Good newds, I didn't die a horrbile death and you will get another chapter! I hate it when I'm totally into a story and then it suddenly stops. My mind starts going, I hope the author is ok, no serrious illness, no tragic death. That would just be sad panda all around. If that has happened, YOU ARE MISSED! Thank you for sharing your words with the world. Then I chastise myself for automatically thinking the worst- I swear I can't help it! So then I'm like, maybe they lost inspiration, ok, what can I do to help inspire them so I know what happens! If that happens, hit me up, we will figure a way to get the wheels spinning again!

I am happy to report that no horrible deaths, no injuries, or illnesses (no injures for me if a BONUS, because just like Bella- I AM A CLUTZ!) There was no zombie attacks either. The real reason is good actually, we sold our house of 10 years and bought a new one and we had a month to fix stuff and move out into storage (new house isn't ready yet). We are currently squatting at my inlaws. We will be moved in this weekend though! HAPPY DANCE!

We also took a small family vacation and just got back. OMG, on my way to the ocean Saturday I was a hop, skip, and a jump away from FORKS! I have a picture of the exit sign. As we passed I sighed and my hubs said, " No we are not going to Forks." I was this (- -) close ya'll. Whew, what a month! I do have excellent news, during my 8 hour drive home yesturday, I pretty much have chapter 11 down! Thank you WT. I'm hoping that I will get it up by next week, no promises though as I will be moving in to our new house.

As always, a HUGEMUNGUS THANKS to my bff Kimmie for fix'n it up and to my awesome and amazing Wonder Twin, thank you love for prereading and helping fuel my creativity!

*Sadly enough, I do not own TWILIGHT, just the people in my head.

I hope you enjoy and please review. I love hearing what you have to say and think!

CH 10

BPOV

God it's been a long week, between work and not sleeping…I'm starting to look a bit night of the living dead. If Alice could see me now, she would flip her shit. Thank Sweet Baby Jesus that I got Jazz to preoccupy her tonight. She has been bugging me all week to come over and "girl me up" for my date. I am so not in the mood to be primped, poked, prodded, and waxed. He's seen me drunk and puking on myself and yet he still asked me out. I really don't think Plain Jane Bella is going to be an issue. Hey, at least I will be fleshly showered and sober this time

Ahhhh, the scolding hot water from the shower feels amazing, helping me unwind and get my head back in the game. Although I wouldn't need to get my head back in the game if I didn't have Edward fucking with it, unintentional or not. That man has got me twisted! It's really starting to piss me off. I promised myself after the whole Jake debacle that I wasn't gonna let another guy get into my head. Dammit Edward Cullen for being so…you. Dammit Bella for sleeping with him in the first place. If you would have just kept it in your pants, none of this would be happening right now. And yes, I realize I'm talking to myself in the third person.

When Rose and Alice told me what happened, part of me felt like I got punched in the gut. Another part thought it was funny as hell and I would give him shit about it for the rest of our lives. But another part, the jealous part, had the urge to grab a handful of Miss Anderson's bleach blond hair and yank it out of her head. Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with me? I had to act like it didn't bother me and in good ole' MB fashion texted him and gave him shit about it. I mean, that's what we would have normally done. I do have a rep to protect. Then he had to text- "there is only one person I would want to be sad". Who the fuck does he want sad? Me? Amber? What's up with the goddamn winkey face answer?

Why did he have to go and sleep with the crazy cougar? He usually has better taste than that. I usually don't care. But the little voice inside of my head is saying, "because you have him all twisted up in knots and it's his way of rebelling." I can't help but laugh at myself, me getting Edward all twisted inside like he has me, ha, in my dreams. I mean, he is Edward Cullen and I am… well Bella Swan, one of the boys, MB. Definitely not the type he lusts after. Yeah, the sex was AMAZING, or at least I thought it was but that could be the drugs talking. Must be the drugs, explains the jealousy part.

"Awwwww!" I yell in the shower. Ok Bella, get it together. You have been thinking about this all week and it's keeping you up at night. You have a date to get ready for. No more thinking about Edward. Your focus is on Embry. No more Edward…that is going to be my motto for the evening. I repeat it to myself a couple more times after getting out of the shower and drying my hair.

Once my hair is done l look in the mirror and decide that a little makeup won't kill me. Hopefully I can make me look less like a flesh eating zombie.

Knock, knock.

He's here already? Shit I haven't even gotten dressed yet. I'm still in my underwear. I grab my robe and answer the door.

"Hey, you're early. Hope you don't…" I stop. Standing in front of me is a very tired, worn out looking Edward.

"Edward, what are you doing here?" He doesn't answer me right away. I hope nothing happened. Instead he just looks at me, he starts to open his mouth to say something and then closes it.

"Ok, you're starting to freak me out. You look like shit by the way. When is the last time you slept?" He looks a little bit like me under all the makeup, I'm one to talk.

"I haven't." he frowned. "Bella, I… ok…so here's the thing…" he is running his hands through his hair and if he keeps it up he's gonna go bald.

"Dude, come on….spit it out." I've never seen him so tongue tied before and it's starting to freak me out. "Wait, did you knock one of your floosies up?" I cringe and I suddenly have a giant pit in my stomach.

He looked at me like I had lost my damn mind. "Fuck it." He muttered and then he grabbed my face and kissed me. I stood there for a moment not knowing what the hell was happening, until I realized, holy shit Edward was kissing me!

I started kissing him back with all the intensity and frustration I've felt in the last couple months. That coil started to build up in my stomach and my lady bits were starting to tingle. Before I could get too excited he broke the kiss. Both of us were breathing heavily and we just stared at each other for a long moment.

I don't even think my brain was able to form actual words.

It was all- .

He opened his mouth to say something, closed it, looked at me and then turned around and walked, or rather RAN away. That's right, Edward Cullen just drive-by kissed me! Kissed and ditched! Who does that? Who kisses you like you've never been kissed before and FUCKING runs away!

"Are you fucking kidding me?" I yell at no one.

I go back in my apartment and slam my door. I swear to god this man and his mood swings are starting to give me a little whiplash. So much for today's motto.

I look at the clock and realize that Embry will be here in about a half hour. Should I call and cancel? I am having a serious mindfuck situation right now, I don't know how much fun I will be. I start pacing back and forth in my apartment. To cancel or not to cancel, that is the question. He's probably almost here by now and it would be kind of a dick move to cancel after he's driven from La Push. On the other hand, I have got Edward on the brain and is that really fair to Embry? No, it's not. Fucking Edward!

I am seriously so pissed and confused right now. Jackass, who fucking kisses someone and runs away! No, you know what, I am going. Fuck Edward. Fuck the kiss. If he can go and screw a desperate middle-aged woman without giving me a thought then why the hell should I not go out with a hot, abs you can wash clothes on, man who likes me? Damn, I need to stop letting whatever is going with Assward sidetrack me and have some fun. Ok, now that's all settled I should probably get dressed.

I just slip my shoes on when I hear a knock at my door.

"Just a second!" I yell. I check myself out in the mirror, take a deep breath and repeat, 'Assward out Embry in. Clear your mind and just have fun.' Fuck him. One more deep breath, you can do this Bella.

I open the door and a very sinful looking Embry is standing there with a huge smile on his face. His smile is so infectious I can't help but smile back. Ok, this will be easy peasy and my eyes rake over him. He is wearing dark washed jeans, a black button-up shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and the top two buttons undone. Jesus, he looks good. Yeah, this will not be hard at all.

"Wow, you look good Bells." He says giving me the once over. I have on a pair of dark washed skinny jeans, a white scoop neck t-shirt, and my chucks. My usual uniform. I mentally give Alice an 'I told you so' look, he likes me the way I am.

"You ready to go?"

"As ready as I was the day I was born. Assuming I was actually ready to be pushed out… scratch that, I'm ready." I blush. Jesus Bella, being pushed out your mom's vagina isn't really first date conversation.

Embry just starts laughing," and that is one reason why I like you, you crack me up. Let's go. I have a fun filled night planned."

And just like that, we're standing in front of my door. The date was actually pretty fun. He took me to this place where you learn to cook a seafood cacciatore dish, then you sit down with everyone and enjoy. Our instructor was a lady who had more energy than Alice, I totally didn't think that was even possible! She would sing, "Chop, chop, slice, slice, stir, stir, yum yum" while making hand gestures for each word. It was hilarious!

Then he took me bowling, which I must admit is not my favorite thing, mostly because I am horrible but also because there is a high chance of me getting hurt. Me attempting to throw an 8 lb ball and not injure myself or anyone around me is a task. Tonight, I am proud to say, I only dropped the ball once and thankfully moved my foot before it crushed my toe. It was decided, after I had attempted to throw my first ball, that it would be safer for all involved if we granny bowled. You are now looking at the granny bowl champ.

"I had a really great time tonight Bells." Embry said staring down at me still holding my hand.

"Me too." I said smiling back at him. His eyes were starting to darken and I knew what was coming next. He cupped my cheeks with his warm hands, bent down and kissed me. This kiss was nice and soft, nothing like the kiss I had shared with Edward on these very steps a mere 4 hours ago. Dammit! I was doing so well. Up until now, I had managed to put Edward out of my mind the entire night. I broke away from the kiss. It wasn't fair to Embry that I was thinking about someone else while he kissed me.

I bit my bottom lip. "I ummm..I had a great time Embry. Thank you. I…should…ummm get inside." Ok, now it's turning a bit awkward.

"Ummm, yeah, I should probably get going, long drive ahead of me. So…can I call you?" He suddenly looked very nervous.

"Yeah. Oh and text me when you get home so I won't worry."

"Sure thing…well goodnight Bella. Talk to you soon."

"Ya, See ya when I see ya."

I sank down into my couch and put my head in my hands. I was doing so well. Not once did I think about Edward , then when it gets to the good stuff, WHAMMO! Him and his toe curling, lady parts tingling kiss.

"AGGHHHH!"

My phone started to vibrate.

Good move get'n Jazzy to distract me btw. But I have not forgotten. STATUS!- Alice

Fun, just got home.- B

What no night cap? Is he a bad sober kisser?- A

Yeah, totally not telling Pixie Trigger about Edward's drive-by kissing. She would be over here before I could say slow your roll. I can hear her now, "I told you he loved you! It's like in that one stupid ass romantic comedy that I love!" Yeah, no. Keeping this shit to myself

LOL, no he's fine but he had to work early and was being a gentleman- B

A GENTLEMAN? What's that like? LOL- The one and only Alice

What Jazzy boy isn't a gentleman?-B

Plz hunny that boy cld not keep his hands off of this *hand rakes over body*- Alice too hottie

EWW, not an image I need right before bed- B

U know u want this! Anywho, I expect a full report in DETAIL tomorrow- U know u want my body & u think I'm sexy A

I have no doubt in my mind she will be knocking on my door bright and early. She better have coffee. I have a feeling no sleep will be had tonight. Damn you Edward. You know what I need…I need a drink, or four. Time for me to head across the street to Tipsy's. Maybe if I drink myself into oblivion I could at least get a couple hours. I grab my purse and walk across the street.

We frequented Tipsy's a lot, being that is right across the street from my humble abode. Riley, the bartender, knew us all by name and what drinks we liked. Personally, I go back and forth between chocolate cake shots (when I want to get drunk) and a Midori Sour (when I just need a good buzz).

When I walk in the door Riley flashes me a big smile, waves and starts making me a chocolate cake shot. See, he totally knows what I need. Ladies and Gentlemen, Riley the psychic bartender!

"Here you go Bella Boo." He says placing the drink at the end of the bar. I immediately slam it back, suck on the lemon and slam the glass on the bar.

"How did you know what I needed?"

"Please darling, just call me Miss Cleo…and Edward told me he kissed you and walked off. I had a feeling you'd be wandering my way girl"

"He told you that huh?" Of course he did. Riley is part shrink. I think that's in the job description for a bartender- must have a degree in psychology and mixology.

He slides me another one, "Plus the pent up sexual vibes you guys have been omitting lately makes anyone in a 5 foot radius want to jump the person next to them. "

"I didn't think it was that obvious." I slam back the shot and nod my head asking for another.

"Girl, even a blind man could see it. If it makes you feel better, you have that fine specimen of man twisted like a pretzel. He don't know his penis from his pinky anymore."

"His pinky from his penis? I highly doubt he's that confused, it's a pretty big difference" I said shaking my head. Dammit, now I'm thinking about his penis.

"Speaking from personal experience?" He wagged his eyebrows and I just rolled my eyes. "He's still here you know, down at the other end. Don't believe me ask him yourself." He nods his head to the right and sure enough at the other end of the bar is Edward. All I can see tis the back of his head. He's talking to someone.

I slam back another shot. "You're right, I need to pull up my big girl panties and figure this shit out 'cause it's driving me fucking insane."

As I get closer to where Edward is seated I can hear him arguing with someone, with Lauren to be exact. I mentally cringe.

"I'm only gonna tell you this one more time, leave me the fuck alone Lauren." He seethed.

She started to slid her hand up his thigh, "Or what, are you gonna punish me? I like to be punished." She purred.

"Yeah I remember… unfortunately. Look I- AM –NOT- INTERESTED. Now get your slutty hands off of me. I don't want to catch something." He grabbed her hands and removed it from his leg.

"Oh, come on Eddie, you know you want this." She placed her hands on his chest.

In that moment all I saw was red. I closed the gap between them and me. Before I could really think about it I punched the bitch.

"OH MY GOD MY NOSE!" She screamed grabbing her nose that was now squirting blood.

"What, I thought you liked it rough?" I said my voice dripping with sarcasm.

"I think you broke my nose you Bitch!"

"No, means no; not my fault you don't listen." I turned to look at Edward.

"And you!" I pointed my finger in his chest. I opened my mouth to say all the things I wanted to say but instead I grabbed his face and kissed him. Then I broke away, turned around and walked away.

** A/N

Sooooo...whatcha think? Did you like the Brady Bunch reference? I really enjoyed writting this chapter, epecially the very end. I know some of you wanted more of the date- I will probably make that an outtake at the end. Any guesses on what comes next? ILOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THOUGHT SO SHOW ME THE LOVE! Or a slight dislike as the case may be. I still want to know, the good the bad, and the slutty Lauren ugly.

Recs: The Ex Factor: Edward and Bella by AngelAtTwilight. Antiques Roadshow, by aerobee8, and Divide, by forthelongestday. GOOD READS GUYS!

XOZO

HB