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Chapter 3:

My head was pounding. Even my hair hurt. I opened one eye. Where am I? God. It was impossibly bright in here. I looked at the bedding. Oh good, grey leopard print comforter. I was in my room. Man, I need to get better curtains ASAP. I rolled on my side, away from my window and I saw a bottle of coconut water and three Advil with a post it note. I recognized Angela's loopy handwriting.

Bella Baby! Don't worry about what happened with EC. You are an amazing, smart, funny, beautiful woman! Don't let bitches get you down! I love you!

Her note left me slightly confused? What's EC? The economy? I'll have to think about that later, my brain was already suffering enough. I popped the Advil in my mouth drinking them down with half the bottle of water. Mmm. Peach Mango. My favorite, I silently thanked God for Angela.

Then it clicked. Damn it! Angela must have put me to bed. Sighing, I peeked under the covers for confirmation. I was in just my bra and underwear and there was a smiley face on my stomach drawn with red lipstick. Yep. Ang defiantly put me to bed again. And now I'm sure she has another picture of me in my skivvies. She always does this to me. Whenever I get too drunk and she has to put me to bed she takes a picture of me in my underwear, she calls it payback. She said when I get married she's going to put all the pictures in a slideshow for her Maid of Honor speech. It makes me slightly uncomfortable because I'm not entirely sure she is kidding.

I looked at my phone and I saw it was only 9:30. I should just go back to bed but I had five missed calls, four text messages and an email. I looked at the calls, three were from Mike and two were from a private number. Weird. For some reason I had a sinking feeling in my stomach, and I'm pretty sure it had nothing to do with the waves of nausea running through my body.

I scrolled through my texts next. One was from Angela telling me she was sleeping over at Bens. She defiantly likes him. They were all over each other last night. I mentally reminded myself to ask her about it later. The next three were from Mike. The first was sent at 1 AM apologizing again for what happened last night. Weird. What happened last night?

The next was from 5 o'clock this morning to see if I wanted to get breakfast. Why was he up at five? And wanting to eat?

And the last text was from five minutes ago apologizing again and asking me to call him when I woke up. Weird. What the fuck happened last night?

I was racking my brain. I met Angela at the bar. We drank excessively. Called Mike and Ben to meet up with us. We danced. Then I remember crying. But what the hell was I crying about?

Whatever. I'll come back to that later. I looked at my email.

7:45 AM

From: Edward Cullen
To: Isabella Swan
Subject: Interview

Hi Bella. I hope you aren't feeling too horrible this morning but judging from our conversation last night, you must not be feeling too great today. Anyway, don't worry about what happened last night; it's all water under the bridge! We've all had our moments! It's my fault; I shouldn't have called you so late last night. I'm sorry. So, in addition to apologizing, I wanted to set up an interview with you. I tried calling you several times but each time I got your voicemail, which incidentally is full by the way. So I was just wondering if you would be available to have that interview today. Email me back whenever you get this. I look forward to hearing from you.

Edward "Sexy Man" Cullen

And it all came crashing back to me.

FUCK. HOLY SHIT! How stupid am I! Oh god. I think I'm going to be sick. I ran to the bathroom and it wasn't pretty. The only thing that tastes worse than whiskey, is whiskey the second time around. I don't even remember drinking whiskey, I HATE WHISKEY. God, I must have been a mess. I'll have to apologize to Ang, Mike, Ben and Edward. I was really dreading that last apology.

Maybe I don't have to apologize to Edward. Maybe I can just ignore him and his email. I don't need to work for him, I still have my job at Clearwater's! There will be another job. I don't think I could face seeing him again. It was just way too embarrassing. How can he be so nonchalant about this? Whatever, I can't think about this right now. Actually, I refuse to think about last night and the email with Edward. I'm just going to pretend the whole thing never happened. Ok, good plan Bella!

I flushed the toilet and sat on the floor of the bathroom. I felt disgusting. I was so ashamed. I needed to shower. If only I could wash away this feeling.

I turned the shower on and stood under the water for what felt like ages. I washed my hair with my Pomegranate WEN cleansing conditioner and lathered my body up with my favorite body wash, Philosophy coconut frosting. I usually try not to use the two together because it makes me smell like a tropical drink but I let it slide for today. It took awhile to get the lipstick off my stomach. I was going to kill Angela if I managed to not die of embarrassment first.

I turned off the shower and dried myself off with a towel, wrapping it around my body. I twisted my hair up into another towel as I opened the door. I almost had a heart attack when I saw Angela standing there.

"Holy Shit Ang! You scared me half to death!"

She laughed "Well hello to you too sunshine!" a concerned looked crossed her face and she rubbed my arm "How are you feeling today?"

So I guess we were doing this now. I burst into tears "I mostly just feel embarrassed." Half laughing, half sobbing at my admission.

She pulled me into a hug "Shhh Bells. It's ok! Nobody is perfect all the time and from what Mike told me, countless times by the way, Edward was really cool about it." She wiped a tear from my cheek. "Really Bella, you have nothing to be embarrassed about. It's obvious he wants to get in your pants too!"

Maybe Angela is right. I tried to compose myself "Yeah. I don't know….." I sniffled "Oh, who am I kidding! I can't. I don't think I'm going to email him back…"Ang punched my arm.

"Ouch! What was that for? Haven't I been through enough emotionally? Now you're going to abuse me physically?"

"What! He emailed you! Oh come on Bella. This could be the opportunity of a lifetime, put your pride aside and take a chance! I refuse to take part in your pity party!" She took off towards my room "I'll email him back if you won't!"

"NO! NO! Please! Ok! You're right! I'll let you email him. But please not yet! I need to think about it. Maybe eat something first?" I was lying through my teeth but it seemed to buy me some time since Angela walked out of my bedroom sans my Iphone.

"Okay! But you're not getting out of this one Swan! Now, if you'll excuse me I need to take a shower! You go get yourself pretty because I told Mike and Ben we would get breakfast with them." She wiggled her eyebrows "Mike was really upset about what happened last night. He feels horrible. After you didn't answer his phone calls or texts I had to hide my apartment key from him! I think he's got a crush on you too!"

I groaned "Oh please. Tell him to take a number." Rolling my eyes. "Anyway! Look who's talking! You and Ben were all over each other last night!"

The blush that spread across her face was all the conformation I needed "Oh my God! You really like him huh?"

She only turned a deeper shade of red "Whatever. I need to shower!" At that, she walked into the bathroom and shut the door.

Well what do you know… Angela and Ben. I headed into my room grabbed a pair of hot pink underwear and a matching bra. I put on a black pair of leggings, a black sequined tank top and a light grey flannel shirt that I left unbuttoned. I brushed all the knots out my hair and started on my makeup.

I did a daytime smokey eye, put on my fake lashes, and added some foundation, bronzer and blush. I was so pale. Was it summer yet? By that time Angela was out of the shower. I quickly blew out my hair and used a flat iron to smooth out the ends. I was amazed at how much better I felt already. Never underestimate the healing power of doing your makeup.

Ang poked her head in my room "You ready?" I'll never get use to how quickly she gets ready.

"Yeah. I just need to put on my shoes!" I grabbed a pair of thigh high leather boots. They were a little over the top for daytime but they were flats and I was wearing flannel. I needed to spice the outfit up a bit. I added a pair of big, silver hoop earrings along with my Italian horn necklace and put on my coat. I grabbed my phone and my purse and met Angela by the door. She must have been on the phone with Ben because she told him we would meet them down in the lobby.

We walked towards the elevator and I broke the silence. "So, you never answered my question."

Ang pushed the button. "Ok. Yes! I like him a lot! I slept over at this apartment last night and we talked the whole night! We didn't even fool around! I mean, I wanted to, but it was nice just to be able to actually talk about our hopes and dreams" she was bouncing up and down like a child.

Whoa. Hopes and dreams? Who was this alien and what did she do with my friend? Angela was in love! "You're in love!" At that moment the elevator arrived on our floor with Ben and Mike inside. Angela looked mortified for a second, obviously wondering if they overheard my last comment.

Mike was the first to break the silence. "Bella! You're alive!"

I couldn't help but laugh. "Yeah! It was a close call though!" I looked over at Angela and Ben and they were holding hands.

"Bella, I'm really sorry about everything. Please let me make it up to you somehow! I feel terrible" God. This kid sounded like a broken record.

"Mike, really" I gave his bicep a squeeze "don't worry about! It wasn't your fault." Well it kind of was but I didn't feel like listening to him apologize all morning long.

"So" I said clapping my hands "where are we going for breakfast?"

We walked to Cafeteria in silence. Well Mike and I were silent. Angela and Ben were walking in front of us, holding hands and whispering to each other.

I hooked my arm with Mikes. "So, when did this happen?" I pointed to the two love birds with my free hand.

He laughed "Yeah. I know what you mean. I'm just surprised its taken him this long to make a move" I looked at him confused "What do you mean?"

"Well. Don't tell Ang I told you this, but he's been crushing on her since the day we met you girls in the elevator when you were moving in." Well, well, well. If thinks I'm not telling Angela this juicy bit of information, he was sorely mistaken.

By the time I finished eating, I was feeling like myself again. My hangover was gone and I wasn't nearly as embarrassed about the situation with Edward as I was this morning.

Ang took a sip of her orange juice and then looked at me "So. Are you going to email Edward back?"

Stalling for time, I took a sip of my peach mango coconut water "I mean. I guess I should. I would like to have a job where I would have a normal sleeping pattern.." Yeah. I'm sure that's all.

Angela snorted "Yeah. I'm sure you're really concerned about your sleeping." She must have read my mind. "Let me see the email he sent you."

I was nervous "Ok. I'll email him back because I do want to work for him" he's just so freaking sexy, adding silently "but will you guys please help me think of something to say to him?"

After twenty minutes and Angela and Mike having a heated argument if I should acknowledge the 'sexy man' comment, I slid my phone to Angela and covered my eyes with my hands "Just send it!"

12:12 PM
From: Isabella Swan
To: Edward Cullen
Subject: Re:Interview

Hi Edward. First off, I just want to apologize for everything I said last night! It was really unprofessional of me and I want you to know that if you do end up hiring me, I can assure you, nothing like that will happen again. I hope we can both pretend that whole conversation never happened! Wait….. what was I apologizing for again? (Just kidding!) Anyway. I am free for the rest of the day, so just let me know a time that works for you!

Bella

Ps. My voicemail is no longer full! :)

"Sent!" We all sat there staring at my phone. I had a sinking feeling in my stomach.

"Well, there's no harm in trying right?" I was looking for some words of encouragement.

"Yeah" Ben chimed in "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"

"Absolutely" Mike slammed his fist down "We would still think the world was flat if Magellan didn't challenge everyone's thinking and take a risk." Hmm.. The three of us looked at Mike and started laughing hysterically.

Mike looked confused. "What's so funny guys?"

More laughter. Angela was the first one who able to speak "Mike!" She was gasping for air "That was Columbus! Not Magellan!" We all dissolved into fits of laughter.

The sound of my phone ringing silenced the four of us. We all looked at the caller ID.

"Private Number" Angela whispered. Pushing the phone towards me.

Oh shit. Well it was now or never. I swallowed "Carpe Diem right?"

I pressed answer. "H-Hello?" Just breathe Bella.

"Hi, Isabella? It's Edward. You sound much better this morning" God his voice was so sexy. I forgot how unnerving it was.

I could play this game "Why Edward, I don't believe I know what you are talking about?" I winked at Angela.

There was laughter at the other end of the line "Touché, Miss Swan." There was more laughter. His laugh was even sexier than his voice "Well I was calling to see if you would be able to meet me within the next hour? I have an audition at three, so I was hoping to squeeze your interview in before that?"

"Um, yeah! That sounds fine. I just need to run home and change quickly. Where do you want to meet?"

"Oh, am I interrupting something? If it's not a good time, we could meet later?" Was it me, or did he sound disappointed? It was probably just my mind playing tricks on me.

"No, I was just leaving breakfast with some friends" I gave them an apologetic smile since we weren't really leaving.

"Breakfast? It's after noon? Don't you mean eating lunch?" his playful tone was back. God, it was sexy.

"ha-ha. Late night, remember?"

"Why Miss Swan, I don't know what you mean"

I was giggling like a thirteen year old girl.

"Well. Don't worry about changing; you don't need to dress up for this interview. Working as my PA you would just dress in your everyday clothing anyway" Hmm.. it sounds like he already made up his mind about hiring me without the interview. He must have noticed the slip because he added "if I decide to hire you."

"Ok, whatever you say Mr. Cullen. So where should I meet you?"

He was silent for a moment "Well my apartment building has a conference room, so we can conduct your interview there, the address 180 West 20th street. Do you need me to email you subway directions?" He sounded strictly business.

"I got it. I'll just take the one train. I'll see you in thirty minutes." I was silently thanking God Charlie made me study the train routes for the subway.

"Ok. I'll meet you outside my building. See you soon, Miss Swan" Damn. The way he called Miss Swan made my panties wet.

"Bye" I hung up the phone, finally noticing that three pairs of eyes were staring at me, mouths gaping.

I put on my best confused expression "What?" I knew exactly why they were looking at me like that, I'm not stupid. I was totally flirting with Edward but I wasn't going to admit that to them.

Mike poked my side "You were totally flirting with him!" he batted his eye lashes and cupped his chin in his hand "Oh, Mr. Cullen" he tried to imitate my voice.

Feigning mock horror! "That sounds nothing like me!"

We all burst in to giggles. "So where are you meeting with him?" Angela was in full interrogation mode.

"Uh.. um. His apartment building has a conference room, so were meeting there" I tried to ignore the blush that was creeping up my cheeks.

The boys high fived and let out whopping noises "Hot damn Bells! You're going to Edward Cullen's apartment!" Angela was practically screaming! "Oh my God! Ok! You need to leave now! You don't want to keep Mr. Cullen" she winked at me "waiting!"

I rolled my eyes and stood up to put on my jacket "You guys are ridiculous! It's just an interview!" Even I didn't believe what I was saying. Somehow it felt like it was so much more than just an interview. I put my phone in my pocket, grabbed my bag and my coconut water. "I'll see you guys later!" I blew them all kisses and walked out the door.

I was a nervous wreck the entire subway ride to Edward's apartment. By the time I was walking out of the subway, I was giving myself a silent pep talk. You can do this Bella! Just be yourself!

I chose to abandon my usual mantra, I figured after the disaster that was yesterday, it was bad luck.

I was looking around as I was walking. This was a really nice neighborhood. Very hipster chic. I suddenly felt like a three dollar hooker in my thigh highs. I was too busy people watching, that I almost walked straight into Edward.

He grabbed me by the shoulders "Hey! You should really watch were you're walking, stranger!" he gave me a lopsided grin.

Holy fuck that was hot! "U-uh. Sorry! You live in a really nice neighborhood. Is this Chelsea?"

He motioned for me to follow him, nodding at a door man who held a large glass door open for us. It looked really heavy. He must have big muscles. "Nah, I live in Gramercy."

We walked into the lobby of his apartment building and I was speechless. The floor was all marble and it had a very sexy, sleek, modern design. Throughout the entire lobby, large glass ball lighting fixtures dangled from the ceiling from varying heights.

"Wow. This is a really nice building." Pausing to look around "It's gorgeous." To my left, there were three men dressed in expensive looking suits behind a long counter than ran the length of the lobby and to my right were several oversized black chairs overlooking a fire place. We walked straight back, past a set of elevators and turned a corner.

"Thanks" He held a door open and motioned his arm for me to walk in. I was puzzled to see a large, very muscular man sitting at the table. He kind of looked like Edward but instead of copper hair he had short curly black hair.

He must have sensed my confusion because he stood and held out his hand for me to shake it. He was also foot taller and probably a hundred pounds heavier than Edward too. Seriously, he looked like he could snap Vin Diesel like a twig.

I was scared he was going to crush my hand in his, he was so large. But not wanting to seem rude, I reluctantly placed my hand in his.

I was surprised at how gentle he shook my hand. "Pleasure to meet you Miss Swan, I'm Emmett Cullen. Edward's manager/security." Edward was walking over to the other side of the table were Emmett was standing.

I took my hand from Emmett's and pointed my finger back and forth between the two of them "Are you two brothers?" I instinctively started fiddling with my hair.

The both laughed "Yeah" Emmett said "as you can tell, I got all the looks!" He gave me a megawatt smile. I don't know what it was but I instantly liked the guy.

Edward gestured for me to sit. I set my water on the table, I put my Birkin down in an empty chair and took off my coat, hanging it off the back. This process felt like it took ages and I was suddenly extremely self conscious of the outfit I was wearing. I glanced at Emmett and noticed he was staring at my chest, his mouth open and shaped like a perfect O. I looked down to see my tank top had fell down a bit, totally exposing the top half of my boobs and my lacy hot pink bra. Lovely.

I felt my face grow hot and I hastily pulled up my sequined tank "Um. Sorry. I didn't plan that, I swear! I honestly think they have a mind of their own!" Oh god. Did I really say that out loud? Mortified, I turned to look Edward.

He had the palm of hand resting on his chin, obviously trying to cover his smile with his fingers and his eyes weren't the usual sparkling green, they looked dark, almost lustful. Damn, he has long fingers. I couldn't help my mind from wandering… of thinking about his long fingers stroking my pussy…

Ok, Swan! Get your mind out of the gutter! I cleared my throat "So, um…" I didn't know what to say so I took a sip of my coconut water and started fidgeting with my hair. Shit I should have tied it back into a ponytail.

Emmett clapped his hands, rubbing them together "Well, I think pink is my new favorite color, what do you say Eddie?

I nearly spit out my water. "Sorry" I muttered.

Edward looked embarrassed. Throwing side eye at Emmett "Sorry Bella, ignore him, he seems to have forgotten his manners."

Emmett made no effort to apologize. I liked him even more. I was trying to gage how old he was and I figured he had to be around Rosalie's age, possibly early thirties? Hey, maybe I could set them up. He could probably get the stick out of her ass.

Edwards's voice snapped me back to reality "So Bella. Have you ever been a personal assistant before?"

Didn't I give this guy my resume? Did he even bother to read it? "Umm.. no?" My answer came out as more of a question.

Edward seemed to ignore it "Well, as my PA, you would be required to do all these things on this list" he passed me a sheet of paper.

Duties of PA:

- Personal Shopping (Grocery, buying gifts, ect)
- Managing fan mail
- Organizing travel arrangements
- Preparing meals (occasional dinner)
- Running personal and work related errands
- Managing my schedule
- Booking appointments
- Occasional accompaniment on work related travel

This didn't seem bad at all. Especially the traveling with Edward part. I pictured us in Hawaii, rubbing suntan lotion all over his body… skinny dipping together in the ocean… rubbing my naked body against him… rubbing his rock hard cock against my clit… his hands squeezing my ass… then fondling my breasts… those fingers pinching and pulling at my nipples…. Moaning his name in his ear….

I must have been zoning out a while because Edward cleared his throat.

"Oh Sorry. Yeah. This doesn't sound too bad" It doesn't sound bad at all; it sounds like heaven, actually.

Edward looked concerned "So, you don't mind doing any of these things on the list? There may be other things I need for you to do that aren't on the list, but these are the main tasks I will need you to perform.."

Oh, honey, if you only knew the things I wanted to perform on you.

Looking straight in Edwards eyes "I don't mind performing any of these tasks and I'm sure I'll gladly perform the others as well." Giving him a sexy smile.

It was Emmett's half moan half grunting sound, which he then proceeded to try to pass off as a coughing fit that snapped me out of my sexual daze. Shit. Maybe I wasn't as subtle as I thought.

Edward's eyes grew darker. "Good to know, Miss Swan." A chill ran through my body.

"Also, you should know that the hours you work might be somewhat irregular but I would expect you to come into work at 10, Monday through Friday" He gave me that sexy smile "with my morning coffee. I'm not going to give you a concrete time as to when your day will end because it will be contingent on my schedule and how many tasks you have for the day. And you most likely will have to work some weekends. Is all of that clear?" His facial expression almost looked, what was it? Hopeful?

Seriously. Could this job get any better? I didn't have to show up to work until 10 and I would be basing the rest of my day around him. I broke out into a huge smile. "Crystal."

"Well than Miss Swan, you're hired." He gave me his sexy lop sided grin.

"Ahhhhhhh! Really! Oh thank you! I swear you won't regret it!" I jumped up from my seat and ran around the table to hug Edward. "Oh. Um. Sorry. That was probably inappropriate." Realizing my mistake a little too late. Whatever, pressing my body against him felt amazing.

"U-uh. Don't worry about it" He looked uncomfortable. Shit. Maybe I totally misread all his signs. Well. It's a little too late for that.

I took this as an opportunity to look at Emmett. He was looking at Edward in a way that I couldn't quite figure out what it meant. Hmmm…

Emmett looked down at me and scooped me up into a big hug, literally lifting me off the ground "Welcome to the family Bella! I look forward to getting to know you better, and if you don't mind me being so forward, I think we will get along just great" He set me back down. "By the way, I love the boots. They're h-o-t." tracing a finger along the tops of my boots, never touching my thigh.

I couldn't help but giggle like a school girl. Again.

"Emmett, I don't think it's appropriate for you to be fondling my PA" Edwards's tone was menacing. Whoa. What got his panties in a twist?

Trying to break the tension that suddenly filled the room, I turned back to Edward, "So. When do I start?"

Edward looked at me and smiled "Can you start tomorrow?"

"Yeah. I'll see you at ten! How do you take your coffee?" I walked over to where my coat was.

He stifeled a laugh. "Miss Swan, aren't you forgetting one of the most important parts?"

Huh? What was he talking about? "Umm.. I'm not sure what you're talking about?" There's that sexy smile again.

"Aren't you concerned about what I'll be paying you?" Oh. Yeah. Shit. I was just so excited to spend time with Edward, I would have been his PA for free. Not that I would tell him that.

I slapped the palm of my hand to my forehead "Oh duh! Silly me!"

He shook his head "How does sixty-five thousand work for you?" I tried to keep my jaw from hitting the floor.

"U-uhh. Sixty-five thousand?" I croaked

"Ok, seventy thousand, do we have a deal?" Whoa, I felt kind of guilty that he misunderstood me but I wasn't about to correct him. Holy shit. I was going to be making seventy thousand dollars running someone's errands. Could life get any better?

I nodded my head in agreement. "Deal."

Edward held out his hand for me to shake it. Touching him felt like I was being electrocuted. But not in a painful way, it made my whole body tingle with desire. I looked at him and his eyes were wide, he must have felt it too.

I reluctantly pulled my hand from his grasp and put on my jacket, grabbed my purse and my drink. Edward was already holding the door open for me.

As I was walking out the door I turned to him "Just so you know, I would have did it for sixty-five" flipping my long hair over my shoulder and giving him what I hoped was a sexy smile, I turned and started walking away "Email me how you take your coffee!"

If I wasn't mistaken I heard Emmett's booming laugh.

Walking out of Edwards building and back to SoHo, I felt great! I called my mom, Renee, and told her the good news. She was thrilled for me! I quickly hung up with her and sent out a mass text to Angela, Ben and Mike.

I GOT THE JOB! AHHHHHHHH! LOVE YOU GUYS THANKS 4 UR HELP! XOXO B

Angela called me back almost instantly. "Hi!" I practically screamed!

"Bella! I knew you could do it! When do you start?"

"He wants me to start tomorrow. Do you think Sam will be pissed I'm not giving him much notice?" I totally forgot all about Sam while I was talking to Edward. I was feeling extremely guilty.

"B, that's freaking awesome! He totally wants you! Don't worry about Sam, I'll cover your shifts! We are totally celebrating tonight!" uh oh. I don't think my liver could handle any more drinking.

"Um.. Ang, I'm not sure that's such a good idea, I don't want to be hung over for my first day of work…"

I heard laughter on the other end of the line. "I didn't mean drinking silly! We're having an old fashion girl's night! We'll rent some movies Edward is in on Netflix, and we can do hair masks and face masks and paint our nails! AND ORDER PIZZA! It will be totally PG- 13! I'm going to run to Duane Reade now and get all the stuff!"

I was really excited "Ok! Awesome! I'll stop at the corner store and pick up some candy and popcorn! I'll be back at the apartment in an hour and a half!" Maybe I'd stop at the liquor store and get some Champaign, just one bottle. I was celebrating after all.

"Sounds good babe!"

"Perfect. Ciao boo!" I ended the call and looked at my text messages. I had one from Mike and Ben.

I Knew Mr. Cullen wouldn't be immune to your sex appeal! I'm proud of you babe!

Mike's text made me slightly uncomfortable. Whatever. I read the one from Ben next:

Go girl! First step PA, next world domination!

I couldn't help but laugh. As I was looking at his text, my phone started ringing. It was Rosalie. Oh good. I couldn't wait to tell her my good news!

I pressed answer and lifted the phone to my ear "Hi Rose. Still pissed at me?"

She sighed "Hello to you too, Bella!" She sounded normal "What are you talking about, I wasn't pissed at you" Typical, I thought. "Anyway, I just heard from my mom who talked to Aunt Ren. Congrats on the job! Who was it you are working for, she said Edward Collier? Who is that?"

I laughed. I knew my mom wouldn't know who Edward Cullen was and I wasn't the least bit surprised she couldn't even get his name right. She was somewhat of an air head. But I was instantly thankful for her ditzy personality because now I got to be the one who was going to tell Rosalie about Edward Cullen. She was going to freak! I know for a fact she has a MAJOR crush on him. Who doesn't?

I laughed "Leave it to Renee. I'm not working for Edward Collier, I'm working for Edward Cullen. You know, the actor?"

The line was silent. Perfect. I knew she was silently stewing. "Rose, are you still there? Can you hear me?" HAHA it's like rubbing salt in her wounded ego.

"Um. Yeah. I'm still here" silence "Bella, you can't work for him… I heard he is a complete asshole." There it was. Who possibly could have told her that? She is such a bitch.

I tried to keep my tone even. "Ok, hater. He seems like a really nice guy" The line was silent. "But hey, I'm about to go into the subway, so I'll talk to you later" it was a total lie but I didn't feel like talking to her anymore. She was like a black hole sucking out all my happiness! I can't believe I actually thought about setting her up with Emmett. Forget that! I'm not doing this bitch any favors.

"Wait, Bella!" she sounded frantic "I'm sorry, that was really rude of me. It's just… Gosh…how do I say this without sounding like a bitch?" there was a pause.

This was new, Rose never worried about sounding like a bitch. "Celebrities...Well, they're narcissistic and they think they're better than an average person…" I couldn't help but smile because it sounded like she was talking about herself. I tried not to take her last comment as a dig because she was trying to be nice. This was so odd.

"And..." the words left her in a rush "why would he hire you? You have no experience. How did you even meet him? Just please, be careful, with Edward, ok?" What the hell was she talking about? Be careful with what? Then it clicked.

She was using her typical mind games on me. She was trying to make me feel like I wasn't good enough to have this job, like I didn't deserve it. This was so typical of her! She always has to put me down! Why does she have to do this to me? Why can't she just support me for once in her life?

I didn't really want to get into this right now. I was starting to get really mad and upset. You think after 23 years with Rosalie I would be immune to her mind games, but it still hurt.

I just needed to get off the phone with her. "Ok. I will. I'll talk to you later, love you" I hung up my phone and put it back in my bag. I was fighting back tears the entire way back to Soho.

I stopped into the corner market at the end of our block. I was so upset I bought a bag a Twizzlers, Swedish Fish, gummy bears, sour gummy worms, candy necklaces, chewy runts, Reese's peanut butter cups and Jelly Belly's. Then, I got a pack of double stuff Oreo's, a bag of Cool Ranch Doritos, a box of gushers and a box of fruit by the foot. As I stood in the checkout line, a few tears slipped down my cheek and as the woman was ringing up my items she gave me a knowing look.

She stopped before she put the Oreo's in a bag and said to me "Don't worry baby girl, things will get better."

"Thanks." I gave her a small smile. Truthfully, this woman pitying me only made me feel more pathetic about my life.

She continued ringing up the items and the grand total came to $46.98. I sighed, dug through my purse and found my wallet. I pulled out my credit card that was for 'emergences only', Charlie's only stipulation about me getting a credit card. I would say this defiantly classified as an emergency, so I swiped my card in the machine and signed my name on the line.

I walked out of the store with my two bags in hand and since I was on a downward spiral, I decided I would go to the liquor store after all. I needed something to wash all that candy down. I walked in and grabbed a bottle of Moet off the shelf. I had never bought it before but I figured since I was making seventy grand, I could afford a $40 dollar bottle of Champagne. I also decided to buy a bottle of Limoncello. Go big or go home. I put another $60 dollars on my credit card. Sorry Charlie.

Walking back to the apartment I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I was leaning against my building, near the door, I took a long drag as I looked down the street. I was pleasantly surprised to see a really cute guy walking towards me.

He was really tall, like over six feet, and he had dark hair that was buzzed short, his skin was olive toned and he was also totally jacked. He was wearing a blue Giants sweatshirt and black sweatpants, with a gym bag slung over his shoulder. Totally sexy. Who was this guy?

He walked up to me and said "Hey, didn't you hear those things can kill you?" he smiled to reveal a set of perfectly white teeth, they looked like Chiclets.

I prayed to God I didn't look like I had been crying "Really? That's such an interesting story…" Whoa, killer. No need to be a bitch, he was just trying to be nice. Get a grip Swan.

He looked a little offended. I instantly started to backtrack "God, I'm sorry. That was rude of me. I've just been having a really bad day" I threw the cigarette on the ground and smashed it into the sidewalk with the toe of my boot. "Hence, the cigarette." I smiled up at him.

He let out a throaty laugh "Hey, it's ok; we all have our vices… Mine just happens to be Whiskey. Jack Daniel's to be exact."

It was my turn to laugh. And I held up the bags of candy and alcohol "Yeah, I guess I should confess.. I also like junk food and any alcohol, really, I don't discriminate."

His eyes grew wide when he saw the bags "You mean, are those bags" he was shaking his head laughing "they're full of junk food?"

I know I should have been ashamed but I wasn't "Candy specifically" I was laughing "Bad day remember?"

It was silent for a minute, but it wasn't uncomfortable "I'm Jake by the way." He stuck out his hand to shake mine but then he remembered my hands were full and kind did this weird thing where he patted the top of my head. Normally this would annoy me but coming from Jake, I found it charming.

I gave him a smile "Well it's nice to meet you Jake, I'm Bella." I was starting to get cold from just standing out here and I let out an involuntary shiver.

Jake must have noticed "I'm sorry, you must be freezing, I'll let you get inside." He paused and I realized I didn't want him to walk away just yet "it was very nice to meet you Bella," He started walking away from me backwards "maybe I'll see you around some time?" He gave me another one of those sexy smiles.

I went to open the door to my apartment building, Giving him what I hope was my sexiest smile, "Yeah… Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later" and with that I strutted into the building.

I walked into the apartment and Angela was laying down on one of our worn, brown leather couches, covered in a fuzzy yellow blanket. She jumped up when she saw me "Finally! You're back!" I must have had a dopey look on my face because she looked at me funny "Why do you look like that?" I shrugged.

Without taking off my jacket I put the bag of liquor on the kitchen counter and walked over towards the coffee table and dumped out the bags of junk food. We both just stood there staring at the table.

I was the first to break the silence "Well. It didn't look like that much when I was in the store."

Angela laughed "What the hell, Bells? Why did you buy the entire candy isle?" Her face looked concerned "Not that I'm complaining but… this" she waved her hands over the pile of candy "looks more like a pity party than a celebration."

Before I answered her question, I took my jacket off and walked back over to where I set the liquor down. I pulled the bottles out of the bag; I grabbed two Champaign glasses out of the cabinet and returned to the living room. I set the glasses down "Well, Rosalie happened. I don't want to get into details but it went along the lines of 'Why would Edward Cullen hire you, you're inadequate, blah, blah, blah, I hate Bella.' You know, the usual" I opened the Limoncello and poured a shot's worth in each glass and passed one over to Angela.

She took the glass from me, "Bella, I'm so sorry. Don't let Rosalie get to you, you know she's just a jealous bitch. You had such a great day; we should be celebrating because you did deserve that job, regardless of what the ice queen thinks!" She held her glass up to make a toast.

The rest of the night went smoothly. Angela had my back and cut me off before I was able to get too drunk. We put on hair masks and face masks and painted our nails. We ate so much candy that we never even thought to order pizza. At midnight I decided to call it a night.

I was getting sentimental. "Ang. Thank you. For everything... You just get me." Maybe I was a little drunk.

Angela was laughing at me "Anything for you baby! You really are my sister!" She pulled me into a big hug. She pulled away and held me by the shoulders "Now shoo! You can't oversleep on your first day of work!" She spun me around and pushed me towards my room. I discarded my clothes and didn't even bother putting pajamas on. I just slept in my under ware. I guess it was a drunken thing. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was out.