A/N: wow. i think this is the longest i've gone without updating in a while. my idea of writing like 3 or 4 chapters and then posting them while i'm on vacation isn't working out too well. i'm not even finished with chapter 5 yet. ugh. but i do have the ending finished, and the alternate ending too. that makes me happy.

this is my horrible excuse for a filler chapter. Bella is a little out of character, even by my standards, but whatever, she'll go back to normal in the next chapter, I promise.

And yes, I know this chapter sucks, but seriously, bare with me.

Disclaimer: has anyone every actually gotten sued because they didn't put a disclaimer on their fanfic? didn't think so.


"It's coming down to nothing more than apathy…Let's rearrange I wish you were a stranger I could disengage. Just say that we agree and then never change…" – Over my Head, The Fray.

In a futile attempt to see if they hadn't gone far, I searched every hospital in Washington and Alaska for a Dr. Carlisle Cullen.

I got nothing.

So I decided 'hey, maybe they left the country.' Canada and Britain were on the top of the list at the moment. I had already eliminated Montreal and parts of Ontario when Kate came rushing into my room – with Tanya and Irina in tow – demanding that I go out tonight.

According to her I needed to broaden my social horizons – or something along those lines. Whatever. I had better things to do. Finding the Cullens was something that could not be interrupted.

Well, until three vampires start begging you to leave your room, that is.

I was still looking up phone numbers of hospitals in Ontario and half listening to Kate and Tanya going on and on about how I needed to have fun and just loosen up. Irina was sitting on my bed looking thoroughly amused at the sight in front of her. This was probably the most entertainment she had gotten in a few months. I didn't blame her; the situation was probably pretty funny if you were a third party observer with no personal interest in the matter.

"Come on, Bella. You have to get out of the house sometime. You haven't left in almost a week," Tanya begged. "Please! Just this once."

"You'll have fun," Kate promised.

I sighed and finally gave up. I mean, what the hell? I might as well have some amount of fun while I'm here, right? Right. I thought I deserved it. And even though that small amount of fun that awaited me tonight was probably more miniscule than I could imagine, I really did need to get out of the house. The claustrophobia was starting to set in, and I really needed to get my mind off of Edward for a while.

"Fine," I said, "but just this once. And you better not make me wear something completely ridiculous, either." I felt that I was being pretty reasonable, considering that I was probably being dragged off to some club somewhere and I'd be forced to dance with god knows who.

"You ruin all our fun, Bella," Irina complained, jumping off the bed and making her way over to my closet.

"You'll live," I shrugged and followed.

It took Irina and me forty-five minutes to get an outfit together that we both agreed on. I ended up in my favorite pair of dark washed jeans and my 'nerds have big hard drives' t-shirt from Hollister. It was the only thing I actually owned from that store, but it was an awesome shirt; I couldn't help but buy it. I didn't even like Hollister otherwise.

"Bella, you can't wear that," Kate stood in front of the door and put her hands on her hips.

I looked down at my outfit and frowned. "Why not?"

"Okay, let me rephrase my last statement. Bella get more clothes on. If you walk outside like that, you'll defeat the purpose of trying to fit in. Get a hoodie or something."

"Oh!" I laughed. "Right, I'll meet you guys in the car."

I ran up the stairs and down the hall to my bedroom in a matter of seconds. I grabbed the first hoodie I found which turned out to be a plain black Volcom one that Kate bought for me on our last shopping trip. I ran back downstairs and out the door and came to a halt in front of Kate's Jaguar XKR coupe.

"You get shotgun, Bella!" Kate called from the driver's seat and motioned for me to get in.

I smiled wickedly to myself. I loved this car. I was thinking of maybe getting one for myself when I got the money. The XKR was still a prototype, though. Kate managed to snag one when she accidentally – although, I'm not sure how 'accidentally' it really was – seduced the CEO of Jaguar International, himself.

"It was an innocent mistake," Kate had said when she told me the story. Yeah, innocent, my butt. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Kate went speeding down the highway at almost 200 MPH. I could tell she loved putting her 420 horsepower engine to work. I might just have to steal this car from her one day. God knows I'll never drive my truck again.

Kate pulled her iPod out of the glove compartment and handed it to me so I could pick the music. We always did this just to torture Tanya and Irina, who pretty much hated our taste in music.

Tanya and Irina were, as usual, complaining in the back. They were asking me to put on something that would interest everyone, so I turned on some Bach, just to annoy them.

"Bellaaaa! At least put something upbeat on!" Irina groaned. "And from this century!"

I chuckled to myself and changed it to a random Thrice song. The complaining from the peanut gallery continued.

"You can do better than that, Bella." Tanya leaned forward and smacked my shoulder.

"Fine, I will," I rolled my eyes and shook my head. I searched through the artists until I came to something I knew they wouldn't nag me about too much.

"Happy now?" I asked when I changed it to Jimmy Eat World.

"Very," Tanya sat back in her seat. "Thank you."

Kate started laughing and shaking her head like she couldn't believe this was happening. It did seem sort of ridiculous; three immortals fighting about what songs to listen to while driving to a club in the middle of the night.

"So, where are we going anyway?" I asked, still looking through songs on Kate's iPod. I was debating on whether to keep pissing Tanya and Irina off, or just give up and play something I knew they liked.

"Anchorage," Kate answered plainly, looking straight ahead at the road.

"Why Anchorage?" I frowned.

"All the clubs are there," she giggled. "And it's much more fun."

"Right, 'cause you can't do any better than Anchorage, Alaska," I rolled my eyes.

"You want to go to Canada instead?" Kate asked, still not looking away from the road.

"No, Anchorage is fine," I said a little too quickly.


I felt like we'd been driving for hours even with Kate's speeding habits. As I glanced at the clock on the dashboard my suspicions were confirmed; we'd been on the road for exactly two hours.

"Where is this place?" I complained.

"Downtown Anchorage," Kate said. "We'll be there in a few minutes, don't worry."

Sure enough, about five minutes later Kate was handing her car keys to the valet and walking around the Jaguar at a human speed.

"I'm horribly under dressed," I cringed as I stared at the massive building in front of me. It sort of looked like an airplane hanger that was retrofitted to be a club. The place reminded me of something you would find in Las Vegas or Hollywood, someplace along those lines.

Kate giggled and threw and arm around my shoulders. "Its okay, you're too beautiful for anyone to notice."

If I were human I would have blushed at the compliment, but now I just smiled sheepishly and snaked an arm around Kate's waist.

Tanya and Irina appeared at my other side and we all walked to the entrance. The bouncer beamed when he saw us.

"Tanya! Darling, you're back!" He exclaimed, abandoning his post to give us all hugs. He stopped when he got to me. "And who might you be?" he asked.

"Bella Swan," Kate answered for me.

"Oh!" The bouncer raised an eyebrow. "Elle est étonnante," he complimented.

"It's good to see you again, Antoine," Kate smiled and kissed his cheeks.

"Kate, my dear, you are more lovely than ever. Please, go right inside, I'm sure everyone will be dying to see you," Antoine motioned for us to step through the door, and we obeyed.

Kate took the lead. She let go of my shoulders and just grabbed my hand instead. She led us through the crowd, past the bar and up a staircase that was somewhat hidden in the background. If you didn't know where it was, you probably wouldn't be able to find it.

At the top of the stairs was a huge black door that looked like it was locked, but Kate twisted the knob and walked right in.

I could tell by the isolation of the room and the glass wall over looking the club that this was most likely the V.I.P lounge. I should have figured; Kate and her cousins were always ones for the flashy lifestyle – when they wanted to live that way, at least. They would probably live in California if they could go out into the sun without causing traffic accidents.

A couple sitting at the far end of the private bar looked up as we entered the room. The girls face lit up and she smiled wider than I would have thought possible.

"Kate!" She exclaimed and bounced over to give my friend a hug.

"Darcy!" Kate dropped my hand and hugged the girl.

They embraced for what seemed like ages and then finally pulled apart.

"Darcy, this is Bella Swan. Bella, this is Darcy Taylor," Kate pointed back and forth between us.

Darcy's eyes bulged out of her skull when Kate said my last name. "The Bella Swan?"

Was it just me, or did everyone seem to know me these days?

"Yes," I replied.

"I thought you were human," Darcy suddenly frowned. I was getting that reaction a lot lately, too, it seemed.

Kate elbowed her friend in the ribs and gave her that 'what's wrong with you, that's rude' glare I got sometimes when she took me out shopping.

"I was human until about two months ago," I explained. It amazed me how unfazed I was with this conversation. It almost seemed natural. Almost being the key word there.

Darcy's eyes turned curious. "Did Edward finally turn you? I've been waiting to hear about that, I can't believe it took me this long."

I shrugged. "I'm not sure; I don't know where he is."

"Oh," She said simply. I could tell she was a little surprised about that. "But he did turn you, right?"

"I don't know who turned me. I have no memory of it," I shrugged again.

Darcy moved toward me and hugged me tightly. "Oh you poor dear," she whispered.

Kate came to my rescue and pulled her friend off of me. "She doesn't need your pity party, Darcy. We're here to have fun."

"Thank you," I mouthed to Kate when Darcy slumped back over to the man still sitting at the far end of the bar.

Kate smiled and grabbed my hand again. She pulled me over to the bar. She sat me on a stool and waved over the bar tender.

"What'll it be?" he asked.

"Two Bloody Mary's, please," Kate said sweetly. The bar tender nodded and walked away.

I looked at Kate in confusion. "We can't drink those, though."

"It's just for show, silly," she giggled. "We have appearances to keep up and if we're at a club not drinking, it looks a little suspicious."

"Right," I nodded and rolled my eyes.

I lost track of time as I sat at my bar stool and played with the celery in my Bloody Mary. I was trying to keep my face composed but the smell of the drink in front of me was starting to make me gag.

I swiveled around and stared at the makeshift dance floor that Kate, Tanya, Irina and Darcy had made in the middle of the V.I.P room. Antoine had sent some guys up about a half-hour ago and they were very content dancing with the four beautiful women in front of them. I had to admit, they were kinda cute…for humans.

I leaned back against the bar watched Kate sway along with the music. She looked so happy, so content; it made me a little jealous.

She spotted me staring after a few minutes and beckoned me to join her. I scrunched up my nose and shook my head furiously. Kate wouldn't have it; she stopped dancing and walked over to where I sat.

"Come on," She grabbed my hands and pulled me off the stool.

"I can't dance," I grimaced.

"Everyone can dance, Bella," Kate said. She was pulled me closer and closer to the dance floor.

"You didn't know me when I was human," I whispered to make sure only she heard.

Kate just giggled. "I heard stories, and don't worry, you seem pretty graceful now."

"I don't want to take the chance," I said.

"Too bad," she shook her head. "You're dancing. And that's final."

I ended up dancing until we were getting kicked out at dawn. Tanya asked Antoine to pull the car up in back, since it was a little sunny this morning and we didn't want to risk getting exposed.

"Did you have fun, Bella?" Irina asked when we were safely inside Kate's Jaguar.

I hesitated. "I…guess," I shrugged.

I risked a glance at Kate and instantly regretted it. "Don't you dare say it," I warned.

"I'm going to anyway," She laughed and stuck her tongue out at me. "I told you so."


i really want some criticism on this chapter beause i've never written a chapter just as a filler and i want to know if i'm any good at it or not.

Playlist:

Over my Head (Cable Car) – The Fray
Paperthin Hymn – Anberlin
Audrey, Start the Revolution – Anberlin
Days go By – Dirty Vegas
Sugar, We're Going Down – Fall Out Boy
The Pros and Cons of Breathing – Fall Out Boy
The Melting Point of Wax – Thrice
Made of Glass – Trapt
Space – Something Corporate
The Authority Song – Jimmy Eat World
The 12 Minute Techno Song – I have no idea who composed it.