DISCLAIMER: ALL CHARACTERS ARE OWNED BY STEPHNIE MEYER
*SORRY is so late, read A.N. at bottom *
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Chapter Three: Initiation
After a quick shower, it didn't take me long to get ready at all, my nerves already getting the better of me. I wanted to bail already, I thought about hiding or even running but I had nowhere to go. I just hoped they were easy on me tonight but I knew that was not going to happen.
Ben shouted from outside my bedroom door that we were leaving in 10 minutes, I quickly dressed in a plain white t shirt and dark jeans, grabbing my converse I quickly walked up the stairs, remembering to lock my bedroom door I walked out of the back house. Ben, Jasper and Mike were waiting.
"Arrhh the man of the moment, everyone else is meeting us at the club, come on Cullen, the night is young, it's time to show us if you really are a man" Ben laughed making his way to the main house, I followed, as did Jasper and Mike. We walked though the main house, going straight out of the front door, going straight to Ben's car.
The ride to District was eventful, I had leaned a little about Jasper, he had joined Charlie 4 years ago moving from Texas. He didn't divulge into details of why he joined I assumed in time he would tell me. I held a high opinion of Jasper, he seemed to be a pretty stand up guy, genuine, he didn't judge me, he was allowing me that chance to prove myself, I liked him for that reason.
I learned that Mike was only nineteen, the youngest of everyone who worked for Charlie. He was a computer genius, Charlie had scouted him straight out of high school he had been a part of Charlie's world for less than a year, he had a knack for breaking into computer systems, databases, security systems, anything to with technology Mike was your man, well boy really.
Mike enthusiastically told me the story of how Charlie had found him, an asked him to hack into the police's database, he did easily, and recovered all the information the police had on Charlie and the people who worked for him. The police were following him for some time, it also provided evidence that there was a mole within the men Charlie had hired. Two hours later Charlie was arrested as well as some of his men, his house had been searched as well as the surrounding areas and also Charlie's club District too. However that the police quickly realised was that the database information had disappeared, as well as all of the tangible evidence that had been stolen and the mole had disappeared. Within the two hours before Charlie's arrest, Mike had managed to erase all of the evidence from the police departments databases, Chairle had men break into where the police held any physical evidence that they had to convict Charlie with, they stole it and destroyed it. The mole was taken care of, as Mike put it, they made it look as if he was a scared witness that had bailed out of the country. Jasper then pointed out that when the police searched the house and District they found nothing incriminating, Charlie had the power to make everything disappear. Overall they had nothing on Charlie so they had not option but to let him go.
Charlie then welcomed Mike in with open arms, Mike eagerly accepted, it enabled Charlie to remain one step ahead of the police, Mike explained he loved his job, the money, the women, the status that the job held, working for the notorious Charles Swan would bring the fear to god to people, meaning Mike was protected. I had to laugh, Mike really was like an over excited puppy explaining it too me.
We pulled up the District, it was just as busy as it had been the first time I had been here, huge queues of people waiting to get in. We walked straight into the club, walking through the crowds of people, The music was loud, bodies grinded together to the beat of the music, I tried my hardest not to rub up against people, but it was hard to shimmy my way through the club without making contact, everyone was so tightly packed in.
We walked to the far end of the club, and up a set of stairs, at the top of the stairs were a set of double doors, they read VIP Room. It lead through to a large room, the whole back wall was made of glass, it overlooked the club. I assumed that when this room was not being used for VIPs, the security would be up here to keep an eye on the club. The music was muffled in here, it was still audible, but it would be fairly easy to have a conversation.
The room held its own bar, a smartly dressed bartender stood behind mixing drinks, a few tables were scattered around the room, but there was a large semi circle booth that took a good portion of the room, it sat in the middle of the room, it could seat at least 15 people I estimated, maybe twenty if everyone squeezed in. I front of the table was a podium and a pole, I was assuming this was what Mike was talking about earlier today about there being stripper. The idea made me feel uncomfortable, I had never been to see a stripper or ever been with a prostitute. The idea to me was it was degrading to women, I had old fashioned views and I knew this.
We walked further into the room, people occupied the booth, sat in the middle of the large booth was Charlie, he has his arm around Tanya and was nuzzling her neck whispering sweet nothing to her, she was giggling to whatever he was telling her, they looked like a pair of loved up teenagers.
Emmett and Jacob were seated talking to each other, as were Sam who was had his arm around a very tanned skinned girl. Mike and Ben went and sat down, next to Sam.
"Come on Cullen, what your poison" Jasper asked nodding towards the bar I followed.
"Jack and coke" I replied, pulling money out of my pocket, Jasper stopped me.
"We don't have to pay for anything here, privilege of working for Charlie" Jasper laughed, turning towards the bar, he ordered. He pushed the jack and coke towards me. I sipped, it felt refreshing. He passed me a pint of beer.
"Ben" he simply said, we walked back over to the booth, I passed the beer to Ben, I noticed James had appeared with a blonde women, she looked similar to Tanya, I noticed his hand on her thigh. Sam introduced me to the girl he was with as his girlfriend, her name was Emily, she shook my hand, she seemed ok.
"Squirt my boy" Charlie said gleefully, everyone had quietened down and all eyes were on me. I took a seat next to Ben, Jasper sat across from me next to James.
"I trust your first day went well, Victoria didn't give you too much trouble" he asked.
"No sir" I shook my head, Charlie smiled.
"Good Good, right well here to joining us" Charlie said clapping, I squirmed. Everyone around the table gave a half hearted clap, I looked to Jasper he laughed, Ben ruffled my hair. At this moment it felt real looking around the table, this was what my life was going to consist of for the next god knows how many years. A part of my felt relieved, I hadn't had stability for many years, I breathed a quick sign of relief.
"Right let the initiation begin" he bellowed, the waiter that was behind the bar appeared with a tray, it consisted of shot glasses, everyone around the table got passed one. I knew as soon at the shot glass reached my hand it was tequila, the smell is so potent. It made my stomach turn a little, the last time I had drank tequila, I had gotta so drunk I was ill for 2 days. The salt and lime was passed around the table quickly, I trailed salt between my thumb and forefinger.
Charlie raised his glass as did every else.
"Welcome Edward" Charlie said, everyone licked there hand and threw back there shot, once the tequila hit the back of my throat, I nearly gagged but managed to swallow it, I shook my head a little, picking my JD and coke and taking a heartily swig. The room erupted in conversation, I let out a shaky breathe hoping that it was over now, we would all get drunk and them head home. Home, it sounded strange, I hadn't had a proper home for years. My thoughts immediately went to Alice, hoping that she was ok, wishing that I could be with her.
Another drink was placed in front of me.
"Keep up Cullen" I noticed looking around the whole table that everyone had gotten another drink, I quickly downed my first JD and coke. I fell into easy conversation with Ben, he told me things about himself for the first time, I think it was due to the alcohol, it relaxed the situation. He started to open up to me a little about why he was here, I found out he had a daughter, Mary, she is nearly four, her mother had just up and left days after she was born without a word, he sold his house and belonging in order to find her, but soon the money ran out. He had been working for Charlie for just over three years, he needed money quick, he's hired four private investigators constantly for the past four years, he told me they haven't come close to finding anything, but he wouldn't stop looking until they were found. It was obvious his whole world was centred on finding his daughter. I really felt for him. After going to the bar for another refill, I went back to the table to find a man I didn't know sitting in my spot, he was bold, the light shone off his shiny head, he was quite beefy, tattoos covered both of his arms fully, I also noticed tattoos all over his neck that crept from under his shirt he was wearing. He was talking to Charlie. Charlie looked up as I approached, when he saw me he smiled.
"Arrhh Swirt, I hope you like needles" he said, smiling widely.
"He fucking loves needles" Jasper interrupted before I could say anything, Charlie lifted one eyebrow to me. The unknown man who was sitting in my seat got up, he offered his hand to me.
"Nathan" I quickly shook it, I replied with Cullen, as that was what people normally referred to me as, he released my head. I watched as he moved and grabbed a chair and placed it in front of the table; I assumed he was getting it for himself.
"Where do you want to do this" Nathan spoke to Charlie, turning back to him.
"Right here" Charlie said smiling widely. There was a large briefcase sitting on the floor, Nathan placed it onto the table and opened it up.
"Where are you having it" Nathan turned to me. I looked at him confused, until I saw what was in the brief case, It was clear he was a tattoo artist; he pulled on his rubber gloves, picking up the tattoo gun, unscrewing it, I watched as he put in the new needles, screwing it back together. I aligned the table with pots of ink unscrewing them.
"Don't panic Cullen, we all have it, he's not going to write dickhead on you" Ben said lifting up the sleeve on his shirt, about two inches big was a tattoo of a swan, neck extended, with its wings spread. There was no colouring to it, it was completely black. I looked to Jasper, he had pulled down his t shirt exposing his upper arm, he had the same tattoo. I looked to Emmett, he stood up and lifted his white t shirt over his head, he turned his back to me, the same tattoo swan lay on his upper right shoulder blade.
"Alright everyone quit taking your clothes off, for fuck sake, the women are supposed to do that. Where do you want it" Charlie asked me, I couldn't have it on my back, I didn't really want it on my arms, I liked having my art covered. I stood and pulled my t shirt over my head. Turning around and placing my T shirt on the back of the chair Nathan had brought, I heard gasps and a quiet voice say "fucking hell". I turned back around, everyone eyes around the table were trained on me, my eyes landed on Charlie.
"Impressive" I nodded at him. I turned to Nathan and pointed to my right peck.
"Here" I asked him, he nodded gesturing for me to sit down, I took the seat. He had already traced the drawing of the swan onto the special paper, wiping my skin making sure it was sterile, he placed the design onto my skin, peeling it back carefully, and it revealed the faint outline of the tattoo.
Nathan then proceeded to tattoo me, the pain was minimal, I had always had high pain threshold, so I welcomed the pain. All of the people around the table proceeded to watch for a few minutes and then went off into their own little worlds, talking to each other, I was relived at this, I didn't like being under peoples scrutiny. It only took half an hour for him to complete it. Nathan showed me it in the mirror afterwards, I liked it, I fully felt part of the group now, I was in it forever, this was permanent, Charlie wanted to mark me, for me to understand that it was forever. Charlie got up out of the booth and clasped Nathan's hand.
"Thanks for coming at the last minute, can always rely on you to tattoo my boys" he handed Nathan a roll of money, he nodded.
"No problem Charlie" Nathan quickly ran over the aftercare procedure with me, handing me a pot of Tattoo Goo (A.N. this is what it is called in the UK when I had my tattoo done, so I'm going by that), for me to apply every day. I was handed some gauze, I carefully taped up the tattoo and pulled my shirt back over my head. I thanked Nathan, he gave me his card, explaining if I ever wanted another tattoo to call him, I agreed.
Ben had gotten me another JD and coke, I quickly drank it, he patted me on the back motioning to the bartender to bring me another.
"Well at least you didn't cry, like Mikey did" Ben sniggered. I turned to Mike he looked mortified.
"Fuck off I didn't cry, my eyes watered" Mike defended himself. A boisterous laugh erupted from Emmett.
"You liar, you cried like a little bitch, me and Jasper had to hold you down so Nathan could finish it" I couldn't help but laugh. Emmett was grinning like a Cheshire cat, obviously replaying the memory in his head.
"Yeah well it hurt" Mike looked defeated. Emmett patted him on the back, still laughing. Suddenly the lights dimmed in the room, loud music started to play, I looked around the room, everyone started to make the way to the booth, I moved round in order to let Jasper sit next to me. Everyone was transfixed to the podium in front of the table. A girl stepped up, swaying her hips seductively, it then came to me it had been the girl that James was with when I arrived. I watched as she wrapped her body around the pole, swinging around it.
"That's Kate, notice anything familiar about her, its Tanya's sister" Jasper whispered, I examined her closely, she looked a lot like Tanya but she was smaller, she looked to be no older than about 21, sadness filled me, I wonder what had happened to this girl in order for her to be here. I looked to Tanya, she was watching her sister swing around the pole. It unnerved me to think that she could just sit and watch her sister perform in front of all these men. I kept my eyes off of Kate, trying to stare past her so that Charlie would be unaware that I was not watching. After a couple of minutes clapping rang through the room, I joined in.
"Right, who's coming with me downstairs" Emmett asked getting up, Jasper, Ben and Mike proceeded to stand, I did too not wanting to be left on my own with Mike, James who was sucking face with Kate, she was perched onto his lap, Jacob sat next to Charlie, he looked bored.
"Sam" Emmett said turning to him, Emily was still sitting next to him, Emmett motioned to the door.
"I don't think so Emmett, he's coming home with me" Emily said with a lob sided grin, they proceeded to get up, Sam bumped fists with Emmett.
"Under the thumb" Emmett sniggered.
"Right where I wanna be" Sam replied, smirked, quickly dipping down to kiss Emily.
"Hell yes baby" she said smiling. Emmett grimaced a little, I couldn't hold back a laugh. Sam and Emily said their goodbyes and left. Charlie and Tanya remained where they were.
Jasper, Ben and I proceeded to follow Emmett downstairs to the main club, not before getting a drink at the bar first, the music was loud, flashing lights, the room was warm, humid, bodies grinded together to the beat of the music, I had not been to many nightclubs before, but this one the atmosphere was intense. I watched Emmett and Ben approach the dance floor, I watched Emmett, he scanned the crowd for a few seconds, then moved, I followed his every movement, he approached a group of girls, standing behind a tall blonde with very long hair, she was wearing a short red dress. He proceeded to stand right behind her, wrapping one arm around her waist, anger flickered onto her face, she turned her face sharply, giving him the once over her face softened she smiled, she started to grind against him. He moved her long hair from off of her right shoulder, burying his face into her neck. I searched for Ben, I spotted his dancing with a small brunette girl.
"Emmett has the gift, he's god's gift to women apparently" Jasper said laughed.
"Come on Cullen, it's time to get your freak on" Jasper said sarcastically.
"Emm no, not my kind of thing" I told him downing my drink, I pointed to my empty glass and then to the bar; I was starting to feel a little drunk.
"Well your loss, I'm going to dance, good luck out there" he pointed toward the bar. I walked towards the bar placing my glass upon it. One of the bartenders appears.
"What do you want" she tried to shout over the music.
"Jack and Coke" I shouted.
"WHAT" she shouted, leaning more over the bar further towards me.
"JACK AND COKE" I tried to shout even louder, she nodded. She returned with my drink, I tried to pay, but she shook her head, she must have saw me come in with Ben. I sipped my drink scanning the crowd, I noticed Jasper, he had found a girl too, boy did these people move fast. Deciding I had had enough for one night, I quickly walked over to Ben, he spotted when he saw me approaching.
"I'm going to go" I shouted to him, he nodded. I found Jasper and told him the same. I walked to the front of the club, once I had reached the front door, the cool air hit me. There were a queue of cabs waiting, I hopped straight into one. It only took 20 minutes to get back to the house. The cab pulled up to the front gates, I paid the driver and got out. I watched the car pull off before I typed the code into the gates, I walked up to the main house.
Walking straight through the house I entered the kitchen. Isabella was sat at the isle reading a book and drinking from a mug, her hair was down and curtain around her. I quietly entered, she turned to face me.
"Hi" she said quietly giving me a small smile.
"Hi" I replied whispering to her, I proceeded to grab a glass to pour some water. I could feel her eyes on my back watching me, it made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
"You're back early" she whispered. I kept my back to her, going to the fridge.
"Yeah, not my thing" I said taking out the water and pouring a glass, placing it back into the fridge. I turned to her resting my back against the far counter. I stared at her, she gasped, getting straight up from the stool she was sitting on, coming straight to stand in front of me, we were centimetres apart. She placed a hand on my chest. I could feel the heat radiating from her hand. The smell of faint vanilla flowed into my nostrils, she smelt wonderful. Her head only came up to my chin, I inhaled her scent greedily. She didn't look at me, she kept her eyes trained on my chest.
"You're bleeding" she said concerned running her hand over the patch of blood, realising the blood from my tattoo had seeped through my T shirt.
"Let me take a look" she whispered, before I could tell her it matter, both of her hands travelled to my hips, sliding her hands under my T shirt, she placed her hands flat on my stomach. Spasms in my stomach twitched her hands were warm, my body felt on fire, I knew that at this point her touch was going straight to my cock, I was hard. She raised her head to look at me, I examined her face more closely, her complexion was perfect, she had a hint of blush on her cheeks, her lips were pink and plumb, but it was her eyes that stood out the most. Deep chocolate brown, she was truly beautiful, I remembered the picture in the hallway from when I had first arrived here, she looked a lot like the women in the photo, I was assuming it was her mother, but Charlie was clearly evident in her also. Keeping her eyes trained on me, she slowly moved her hands up my stomach lifting my T shirt in the process. I tremble slightly, once her hands had made it to my chest, she gripped the T shirt and tried to pull it over my head, I raised my arms, she pulled it off completely. She held my gaze for a few seconds, I noticed breathing had become uneven. Her hand moved up to touch my gauze, peeling it away carefully, I winced a little as she pulled the rest off.
"Sorry" she whispered, running her fingers lightly over my new tattoo, she smiled.
"Didn't think they would do this soon" she spoke softly. She walked over to the sink grabbing a dish cloth and wetting it, she returned standing back in front of me, the cloth she was holding hovered over my tattoo, she glanced up to me asking for permission, I nodded to her. She gently wiped the residue up from the tattoo and around it. She placed the cloth back on the side behind me, she held out her hand to me.
"The gel Edward" she asked gently, I rummaged through my pocket and pulled it out, I handed it to her. She unscrewed the lid, dipping a finger into it; she gently rubbed it over my tattoo.
"It suits you, it nearly looks as good on you as it does on me" she whispered. She stepped back, it was then I noticed was she was wearing, a very tight pink tank top, it was similar to the one she had wore when she went for a run with Jake. She also wore little denim shorts that contrasted the dark colour against the paleness of her skin, it emphasised her legs. I noticed she was barefoot; her toenails were painted a deep red colour. If I had been hard before, I was fucking rock hard now.
She started to undo her little shorts, my hands gripped the work surfaces behind me, I swallowed loudly, panicking about what she was doing. It was so wrong, yet I didn't want her to stop. She pulled the zip down pulling her shorts down a little, I caught sight of her panties, they were black see-through ones, I wanted to come right there. She hooked her thumb a little to the left of the waistband, pulling them down gently, she revealed a small tattoo, much smaller than mine, it was only a couple of centimetres big, I brought my face down a little too closely examine it, I realised it was the same tattoo as I had got tonight, a little swan. Upon instinct, my fingers ran over it. Her skin was hot, and very soft, like silk, she let out of a shaky breath. The noise from her shaky breath snapped me back to reality, I quickly withdrew my hand, she quickly pulled up her shorts zipping them back up.
Isabella took a step back, putting some space between our bodies. She reached up to her tiptoes to the cupboard behind me opening it, making sure she did not touch me, her hair brushed against my face, I turned my head slightly towards it, I inhaled, the vanilla was prominent, I figured she must use vanilla shampoo. She stepped back a little, producing a first aid kit, opening it up she produced new gauze and some tape. After she taped and gauze my tattoo back up, she stared up at my intently.
"Thank you" I whispered, I had the strongest urge to kiss her, she stepped back, resting her back against the isle. We stared at each other intently, the front door closing broke the trance that we were in, I quickly grabbed my T shirt pulling it over my head quickly. Jacob walked into the kitchen, looking at me then to Isabella, he gave a small smile to her, she walked back around to the stool she had been sitting on, picking up her book and mug.
"Goodnight" she said quietly to both of us, her eyes lingered a little longer on me, she walked effortlessly out of the room. I turned to Jacob, her glared at me and proceeded to walk out of the backdoor. I grabbed my glass of water and made my way to the backdoor, I was tired, I couldn't wait to go to bed.
"Edward" a quiet voice flowed through the room, I turned quickly, Isabella was stood in the doorway of the kitchen.
"You forgot something" she continued, she threw something towards me, I caught it barely, looking down I realised it was the tattoo goo.
"If you need help with it again let me know" she smiled gently, backing out of the doorway, she disappeared through it, I couldn't help but smile. I walked out of the backdoor, into the cool night, wondering how I was going to get rid of the hard on that now occupied my pants.
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