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*BPOV*

It took Alice and Rose over an hour to get me ready, and then about ten minutes to get themselves ready for the evening. I have to admit I did look pretty good for a mother of two; I looked pretty good for just being me when it comes right down to it. Alice surveyed her work and smiled.

"I do good work don't I?" Alice said with a smile. "You do give me something easy to work with; I wish you would do this yourself though. You would feel so much better each day if you took a few minutes to spoil yourself." Rose nodded her head in agreement.

"Bella, you are a M.I.L.F. Edward is going to fighting to keep guys away from you tonight, and if he has it his way, the rest of your life. He told Emmett if you asked he would move out of here and in with you just so he could be with you more." Rose smiled at me so sure that everything was going to work out just fine.

The three of us walked downstairs to where the guys were waiting, Emmett had conned Jasper into a game of Call of Duty while they were waiting and Edward was looking on and laughing at both of them. I suddenly was reminded of all the time we spent together when we were younger. It was so easy then, and all I wanted was Edward to notice me. We were inseparable and I always thought it was so obvious that I loved as more than just my best friend. Watched and thought of all the times I had wished that Brian and his friends playing or goofing around were these three. I never felt at home with any of them like I did here. I never fit in. Emmett and Jasper finished the level they were on and looked up when Alice couched ever so obviously from the door way.

All of a sudden three pairs of eyes and three mouths were wide. Rose laughed and as she turned to grab her wallet for the evening she said over her shoulder "Boys mop up the drool on your way out to the cars, and when you are done put your tongues back in your mouths." Alice and I turned to follow her and there were three whistles in a row as we walked away. The three of us smiled at each other. Clearly the effect Rose was going for worked.

As we stood at the door waiting for the three of them I heard Emmett say to Edward "Seriously. You better not let her out of your sight. Something like that could be dangerous out there. I mean geez, I know how hot Rose is for a mother of two but man, Edward, Bella is basically a free agent right now. If you don't claim her right, then some other dude is going to see that M.I.L…"He suddenly stopped as he looked up and saw us still standing there, probably expecting that we had gone out to the cars. Edward smacked him in the back of the head. "Ouch, dude really one of these days, I'm going to do that back to you and put an end to it."

I could feel the blush over taking my whole body. I was ready and everything felt like it was on fire. It was worse than being 16 again and hearing Emmett tell Edward that someone like Mike Newton was going to try "tappin' that" whenever Alice and Rose played Bella Barbie. I realized that Rose, Alice and Jasper were laughing, and I couldn't help but start to laugh as well.

"Emmett thanks for thinking I'm as hot as Rose." I said as I gave him a quick peck on the cheek. Edward grabbed my hand as everyone walked out into the garage to decide which car/cars we were taking into town to the small local bar. Edward pulled me back toward him, causing us to remain in the kitchen for a couple of seconds.

"I think you are far hotter than Rose. As for Emmett's comment about you being a well you know, that I won't argue with." He whispered in my ear, his breath was hot against my skin and caused goose bumps to breakout along with the extreme blush that covered my body.

We walked out to the cars, it was decided that we would ride in Emmett's Rubicon, since he really wanted to show it off. Rose sat up front with him, and Edward, Jasper, Alice and I squeezed in back. Alice more or less sat on Jasper's lap like they would have back in high school. I laughed and shook my head at the two of them. Some things just never changed. We had thought that Emmett was just going into town, but then he turned off and got on the highway and headed toward Seattle.

"Emmett, where are we going?" I asked. Alice and Rose had said a night out, nothing major. I was getting nervous. I had never really been big on the club scene back in New York. Emmett didn't answer me. He just said Edward's name, and then something that sounded like French. Edward responded with what sounded like an agreement, then Rose touched Emmett's arm and said something as well.

"Okay, you all remember that I didn't take French in school right? So is there are reason you are talking so that I can't understand you?" I was trying my best not to be annoyed or nervous about this. But something in me felt like something was going on. Edward ran his fingers along my arm and then commented.

"Emmett thought he remembered there was something going on at Miller Creek in town, so he figured it had been a long time since any of us had been to Trinity in Seattle. He wanted it to be a surprise. It offers more selection as well." He squeezed my hand; I wanted to believe him so I just nodded. I caught Jasper nod to Edward. I was sure that something was up now. The way Emmett drove, was the same as Edward and the rest, we were to Seattle in no time, or at least half of what it would have taken me to get there. We made our way through downtown and to a parking garage. Emmett refused to park on the street. We walked the short distance to the building that housed Trinity and saw the line to get in.

Bouncers were surveying the crowd and picking and choosing who would enter and who just didn't cut it. As we approached one of them shouted out to Emmett, they clapped hands and then did a sort of male approved hug. Emmett laughed with the two bouncers for a minute and the next thing I knew we were ushered in and told the first round was on the house. I looked at Edward confused.

"While at school Emmett played football with most of the guys that end up bouncing at the night clubs around here. Emmett had a lot of offers as well; I mean he's a tough guy. But when he found out about the twins, he turned them all down. He teaches Phys Ed at the high school and coaches the football and baseball teams so that he is taking care of his family and doing what he loves. Whenever the girls want to go out, Emmett gets everyone in because of his old football buddies." He said as he guided me through the dark corridor and into a massive room that was back lighted red with multicolored spot lights everywhere.

"There are three other 'rooms' so if this is too much let me know." Edward said against my ear, the goose bumps returned, and I just smiled at him. Alice grabbed my hand she and Rose dragged me out on to the dance floor while the guys headed to the bar. We weren't alone long, soon there were a couple of guys that approached us and were asking Rose and Alice to dance. Both held up their left hands and flashed their rings, most took the hint and walked off looking for single women to hit on instead. I laughed at how neither of them reacted to the strangers at all. I finally felt myself letting go and just enjoying being with my friends, my family really. The DJ was mixing songs and kept people on the dance floor the whole time. After about the fifth round of guys approaching us, Rose huffed and signaled to Alice to leave. Alice again grabbed my hand and dragged me along. I looked around for Edward and the others but didn't see them at all.

We entered a room smaller but still huge by all standards and that was completely blue with white accents. I felt like I was in an old James Bond movie in here, but it was interesting. There was a different DJ in this room but the energy was that same. We found our way to the dance floor again. We hadn't been approached my any drunken jokers for awhile and so I began to relax more and enjoy being out and having fun with my friends. But as soon as I let me guard down, I should have known something would happen.

We were dancing to a mix of Muse when an arm came around my waist, at first I thought nothing of it, just kept on dancing assuming it was Edward and his brothers finally joining us. I froze in place when I looked down and saw the wedding band on the hand that was on my hip pulling me closer to the man it belonged to. It was supposed to be a unique ring, so how could someone else have it. My mouth went dry. I stood in place and looked up at Alice before starting to turn around. When I stopped the hand left my hip, I turned to look at who was behind me swallowing the lump that had formed ever so quickly in my throat. There was no one there, whoever it was had moved away and with the crowd now forming I couldn't tell if it had been him. A hand touched my shoulder and I gasped and spun around. Alice looked at me like I had two heads.

"I need to sit down for a minute." I told her and she signaled to Rose. Rose lead us to a white couch that was unoccupied and we sat for a few minutes. My eyes scanned the room for any sign of Edward, Jasper or Emmett. Alice caught me and smiled. She didn't ask about the guy who had tried to dance with me, did they not see him? Was I just paranoid?

"Bella they are probably talking with a bartender or bouncer they know. Those three seem to know everyone some days. Don't worry." Alice was someone I would never bet against, but I still had that uneasy feeling from the car ride. I thought I would try and get out of her or Rose what had been discussed.

"So why did Emmett and Edward have to discuss coming here in French? It would have still been a surprise since I hadn't been here before?" I was trying not to be obvious that I didn't believe them, but it was beginning to bother me more and more.

"Bella, there are times in life when Emmett and Edward actually know what they are doing and it is best not to question it. It's rare, but when it happens. Well those are the times you need to let them handle things because they are going to handle it no matter what you say or do. Do you understand me at all?" Rose said it very matter of fact, she meant for me to not ask again, not to question anymore. And that made me even more nervous, because in my mind there would only be one reason why Emmett and Edward would behave like that.

"Rose, tell me honestly. We were being followed? Edward seemed to be seeing something today that I wasn't. I have been scared all day about Brian showing up, and Edward's behavior isn't helping me. Just tell me. Please." I felt like I couldn't let it go. I had to know, because not knowing was going to drive me insane.

Before she could answer a new round of guys approached us, "Hey ladies, you look pretty alone here, mind if we join you?" There were three of them, each had a drink in their hand they seemed polite but after the round of admirers on the dance floor and our conversation Rose had no tolerance for them.

"Listen, our husbands would mind if you joined us so why don't you move along." She snapped. My eyes widened, I don't think I had ever seen her like this. "Come on, let's go. Before Emmett and Jasper decide to come over and break this up."She turned to Alice and the three of us stood up even though the three men were still in front of where we were sitting.

"How about you beautiful? Would your husband mind?" I realized he was talking to me, looking at the nonexistent ring on my finger. A sneer came across his face, and as I began to respond and Alice pulled me away he grabbed my arm. "You forget to wear your ring tonight?"

I yanked my hand away from him, "Let go of me." He grinned wider, I felt like I had seen him before but I couldn't place it. My gut was telling me this wasn't a pick up line. He reached for me again his friends laughing as Rose and Alice were trying to move us away from them.

"Spence, maybe she didn't forget it maybe she didn't want to wear it so we would think she was single. Those two bitches clearly aren't prowling, maybe this tasty dish is?" said one of his buddies that had only been snickering up until now. As I turned to walk away with Alice and Rose now, the one called Spence grabbed my arm with much more force. He had mousey brown hair that was kept very short. Something about him reminded me of when Brian was in the Army. My mind was racing with questions, my gut telling me that I was a target not a pick up gone wrong.

"Let go of me right now!" I yelled looking him square in the eye. I was tired of being bullied and man handled like I didn't have a say in the matter. I stared him down and finally after what felt like an hour, but was only a matter of a minute he released my arm. It was throbbing and I was sure there was going to be a mark.

"Got a little spitfire here guys I love when a woman is feisty. Don't you?" Spence said to his group of friends. I was so focused on him that I missed a new member join his group. I wanted this man to know that I was not going to be pushed around or bullied by him, that I would stand my ground, at the moment it seemed like such a good idea. And then in the blink of an eye it all went to hell.

*APOV*

These three guys seemed to be targeting Bella, and we didn't know why. Nothing that they were saying to her made any sense. That was unless you knew the background of her current situation, which they didn't they couldn't. While Bella was having her standoff with the jerk named Spence, another guy seemed to join the group hovering around. I tried to get closer to her, I still had her hand and I squeezed it so that she would know that I was still there. She seemed oblivious to me now.

"Rose, we have a major problem here." I said as I caught sight of the fourth man who seemed to be closing the circle in around Bella. His movements were deliberate; he was headed toward her with a look of determination on his face. Something triggered in my brain. I knew him, I knew him without having to be told who he was. I saw it all as if it had already happened. It was Bella's Ex, and he was after her. Somehow he found her here, and he had set her up for this moment.

"Rose, it's him!" I yelled to her. She was sending Emmett a message. Hopefully they three of them would be on their way to us in seconds. I tugged on Bella's arm. She tried to shake me off. She was so focused on the one named Spence that she had no clue what was going on around her. The shark was circling, and I didn't know how the hell I was going to get her out.

"Back off ass jack!" Rose yelled stepping in to one side of Bella protecting her back. I took the other side if anyone was going to get to Bella they were clearly going to have to deal with the two of us as well. Little did we know the hell that would follow that statement.

*RPOV*

Bella went from her nervous worry wart self to growing a pair in a matter of moments. I couldn't believe what I had just witness. She was like a woman possessed. Alice saw the reason for this jerk distracting her almost instantly.

"Rose, it's him!" She yelled to me. I didn't have to look to know, and Bella had never told us what he looked like. Never sawed us a single picture, but there standing, slinking rather to her right side was a much older version of Joey with dark almost greasy hair. I sent Emmett a message, because I knew calling was pointless in here.

SOS Blue Rm NOW! B's X here.

Without thinking I moved from where I had been standing to her right side. "Back off ass jack!" I yelled to him has he slinked his way like a snake toward her. Alice took her other side, we were family and until the guys got here to take care of this, we would take care of our own.

*UPOV*

It was easier than I expected it to be. I walked into the local bar in town and ordered a beer. I sat and listened to the conversations around me. Someone was talking about a doc Cullen who had taken care of his daughter. The guy he was with asked if it was the old man or the son.

"It was Edward. Man it is so hard to think about the fact that just a matter of years ago we were all in school together, and now he caring for my girl after she breaks her arm." He is about my age, though he looks tired, like he hasn't slept in days.

I head back to my dive a motel pretty damn happy that I didn't even have to try on this one. I grab the phone book and look the name up. I laugh when I get to the section with the Cullen's name

Cullen, Dr. Carsile and Esme

Cullen, Dr. Edward

Cullen, Emmett and Rosalie

The phone numbers were all different, but the address was the same. This had to be a joke. They couldn't all live together could they? It didn't matter. I looked up the address and drove out toward the house. I figured I would just check it out, see if that was where she was or not. And with my luck, as I came around, a monster Rubicon pulled out of a hidden road. It looked to be packed with people, and I took the chance and followed it. A little over an hour later I was entering Seattle. I doubted they knew I had been following them. They entered a club without much effort.

"Figures she would whore herself up for him. Probably the only reason he is even interested in her right now. Now how the hell am I going to get in there?" I looked at the line. Clearly you needed to know someone to get in, and most of the guys standing in line looked like pansies. I knew I had my night club attire that I kept in the car for when I used to go out with my buddies back in New York. It was ridiculous that clubs required you to dress a certain way, I mean half the time you got the girl out to the car and the clothes were off. I pulled into the garage around the block and changed quickly before anyone could see me. Sprayed on some Axe and was on my way to find a sexy girl to get into the club with.

As I approached the line, someone called out my name. "Can this night get any better? Spence, what the hell are you doing here?" One of my former buddies from the Army was standing with two other guys about to enter the club.

"He's with us." He told the bouncer who let me enter with them. "Hey this is my buddy from the 770th back in NY. Fucker got my ass through some serious shit when we were overseas." He clapped a hand on my shoulder and then asked the obvious question. "What the hell are you doing out here fucker? Thought you and the wife were spawning?" He laughed and so did his two friends. I laughed too, they could come in handy for me tonight.

"Yeah well we had a difference of opinion. She thought she could leave, and I didn't. So here I am to claim what is mine because her ass is parading around like she is single." I followed them to the bar and scanned the room. The guys had left them, gone to the opposite end of the bar to watch them and talk to each other. She was dancing with two very hot women. They looked almost like the two from earlier in the mustang. The thought of the three of them together made me hard. I elbowed Spence and pointed to them. We watched as several guys approached them. The two held up their hands and guys walked away. Soon they seemed too tired of it and started to walk toward another room.

"I have an idea man." Spence said with a grin. I watched the three of them, and then looked for where the three guys they came with were. I nodded to Spence.

"I'm all ears. Tell me because I think I am going to like it." I said with a grin. He spoke and then we followed them into the Blue Room. We watched from the bar as they danced, knowing what was coming I couldn't help myself, I had to be near her. I slipped in behind her, her friends unaware that I was even there. I wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close so that she could feel me, and how my body reacted to her still. Something made her stop moving, her head went down, and part of me wanted to rejoice because she knew I had her, I wanted to celebrate that she knew she couldn't leave me. But Spence's plan was just too good, so before she could turn to see me, to look right at me, I slipped away.

They ate down, we watched and then Spence and his boys went in for the kill. The look on the blonde's face was great. The tinge of bitchiness turned me on. They got up to leave and Spence grabbed her arm. Part of me wanted to hurt him for touching what was mine. Bella ripped her arm away, she seemed angry and I felt myself grow more turned on. This was not my girl, this girl was going to try and stand her ground to Spence. He grabbed her again, and again she stood up to him. Suddenly she was tough huh? Well we will just see about that. I liked that she had this attitude; it was going to be more fun to work with than her constant "I'm sorry. Please stop." I began to approach the group. And as I did the short one who looked like some kind of fairy said something to the blonde. Suddenly they were going to stand with her against the bad men. Ha! Where was her precious Edward now? Where were all three of them? Obviously they didn't care to escort them properly, so easy. They both made it so easy for me to take back my wife. I came closer and then the blonde spoke directly to me.

"Back off ass jack!" I wanted to laugh. So tough, probably been encouraged by that gorilla to be "a strong woman", not this time sweet heart. No one seemed to notice the scene that was forming in the room, which worked for me. Bella was focused solely on Spence, and the blonde was not going to stop me from getting what I wanted. I continued toward Bella, she must have sensed something because she put an arm up to stop the blonde.

"Rose, no! I won't let you get hurt not for me." She said it without looking at me, and when she was done she turned in my direction. She knew I was here, she was ready for me. She was ready to go with me, especially since she had stopped the blonde from interfering.

"Babe. What are you doing here? And why are you dressed like a tramp? I mean really who were you looking to pick up in that? Geez Bella, now that you had your fun let's go. It is time to go home." I took her arm, she didn't resist and I began to start to walk away, expecting her to follow. This was far easier than I had thought. Spence was smiling, like he had just won some major fight. All he did was piss off a couple of chicks. I was the one who had victory in his grasp.

"No!" She yelled and wrenched her arm away.

"What did you just say?" Was all I had, as I stopped in my tracks and turned around to look at her. People were watching us now. There was a small crowd forming, out of the corner of my eye I saw the three lost boys enter the room, and maybe a bouncer or two right behind them. "Are you delusional Bella?" I reached to her arm again.

"I said no Brian. I am not going anywhere with you. I'm done with this. Stay away from me and my family!" She sounded like she believe that she was going to will me away with her words. Part of me wanted to laugh. But I felt something in me snap, much like many times in the past.

"Bitch, I said it is time to go now!" I grabbed the back of her neck and started to lead her forward. She swatted my arm and refused to walk. "I will carry your ugly ass out of here, is that what you want?" I was yelling, demanding that I have what was mine. She was not going to refuse me. I wouldn't allow it.

"No!" She stood her ground. Part of me wanted to be proud of her, a larger part of me wanted to punch her in the jaw. The larger part won. I pulled back to swing. She closed her eyes preparing for the contact. She was still going to stand her ground, and take the punch. Before I made contact something that felt like stone hit my fist.

iwannabegilmore thank you for your comments, they mean a lot.

Of course I want Edward and the guys to protect Bella as well as Rose and Alice, but I felt that Bella needs to learn that she is stronger that she realizes. She needed to finally be able to say that enough is enough and she would not take it any more. Tell me what you think of it.