BPOV

"What do you mean he kicked you out? And why would you come here?" Emmett look pissed. I wasn't sure if it was because I was here or because our dad kicked me out with nothing but a bag of clothes.

"I didn't want to go into criminal justice. So he wouldn't pay for my schooling. He thought that would change my mind. When he found a letter for a student loan he got pissed and said that dance wasn't a real career and that he would not allow me to go to school for that under his roof and then he told me to get out. He said I was a disappointment just like-" I stopped. I really didn't want to tell him that. I was going to leave that part out of it.

"Just like" Emmett pressed.

"You." I whispered. Tears threatened to fall. I didn't know my brother well. We emailed usually once a month to keep in touch but we hadn't actually spent time together in years.

I studied the room as my brother thought in silence. He had changed since I seen him last. He certainly had more tattoos and he gained a beautiful girlfriend. At least I was hoping it was his girlfriend since they came in together with him supporting a large hickey. Edward was someone I had only seen in pictures and they did not do him justice. His tattoos were just the beginning of the turn on. The fact that he opened the shop door in nothing but a pair of sweat pants showing off his amazing abs that I could run my fingers across.

"Bella!" I shook my head realizing I was staring at Edward.

"Sorry what?"

"I said you never answered why you came here." Shit. I didn't know why I came here. I just wanted to do something different with my life. Plus I had no one else. All of my friends were off at college and my mom was somewhere with her new husband.

"I, um, I don't know. I was at the bus station and the I took the first one to leave. And then the same thing at the next station. And then I was close to Florida so I came here. I didn't really know where I was going. I just knew where you worked. Your, your not going to make me leave are you? I promise I won't be a bother. And-"

"Bella, I'm not going to kick you out. Hell I'm proud of you for finally standing up for what you want." He glanced at Edward and he nodded. "You can stay here."

"Really?" I said grinning. He nodded looking at Edward who just laughed at my excitement. "Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" I said jumping up and hugging my big brother.

"Did you honestly think I was going to put you out on the streets?" He laughed.

"Our dad did." I said bluntly.

"Yea well he has always been a piece of work. Look you are going to need more then well what you have. Rose will you call up Alice and you guys can take her shopping."

"I don't have any money Emmett." I said. He handed a card to Rose and she nodded. "Emmett I can't-"

"You will. And its not like your going to max the damn thing out. You can pay me back when you get a job."

"I've never worked before. I don't even know where to look for work."

"She can work here." Edward said. We all turned to him. "She can be a receptionist. You know, answer the phone book appointments and make sure are orders are put in right for ink and whatever else we need."

"That's not a bad idea." Rose agreed. "You guys are defiantly unorganized." She laughed a little.

The first week of working at the shop was different. I wasn't use to being able to be carefree but I liked it. The classes I took in high school for marketing and being a teacher assistant seemed to help me with my work.

I had found that their shop website was horrible and worked to get all the pictures of tattoos they had done. I also noticed that they weren't really that busy. They seemed to have only regulars and very few walk-ins.

"Hey Edward do you guys do piercings?" He was cleaning up his station after his last client when I asked.

"Um, yea. Jasper, Alice's boyfriend, does them. Emmett does to but we don't get a lot of business for them." He shrugged it off. I added that to the website and then played around with some photos and clip art to back the welcome page. "What are you doing?" Edward came up behind me at the desk and leaned close to my back looking over my shoulder. His breath met my neck and it sent shivers up my back. It took all my willpower not to lean back into him.

"I'm making your webpage better." I said as I loaded the final changes. The banner that was placed at the top of the page was of Edward, Emmett, and Jasper. Each showing off their various tattoos and piercings. In large red graffiti print was the name of the shop, 'American Nightmare'. Such a weird name but it made for a rock theme for the site.

"Wow. It looks amazing." I smiled at him and then noticed our closeness. His face was almost touching mine and I again had the urge to touch him. "How did you know how to do all that?"

"Its a Facebook page. Not that difficult. I was just playing around with pictures and then I uploaded all of the work you guys have done and put them into your own albums. I put the hours you were open and other info."

"So that was why you have been asking all the questions all week." He laughed a little leaning back against the wall. I missed the closeness of his body and turned the chair to face him.

"I also made business cards for each of you. And I made flyers."

"Flyers? For what?"

"Well you guys don't get a lot of business so I thought it would help get your name out there." He nodded looking at the flyer I had handed him.

"This is really good. You should have went to school for management." I gave a fake smile but he read through it. "But whatever it is you want to do. You should do it. My dad always told me that if you do something you love you will never a work a day in your life."

"Your dad sounds smart. Wish mine had that logic." We sat in silence for a bit until Emmett and Rose came back in from lunch.

"Hey Em, you need to see what your sisters done. She's amazing." His hand brushed my shoulder. I watched him as he moved back to cleaning. I wanted to touch his arms. Run my fingers across every tattoo he had. I want to feel his muscles covering my body. I wanted him.

"Bella!" Emmett waved his hand in front of my face.

"Sorry, zoned out. Guess I'm a little tired." I shook my head to clear as Rose scrolled through the changes I made on the site.

"Well, why don't you go take a nap or something. Shops not busy so I think we can handle it anyway." I nodded handing Emmett the flyers so he could see them. "Hey Bells?" I turned to face him. "This is all really good, thanks." He smiled and I went upstairs.