A/N Thanks again for all the lovely reviews. Here's Edward's point of view for the party. Hope you like it. Italics are used for earlier on in the day. Bold is for what's happening now.

Don't own Twilight - Wish I did.

Chapter 10.

EPOV

After calming Alice down I went running out of Ike's after Bella. She had hailed a cab and was just climbing in. "Bella, wait" I shouted, still running towards the cab.

"Go back to the party Edward. I don't want to talk to you." I couldn't understand why she was so mad at me.

"I'm not leaving until you talk to me Bella."

"Well you'll have a long wait" she said as she sat down and went to close the door.

I grabbed the door with my hand and pulled it back open. "Move over" I said as I sat down, shoving her over to the other side.

"What the hell do you think you're doing Edward?" she asked crossly.

"I told you that I wasn't leaving until we talked Bella"

"So talk" the cab moved off and I could feel the waves of hostility rolling off of her. When had everything gone so wrong? I had been having a really good day up until now.

It was the day of Alice and Jasper's engagement party. Last night I had worked my last graveyard shift before a few days off. I woke up at two in the afternoon. I had a shower and made myself some lunch.

It was only three-thirty in the afternoon and the party didn't start until nine. I wasn't due at Jasper's until eight-thirty. Apparently Alice was going round to a friend's house to get ready after work. Jasper was scared that he would be the only person on time and didn't want to be stood around looking like a lemon, so I had agreed to meet up with him.

What was I going to do until then? I walked over to the corner and picked up my guitar. Once again I ended up singing that song that reminded me of Bella. I put the guitar away as I was no longer enjoying playing it. With the thought of Bella came a feeling of sadness, as I would never see her again.

Maybe some TV would take my mind off of her. I flicked through the channels. I ended up watching a music channel as there was nothing else on. This was fine until Van Morrison's Brown Eyed Girl started playing. Bella's eyes were a deep, chocolate brown. So yet again I had been reminded about Bella. I need to get out of here to clear my head. I picked up a book and left the apartment.

It was a sunny day so I got the El to Grant Park. I spent the rest of the day sat down in front of the fountain, reading my book. I could feel the cool breeze on my face and every once in a while a little spray coming off the fountain.

A few hours later, after popping home to change, I was on my way to Jasper's and I started to think of Bella again. Why couldn't I get her out of my mind? I had to accept that she was out of my life now and I needed to move on. That was one of the reasons that I had agreed to go to the party tonight. Maybe I would meet someone new who could help me get over my obsession.

I arrived at Alice and Jasper's place. His first words were a warning. "You know Alice has gone to get ready at her friend's apartment. I think she's planning to set you two up" he couldn't help but smirk at the thought of this.

"When will she stop meddling in my love life. I'm twenty six years old and can get my own dates." I said frustrated.

"Hey, preaching to the choir here" he said raising his arms up in surrender. "I've told her to stop meddling but you know what she's like"

"Yeah" I sighed.

Twenty minutes later we were in a cab on our way to Ike's. We arrived at Ike's a little after nine. The place was deserted. It looked like we were the first ones here.

"See. This is what I said would happen, If you hadn't agreed to meet me I would be stood here on my own, looking like Billy no mates." Jasper said.

"I thought that Alice at least would be here" I said kind of grateful that she wasn't here with 'the friend'. If she didn't arrive until later it wouldn't be as easy for her to set us up. This was a good thing, Alice had some... how do I put this; interesting friends.

"Have you met Alice ?" Jasper asked. "She's always late. I'm not expecting her to come walking down the aisle until at least an hour after the ceremony has started" he laughed.

"Yeah, she's never been one for time keeping I guess. But I thought that as she had organized all this she would be here early, checking it was running smoothly" I replied.

Soon enough the place started filling up. I sat at the bar waiting for the JD and Coke I had just ordered. I saw Jessica walking towards me. "Hi Edward" she drooled as she sat down on my lap. Ugh, why did she have to be here?

"How have you been?" she asked pawing at my hair. Gross.

"Jessica" I started "Not to be rude or anything, but could you get the hell off of me" I said pushing her off. Does she have no shame? It was embarrassing the way she continually threw herself at me.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw someone who looked a lot like Bella turning and walking away from where I was sat. Could she really be here?

I got up from my bar stool and walked over to where I had seen the girl that looked a lot like Bella. She had disappeared. Whilst I was scanning the room looking for any sign of Bella, Jasper came waltzing up to me.

"Enjoying yourself?" he asked slapping me across the back. He was a little bit drunk.

"Do either you or Alice invite someone called Bella?" I asked. The only way she would be here is if they had asked her.

"Bella, Bella..." he rolled her name off while looking up towards the ceiling, clearly trying to remember the name. "Oh. I remember now. Bella is the friend that Alice was getting ready with. You know, the one I think that Alice is trying to set you up with." He said, nudging me in the ribs.

I can't believe Alice . She knows I've been miserable since the day I thought I'd lost Bella for ever. She's known Bella for who knows how long and didn't tell me. "Where's Alice ?" I asked crossly.

"Over there on the dance floor" he pointed to Alice and Bella. As Jasper walked over to Alice I just stood there staring. My heart started to race as I took in the beauty that was Bella. She was wearing a revealing blue dress that highlighted her assets. I couldn't help smiling as I watched Bella dancing, to begin with she was very tentative but she was getting more and more confident. She looked so god damn sexy rocking her hips side to side. I wasn't normally one for dancing, but seeing Bella there I had to join her.

She stumbled and started to fall, luckily I reached her just in time. I relished the brief bit of contact I had with Bella in my arms before she quickly disengaged herself from my hold.

The conversation with Bella after I had rescued her did not go at all well. That's why I was in the cab with her now. I needed to know what I had done that had made her so upset.

"Bella, why are you so mad at me?" I asked.

"Like you don't already know" she huffed, crossing her arms.

"I don't" I replied.

"I gave you my number and explained that I had feelings for you. You didn't even have the courtesy to call and say you weren't interested. Then when I see you again it's obvious that you have a girlfriend."

"Bella, you never gave me your number" she must be confused. "The girl in the bar is one of Alice's friend. I went out on one date with her two years ago and that was it. It's not my fault that she doesn't understand that I'm just not interested."

"I did give you my number, it was in the note that I asked Dr Ryder to pass onto you"

"Bella. Dr Ryder never passed any note to me." I was going to kill Emmett the next time I saw him. How could he not tell me that she had left me a note. I'm not sure that I'll ever forgive him for this.

"I can't believe I'm saying this. But, I actually believe you" Bella said.

She calmed down and we started to talk about what had been happening in our lives for the past couple of weeks. Turns out that Bella started working at the firehouse this week, that's how Alice and her met. Bella told me that she had recognized Alice but didn't think that Alice had recognized her.

After an awkward moment Bella invited me up to her apartment for a coffee. I couldn't believe my luck. Not only had I run into my dream girl but I was now going back to her place. She had said that we would be alone as her roommate was staying at her boyfriend's. This had to be too good to be true.

Before we got to coffee, Bella put on a CD and a slow song started to play.

"Care to dance?" I asked. I couldn't help it I had wanted to dance with her since seeing her earlier at Ike's.

"Okay" she mumbled, biting down on her lip nervously. Doe's she know how cute she looks when she does that?

I took her hand in mine and brought her body close against mine. My heart sped up with the close contact. I moved my arms to the small of her back and rested my head in her hair. I took a deep breath, inhaling her scent. She smelt as beautiful as she looked. I lightly kissed the top of her head, unable to control myself.

We slow-danced for a few more minutes before I couldn't control my desire to kiss her any longer. I moved my hand up to her face, softly brushing her hair out of her face. I softly whispered to her "Your face is so beautiful, I never want to blink again" She tilted her chin so that she was now looking into my eyes, she was smiling. I saw her lightly lick her lips, indicating that she wanted this to happen just as much as I did. I moved in and our lips met. I felt a jolt of electricity run through my body. Did she feel it to?

The phone began to ring and reluctantly I pulled away "Shouldn't you answer that?" I asked my voice coming out a little husky.

"No. The machine can get it. Where were we" she initiated the kiss this time. She lightly brushed her lips against mine. I began to deepen the kiss when I heard the message being left on the answer machine.

"Hi Bella, it's Jake. I thought you loved me?"

Once again it was me who pulled away from the kiss.

What the fuck!

She had a boyfriend!

A/N I'm going to apologize now. I'm going away for the weekend (playoffs) so I won't be able to update until next week. Don't worry though I will be taking a pen and paper so I can carry on working with the story. I am putting a playlist up on my profile with links to the songs for the chapters. Any suggestions etc... please let me know. Thanks :)