Since we were now hanging out with the guys we ended up taking one of the limos instead of taking a cab or walking. I asked Alice which club we were going to and she winked as she said Tryst; I couldn't help but smile.
Tryst is by far the hardest club to get into in Las Vegas but luckily Alice and I had our own connections. Our friend Preston came to Vegas with us for spring break our senior year of college and he fell in love with the city and never came home. Then next time we heard from him he was working at Tryst as the head bouncer and guaranteed us free entry anytime.
Jasper let out a low whistle when the limo pulled up to the doors, "We're never going to get in here." Alice and I both raised our eyebrows in surprise at him. "What, it's true." I shrugged, "I guess with you guys being 'Rock Stars' we both just assumed you could get into any club. It's funny to hear you say that you've never been here before."
Edward mumbled something as he climbed out of the limo and offered a hand to both Alice and me to help us get out. "OK let's go wait in line since our 'Rock Star' stance has no affect here." I saw Preston by the door holding a clipboard as the others started to head for the back of the line.
I turned towards the door without telling anyone but Edward noticed my absence and called out to me, "Bella, get back here!" I ignored his demand and kept going as people moaned and complained about me line skipping. When I got to the front of the line the bouncer in charge of the rope told me I needed to wait in line as I noticed Alice, Jasper, and Edward approaching me. "I'm pretty sure Preston will find that our name is on the list."
At hearing his name Preston's head shot up and he dropped the clipboard and ran to me lifting me in the air. "BELLA!" I giggled and squeezed his neck with all the force I had in me, which was still only half of the force he was squeezing me with. "Pres…ton… Can't… Breathe!" He stopped squeezing me but still held me in the air. "What the hell are you doing here alone?"
I titled my head behind me towards Alice, "I'm not alone." He immediately let go of me almost dropping me on my ass as he ran to hug Alice. Our lovely moment was ruined by the bouncer who was still waiting to find out if we were on the list. "Preston, the line." Preston rolled his eyes but waved us all in, "I'll catch up with you guys later!" I kissed him on one cheek while Alice kissed him on the other causing him to blush from embarrassment.
"How the hell do you guys know him?" Jasper threw his arm over Alice's shoulders as if he was making sure everyone knew she was with him. "Oh Jasper relax, he just went to the same college as us." He physically relaxed after Alice explained how we know Preston. I bumped shoulders with Edward and he looked up at me looking a little gloom.
"What's wrong with you?"
Something flickered in his eyes before he spoke, "Nothing is wrong with me. I'm in the hottest club in Las Vegas with sexy bitches all around me. My only problem is that I don't have enough time to fuck them all." At that moment I knew that he was no longer the Edward that I had been talking to all day long, but instead he was now Edward Cullen the 'Rock Star' who has panties thrown at him.
"Well then you better go get started, me on the other hand I am going to get me a drink and dance with that man right there." I ignored his eye roll and headed over to the bar with Edward close behind me.
He order himself a beer and I smiled remembering that he isn't a big partier but I felt like letting go so I ordered three shots, "What would you like?" I bobbed my head to the music as I ordered, "I'll a have a vampire, a Vegas bomb, and an orgasm and a half." The lady behind the bar bit her lip and looked at Edward with my last shot, "I bet he could give you the last one."
This time I rolled my eyes but I caught the smirk on his face before he took a swig of his beer. I was determined to knock that cocky smile off his face, "Well he is looking for several women to fuck tonight perhaps I can put you on the list." She looked absolutely offended by that as she handed me my drinks. I would have to be sure to order stuff from the other bartenders to be sure no spit would be involved.
I downed the Vegas bomb and the orgasm in a half but waited awhile before drinking the vampire. "Are you afraid of vampires?" I looked over my shoulder to see Edward looking right back at me. Without taking my eyes off him I downed the shot and then stood on my tip toes to be able to reach his ears, "I'm not afraid of things that bite." I nipped his ear lob before pulling away and heading towards the man I had pointed to earlier.
I had to admit the alcohol was making it easier to be the wild Bella that I had a love hate relationship with but I knew I had to pace myself for the rest of the night. I could handle the whiskey without a problem but the vodka in the vampire shot would go straight to my head.
The guy at the bar was of course willing to dance with me. We dance for almost an entire hour and I learned that his name is Gary, he lives in Vegas, and he's been married twice, once was a drunken chapel wedding and was annulled the next day and the other was to his high school sweetheart but it only lasted 2 years. All in all he was not my type but we were having fun dancing.
We were just about to dance again after grabbing a drink but Preston came up to me. "OK you me and the dance floor right now." I grabbed the hand that he stuck out for me but turned back to Gary. "I'll be right back I swear." He nodded and ordered another beer.
"So my dear Bella what the hell have you been up to?"
I laughed as he whipped me around forcing me to spin, "Preston if you must know I ended up using my degree in English to work at a bookstore and earn minimum wage. That was until about a month ago when I got laid off, and now here I am."
We stopped dancing when the music stopped and he leaned down and whispered, "So this has absolutely nothing to do with Ben Swan, the new member of Rita's Gift?" I gasped and looked up to see him smirk and a twinkle in his eye. "Don't worry your secret is safe with me, but I do have to get back to work. Call me and we will talk later." I reached up and kissed his cheek. "Thanks Preston." He gave me a quick wink before he left me standing there.
I looked around the club to see if I could see Alice or either of the guys and I almost gagged when I got an eye full of Alice and Jasper practically having sex on the dance floor. Far in the corner I could see Edward being swamped by several girls and had I not gotten to know him lately I would have thought nothing of it but now I could see that he wanted to be rescued and was looking for a way out.
I ran over to him and forced my past every one of the skanks that was trying to get in his pants. "Do you need help?" He nodded slightly but his eyes were begging me to help him. I pushed the last girl off of his lap before grabbing the back of his shoulders and dragged him away from the corner and over to the bar.
I looked around and I couldn't find Gary anywhere at the bar so I just sat down with Edward. He ordered us both another beer, "Thanks for helping me." I shrugged and took a big gulp of my beer, "No problem, just remember it when Ben needs help getting out of corner like that." "Anytime."
"Bella, you want to dance some more?" When I turned around Gary was standing there looking slightly pitiful so I nodded as I finished beer. "Yeah, let's dance." I couldn't help but notice that Edward watched my ass as I walked away. A small part of me wanted to enjoy the moment but a slightly bigger part knew it was better for everyone if we both acted like neither of us existed.
I danced with Gary through a few songs until another guy came over and tried to weasel his way in. I kept pushing him away without getting to close to Gary and it seemed to be working until Britney Spears' song 3 came on. After the first part of the song was sang both Gary and the mystery creep were trying to sandwich me between them and both were grinding against me.
I continued to try and push both of them away but it seemed useless so I stopped moving altogether. "Gary, I think our girl has given up on dancing with us. I thought I told you to pick a lively one." All at once panic spread across my mind, my heart sped up, and I stopped breathing. Gary then grabbed my hips from behind me and pulled me against him and I cringed at the fact that I could feel his erection against my ass.
Before I had time to push him away the other guy was grinding his erection against my front while his hands reached for my chest. My fight or flight finally kicked in and I slapped the guy in front of me as hard as I could. Immediately he raised his hand to smack me back but as it came down someone grabbed his arm and quickly Gary was pulled from behind me.
"Alice, take Bella and wait for us in the limo."
Edward was holding the unnamed guy and Jasper had Gary in a headlock. Jasper was the one who spoke to Alice, thankfully because Edward looked incapable of speaking. We made it halfway to the door before I broke down; luckily there was an empty booth which I sat in. Alice was freaking out almost as much as I was but she couldn't find either of the guys, so she ran to the door and came back with Preston.
He lifted me up easily with his monstrous arms and carried me to the limo. I eventually got my breathing under control, but my tears still fell freely, Edward and Jasper showed up soon after we were in the limo. They both looked beyond pissed. When Preston asked they told him where he could find the two guys, which was down an alley next to the club. He assured me he would be calling me before him and two equally large guys ran towards the alleyway.
The ride back to the hotel was awful. I cried the entire time with Alice holding me together with an audience of two staring at me. Alice tried to convince me that she should stay with me but I knew she and Jasper had made plans at the club to hang out in his room. She made me promise to call her if I needed anything and I of course agreed.
Edward walked me to the door and offered to stay with me until Ben gets back but I told him no. "Bella, I want you to know we may treat certain women, like Jessica, less than perfect but what happened tonight was unacceptable. Whenever you are out with any of us, Emmett included, we won't let anything like that happen to you. Because of Ben you and Alice will be treated like family by us. If you need anything at anytime, tonight or otherwise, give me a call."
I sniffled and wiped my eyes with the back of my hand before reaching up to kiss his cheek. "Thank you Edward." I was still uncomfortably close to him as I looked into his eyes. Before I knew it we were both slowly, painfully slowly, leaning closer to each other. Just before our lips touched the elevator dinged pulling us from our private little world and thrusting back into the real one. "Goodnight Bella." I sighed and stepped into my room, "Goodnight Edward."
As soon as the door was locked I stripped at the door and ran to take a scolding hot shower to cleanse myself from the awful night I had. Eventually Preston called to inform me that the two guys wouldn't be bothering anyone ever again and I cringed at what that really meant. I knew Preston dealt with a lot of illegal things but I just hoped none of them had anything to do with tonight.
More from 'Ben' in the next chapter. Give me any ideas you have!
~SAM~
