Author's Note: So Bella's about to meet Edward once again... R & R please!
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight and all it's characters.
"Bella he is super sexy" Rose whispered back at me as they got closer to where we were dancing. "Just carry on dancing like we haven't seen them yet" she ordered.
I complied, panicking slightly that he would feel awkward upon seeing me again.
Suddenly Alice was right beside us, "Come on! We got a table and more drinks come and meet Jasper's friends" she squealed excitedly.
"Alice" I hissed at her as she grabbed my hand, "Jasper's friend he's the man from this morning, Edward."
"I knew it!" she squealed, "I suspected it might have been but I didn't want to say anything in case you got too nervous about tonight."
"This is going to be so awkward" I groaned as we made our way through the crowd.
"Bella, Rose it's great to see you again!" Jasper greeted us with a hug as we finally reached the table.
"It's good to see you too Jasper!" I replied.
I stepped back and glanced at the two men, Edward looked up at the same time recognition flashing in his eyes. He grinned at me. "I'd like you to meet Emmett and Edward Cullen" Jasper told us introducing them both.
"Guys these are my best friends Bella Swan and Rosalie Hale" Alice added.
"Bella it's good to see you again" Edward greeted me.
"And you" I replied shyly.
"Wait one sec you two know each other?" Emmett asked.
"Yes, we just met this morning in fact" Edward answered taking a sip of his drink.
"You're the beautiful woman that tripped outside Starbucks this morning!" Emmett boomed loudly a grin breaking out on his face.
I blushed, Edward told his friends I was beautiful, hearing that sent my heart and mind into over drive.
Edward smiled at me apologetically, "You'll have to excuse my brother Bella" he began to say before Emmett cut him off.
"Nice to meet ya Bella" Emmett told me picking me up in a bone crushing hug. "It's great to meet you too Rosalie" he continued beaming at her.
She beamed back at him.
I grinned knowingly at Alice who beamed back at me. It looked like lust or maybe even love at first sight.
"Well done cupid" I told her nodding.
"Thanks" she beamed happily.
With Rose paired up with Emmett and Jasper and Alice in their own little love bubble that left me with Edward to talk to. Hell not that I was complaining or anything!
"How long have you been friends with Alice and Rose?" Edward asked as I sat down beside him and he handed me a drink.
"Since we were seventeen" I replied, "I moved from Phoenix, Arizona where I lived with my Mom to Forks, Washington to live with my Dad. I met Alice and Rose on my first day at Forks High and we've been best friends ever since."
"What made you move from Phoenix to Forks?" he asked me.
"My Mom remarried and my step father Phil plays and coaches baseball. He was going to be on the road a lot and I knew Mom would want to be with him. I decided to give them some alone time together and go and spend some more time with my Dad" I answered.
"That's very mature of you" Edward replied, "Do you get along with Phil?"
"Yeah Phil's great" I replied.
"Would I have heard of him?" Edward asked with a smile, "What league does he play?"
"Oh he's strictly minor league so probably not" I replied returning his smile. "So tell me how do you know Jasper?" I asked him, "Obviously I don't need to ask how you know Emmett" I added.
He chuckled, "I've known Jasper since my first day at elementary school. We sat next to each other in class and began friends straight away. Since Emmett is a few years older than us and being the protective big brother that he is he took us under his wing and we've all been together ever since."
"That's kinda cute" I replied with a smile.
Edward just laughed, "Don't say that to Emmett, he'll feel the need to defend his manhood if you call him cute."
It was my turn to laugh.
"He's very taken with your friend Rose" he added. We both glanced at the pair of them sitting at the other end of the both deep in conversation.
"I think it goes both ways, she's into him too" I told him, "She never plunges in head first like this so that's a good thing."
Suddenly we were interrupted, "Eddie!" a voice called.
We both turned to see a blonde girl in a short dress sauntering towards our table.
"Tanya" he replied standing up, when she reached him she wrapped her arms around his neck.
I looked away quickly as she kissed him on the lips. Of course he had a girlfriend I thought to myself sadly, I was surprised at how disappointed this knowledge made me.
"Are you going to introduce me to your friends Edward?" Tanya asked in a sarcastic tone.
"Ah sure" he replied running his hand through his tousled locks, "This is Alice, Jasper's girlfriend and her friends Rose and Bella" he told her. "This is my girlfriend Tanya" he added glancing at me with apologetic eyes.
"Nice to meet you" Rose replied, I could hear the slight sarcasm in her voice. "We're going to go dance for a bit" Rose told Emmett sensing my discomfort towards the current situation.
"Sure" he winked at her, "I'll go get you all another drink for when you come back" he offered.
"Thanks Em, that's really sweet" Rose replied kissing him on the cheek.
We departed the table with Rose and Alice holding each of my hands and leading me through the crowd.
"Bella I'm so sorry" Alice told me leading me towards the bar.
"It's not your fault Allie" I replied.
"She was his ex girlfriend, I didn't know they had gotten back together" she continued.
"You weren't to know" I told her.
"But still" she replied looking at me sadly, "I'll buy us two rounds of tequila each then we'll hit the floor."
"Don't worry Bells, he hardly looked pleased to see her" Rose told me, "and did you see the dress she was wearing?" she added arching one of her eyebrows.
"Meow!" Alice said with a giggle, "To jump on the bitch train I must add hot pink stripper dresses will always look slutty" she said.
I had to admit their bitchiness made me feel a little better. We downed the shots and made our way back to the floor.
"Let's show those boys what we can do" Rose said loudly as Tik Tok by Ke$ha came on over the speakers. We all began to dance close together swaying our hips to the beat.
"We're certainly getting their attention" Alice smirked. We all subtly glanced over to see Emmett, Jasper and Edward all staring at us.
"Good" Rose replied, "It looks like Bella has another admirer too" she giggled.
We all looked towards the bar where a good looking guy with short light brown hair was standing talking with a couple of friends. He kept stealing glances our way and when he caught us all looking at him he smiled.
"He's cute Bella!" Alice said.
"Very cute" Rose added.
"You don't even know that it's me he's looking at" I said rolling my eyes at the pair of them.
"I totally do know it's you because he's coming this way" Alice retorted.
"What?" I asked panicking slightly.
"Stay cool" Rose told me.
"Hi" he greeted us.
"Hi" we all replied back.
"I'm Rose, this is Alice and this here is Bella" Rose added taking the lead.
"Nice to meet you all, I'm Riley" he replied with a smile.
Up close he was definitely cute, he was about 5 foot 12, with short light brown hair and hazel eyes. He was muscly and toned but not like Emmett.
"I was wondering if ummm" he said nervously, "Could I buy you a drink Bella?"
Rose and Alice both nodded at me encouragingly, "Sure Riley that would be nice" I replied.