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Riley led me through the crowd and towards the bar, "What would you like Bella?" he asked me, "Anything you want" he told me.

"Are you sure?" I asked him.

"Sure" he grinned at me handing me the cocktail menu.

I ordered a mojito while he ordered a beer.

"I hope you don't think I'm some dick that goes around buying random girls drinks all the time" he said as we waited for our drinks.

I laughed, "Since you said that I'm guessing you're not?"

He laughed at that comment, "No I'm not, I normally don't really even go to clubs but my friends dragged me out tonight" he told me. "I'm glad they did though" he added.

I blushed.

"I ummmm fuck I sound like an idiot" he muttered.

I giggled, "I'm kind of nervous" he admitted.

"Don't worry when I'm nervous I tend to ramble" I told him.

He laughed again, "Well we have one thing in common" he said taking a sip of his drink which the bar tender had just placed in front of us.

"It's a start" I told him also taking a sip of my drink.

"A start is good" he replied with a smile, "So tell me something about yourself Bella" he added with a flirtatious smile

"What would you like to know?" I asked him mimicking his smile.

"Your last name, what you do for work" he suggested.

"Oh, my names Isabella Swan but everyone calls me Bella, I work as a book publisher and editor" I told him.

"You have a beautiful name, it suits you" he replied.

"Thank you" I answered, it wasn't the first time today I'd heard that.

"So book publishing and editing?" he probed, "That sounds really interesting."

"It is, I love reading so really it's the perfect job for me" I replied.

He smiled, "I like reading too, who's your favourite?" he asked.

"I love the Bronte sisters and Austin" I told him.

"The classics huh?" he grinned, "I'm a fan of Hemmingway myself" he added.

"Very nice" I said nodding approvingly. "So do I get to know your last name and what you do?" I asked him.

Laughing he replied, "Riley Biers and I work as an accountant."

"Really?" I asked, I hadn't pegged him for the suit wearing office type at all.

"Yeah, everybody's surprised when I tell them what I do" he chuckled.

I smiled sheepishly at him feeling a little embarrassed by my reaction.

We chatted easily for the next hour or so and he bought me another couple of drinks. I felt a little guilty though to be honest, we were supposed to be at this club tonight to get to know Jasper's friends and here I was talking to a guy at the bar.

"I hope I'm not keeping you from your friends" he said suddenly, was I that easy to read?

"Don't be, they won't mind a bit. What about yours?" I asked him.

"Nah they won't mind either" he answered with a grin.

"Maybe you could bring them over to meet my friends and we could have a drink with them?" I suggested.

"That sounds cool, come and meet them" he replied leading the way.

We reached two men; one was tall and tanned with short jet black hair and the other a little shorter with brown hair.

"Bella, this is Diego" Riley introduced me to the man with black hair, "And this is Fred."

"It's a pleasure to meet you Bella" replied Diego while Fred just smiled.

After introductions we made our way back over to my group, where it was obvious that Rose and Emmett's relationship was moving along rather nicely. Unfortunately for me Tanya was still there, glaring at me as I approached. I could sense that we weren't going to be best friends anytime in the foreseeable future.

Alice was beaming at me looking like she was about to burst from the excitement of seeing me with Riley. It wasn't like I never dated or anything, I did, but just not that often. If I'm being honest my last relationship wasn't exactly fabulous and it had kind of put me off the whole thing.

"Gang I'd like you to meet Riley, Diego and Fred" I said after getting their attention.

"Hi I'm Alice" Alice said grinning at the three men standing beside me. "And this here is Jasper" she continued.

"That's Rose and Emmett" I told them pointing them out, "And Edward and ummmm" I knew exactly what her name was but I thought I'd play a little game with the bitch. "Umm oh Tina, that's Tina" I told them.

I could tell Alice and Rose were trying to suppress their laughter, Jasper was smirking and even Edward seemed amused. Emmett on the other hand burst into laughter, winked at me and gave me two thumbs up.

"It's Tanya actually" she practically spat.

"Oh ooops sorry" I replied biting my lip, ha take that Tanya!

The rest of the night went by without major incident; Tanya sulked the whole time and refused to speak to any of us. Emmett told me at some point that he loved how I'd pretended to forget her name and that he really couldn't stand her.

It was getting late and we were all thinking about heading home when Riley finally got the courage to ask me out.

"Bella, I was wondering if I could take you out for dinner one night this week" Riley asked me.

Internally I sighed, while I really did like Riley he wasn't the person I wanted to be asking me that question.

"Sure, I'd like that" I told him with what I hoped was a convincing smile.

"Great!" he replied obviously thrilled, "I'll call you with the details?" he asked.

I smiled again and handed him my phone so he could enter his number and he gave me his. I punched in my number quickly and snuck a quick glance at Edward. The expression on his perfect face was strange, his lips were pressed firmly into a tight line and his hands were balled up into fists on top of the table.

Tanya was desperately trying to get his attention but he was ignoring her attempts and instead glaring at Riley. I quickly averted my gaze just as he looked at me.

"I'll call you Bella, I had fun hanging out with you tonight" Riley said.

"I had fun too" I told him, "I'll see you for dinner" I added giving him a grin.

After Riley and his friends left we decided to go and find a cab, Tanya was torn as to whether or not to go with us or rejoin her friends. In the end Edward made the decision for her.

"Look Tanya" I heard him snap at her. "I think you should go and find your friends I'm not in the mood for your drama" he told her.

"And what is that supposed to mean?" she asked angrily.

"It means I'm tired" he replied pinching the bridge of his nose, "I'll call you tomorrow."

"Fine" she spat turning to glare at me before flouncing off.