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This story is unbeta'd, so any and all mistakes are solely mine.

Disclaimer – Twilight and the characters belong to SM. I am just borrowing them.

BPOV

Chapter Five

I woke up Sunday morning with a pounding headache and no recollection of exactly how I got in my bed. I needed coffee badly, but only after I had brushed my teeth. I truly felt like shit. I threw the covers back and realized that I was still wearing my clothes from last night. Jesus, I had gotten so drunk.

I sat up and noticed that there was a glass of water, two Tylenol, and a note on my nightstand. I downed the water and pills and then picked up the note to read it.

Bella,

Your friend Alice and I brought you home last night. I know you will probably be feeling bad this morning, so take these Tylenol. I truly hope you remember most of last night. I had a great time with you and I hope to have more opportunities to see you. Have a good rest of your weekend, sweet Bella.

Edward

I felt a huge smile come across my face. All of a sudden my hangover didn't seem so bad. I had seen him again last night, my hottie from the plane. I was beyond shocked when I realized that he was Emmett's brother. When I saw him I thought for sure that he wouldn't want to have anything to do with the crazy chick from the plane. For one horrifying second I was scared that he would think that I had somehow tracked him down and really was crazy. But it didn't take me long to realize that not only did Edward not care that I was there, he actually seemed happy to see me again. We had a great time talking and hanging out with everyone. I still couldn't quite remember how I got from the club to my house, but obviously Edward cared enough to come here with Alice to make sure I got home safely. I really hoped that he meant what he wrote about hoping to seem me more.

After I brushed my teeth, showered and had my first cup of coffee, I grabbed my cell to call Alice. I definitely needed to talk to her about everything that happened last night. When I turned my phone back on, I noticed that I had a text message from a number that I didn't recognize. For just a second my heart started pounding in anticipation. I really hoped that it was from Edward. I opened the text to see that it wasn't from him, but it was from Rose so I couldn't be too disappointed.

Hi Bella, this is Rose. I wanted to let you know that Emmett and I are having a party at our house next Friday night and you are invited. I hope to see you there! ~R

That text certainly put a smile on my face. It was enough that Rose had invited me because that meant that we were on our way to being friends. But the icing on the cake was that if Rosalie and Emmett were having a party then Edward would probably be there. In just another week I would see Edward again! Now I really needed to talk to Alice.

"Bella Bop!" Alice exclaimed when she answered my call. "And how are you feeling this morning my dear?"

"Much better than I expected. Alice! Edward brought me home last night! And he left me a note! And he said he wanted to see me again! And Rose invited me to a party at her house which means he will be there! I will see him again in a week!"

Alice laughed and said "Wow, you've really got it bad. I have never seen you act like this before about a guy. You didn't even act this way with Mike and you two were together for 5 years. It's just too bad you passed out last night before Edward had a chance to sex you up!"

I couldn't help but giggle at Alice. "Well first of all, there is absolutely no comparison between Edward and Mike. Sure Mike was pretty good looking, but you saw Edward! I think my panties melted just looking at that sex hair. And Edward is a good guy. I just know it. There's something about him. And as far as sex goes, as much as I know I want it, I don't want to be THAT girl. You know, the one that immediately puts out."

"Bella, it's 2012. It's ok to be THAT girl. I put out for Jasper and we are still together. And I bet if you ask Rose she will tell you that she immediately put out for Emmett. You and Edward are adults. It's ok to have sex!" Alice told me.

I sighed. "I know, Alice, and it's not like I think that there is anything wrong with having sex early. I just don't want him to get what he wants from me and then leave."

"Oh Bella," Alice said. "I know that it isn't like that with Edward. I have a feeling about him. You know that I never thought Mike deserved you or that the two of you belonged together. But it's different with Edward. I just know that he's the one for you. Plus I don't think that he would have gone out of his way to make sure he helped me get you home last night if all he wanted from you was sex."

She was right and I knew it. I told her that I would make a move when I saw him next week at the party. Alice's response, of course, was that we would need to go shopping. I should have known. But I did agree and we made plans to go Thursday night.

I spent the rest of the weekend finishing my syllabi for the semester and making sure that the online components of my classes were ready to go. School was starting this Wednesday and I wanted to be completely prepared before I got there. I loved the first day of a new semester, especially when I knew that everything was ready for me to teach my students to the best of my ability.

Of course I was slightly dreading the start of this semester. We had a faculty get together at six on Monday so that we could officially meet our new department head. Ugh, it was going to be awful. I was going to have to sit there and pretend that I was happy about my new boss when in reality all I could think about him was how he bought himself a job. No, even worse than that. He had his parents buy him a job. I was just glad that it was being held at one of the other professor's house so that there would be a lot of space to walk around and mingle.

Deep down I knew that this probably shouldn't bother me as much as it did. People get jobs all the time because of connections that they have. It doesn't necessarily mean that the person isn't a good worker. I knew that I needed to wait until I met my new boss before I made any assumptions about him. But that was easier said than done. I had worked my ass off to be able to get through my undergrad degree and then through my PhD program. I never had anything handed to me because of who I was or who my parents were. I worked hard for everything that I have and I hated that I would now be working for someone that very likely didn't work hard for his job.

Monday morning I was ready to face my day. I dressed for success in a black pencil skirt and deep red top with matching heels. I left my brown hair down and put on just a little blush and lip gloss. I gave myself one last glance in the mirror and smiled at my reflection. I was ready to go.

My day went smoothly for my first time back on campus since school had let out this past spring semester. We had a few small meetings with various committees that we were required to be on to discuss things such as student writer workshops, honor society fundraisers and different ways to make literature fun for our sophomore lit classes. I enjoyed being back so that I could talk to the other professors and catch up on what had been happening in their lives. I was in my element when I was on campus and discussing academics and teaching.

I was sitting in my office finishing some work before I had to head to meet my new boss when Angela Cheney walked in. Angela was another professor that was close to my age. She and I were good friends and often went out after work to just relieve some stress. Angela was actually the person that had e-mailed me with the gossip about our new department head.

"Bella," Angela said while sitting down in a chair in my office. "Dr. Cullen is freaking hot! Oh man, I almost died when I ran into him in the faculty lounge today. There is no way that a department head should be that good looking. He is going to completely mesmerize our poor students, not to mention have every female faculty member drooling during meetings! You are so lucky to be on the committee that is working with him this semester!"

I couldn't believe it. Not only did he have rich parents that obviously still used their money for him, but he was hot as well. I was really wanting him to be fat and ugly.

"I still can't believe that he got a job here because his parents gave the university money. I don't care how good this man looks, I still wish that we had someone else as a department head," I said in response to Angela.

"I don't know, Bella. I talked to him for a little while and he seems really enthusiastic about this job. I think that he has some good ideas for the department. Maybe he really is a good fit for us and will do a good job as the department head."

Why couldn't I just be more like Angela? She knew how he got the job and she was able to look past that and accept him as her boss. I needed to be able to do that, too. So I made the decision right then to just forget that I knew about how he actually got the job and give him a chance. It was the only way that I would be able to work with him and still do the best job that I could for the university and my students.

With that resolve in mind, Angela and I headed towards Dr. Mitchell's house for the welcoming party. I knew that it would still take me a little while to completely let go of what I knew about Dr. Cullen, but just having made the decision to give him a chance made me feel better. I couldn't be that bitter person that I had been for the last week. That wasn't me and I needed to let it go.

We walked into the party and went to say hello to some of our other colleagues. After having been there for thirty minutes I still hadn't met Dr. Cullen. I had, however, heard a lot about him. Everyone talked about how nice he was and how excited they were to have him at UW. And the women, as well as a couple of the men, mentioned his looks. I apparently was in for a treat when I met this guy. Of course I imagined that I probably wouldn't be as impressed with them, not after having met Edward. There is no way this man would be as attractive as him.

Just as I was thinking of Edward, he was standing in front of me. I blinked at him a few times because I was seriously starting to think that I was hallucinating. It was like I conjured him up out of my thoughts. I had to be losing my mind.

After just staring at him, with an open mouth, for a few seconds I saw that sexy smirk grace his face. "Surprised to see me, sweet Bella?" He asked me.

I'm not sure what came over me, but I threw my arms around him. I don't know if it was the fact that I was so excited that we had reconnected or if I truly was losing it, but I found myself leaning against his hard body with my arms around his neck. Just as I realized exactly what I was doing and was about to pull away to apologize to him yet again for being totally insane, he chuckled in my ear and put his arms around my waist. "I will take that as a good kind of surprised," he whispered to me.

I finally pulled away from him and asked "Edward, what are you doing here? Did you come to find me? How did you know where I would be?"

I saw the smirk fall from his face at my question and his eyes became worried. "Well, that's not quite why I'm here. Don't get me wrong, I am really glad to see you. I've been thinking about you since I dropped you off at your house Saturday night. But I think that we should talk. Can we go outside where it is a little more private?" He asked me nervously.

Just as I was about to take his hand and lead him into the backyard I heard Angela come up beside me.

"Bella, how do you know Dr. Cullen?"

For a minute I couldn't quite process her question. I couldn't immediately figure out why she was asking me about Dr. Cullen when I was standing in front of Edward. I looked from Edward to her and back to Edward before I realized that Edward was staring at me nervously. And then it clicked. Edward was Dr. Cullen. Holy shit, Edward was my boss! I dropped the wine glass that I was holding and did the first thing that I could think of. I slapped Dr. Edward Cullen as hard as I could.

A/N – As of now I have eleven chapters written. I have no set posting schedule and am updating every few days. Do you guys that here with me reading like that, or would you prefer that I set a schedule and stick with it? Let me know! Thanks :)

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