The Twilight Twenty-Five
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Prompt: #8
Pen Name: RockRaven244
Pairing/Character(s): Edward/Bella
Rating: T
Word Count: 497
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"Happy hour after work tonight. No backing out this time, Isabella," Rosalie says with a stern look.

I laugh. "I'll be there."

She smiles and saunters away, leaving the men in our department temporarily stunned.

I snap my fingers in Jacob's face, "snap out of it, man! We have to finish this."

"Do you think she'd go out with me?" He asks, completely serious.

"No."

"Will you go out with me?"

"No."

"Isabella ... "

"No."

**25**

Rosalie is cracking up as I tell her about Jacob wanting to ask us out.

"Aw, he's cute, Bella. Give the boy a chance," she snorts.

"Go to hell, Rose. He's just a baby. I feel like his big sister."

She nods and sips her martini.

"I thought this was a happy hour, where's everyone else?"

She gulps the rest of her martini and signals for another.

"Rosalie," my voice is icy. "What did you do?"

Just then a huge man in a suit walks up to us.

"Hello," he has a big dimpled smile. "Rosalie, it's nice to see you again."

"You too, Emmett," she glances at me with pleading eyes. "This is my friend Bella."

Emmett shakes my hand and smiles, "nice to meet you, Bella." He reaches beside him and claps an equally tall, but thinner man on the shoulder.

"This is my brother, Edward. Edward, Rosalie and Bella."

He smiles tightly.

Yep, we've been set up.

"Our table is ready. Shall we?"

When we sit, I kick Rosalie's shin under the table. She squeaks and her eyes water but she doesn't retaliate.

"So," Edward says. "We've been set up."

"It looks like it."

"You don't seem surprised."

"Rosalie does this at least once per month and I have to tell you, her track record is not very good. So by default, you're batting .180 right now," I give him a shrug.

"Damn, .180?"

"Yep," I smile. "And I know who you are Edward Cullen so spewing off your actual stats will not help you tonight."

He laughs and leans closer to me. "You know who I am?"

"Yes," I give him a shrug. "I also know that you live on the other side of the country."

His eyes soften, "I do live on the other side of the country."

I laugh softly, it's just my luck to meet someone I could actually like and he lives too far away to even dream about it.

"You know, the season ends in a couple of months."

Are we really discussing this? I look over at Rosalie, but she isn't paying any attention to us.

"Yeah? You planning on being in the show?"

"Hell, yes!" His eyes never leave mine. "It would be nice to have someone rooting for me."

I can feel the heat in my face, but it doesn't stop me from smiling.

"Did you know my sister is getting married tomorrow?"

I shake my head.

"Would you like to accompany me, as my date?"

"I'd like that very much."