A/N: So, I wrote this story about 7 years ago. It was my first finished Fanfic and I regretted taking it down. So, here it is again. I will be posting 1 to 2 chapters a week until it is completely reposted. Please read, review, and enjoy!

Banner is by Lizzie Paige. She rocks!

Warning: Does talk about sexual assault and rape. Read at your own risk.

"Come on, Bella! It's time to go," Alice yelled up at me from downstairs. I was looking at myself in the mirror, at the outfit Alice had insisted on me wearing. There was no way I was leaving the house like this! My normally wavy hair was in wild curls, and I had smoky eyes with some sort of pink lip gloss. What was the worst though, was what she had put me in. I was wearing a shimmery dark blue dress that was way too short, and high heels that were sure to make me fall and break an ankle, or worse. I sighed as I heard Alice skipping up the stairs.

"I'm not going, Alice," I said as she opened my door.

She started pouting immediately. "Why not? You look awesome, thanks to me."

"Alice...," I began. She cut me off.

"No, Bella. You promised Please? If you don't like it or want to leave early, then we can go. Please, please, please?"

I sighed. She knew she was gonna win. My non-partying attitude was a constant thorn in her side. So, with much whining and pleading on her part I had promised to go out with her, Rose, Angela, and their boyfriends. Angela's boyfriend, Ben, I had met a few times. Emmett and Jasper, who were Rose and Ali's boyfriends, were very good friends of mine. We grew up together, so they were like brothers, and they teased me as such. I rolled my eyes and looked down at my dress. "It's too short, Alice."

"No, Bella. It looks good. I promise you look totally sexy. If I were a guy, I'd totally jump you for sure."

"Thanks, Alice. Not really what I was looking for," I said rolling my eyes again. "Fine I'll go, but you better not leave me alone all night like last time."

"You'll be fine, and I won't leave you alone. Oh, and just so you know, Edward will be there." I nodded. I wasn't really surprised. Edward was Emmett's older brother and my teenage crush. Edward had been in Tacoma at the University of Washington Tacoma for four years now and only had come to Forks for holidays. He had transferred to Seattle for this school year. I hadn't seen him in 7 years because after two disastrous years of trying to live with my mom in Florida, I came back to Forks for my last two years of high school and he had already left for college. After taking a year off, Alice and I had been roommates in our own apartment in Seattle for the past two years. She had been attending the Art Institute of Seattle while I, along with Rose, Em, Jazz, Ang, and Ben had been attending University of Washington. Tonight we were going to a nightclub in Seattle. Everyone was excited, except me. I was determined to be in a good mood though so that I didn't rain on everyone's parade.

Alice and I left our apartment and got into her car. We were both quiet on the drive to the club. We met Jazz, Rose, Angela, and Ben in the parking lot. We were told by Rose that Em and Edward were gonna be late, as they were on their way back from Forks. We decided to go inside to wait for them. We had Ben, Ang, and Jazz go grab a table while the rest of us got drinks at the bar. Alice was starting off strong with a fuck you shot and sex on the beach. Rose and I each ordered a sex on the beach for us and Angie. Rose also got Ben and Jazz both an AMF. We headed to our table and handed out everyone's drinks. Alice made a toast and we all clinked glasses and drank in silence for a moment. Alice downed her shot and half her sex on the beach in seconds. I drank quickly knowing it would loosen me up. The waitress came by and a pitcher of beer was ordered for the guys and 4 sex on the beaches for us girls. Everyone was chatting and listening to the music.

"So, are you having fun yet, Bells?" Rose asked. Lately, she had adopted the nickname Jazz, Edward, and Em had all given me when I was younger, probably because Em refused to call me anything else, except for Izzy which got him a slap upside the head.

I shrugged. "Sure, I guess. I don't really see the big deal, but it's cool."

Alice looked at me and smiled. "It 'cause we've gotta dance."

I shook my head. "No, not enough alcohol in the world, Ali."

She started pouting again. "You'd make me go alone?"

"Not fair." The bar girl came back with all our drinks. I knocked back my drink. "Fine, let's go," Alice squealed and clapped her hands. She led me out to the dance floor. By the time we found an opening, the alcohol had kicked in and my inhibitions were gone. I started dancing slow and sexy keeping pace with Alice. We started grinding and dancing up on each other, mostly to protect us from the circling vultures. We danced for a few songs and the rest of our party joined us on the dance floor. I went to go get some refreshments when I saw the most gorgeous guy sitting alone at our table. He looked vaguely familiar, but holy crow he was beautiful. He was like a marble sculpture of a god. His features were flawless and chiseled. I walked over towards our table and that is when it hit me, the gorgeous man in front of me was Edward. I figured he wouldn't recognize me. I was very far from the awkward fourteen-year-old he had last seen, but maybe Em had shown him pictures. "What's a handsome man like you doing sitting all alone?" I purred seductively. He looked up at me with those gorgeous green eyes and I just about came with the look in his eyes. I suddenly thanked Alice for the slut wear. He cleared his throat and spoke, his voice smooth as velvet.

"Waiting for a beautiful woman such as yourself to come and talk to me. My name is Edward Cullen."

"Nice to meet you, Edward. My name is Bella Swan." I sat down. Recognition dawned in his eyes. I smiled and then winked at him. "Thank you for the compliment." He still looked shocked. "You ok?" He shook his head and regained his composure.

"Little Bella Swan. My you have grown up. You were what, fourteen the last time I saw you?"

"Yeah, I was. You've grown up too, Edward. Time has been very kind to you as well."

"Thank you. So, how have you been?" He asked smiling that crooked smile I remembered from so long ago.

"Good, started college a year ago, obviously. It's a totally different world. Jake keeps begging me to come back and Charlie has more or less accepted it though he doesn't want to."

"Yeah parents have a hard time letting go, but college is a great opportunity. You're right it is a totally different world. What are you majoring in?"

"I actually picked something no one expected of me. I'm in the nursing program. I shadowed some nurses in my junior year and fell in love with it. I had the grades and took the classes I needed in my senior year. How you been?"

"Good. Working hard and studying harder. Med school is tough, but I'm halfway through and I love it."

"Well, that's what matters. How are you liking Seattle?"

"It's cool. It seems a lot like Tacoma." He looked at me thoughtfully for a moment. "But to be honest I haven't seen much. Em and Rose offered to show me around, but they are so lovey-dovey that it makes me want to scream. Do you think you could show a stranger around?"

I smiled. I knew how he felt about Rose and Em. "You're no stranger Edward, but sure." I tried not to sound too eager. "I have class until noon tomorrow, or I'm free Friday."

"Friday, I have one class at nine, so how about we hook up about ten-thirty?"

"Sounds good to me." I was about to ask him where he wanted to meet but I was interrupted by a loud…

"Bella!" I was faced with a very irritated pixie.

"Hey, Ali," I said cheerfully.

"Why haven't you come back out to dance," She asked. It was then that she noticed Edward sitting across from me smiling, and I noticed that we were leaning towards each other. "Edward! Hello. How have you been?" She said giving him a huge hug. He smiled.

"Good. Just been catching up with Bells here." I smiled at the mention of my much-used nickname.

"Really?" Alice got that look in her eyes that told me she was plotting, and it kinda freaked me out because I knew how grand and out of hand her schemes could get. "You guys need to come out and dance with us. Sitting here, being all boring is not allowed."

I rolled my eyes and Edward laughed good-naturedly. "Well we wouldn't want to be boring, would we?" He stood up and offered me his hand. I took it and we followed Alice out to where everyone else was dancing. I had a great time dancing with him because he could actually dance. We all danced together, switching partners and acting silly. We took breaks to drink more and by the end of the night all the guys were pretty toasted and we girls were getting pretty sober as we had all stopped drinking after the first few rounds. We left the bar about half an hour before they closed. Jazz had come with Ben and Angie, but he rode home with us. Alice kept shooting me glances in the rearview mirror but didn't say anything.

I got home and got dressed for bed when there was a soft knock on the door.

"Come in." Alice came in and she seemed so excited she was almost bouncing.

"So…" I just looked at her with at what? look. "You and Edward?"

"Are old friends. What about us?"

"Well, you guys looked a little cozy tonight." I rolled my eyes. "Isabella Marie Swan, do not roll your eyes at me!"

I gave her an exasperated look. "Ali, you're always trying to play matchmaker. He wants to get away from Rose and Em for a while so Friday we're gonna meet up and I'm gonna show him around Seattle."

Alice squealed and clapped. I walked around her and to the bathroom to brush my teeth. She followed me. "This is so great. Edward is such a great guy and has been so lonely since Kate."

"Kate?" I asked with my toothbrush in my mouth.

"Kate was a girl he dated right out of high school and they were together until a year ago when he caught her cheating on him. He was a mess for months about it, almost quit school but he's ok now." I had already finished brushing my teeth and was just leaning against the counter listening to Alice.

"Wow, that sucks. Poor Edward."

"Yeah, maybe you two can date."

"Don't count on it, Alice. You know that's not possible." Alice opened her mouth to say something and I cut her off. "I don't want to have this conversation right now. I'm going to bed." I stormed out of the bathroom and went to my room slamming my door. I turned the light off the light and got into bed. I knew where Alice had been going earlier before I cut her off. It had happened a long time ago, I had healed; I should be able to move on, etc. It wasn't her life though and she didn't have to relive it like I did. A year ago, I had been dating Riley for ten months. He was very loving and affectionate but last summer he was getting impatient with me not sleeping with him. I wasn't a virgin, but I wasn't ready to sleep with him. I wanted to go slow. One night he got drunk and came over. I tried to tell him no again, but this time he didn't listen. My dad had been working a graveyard shift at the police station, so no one was there to stop him. He was stronger than me and I was no match to fight him off. I opened my eyes and forced myself to stop thinking about it again. I felt the traitorous tears and angrily wiped them away. I heard my phone buzz and expected it to be Alice. It wasn't and it was a text that said:

Emmett gave me your number. Don't be mad, this is Edward. It was great seeing you again and I'm looking forward to Friday -E

I smiled and saved his number in my phone and sent him a reply

The pleasure was mine and Friday will be fun. See you soon. Sleep well :P –B

You too. Night Bells –E

Night Eddy ;) –B

I replied using the nickname. I used for him when I was younger. I closed my eyes and fell asleep thinking of Edward.

A/N: Hmmmm. Thanks for reading guys. Please review and let me know what you think.