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Chapter 4
Bpov
"Hello?"
"Bella Swan?"
"Yes"
"Omg hi! It's Alice Whitlock, Jasper gave me your number, he said you were in the ER today," She giggled, "clumsy Bella, How are you? He said you were living in New York, we should totally get together and catch up."
I could tell she was the same ball of energy I remembered from high school, so nothing had changed in that department.
"Yes I gave him my number to give to you, I think that sounds like a fantastic idea. What did you have in mind?"
"Well we could do dinner at La Luna on fifth or this really nice Italian Bistro that I can't remember the name of, anyways it's in midtown and I love it, or we could just go out for drinks, or dancing. Ooo we should go dancing, oh wait maybe we shouldn't go dancing…" She trailed off and I laughed.
"That's ok Alice we could go dancing sometime, I promise I'm not as clumsy as I used to be even though recent events may contrdict that. Let's do drinks."
"Ok, sounds great! Are you busy tonight? We could get together later?"
"No I'm not busy tonight and I would go out but I want to give my shoulder a few days, it is pretty sore. Maybe next Saturday, or Friday?"
"Ooo ok, yea let's do next Friday. I know just the place"
She gave me her number and promised to text me with more information later in the week. After hanging up I was strangely happy, it had been awhile since I had a girlfriend to meet up with outside of work, well at least someone to talk to other than my coworkers. It seemed funny to me if Alice and I were to be come friends, I would be a member of the interesting crowd, even if the group didn't really exist anymore. I had thrown myself so wholeheartedly in my studies and then work that I had rarely left time for a social life. I didn't know how to not be known as a ruthless bitch, which is what most of my coworkers considered me. I'm sure Alec got a kick out of calling me names to the other assistants behind my back.
The rest of the week went by the same way as most of my weeks did, with a lot of work. I received a few texts from Alice during the week that would make me laugh with some reference to people from high school. One factor I could now count on was seeing Edward Cullen. Him and Tanya went to lunch together everyday, I vaguely wondered what he did that would allow him to get away all the time to see his girlfriend, or how I could see them so much when her office was on the other side of the floor that had its own set of elevators. Sometimes we were even in close enough vicinity of eachother where we would smile and nod as a greeting. I was sure that if he remembered me he would have said something to me by now. Part of me wanted to believe that, that wasn't true since the opportunity to broach the subject had passed, and that maybe he did. I tried to not let it bother me too much, since those emotions were safely hidden behind my walls, and I wanted to keep it that way.
Friday was here before I knew it, and I didn't know how to feel about meeting up with Alice. It was a bit weird that she would be so eager to see me again when we were barely friends in high school. I was so sure that her kindness back then was just part of her nature, Alice didn't know how to be mean. But maybe going to such a small school in such a small town together and then moving to NYC was something to ally us.
I was in the company town car headed towards the restaurant Alice texted me about.
"So, hot date again?" Bob winked at me in the rearview mirror. I laughed.
"No Bob, I'm just meeting up with someone from high school." He just smiled and nodded at me. I had to admit to myself that even though I was apprehensive about meeting up with Alice, I was slightly excited to sit at a bar have a drink with someone like most normal people did. I just hope she wouldn' realize that I was a boring stiff and leave me alone sitting there. Bob dropped me off outside the restaurant and I had to give it to Alice, she had good taste. It was far from a sleazy bar, but then again you wouldn't find many of those in SoHo. There wasn't a door, more like two massive doors that took up the whole front and were opened directly to the sidewalk. On the left was a fenced in patio so I walked in on the right side as my eyes adjusted to the dim lighting of the restaurant. The bar was to the left and the dinner seating was to the right. A squeak alerted me to Alice's presence.
"Hi Alice" I walked over to her bar stool as she hopped down and bobbed impatiently on her toes.
"Bella! You look fantastic! It's so good to see you!" She hugged me when I reached her, and I was surprised to see she was just as small as she was in high school, not fair. We both made ourselves comfortable on bar stools while the bartender sauntered over to us.
"What can I get for you lovely ladies?" He was laying it on a little thick, but my blush was giving me away at how unsed to male attention I was and I knew Alice was watching me very closely. We both responded with "Vodka sodas" at the same time and cracked up laughing. Since that moment things were very easy between us. We talked about what we had done since leaving high school. She told me she went to FIT here in NY to get her degree in fashion design, which allowed her to be the proud owner of her very own boutique here in SoHo called Chic. Jasper had gone to Columbia and then NYU med school, and he was currently doing a rotation at New York Presbyterian, of which I was already aware. She told me the story of their engagement and wedding, and I voiced how I wished I could've been in attendance.
"Rosalie was my maid of honor," So the group had remained together. She turned towards me, "and Edward was Jasper's best man." I tried to keep my reaction to his name minimal since I knew she was watching me. I wanted to ask about him but I couldn't make myself transparent so I began to tread slowly.
"So all you guys still hang out, that's nice to hear. Are Rosalie and Emmett in New York as well?" Her face visibly fell.
"No, they stayed on the west coast, but we still talk all the time."
"That's good,"- I replied, "So then how about Edward, what's he upto these days?" She perked up instantly.
"Oh he's here in New York too, in fact he's a doctor as well, went to school with Jasper and their both at the same hospital for their rotations. Ooo we should all get together and go out, I'm sure he would just love to see you again." Trying to hide my thoughts about how that made him so much hotter that he was a doctor. I sheepishly responded, "He didn't tell you? I see him almost everyday." "What?" She looked visibly confused at this piece of information, "No he has not told me."
"Well it's no big deal. His girlfriend works at my law firm. He's always there for lunch"
"Ugh, Tanya"
"My thoughts exactly." We both looked at eachother and laughed.
"Well did you get a chance to catch up with him then?" She asked me.
"No, Alice, I don't think he remembers me." I tilted my head as I said it and gently shrugged my shoulders so that it seemed like it didn't matter to me that the man I once loved didn't know I existed. What I really wanted to say was, I don't think he knows who I am, but that sounded a little too much.
"Bella, I'm sure he knows who you are." She gave me an exasperated look, like how could someone not know who I was. It made me hope a little, but I knew better and I didn't want to let my thoughts wander.
"Well, either way I'm just so busy all the time I hardly can find time to chat, plus I don't like talking to Tanya any more than is absolutely necessary." I tried that out on her but it didn't seem to work. Her look was scrutinizing and knowing all at the same time.
"Well I still think we should all get together." She said, and we finally moved onto a different subject, shoes.
The evening went exceptionally well and I felt like Alice and I could become good friends. I hadn't drank in awhile so after just a few I was pleasantly drunk and hitting on the bartender. When we left he slipped me his phone number on the bottom of the bill with his name, which I hadn't even realized I didn't know. Alice dragged me away while I was batting my eyelashes at him like a fool.
"Come on Bella," She tugged on my arm, "he's not even your type."
"Oh? And how do you know what is?" I slurred and tripped over my chair. She grinned evilly, "Oh maybe tall, handsome chiseled face, dark hair, light eyes, athletic build, good dresser, successful"
"Wow, that does sound good." I responded, she giggled and we hailed a cab uptown to share.
I was standing in my office, staring out my large window looking over the city when I felt a pairi of warm large hands gently caress my bare upper arms. I took in a deep breath of his scent and it sent my imagination running wild. I wanted to turn around and ravish his body and lips right then and there but he held me firm and pressed himself up against my back. I could feel his arousal and soon after my own. He never said anything, but he didn't have to, his hands talked for him. They roamed my body and sent chills down my spine, I had goosebumps from merely his touch. One hand went up to sweep the hair off my neck so he could stroke my neck with his lips. I was almost weak in the knees, all I wanted to do was turn around and have my way with him but he wouldn't let me just yet.
With his lips on my neck his hands wandered to the strip of bare skin between my skirt and shirt that appeared as I arched my back into him. They roamed up my stomach and and caressed each breast, he was very careful not to touch me where I wanted him to most. I whimpered but all he did was hush me and continue his ministrations. If he wanted to me be quiet he was going to have to give me what I wanted. I turned around as he slipped my shirt off and let it drop to the floor. I stood there staring into his deep green eyes before I found his lips with mine and our tongues began to dance. He was the one to let out a moan now. I made quick work of unbuttoning his shirt. The sight of his bare chest made me wetter and I went for his pants. He let them drop to the floor, then he grabbed me up and placed me on my desk with my legs spread wide open for him to stand inbetween. His hands were on my thighs now pushing up my skirt and pulling down my panties, he felt how wet they were and moaned into my mouth, our lips never left eachothers. My attention was drawn to his arousal, now pressed firmly against me. Needing skin to skin contact I removed his boxers…
My alarm clock was a harsh wake up call, and my head was throbbing, but so was somewhere else. I shook my head to rid myself of the memory of the dream, that was something sure to never happen, I sighed to myself.
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