A/N: Wow, I was not expecting the response I got to my little story I wrote so long ago. Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed, added me to their alerts, and read this story. This is a fun chapter with some happy points. The end does describe what happened to her, but it is not graphic. Just know there may be triggers at the end.

Edward POV

Seeing Bella last night was certainly a surprise. The last time I saw her she was fourteen and very quiet and unsure of herself. Last night the difference between her now and her then was almost comical. She was sexy and confident. I knew she had a crush on me when we were younger, but the awkward Bella was gone. I'm sure that part of it was due to the alcohol but she was still different. I found myself looking forward to our meeting on Friday (I refused to call it a date.)

At the moment I was reading a chapter for my lit class later this afternoon and trying not to think of Bella. Em came downstairs, probably just rolling out of bed. He went into the kitchen and started clambering around in the cupboard and opening drawers. Basically, making a ton of noise.

"Dude!" I said no longer able to hold it in. Em poked his head out of the kitchen.

"Sup?"

I held my book up. "Could you possibly keep it down? Trying to read."

"Trying to make breakfast, dude." He popped back into the kitchen, I sighed and picked up my messenger bag and put my book in my bag. I grabbed my car keys and left the house. I got into my car and headed to the library on campus. I knew it wasn't totally Emmett's fault I couldn't concentrate on my school work. I knew I probably needed some necessary caffeine. I stopped by my favorite coffee shop (not Starbucks) before getting to the library. I found an open spot at a table near the front doors. I pulled my book out and started to read making notes as I went. I had been at the library probably twenty minutes when I heard that sexy voice again.

"Edward Cullen? Are you stalking me?"

I looked up and there was Bella Swan. She was definitely dressed down in jeans and a hoodie. She had her hair up in a messy bun, but she was still beautiful. I smiled with my famous crooked smile.

"Actually, I was here first, so technically you're stalking me." I pointed to her, then to myself while saying this.

She smiled. "Well, I can't help myself. You're so irresistible," She said with some sarcasm and some seriousness. "Mind if your stalker joins you?" She sat across from me.

"Absolutely, but only because you're my favorite stalker." She laughed quietly. She took out her own work and we sat working separately for a while. I looked at the clock and realized that I had ten minutes to get to class. "Shoot. Gotta go to class. Talk to you later Bells."

"Bye Edward. Have fun in class." She smiled warmly and I smiled back. I walked out of the library and gave one backward glance and caught her watching me. My step became a little lighter as I headed to class.

I got home after all my classes that day, and I was wiped. I went upstairs and lay down in bed for just a little power nap. My phone started buzzing just as I closed my eyes and had gotten comfortable. I moaned and grabbed my phone. I saw I had a text and it was from Bella.

Hey, Ali seems to think we're friends or something. So, she thinks, and I agree with her, that you should come over for dinner. Crazy right? –B

Lol. Ali is a crazy girl. I don't know. Those ramen noodles I have in the cupboard look pretty good. What you having? –E

Lasagna, homemade. And garlic bread with salad. –B

I'll be over in 20. –E

Lol, I knew you'd cave. Those ramens will have to wait for another day. See you in a bit. –B

Even though I was tired my mouth was watering thinking about the lasagna and I was excited at the thought of seeing Bella. It was weird to think that seeing her again made me feel all these new things. It was exciting but also scary as hell. Bella and I were two different people in different parts of our lives. But we could definitely be friends, and with that I was ok.

Bella POV

Alice refused to let me say no to inviting Edward over for dinner. I found myself a little excited for him to come over. I loved cooking and Alice had convinced me to make the lasagna because she loved it. She tried to get me to wear another one of her outfits and I graciously took the top she gave me but refused the skirt and the shoes. I knew Alice was trying to play matchmaker and it was cute, but I knew Edward and I were just friends and that was all it was. We were just finishing setting the table when there was a knock on the door, and Alice answered it. I went into the kitchen to get the food when I heard Alice squeal and welcome Edward inside. I went to the dining room with the food and put it on the table. I looked up and Edward was standing there, and I almost started drooling. He looked even more beautiful than the night at the club. He was wearing a cream-colored long sleeve shirt that clung to his chest and nice khaki jeans. He seemed to be appreciating me as well, and that is when my embarrassing blush showed up. I looked down and sat down.

"I brought the wine, Alice." I glared at Alice. She ignored it, grabbed the wine from Edward, then took it into the kitchen. Edward sat down across from me. "So, it occurs to me that we never discussed where we are going to meet tomorrow."

"We didn't. What do you have in mind?"

"Well I can't live without several daily doses of caffeine, so after class, I will be heading to the coffee shop inside the student union building. We can meet there."

"Sounds good to me." Alice came in with three glasses of wine and gave me and Edward each one. She proposed a toast.

"To friends old and new and the opportunities given from each."

I rolled my eyes at her tone, and we all clinked glasses. We all dug in serving ourselves for dinner. Alice and Edward chatted, catching up and I just observed. It was the type of person I was, and I could stare at Edward all night. God! What was wrong with me? He was good looking, big deal. He was my friend, as a brother just like Jazz and Em. I had a crush on him when we were younger, true, but that was just a young girl hitting puberty and seeing a cute boy. Edward made a moan that instantly broke me out of my thoughts.

"This is delicious. Who made this?"

"I did. I love cooking and fortunately, I'm good at it from what I hear." He nodded in agreement.

Alice smiled proudly, and gave me thumbs up, which caused me to stick my tongue out at her. This just made her smile again. The rest of dinner was spent in casual talk. Edward and I talked about classes and teachers we liked. Alice, I noticed, did more watching than talking and her smile got wider with everything Edward and I realized we had in common. Dinner was starting to wind down when Alice struck again.

"Wow, Bella. That was delicious," Edward said smiling.

"Thank you, glad you enjoyed it." I said.

"Well cook doesn't clean, so I'm gonna go clean up. You guys should go hang out in the living room." Alice chirped.

I inwardly groaned. I knew what she was doing. Edward and I got up and went into the living room, and I turned the TV on. I turned towards him and smiled. "You know what she is trying to do right?"

He smiled and nodded. "Yeah, I do. Alice has never been subtle at anything she does."

I shocked myself and probably him with what I said, even though I was half-joking. "So, do you wanna make out? It'll throw her off."

"Well, I'd be lying if I said I don't want to kiss you but making out might actually give our beloved pixie a heart attack."

Oh! He took me seriously. Mayday! Abandon ship. I wanted to kiss Edward and with him so close to me left me a little foggy-headed, but I was not ready for this. I was sure of it.

"I do wanna try something though. Just stay very still." He said quietly.

I froze. He put a hand on each side of my face, then leaned in and softly brushed his lips against mine. All thoughts of staying still and freaking out flew out of mind. My hands intertwined through his hair and he did the same. I heard Alice coming towards the living room and I jumped away from him as if electrocuted. We just looked at each other in shock. By the time Alice got to the living room, Edward and I were sitting away from each other, not talking or touching. Alice looked slightly disappointed. If only she knew what we were doing twenty seconds ago. Inside I was freaking out. I kissed Edward! This was bad, the kiss was really good, but the kissing him was very bad! It made me seem easy and slutty. In my experience, for men easy and slutty meant they'd expect sex, and why shouldn't he with me throwing myself at him. I was about to excuse myself when Edward got up.

"Well I have a class early tomorrow, so I better go. I will see you at ten thirty, Bells?" It was a question, not a statement.

"Yes, I'll be there. Have a good night, Edward."

"You too. Bye Alice." She waved at him, but he was looking at me the whole time. He left the house, and we heard his car start up and drive away.

"What happened?" Alice asked.

"What do you mean?" I asked innocently.

"Well dinner was going great, and then I come in here and you both looked like you killed a puppy or something. Like you're guilty. OMG! Bella, did you two kiss?" Alice exclaimed.

Ding, ding, ding. What do we have for our winner, Johnny? "No. Maybe. Yes. God, I'm so stupid!" I put my head in my hands. She put her arm around me

"Bella? No, you're not. What's wrong? You're shaking."

I looked up at her. "Because I threw myself at him and kissed him. That is so slutty and now he's gonna expect things from me and I can't give them to him." I said, reaching near hysterics. Tears started falling. Alice looked stunned for a second then understanding crossed her face, she also looked a little sad.

"Oh, Bella. Edward is not that guy. Just because you kissed him doesn't mean he'll expect sex. He left here looking concerned about you. You need to calm down, or you're gonna give yourself another panic attack." She grabbed me by the shoulders. "Breathe, Bella." I forced myself to take deep slow breaths. "I thought you were over this and doing ok."

"Of course, you did, Ali. You don't have to relive it over and over." I scoffed.

"No, I don't and neither do you. You can choose to stop letting this control you." She claimed seriously.

"You think I haven't tried that?" I cried.

"No. not really. You never saw a professional about what happened, and I don't think you'll be ok until you do."

I looked at her like the traitor she was being. We had this fight so many times a year ago. "Wow! We're going back to this Alice? I can't talk about it, I won't."

"You know how Em and I have felt about it the whole time, Bella. You tried it your way and it's obviously not working. There is nothing wrong with getting help. I was just like you, and I had to be hospitalized before I'd get help. I don't want you to go through that." I looked at her. I hadn't known this about her. I knew she'd lost her parents in a horrible accident and she had problems dealing with it. The heartbreaking look on her face finally got through to me. She was right, I wasn't dealing with it at all. What I was doing was avoiding it at all costs.

"You're right, Ali. I'm just scared, if I get help then it means it really happened and I have to go through it all over again."

"Well, tomorrow we'll call someone I know who is really good. I will let you know that for a while the nightmares and memories will come back worse at first, you've been hiding from it so long. But they will go away, and you will get healthier. You can't continue to live like this." I nodded agreeing with her. She gave me a big hug and I did feel comforted. My phone buzzed and we broke away from each other. It was a call from Edward.

"It's Edward, I gotta take this upstairs." I headed for my room. I flipped the phone open and shakily pressed the send button. "Hello?"

"Bella? Hey, are you ok?" I heard the sincere concern in his voice.

"Um. yeah. Should I not be?"

"You seemed a little freaked out after I kissed you. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be so forward…"

"Edward," I said cutting him off. "It's ok. I wanted you to kiss me. I was just a little worried about what you'd think of me after we kissed. I have some monsters in my closet, so I freak out a little easier than most. I'm ok." I finished convincingly.

"Bella, you know you can tell me anything and I'll listen. I might even help."

"I would love that, and I'll take you up on that offer. Just not now."

"Ok, Bells. Whenever you need me, I'm here. Sweet dreams."

"Thanks, Eddie. You too."

He chuckled. "You're the only one that can get away with that. Bye Bells."

"Bye."

We both hung up. I just sat on my bed staring. I knew I was gonna have the same nightmare I had every time I dreamed about that night. I didn't want to go to sleep but I was so tired. Might as well get it over with, I thought. I got ready for bed as slowly as I could. I got into bed and tried to get myself to relax so I could fall asleep. I started to drift…

I was sleeping when I heard the bang of the door from downstairs. I sat up completely disoriented, I was in my dad's house in my old room. I heard banging downstairs and someone yelling "Bella, baby? "It was Riley, my boyfriend and I could tell he was drunk. Shit! Not good, he was different when he was drunk, and it wasn't in a good way. I heard him stumbling up the stairs. I knew my dad was at work so no one was gonna stop him or tell him to go home. He burst into my room.

"There's my girl!"

"What are you doing, Riley?"

"I wanted to come see my girl."

He came over and started kissing me. When things started to get heated and he was trying to take my clothes off I stopped him.

"Riley, stop. I told you I'm not ready."

"Come on babe. You know you want it."

"No, Riley. Stop." He pushed me back down on the bed and I tried to push him off me. But he had a good 70 pounds of muscle on me. He tore my clothes off and was on top of me in seconds. I was crying silent tears and asking him to stop. He looked me straight in the eyes.

"I got you here all night and no one to interrupt us. You feel so good, Bella. I'll never stop."

I woke up screaming and crying. Alice came rushing into my room and was hugging me in seconds. She made soothing sounds and was rubbing my back as I continued to sob into her shoulder, and she lay down with me. I fell asleep after the tears ran dry, thankful for my best friend Alice.

A/N: So, know you know for sure what happened to her, and that she has not dealt with it. It gets rocky soon, so I hope you enjoyed the fluffies in this chapter. Please read, review, skywrite, send a telegram and let me know what you are thinking. Love you all!