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EPOV

"Come on Edward!" Geez, Alice needed to take a chill pill. What was she so anxious about anyway?

I climbed out of my Volvo and headed to where I had heard my sister's screech. She had latched herself onto Jasper in the middle of the back lot of the studio. No surprise. The two were inseparable. I was actually shocked when she had shown up at my place without him. It's not everyday you see my baby sister without her husband.

"I don't know how you managed to yell at me Alice. You're lips have not left Jasper's since I laid eyes on the two of you." Alice waved her hand at me while continuing to suck my brother-in-law/best friend's face off. Eww.

Jasper untangled himself from his wife and firmly shook my hand. I was glad he and my sister met. They really were a great couple, as much as I hated to think of my sister married and sleeping with my best friend. They had met through me, but I had no intention of setting them up. It just happened one day. Like a bolt of lightening. He saw her, she saw him. Done.

"So, Edward, you looking forward to meeting your partner for the season?" Jasper asked while holding Alice closely to his side.

"Honestly, after all of these seasons, I've learned not to get my hopes up in the partner arena. As long as she can stay upright, I should be able to make her look good and hopefully she won't give me too much lip for it."

Alice giggled and Jasper held her even closer while he had a small smile on his face. What was going on? All of a sudden, Alice's smile dropped slightly.

"Hey, Eddie," a sensual voice called from behind me. I cringed. I knew that voice and was not looking forward to meeting the owner of it. But being a gentleman, I knew I couldn't be rude for no reason, so I pulled myself together and quickly turned around.

"Hello, Tanya. Nice to see you."

"Ow, Eddie. Just nice to see me? That hurts," she said with a slight look of hurt, but looking into her eyes told you she was far from hurt. Tanya always did love a challenge and apparently I was her biggest one. She slid fairly close to me as I tried to inch away from her body.

"Tanya," my sister interrupted. My savior. "What have you been doing with yourself these last few months? And look at your figure?!" Alice looking genuinely intrigued. Odd.

"Oh, well, I have been relaxing and preparing for the show. I am trying this new diet that I saw on Oprah and I think the results certainly are showing. Don't you think?" She was gloating. Ah, Tanya. You can always count on her to care about how she looks.

"Actually, I was going to say you looked bloating and appeared to be retaining water. I though maybe you were pregnant, but hey, if you think that diet is working, keep on trucking!"

I choked out a laugh, trying to make it sound like a cough and I caught Jasper biting his lip to keep from smiling. Damn. That little pixy was feisty alright. Tanya's eyes appearing to be glowing from hatred. She and Alice never got along and it showed.

It looked like Tanya was preparing a come back when I caught sight of Rosalie and Tom heading our way. I quickly raised my arm to wave them over and the other three glanced in their direction. I knew we had dodged a bullet with Tanya, but I'm sure she would have something to say to Alice later.

"Hey Rose. Tom." We all nodded to each other.

"Well, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to get this new season underway? Let's go meeting your partners!" Tom was certainly chipper today, but hell, when was he not trying to get a smile out of everyone.

He led the way to the stage door, followed by Alice, Jasper, Rose, Tanya and I brought up the rear. In truth, I only followed behind Tanya because I really didn't want her staring at my ass. Just thinking about her thinking about me made me shiver, and in a completely nonsexual way. Ick.

I could see the group of people ahead of us, but couldn't really make out anyone yet other than the fact that there were two really tall guys. Well, one tall, the other huge! As I got closer, I noticed the rest. There was an average looking guy at the end. He didn't appear to be threat. Next was the tallest of the group. Good looking guy, very muscular. I knew the female viewing audience would go crazy over him. Great.

The third in was a very attractive woman, who I'm sure, judging by what she was wearing now, would have no trouble in the skimpy outfits that our women wore. I caught her eye and she licked her lips. I politely gave her a smile and looked at the mountain next to her. There in front of me was the biggest man I had ever seen in my life. I'm sure if Paul Bunyan had been real, this guy would put him to shame. His eyes appeared to be falling out of his head and I realized he must be looking at Rosalie. She has that affect on most guys.

My eyes led me to the final person in the group. She was petite with a slender frame, but she had some nice curves to her, or at least I thought she did. I couldn't really tell due to her slightly oversized sweater that was wrapped around her. The blue of her dress looked lovely on her pale skin though. No heels, which I thought was interesting, but I could have stared at her legs for days. She was looking down her own line and seemed to be smirking at the big guy next to her. She seemed to have noticed his attention to Rose as well. She looked at Tanya to my right and made a face and then took me in.

I could finally take in her face now that she had turned towards me and I wasn't disappointed. She was beautiful and her long brown hair framed her perfectly. I could feel my heart slightly pick up pace and finally, her eyes met mine. I felt like I had been sucker punched. Her eyes were a simple brown, but they way you could get lost in them just made me want to stare at them forever.

I'm in trouble.

I tore my eyes away from the brunette in front of me to look at Tom who had begun talking.

"Hello to everyone here. I'm Tom Bergeron and I want to welcome you all to Dancing with the Stars. I'm going to go down the line and introduce you all to each other and then I'll announce who is partnering with whom."

I gulped. I had never been nervous when meeting my new partner, but my body was begging for it to be this woman in front of me and not Barbie down the line.

"So, we'll start off with Alice down at the end here. The little one on the end Alice Brandon and next to her is Jasper Whitlock. They each have won the mirror ball trophy once. Rosalie Hale is the lovely lady in the middle who has also won the coveted title. The woman next to her has won the trophy not once, but twice and her name is Tanya. Yes, that's right, just Tanya." I heard Alice snicker and noticed in my peripheral vision that Tanya had glared at Alice. I could have sworn I heard her hiss as well.

"And this gentleman right here is Edward Masen. He's yet to win, but I'm sure he's gunning for the prize this year." I looked at the brunette in front of me, who once again caught her eyes. She quickly looked away, but not before I was able to catch a slight blush coming to her cheeks. Adorable. I kind of didn't care that Tom had called me out on my ability to not win yet.

"Now, for my professionals, here are your new partners. Down at the far end is Michael Newton. He is the CEO and brains behind Newton Technologies. If you need a computer code broken or just need that damn chime on your digital watch to turn off, he's your guy."

I heard the big guy give a chuckle and Newton appeared to have slouched in his stance.

"Jacob Black is one of the world's top race car drivers. You've probably seen his face on numerous magazines recently as he is set to break a club record for most wins in a single season if he continues at his current pace."

Jacob had a huge grin on his face that told you ne knew he was the shit. Smug son of a bitch. Looking forward to that. He looked down his line to the brunette in front of me, and winked at her. I had to clench my fists and look my knees to keep from wiping that shit eating grin off his face. I quickly looked over to her and she seemed to have not noticed and she had turned her attention back to Tom. I took a deep breath as he continued.

"The lovely lady next to Jacob is Jessica Stanley, gossip reporter for the E! Network. She works with my co-host Samantha Harris, who you see is currently not here. You will meet her when the competition begins. As for Ms. Stanley, you best watch what you say around her. She's very good at her job and can find dirt in a snow storm, so I am told."

The glint in Jessica's eye told me that Tom was telling the truth. Great. Someone else up in my business. Just what I needed.

"This last gentleman here is Emmett McCarthy, defensive end for the Seattle Seahawks. He was a Heisman trophy winner in college and a first round draft pick into the NFL a few years ago. But don't let his rough exterior fool you. Emmett likes long walks on the beach, drinking pina coladas and getting caught in the rain."

I knew I had recognized him but I couldn't place where. The Seahawks were my favorite football team since they were from where I grew up for the later half of my life.

Emmett seemed to be a character, particularly since he had taken to humming the tune to "If You Like Pina Coladas." He actually sang out the line "if you like making love at midnight," and directed it to Rosalie. Well, this ought to be good. Rose doesn't take kindly to obviouse flirting. But when I looked at her, she was blushing and had a smile plastered on her face. Well, I'll be damned.

I heard a small bell chiming sound coming from my left and quickly turned to see that it was the brunette laughing at Emmett. She had a gorgeous laugh. We made eye contact again and she immediately stopped laughing, but still held a small smile on her face. The blush was back. Sigh.

"And finally, this young lady is best selling author Isabella Swan. She may seem like the shy and quiet type, but if you read her books, which by the way my daughters and wife love, then you would know that she is extremely intelligent and has a fiery wit. Watch out for this one." Tom ended the introductions with a smile at Isabella.

Isabella. What a beautiful name. Please, please, please. Please pair me with Isabella.

"Alright, now to get on with it. Who will be partnering with whom."

I held my breath as Tom began announcing the pairs.

"Mike, you will be with Alice. Jacob, you will be Tanya's partner and Emmett you are going to be paired up with Rosalie." Emmett gave a semi-quiet 'woot' at that announcement.

Now it was down to the women. Jasper or I would be the lucky one and would dance with Isabella. Please say it was me. Jasper couldn't be her partner. He had Alice for a wife. Please say that he doesn't get this beautiful girl to dance with as well.

"Jessica, you will be with Jasper and Isabella, your partner is Edward." I smiled and let out small sigh of relief.

Thank you. Whoever was listening, thank you.

"Now, I will leave you all to get acquainted and we'll see you all back here in a few short weeks. Get to dancing." And with that, Tom left.

The couples converged on each other while Isabella and I just stood there. I realized that she probably wasn't going to move anytime soon so I took a shaky breath and walked towards her. She seemed to snap out of her daze and began to take a step towards me when she started to stumble forward.

I reached out and grabbed her before she hit the ground. Her eyes were tightly closed and her hands clenched my shirt. I could feel her warm breath on my chest. I clutched her waist tighter to me and lifted her up to place her back on her feet, but didn't let go of her once she was there.

"Are you ok?" I asked, truly concerned. I didn't see what she could have tripped but I certainly didn't want her to hurt herself.

"I'm sorry. I'm a real klutz. I trip over thin air all the time. I don't know why they wanted me on this show," she answered honestly, with a blush on her cheeks.

Great. Not only does it appear that my new partner can't walk in a straight line without falling over, but now that she was in my arms, I never wanted to let her go.

I'm in big trouble.

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