I don't own Twilight or the songs. Right now I don't even own a bottle of Jack Daniels. My husband bought Old Charter, said it was cheaper and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

Jack Daniels

Chapter 6

EPOV

We finished our set and it was great. I think I showed that cranky little bitch who has talent. I mean I knew that most people would think that we just got our contract because of who my dad was but did she have to say it to my face? And after I apologized for being an ass. Granted she didn't know who I was but still, it pissed me off.

"Edward" I heard Em yell to me effectively pulling me out of my thoughts.

"What Em?"

"Come on dude. Dad wants to introduce us to the girls from Swan. Hurry up, let's go. Did you see those girls? Fucking hot, all four of them and we're about to spend the next year with them."

I sighed and followed Emmett to the table the girls were sitting at with my parents.

My mom smiled as we took our seats at the table. "Boys I would like to introduce you to Bella, Alice, Rose and Kate Swan. Girls these are my boys Edward, Emmett and Jasper Cullen and my favorite boy Garrett James."

We all said "hi's" to each other before Dad spoke up, "I have talked to all of you what I want to happen between you and I think the first step in that direction is for you all to get to know each other. You can't compose and collaborate together if you're unfamiliar with each other. So, with that Esme and I bid you a pleasant evening and we'll see you in the studio tomorrow morning."

My parents left as I ordered beers for the guys. "Do you girls want anything?" I asked. Might as well start out being nice and pay for their drinks.

"Beers fine with me." The curvy blonde, Rose I think said.

"Same here" replied the other blonde, must be Kate.

"Double Jack and Coke for me and Bells" the pixie said, Alice isn't it?

"Can Bella order for herself and is she even old enough to drink?" I looked at Bella to see what she would say.

"Bella can order for herself and if you look at my ID it says I'm old enough, that's all that matters. Alice just knows what I want." She glared at me. Bitch.

Rose laughed at this. "Bella's been drinking the same thing since she was 15. She has a love affair with Jack Daniels. She even wrote him a song."

"Really?"

"Damn it Rose. Shut the hell up." Bella was blushing at this point and looked like she might be getting a little pissed off. I bet she's feisty.

"So you wrote a song for Jack Daniel's? I'm curious to hear this." Really I was.

"Just order the drinks Cullen" she spat at me. Oh, she is feisty. It's really kind of cute. I bet she could be feisty in bed too. Sure she pisses me off but still I'm a man.

"Fine Swan. Let me find a waitress..."

"Wait" Alice squealed out. "It's going to be really hard to get to know each other here. Why don't we head back to our place?"

"Sounds good to me," Jasper spoke up. I looked to Emmett and Garrett and they seemed to be fine with the idea. In fact the only one that didn't seem pleased was Bella. Oh well, bitchy Bella can get over it.

We left and made our way to the girls place. Alice had us situate their two couches and love seat so that they were surrounding the coffee table.

"You boys want anything to drink?" Kate called from the kitchen.

"Depends on what you got" replied Emmett.

"Well, the Swan bar carries Bud Light, Miller Light, Coors Light, Landshark and if you're nice we might share the Lonestar." She said as she place a bottle of Jack Daniels on the table.

Hadn't heard of Lonestar so I went safe with a Bud Light, so did the other boys.

"Now, I think the best way to get to know each other is to play a game. Never have I ever, sounds fun huh?" chirped Alice.

Everyone agreed and Alice said she would start.

"Never have I ever written a song about my favorite alcohol." Bella was the only one that threw back a shot.

"Bitch wants to get me drunk" Bella said.

Jasper was next, "Never have I ever written or sang a country song" All four girls threw back shots. Of course they sang that Willie Nelson song tonight.

"Never have I ever hit on a man" Em said smiling at me. Fuck him I was drunk and the dud was dressed up like a girl. A hot girl. God I'm going to be sick again. Me and all three of the girls besides Bella threw shots back.

"Bella needs to do her shot" I whined while Em was telling them the story of the dude in drag.

"Nope, Bella doesn't hit on boys, do you Bella?" Rose smiled at her. Bella just blushed again. What is it with her and the blushing?

Still smiling Rose started "Never have I ever used a fake ID" we all started to pick up our shots until she continued "tonight."

Bella glared at her and threw back her shot. I knew she looked young.

"How old are you?" Garrett asked.

"20" she said blushing again.

Now it was Garrett's turn. "Never have I ever kissed a girl." Dirty Garrett. We all threw back our shots and almost choked as all the girls did too. Bella didn't seem the type but then again neither did the rest of them. Maybe that's what Rose meant about not hitting on boys.

Kate smiled at Garrett "You have to be more specific. Never have I ever French kissed a girl." What the fuck! This time all the guys and Bella... what, Bella threw back a shot.

Em was rolling "Hell girl you have to tell that story."

"There's not really a story. I was drunk, I had recently decided all men were dickheads and I thought I'd try. Didn't like it and haven't done it again. End of story."

As I listened to the girls I noticed that the drunk they got the slower their speech was getting and the more drawl it had to it. Wonder what the story is with that.

My turn, I wonder if I can figure out the accent if I got them a drunker. "Never have I ever sung Willie Nelson" All the girls threw back their shots before glaring at me. "What?"

"Don't insult Willie asswipe" Rose slurred.

I looked at Bella and she was smiling at me again. God, she had a great smile and those eyes I could get lost in. I was broke out of my drooling with her words "Never have I ever propositioned someone by insinuating they had no talent and look like a slut" And the bitch is back. She was playing dirty. I threw my shot back as everyone laughed at me.

"Dude, Bella's the chick that shot you down tonight. Right on Baby Bells. Eddie needs to be put in his place." Em was laughing even harder now. Apparently Bella will be his new best friend.

"Alright, I think that's enough of this. How about truth or dare?" asked Alice. What is it with this girl and drinking games? "Rules are you can refuse to answer a question or complete a dare but you have to do a shot."

This could be good though. Bella had blown off the whole subject about her so called love song to Jack Daniel's. Let's see if she'll do it on a dare, trouble is will she take a dare.

"I'll go first" I spoke up. "Bella, truth or dare?"

"Um...dare?" Sweet she fell into that one.

"I dare you to sing the song you wrote for Jack Daniel's"

She just sat there looking at me then her shot glass. Shit she's going to take her shot. Suddenly she stood up and walked out of the room. At first I thought she was pissed and leaving but she came back with an acoustic guitar. Girls going to sing the song.

"Fine, ya'll just remember that I was like 15 or 16 when I wrote this. Not the best song I ev'r wrote." Damn her drawl is getting worse and she said ya'll, I'm definitely going to have to ask about that.

Bella sat down and started playing...

Daddy always said that he was wrong for me

And in the end he only bring me misery

I tried and tried to turn away

But somethin' bout him makes me stay

The only man who's ever knocked me to my knees

The only man who's ever set my spirit free

She had slowly strummed and sang the first part before picking up the tempo. You could definitely pick out a southern, maybe, accent in the song.

He was born and raised in Lynchburg, Tennessee

His daddy owns a big distillery

He's an old time whiskey drinker

When I'm with him I get meaner

And Mommy says his ruined my destiny

He sure has made a woman out of me

I fell in love with Jack Daniel's again

He's the best kind of lover that there is

I can have him when I please

He always satisfies my needs

And takes me back no matter where I've been

Yeah, I fell in love with Jack Daniels again

She repeated the chorus again before slowing down again

Jack Daniels if you please

Knock me to my knees

You're the only friend there has ever been

That didn't do me wrong

Jack Daniels if you please

Knock me to my knees

You can kill this pain, it's drivin' me insane

Since my baby's gone

Shit. Bella just belted us a full out country song. I'm not a country fan but she was good. I think the girl could sing the phone book and it would be good. What amazed me was that that drawl was there in that song but not in any of the songs they sang on stage.

Bella sat her guitar down while us guys just sat and stared at her.

Em was the first to speak up "You wrote that at 15?"

"Um, yeah. That's when we started performing so that's when I started writing songs."

"If you've been performing for five years why have we never seen you before?" I asked.

"Cause we ain't from here, we've only lived in LA for 2 weeks." Alice replied.

Okay. The girls are throwing out "ya'lls" and "ain'ts". I have to know the story. Apparently so did Jazz.

"So you've only been in LA for 2 weeks, where before that? Ya'll and ain't aren't typically said around here especially with those drawls you girls are throwing out. And damn but Bella's accent was even more prominent when she sang that song. What's up with that shit?"

"Well, we're from Lubbock, TX. We do have an accent as you can tell but we work to keep it under control. Normally when we sing it doesn't come out but it depends on the type of music we're singing. If Bells is singing country she can twang with the best of them. And obviously the more we drink the worse it gets." Kate answered for them.

We spent the rest of the night talking about how the girls started performing together at the family bar that their father left to them after his death when Bella was only 15. They explained that they started out with country and Texas Red Dirt. We had to have them explain that one to us. Apparently it's not country but not rock. Then finding out that they really preferred to play rock.

We told them how we had grown up with music, obviously. We had always had our sound and we haven't evolved it all that much since we started playing.

I looked around and noticed that everyone was getting along really well. Kate and Garrett were smiling at each other, Alice and Jazz were whispering to each other when they thought no one was looking and Rose and Em looked like they were about to start tearing each other's clothes off. Great they've all paired off and left me with Bella. Not that I really minded. She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen and the more I watched and listened as she talked with everyone I decided that maybe I was too harsh with the whole bitch thing. Still, she hated me. If I wanted to have a shot with this girl I was going to have to work hard.

What the hell am I talking about? Shot with this girl? I don't do girlfriends. This field is not known for long term relationships. But there was something about this girl. Maybe I can just be her friend and see how that goes. That sounds like the best option.

"So, you thought about what songs you're going to put on your album?" I asked her. Music is a safe topic.

"A little, I have a couple things I'm working on too. What about you?"

That's a start she didn't just reply and go on. She's continuing the conversation.

"Same here, what about our collaboration at Ethan's next week? You got anything in mind?"

"Well, I was thinking maybe for the first couple of times we do covers together. I know none of the songs I have written were meant to be duets and I don't think it would be easy to rework them into a duet. What about you?"

"I was thinking the same thing. How about tomorrow we'll go over a couple of ideas and run through a few songs at the studio?"

"Sounds good, I'd say we could do it tonight but it's late and we have to get up early."

I glanced at the clock and noticed that it was already 2 am. Shit, we had to be in the studio in 6 hours. I called a cab and told the boys it was time to go.

After about 15 minutes the cab arrived we headed out telling the girls we'd see them in a few hours in the studio. I couldn't get my mind off Bella on the way home and she haunted my dreams. What was it about this girl?

Chapter Song:

Jack Daniels – Miranda Lambert