Disclaimer: I'm obviously NOT Stephanie Meyer so I don't own a damn thing.
Previously…….
I was trying to put the key in my lock when I heard an intake of breath behind me….
"Bella Swan? What are you doing here?" Crushed velvet asked.
And I was again turning to look at Edward Cullen, as he was opening up the other penthouse….my new neighbor. Fuck me standing.
Its days like this that I think that suicide would indeed be painless. What the fuck do I say? Hi Edward I was at this dive bar drinking whiskey and thinking how you would look tied to my bed with me riding you? Or Hi Edward fancy a fuck? Or Hi Edward I want to have your children? I was fire engine red by this point and was sure how long I'd been standing there staring when he cleared his throat.
"Bella? Are you ok? Are you drunk? You smell like alcohol." Edward asked gently.
"Um what?" I stammered. "Oh, OH, I'm fine, just you know, had a really bad, I mean you were there and then I met up with a friend because well, I decided the day couldn't get any worse and then I get home and here you are. You think I'm drunk now; I don't what the fuck I did. You know what fuck it I'm going to bed and gonna pray for a new century!" Christ almighty, I am now rambling. I can't even look at him at this moment, so I turn back to my door and start trying to get that fucker open forcibly. He was chuckling behind me.
"I knew that I recognized you. Bella Swan from Forks High! You could always make me laugh. You haven't changed a bit! I didn't know that you were Isabella Swann though. I should have but I forgot Isabella was your actual first name. Why add the other n though? Not really changing much. I am so sorry I'm rambling aren't I? I was so worried about you!" He finally stopped talking and I turned to look at him. He had a faint blush on his cheeks and he was looking me, then the floor and back at me again. He had the oddest look on his face, I couldn't place it.
"I, uh, I didn't add the n intentionally it was an accident on the first copies of "Night" and, um, my manager Jake, you remember Jacob Black? Anyway, he thought it looked cool and we kept it. Once the books got successful, I thought it was a way to keep people away since I have everything under Bella Swan. No one really puts Isabella Swann and I together since when I'm interviewed I look so put together. You know? I obviously don't pull that off in real life!" I was nearly yelling. Gah, I wonder if I drink bleach if I can just stop fucking talking! Edward was looking at me, staring at me with this weird look on his face.
"Yeah, I remember him. The big guy you were always with right? I didn't know you were still together. Wow, that's, um great," Edward said, sounding like that was actually not great "and he's your manager too? Wow you guys really mix up the business and pleasure don't you?" He sound snide at the end and I don't know why. I do know that I had enough Jack in me to float a small boat and I started laughing and crying and I fell against my door and slid down it until I hit my butt. I continued laughing and Edward looked like he was going to have a coronary any second.
"Bella?!?!?!?!? What is wrong with you? Are you ok? Good Lord…..do you need something?" Edward sounded near hysterical.
"Oh GOD no! It's just so fucking funny! Edward, I'm not with Jake never EVER have been. I'm not his type and he is not mine. We're just friends. I mean he would have been there today if he wasn't such a slut! At least he's keeping this one around longer than a minute. They are taking me shopping tomorrow. I have to look better anyways. Ya know? God it's fuckin hot in here, Edward. Did I leave on the heater?" I was really starting to feel the Jack hardcore and it was fucking hot wherever the hell I was.
"Ok down kitten, I get it! Let's get you in your apartment ok? Jesus, do you ever eat??" Edward was full of questions. He had picked me up and grabbed my keys. He unlocked the door and carried me inside.
"Ok princess, where do you want to go?"
"Bed, nice warm bed."
"Alright, here's your bed" Edward lowered me to my bed and suddenly felt sick. I then threw up on my floor. I don't think I did on him.
"Christ Bella! When was the last time you ate?" Edward sounded pissed. He'd gone into my bathroom to get a towel and a trash can. I couldn't figure out, why he was doing this. We weren't friends and there is no way in hell he's attracted to me; I was pulled out of my musings by him.
"What the fuck happened to the hair dryer? Did you barbeque it or something?" He teased. I forgot about the fucking hair dryer. Sigh.
"Nope it did that on its own. Exhibit A as to my bad fuckin day!" I said, forgetting that he was also part of said bad fucking day. "Here just dump that here and I'll clean up my own mess. I'm sure that whatever supermodel you are datin or fuckin right now would appreciate you showin up smellin like puke." I was slurring again and I didn't really care.
"I don't have to be anywhere Bella I was just checking out our new place." Edward laughed.
"Our? New Place?" I was questioning him because I didn't get him at all.
"Oh yeah me, my brother Emmett and my friend Jasper are moving in across the hall. I was just making sure we'd have room for everything." He answered.
"You mean Emmett, the football player and Jasper Whitlock, the baseball player? Holy hell I wanted the next neighbors to not be sports whores!" Where the fuck was brain filter??? Oh yeah at the bottom of bottle of Jack.
"What do you mean?" Edward was curious.
"Last neighbor was a Seahawk, Sean something or other. He had a different whore in and out of there night and day. Loud parties all the fucking time. I almost had to rewrite "Darkness" because of all the distractions and I fucking hate distractions! Not to mention, your brother was one who started calling me Smelly Belly. I am too goddamn old to be called that anymore. Not to mention, that Whitlock got roped into breakin into our trailer and takin my bra and putting in up on the flag pole with my name on it! I had to beg Jake to get it down. Do you know how hard it is to 6ft 8 in 17 year old to climb a pole and bring down a bra??? He was sooo upset because he knows what a bra is but doesn't have to worry about it with his usual twink. Though he did go through that drag queen phase in college." I was nearly shouting again and saying way too much. Edward looked purple because he was so red. He was gasping for breath.
"Um, I'll make sure that Em does NOT call you that, though I didn't know you didn't like it because you always laughed, you thought you were a good sport. And Jasper apologized profusely and didn't tell anyone you were in a trailer. They all thought you lived in the house in front of the trailer. He also bought you a new one. What is a drag queen phase? Is Jake gay?" Edward ended his little tirade there.
"Of course Jake is gay. He dyed his hair pink junior year. Hello pink?????? I laughed because it was either laugh or cry and which one would you do when you are freshman in a strange school and you talk funny?" I was angry now, how could they not know how I felt?
"Oh God, Sm….Bella I am so sorry! We didn't know. We thought you were going along with it. Jesus, Emmett never have kept it up if he'd had known that you were upset. He never meant you smell bad, because you do. SHIT! Not bad, good like freesias and strawberries, so good. Fuck it, I'm gonna go now!" Edward was stuttering at the end.
"Wait, Edward wait! I'm sorry. We both tended to over talk, let's call it even shall we?" I was hoping we could end this on a good note.
"Sure thing. Hi neighbor, I'm Edward Cullen and you must Bella Swan, the prettiest girl to ever get out of Forks!" He said. He looked embarrassed and blushed just like I do.
"Um, what? Prettiest? Edward are you high?" I asked. I was now concerned that he was into hardcore drugs.
"No! No! Oh fuck NO! I just meant you are very pretty. Ok, seriously, I'm going to go. Leah will call you and we will reschedule our meeting from today. We do need to meet and have several things to discuss. I'm sorry I'm just…BYE!" Edward looked mortified and was practically yelling at the end.
"Um, kay Edward. Will do. Oh and welcome to the building!" I said to him. Hopefully I wasn't too bad.
He stopped at the door and return to me in the bed, skirting the vomit and leaned down and smelled my hair and kissed my check.
"See you soon, my Bella." He breathed into my hair and ran out of my apartment.
His Bella!!!! Wha????????
AN: Up next shopping with Jake and Seth! Yea! Also thanks to Amortentia 4u, LadyHoliday and Foxnomore for the alert adds! Please review and let me know how bad I suck or not.