CHAPTER 2

Alice and Rose's shrill laughter rings around the bar and makes multiple heads turn in our direction so I quickly make a move to shush them.

"Would you stop laughing?" I whisper harshly at their frames bent over from all the laughter.

The laughter started after I told them how I just saw a handsome guy at the beach and basically insulted him and his entire family while he just stood there listening. Not that I'm sorry, cause all I said was most probably true but he really was hot.

Gosh, such a shame..

They pause long enough to straighten up and look at each other. I start hoping that they'll stop mocking me but then they turn around to face my glare and another round of laughter starts.

I watch them in slight amusement cause they're pretty fucking comical until the bell above the door signals someone entering the bar.

"Welcome to Tidal Treats!" I say in a cheery voice and start turning around only stop in my tracks when I see that it's him entering the bar.

He finally looks up and his green eyes immediately fill with hatred directed at me. I don't let him intimidate me so I fix my surprised look into a glare and watch as he takes a seat at the back of the bar with his two friends.

"Oh my.." I hear Rose swooning.

"Hell no, Rosalie Lillian!" I tell her and grab both of their hands to move us behind the bar. "That's the jerk from the beach!" I inform both of them when I see Alice peeking at the hottie's table.

"But look at the hunk beside him!" Rose whines and fixes her boobs.

"Or the blond cowboy!" Alice joins her while I roll my eyes.

"No and no! Off limits girls!" I point my finger in their direction. They groan but stay standing where they are.

Next I grab a pad and make my way to the table. I don't make eye contact with the hottie even though I feel his gaze on me but rather look at the huge guy Rose seems to like.

He has dark curly hair and a huge smile plastered on his face creating the most adorable dimples.

"Hi, I'm Bella. What can I get you?" I tell them the same line I use most of the time.

"Well hello there!" The 'hunk' exclaims and gives me his hand to shake. "I'm Emmett and these are Jasper-" He points to the blond guy who gives me a small smile and a nod- "and Edward. But I'm sure you already know that." Emmett snickers and I stand there surprised that Edward already informed him of our encounter.

"So? What will it be?" I ask after a few seconds of silence.

"We'll just have some beers." Jasper says and thanks me when I mumble an okay and turn around to grab their order.

When I bring the beers from the fridge I move to place them on the tray and suddenly notice Alice and Rosalie sitting atthe same table I just warned them off with huge smiles on their faces.

"Unbelievable." I mutter and bring them the beers while 'accidentally' slamming the tray harder than necessary.

"Hey Bells, why don't you close up and join us?" Alice says as she shows me that the bar has already cleared out of all the customers.

I give her a small glare and tell her that it's pretty late so I'm just going to head home. I can tell she's trying to set me up and I don't like it.

"Aww, come on! You know you want to!" She says and glances toward the other side of the table where the jerk sits.

"No, Alice. I really don't." I say and manage to shut her up. "That'll be 5 bucks." I tell to no one in particular. I see Emmett taking out his wallet and I'm grateful cause that means I won't have to communicate with the jerk.

Just as he's taking out the cash I hear the last thing I want. "I'll get it, Em."

Damn, so much for no communication.

I slowly turn around a focus on his long fingers taking out the cash since I don't want to look at his kind of perfect face.

He takes out a twenty and hands it to me. I try to grab it but he holds it firmly and the gesture makes my head snap at his direction. I see a smirk plastered on his beautiful features and realise that was his intention since I avoided it all evening.

"Keep the change." He says with his velvety voice and I focus on the movement of his lips.

"I'll pass." I spit out, slam his change on the table and see his gaze hardening immediately. "I thought I made myself clear about not taking money from people like you." I sneer and turn towards my friends.

I see that Rose and Alice aren't really shocked at my outburst since they've seen much worse from me but Jasper is and Emmett can hardly contain his laughter. You can literally see him shaking from it.

"I'll just go check the register, leave the keys on the bar and then I'm heading out through the back. I'll lock that up with my key." I tell them and start doing what I said I would.

When the money is recounted and bills are sorted out, I wash the remaining of the dirty glasses. Next I hang the front door keys by the bar and head in the back to change from my 'work outfit'. I don't have a uniform or anything similar since this is a beach bar and everyone is pretty casual around here. Most of my outfits basically consist of any kind of denim shorts and some kind of a tank top, today I wore a summery printed one that Alice got me a few weeks ago. Next I take off my underwear and put on my black bikini with ruffled top to camouflage my tiny tits and shorts. I also grab a gray beach towel that has "Shave the whales" written over it and just hang that over my shoulder.

I guess I could go for a night swim and burn off some of the negative energy that is currently pent up in my body.

I quickly peak behind the bar to say bye but Alice notices my outfit and squeals.

"I'm leaving now, everything's fine with the register and the key is in it's place." I inform them and turn around to get outside.

I suddenly hear Alice saying: "Oh my gosh, we could totally go togeth-" so I quickly tell her that I'm going with Alex so she mutters: "Nevermind.." instead.

"Don't forget to lock the fence." I give Rose a pointed look while she actually manages to look sheepish since she often forgets to do it and then I have to listen to her mother nagging on and on about the importance of that. "Bye, guys! Have fun!" I exclaim and finally leave the bar through the back door.

I walk to my house and unlock all the bolts while hearing loud barking from the backyard. I don't even try to suppress the grin that forms over my face each time I see my huge black Great Dane waggling his tail and jumping in circles at the mere sight of me.

That dog has been there with me through so much shit that I don't even want to think about what would have happened if I hadn't found him all those years ago.

"Hey Alex!" I greet him happily and scratch the hair behind his ears to which he calms down from his high and snuggles into my hip. "Ready for a swim?" I ask him and he opens his eyes in excitement. I grab the leash from my bag and strap it around his head.

When we get close to the shore, I take off my flip flops and shorts and place the towel on a nearby branch so that it doesn't accidentally get wet.

I unleash Alex and we walk over the soft sand and I enjoy the feeling of it under my feet. As we reach the sea, the small waves caress my skin and I revel in the warmth of the water.

I slowly walk into the deeper water and as soon as I can I jump into it and hold my breath as long as I possibly can as I swim through the salty water.

When I emerge from the water I take a huge gulp of air and continue swimming into the deep. Alex follows behind me splashing water everywhere with his huge paws.

The reason why I love night swims is because of the silence. Most of the time there is no one here this late at night and the contrast between the day and night is enormous.

When I get tired I float aimlessly for a while looking at the night sky full of stars.

Gosh, I love this place.

I get lost in my thoughts until I bump into something hard. I think it is a rock until it moves and someone's hands envelop me.

My reflex reaction is to fight the intruder and I let out a scream and start punching him.

"Shh, relax." He tells me and I realise who it is.

"Get your fucking hands off of me!" I yell and turn around to face him.

"Would you stop being so fucking rude all the time?" Edward bellows and rolls his eyes.

"Would you just leave this town already?" I ask him instead and realise his hand are still on my waist. I quickly wiggle out and start swimming towards the beach.

I hear him following behind me so I whistle to get Alex's attention. He gets up from his spot under the tree and starts barking and gets into the water to get me.

The jerk mutters a: "Holy shit." and I can no longer hear him following behind me. Alex moves past me to get to him but I put my hand on his back and he moves to follow me out instead.

"Good boy!" I coo at him and scratch his head to show him he did a good job at intimidating the asshole. We make our way towards the tree where I wrap my towel around me and grab the rest of my stuff.

As I walk back home I chance a glance over my shoulder to look at the jerk standing on the beach looking intently at me. I try not to look but my gaze drops to his naked torso and holy-mother-of-all-abs this guy is just.. Fucking hot. There are no other words for him.

Fuck, I want to run my hands all over him.

Why does he have to be a total dick?

At the thought of the word dick my gaze falls even lower and if thing weren't bad enough already now I think I'm going to burst.

He's hard.

Like, visibly hard. As in I can see his arousal straining against his beige trousers.

And he's big.

Damn.

I feel Alex pulling me away and I involuntarily break my ogling and see the hottie crossing his arms over his torso covering his abs and I'm disappointed until I see his eyebrow rising and his lips form into a full blown cocky smirk.

"Fuck." I mutter to myself when I realise he's caught me basically undressing him with my eyes. Twice.

And then I get an idea.

I turn back towards the street and drop the towel from my body so that I'm just in my bikini, my tattoos on full display with the light provided by the street lamps.

Even though I don't turn around to see his reaction I can guess that his erection must be throbbing even more by now cause I have yet to see a man who didn't react to my ink.

I can't keep the smirk off my face as I jog home with Alex. When we get there I get inside and just take off my bikini and get under the sheets naked.

Right now I'd probably be touching myself but I'm afraid I'd think about a certain someone who gets on my nerves so I suppress the urge and snuggle further into my bed.

I feel Alex jumping on the bed under my feet and I bend my knees so that he has enough place to curl up. I've tried for years to make him sleep somewhere else and it never worked so I eventually gave up.

As I drift into subconscious my mind fills with images of bronze hair and green eyes.

A/N:

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