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Chapter 14: Friendly Dancing

APOV

"Jasper, it's been two weeks since that night Edward and Bella decided to be 'friends'," I said, putting air quotations around the word, "and they've talked to each other only twice. Twice since then!" I threw my hands up.

Jasper pulled me closer to himself and ran his hands through my black hair, attempting to calm me, "I know, but we don't have any right to-"

I interrupted him, "We have every right to! This is my best friend and your roommate we are talking about, if they are sad, we are sad. If they are happy, then we are happy. And if they are miserable, then we are miserable, and quite frankly, I'm tired of being miserable Jasper! They've been avoiding each other like the plague, yesterday I saw them pass each other on the way to class and they didn't even make eye contact. They used to be such good friends, I don't see why they can't be at least a little mature about this and at least talk."

"It hurts Edward to talk to her, he really fell for her hard, and I think he even liked her a little back when they were kids." Jasper stuck up for his friend.

"Well, Bella likes Edward too; she's just too stubborn to admit it." I sighed, then something clicked, "We're going to Edward's place this weekend, right?"

"Uhhu," Jasper said mindlessly, playing with my hair.

"Ok, well here is the plan then," I said, and told Jasper my entire idea.

BPOV

"Hey Alice," I said as I walked into our dorm room and threw my bag onto my bed.

"Hi Bella, what's up?" She said, looking up from a piece of paper she was reading.

"Nothing, I hate Tuesday's though. I mean, nothing ever happens, it's not Monday so teachers don't take pity on you, but it's not half way through the week either, it's just nothing day!" I ranted.

"Yea, I hate Tuesday's too," Alice said, amused.

"So, what's up with you?" I asked.

"Just reading this invitation here, we are going to a dance tonight!" she exclaimed.

"I'm not," I said immediately.

"You don't have a choice," Alice grinned and handed me the sheet of paper she was reading.

Dear Pledges, you are cordially invited to attend a mixer tonight hosted by the notorious fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi at 8 P.M. sharp. Here you will get to meet new people, flirt, and prove to us you are sorority material. Have fun, but remember we will be watching you and you are representing the Greek system as a whole. Attendance is mandatory, dates are optional, dresses are required, and wear a white flower in your hair to show your pledge status. See you there.

"Dresses," I groaned.

"Oh silly Bella," Alice said, "This is our first Greek party! Do you have any idea how awesome these things are? And all the hot guys that will be there," she fanned herself.

"You have a boyfriend, Alice." I reminded her.
"Oh, I know, he'll be there, who else did you think I am talking about?" she asked rhetorically.

I laughed. "So I'm guessing we need to go shopping for dresses?" I braced myself.

"Actually… no," Alice said and laughed at my shocked expression, "I've already picked out dresses for the next three dances. Remember that day I went shopping without you?" she asked.

Of course I remembered that was the night of my perfect date with Edward, the night before my break down. I nodded.

"Well," she continued, "I got us plenty of new clothes and dresses for just this type of occasion." She then jumped up and walked over to her closet, pulling out two dresses.

The first was short and black, with a low v-cut and slit up the left side. "This is mine," Alice said pointing to it. "And this is yours," she pointed to the second dress.

It was much more modest then her dress, but still sexy none-the-less. I quickly changed into it and looked in the mirror.

The strapless midnight blue dress tied around my waist, and went about half way down my thigh, making my legs seem longer and emphasizing my petite form.

"Gorgeous," Alice said coming up behind me in her dress.

"Back at you, wow. You look amazing Alice," I said sincerely.

"Thanks," she giggled and then began to play with her hair, and applied smoky make-up around her eyes and a little red lipstick. "Your turn," she said once she was done with herself.

She decided to give me loose curls and pinned back a couple so it wouldn't 'draw away from my face.' Her words, not mine. She then outlined my eyes in white eyeliner and put on a sparkly eye shadow and then three coats of black mascara she finished with a natural looking lipstick and a layer of watermelon flavored lip-gloss.

"I must say, you are becoming better and better at not complaining about makeovers." Alice said proudly.

"Well, I've realized it's pointless arguing against you, and that in the end you'll just end up doing more if I argue."

"Smart girl," Alice said, petting me jokingly like one would a dog. "Now, stay."

I rolled my eyes, but remained in the chair.

Alice emerged from the closet holding a pair of matching blue flats with a little blue bow at the ends. "To complete the outfit." She held out the shoes to me.

I smiled and took them, "No heals tonight?"

"Nope," Alice winked while pulling on her black stilettos, or as I call them, death traps. "And the last part of our outfits," she pulled out two white flowers and handed one to me. "Put it in your hair," she suggested and I did so.

"All done," I spun around in front on the mirror and smiled.

"So," Alice began cautiously, "You know how I am going on that trip with Jasper this weekend?"

The one with Edward, I noticed she didn't say, but nodded, curious to see where she was going with this.

"Well," she fidgeted with her dress, "I was wondering if you would come with me. I'm nervous to go on a trip alone with Jasper so early in our relationship; it's a serious step, and what if we fight or something? What will I do then!?"

"You won't be alone with Jasper, Alice." I reminded her, "I do believe you are going to Edward's house, so he'll be there too. And you know as well as I do that you and Jasper won't fight."

"I do not know that," she huffed, "Bella, I need you there." She grabbed my hand and looked into my eyes, begging me.

I sighed, "You owe me Alice, big time… as in the 'I'll give you my kidney' kind of owing."

She nodded happily, let go of my hand and stood up. "We should get going, it's almost 8, and we don't want to be too late."

"Right," I said and walked out with her towards to Alpha Sigma Phi house.

We arrived to the house to hear blasting music and see crowds of people dancing and a few talking on the sides of the rooms.

"I'm going to look for Jasper," Alice yelled over the music.

I gave her the okay sign and looked around for anyone I might know. I spotted a couple people, but none I knew to well when I felt a tap on my shoulder.

"Bella?" the voice asked.
I turned around to see Mike, standing in front of me with a red solo cup in his hand, no doubt full with beer.

I turned to leave when he grabbed my shoulder, "I've been calling y-you." He stuttered.

"I've noticed," I said, removing his hand but not moving from my position.

"Well then, why haven't you called me back? We need to talk," he moved closer to me and I took a step back.

"I haven't called you back because I don't want to talk to you Mike," I spat his name, "I don't even want to look at you."
"You don't mean that Bells," he said.

"It's Isabella," I corrected, "and I do."

"Oh, come on, it's not like you've been faithful either, hooking up with that Mason guy."

I gasped, "That was after we broke up!" I shouted at him, "I would never cheat on anyone I was dating, especially not by hooking up with some… some slut," I clenched my fists by side, trying to control the anger building up in me.

"She came onto me," he whined, "I didn't ask for it."

"Mike," I said with venom dripping from my words, "leave, now."

"Or what?" he challenged.

"Or I'll have to personally take care of you myself," a velvet voice said from behind me, "How's the eye by the way, Mikey?"

Mike shot him a glare but stomped away.

"You okay?" Edward asked.

I turned so I was now facing him, "I'm fine. Look…"
"I'm sorry," we both said in unison.

"You go first," Edward said to me.

I took a deep breath, "I'm sorry for avoiding you these past couple days. I'm sorry for ending it how I did. I'm sorry for hurting you. I'm sorry for being a horrible friend. I'm just, sorry."

He looked at me and said, "I'm sorry, Bella, I never should have pressured you into dating so quickly after your break up with Mike, I don't know what I was thinking." He paused, "Actually I know exactly what I was thinking, but still, I should have waited until you were ready. I do want us to be friends though."

"I want to be friends too," I said quietly.

"What was that?" Edward asked, having trouble hearing over the music.

"I said, I want to be friends too," I shouted into his ear.

He smiled and then asked, "Would you like to dance, friend?"

I nodded and took his extended hand as he led me onto the dance floor.

While we danced we talked about what was new with us, "I made the basketball team, did Alice tell you that?" Edward asked.

"She didn't," I said, "Congratulations!" I smiled at him.

"Yea, thanks," he said modestly, "Practices are killer though, coach has us getting up at six three mornings a week to run and then we have practice every afternoon."

"Ouch," I said just as a slow song start to play.

I began to walk off the dance floor when Edward pulled me back, "Just a friendly dance, I promise."
I looked up at him, thought about it for a brief second then nodded, "Friendly."

I draped my arms around his neck and he put his around my waist.

"So what have you been doing?" Edward asked while swaying to the music.

"Nothing really, a lot of school work and random sorority meetings and tasks. Last week we went around to all the sororities and met with some of their sisters. How's the fraternity search going?"

"Alright, haven't made us do anything to horrible yet. But I'm expecting something soon, I just have a gut feeling." He said. "But, it does have its benefits, this party for instance." He looked deeply into my eyes and I blushed.

I turned my head downwards trying to hide the deep red shade of my face, but instead Edward just laughed and pulled me closer so our entire bodies were touching each others.

I gasped silently but didn't move from his grasp, and we finished the song in a comfortable silence.

When the song ended, Edward stepped away, "Are you thirsty?" he asked, not meeting my eyes.

"Um, a little, yea," I replied, a little shaken up from the dance.

"Let's go get something to drink," he cautiously took my hand again and managed to weave us through the crowds of people to the drink table and then poured me a glass of punch.

"Thanks" I said, taking it from him.

"No problem," he replied, "So, I hear you're coming up with us to my house this weekend?" he raised his eyebrow.

"Is that a problem?" I asked, suddenly nervous, "I don't have to. Oh my gosh, I can't believe I let Alice convince me into going, we didn't even ask you." I ranted.

"Bella," Edward said putting his hand on my arm, "It's fine, really. You are more then welcome to come of course, plus you can see everyone else."

"Are you positive? I don't want to intrude." I shyly said.

"Positive," he said and then swallowed the punch in one gulp. He winced while it was going down and promptly took my untouched cup from me.

I raised a questioning eyebrow at him.

"It's spiked," he said simply. "Follow me; we'll get you some water."

I followed behind him and gladly accepted the water bottle he got me from the fridge.

"There you are!" I heard Alice shout as she approached. "Where have you been?" she asked, hugging me when she noticed Edward standing next to me. "Edward, nice to see you again." She said, smiling broadly.

"You too, Alice." He said and then did some weird hand pound with Jasper.

"So, what have you two been up to tonight?" Alice asked me.

"We were just talking and dancing a little," I said to Alice casually.

"Dancing?" she asked.

"Friendly dancing," Edward chimed in, smiling at me.

Alice shot me a look and I simply nodded to signify my agreement with Edward's answer.

"Right, I love friendly dancing." Alice said incredulously, "Bella, let's go friendly dance real quick, shall we? Boys, we'll be right back." She grabbed my hand before I had a chance to respond.

Instead of dancing we walked into a quite room where the interrogation began.

"What are you doing with Edward?"

"He saved me from Mike," I winced.

"Mike? Mike is here? What do you mean saved you from Mike? Did he try something with you? I am going to kill him," Alice shouted.

"No he didn't try anything with me Alice, calm down," I said reassuringly, "He was just bugging me, that's it, and Edward got rid of him for me."

"Ok, so Edward rides in on his horse in shining armor and now?"

"Well, we agreed we should be friends, actual friends."

Alice looked at me disbelievingly, "Friendly dancing?"

"Yea, just friends dancing, you know" I said casually.

"Right," Alice laughed, "Well let's let you get back to Edward so you can continue your friendly dancing." She said, walking out of the room.

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