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I woke up around five as Irina came to wake me for supper. I got up and dressed and went downstairs to face Charlie and Renee at the table.
"Bella, Are you feeling well? You've been getting sick lately I hope it's not anything serious." Renee was stressing out about me again.
"I'm fine mother. I'm just tired from my studies." She had been shoving Latin down my throat for a while so it would fit.
The first part of dinner was peaceful and non eventful. As the meal progressed through I could tell we needed to have a talk about something.
"Bella dear. Your almost completely grown and you need to move out and get married to a respectable man. We've talked about this before but you father has a man that would be really good for you." Great. Renee's trying to have me married off and probably just to help one of Charlie's deals pass through.
"His name is Jacob Black. He's a smart man. He attended Harvard for business. He now owns a large automobile company in Britain. It's a luxury brand." Charlie rattled off these statistics like it was a race horse rather than a person.
"Would you be open to having dinner with Jacob Wednesday night?" Renee must really like this guy or she wouldn't be pushing me at him normally she won't even let me out with a man unless she's supervising.
The conversation finished with more persuasion on their part and more appeasement on my part. When dinner was over I listened to the radio in the living room with Charlie until the pie and coffee was served.
After desert I went back up to my room and actually studied my Latin until around nine when I heard Renee and Charlie go to bed.
I once again snuck into my bathroom and applied beautiful pigments all over my face. I used a special dark red blush to make my check bones look even higher.
I grabbed another white dress bag and pulled out my dark blue dress. The fringe had beads on them they looked like diamonds but they were completely fake. Fake normally wasn't my style but I had to buy it will random extra money so I didn't really have a bunch to spend.
I slipped on the dress and yanked a heavy, double buttoned coat over top. I grabbed the heels I wore last night and crept down stairs in complete darkness. As I opened the giant front door and stepped onto the front stoop; it was only as I turned around I saw another person already there.
Irina.
"Oh Miss Bella. I'm must apologize for letting you see me this way." As she threw a cigarette on the ground and put out the burning end.
"Just forget you ever saw me." I smiled and opened up my coat enough to let her see my dress. Her eyes widened and looked shock but quickly readjusted.
I slipped on my heels and disappeared from her sight around the corner. I walked up the block then west one block and almost another whole block until I saw Rose. She was standing in front of a neighbors house.
We crossed the street and started looking for a taxi to hail.
When we finally reached downtown Alice was already in the club, so we walked in and joined her.
Alice had her waist being almost possessively held by Jasper Cullen. The Cullen Family was a notorious band of gangsters, responsible for excessive amounts of crime in the city. I knew they'd ran this club and another speak-easy about a block away.
Major imports for the Cullen's was alcohol everybody wanted it but they always had it. Rum from the Caribbean islands, tequila from Mexico, Vodka from Russia, even Moonshine from Tennessee.
Rose had left me to go dance with some kid that had asked her. I was left standing with Alice and Jasper.
As I was about to leave and make up some lame excuse Alice's face lit up as someone walked over to us behind me.
I turned around expecting Rose or one of our other close friends but I got the complete and total opposite.
He was tall almost six feet. His bronze hair shone under the yellowed lamps and candles. As he got closer his eyes were green like the brightest green imaginable. Beautiful. I was shell- shocked, awe- struck, in- awe or this person and I didn't even know who he was.
His suit screamed successful. Ivory button down, black pinstripe suit bottoms with his coat flung over one shoulder, and a fedora cocked semi- sideways. His confidence was overwhelming but appealing.
"Bella this is Edward, Jasper's brother. The one I told you about." I barely picked up on Alice even talking because I was so absorbed in Edward.
"Hey Doll" His Chicago accent was slightly audible under a tone of confidence.
"Heyy." I responded and decided to play it cool. He didn't need to know I found him super attractive.
"Dance?" He held his hand out and started straight at me like it wasn't even a question it was a command.
I placed my hand in his, he kissed it like I see at the cinema and lead me to the center of the floor. We swung around to the jazzy beats for hours, he never said a word.
But dancing was still incredibly intriguing. He starred at me the whole time, well not at me but into my eyes. After like three hours of dancing and his complete attention. I felt more connected to him then any other man; ever.
Edward led me over to the bar and knocked on the bar. Just a light knock on the bar made a waiter come straight over.
"I'll have a bourbon on the rocks, and she'll have a dry vodka martini." He tossed money on the bar and turned to face me.
"How did you know what I drink?" That was a little creepy.
"Alice told me." His reply was normal and not odd as I had expected but then again I guess gangsters are people too.
We walked over and sat at an empty booth, the club had started to empty people going home or passing out someplace else. I slid in the left side of the half moon bench. Edward quickly walked around and slid right up next to me. He threw his arm over my shoulders and gazed around the club.
"What's your favorite color?" Edward asked,
"Ivory."
"Why?" he questioned glancing at his shirt.
I couldn't even formulate an answer I just started laughing. He thinks it's because of his shirt, yeah right.
"Favorite Place?"
"Britain maybe Denmark, Norway and Italy."
"Expensive taste is good taste." Edward obviously enjoyed the finer things in life much as I did.
Simple questions with simple answers followed and we were quickly joined by Alice and Jasper. I found Rose dancing, well actually kissing on the dance floor with some guy.
There was an awkwardness around Jasper like you could never say the right thing. He was the one that was focused. After ten minutes of a semi awkward conversation Edward stood up and my knee jerk reaction was to follow him.
We walked out the kitchen and into the back alley.
As we turned on to an actual street, under the street lamp he leaned over and kissed me. It was soft but firm and caring and gentle yet passionate. It was unbelievable.
They talk about in the movies seeing fireworks go off in your mine. I think I just found my fireworks.
He backed me onto the brick wall behind us and we continued to make out. After a couple of minutes Edward pulled away and smiled,
"Do you want to come home with me tonight?" his smile was more of a smirk now that I could really see it.
"Mr. Cullen your sorely mistaken, I'm not that kind of girl. It was nice to meet you though."
I turned and walked away towards the bridge where I could get a taxi and go home.
"Bella wait. That's fine if you don't want to do that. I was just asking." Edward grabbed my arm and spun me around to face him.
" Good bye Edward." I turned again and ignored everything he yelled after me.
I got home and threw my dress under my bed. I ripped all my makeup off quickly and it turned my sensitive skin red like tomato red. I looked at the clock and it said one. It actually wasn't that late. I rolled into my bed and crashed shortly after laying there
The next thing I remember is Irina coming in the next morning at seven like always. But this time instead of opening the curtains she came and sat on my bed and rubbed my back like Renee did when I was a child.
"Bella, Bella I have a surprise for you." Renee's ringing tone hurt a little but I rolled over and answered.
"What?"
"Jacob Black has a business brunch at the Grand Memoire Hotel and he needs an escort."
"So I'm going to be this mans prostitute?" I knew what she meant but it would get her rallied just the same
"No Bella his date, you better get ready, Your meeting him at nine."
I got out of bed and walked into my bathroom. There was already a warm bath soaking and I gladly hopped in.
After getting out I went to the front of my closet to look for something to wear.
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