Hey. Sorry I haven't updated in like three days but unfortunately for you guys, I have a bit of a life and have been away. I gonna tell you honestly that I was pretty low for the last three days anyway but am feeling a little better now, I'm gonna blame it on hormones though. Lucky me.

I have never been to a club, so I have no idea as I am too young. Sigh I have as much experience as can be given from fanfiction stories.

This chapter is dedicated to bella raven cullen for being a supportive friend to me.

The song for this chapter is Get Out Alive By Three Days Grace because I was listening to them at the time when I wrote this chapter and it felt right.

Chapter 23

The club we were going to was in Midtown Manhattan on Broadway, a very popular spot. It was called Alaska and Alice and Edward knew the owners of it. Emmett decided that he didn't want to drive so we hailed a taxi. Jasper kindly insisted on paying for it after a hell of a lot of traffic. Edward helped me around even though I had the crutches, which, by the way were pinching my skin and I was beginning to hate them too.

Edward pulled me out of the taxi and put his arm around my waist to steady me and support most of my weight. I smiled happily at him. That's when I noticed the camera. A smug looking guy made his way over to us. Edward noticed him too and his grip tightened around me. He pulled me towards the door of the club but to my unfortunate surprise there was a huge queue that was waiting to go into the club. My shoulders dropped but Edward sidetracked the queue and walked straight to the bouncer. The smug guy with the camera tapped an unaware Alice on the shoulder, she winced. That was the shoulder with the deep scar on it. The guy noticed this and asked her something. He spoke very softly to her. Jasper looked very annoyed. Edward carried on towards the entrance, not saying a word.

The air was full of giggles and chatter. I looked back to see Emmett standing menacingly beside Alice but the smug dude; let's just call him Fred, looked unphased. Jasper tugged Alice away from him leaving Emmett and a pissed looking Rose to deal with him.

'Edward! How are you?' the bouncer sounded surprised in his greeting. Edward smiled grimly and rolled his eyes.

'I've been to hell and back in the last seven months and I do not want to go through it again, thanks Eleazar!' Edward replied. Eleazar, the bouncer, looked confused before it seemed to clock and realisation showed in his eyes.

'You were caught up in the attacks up at NYU and that Bella girl,' he said quietly as not to bring attention to us. I frowned; I was famous but didn't like being referred to as 'that Bella girl.'

Edward coughed and looked down at me pointedly. Eleazar's eyes widened considerably.

'Oh jeez, I'm so sorry. How are you doing? You're Bella right?' he asked me I nodded.

'I'm ok. Edward's looking after rather well, too well,' I told him giving Edward a look. Eleazar's face lit up.

'You're together, aren't you? Finally Eddie's in love!' he joked. Edward grimaced and glared at him. I shivered and nodded.

'Yes, Ellie, but Bella's a little cold, could we possibly go in?' Edward prompted. Alice bounced forward.

'Alice, how are you?' Eleazar asked. Alice grinned.

'Fine but cold, thanks,' she responded brightly. At that moment I looked back to see Rose and 'Fred' arguing heatedly. Emmett looked on in shock, both eyebrows raised.

'Erm…Eleazar, could you possibly help out my sister and her boyfriend who are over there arguing with Fr-the reporter guy. I think it's about me and Rose gets a little overprotective sometimes,' I asked him. He smiled evilly and put his fingers to his lips and let out a piercing whistle. A large muscular guy appeared behind me and grabbed me by the collar, hoisting me a couple inches into the air. I gasped and choked, grasping helplessly at my throat for breath.

'No Fabian, not her. That is the famous Bella Swan, survivor of that horrific attack. Go sort out the reporter over there with that blonde,' Eleazar commanded. Fabian dropped me gently and Edward gave him a dirty look. Fabian raised his cap apologetically at me and walked over to sort out Fred. Edward took his chance to yank me inside.

'Bye Bella, bye Edward,' Eleazar shouted after us.

Inside the lights were reddened with a single white spotlight that moved rapidly around the room. The room was laid out directly below us. We had to go down a steel staircase to reach the bar and dance floor. A blast of cold air met me, ruffling my hair dramatically. I turned suddenly to see the rest of the guys including Alice and Rose standing there. They were all smiling, maybe satisfied with the fate of Fred!

Edward began carrying me down the stairs but as much as I protested I could nothing about it. Alice darted down to walk beside us, well Edward.

'Kate's really fixed this place up good!' she shouted to Edward over the loud pulsating club music. Edward smiled at her and nodded.

The room at first had seemed pretty small but now it looked like a baseball pitch. The dance floor was like ten times the size of my dorm at NYU, not that I'd been there much this year, actually I only had a brief visit and a couple of nights before Rose's ordeal. Alice waved to someone at the bar. A girl who looked about two years older than us, with strawberry blonde hair waved back whilst pouring a pint out. Emmett looked a little like a kid in a candy shop but that soon changed when Rose whacked his hard upside the head and he grinned at her sheepishly before kissing her hard once. Rose pulled away totally satisfied and Emmett looked a little flustered. A dark haired girl embraced Alice warmly and they exchanged a few words. She smiled quickly at Edward and dragged Alice up another flight of stairs into a quieter viewing area. It overlooked the busy sweaty dance floor.

'You can sit safe here. I'll block it off as private, so it's all to yourselves,' the girl said happily.

'Thanks, Irina,' Alice said kissing her cheek. Jasper flopped tiredly into a couch.

'Can we order drinks from you now, please?' he asked yawning. Irina whacked his leg hard, he yelped in pain. Irina laughed loudly and shook her head.

'I'm not your slave, Jazzy!' she laughed as she walked back to the main area.

'Come on Rosie, let's go dance,' Emmett asked Rose kissing along her jaw then down her neck all the way to her hand. She nodded and raced to the top of the stairs.

'Race ya,' she shouted as she darted down the stairs. Emmett grunted before chasing after her. Edward pulled my crutches off of my aching arms and placed them against the wall. Alice was bouncing around with an evil planning look on her face. I sighed as Edward kissed me and pushed me onto the couch beside Jasper who moaned that I was invading his personal space and curled into a ball. I whacked him hard on the same leg that Irina had. He cried out and I laughed.

'What is it with women today?' he complained. Edward chuckled.

'Behave,' he whispered to me before excusing himself to the men's room. Jasper then decide to spread and sprawled himself lazily across the couch, half-asleep. I kicked his weakly in the shin but it was hard enough for him to move over and curl up again, muttering about how unfair women were being to him today. Alice grinned slyly at me. She grabbed my arm and yanked me to my feet and pulled me to the top of the stairs.

'Drinks Bella, then dancing, 'kay?' she chimed in dragging me down the steps as fast as she could without making me collapse. I then realised why she had waited for Edward to go because he would have banned her from making me move. It was hard to keep up with Alice but I was getting used to it. She pulled me through the dancing bodies and over to the strawberry blonde bar maid who she'd waved at earlier.

'Hey Tanya, how are you?' Alice greeted her. Tanya smiled brightly and walked over and sat on a barstool that had been placed her side.

'I'm good, the business is booming at the moment!' she chirped, and then she leant in to Alice. 'Is Edward um…seeing anyone at the moment?' she asked quietly. I bit my lip and wrung my hands together to stop me from slapping her. I glared hard at a bar mat in front of me.

'Sorry Tanya. You know Isabella Swan who survived the attack that almost killed me but was considerably worse?' Alice said. Tanya nodded her face turned into a slight grimace.

'Well, this is her, she prefers Bella,' Alice introduced me. Tanya smiled at me and shook my hand.

'I'm with Edward,' I told her gently, trying not to snap. Tanya looked hurt but smiled and congratulated me weakly.

'Anyway, enough about that, what drinks can I get you ladies?' Tanya snapped out of her misery and asked us. I let Alice decide as I was not big on the cocktail front.

'I'll have three Tequilas, two pints of whatever and Bloody Mary, please Tanya,' Alice said, she seemed to be starting off small. I inwardly groaned, that meant I would probably get drunk later.

'It's on the house tonight, Alice as you guys have been through so much lately,' Tanya said. I smiled at her and grabbed two of the drinks and followed Alice slowly back to our tables. Alice disappeared around the bend at the top of the stairs as I walked up to the first level of the stairs. A gloved hand clapped around my mouth and dragged me into the shadows. I dropped the glasses in shock, they smashed loudly but it was overridden with the music. I pulled at the hand and to my surprise they let it drop. I took a deep breath and turned slowly.

I felt my eyes widen as I realised who it was.

'Did you miss me?' a painfully familiar voice asked me.

Hey again. Please review and ignore my friend's review for the last chapter, what happened then was a stupid joke that went too far but if you on the complete off chance want to find out more just search for HoneyLemonx in the Author's search and read Hate That I Love You. It sucks!!!!

Lots of love and respect and hope and happiness,

Beth 'Music and Fanfiction Rule My Life' Cullen

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