Disclaimer: I do own a copy of Twilight; however, I don't own the actual rights to said book … :(

Hello everyone! It's been wayyy to long since I last updated, but guess where I am?! COLLEGE!! Go Furman!! :-) Ever since I've gotten here I've been extremely busy! We had an orientation week, which was jammed packed full of fun activities and I've been meeting a ton of new people and my classes started a couple days ago so I've been doing the work for those! So much work already, but the classes are interesting so no complaints… yet! Anyways!! I've decided to take the night off of socializing, and I just finished my homework early JUST so I could write a new chapter for you all! It's because I love you all sooo much! Enjoy!!

Chapter 28: James

BPOV

It had been a two days since we had gotten back to campus, and in that time, I hadn't seen Edward at all. He texted me earlier yesterday saying that he was sorry, but he had to do some stuff for the fraternity house, so he wouldn't be able to do anything for the next couple days, but assured me that on Friday he'd make it up to me.

"What do you think they are doing now?" I asked Alice, who was sitting at her desk painting her nails.

She sighed and looked up, "Probably wondering what we are doing," Alice smirked.

"Or frantically running around trying to get that mess of a house in order," I added, "Have you heard the theme yet?"

"Yea, Jasper texted me it last night" she said, blowing casually on her nails to make them dry quicker.

"And?"

"Back to the Eighties, basically if we wear horribly bright neon colored clothes we'll be good," Alice said, moving onto her left hand.

"I don't have any neon colored clothes…" I frowned.

Alice waved her manicured hand in the air, "I've got it covered, no worries."

"That's what worries me," I muttered, imagining all the various outfits she'd force me to wear.

(Friday Night)

"Alice, you've gone overboard again," I said, twisting my body to get a fuller view in the mirror. I was wearing a bright pink baggy sweatshirt and yellow leggings as well as a big black belt around my stomach to make the sweatshirt more form-fitting and as Alice said "It shows off your 'hot bod'". My hair was pulled into a totally 80's side ponytail with a big scrunchy holding it in place. My eyes were outlined in ridiculously bright blue eye liner and shadow, and I was wearing giant hoop earrings. Yet, through some miracle called Alice, the outfit looked totally put together and almost … cute.

"You look amazing, Bella." She said, smiling at my reflection in the mirror.

"You look pretty darn cute yourself there," I told her.

She grabbed my hand and spun me around, "We're ready, let's head out!"

"Alright," I said, grabbed the key to our room and followed her out. "I'm so excited to see Edward, it feels like I haven't seen him for years."

"I know exactly what you mean, it feels like part of me has been missing," Alice agreed, "Tonight it'll just be us and our boys."

"And a couple other hundred people," I added.

"Right, but they don't count." Alice said, linking arms with me as we walked up the pathway to the boy's frat house.

Music was already blaring by the time we got there, and I could already spot a couple people who had too much to drink and were being absurdly loud and obnoxious. I gripped Alice's hand and she squeezed mine reassuringly, knowing this was not at all my thing.

"Let's find the boys," Alice yelled over the music.

I nodded and followed her through the crowded room.

"Excuse me!!" Alice shouted to a random partier, "Have you seen Edward or Jasper?"

"WHAT?" the person said.

"Edward? Jasper?" Alice repeated, louder.

The boy pointed a door that led to another room. Alice quickly thanked the boy and pulled me toward the door and managed to open it and step inside.

It was far less crowded and hot in this room, and I looked around for Edward.

"Where are they?" I asked Alice, seeing no one familiar.

"I don't know," Alice said, "Hold on." She let go of my hand and went up to a girl who was standing by a door, "Excuse me, have you seen Jasper or Edward?"

"Edward Mason?" the girl asked.

"Yes," I said, entering the conversation.

"He's hotttt," the now dead girl slurred.

I stepped forward towards the girl, ready to say something when Alice pulled me back, "Do you know where he is?" Alice asked, slowly.

"Over there," the girl pointed to another door.

"Thanks," Alice said, dragging me away.

"He's hot!" I mimicked, "He's mine!" I said, restraining myself from shouting it.

"The girls drunk, Bella, plus its true, he is easy on the eyes," Alice told me, walking through the door and suddenly halted.

"OHMYGOD" we both shouted at the same time, freezing in our spots.

In front of us were Edward and Jasper, their mere presence should have been enough to make us stop dead in our tracks, however; what they were wearing is what did it.

Still not aware to our presence due to the head phones in their ears, Alice and I stood in the doorway, watching them as they worked getting to gather food and drinks.

"When do you think they'll notice us?" I whispered to Alice.

"I don't know, I hope a while, this is amusing," she said, pulling out her cell phone and snapping a couple pictures when Jasper bent down to get an extra plate.

"You are sending those to me," I told her.

"Duh," she said, hitting the send button, while making it her back ground photo.

"Think we should notify them of our presence?" I asked after a couple minutes.

"I guess we should…" Alice said glumly and walked forward to tap Jasper's shoulder.

Jasper turned around slowly, while taking out his headphones.

"Black really isn't your color," Alice mocked him, "The white, however; now that I could get used to."

Jasper groaned and looked slightly embarrassed but mostly exhausted, "Edward," he said looking over at my love, "Edward, man." He said, hitting him on the shoulder to get his attention.

Edward turned around, noticed us, and pulled down his skirt.

"Alice, Bella," he said normally, like wearing a short maid's outfit was a totally normal occurrence for him.

"What happened to you two?" Alice asked, giggling.

"We drew the short end of the stick," Jasper filled in.

"Honey, if you wanted to play dress up, I have much better outfits for you to wear," Alice purred.

"It's part of the job…" Jasper said, looking down.

"Well, I personally think you both look stunning," I said.

Edward rolled his eyes, "You look pretty beautiful yourself, Bella." He said, his eyes revealing his sincerity.

I blushed, "Thanks" I said, then added, "Mr. Maid" causing Alice and I to erupt into a fit of laughter.

"Our own girlfriends, making fun of us," Jasper said in mock horror.

I took a deep, surprised breath and made puppy dog eyes, "Us? Never!"

"Yes, you," Edward said, stepping closer to me and wrapping his strong arms around my waist.

"But I said you looked good," I murmured, distracted by his closeness.

"And I said you look beautiful, gorgeous, stunning," Edward said, before closing the distance between our mouths and kissing me gently.

Moments later we were interrupted by an "ehem."

Alice I internally groaned, why couldn't she just let me have a little fun? Pulling slowly away from my perfect embrace I saw, not Alice or Jasper standing in the door way, but a guy that I had not met before.

Edward's stance changed from relaxed to rigid in a split second, as he took position slightly in front of me, "What do you want, James?"

"Hello, Edward, wont you introduce me to your friend?" James asked in a voice that gave me chills.

Edward sighed and I saw his reluctance introduce me.

"I'm Bella," I said, stepping slightly out of the way from behind Edward.

"Bella," he said, a slow smile creeping onto his face, "It is truly a pleasure to meet you."

I shifted awkwardly next to Edward, and reached down to intertwine our fingers. "Thanks"

"I can't believe you've been hiding her this entire time," James said to Edward.

Edward, still stiff replied, "I wasn't hiding her"

He gave James a look that would kill if possible, "Right," James said, "Well, I was just coming in here to say we need more food out there, so if you could get on that, that'd be great." He commented, although the tone in his voice made it clear it was an order, not a suggestion.

"Okay," Edward said, "I'll get right on it"

"Awesome, I can take Bella back to the party, I don't want her stuck back here the entire night," James said, stepping forward with his hand outstretched.

"I'm okay," I said, "I don't mind, as long as I'm with Edward."

James dropped his hand immediately, letting it plop down next to his side, "Oh is that so?"

I nodded, "But um, thanks for the offer."

"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you around then, wont I?" James asked, his bizarre smile creeping back onto his face, Edward's grip on my hand tightened. "See you out there, Edward." He said, and then went back to the party.

"Sure," I muttered as he left.

As soon as he was through the door Edward turned to face me, "Bella, please stay away from him, he's …." He looked for the right word, "he's dangerous. I don't want you around him, please for me."

I nodded, "Sure."

"You have to promise me, promise me that you wont go near him, and that if he comes up to you, call me right away. Promise." Edward said, his eyes intently focused on mine.

"I promise," I assured him, not wanting details as to why he was so dangerous.

A second later James's head popped back through the door crack, "Come on, Edward, people are hungry out there, get a move on. I'll watch Bella for you while you work." With those departing words, he went back to the party, letting the door swing back and forth until finally closing.

"Shit, where did Jasper go?" Edward said, letting go of my hand abruptly and pacing around the small kitchen.

"Want me to go find him?" I asked, confused but wanting to help.

"NO!" Edward shouted, then more quietly said, "No, thank you Bella, I want you right here next to me. Actually, come with me real quick," Edward said, grapping my hand and pulling me into the party. "Look for Jasper or Alice."

I looked around and spotted them a couple feet away, at the drink table, "There," I said, pointing to their location.

"Good, come on," he led me to them.

"What's wrong, Edward?" Alice said, noticing the crazy glimmer in his eyes.
"Follow me, please," Edward said and walked back to the kitchen.

"What's up?" Jasper asked once we were all in the quite room.

"James," Edward said, and in that one word Jasper's eyes went large and flashed to me.

"Yes," Edward said, going to the corner of the room and picking up what I assumed he was wearing previous to his maid outfit.

"Wait, what?" Alice asked, as confused, if not more so, then me.

"James, he's one of our brothers," Jasper started while Edward started to pull on his pants. I blushed and looked away, despite my impulse to continue watching, focusing all my attention on Jasper, "He is … quite um, what's the right word, Edward?"

My eyes automatically transferred over to Edward, just in time to see him pull off the skimpy maid's dress revealing his perfect stone chest, "He's dead."

"Well, that wasn't quite what I was going for," Jasper said, smiling at his joke, "I guess you could call him a player, only that doesn't tell you how dangerous he is. He is almost animalistic, once he wants something, he'll do everything in his power to get it, everything and anything, it doesn't matter who he hurts, or what he has to do."

"But, but, he can't be that bad," I said.

"He is," Edward said, pulling on his shoes, "I'm sorry Bella, but we have to leave. Jasper think you can handle everything?"

"Of course man," Jasper said.

"Thanks," Edward exhaled, "Watch her," Edward said, motioning to Alice.

"Won't let her out of my sight," Jasper responded, "Be safe."

"We will, thanks again." Edward said, now fully dressed, "Let's go, Bella."

He must have seen the confusion that was still displayed on my face because he said, "I'll explain in the car, but I'd feel a million times better if we were out of here."

"But won't you get in trouble with your brothers?" I asked.

"That's the least of my concerns right now, Bella," Edward said, looking at me as if I were crazy to ask that question.

"Okay, see you back at the room?" I asked Alice, who nodded in response.

"Let's go," Edward said, opening the back exit door and sneaking out of it with me on his heals.

We walked quickly to his car, and of course he still opened my door for me, despite his frantic state of mind, he was still a gentleman.

"Want me to drive?" I asked, not sure if he was in the state to operate a moving vehicle.

"I'm fine, Bella." Edward said, once in the drivers seat, "Let's just get out of here, want to go for ice cream or something?"

"Um, sure," I said, "Edward, what's going on."

"I'll explain everything once we get there," Edward said, concentrating on the road ahead.

Not wanting to distract him, I leaned against the leather chair and looked out the window at the objects flying by, how fast were we going?

I glanced over at the speedometer, 100 miles per hour? "Edward!" I shouted.

"What?" Edward looked over at me, worried and then in the rearview mirror, as if expecting someone to be behind us.

"Slow down, please," I said.

He threw me a look, and exhaled deeply, "You scared me."

"I'm sorry, but please slow down," I repeated.

He sighed again but the speedometer inched down to 85 MPH. "Better?"

"A little," I replied, fifteen miles was better then nothing I guess.

Ten minutes later we arrived at Scoops.

"Welcome back," the girl at the counter greeted me. "Mint chocolate chip?"

"Yes please," Edward said, looking surprised that the girl remembered him. How did he not realize how memorable he was? I held onto every word he ever said, it was no surprise that this girl did the same.

"And you'll have?" the girl asked me.

"Chocolate chip cookie dough, please." I told her, and her eyes widened as if I had just told her that I was Oprah Winfrey. "What?"

"You're her!" the girl said enthusiastically, "I just thought it was adorable, your story, how he remembered your favorite ice-cream after all those years." She rambled.

I looked at Edward questioningly, "Last time I was here, with Jasper, we were getting ice-cream for you and Alice, do you remember that night?" I nodded, waiting for him to continue the story, "Well, I just remembered your favorite ice-cream flavor."

"Oh, that doesn't do the story justice," the girl said, handing us our ice-cream, "He told his friend, Jasper? Is that what you called him? Well, he told his friend Jasper about when you went to get ice-cream from the ice-cream man when you were both younger and you ended up with a brain freeze." I blushed, "But it wasn't the story that made it special, you should have seen the way he talked about you, when he remembered that story, his face lit up, it truly sparkled." I smiled up at Edward.

"Really?" I asked.

"Of course, I'll always remember that day." Edward said, and walked up to the cashier.

"Can tell you a little secret," the girl serving us said, leaning over the counter, "I think he loves you." She whispered.

"If I can tell you a little secret, I think I love him too." I said, winking to her and walking up to Edward.

"That's not a secret," Edward said quietly into my ear.

"You were eavesdropping?" I exclaimed, mocking horror.

"Glad I was," Edward said, and bent down to kiss me quickly.

He paid for the ice-cream and we took a seat in the back of the parlor, the mood changing back from happiness to dread. "So, why did we have to leave so abruptly?"

"Bella, you have to understand, James… he's dangerous. Not normally, but he is when he wants a girl," he justified why he socialized with him. "He'll try everything in his power to make you his, and then as soon as he gets what he wants, he'll take it all away and disappear. He's bad news, Bella, be safe, please." He said, penetrating my eyes with his own.

I got lost in his deep, green eyes, "Of course, why did we have to leave though? You could have just told me that and stayed."

"If I stayed, I'd have to leave you alone … and leaving you alone, knowing that he was there, looking at you, wanting you- I couldn't do it, I won't do it. Ever." He said, firmly.

My heart fluttered a little bit, "You're amazing."

He shook his head and chuckled, "You always surprise me, Bella."

I turned my head to the side, "How so?"

"I tell you that this guy is after you, that he can be dangerous, and your reaction is love for me, not fear for him, most girls would be terrified in your position." Edward said, reaching across the table to hold my hand.

"I'm not most girls," I responded.

"Clearly," he said, squeezing my hand, "That's why I love you."

"I love you too," I said, "And whatever this James wants, we'll deal with"

"Together," Edward said.

"Together," I repeated.

We both looked at each other, in understanding, knowing the possible danger coming, the tests we were about to face, hoping- no knowing- that our love would make it through whatever life threw our way.

I smiled at him, and ate my chocolate chip cookie dough ice-cream, taking a big bite out of it.

Ah! Brain freeze!!

A/N: So did you all love it? Hate it? Still interested? I hope you are! :-0 It took me a while to write this chapter, I had to get used to my new environment, it's a lot different writing in my own room were it is usually completely quite to writing in a dorm room, where there is constant noise from outside and people always popping in to say Hi. It makes it harder to get in the Bella-Edward world! But I got there eventually! :-) Please review … and hopefully I'll make it back to the Twilight world soon!!