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As of now I am alternating points of view between Bella and Edward. While I will not completely recap Bella's chapter with Edward, I will make sure that any important thoughts that he had from the previous chapter are mentioned in his chapters.
This story is unbeta'd, so any and all mistakes are solely mine.
Disclaimer – Twilight and the characters belong to SM. I am just borrowing them.
EPOV
Chapter Four
It was a Saturday night and I had let Rosalie and Emmett talk me into coming to a trendy bar called New Moon with them. I rarely went to places like this, but I didn't feel like sitting at home by myself on a Friday night and it wasn't like I really knew anyone else in Seattle just yet. So I let them take me out for a few drinks.
I had to admit that the place was actually pretty cool. We sat at a table next to the dance floor and just hung out. Emmett knew a lot of the people that were there so we had different people constantly coming by the table and taking shots with us. I was letting loose and having fun. Or at least I would be having fun if my phone wasn't vibrating with an incoming call from Tanya every few minutes.
I was getting really frustrated with how clingy Tanya was being. I knew that part of my frustration was that I wanted to end it with her but couldn't until I was able to fly back to Chicago in a few weeks. It really wasn't her fault that she didn't yet realize that I didn't feel the need to call and check in with her all throughout the day. I had talked to her earlier that day, but kept it very brief, feigning a meeting at the university to get off the phone. When we decided to come out I knew that I had to tell her or she would be doing exactly this and calling every five minutes. I sent her a text saying that I was going out with Emmett and Rosalie and hoped that it would be enough. No such luck. I really needed to hurry back to Chicago so that I could end things for good. Tanya deserved to be dating a guy that actually wanted to be dating her and wasn't trying to avoid her.
After the sixth call I finally had enough. I was going to have to answer if I had any hope of having some fun without her distracting me with phone calls. I excused myself from the table and headed outside so that I could call her back. To say that the phone call didn't go well would be an understatement. She was pissed that I went out with calling and then ignored her calls. I was pissed that I couldn't go out and have fun without having to check in with her like she was my mother. I might have told her at one point that I was a grown man and didn't need her constantly checking up on me. That was not a good thing to say. She yelled a few choice curse words at me and then hung up. I knew that by tomorrow she would be apologizing and trying to make everything better again, but I couldn't bring myself to care. I felt like such a shitty person for acting this way towards her, but I couldn't make myself stop. After I turned my phone off and put it back in my pocket I made the decision to fly out to Chicago the very next day. This needed to be handled sooner rather than later.
As I walked back into the club and made my way to our table I noticed that there was another girl sitting with Emmett and Rosalie. I couldn't much about her, but I did notice that there was a new set of empty shot glasses spread across the table. Apparently Emmett and Rosalie had no problem keeping the party going without me for a few minutes. That thought made me smirk to myself. Emmett definitely never had a problem partying and I knew that Rosalie was his match in many ways, including that one.
As I got to the table Rosalie saw me and nudged the girl that was sitting with her. I heard Rosalie tell her that I was back and the girl turned around to greet me. Once I saw her face I stopped in my tracks. I didn't know how Rosalie had done it, but she found her. She found the girl from the plane. Isabella.
I knew from the expression on Isabella's face that she recognized me. Even in the dark I could see her cheeks reddening with a gorgeous blush that I had already figured out often graced her beautiful face. I smirked at her and walked the last few steps to stand in front of her. I glanced at Rose and saw a mischievous glint in her eye. She knew exactly what she was doing. Only my sister-in-law could find my dream girl this fast and bring her to me.
"Edward, this is Bella. I met her at the bar after accidentally spilling a drink on her. I invited her to come sit with us for a while to make it up to her," Rose said to me as I continued to stare at Isabella. Rose had called her Bella.
"Hello, Bella. Nervous again?" I asked her playfully.
She looked at me confused and her blush deepened. "Nervous? No, no. I'm not at all nervous. Well I didn't expect to see you ever again. But I'm not nervous. Why do you think I'm nervous?"
I sat next to her and couldn't help but lean closer to her and whisper "You're drinking again. I thought we established that you didn't have a problem? I can only assume that it is once again because you are nervous over something."
I wouldn't have thought it possible, but she blushed even deeper at my words as her eyes got wide. "What? No! I just came out to have fun. I don't have a problem. I really don't. Oh goodness, of course you would only see me when I'm drunk and can't keep my mouth shut."
Before I could respond Rosalie smacked my arm. "Quit teasing my new friend, Edward, and tell me how it is that you two seem to know each other," Rose demanded of me.
"I'm sorry," I told Bella. "I was just teasing you. I've learned that you have a delightful blush when you are embarrassed. But I am glad to see you again. I had the pleasure of having Bella here sit next to me on my flight back to Seattle a few days ago," I said to Rose, knowing full well that she knew exactly how I knew Bella.
"Yes," Bella agreed. "I met Edward then, though we didn't exchange names. I might have had a few too many drinks because I was nervous and lost all ability to think before speaking. Edward here doesn't seem to be quite enough of a gentleman to allow me to forget," she said with a slightly teasing tone to her voice.
"Please tell me that you two joined the mile high club!" Emmett chimed in with a waggle of his eyebrows. Of course he would make a completely inappropriate remark like that. I wouldn't expect any less of him.
I thought that Bella would be even more embarrassed by Emmett's comment than she already was, but she wasn't. Instead she was giggling with Rose. "Well unfortunately Edward here didn't recruit me to join that particular club with him," she said with a wink to Emmett. The girl was beautiful and funny. I was liking this playful side of her that I was seeing. It made me wonder just how many other sides there were to this girl.
Pressing my luck I threw my arm around the back of the booth where Bella was sitting and smirked at her. "Well now that I know you wouldn't turn me down, I may have to recruit you the next time I find myself sitting next to you on a plane," I said to her.
She raised an eyebrow at me and replied back "All I said was that you didn't ask. I never said I wouldn't turn you down."
She smiled sweetly at me as she said that and I heard both Rosalie and Emmett start laughing at my expense. "Looks like you're going to have your hands full with this one," Emmett said to me. I couldn't help but think that he was very right.
For the next hour the four of us sat around talking and taking more shots. The longer I was around Bella the greater she seemed. On the plane she had completely intrigued me. It wasn't just the fact that she was beautiful, although it was hard to deny her beauty when she was sitting next to me. But she was intelligent and I realized that I loved seeing her blush. However, being next to her here I realized that she more than just intrigued me. She completely mesmerized me. I had never felt this way about a girl before and I didn't know what to do with my feelings. She was fun and flirty as well as beautiful and intelligent. I wanted to get to know her even better, but at the same time I knew that I had to keep my distance, at least until I was able to completely end things with Tanya. As much as I wanted to be closer to Bella, I would never cheat on someone that I was seeing, even if I knew that the relationship would soon be over. Tanya and Bella both deserved better than that.
The more we drank, the more I knew that I needed to leave before I did something stupid with Bella. I realized that I kept finding little ways to touch her. I would graze her bare arm with my knuckles or tuck a stray piece of hair behind her ear. The touches weren't enough, but I knew that for now they had to be. Not only did I need to end things with Tanya, but I needed to talk to Bella about who I was. Before I could do anything with her I knew that I had to explain that I was actually her new boss. The very same boss that she had professed to despise already. I needed to set things straight with Bella, but it needed to be when we weren't both in the process of getting completely drunk.
Just as I was about to excuse myself and try to get a cab to bring me home, I heard someone shout Bella's name. I turned towards the voice to see a petite girl waving enthusiastically towards Bella while walking towards our table. Walking behind her in a much calmer manner was a taller blonde guy. When the two got close to our table, Bella jumped up and embraced the smaller girl.
"Alice!" Bella exclaimed, taking the girl's hand and bringing her to the table. "I want you to meet my new friends! This is Rosalie, Emmett and Edward. Guys, this is my best friend Alice and her boyfriend Jasper. We came here together but they ditched me to dry hump on the dance floor a couple of hours ago," Bella said with a laugh.
"Hey, we didn't ditch you! Besides, there was nothing stopping you from finding your own guy to dry hump on the dance floor," Alice said. Obviously she didn't get embarrassed nearly as easily as her best friend.
We all talked some more and Bella explained to Alice that I was the guy that she had sat next to on the plane. Apparently she had told her friend about our conversation and Alice squealed something about Bella being right about the "fuck hotness." I wasn't entirely sure what she meant, but Bella once again blushed.
We took a few more shots after that before Bella stood up to go to the bathroom. She took a couple of steps before wobbling and falling into my lap. I instinctively put my arms around her to make sure she didn't topple onto the ground when our eyes locked. I stared into her beautiful brown eyes and came close to just saying fuck it all and claiming her lips. Just as I was about to lean in towards her, she whispered my name. And then she proceeded to pass out in my arms.
Next chapter Bella will find out just who Edward really is! Stay tuned!
