It's been long, I know. I have been pretty bussy with work and my studies. Hope you can understand and still enjoy this chapter. I will be updating soon, since I'm writing now the final chapter.

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Chapter 20: A night out

Bella picked up the mobile and saw it was Rosalie calling her.

"Hey Rose" she greeted.

"Hi Bells!" Rosalie replied. "How is everything going? Alice told me you have been really busy with your work"

"I'm fine, thank you. Just a little tired, that's all" Bella said

"Ok. Since you have been working so hard, we thought you might appreciate some distraction. We are going out to a cool club tonight, and we thought you should came" The blonde continued.

Bella looked back at the notebook and weighted the alternative. Since she was aware that the book was almost finished, she could allowed herself to have some fun.

"Ok Rose. I would like it".

"Great! Alice and I are going to be there in a couple of hours to help you with your outfit, hair and make up. See you soon!" And with that Rosalie said goodbye.

Outfit, hair and make up, Bella thought. This was going to be a long evening if torture was ahead. But then she decided that it was for the best not to fight it.

Before heading for a bath, Bella went back to the last chapters and read them, since, as usual, she had no recollection of what she had written. To her surprise, the story was getting better and better as it went on. It was almost impossible to believe that the pages spread before her were actually of her own making.

As she continued reading the book as any other reader would do, in Bella's mind the story became to look like a living creature. She could almost feel its heart pumping and it's slow yet rhythm breathes. An alive piece of her own manufacture, strong and powerful enough to block her out of herself and into a delusional state, far away from awareness.

The end was not far away, and in her thoughts she could almost take a glimpse at it. The final chapters, no more than three or four, were barely outlined in her head. And she was going to let herself into that devastating state in which she could let the story find its own way.

But that was going to happen tomorrow. Since now she was going to get a bath and wait for her friends to arrive and, later on, have some fun with them. Right at this moment, all Bella wanted was to get back to reality for a little while.

Rosalie and Alice arrived just after she got out of the shower, and soon they were all over her, working on her hair and her face.

By the time Jasper and Emmet arrived, they had managed to get Bella into a fitting black tiny dress, along with black high-heeled shoes. They had put her hair up with silver pins, and placed a light yet gorgeous make up on her face.

"Finally ready!" Alice yelled excited.

"The guys must be downstairs. Let's get going!" Rosalie grabbed Bella's hand and dragged her out of her apartment.

They arrived at Drakkar Club half an hour later, and they didn't need to wait since Rosalie went ahead, working with her eyelashes to the bouncer. They were comfortable chatting in a table not too long after.

"You know Bella, I just spoke with Edward on the phone" Jasper said and smiled as he saw Bella's face lighten up. "He is just leaving hospital and going home for a shower. If he can keep his eyes open, he will for sure come".

The mere thought that she might get a chance to see him again tonight; not only put a wide and stupid smile on her face, but also dramatically changed her mood. Bella began to actively participate in the conversation, laughing and making jokes on the way.

But inside, as much happiness as she felt, she was dreadfully anxious. What could he possible be thinking after so many days without seeing each other? Would he remain attach to his promise that she was going to get as much of him as she wanted? Because she wanted a lot of him. Actually, all of him. Would he ever be able to understand the depth of her love?

"Bella, please be calm!" Alice said, placing her hand over hers, as Bella noticed she had been tapping the table with her fingers.

"Enough!" Emmet claimed. "We need to begin to get drunk! Jasper, you are coming with me to the bar" He announced and soon they were both leaving.

"I should go to bathroom. Would any of you join me?" Rosalie asked.

"You two go" Bella replied. "I will stay here and look after our table"

Truth, she didn't want to leave the spot in case Edward came. And besides, she was so uneasy that she felt her legs were trembling, and by sure she would not be able to get to the bathroom without tripping on the way there

As Alice and Rosalie left her, Bella allowed her eyes to wander all over the place, trying desperately to find a blur of bronze hair or the glow of two emeralds. Yet, she found no evidence of him.

Is he even going to come? Bella wondered. This waiting was almost like hell. And there was no certainty that he would come at all. What if he was too tired to come? Or worse, what if he doesn't want to see me again? She could not endure losing him like that, after waiting so long for him to be real and into her life.

"Hello gorgeous" Bella heard the voice next to her, but even before turning she knew it was not the sweet melody of Edward's voice. She turned around to find two sky blue eyes, a wide white smile and blonde messed hair.

"I'm Mike. Want to have some fun?" He asked.

"No, thank you" Bella replied, polite, yet sharp.

"Oh come on" He continued sitting by her side. "Don't get difficult. You know you want it"

Bella looked at him with disgust. What was wrong with him? Wasn't NO a sufficient answer?

"That seat is taken" She merely replied, with aversion in her voice.

"Yeah? By whom?" Mike laughed. "You are not going to lie to me and tell me you have a boyfriend, right? That's the lamest excuse you could use".

"Why?" Bella replied. If she wasn't good enough to have a boyfriend, why was he even bothering her?

"Because if you would have one, he would be here next to you, keeping an eye on your beautiful figure. Yet you are all alone" Mike answered.

Bella was about to reply, but just as she opened her mouth, she felt two strong arms wrapping her waist from behind, and a sweet and too familiar voice coming to her ear. "Hi honey".

Bella closed her eyes leaning her head at the touch of Edward's soft arms, as she heard him whisper in her ear: "Play along with me".

She didn't need to; her body was playing along without the instruction to do so. Bella felt she was melting into his body as he embraced her from behind, and soon awareness began to slip away from her as she felt his soft breath on the skin of her neck.

When Bella thought she could not endure any more, she felt Edward's lips rubbing gently against her throat, slowly beginning to place wet kisses from her earlobe to her shoulder. And her whole world exploded inside her body.

As if in one of her trances, Bella allowed her mind to go away, as all her senses became plagued with Edward's exquisite touch and her body refused to respond to any of her logical calls. She leaned her head on his shoulder, to allowed him a clearer access to her neck, as he continue to kiss, and suck, and bite, all along the way.

The sensations were exhilarating. Far beyond anything she could have imagined in the wildest of her erotic fantasies with him. To actually feel his gentle touch, the breath of his mouth in her neck, the humidity of his lips on her skin, was past anything she had dreamed it would be.

Gone into the intimacy of the moment, unaware of anything around them, Bella knew Edward was lost too. They were far ahead now from the "play along" scenario. This was close and sensual, in every possible meaning of the word.

"Hmmm" Someone clearing his throat brought them back to real life. "What exactly are you two doing?" Bella recognized Emmet's voice.

They opened their eyes and saw their friends, the four of them, staring at them with amused grins in their mouth.

"We were just…We were playing along…It was this guy…" Both of them stumbled into words as they tried to explain the inexplicable.

"Playing along?" Rosalie was far from amused.

"What guy?" Alice asked holding laughter.

"This guy that was bothering Bella and I…" Edward and Bella looked around confused. There was no sign of Mike anywhere near them. Obviously, at some point, while they were to wrapt up into the "play along" moment, the guy had left them to find a more accessible prey.