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Bella POV

Two months. It had been two months since I had last seen or heard from, Emmett. Everyday, I would tell myself that I didn't care, that he was just a guy that had been nice enough to give me a ride when I was in need, and that was it. How I wish that were true, I felt a tug in my heart every time I thought about him. The day we had spent together in the hotel, his body on top of mine, his dimpled smile, his piercing blue eyes. I snapped myself out of my day dream, and shut my Calculus book shut, it was no use trying to study, I would get too wrapped up in thoughts of him and then it was impossible to actually learn anything.

I sighed, leaning my head back on the couch and just thinking about everything that happened since that night.

Alice, had helped me apply at UCLA and helped me find an apartment close to campus while we waited for my acceptance letter. It wasn't easy, but soon we found a two bedroom apartment located just three blocks away. She helped me decorate it, with help from Jasper, Charlie and even Sue. Together, we got everything settled within two weeks. Three weeks passed before I was finally granted admission into the school of my dreams, I was excited and we all went out to celebrate.

Charlie, was sad that his 'little girl' was growing up, but I secretly knew he was truly happy for me. Sue and I were trying to work out our problems, I didn't want to argue with her every time we were thrown together in a room. We weren't best of friends now, but we certainly did come a long way, at least we could have a healthy conversation without one yelling at the other.

The only downside from everything was that I needed a roommate to help me pay rent, and utility bills. I had taken up a job at a local restaurant, only working part time, but it didn't pay much, I barely had enough to feed myself and I was falling behind on my school work due to the late shifts. Just last week I had put an ad in the paper for anyone that was interested in moving in, I had a few candidates but nobody of interest yet, the two girls that had came by about three days ago were snobby and just rude. I knew I couldn't deal with them, they looked like the kind that brought guys home almost every day. That was so not happening.

I hoped someone decent would come along soon, I didn't know how much longer I could keep up my crazy schedule.

My eyes flew open as my phone vibrated wildly on the coffee table. I reached over checking the caller id, it was an unknown number but I still answered it.

"Hello?" I asked.

A shy feminine voice spoke up from the other end, "Hello, is this...Isabella Swan?"

"Yeah, this is her...who is this?"

"Oh! Sorry, um...I'm, Angela Weber. I'm calling about your ad in the paper, I might be interested in the apartment, but could I go have a look first? I mean, if it's no problem with you."

I laughed lightly. "Oh, yeah that'd be great. Would you be able to drop by today? Sometime before five, 'cause I work later."

After she agreed to come by around two I quickly muttered good-bye and hung up. Angela, seemed sweet but I wouldn't let her voice fool me, I had to meet her in person and see if she seemed decent enough.

My stomach growled then, reminding me that I hadn't ate anything. I pushed myself out of the sofa, and made my way to the kitchen, I quickly pulled out the ingredients for spaghetti.

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I was trying to study a little bit more when there was a light tap on the door. Checking the time on the clock above the TV, I noticed it was exactly two pm. Nice timing; I thought to myself as I went to open the front door.

There was a young girl on the other side, she was somewhere around my age.. Her black hair was a dark brown, and was pulled into a ponytail. She was thick black rimmed glasses, and her eyes were a light brown color. She was dressed in a white polo shirt, and blue jeans and flip-flops. Her lips formed a timid smile and she stuck her hand out to me, "Hi, I'm Angela."

I shook her hand and smiled back at her to reassure her a little bit. "Bella Swan, come on in Angela." I said, opening the door wider. Angela, stepped inside and she immediately started looking around the foyer.

The apartment wasn't anything great, but it was in a nice neighborhood and it had decent sized bedrooms --each one of course with it's own bathroom.

"Would you like anything to drink? Or would you just like the tour?" I asked, shutting the door behind me.

She looked back at me and smiled shyly again. "Um, some water would be fine. It's really hot outside!"

We both laughed at that, as I led her to the kitchen which was located to the left of the foyer. "Okay, so this is the kitchen, obviously." I said as I handed her a bottled water from the fridge, she was looking around and just nodding her head I'm guessing at things she liked. "Would I have to cook, or is the kitchen off limits?" Angela, asked as she unscrewed the top.

"I cook right now, but if you like to cook, then by all means you could help yourself to anything."

The kitchen was my favorite place out of all the apartment, sure it wasn't anything big or extravagant...but it was mine and I could do with it whatever I wanted. The walls were a deep shade of red, and the appliances and cabinets were all a clean white. It created a nice contrast.

From here you could see the living room slash dining room. I led her out to the actual little dining room, that only sat four. A window was right next to it, giving a perfect view of the park across the street. The living room was painted a nice off-white color, a tan sofa was placed against one wall while a single chair was placed to the right of it. My phsycology still sat on the coffee table along with my laptop and an empty bag of chips. I blushed knowing Angela probably saw it and thought I was a messy person, which was not true. I was a clean freak, everything had to be clean but sometimes I just forgot to clean some things.

A black and white picture hung above the sofa, adding a nice touch to the decoration that was done by Alice. "It's a small living room, but I usually don't have much people over so it's pretty comfortable." I said.

"Oh, don't worry about it. It's great, I actually like it a lot and I haven't even seen all of it yet!"

I wrapped up the front rooms and then led her through the hallway on the right that led to my bedroom. "This is my room," I said opening the door to reveal a peach colored room, my twin sized bed was placed to on the left wall with a nightstand on each side. My vanity was right across from it, and a large window was on the right side. I loved my room, it wasn't the color I would of liked, but I was slowly starting to love it. My comforter was white, and the pillows were blue, white and there was even a zebra print one. "It's the only room off limits along with my bathroom."

Angela, nodded and I closed the door again to lead her to where the extra bedroom was at. We had to go back through the living room, and to the other hallway which contained the spare bedroom and the third bathroom.

"Wow, there's lots of privacy here, huh?" Angela asked.

I nodded, turning back to look at her. "Yeah, I love it!"

We stopped in front of the double doors, and I smiled at her as I turned the knob to open it. "This would be your bedroom, it's fully furnished. My cousin Alice, decorated every single room. If there's something you would like to change, then go ahead...I don't mind. The doors as you could tell eliminate privacy, but they can be changed or you could simply hang a curtain. If you prefer it like that, it's fine too...I won't come in here, that's one of my rules."

"You have rules?" She asked, cocking her head to the side.

I sighed, "Yeah, I mean it's nothing too big, but there are some rules since my dad, Charlie comes to visit often."

She nodded, going back to examining the brown color of the walls. When we were all done, we walked back to the living room where we continued talking a little more about the place. I told her she would pay half the rent, and had to help with grocery money. I told her about my main rule; boyfriends were allowed to spend the night but I didn't want them walking around half naked. After blushing, and assuring me her boyfriend wouldn't do something like that, we both laughed and agreed that she would call me about her final decision by Thursday night. It was barely Tuesday so we still had two days.

"Well, it was nice meeting you Angela, call me whenever you make your decision."

"Nice meeting you too, I'll call you soon, I promise."

I closed the door, and noticed it was a quarter past four.

Shit, this took long!

Quickly making my way back to my bedroom I quickly got dressed for work in my white button down, and black slacks.

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"Bella, hey!" Jacob, one of the head chefs' at 'Mimi's' called, as soon as I entered the locker rooms to lock up my purse.

I smiled, and hugged him tightly. "Hey, Jake! Are you barely getting in?"

"Yeah, I had to work a double today. Man, it's so packed, I swear people just keep coming and coming."

I laughed as I put my name tag on.

Jacob, was gorgeous, and if it wasn't because he was engaged I think I would have totally hit on him. He was around six-feet-four or something like that, he had dark skinned and short black spikey hair. His brown eyes were always shining with mischief and happiness, and he had a perfect set of pearly whites that contrasted beautifully with his dark skin. He was well built too, I could always feel his ab muscles every time he hugged me and his biceps were pretty big.

His fiance, Vanessa was one lucky girl.

We both left the locker room, and I quickly clocked in and walked to the front where I could clearly see Jacob was right, it was busy.

I saw Carmen, at the podium and I walked up behind her, "Hey, Carmen. I'm here to relieve you."

She turned, and her gray eye bore into mine. "Oh, thank you! I love you sweetie, I'm exhausted. I just want to go home to be with my husband."

Carmen, was one of the few hostess that I actually liked here. She was in her mid-forty's but didn't look a day over thirty. Her husband, Eleazar was a lawyer he was just as sweet as Carmen was. In the month that I had been working here, I had learned to love and care for both of them very deeply. They were like a second pair of parents to me.

She quickly untied her apron from her waist, and threw it under the podium as I took her spot. My pen dropped from my apron as the door chimed, letting me know customers had arrived. "Goodbye, Hun." Carmen called, and I said my good-bye to her as well as I stood back up to face the clients.

My breath hitched as I recognized the couple in front of me...Amanda and Joe McCarty. They recognized me as well because Amanda's lips turned into a blinding smile, and Joe smiled softly at me also.

I shook my head and returned the smile. "Hello, Welcome to Mimi's. How many is your party on this lovely evening?"

Amanda laughed slightly, "Four please, reservation under McCarty." she said, "Fancy seeing you here, Bella. I didn't know you worked here."

I tried to swallow the lump in my throat as the first sentence left her mouth. Oh god, please don't let him come. I checked their name on my tablet, and then grabbed four menu's from the metal basked next to me. "Um, yeah. I started about a month ago." I led them through the huge dining room, where there was loud chatter going on from everywhere.

"Well that's wonderful sweetie. Are you continuing your studies?"

"Yeah, I go to UCLA and then work part time here to help pay the bills."

We arrived to their table, and I set the menus in front of them as Joe pulled the chair out for Amanda and then took his own seat. "Oh, that's nice. Don't overwork yourself too much." Amanda, said.

"Thanks, I'll see what I can do about that." I joked making them laugh, "Alright, well your waiter will be here shortly. It was nice seeing both of you again."

Paul, one of the waiters came out of the kitchen carrying a tray with multiple plates of food on it. As I passed him, the smell of the food made a wave of nausea hit me, and I quickly ran into the closest bathroom, regurgitating what little spaghetti I had ate early that day.

I was about to stand back up, when another wave hit me. I slumped against the toilet, once I knew it wouldn't happen again I stood back up and flushed the toilet. I rinsed my mouth, and then popped a mint that was in my apron into my mouth to keep the taste away.

My boss, Tanya walked in just as I was about to leave and looked at me with worry in her clear blue eyes. "Are you okay, Bella?"

"Yeah, fine. Just something I ate earlier." I lied.

She ran her fingers through her strawberry-blond hair and sighed, leaning against the door. "Bella, if you don't feel alright you can go home. I can cover for you tonight, I just don't want you getting sick while your walking through the dinning room or something."

I nodded, "Fine, I'll go home today. But I'm working Sunday starting at noon."

Amanda POV

Joe and I were going to, Mimi's; one of our favorite restaurants, to meet Emmett there. He had called to tell us there was something he wanted to discuss with us along with Alice.

It was surprising to see, Bella working here. She looked a little different from the last time I had seen her, she had this glow about her. It wasn't something that many people would notice, but I certainly did. She was a beautiful girl, I wish Emmett had met her before he married that little wife of his. I couldn't stand her, of course I had to at least be nice to her because she gave me my first and only grand-son, but that didn't mean I particularly liked her.

Emmett would be a lot happier with Bella, I could tell she could make him happy. I saw the way he was looking at her during dinner, not only that but I saw when they both retreated into the house.

Everyone else was too engrossed into their own conversation, but I saw they're silent conversation. And when Emmett returned back in a rush, I knew something either happened or was about to happen. Bella, was really out of it after Emmett, Heidi, and Joseph left. It was as if she was thinking deeply about something, her eyes were focused on nothing in particular.

"Something is wrong with Bella, dear."

I snapped out of my thoughts and listened to what Joe was saying. "What did you say?"

He motioned with his head to where the ladies' room was, across from the kitchen. "Bella, just ran into the bathroom. She looked really pale, maybe even green-ish."

"I'll go check on her if she doesn't come out in a few minutes, maybe the odor from the kitchen bothered her."

Joe, dismissed it when a young man came up to us to ask for our drink order. We both ordered a glass of champagne, while we waited for Emmett. I never looked away from the bathroom, when I saw three minutes had gone by I excused myself from the table and swiftly made my way down the hallway. I was halfway there, when A blond with a beautiful black and red suit walked in, I had seen her here before I was pretty sure she was the manager.

I was about to open the door, when Bella walked out looking a little sick still. She smiled slightly at me, "Oh Bella, honey are you okay? Joe said you looked a little sick!"

She blushed slightly, "I'm fine, I think I'm getting the stomach flu though, or maybe what I ate earlier didn't settle right."

"You should go home and rest then, sweetie."

"Yeah, Tanya just gave me the rest of the day off. I'm actually heading home right now."

I nodded, walking back out with her as, who I assumed was Tanya walked into the kitchen. "Alright, well drive safely sweetie. Call me if you need anything."

We traded numbers and I gave her a hug, when I watched her walk to a back door I went back to sit at my own table. Joe looked at me concern etched all over his face, "She's fine, probably getting the stomach flu or something."

"Whose got the stomach flu?"

I looked up and was met by Alice and Emmett standing there looking confused. I decided to mention Bella to see what kind of reaction it caused Emmett. "Bella, dear. I didn't know she worked here, She was our hostess, and she seemed a little sick but she said it was just a little stomach flu."

I noticed, Emmett's face blanked and after a while he tried to discretely look around the restaurant. Probably trying to catch sight of her. I knew it, there really was something going on between them. Had they met before the dinner?

"Yeah, she's been working her for at least a month. It's perfect for her, since she lives nearby and she goes to UCLA which is what? like three blocks away?"

I looked at, Alice and she had a mischievous glint in her eyes. I silently questioned her, and she mouthed 'Emmett', out of the corner of my eye I noticed Emmett was still looking around. A giggle escaped my lips and I quickly tried to disguise it as a cough, even going as far as taking a sip of my champagne. Joe, looked concerned before patting my back lightly. "Sorry, just a little cough that's all."

After a little silence I finally turned back to my son, "So Emmett, what was it you wanted to tell us?"

He was about to talk when the waiter walked up, we ordered quickly and then we all turned back to Emmett who was looking quite uncomfortable. "I...uh..I think Heidi is having an affair."

Who saw that one coming? What do you guys think of, Amanda?

I'd like to know what you guys think! Also, I'm going to need BABY NAMES (for both genders!) If you guys have any ideas PM me or leave them in a review (:

In case you guys are confused about ages and stuff, read below.

Bella Swan- 19

Alice Brandon- 22

Rosalie Hale-Cullen(to show up in later chapter) - 24

Emmett McCarty- 25

Jasper Whitlock- 23

Edward Cullen(to show up in later chapter) - 25

Heidi Montague-McCarty- 24

Joseph Brayden McCarty -2

If you would like to know someone else's age, just ask me. I'll be happy to answer you. Okay, I think I made this long enough.

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