A/N: I've decided I have an attention span of fly. Even though I love everything about this story, I couldn't keep my mind from wandering off to another plot line for a new story. So...just to tease every one of my great readers...as soon as this story is finished, I'll be posting another one. :-). Wanted to tease every one!

Hope you enjoy this installment!

Chapter 10

BPOV

Holy shit…holy mother son-of-a-bitch...

"Alice!" I yelled into the phone when she finally answered.

"What the hell Bella…take it down a notch. I'm still…"

"I just flirted shamelessly with Edward."

"So. And your point is?"

"I did it in a towel…only a towel."

Seriously, what the hell was I thinking?

No, I know what I was thinking…I was thinking like my skank-ass friends. Damn them and their stupid ideas.

Okay…in all fairness, the whole answering the door in a towel and then proceeding to flirt with Edward, wasn't their idea. In fact their plan didn't even "start" until tomorrow when we go shopping.

I only had myself to blame for this one.

I was truly getting ready to relax in a hot bubble bath when he knocked on my door. In a rash split second decision, I wrapped my towel around me and answered the door.

As soon as he laid his eyes on me, it was obvious that he noticed what I wasn't wearing and my confidence skyrocketed and I acted without thinking really.

And then I got really bold and pointed out that I knew he was sporting a hard-on and abruptly shut the door in his face.

"You did what? Oh that's fabulous! Wait till Rose finds out, she'll be so proud of you! I had no idea you had it in you."

"I had no idea I had it in me." I said then finally just let loose and laughed at the whole situation.

"And he truly reacted to you?"

"Oh yeah he did." I said still laughing.

"This is great. That means we'll be more successful than originally hoped. Payback will be yours." Alice laughed.

"Alice…I…I don't want to necessarily get payback on the man. I just…"

"You want to make him want you…well honey he already does so the next step is not let him have you. Take your bath…sleep well tonight and be up and ready to go shopping at 9 tomorrow morning. It's gonna be an exciting day!"

I wasn't sure if exciting was the adjective I would have used to describe a day of shopping with Alice and Rose. I probably would have gone with words like exhausting, obnoxious, and expensive.

Still don't understand why I need new clothes. There's nothing wrong with what I wear. You'd think since they picked out my current wardrobe too that they'd be happy with it but apparently since it's been five years it's time to update.

Whatever. I gave up trying to figure those two out ten years ago.

My only option now is to just go with it and try not to complain too much. It only makes things worse.

So go with the flow I did…until Rose tried to force me into a red micro-mini dress that looked more like a little girl's red shirt.

"Rosalie I will not wear this! I absolutely refuse! No way in hell, you got that?"

"But Bella…" She and Alice whined together.

"I refuse. Absolutely refuse. You can not force me into that dress."

"Oh we could and you know it but we won't if…"

"If what Alice?" I asked quirking an eyebrow at her.

"If you agree to all the other outfits…shoes…accessories…and lingerie. No more arguments. Period."

"So I have to take everything else no arguments, but I don't have to wear this…this whatever the fuck this is. Right?" I asked motioning towards the dress I currently had on.

"Right." They both grinned mischievously.

Damn. I fell right into that trap. They never expected me to wear this hooker outfit. They're good. Real good.

After eight hours of shopping and way too many of clothes later, we were finally on our way back to home.

And not that I would ever let them know, but I was kind of excited about the new clothes and the plan for next weekend.

Apparently next weekend, we had plans to go to L.A. Something about a new club that a few of Rose's model friends opened up. I was very impressed that Alice and Rose managed to talk Emmett and Jasper into babysitting for two weekends in a row but I was looking forward to going out too much to question it.

Since Rose and Alice got married and started their family, the three of us hadn't been out for almost two years. Sure we had dinner together and had our nights but we hadn't been to L.A. to an actual cub with dancing and drinking and men all over us for two years.

I needed this. I needed a night out with them to forget about the man living next to me that had my heart and mind all fucked up. I could definitely use a night out.

In the couple of times I spoke to Edward this weekend, he never brought up our conversation at work on Friday – you remember when he asked me what was bother me and I conveniently didn't answer him. Yeah that one.

Unfortunately, I was pretty sure Monday at the office, I wouldn't be lucky enough to escape the questioning…especially after my appearing in a towel in front of him.

Yeah definitely not a smart move on my part Saturday evening.

Worrying about Monday, kept me up awake Sunday night. And lucky me, I was called into the hospital at 4 a.m. to delivery a baby. From there, I went straight to the office expecting it to be empty. Expecting to be able to think a little. Try, yet again, to get my thoughts and feelings and what I know is right and what is wrong all aligned.

It was not.

"Edward?" I asked when I saw the light on in his office. It was still two hours before the office opened and his first appointment so I was more than baffled as to why he was in.

"Bella?" He asked seeming just as confused as I was. "Why are you here so early?"

"I had a delivery call this morning. What is your excuse?"

"Oh…well…um…Lilly had to be at school early this morning because her class is putting on a show for the parents. Practice was this morning. After I dropped her off, I decided to just come on over to the office see if there was anything I could do before we opened."

"I see." I said leading into a slightly awkward silence. "So how was the rest of your weekend?"

"Good…had the boys over for a cookout on Sunday while you girls were out shopping. Speaking of shopping, how'd that go for you?"

"Fine?" I said questionably.

"Jazz and Em told me the girls are impossible when it comes to shopping. With the stories they told me, I'm surprised you survived."

"I can keep up with them better than you know." I winked then walked out of his office and to mine before the conversation could go on.

Still worried he would ask me again what was wrong last week, I tried my best to avoid him all day.

As it turned out, I didn't have to try because he did it for me.

Edward was avoiding me like the plague.

And it was absolutely driving me crazy! He went from caring on Friday, to eye-fucking me on Saturday, to completely ignoring me on Monday.

So aggravating! So frustrating! So….

Why do I let that stupid man under my skin?

EPOV

I slipped up Saturday evening. No denying that. It seems whenever she is around I can't control my self. I damn well knew I shouldn't tempt it, but nope…I had to go and try to get her flustered.

Yeah, that totally backfired, didn't it? The only person leaving that doorstep flustered was me.

"Jazz, man, I'm so fucked."

"What'd ya do now?" He laughed.

"Is Alice there?"

"Um yeah but she just got a phone call and went in the other room."

"Just curious because you're so gonna yell at me when I tell what I just did." I said then took a deep breath and – painfully – replayed the incident to him.

"What the hell Edward? We told you to stay away from her for a whole week. Is that really too difficult for your dumb ass to do?"

"You try to behave yourself when the woman of your dreams answers her fucking door in nothing but a short towel. What the hell was I supposed to do?"

"Act like she was fully clothed. The whole point of this week was to make her think you weren't interested! Make her want you to want her. Not pitch a damn tent in front of her."

"But she was in a towel." I whined and then realized I was whining. "Holy hell…" I groaned.

"Yeah you're whining like an idiot. Look, I understand she was in towel…I can only imagine. I've seen Bella in a bikini and I can definitely understand why you…" He said and I could just tell he was picturing my Bella in her towel. A sight that was for only me to see.

I growled at him. I truly growled at the person I had started calling my best friend because he was picturing a woman who I had no claim to.

"Sorry." I said only to hear Jasper laughing at me. "Go ahead laugh it up."

"Man…I can't believe you just did that. Anyways…yeah you fucked up today, but tomorrow when Em and I are over there we'll go over the plan – again – and figure out what your next step will be."

"Yeah okay." I said then hung up.

Sunday the boys and I spent the day cooking out and spending time with the kids. We chatted a little bit about the "New Plan", which I can honestly say I wasn't too thrilled about.

They want me to all but ignore Bella all week. They want my only interactions with her to be limited to work only.

Yeah…piece of cake.

Monday morning I had to have Lilly at school early so I headed over to work right afterwards, getting me there about two hours before I typically arrived. I was hoping to have some quiet private time to collect my thoughts and get my shit together before having to face Bella.

Even though I knew what I had to do, I also knew it would be next to impossible to see her today and not picture her in only a towel – or completely naked.

And they wanted me to ignore her.

That's hard to do when the person you're trying to ignore walks into your office and starts a conversation.

However, it's easier when she's obviously trying to ignore me as well.

It was like that all week again. She was ignoring me just as much as I was ignoring her.

It pissed me off. I was supposed to be ignoring her.

Thank God us guys are going out this weekend. I need to get out. I need to let loose and have a good time with the boys. It will be great to not let Bella enter my mind for an evening…or at least I'm hoping I can get through an evening without Bella in the forefront of my mind.

Although I highly doubt any other thought would be as wonderful as any thought containing Bella.

"Hey Em, so what's the plan here? You said something about a new club in L.A., right?"

"Yeah man. We're taking my car down there and I've got us a room for the night in a hotel a block away so we don't have to worry about driving home tonight."

"Great plan. I sure as hell don't plan on staying sober enough to drive." Jasper said as we hung around my place waiting to leave for L.A.

"Yeah, I'm definitely planning on drinking her off my mind. This week was torture not talking to her." I said.

I watched Jasper glance slyly to Emmett but didn't say anything.

"What was that look for?" I asked.

"Nothing…we're just surprised you made it through the whole week without giving in."

"Ain't gonna lie…it was tough." I laughed as I sipped my pre-drink beer.

"Yeah well let's forget about this past week and just go have some fun. Maybe you'll find yourself a nice looking piece to go home with tonight." Jasper said slapping me on my back.

"I don't want a piece to go home with unless she's five foot four inches, long brown hair, big beautiful brown eyes, with perfect curves that just…"

"Okay okay…we get it. Unless it's Bella you want nothing to do with it." Emmett laughed as we headed out the door.

"So where'd the girls go to tonight?" I asked as we drove down the highway.

"Um…uh…" Emmett started.

"Some club…not real sure what the name is. Ali told me but I forget." Jasper finished.

"Who cares anyways? Let's have some fun tonight and enjoy the scenery." Emmett laughed.

After checking in to our hotel we walked down to the club.

Club Aria – apparently the grand opening was tonight and the line around the block to get in confirmed the hype of the new club. I was pretty sure we'd be in line for the whole evening, but Emmett led us right past the end of the line and up to the velvet ropes guarded by a man bigger than Emmett.

"McCarty." Emmett said.

"Um…assuming…"

"Emmett McCarty."

"Oh yes sir, here you are. Welcome to Aria. Enjoy." He said as he stepped aside and let us through the ropes.

The club was amazing. Two stories tall with the dance floor in the middle and open to the 2nd floor. The second floor was entirely VIP private rooms with banisters overlooking the floor. A bar on the second floor for only VIP parties. On the first floor there was an additional two bars. A wall lined with couches and random tables scattered around. The décor screamed fashion. Everything was in dark reds, purples, and gold. The DJ was spinning songs that I didn't know but they were easy to dance to but all I wanted was a drink.

"Heading to the bar for the first round, you two wanna join or find a place we can scope the place out?"

"Bar then a place." They both answered still looking around the club.

"Sounds good to me." I said then we headed that way to grab our first of many, many rounds.