Teasers/Extras - angieferrarifanfics . blogspot . com

"You're late." I said to Bella as I ushered her in though the back door.

She rolled her eyes and switched her Chanel bag from one arm to the other. "Well, I had to change because of my apparent affinity for ugly people clothes."

I snarled at her and opened my mouth to retaliate but she held her hand up and we stopped walking.

"Actually, I don't want to fight with you." She placed the hand she held out on my upper arm. "I'm really glad you're trying to be the bigger person here and look over our differences that we had in the past."

I shrugged her off my arm. She gave me a quick hard look. "Um, you might want to save this little heart to heart 'till the end of the show, seeing as how in about less than 5 minutes you're going to hate me more than you ever have."

"I don't think that's possible," She joked. When I said nothing, her face began to fall. She looked around quickly in confusion and backed away from me slowly. She swallowed thickly. "Are you setting me up for something? What's going on?"

"Look, I'm not happy about this either. Like, at all." I looked over at her seriously and she still has no clue what the fuck is going on. She stared back angrily and crossed her arms across her chest. "But, this is my career. And suddenly that involves you."

She bristled, the wheels turning in her head.

"Everything we've gotten, we have earned. We have worked extremely hard for our career. And then we get this awesome news about our album doing extremely well as is our single and we're stoked. We're getting invited to Jimmy Fallon's show. I mean, come on. And, we're excited because we're on the fast track now. What we want is within reach. We can taste it." I can see her getting restless, waiting for me to get to my point. "Then we find out that Jimmy Fallon doesn't want us. He doesn't just want Breaking Dawn. He wants Isabella Swan and Breaking Dawn." I snarled as I said her name.

She swallowed thickly and her eyes softened. "It's not my fault that –" She stopped, calmed herself and quietly said, "I can't just drop everything and join your stupid band, Edward. In fact, that's actually one of the last things I plan to do today. So, -"

I continued fiercely, "Everything we've earned goes to shit. We didn't earn this success, Miss Swan. You gave it to us." I scowled at her. "So, I'm going to be selfish right now. I'm going to tell you that I need you to come on this show. I don't want you to join the band. Heavens, no. Just the show. You owe me and – "

"Shut up," She spat. "Just… Shut. Up." She paced in front of me for a minute, biting her nails. I watched as she deliberated over what to do. Her face flushed with anger. Finally, she stopped right in front of me and pointed in my face. "If I do this for you – if I come on this show with you guys tonight, that's it. That "I owe you" shit is done. You can't use it anymore. We are officially even."

I stared at her coldly, the blood boiling all throughout my body. My hands started shaking as I roared, "We will never be even! You will always be the bad guy here. What you did was so unforgivable! You will never stop owing me for that day!"

"You think I don't know that!" She was pulling at her hair and she ripped her hands out to punch her fists against my chest. "You think there's a day that goes by where I don't feel like shit for what happened! Where I don't physically get sick because of it!" I grabbed her hands to throw her off of me but she kept fighting me. "You have no idea what I went through, Edward. No clue what happened."

"Yes, I'm sure it was very hard for you."

Her eyes flamed and if it were possible steam would be pouring out of her ears at an incredibly rate. And then suddenly her eyes were sad. Tears filled them as all the anger in her body was replaced with sorrow.

She yanked her hands free and stared at me with her sad eyes. She shook her head and whispered, "You are an asshole, Edward Cullen." She stared at him as if she had no idea who he was.

I nodded curtly. "Well, you're a bitch." She recoiled from the memory. "We're quite the pair, aren't we?" She licked her lips and wiped at her face, patting softly under her eyes.

I realized that this conversation had really gone in the opposite direction of where I wanted it to go if I had wanted any inkling of hope that she would do the show for us tonight. I frowned at the thought.

From behind us we hear a quick clearing of a voice. We turned to see Carlisle, shaking his head.

"I hate to interrupt your very public argument, but the show starts in five minutes."

Bella nodded and shook her arms. "Bleh!" She shook her head again and suddenly she was wearing the brightest smile I'd ever seen. She continued in a cheery voice, "I'm sorry about that Carlisle. Oh, it's so good to see you!" She gave him a big, tight hug while Carlisle stood there a little stunned. "Where's their Make-Up artist? My, uh, my mascara is acting up." He pointed to the room we were held in earlier and she skittered off.

I put my face in my hands and leaned against the wall.

"Edward,"

"No, Carlisle," My voice was muffled by my palms.

"Edward, you really need to learn to let things go. She's… she's trying. And, maybe-"

"Don't take her side, Carlisle."

"I'm not taking sides." He said. That didn't make it any better. He should be choosing my side. "I'm just saying maybe you don't understand all that went down that day."

There was something about his tone of voice, a sharpness that rang within it, that caused my head to shoot up.

"Do you know something you're not telling me?"

He placed a heavy hand on my shoulder, sighed and walked away.

I am so sick of his walking away bullshit.

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"Hmm," She hummed. We were in our meadow. She was lying with her head in my lap and I was perched up, watching her create some type of flower headband thing. "How 'bout Paris? I've always loved Paris."

"Paris is a bit out of my price range at the current moment." I smiled down at her. I loved her spirit and her huge sometimes-unrealistic dreams.

"Well, how about Lyon?"

I pulled a piece of hair out her face. "That sounds nice. Where's that?"

Her eyes sparkled. "A city right outside of Paris."

I laughed as I quickly kneaded my fingers into her sides. She burst into fits of laughter.

"Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay." She twisted and rolled on top of me. She placed her arm on my chest and leaned her chin against it. She smiled down at me and said in a British accent, "Well, what pray tell do you suggest, kind sir?" I smiled. She loved speaking in accents. She was playful like that.

I palmed her face with my right hand and brushed her cheek with my thumb. "I was thinking more along the lines of Portland, Oregon."

She made a face. "Yuck. I don't want to get married in Portland, Oregon."

"Well, it's better than Forks, Washington."

"Only slightly." She mumbled. She got that sad look in her eyes that she had been getting for days. I rubbed my hand down her arm and across her flat stomach.

I frowned. "We don't have to get married you know. It's not like a law or anything."

"I know," She agreed, brought her flower hat thingy up to my chest and continued braiding. She frowned slightly as she thought to herself.

"Besides," I said. "I don't want to have to get married like this. I want to wait a couple years –"

"Years?" She shrieked. She almost looked offended.

"Yes, years." I said firmly. Authoritatively. "We're young. We're not ready yet. We need to grow individually before we can grow as a couple."

She thought about for a moment nodded and demanded, "Continue."

I smiled widely. "I'd propose to you publicly –"

"Publicly?"

"Of course!" I joked, laughing at her incessant need to interrupt me. Her cheeks turned red in her excitement. "I'll embarrass you in front of all your friends and family with a big speech about how you're the only girl for me yaddah yaddah and I'll have a huge, beautiful ring –"

Her eyes sparkled again as she got that look in her eyes that meant she was dreaming big. "Three carats?"

I smiled mock-angrily, "At least!"

She grinned.

"And, we'll get married in a city like Paris or Lyon because I'll be able to afford it and I only want the best for my girl."

"Your girl, huh?" She bit her lip as she awaited my response.

I looked deeply into her eyes, knowing this was important for her. "Always." I rubbed my thumb across her cheek. "I'm sorry I was such an asshole before. I don't know what I was thinking."

She grabbed my face and melted her lips against my own. She swept her tongue into my mouth and kissed me more deeply than she ever had before. When she came up for air, I was panting.

I laughed lightly, "What was that for?"

She looked down at me, her hands threaded into my wild hair.

"I love you so much, Edward Cullen."

I smiled; smiling was a constant theme in my life lately. "Bella Swan," She looked at me expectantly. "You are my life now."

She giggled, reached down and placed her flower-braid-hairband-thingy on top of my head. "I made you something."

"Well, if you made it, I'll love it." I winked at her.

She patted my cheek and laid her on my chest. "You're too good to me."

"Likewise, Miss Swan."

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We were standing to stage left waiting for Jimmy's monologue to end so that we would be introduced. Carlisle had already given us the speech about making sure to dodge questions about Bella joining the band and our relationship status. Emmett was cracking jokes, sensing the uneasy tension and doing everything he could to make things enjoyable.

"Oh, Bella, what would we do without you?" He smiled as he grabbed her from behind and lifted her a few feet off the ground.

"I'm sure you'd be just fine." Her eyes still taking on some of the sadness it had from earlier, but she still had on the smile she had plastered on when Carlisle interrupted us. Emmett whipped out his phone taking a picture of him and Bella, muttering something about posting it on his instagram with a caption that said "Taping Jimmy Fallon, Bitches!" Our fans tend to think he's hilarious.

"No, Bells, this is major." Jasper cut in, texting away on his iPhone. "You're saving our asses, right now." I rolled my eyes. "Anything we can do for you, you just name it and it's yours."

Emmett added, "Seriously. If you need us to star in one of your films, or do a quick cameo, or have sex with one of your super hot friends… I will not hesitate to help you."

She giggled as Emmett tickled her sides. "Hmm, well, I'll have to think hard on that one then." She reached behind her and started attacking Emmett's sides and he boomed out a giant laugh. Jasper gave him a quick shush, with a finger to his lips. A man with an earpiece walked over and gave us a hard look. Emmett apologized and we silently laughed at him. He walked away muttering, "Musicians."

Bella, smiling, said, "Actually, there is one thing you guys can do." She looked at all three of us individually. "Isabella Swan is the name that I go by now. I don't like to think much about the past. I'm a different person now." I rolled my eyes. I wonder why that is. "So, if you guys could not –"

Jasper let out a quick laugh and smiled at her knowingly. "Don't worry about it, Isabella." He threw an arm across her shoulders. "We got you."

She smiled warmly at them and turned her gaze at me. "Edward?"

"Whatever," I shrugged and turned my attention toward Jimmy on stage. I wasn't too happy about the guys getting so chummy with Bella again. They needed to pick whose side they were going to be on and they needed to decide quick.

Emmett and Jasper went back to joking and texting and I watched Bella out of the corner of my eye. She was wringing her hands. She actually looked nervous, as if she had not done this millions of times in her career already. I felt myself getting angry. She was an actress! She better not go on this show and make us look like complete fools.

I turned to her. "Maybe you should try smiling."

Without even looking my way, and without missing a beat, she spoke harshly, "Maybe you should try never speaking to me again."

Emmett and Jasper froze at the callousness in her tone and looked over at me. Jasper mouthed at me "What did you do?" I shrugged and turned back toward the stage. He was about to call us on.

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"God, guys. I can't thank you guys enough for coming out here tonight! You guys are all anybody's talking about lately." Jimmy stated as we took our seats. I sat down on the couch first in the seat nearest Jimmy's desk; Jasper took the seat next to me, then Bella and then Emmett.

"Jimmy, we're excited to be here, man." I said coolly and smiled at the audience. With that, the audience went crazy with screaming. I was used to the females screaming at me. It had become customary throughout our lifestyles.

"Animals. Their animals, I swear!" Jimmy joked. He looked over at Bella. "Looks like you might have some competition their, Isabella."

She gave a quick fake laugh.

"So," Jimmy holds up a copy of our album against his desk. "Your album is currently number 3 on Billboard and on iTunes right now. How stoked are you?"

Emmett laughed lightly, "We're pretty stoked. This is a huge deal for us. I keep waiting to wake up and this to have all been some kind of crazy dream."

Jimmy placed the CD in some box under his desk and said, "Okay, so moment of truth guys. Tanya Denali. What's up? She still in the band?"

Jasper sighed and answered, "Uh, no. At the current moment Tanya is no longer part of Breaking Dawn… unfortunately."

The crowd "aww'd" and Jimmy nodded. "What happened?"

The boys looked at me. Inwardly, I rolled my eyes. "Uh, let's just say if this was a divorce we would have filed under irreconcilable differences."

Jimmy and the crowd laughed. "How pleasantly vague of you." I threw him a smile and gave him a playful look. "Okay, okay, okay. Isabella, tell us how you wound up singing a song for a rock band."

"Ugh, Jimmy, it's a crazy story actually." Her smile was infectious. "I got a call from these nimrods at like 5 o'clock in the morning, screaming about how they need help on this song and it's gotta be done at nine and they needed someone who they knew could sing. So, I thought I'd give it a try."

Jimmy laughed. "It was a pretty good try. I had no idea you sang. You sounded amazing! Didn't she sound amazing?"

The crowd clapped for Bella and she blushed. "Thank you, Jimmy. First and foremost, I am an actress though. I just did this for the guys."

"So, rumor mill time." Jimmy prodded. "Are you and Edward, here, in a relationship?"

She smiled and looked at me to answer the question. I pursed my lips looking for something to say. "You know, Bella and I just have a lot of chemistry and that was definitely reflected through the song."

Bella gave me a sharp look and I frowned. I thought I'd answered that pretty well.

"Bella?" Jimmy questioned. "Is that like a pet name you call her?"

I closed my eyes and clenched my teeth. I mouthed a quick 'sorry' to Bella but she was already answering the question.

"No, that was my old nickname in high school. That's where I know these knuckleheads from."

"No way! What a small world." Jimmy exclaimed. "So, are you replacing Tanya? You the new member of the band?"

Emmett jumped in. "It actually wasn't her first time singing with the band. She was in our band back in the day in high school."

"Shut up. No way. So, you're an old member of the band." Jimmy looked perplexed. "What happened? This is crazy."

Bella made her face look indignant and let out a laugh. "They kicked me out!"

Jimmy burst out laughing. Emmett and Jasper joined him. "What? Why?"

I smiled and said slyly, "We didn't kick her out, per se."

"Yeah, we were just looking to take the band in a different direction." Jasper added.

"Right." Emmett joked, throwing his hands up in the air. "She just wasn't what we were feeling at that exact moment."

Bella laughed and said, "They sat me down and told me they wanted more of a "man's band" and being female I was messing up their vibe. Then they went got a new chick lead singer!"

We all laughed. Finally, I looked over at Jimmy and said plainly, "She was bossy."

"Ah," Jimmy nodded. The boys laughed, nodding.

"She was like a Nazi." Emmett joked.

"A singing Nazi, that is." I added.

"Hey!" Bella hit me from across the couch.

"A very cute, singing Nazi." I said to ease the sting a little.

Bella scrunched up her face in mock indignation again. "This is all bullshit, Jimmy. Do you hear the way they talk to me?"

Jimmy continued laughing as did the crowd and I cracked a smile. "Oh, God. I wish we had more time. You guys are hilarious together."

"Thank you, we try." Jasper said slowly.

"Isabella Swan and Breaking Dawn, everybody. Dancing on a Tightrope: in stores now. Go buy yourself a copy! We'll be right back after this." Jimmy said, sending off the show.

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"There might be a couple promo trips, performing the song on a couple TV shows, award shows, you know, things like that. You could maybe even go on tour with the boys and sing Tanya's part in the other songs. Also, we have –"

"Uh, Carlisle," Bella held up her hand and swung her purse on her shoulder. Her plastered-on smile had faded and she looked like at any moment she was about to break down. "I'm tired. Also, I can't just put my world on pause for you guys. I'm sorry. Especially not for someone who hates the very ground I walk on."

I bend down grab a beer out of the mini fridge and quip, "Hey now! I don't hate the ground you walk on. The ground is a very reliable substance."

She rolled her eyes and said to Carlisle, "Plus he's an asshole. I think I've had enough of this Edward Cullen to last me a lifetime."

Jasper went to stand in front of her. "Bella, we need you. Look, are you filming right now?"

"No, but – "

"But, what?" Jasper exclaimed. He grabbed her hands. "Don't say no yet. Just think about it."

"Jas-"

"Shhhh!" He grabbed her lips closed with his fingers. "Don't answer yet. Just think about it. Think about how fun it would be. Hanging out with us on a tour bus. It's only a couple of months. Just mewl it over and we'll have Carlisle call your people okay?"

He let go of her lips and she pursed them. "Okay, I'll think about it."

I rolled my eyes and took another sip from my beer. "Hey, if you need any help deciding why don't you give good ole' Jacob Black a call? He's very good at helping people through tough times, I've heard."

Her eyes turned stoney and she swallowed. "Goodbye, guys. It was good seeing you again." She walked right past me and slammed the door on her way out.

I chugged the rest of my beer and looked up. They were all glaring at me.

"What? You guys didn't even consult me before asking her to become part of the band? Does my opinion even matter anymore?" In all actuality, I was extremely hurt by that. It was like they completely disregarded my feelings for her and made a collective decision I wasn't even part of.

It was like they were picking her side.

"Edward, that's not what we were trying to do."

"It doesn't matter, Carlisle." I said angrily, throwing my empty beer bottle onto the couch. I got up to grab another. "It doesn't matter what I think anymore apparently. Bella swooped in and saved the day and suddenly she's the best damn thing that's ever happened to this band."

They answered me with silence and inwardly I growled. I grabbed my jacket angrily and texted my driver that I was ready. I walked toward the door, stopped and turned toward them. They were all watching me.

"Look, guys. All I've got to say is this. If Bella becomes the new Tanya, you might also want to start looking for a new Edward as well."

"Edward," Jasper sighed, resting his head against the wall in defeat, probably thinking to himself that I was being overdramatic. Emmett just stood there with his arms crossed looking pissed.

"No, I'm serious." I opened the door and said with my back turned. "I don't want this."

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