25 – BPOV

It had been years since I had gone out on a Saturday night.

Six to be exact.

I wasn't even legal back then.

When Alice suggested we go out, I refused out right. What kind of parent would I be if I did that?

But, mom coaxed me into it, saying that I couldn't be a hermit forever.

Stating that I was only twenty-six and that I needed to start living my life again.

So, it was with a heavy heart that I dropped off Emily with mom and joined Alice and Jasper at their usual watering hole, Twilight's Dawn.

Alice immediately waved me over and hugged me when I joined them.

She then motioned for the barmaid, "So Bella, what will you have?"

I thought about it for about half a second, "A beer, ehmm, Heineken? I think?" I looked up at the barmaid, frowning slightly.

I felt like I'd just turned twenty-one and I was almost expecting her to ask for my drivers license.

A girl can wish, right?

She smiled, "Coming right up!"

I turned to Alice, "Wow, she's cheerful."

She giggled and whispered, "Lauren's a few crayons short of a full box but she's really sweet."

"Ahh, well I have to say this is nice." Looking around the bar, I noticed how they had a few pool tables and a small dance floor. There wasn't a very big crowd yet but it was still fairly early.

Lauren came back with our drinks and we started talking about the school and kids.

Alice and Jasper were a few years older than me. I remembered them faintly from back in high school but because of the age gap, we didn't hang around together.

Half an hour had passed when Jasper shot out of his seat and started waving at someone by the door to come join us.

Imagine my surprise when my hot neighbor strolled in looking all...hot. His redish, brown hair stood up in every direction like it usually did and his eyes crinkled at the corners as he smiled. Oh and he was wearing a nicely fitted gray V-neck t-shirt and low-hung black stone-washed jeans, the whole outfit completely different from what I was used to see him in.

"Wipe your mouth, Bella, you're drooling." Alice whispered as Edward made his way over to join us.

"I'm sorry," I turned to her but kept my eyes trained on Edward.

"So, you have a thing for my brother in law?" I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Ehmm, no?" I frowned. "I mean I don't have a thing," I swallowed audibly and turned my gaze to Alice's.

"Yeah, okay," she turned from me to greet Edward. "Hey so glad you could make it. You know Bella, right?"

Edward turned to me with a half-smile half-smirk gracing his full lips, "So we meet again, Bella."

And I felt my belly do that flip-flop swoon thing for the first time in six years.

Ya so she's go the hots for him, I think...