnight blue SSC Ultimate Aero.
When you have enough money to buy a couple of houses in Hawaii and have been voted Sexiest Women Alive for three years in a row, it can be very easy to get a custom made SSC Ultimate Aero. Usually I don't play the S.W.A. card because I honestly think that somehow that vote got rigged, but I really wanted this car.
Anyway, with my Corvette it took us at least five minutes to get to the meeting. We may have broken a couple of laws and committed one or two felonies, but I don't think anyone noticed.
"I am so sorry!" I exclaimed as soon as I opened the doors causing several people to jump.
I plopped down across from someone, and shrugged off my jacket. "I know I'm so fucking late! I'm so sorry! I was distracted by that bitch of a reporter and the damn interview." I felt Alice elbow me and when I looked up I wanted to die.
Sitting across from me was my childhood crush, and first love, Edward Cullen.
My God, I hadn't seen this man since I left Forks, but he looked almost exactly the same.
He definitely looked a little more masculine, but all the features I had loved were the same.
The amusement and shock swirling in his forest green eyes was just the same as the time I tripped and accidentally dumped all my food on him in the school cafeteria freshman year. His indescribable bronze colored hair was still in the same style. The careless, windswept style.
Immediately I remembered everything that caused me to fall in a silent yet deep felt love for him. He had always been so laid back about everything embarrassing I caused him. And he never seemed to tease me like everyone else did. I remembered how his chest felt all those times I accidentally collided with him in the halls when I didn't pay attention to where I was going.
But all of this realization hit me for about five seconds until the embarrassment settled in. I had completely revealed my dirty mouth in just 3 sentences. My mother would just about have a stroke if she were here with me. I turned a delicate pink, and began to mumble apologies. Then I let out a sigh. This wasn't like me. To get all shy and silly just because after ten years I come face to face with my old love.
I cleared my throat. "That should be a new game. What does it take to get Bella to cuss like a sailor?"
Everyone started to laugh and Edward winked at me causing me to smile and look away.
"Bella." my head snapped up to see Edward's full attention on me. "Always a pleasure to see you again."
I nodded. "Nice to see you again as well…I think. Do we know each other?" I asked waiting to see his reaction.
It was comical.
His smile dropped and he began to stutter. He stutters? Cute.
"Um, uh, yeah. We, uh, went to high school together in Forks and uh-"
I pretended to remember. "Oh high school? Forks? No wonder! Shoot! I was drunk from day 1 to graduation." I waved my hand in a No-Biggie sort of way.
People started to snicker as Edward shot the person next to him (Emmett?) a look that completely said what the hell?
I laughed then. "I'm messing with you Edward. Seriously, laugh a little bit, it's good for the soul." I grabbed the script and winked at him. He smiled and looked down at his script too. Did I see a faint blush in there somewhere? Mark the date! Innocent, and slightly nerdy Isabella Swan managed to make football star Edward Cullen blush!
I looked over to Leah who was staring at me and Edward with intense eyes and a small smile dancing on her lips.
"Alright well I think we should all start off with the meet and greet."