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*BPOV*

"Alice, I cannot wear this." I held up what she had brought for me, it was what looked like a halter top but it didn't tie at the neck, it was connected and it bunched a little to show off part of a woman's back. She also had a pair of dark pants that were meant to hug every curve. "Alice, seriously I am not wearing this."

She began to pout; Rose was looking around my bedroom and began poking through the closet. "Well there is nothing in here that you are wearing to Club 7 with us. So put it on and let's get going, or I am doing your hair and makeup as well." Rose said not even looking at me. "Jasper and Emmett are meeting us there, so get a move on girl."

My heart began to pound. "Jasper and Emmett are coming as well; I mean I don't want to interfere with a night out that you four have planned. Really, its okay we can meet for lunch sometime and catch up." I was stammering, mostly out of the fear that the topic of Edward would come up, what if he was married too. There were so many possibilities that ran through my mind.

The two of the yelled at the same time "Not a chance!" Alice bounced over to me and hugged me tight, "You girl are coming with us! Jasper and Emmett can't wait to see you! They wanted to come with us to get you. Rose had to threaten Emmett's car with engine harm if they didn't let us come and get you prepared and have a little girl time first." She released me and turned me toward Rose, who was standing with a hand on her hip, even mad she was extremely beautiful. "You are going, you are wearing the clothes we picked out for you, and you are going to have a good time tonight. Do you understand?"

I swallowed. Rose had a way to make you feel like she could kick your ass if you didn't do what she wanted. It was funny how she ended up with Emmett, the guy reminded me a grizzly bear when we were in high school, I could only imagine him now. And the grizzle married, the enforcer, scary thought.

"Alright, give me the clothes and get out of my room so I can get changed. Actually no, stay here I'll go change in the bathroom." As I walked toward the door out of the room I stopped at my closet and found a tailored denim jacket that I had worn once or twice before to cover dressier tank tops.

"What are you doing? No altering the wardrobe!" Alice yelled as I pulled it off the hanger.

"I'm going to need something if it is cold at all. At least it isn't a parka." I said as I walked out the door. I changed quickly in the bathroom and pulled my hair up into a messy ponytail and put on a small amount of makeup, just enough that they would notice I had tried.

I exited the bathroom and headed back into the bedroom. "Well?" I asked spinning around.

"You'll do." The two said in unison, and before I knew it they were dragging me down the stairs. Charlie and Sue were making popcorn and planning to watch a movie from my vast collection.

"Call me if you need me to come back sooner. We won't be very late." I didn't know what to tell Charlie and Sue. "Go have fun, we will see you later." Sue said sounding like the mom I never really had.

As we drove from Forks to Port Angeles I waited for the grilling, "Why are you back? What's going on?" but it appeared to not be coming. Alice and Rose rambled on about their shop, and how it was in a Vanity Fair article, I think Rose even said the name Angelina. I told them how great it was that they had finally been able to combine their skills and turn it into a really good business. Alice was the shopper; she had an eye for fashion that could rival any major designer. She used to love playing life size Barbie's with us when we were in school. Rose, should have been a supermodel, but she had a knack for sales. In school she could have sold snow to an Eskimo. The two of them and hated driving all the way to Port Angeles or Seattle to shop and because of Alice's skill with the stock market they were able to come up with the full amount for buying the location for their shop and all the overhead costs. Alice decided what they would sell and Rose managed to sell it, they were the perfect partners for the business.

At the point when I finally began to relax in the back of Rose's red 2010 Torch Red Shelby Mustang, an early gift from Emmett for their anniversary was when it happened. Alice turned to me and said, "Okay spill it girl. What's up with you? Why after so long are you home, where is the father to those two beautiful children that we saw pictures of all over the house? You are here alone, in a house alone. You aren't wearing a ring, so clearly you are single. So what happened?"

"Breath Alice, and why don't we get some drinks in her before we start the interrogation. It might make her talk about the rock she disappeared under for so long." Rose said in a sweet voice, it was one that made me very nervous. I was going to have to make sure that I didn't drink anything that had even the slightest bit of alcohol in it so that my tongue didn't betray me. It would be easier to just say things didn't work out with him than to actually tell them the whole gory details. The way that Rose drove it took just about an hour to get to Port Angeles, I had almost forgotten that Alice, Emmett, and Edward all drove dangerously fast, and so much time with them must have rubbed off on Rose.

We arrived at 7 Cedars Casino which housed Club 7, and I could feel my hands shaking. I was nervous about telling them anything, and then there was the fact that Jasper and Emmett were waiting for us inside. I was about to be the fifth wheel and endure the interrogation to end all interrogations. As we walked into the club and headed toward a section off to the side, away from the crowded bar but close to the stage and dance floor. Alice told me that some days they have bands booked to play, and on other nights they have DJs come in. She continued to babble while Rose led the way through the club. Suddenly the crowd parted a bit and I could see where Emmett and Jasper were sitting, it was a private lounge area, and as we got closer I saw that the two of them were not alone. They were far from alone; sitting next to Emmett on his right side was… Edward.

A lump the size of a baseball formed in my throat, and I stopped moving. Neither Alice nor Rose noticed that I was no longer with them. I saw the guys look up and watch the two of them approach. The crowd around where they were sitting shifted again, and suddenly as if he sensed me Edward looked in my direction and locked eyes with me. My heart stopped. Alice and Rose turned to look at me, and I found that my feet were working again only I was going slowly in reverse. Edward stood up said something to Alice, that I couldn't hear that didn't appear to be good. He looked at me again; I must have looked like a deer in headlights. I don't think I had taken a breath since seeing him. Emmett and Jasper caught on to what was going on. I knew it would take all of four or five steps for Edward to get to me, what I didn't expect was that Emmett would beat everyone and reach me before my brain could process that I needed to turn and run away.

"BELLA!" Emmett yelled as he wrapped his arms around me and lifted me up in a giant bear hug. "When did you get back into town? Rose and Alice said they had a surprise but they didn't say it was you!" He squeezed me as tight as an actual grizzly bear would, and in his attempt to hug me like he always used to he managed to put serious pressure on my beaten back. I cried out but it was clear that no one heard me over the noise in the club. I was glad for that. He set me down and I could see how tall and extremely muscular he had gotten over the years.

Jasper approach and seemed cautious, "Bella. May I?" and he raised his arms for a hug. I nodded and he embraced me. "We've missed you so much. Some more than others, but we can discuss that another time. It is great to see you." He smiled and stepped back putting his arm around Alice's shoulder. Emmett stood with his arm around Rose as well. Edward just stared.

"Hi." I said looking at Edward. He had grown a little bit since I had last seen him, and from what I could tell he was more muscular. Other than that he still had the same messy bronze hair, clearly he had been running his hands through his hair. "Hi." He said looking at me it appeared that he was looking me over and deciding what to do next. I was frozen in place, half of me wanted to run and hide, the other half of me wanted to run into my old friends arms and feel as safe as I used to. He made the move toward me, wrapping his arms around me and squeezing me almost as tight as Emmett. I hugged him back breathing in his scent. That too was the same as I remember, musk and soap and the hint of something I couldn't quite put my finger on. At that moment I thought I heard him inhale deeply and then as he exhaled he said in almost a whisper "Is it really you, or am I dreaming right now?"

Edwards POV is coming up promise. Thank you to all who are reading, please review. I could use your thoughts on how it is going.