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Word prompt: Skittish

Pairing Edward and Bella

Edward and I walked to the bar leaving Rose and Emmett alone. I should have known those two would have an instant attraction. She had a point about her mother approving of a lawyer. Rose was from a real high society family in New York. When I first met them, I was a bit skittish. I was from a small town, and according to Alice, had no fashion sense. But once Mrs. Hale found out I was going to be a lawyer, I was golden in her eyes.

"What can I get for you?" Alice asked looking back and forth between us and gives me a knowing smile.

"Whatever is on tap works for me," Edward said before looking at me. "Bella, what are you drinking tonight."

"That will be fine with me."

Alice just giggled before putting two mugs in front of us. "Now my shift is over." She threw her apron behind the counter.

"Is Jasper meeting you tonight?"

"He should be here in twenty minutes. Don't expect me home tonight." She danced around to where we were standing.

I just laughed at her. She had been dating Jasper since the semester started. I looked over at the table where we left Rose and Emmett. "You might not be the only one not coming home." They looked like they were about to jump each other. "Anyways, Edward, this is Alice, my other roommate. Alice, this is Edward. His roommate Emmett is in one of my classes." I pointed over my shoulder.

"Nice to meet you," Alice said giving him a look over and giving me a big smile. "I'm going to get change before Jazz gets here. See you later, Bells. Edward."

Taking a sip from my beer I turned back to Edward. "Do you want to find a table?"

"Sure."

The first few minutes were a bit awkward. It really had been a long time since I dated, and that ended horribly. "So, I haven't seen you around. Are you in Law School too?"

"No, I'm a third year medical school. I spend most of my nights in the hospital morgue. What year are you?"

"I'm hoping to graduate next spring. So medical school? That's pretty awesome. What is your specialty?"

"Still trying to figure it out. My father is an ER doctor is Chicago. I'm not sure if trauma is really the way for me to go. What about you? What kind of law do you want to practice?"

"I want my own practice. My dad is the police chief back home. I have wanted to be a public defender for as long as I remember."

"And where is back home?" When he spoke to me it was like he genuinely wanted to know things about me.

"Washington State. I'm from a small town called Forks. So, are you from Chicago? You mentioned that your dad was there."

"Yeah, right inside the city. Small town living sounds nice."

For the rest of the night conversation seemed to flow really well. He told me about how he and Emmett met in undergrad. They were fraternity brothers at the University of Tennessee. Edward was opposite of Emmett in almost every way, but they were the best of friends. It reminded me of how Rose, Alice, and I were. I was so lost in our conversation, I didn't even realize it was three a.m. and the bar was closing.

"I didn't realize it was so late." We walked out into the parking lot.

"I didn't either." He started looking around. "Fuck! I think Emmett and Rose left without saying bye."

"It doesn't surprise me. They really hit it off."

"Yeah, but he was my ride."

"Well, my car is in the library lot. I can give you a ride." I really didn't want our time to end. I knew once the week started back up he and I would be swamped with finals.

"I'd like that."

I led the way to my car. I couldn't help but smile because I felt like maybe he didn't want it to end either. I couldn't believe how connected I felt to him after only a few hours. Was there really such a thing as love at first site? I don't know if love was the word, but I was very much in like with him.

He gave me directions as I drove the abandoned Nashville streets. He and Emmett lived in an apartment near mid town. The parking lot a lone was so much nicer than the one us girls had right off campus. "Wow, this is nice."

"It's nice and quite back here. I hate how noisy it is closer to the interstate."

"I'm sure you are able to get a lot of studying done here."

"I know it is late and you probably have studying you want to get back to, but I don't want the night to end. Want to come up for coffee?" He asked before opening his door.

"Sure."

The walk up to the house was in comfortable silence. That flew out the window when he unlocked the apartment and pushed the door open. "OH YES, EMMETT!" Rose's moans echoed through the whole place.

"There's a twenty four hour coffee shop down the street." He gave me a embarrassed smile.

"Sounds good to me. Let's go."

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Please review. So I have to work every night the rest of the week, but I am going to try to get a few prompts pre written before I post.