I own nothing, but the ideas in this story are mine. Now get going, Bella and Edward wait for no man or woman.

Jamie and I had been dating for a month now, we saw each other practically every night. I was happy, I guess. He was a nice guy most of the time. Bree doesn't like him though and of course Jamie doesn't like Riley for some reason. He keeps telling me that he stares at me like I'm something to eat and he doesn't like it. I don't see it. Riley and Bree have been together for a long time and he's been nothing but devoted to my best friend the entire time. In fact I can't remember a time I'd ever seen him look at another woman. Jamie was a bit possessive and jealous, but he treated me well so I couldn't really complain. I did miss my friends though. I was in the middle of making dinner for us when Jamie came in; I gave him a key to my apartment a week ago, mostly because he insisted.

"Smells good in here Babe. Whatcha makin?" He came up behind me, wrapping his hands around my waist, his head settling on my shoulder.

"Beef Stroganoff. I hope you like it; it's one of my dad's favorites." He tensed behind me, for what reason I wasn't sure. I decided to change the subject before our entire night was ruined. "How was work?"

He relaxed behind me at the change of topic thankfully; I breathed a sigh of relief. I really didn't need him in one of his moods tonight; it was beginning to become an everyday occurrence. "It was alright. That bitch Julia has it in for me, I'm telling you. She walks around in her tight shirts with her tits practically hanging out acting like she owns the place. I hate her."

"Doesn't her father actually own the place Jamie? I don't think there's much you can do." I told him casually, not even thinking about what my words might do to him. Before I could even blink he had me pinned to the wall, his hand tightly around my neck. It was hard to breath and I was scared. What had I done? I made him angry, why did I have to make him angry?

"DON'T YOU EVER TELL ME THAT I CAN'T DO SOMETHING YOU STUPID BITCH! You're just as bad as her, you're worthless Bella." He growled at me. His face was so close to mine and he was spitting as he talked. I whimpered, my hands desperately trying to release his hold on me to no avail. I thought I might die until he finally let me go. I slumped to the ground gasping for air and crying. "You're lucky I even look at you, no other guy would put up with your shit Bella, just remember that." He pulled me up, his grip hard on my shoulders. "No-one but me will ever want you Bella. NO-ONE!" He knocked over the pot of dinner I had spent a hour making and told me to clean the mess up before he walked out the door and slammed it shut. I didn't know what to do so I sat there on the floor of the kitchen just crying until I eventually fell asleep.

I was startled awake by the dream, my hand went straight to my neck, feeling the phantom pains from the memory of that night. Why I stayed with him after that I don't know. Yes I do, I was weak, I believed what he said, that no-one but him would want me and that I was in fact worthless. I tried to shake myself out of it, I couldn't dwell on that today, I had too much to do. I had my very first lesson to teach at Peter's shop, granted it was just Jasper, but still I wanted to do well with this. I quickly took a shower and made myself breakfast. The knock on the door didn't surprise me considering I was making blueberry pancakes and bacon. I knew Jacob and Paul would smell it and be over in a flash. "Come on in Jake." I called out from the kitchen.

"I'm not Jake and you really should check the peep hole before telling someone to come into your unlocked apartment." Edward. How did he get into the building and more importantly why is he here?

"How the hell did you get in the building?" I asked harshly. I wasn't expecting that to come out so bad, but his appearance was unexpected and not entirely unwelcomed and that worried me.

"Tanya let me in on her way out. She told me to just come on up." He walked into the kitchen, leaning against the door jam.

"Oh, okay, well what do you need?" I asked him. I wasn't comfortable with him here in my apartment all by ourselves. With the way my body reacted to him I wasn't sure him being here was a wise idea.

"Hmmm. What do I need? That's a loaded question Bella. I need a lot of things, especially from you." Yeah this was definitely not a good idea. I could already feel the wetness pooling between my legs just from the tone of his voice and the way his eyes sparkled as he looked at me.

"Seriously Edward!" I hoped that my tone sounded more irritated than turned on so he'd get to the point and leave before something bad happened, or good depending on how you looked at it.

"Alright, alright. No need to get testy. I just wanted to come and check out your wrist, see how you were doing and all that." His excuse seemed flimsy considering he just saw me last night at Eclipse so I raised my eyebrow at him. "And I was hungry. I was hoping you'd join me for breakfast, but it appears you have that under control already."

"Mmmhmm. Right! Well I don't think Jasper would approve of me going on a date with one of his best friends, do you?"

"Who said anything about a date Bella? I just said breakfast; friends can go to breakfast without any romantic implications, can't they?" He had a point. He never said the word date, now I felt embarrassed so of course I blushed. "So are you just really hungry or do you usually make enough food to feed an army?" He gestured to the heaping plates of bacon and pancakes that I was working on.

"No, I usually have Jake and Paul barge in on me when I make the blueberry pancakes so I always make this many." As if on cue Jake and Paul came in without even knocking.

"I smell blueberry pancakes. You better have made enough for us Bell. Oh, hi! I didn't realize you had company Bella, we should…" Jake motioned for the door but I stopped them.

"No, its okay Jake, there's enough for everyone." I looked at Edward to speak to him. "Do you want to stay Edward? There really is plenty." I felt a little better with Jake and Paul here as a buffer, spending time alone with Edward in my apartment was definitely NOT a good idea.

"Uh, sure, if it's no trouble." He said, although he seemed reluctant, who would blame him though with the way Jake and Paul were eyeballing him.

"It's no trouble at all." I didn't dare look at any of them; I could feel three sets of eyes burning a hole in my head, no need to look since I know they would all want some sort of answers from me.

"Well since Bell here has somehow lost her manners I guess I'll introduce myself. I'm Paul and this is Jake, we live just down the hall." I blushed again of course, how could I forget to make introductions? Oh that's right Edward turns my brain into mush.

"Edward Cullen. Nice to meet you Paul…Jake."

"How do you know our sweet Bella here Edward?" Paul asked, I looked at the three of them since they were now involved in conversation and therefore paying no attention to me. Jake was leaning on the wall eying Edward with his arms crossed over his chest. Paul was just in outside the kitchen in the hall and Edward had his back to me, trapped in the kitchen. I took a moment to appreciate the view of his ass as he was talking to the guys. He really has a nice ass. I want to bite it and maybe squeeze it and possibly lick it and other things too. Mmmm, yeah that sounds good. Stop it Bella. Bad, bad Bella.

"Bella?"

"Huh?" I answered lamely, my eyes were still on Edward's ass and I think I might have been drooling a bit.

"Did you want that pancake extra crispy or were you just too distracted checking out Edward's ass?" Jake asked chuckling at me. Ass.

"SHIT!" I turned back to the pancakes; I could feel my whole body heating up in embarrassment. Fucking Jacob. Paul and Edward laughed so I flipped them off. I'm surrounded by nothing but assholes, I swear. I felt him come up behind me, hands settling on my hips, his breath hot on my ear as he whispered to me.

"It's okay Bella. I get distracted checking out your ass all the time." He pulled away, slapping me on said ass just for good measure. Like I said, I'm surrounded by assholes. I really needed to get my shit together. I'm dating Jasper for crying out loud, I shouldn't be getting worked up over Edward or checking out his ass. I also shouldn't be singing songs to him at karaoke nights when Jasper isn't around, yeah that's really bad. BAD, BAD Bella. Okay, here's my game plan. I will one, concentrate on Jas. Two, not flirt with Edward, three not check out Edward's ass, four definitely NOT sing songs to or about Edward. Yeah, that's a good plan a really good plan. I finished up making the pancakes and brought them into the dining room. Paul, Jake and Edward were already seated making themselves coffee and pouring themselves some juice, looking at me expectantly. They already had heaps of bacon on their plates. Men!

"Jesus guys, did you save me any fucking bacon?" Edward at least had the decency to remove a couple of pieces off his plate onto mine. "Thank you Edward. At least there's one gentleman in MY apartment." I muttered "assholes" under my breath.

After the plate of pancakes was set on the table we all dug in, there was no sound other than all of us chewing our delicious breakfast. I make a mean pancake, what can I say.

"Holy fuck Bella, these are the best pancakes I've ever had." Edward practically moaned. Geez that noise should not be doing these things to my girly bits. Everyone was staring at me; I realized where I just allowed my thoughts to go and blushed, giving myself away. Fuck!

"Thanks Edward."

Jake and Paul cleaned everything up for me like they usually do so it was just me and Edward sitting on my couch drinking coffee.

"So, uh. Thanks for breakfast. It was really good." Edward seemed nervous, probably for the same reasons as me; I mean Jas is one of his best friends. "Did you..uh. Shit. I don't know what to do here."

I was utterly confused. "Wh-what are you talking about?"

He turned in his seat so he was now facing me. He took my hands in his, it felt nice, but I needed to pull them away because I am dating Jas, however my body would not listen to my brain and my hands stayed in his.

"Did you get my note?" His note? What the hell is he talking about? "The note I left you the other night, before you got attacked by that guy." Oh. That note. I still hadn't read it with all the craziness going on for the past few days.

"I got it, but I haven't read it. I actually forgot about it. I'm sorry."

"Oh, it's okay. That's good actually. Can you just throw it away instead of reading it?" He asked, looking right into my eyes.

"I guess, but can I ask why?"

"It's not important. I just shouldn't have said what I did in that note. It would really mean a lot to me if you would just forget about it." He looked in my eyes again, but this time it was more intense. "Please Bella."

"Yes. Yes, of course Edward. I'll rip it up and throw it away." I lied, I was so reading that shit the minute I remembered where I put the damn thing.

"Thank you Bella. Look it's getting late and I have rounds in a little bit so I have to get going. Thank you again for the pancakes. They were great." We both got off the couch and I walked him to the door. Jake and Paul were still cleaning up in the kitchen. They said goodbye to Edward before he walked out the door, giving me a kiss on the cheek. "Bye Bella. See you Tuesday."

"Bye Edward. Have a good day at work." Back in the kitchen the boys were almost done cleaning up thank goodness, because I had crap to do.

"That man is a hot piece B." Jake said just as he dried the last pan. Paul put it away and they were done.

"Yeah, he's alright."

"B, he's more than alright and I know you see it. I can tell there's something brewing between you two."

"In case you have forgotten I am dating Jasper. You know blond guy, amazing blue eyes and southern drawl." I told him, getting highly irritated. I had a plan and I did not need Jake all over my ass about Edward.

"Yes, I know, but B." He huffed, pausing to think over his words. "You know what, never mind. It's none of my business."

"No, tell me. You have something to say then say it." A part of me really didn't want to hear what he had to say, but he was really getting on my nerves.

"No, you're right. You're with Jasper." He turned away from me, looking at Paul, who had a sympathetic expression on his face. "You ready to go hon?"

Paul simply nodded, giving me a hug and kiss on the cheek. "Don't listen to him Bell. If you're happy with Jasper that's all that matters." They were both gone now, leaving me to stew in what they said. Was I happy with Jasper? Yes, he's a great guy, smart, funny and hot as hell and boy could that man sing.

I finally moved my ass and went to see Peter at the new shop; he was setting up all the instruments in different rooms. The walls were decorated with pictures of all the greats. Miles Davis, Nate King Cole, Jimmy Hendricks. You name it; they were plastered on the wall along with some beautiful guitars and basses that he was planning on selling. "Wow Peter, it looks amazing in here."

"Oh hey Bella. Thanks. It does look rather amazing in here doesn't it?" He looked around admiring his handiwork. "I have your schedule ready if you want it. I already have a couple of clients set up for you, including your friend Jasper."

"That's great Peter." An hour later I was on my way back home with my schedule in hand. I only had two students, including Jasper. The other one was a girl named Jane who wanted to learn the paino, her lessons were set up for every Wednesday afternoon and Jasper was scheduled for Monday nights. My weeks were going to be crazy, especially if I got any more students. I could handle it though. Tay was waiting for me at my door when I got home.

"Hey you! What are you doing out in the hallway?"

"Bella, thank God. I've been waiting forever." I gave her a look that said I didn't believe her; Tanya had a flair for the dramatics. "Okay, maybe only five minutes."

"What's going on Tay?" She followed me into my apartment, heading straight for the couch. I put my things down and grabbed a bottle of water and went over to take a seat next to her. I stared at her, waiting for her to talk.

"Okay, so at the end of the month…"

"OH NO! I just sang, you know I only do that for you twice a year." I was whining and I knew it.

"BEL-LLLAA. Please. I know you have new stuff and I really need you. Demetri said to pay you double if that's what it takes." Now she was whining, it was a whine fest. I knew what was coming next, the pout.

"Tay. Seriously?"

"Come on B, you know you can't refuse me."

"The hell I can't. Tay, honestly, I'm so busy right now. I start teaching next week at Peter's new place and I have karaoke nights. There's no way I can get new songs ready by then." I argued.

"Bella, come on. I know you have stuff ready. I don't know why you make me do this every time when you just end up giving in." Her tone was irritated, she hated begging me. It's not that I liked having her beg me to do this, I really just did not like performing my own stuff in front of people, that's all there is to it. "Don't make me go back to Demetri without a yes B. Please."

The doorbell rang at that moment and I have never been so happy to have someone at my door than I was at that moment. That was until I opened the door and saw Demetri standing there.

"Hey Bella. Did Tanya ask you about singing?" He asked.

"I did ask her and she of course is making it hard on me, as usual." Tanya said from the couch.

"Bella, Bella, Bella. You know you're going to say yes, so what do ya say we just drop the shit and do it already?"

"UHHHH, you two are impossible." They both smiled at me, knowing they've won. I really hate when they team up on me.

"Look, B. There's something else." I groaned but then looked up at them, waiting for them to continue. "Demetri, why don't you tell her?"

"Okay, so here's the thing. Our Saturday night regular quit on us and we're looking for a replacement. The pay is good, everyone loves you every time you sing and I swear to you Bella, every God Damn time you play there are so many fucking people asking about you it's insane." Demetri stopped talking then, looking at me as all of what he said went through my brain. I got what he was saying, and I have to admit that part of me liked the idea of singing every Saturday, even though it scared the shit out of me perform my own stuff, but could I do it? Did I have enough material to sing once a week?

"So what you're saying is…"

"We want you to be our regular Saturday night singer." Tay shouted out, bouncing in her seat.

"Why are you bouncing around, not that I'm not enjoying the view babe, but she hasn't even said yes….yet." Demetri gave me a wicked grin topped off with one of his signature winks. Damn charming bastard. He could charm the pants, er robe, off the Pope and I'm not even kidding and damn he's hot. If he weren't married to Tay I'd totally jump on that happy stick. And to answer the question I know you all are thinking, yes I have seen his happy stick, a few times and Tay is a very lucky woman. That's all I'm saying.

"So how much are we talking about?" I asked, Tay squealed as she launched herself at me and Demetri, well he just gave his all knowing smile that told me he knew I was going to do it all along. We talked about the pay and the schedule and what was expected, turns out it was more money than I thought and believe me it was going to be nice not having to rely on just my measly little karaoke night paycheck and not have to dip into Granny Swan's money. I would need to sing at least 4 original songs then I can do covers for the remainder of the hour I needed to perform. Demetri suggested that I get someone to back me up on drums or bass or something, but I wasn't so sure about teaching someone else my songs.

"I understand your hesitance Bell, but at least think about it for the covers. I can help you find someone if you want. We can even hold auditions at the club. You don't have to teach anyone your own stuff if you don't want to." Demetri came over and wrapped his arms around me, kissing the top of my head. "Think about it, okay. I gotta run, I have a delivery of liquor coming in a couple of hours at the club that I need to get ready for. I'm really happy you agreed to do this Bell, it'll do wonders for your singing career, trust me." With one last squeeze he was gone and it was just Tay and I.

"What have I gotten myself into?" I groaned into my hands. Tay rubbed my back to help me calm down, but remained quiet as I worked through this. It was going to be good for me, like Demetri said; I just had to get over the insecurity part that told me that everyone was going to hate my stuff.

"I know what you're thinking B, and everyone is going to love your stuff just like they always do. You are so talented B; you just have to believe in yourself. I love you, but sometimes you can be so self deprecating. You have to have confidence in yourself. Hell if Demitri didn't think you could do this and do this well he would never have offered you the regular Saturday night spot. Trust me." She continued to rub my back as I soaked in her words. She was right, every time I performed my own stuff I got a good reaction.

"You're right Tay."

"I know I am." She gave me a big smile then a hug. "I have to go B. Are you going to be okay?"

Rolling my eyes at her I got up to walk her to the door. "I'll be fine Tay. Go have some hot monkey sex with your man."

Her eyes glazed over, obviously thinking about doing just that and I laughed, smacking her shoulder. "Get out of here." I laughed.

"Bye B. Love you."

"Love you too Tay."

The rest of the day passed smoothly. I worked on some new songs, watched some mindless TV and baked cookies. I was surprised that Jake or Paul hadn't barged in as they were baking demanding I hand them over. I was cleaning up around the apartment when there was a knock on the door. I opened it to reveal a very wet Jasper.

"Why are you wet?" I asked him, paying no mind to the fact that he was here unannounced.

"It's pouring outside Bella."

"Oh." I said lamely. I guess I hadn't been outside all evening. "I've been working on some songs all night so I didn't even notice." I noticed we were still in the doorway so I backed up and opened the door a little wider to let him in. "I'm so rude. Come on in Jasper."

"Thanks. I hope this is okay. I just really missed you and wanted to see you." He was too damn sweet for his own good.

"No, it's fine. I'm happy you're here. I missed you too." We walked into the apartment, I followed behind him noticing just how soaked he was. I told him to hold on and I called Jake to ask him to bring up some clothes. He of course asked what it was for so I told him. He said he'd be right up with something that would fit Jas.

"I called Jake, he's bringing up some dry clothes for you to borrow."

"Thanks Bella." He was on the leather chair reading a magazine about guitars as he waited for me.

"Here's a towel. You can go use the bathroom if you want. Jake will be here in a minute and I can just bring you the clothes if you want to go dry off." I felt so bad that he came all the way over here and now he was probably miserable and cold with all his clothes soaked. On his way to the bathroom he gave me a soft kiss and said thank you for taking care of him. "Do you want some tea or coffee to warm you up?" I shouted in the direction of the bathroom.

Jasper's head popped out from behind the door, I could see his bare chest peeking out from behind the door and suddenly it was very warm in here.

"Tea would be perfect. Thank you Bella." I shook my head once he closed the door so I could make the damn tea.

"Bell?" Jake's voice boomed from the entryway.

"In the kitchen Jake." He came in with some folded clothes in his hand. "Thanks for bringing those. Jas will be glad to be in dry clothes I'm sure."

"No problem Bell. You know I'd do anything for you." He looked around, almost like he was looking for something then leaned in to me. "So how does the boyfriend feel about Edward coming over for breakfast this morning?" He whispered, and then turned again to make sure the coast was clear.

I laughed, he was ridiculous. "You're ridiculous and I haven't told him yet."

"Mmmhmm."

"Oh shut it. He literally just got here, as if you didn't know you peeping Tom."

"HEY! I resemble that remark." His smile was infectious so I smiled too.

"I'll tell him in a bit, it's no big deal anyway. He just came over to check my wrist." I was trying like hell to play it off like it was no big deal, but Jake wasn't buying it. Damn it! Why can I never get anything past him, or Paul or Tay for that matter?

"Riiiiiiight. Okay, well Paul is waiting for me, so I'll talk to you later. Love ya bitch."

"See ya Jake." The tea kettle was whistling now so I poured the scalding hot water into the two mugs I set out and let the tea seep. Taking Jakes clothes in my arms I went over to the bathroom to give them to Jas to put on.

Knock, knock.

"Hey. Thanks for the clothes. Make sure to thank Jacob for me as well. I'll be right out darlin." I settled myself on the couch with both mugs of steaming hot tea and waited. I wasn't waiting long. Jasper came out wearing Jake's clothes that seemed to fit him okay, don't get me wrong, they were still too big for him cause Jake is HUGE, but it's not like he looked like a kid playing in daddy's closet, you know what I mean? "Don't laugh Bella."

"What? I wasn't laughing." I held back a snicker just for his benefit.

"Yeah, yeah. I look like a fucking dwarf in these clothes, but at least they're dry." He took a seat next to me, then leaned over and gave me a nice kiss. It was sweet and no tongue involved, but he lingered on my lips. His hand came up to cup my cheek and used his thumb to rub my jaw. He is such a great kisser. "I've missed you."

"Mmmm. I missed you too." Like always our conversation was easy and fun, full of teasing, maybe a little more kissing but mostly just getting to know each other. Being with Jas was like be with your best friend, but you get to kiss this friend. BONUS! "So, uh, Edward came by this morning."

"Did he? What for?" He set his mug down on the coffee table and turned his body towards me on the couch.

"He came to check out my wrist, but he stayed for breakfast with Jake and Paul." I told him.

"Well that was nice of him. Edward doesn't usually make house calls though, he must like you." I was a bit taken aback by what he just said. I mean it's obvious that Edward is attracted to me, but did he tell Jasper? I don't think he would do that. "He does that sometimes for Em and I if it's nothing serious. Edward's a great friend to have Bella."

"Yes, he is." I wasn't really sure what else to say so I just left it that. He looked at me like he expected me to say something else before he started talking again.

"Your friend Alice is coming soon isn't she?"

"Uh, yeah. Two weeks and counting." I was so excited to have Alice come visit, she was like my sister. Rose called earlier in the week and said she was moving next weekend, so both my girls would be here at the same time. We were going to have so much fun. "Rose is moving in next weekend too. I'm so excited to have my girls back."

"Let me know if you guys need any help getting her settled in next weekend. I'm completely free." Jasper offered to help, that's so sweet of him. He is like the perfect guy. "I have something to talk to you about Bella."

I looked at him feeling like this wasn't going to be something I wanted to hear. "Oookay."

"Don't freak Bella. I just have to go out of town in two weeks, right when…"

"When Alice is supposed to be here." I finished for him.

"Yeah. I'm sorry. I know you were excited about me meeting her, but this is something I can't get out of." He paused, rubbing my hands in between his own. "Are you mad at me?"

"What? NO! Of course not. Disappointed, yes, but I'm not mad. It's not your fault. You'll meet her next time she's in town."

"Are you sure it's okay? That we're okay?" My head was down, suddenly finding my hands very interesting. I wasn't really all that upset about him not being here to meet Alice and I couldn't figure out why. He's my boyfriend; I should be more upset about this. His face came into view in front of my hands; he obviously had gotten off the couch to look at me since I was refusing to look at him. "Bella."

"Yes, we're fine, promise." It was the truth.

"Okay. Good." He got back up on the couch next to me, as I looked into his eyes I could see the burning desire in them, it was all for me. How did I get so lucky? "Now I think I'd like to continue with the kissing. My tongue misses yours…a lot." He leaned in and we were kissing again. His tongue was demanding, taking over the kiss, which was just fine with me. My hands found the hem of the shirt he was wearing and removed it. His lips were back on mine as soon as it was on the floor. He did the same with my shirt and soon I was sitting in just my bra, his hands lightly squeezing my breasts as his lips assaulted my neck. God this feels good. My hands explored the plains of his chest, he was so muscular and hard under my hands, I moaned when my fingers reached his happy trail. I wondered if Edward's chest was anything like this? Was his chest hairy, did he have a six pack or jesus an eight pack? Holy hell now I was thinking about Edward, shirtless and did it suddenly get hotter in here? My fingers went to the sweatpants he was wearing, grazing the inside under the elastic waistband.

"Holy fuck Bella." Jasper moaned and that's when it hit me, full fucking force and I pulled away. "Bella? Are you okay? What's wrong darlin?" He sounded panicked. What was wrong? How could I tell him that I was thinking of Edward as we were making out? I couldn't.

"Hmm? No, I'm fine. I just…have a headache is all." I lied.

"Okay, let me go grab you some aspirin. I'll be right back sweetheart." He got up; going into the kitchen then came back with a glass of water and two aspirin.

"Thank you. I'm sorry Jas. I didn't mean to kill the mood."

"It's alright, I don't think we're ready to go any further and if we hadn't stopped right then I wouldn't have had the control to not take you right here on your couch." He laughed, rubbing my neck.

"Yeah, you're right. It is getting late." Please take the hint so I can wallow in my own ridiculous thoughts.

"Yes it is getting late. I should go." At the door he kissed me, just a quick peck and told me he'd see me later and I closed the door once he was out of sight.

Back in my own bed, in my nice clean sheets I let my thoughts wander back to Edward. I was really horny as I thought about what lay beneath those clothes of his so I just had to take care of it.

Finally feeling sated I drifted off to sleep and didn't wake up until the bright morning sun woke me up. The weekend went by with making arrangements with Rosalie for her move, cleaning out her new room, which was currently being used for storage. Tay came over and helped me out as well as Jake since Paul was off working all weekend. Jacob was excited to hear that I would be singing at Requiem regularly, said he'd be there every Saturday night for support, I am really lucky to have such great friends.

Monday evening was my first lesson, guitar with Jas. He brought his fancy guitar with him and took to it better than I had expected. He said he researched notes and things on the internet before starting lessons so he at least had some idea of what he was doing and I have to give him credit, it actually paid off for him and made our first lesson go rather smoothly. I only hoped Jane took the lessons as seriously. We kept things strictly professional for the entire hour of the lesson, but once we were outside of the shop he gave me a scorching kiss before asking me to have dinner with him, which I readily agreed to. I was starving.

Tuesday turned out to be rather boring, I mainly just cleaned up around the apartment, trying to finalize everything for Rose's move this weekend, and then I headed off to Eclipse for karaoke night. I saw Emmett, looking rather happy and talking animatedly to Jas and Edward at their usual table with half a pitcher of beer sitting in the middle of the table. Jas saw me first and waved, Em started bouncing up and down and Edward, well his gaze stayed on me for longer than it should have been for someone who was just my friend. When he finally looked away I got back to work. There were some good singers and some bad ones as usual, Emmett came up and sang "Master and Servant" by Depeche Mode, which killed me. Who knew he had that in him? Jas came up and sang too and as usual rocked it. Who knew "Better Man" by Pearl Jam could sound so soulful? Edward decided to have Jas and Em help him with "Nookie" by Limp Bizkit and about peed my pants from laughing so hard. Once everyone was cleared out and the equipment was put away Jas helped me to my car. We kissed by the car but that's as far as it went. I wasn't quite sure where this was going with Jas. The kissing was nice, really nice, but I knew I wasn't ready for it to go any further than that and if I am being completely honest with myself I'm not sure I'll ever be ready for us to have sex. Do you think that's bad, to not want to have sex with your boyfriend? Probably right?

The next week flew by in a flurry, nothing spectacular happening. I worked with Jasper and Jane not to mention working my usually nights at Eclipse; Rose was busy getting everything settled so she could start her new job next week. We bonded with shopping, movies and manicures. She even came to Eclipse for karaoke night on Thursday, she didn't sing, just sat with Emmett, Jasper and Edward the whole time and afterwards we all went out to dinner, well everyone but Edward, he said he had an early morning. We were getting ready for hurricane Alice to touch down on Saturday, making sure the apartment was clean as well as the sheets for the pull-out sofa she'd be sleeping on while she was here. Having Rose here was great, we even went to the grocery store together to get things we'd both like and also the essentials for the girls night we were planning with Alice, you know ice cream, chocolate syrup, whipped cream; the canned kind so we can squirt it in our mouths, yeah that's the stuff. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes stuff needed for girl's night in; popcorn, Cheetos and real full sugar soda, and of course your typical girlie movies, we were partial to Molly Ringwald so we stocked up on Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink and the ever popular Breakfast Club, we were all set for Alice's arrival once Saturday finally came; she was due any minute actually. Just as I thought it the door burst open and Alice walked in with all the grace and loudness that only Alice could bring. The Energizer Bunny, that one is. The next few days were going to be great.

A/N: I'm glad to have finally gotten this chapter done, I've had some writers block which absolutely sucks. I have a request from all you lovely readers, I need songs. Anything you can think of that would be fun for karaoke or maybe for Bella to sing. I can tell you that this story is going to be going full steam ahead at this point and I'm pretty sure we all know who Bella is going to end up with, so yeah any song recs are welcome and appreciated.

If you could take a few minutes to review I would love that as well. Next chapter will be fun with the girl's night in and lots of gossip. I've been inspired this week, thanks to the new CD I bought for my daughter. Oh and if you haven't done so already, go out and buy Taylor Swift's new CD, it's so good and I am NOT a country fan. AT ALL. My 3 ½ year old loves her and actually was her for Halloween, it was awesome!