Just so everyone knows, Bella and Edward will be getting back together, just not yet. Don't spazz, they will see each other, and perhaps more than anyone expects. haha. Don't worry, they'll be back together soon...

And another thing, this story is all human... Edward and Bella are both 30.

This chapter is going to fun... lol.

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Ch3

BPOV

Alice and I were now in the car, headed toward the mall. Of course, we had to have new outfits for tonight, so there was no putting off this trip until tomorrow.

I kept staring out the window, missing my kids more than ever. I missed the bickering and fighting. I missed playing referee... I missed my life. But I had to suck it up and live it out.

"Bella, they'll be back tomorrow." Alice whispered. I looked over at and saw that her face was hard and she never took her eyes off the road, even though I'm pretty sure she could drive to the mall with a blindfold on...

"I'm sorry, Alice. I know I'm being sore company." I said.

"Its okay. I understand. But can I ask you something, and please don't take it the wrong way..." She said, still keeping her eyes on the road.

"Yeah sure." I said, knowing where this going. She had never asked before, but she once told me if it ever caused me problems she'd ask, and expected an answer.

"What happened?" She asked. "Why'd you leave him?"

I sighed. I knew it. But she deserved to know. She'd been wondering of the past 9 years.

"He cheated on me. I walked in the room and started cleaning one day, and I found a black bra that was not mine. It was stuck down beside his bed. I knew it wasn't because it had a little velvet on it, and I can't stand the feel of velvet. A few days later I found in the hall leading to the dorms pushed up against the wall by some girl. She was gorgeous. I left before I had to face him again. I didn't know what else to do. I just packed a bunch of random clothes for me and Allie and left. She was screaming the whole way out. She hated me for the longest time. She was always really close to Edward." I ranted. I couldn't stop myself. Once I got going, it was like I couldn't quit. But finally, I stopped.

"Bella, why didn't you tell me?" Alice almost screamed. "DAMMIT! I thought it was something more than that! Did you ever stop to think that Edward wasn't cheating on you?"

"Wha-? What are talking about?" I asked. I'll admit, I was scared. Alice has never been mad at me, not for all the years I've known her.

"Bella, you said the girl had Edward pushed against the wall, not the other way around. It could have been that she was kissing him. You know how girls throw themselves at Edward. He's gorgeous, how could they not?" She said. I thought through what she said. Yes, it was possible, but-

"But Alice, what about the bra?" I asked. Seriously? How he cover that up?

Alice blushed. This was the first time in years that Alice had actually blushed. She ducked her head a little and muttered something I didn't hear.

"What was that?" I asked.

"The bra was mine." She almost yelled, then she ducked head again like a turtle trying to hide in its shell while she cheeks flamed red.

"What?" I asked. "How?"

She took a deep breath. "Remmeber that guy James? Remember that night I got so drunk, I couldn't remember anything and I was puking for 3 hours straight the next day?"

I sat there, completely dumbstruck.

"Wait a minute. How are sure that you slept with him then?" I asked. She had told me that she didn't remember anything.

"Well the fact that I woke up with him on top of me and still partially inside me, I guessed." She said shrugging her shoulders. I grimaced. That was not something I needed to know.

Thats when all of it hit me. I had left Edward for no reason. I left him and took his kids away from him for no reason. My kids lost their dad for absolutely no reason. No reason, expect for the fact that I was stupid and selfish. In that order.

"Oh my god." I said.

"What?" Alice asked.

"Oh my God." I said louder. " I left him. I left him and I don't even have a reason now."

"Bella, lets not worry about that now. Lets just go shopping, go to that dinner, and then we'll worry about it. Okay?" She said, reaching over and taking my hand. It was comforting to know I would always have Alice beside me. I nodded to show er I understood. I couldn't change it, so I really didn't want to worry about it right now...

We pulled into the mall parking lot, and I took my time walking into the nightmare that I knew I couldn't escape. Maybe I should just embrace this and use it as a distraction from everything thats been going on. Yeah, thats what I'll do...

So I held my head high and threw myself into trying a new outfit for this occasion and another outfit for that occasion and few outfits for occasions that haven't even came up yet. Alice jabbered away, and I threw myself into that and joined her in the ramblings of a girls typical life. Before I knew it, we were walking out of the mall with too many bags to count.

"See? That wasn't so bad was it? Now we've only got an hour and a half before the dinner and that will fly by once we get started getting ready." She said, continuing her continuous talking that went on... well continuously.

"No. It was fun, actually." I said, laughing. Just then a guy in his early 20's walked by, giving me a look that clearly said he liked what he saw. He looked me up and down twice and then winked at me. I walked past him, blushing all the while. When I looked back, he had stopped to watch me walk away. I turned and did just that, walked away.

"Holy crow, did you see that?" Alice asked increduously.

"How could I not?" I asked. I was never comfortable talking to men, and that boy just looked too young.

She looked back at him. "Hmm. I'd tap that." She said.

I looked at her with a shocked expression. Did she just-? No, she didn't

"What?" She said innocently. I guess she'd noticed my my expression.

"Did you just-? Did you say-? What?" I stuttered.

"Thats what I'm asking." She said back.

"Did you say you'd tap that?" I asked, putting much emphasis on the word 'tap'.

"Yeah. And I would." She said.

I just shook my head. Alice will be Alice. I had to tell myself that over and over to get the words 'I'd tap that' out of my head. It was like a sickening mantra that wouldn't go away...

We got into the car and drove to the house with Alice talking about going to see her parents for the break that was coming up soon. She was excited, and somehow it rubbed off on me. But I was excited for something different. The dinner. I was going to win my money back somehow.

We got ready in no time. 35 minutes. That has to be Alice's record.

I looked in the mirror to admire my friends work. I tilted to my head to the side as if to get a better look that way. She really did make me look good, but I could never consider myself beautiful. I didn't believe I looked bad, but I also didn't believe I looked beautiful either.

My hair was curled casually, big loose curls that you could wear just about anywhere and they'd look good. My out said something different though. I had on a black dress that went down to my knees. It had a V-neckline that made my neck look longer than it really was. Then there was a little section of jewels that was just under my breasts that connected with the V-cut. I looked- not like a mother.

I looked at Alice as she walked out of the bathroom. She had her hair spiked as usual, but it wasn't as wild. She had on a dark gray dress that only reached about mid-thigh. It hugged her breasts and then fell loosely around her body. The straps were very wide and made a V on her chest, only to wrap over shoulders and connect to the back of the dress. Oh buddy, was she going to have fun with the boys tonight.

I smiled and she smiled back. This was going to be fun.

We headed out to Alice's Porsche and climbed in, careful not to crease our dresses. On our way to the restraunt, I got a call from Jasper.

"Hello?" I said as I answered my phone.

"Hey, Bella, I'm going to be a bit late, but I have a booth reserved for so just say you have a reservation under Hale and they should take care of it. You can go ahead and order your drinks, we wont be that late." He said.

"What's keeping you?" I asked.

"Rosalie is just now getting her hair done. She said her make up is going to take another 10 minutes. If she's not ready in 15 minutes, I'm pushing her out the door." I heard grumbling on the other end and guessed it was Rosalie.

I laughed. "Tell her to take her time. Alice and I can wait." I said. We said our goodbyes and hung up the phone.

"He's going to be a bit late, so he told us to go ahead and order drinks when we got there." I told Alice, and she nodded. She had been really quite the entire time.

"Alice? Something wrong?" I asked.

She shook her head. "Not really. I just feel... nervous, I think? Which is weird because i never get nervous. I feel like something big is going to happen. I don't usually get feelings like this, but when I do they're usually right." She said seriously. I nodded. She had had these before, when we started school, which was when we first met, when I met Edward, and right before I left Edward and found out I was pregnant... again.

We were quite for the rest of the ride, not sure what to think of tonight anymore. When we arrived, we slowly got ot of the car. It was so dramatic, I almost laughed.

We walked in and I instantly noticed the decorations. The dark navy blue walls with black trim. The lights were dim and candles were settled everywhere. The black and blue seats were spead out generously in the enormous room so everyone would have a fair bit of privacy. There was a bar that had shot glass sitting behind it. The light buzz of conversation drifted through the air, but none of it was distiguishable.

We told the waitress about our reservations and she led us to a secluded booth. We slid in and began to talk when we noticed the waitress still standing there. I looked up at her expectantly.

"Drinks?" She asked as she looked up from my body. Oh, god, she was not.

"Uhm... I'll have the Long Island Iced Tea." I told her, not even looking at the menu that she had just handed us. I just wanted her to get away from me. Having men look at me was bad enough, not the women too...

"Yeah, and I'll have the Dry Martini." Alice said, said trying to hold in her giggles. She shut up when the waitress gave her the same look though.

"Anything for you two." She said, trying to be seductive. It actually may have worked if we weren't straight. The lesbian waitress then walked off to fill our orders. I looked at Alice to see that she had the same look I did. Oh My Gosh.

"Thats two hits today Bella. One from a guy, one from a girl. Nicely done." Alice said.

"Hey, the girl was hitting on you too." I said back to her. The waitress then returned with our drinks and sat them each down a little slower than necessary. What was the point of that?

"That was fast." I said to no one in particular. She smiled, but thankfully didn't say anything. I only just caught what my comment could mean after I said it. She walked away again after we told her we weren't ready to order yet.

Alice and I were in a very intense conversation (well for her. It was about shoes) when I felt that we weren't alone anymore.

"Good evening ladies." I heard Jasper say. I looked up and there he was in a dark gray button up shirt, black blazer and black pants. The top two buttons were undone, giving a view of his chest. The colors contrasted nicely with his pale skin and dirty blonde hair. Beside him stood a supermodel. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed supermodel. She had the perfect body, and a flawless face. Her long blonde curly hair was styled perfectly and her tight burgandy dress showed off her perfect curves. She was just perfect.

"This is your sister?" I asked, still looking at her.

"Yes. This is Rosalie." he said.

"And why didn't the perfect genes get passed to you?" I asked. I heard Alice mutter something I didn't understand then take a drink. Apparently Jasper, who was standing closer to Alice, had heard her though, because he smiled and slid into the seat next to her. I looked over to Rosalie. She didn't look too happy to be here.

I scooted over for her to sit beside me, and she hesitantly took the seat.

"So, Rosalie, where do you work?" I asked. I hated small talk, but I had to start somewhere.

"I.. uh.. I work at Harvey's." She said quietly.

"The Body Shop?"

"Uh, yea."

"Wow. Impressive. Are you any good?" I asked.

"She's the best. Can fix any car of any model. She can get any part she wants. She's got connections like no one knows." Jasper said.

Rosalie smiled. "You'd be surprised at the service a girl can get." I grimaced.

"What?" She asked.

"Hmm?" I asked back.

"What was that face for?" She asked venomously. I could tell I had made her mad. I shrugged.

"It just has to suck because I bet thats the only attention you get from guys. Sexual attention. I'd hate it. Guys are scumbags when it comes to good-looking girls." I said, trying to recover her good graces.

She smiled and nodded. I looked at Jasper and he had his eyebrows raised. I smiled.

"Most of them, yeah. So, Jasper told me you have kids?" I nodded, taking note of the way she dismissed the guy topic.

"Two of them. Allie and Jamie, girl and boy." I said. I looked to Alice, noticing she hadn't said anything this entire time to see her throwing glances at Jasper. Absolutely fantastic.

"How old are they?" She asked.

"Allie is 14 and Jamie is 9." I said.

"Wait, you're like 30 right?" She asked. I nodded. "So you were only 16 when you had the first one?" I flinched, but nodded nonetheless. No point in lying now, she was a mechanic, naturally good at math.

"How did you manage?" She asked. I shrugged.

"It wasn't that hard. I had a little money from my parents, and the job I got payed good enough to support all of us. I managed." I said. I wasn't in the mood to talk about that.

"Uhm, I'm going to go the bathroom." Jasper said suddenly. He suddenly got up and ran to the bathroom. What was his problem?

I shook my head. Then our waitress came back over to take Rose's drink, and she also ordered for Jasper. When she noticed te girl looking at her like she had me and Alice, Rose glared at her. Not only did she glare though, she shot 10-foot daggers at that girl. Now I could see how she kept the guys in line.

"Uhm, I need to go to the bathroom too." Alice said. "That drink is taking its toll" She shot out of the booth and disappeared behind a corner. Rose laughed.

"What?" I asked.

She shook her head. "They went to the same bathroom." She said. My mouth dropped. Oh, she was not.

Somehow Rose and I ended up throwing ice cubes at people and watched at they looked around aimlessly to figure out who threw it. It was very entertaining. We were laughing hysterically at a guy who almost fell out of his chair because he jumped so high when we hit him.

Jasper walked out a few minutes later with a serious case of sex hair. That only made the two of us laugh harder.

"What are you two laughing at?" He asked when he sat down. He was a little breathless, and that just sent us into a fit of giggles.

"Nothing" I said once I got enough breath to say something.

"Oh, its something, but I don't want to know what it is." That just made us start laughing again. Then Alice walked out, and her hair seemed a little spikier than before, and her dress was uneven.

I looked at her, and she from the look she gave me, she knew I knew. She smiled sheepishly.

"Apparently, you'd tap that too." I muttered just loud enough for everyone at our table to hear. Alice and Jasper blushed, while Rosalie and I started laughing again. I was surprised at how well we were getting along, but maybe it was just the alcohol.

Then a guy in a waiter uniform showed up. I looked at him in curiousity. Didn't we have a female waitress before?

"Hello, I'm Brent, I'll be your waiter this evening." He said politely.

"Didn't we have a girl?" Alice asked.

"Ah, yes, she took the evening off. Said she's not feeling too well." He said. Then he asked for our orders. We all ordered something different, except Jasper, who got the same thing as Alice.

We sat in silence now, not sure what to say to each other. Alice had just screwed Jasper in the bathroom and Rosalie had just thrown ice cubes at people and laughed hysterically at Alice screwing Jasper in the bathroom. There wasn't much left to do.

Soon our food came and we continued to be silent. All through the meal, no one spoke a word.

Finally, after we had finished and our plates had been taken from us and desert was served, Jasper broke the silence.

"Why hasn't anyone said anything?" He asked.

"Not entirely sure." I said. "There's not really much to say I guess." I shrugged. I wasn't used to silence, so I had no clue how to handle this situation...

"Well, lets play a game." Alice said excitedly.

"Seriously, Alice? We're adults, not teenagers." I said.

"Oh, come on, Bella. Its a good way to get to know each other." She begged.

"Oh fine. What're we playing?" I asked.

"I've Never.' We just need shots." She said, as she waved her hand in the air to flag down our waiter. He finally walked over after about 5 waves.

"Can I get you anything?" he asked.

"Yeah, we need 16 shots of Cuervo. Put them on a spin tray, please." She said. He nodded and walked away. Not 5 minutes later he returned with the shots and tray.

"Ok, you all know how to play this game?" Alice asked.

Rose and Jasper nodded while I just shook my head. I had never heard of the game before.

"Well, Bella, some will make a statement starting with 'I've never' and if you have done it before then you take a shot. The one who took less shots is the winner."

"Oh, so the point of this game is to find out your sexual sercrets while getting drunk. Whoever came up with this is just brilliant." I said sarcastically. She rolled her eyes.

"I'll go first, then we'll rotate clockwise." She said. "Ok... I've never gotten anyone pregnant, nor been pregnant." She said. I rolled my eyes. She was such a cheater. However as I took my shot, I noticed Rosalie had also taken one... I gave a questioning look.

"We don't have to explain." She said as she looked at me, then down at the table. "I've never kissed a person of the same sex." She said as she picked up a glass and down it. I picked one up too and grimaced before downing my also. I looked up to see Rosalie staring at everyone...

"Everyone has kissed the same sex?" She asked. We all nodded. I looked to Jasper.

He shrugged while still looking down. "I was drunk." was all he said. Then he looked at me. "Who'd you kiss?" He asked.

I blushed and looked to Alice. His eyes flared to life. "Oh, I've got to hear about this." He said.

Luckily, Alice took it. "We were at a party and buzzed. I know we weren't drunk because neither one of us was laughing that hard yet. We wer dancing together and all these people kept telling us to kiss. So I kissed her. For a long time." She said. I laughed, and soon everyone joined in.

"You have to admit Alice, that night was fun." I said.

"Yeah. It was." She said.

"Ok, my turn." I said. I decided to revenge on her. "I've never screwed a stranger in the bathroom." I said. Alice glared at me but took the shot, as did Jasper. Rosalie and I had started laughing again.

"I've never had sex in a dressing room." Jasper said. Oh, I hated him. The one thing I tell him and he goes and pulls this. Luckily I wasn't the only one. Rose and Alice took a shot too. I smiled at him. There were only five shots left one the table. This was going by fast.

"I've never done anything sexual in front of everyone." Alice said. I smiled. That I had never done. Rosalie, however took another shot. I laughed at her.

"I've never had sex." She said, and picked up a glass. Everyone else did too. Now, they were completely gone.

"Why did you say that one? You knew everyone here had had sex..." Alice said, somewhat disappointed.

"It was time for it to end. I need to go, so Jasper, you ready?" She asked as she stood from the booth.

"Alright." He said, waiting for Alice to get up so he can leave. She looked pleadingly at me. I took the hint and got up to leave.

"Come on Rose." She looked at Alice and Jasper and rolled her eyes. We walked around the corner and stood there, waiting. After about 3 minutes they finally came to find us. We said our goodbyes to each other and departed. It was a odd though, because we had to walk in the same direction until we got outside, so it was like we said our goodbyes too soon. So we said them again.

When we got over to the car, Alice was already bouncing and I could tell the ride home was going to just spectacular.

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So, there you have it. I always like the idea of Alice and Jasper instantly falling for each other the moment they each other. And, since I'm not going to put it in the story, Alice was torturing Jasper under the table. Thats why he had to go to the bathroom. haha...

But I've always liked Rosalie, so I made her kinda nice. If you want me to make her mean, just say so, I'll put a little mean scene somewhere in here. I'm not sure if its going to just be the alcohol that made her nice or not yet... Let me know what you think!

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