A/N: Okay, everyone rocks for their lovely comments about the last chapter. You all rock so much, I'm putting out this chapter earlier than I expected. So the moral of the stories is, the more reviews I get, the faster the chapters come.

Everyone seems to particularly love the interaction between Emmett, Logan and Edward, so never fear, there will be additional chapters featuring them and their cuteness. It's funny how Logan seems to be everyone's favorite character these days.

Amigirl – I hope you are reading this chapter over a lovely breakfast and smiling because it was out so fast.

I don't own twilight, but I do own a lot of cups with Elmo on them. Damned carpet sample piece of shit puppet.

BPOV

"Come on Bella, it will be great," said Alice enthusiastically. "It's about time you got back into the club scene. We haven't been out partying since like Thanksgiving, so you owe me," said Alice as she thrust a really cute blue dress into my arms and forced me into a dressing room.

"Alice, I only have ten minutes left for my lunch," I moaned in frustration as I squeezed into the dress quickly and turned around to catch a glimpse in the mirror. It looked good, highlighting my curves just right, with the color making my skin look even nicer than usual.

"Just come out with us please. I've convinced Jasper, Emmett and Rosalie to come. I haven't been able to get a hold of Edward this week thanks to work, but Emmett said he would drag him there by his hair because they deserved a night off," yelled Alice over the door. I pulled the dress off, got back into my suit and stomped out of the room.

"Fine Alice. I'll go. Can I just meet you guys there at like nine or something?" I asked as I stumbled towards the cashier and pulled out my AMEX, thrusting it towards her. Alice threw her arms around my neck in excitement as I took my bag from the store and practically ran back to my office, arriving only a few minutes late.

Alice had called earlier this morning insisting we meet for lunch and I really thought she was going to go ape shit on me because she had found out about Edward and I, but that wasn't the case. Instead, she convinced me and our unstable group of friends that we were spending our Friday night going to a club. Our group consisted of Alice's ex boyfriend who still lived with her, Edward 'my secret to some people' boyfriend, her brother Emmett and his baby mama Rosalie. Could it get more confusing? Perhaps she was really setting us up for an appearance on Jerry Springer, I laughed to myself as she explained her plans.

"My first plan is to get Emmett and Rosalie on friendly terms. I know he spoke to Logan every night this week and that Emmett is meeting my parents tomorrow, but they need a night out. Plus, it can't hurt for Jasper to see that everything is going well and for him to possibly get jealous if I find another eligible suitor there," she said with a devious snicker. "You and Edward just need a night out. You both work way too much." I had to agree with her on that point. I hadn't seen Edward since Valentine's even though we had talked and texted a bunch throughout the week. He was going to pop over after meeting Logan, but Emmett dragged him out for dinner and drinks and when he returned, I was already asleep. I missed our time in the cabin when there were no interruptions and no people.

I sent Edward a quick text once I got back to the office, suddenly no longer interested in getting any work done.

Alice is dragging me to 'Chaos' tonight, so you better be there. She said Emmett was going to drag you –B

I leaned back in my chair for a moment, letting my mind wander to thoughts of getting Edward onto the dance floor, feeling him up against my body as we moved in sync with one another. My daydream had gotten more 'X' rated, when I was awoken from my reverie by a response from him.

I'll be there. I miss you –E

The rest of the afternoon dragged on and when I finally wandered into the apartment, I took a quick shower and prepared some pasta for dinner. Nothing like loading up on carbs when you want to drink yourself into a stupor, I laughed to myself. I was definitely getting drunk tonight, although it was at Alice's insistence, but I didn't care. I would have done it anyways. Once I was dressed and looking halfway decent, I called a cab and headed downstairs to wait. When we pulled up in front of the club, Jasper was walking in by himself.

"Jas," I called out as I handed my cabbie a twenty dollar bill and ran to his side.

"Bella, you look lovely tonight," he said sweetly as he offered up his arm, and I slipped mine in, making us look like a couple. The bouncer recognized us immediately and moved aside to let us in as several others groaned. Jasper's friend John owned the club, so we were practically VIP's every time we came. Alice was already sitting at a booth in the far corner with Rosalie when we wandered in. Her entire face lit up when she saw Jasper had arrived, but we stepped towards the bar to get ourselves a drink first.

"What do you want Bella?" he asked as I thought hard, unsure of what I would be drinking.

"Can I get a shot and a glass of Jamesons?" I asked the bartender with a smile. He was actually pretty handsome, and if I remembered correctly, his name was Paul. We had met on several occasions at the bar, but since I hadn't been around in a while, I wasn't completely sure. He winked at me and slid the drinks across the bar as Jasper paid for both of mine and his own beer before guiding me over to the table where the girls were sitting. "Hello sexy ladies," I called out before I sat down on the bench beside Rosalie.

I immediately pounded back my shot and thanked Jasper for the drinks. "Alice, do you still like the dress?" I asked with a smile as she nodded her head in agreement. Jasper grabbed all of our coats and brought them to coat check so that nothing happened to them. It was still February in Seattle, so we would definitely need them later in the night. As he left the table, Alice immediately started to gossip about him.

"He's looking so good tonight. I seriously have my work cut out for me, he's been giving me the cold shoulder all week," she said sadly as she noticed Emmett walk into the room alone and started to wave her arms to get his attention. "Where's Edward?"

"He's running late at the office. He said he'd be here soon," sighed Emmett as he waved down a waitress and ordered himself a beer and a shot. "Nice to see you guys. Hi Rosalie."

"Hey Emmett, Logan is really excited to see you tomorrow afternoon," she said anxiously as she took a small sip of her drink. I couldn't help but notice the tension in the air between the two of them, and I reminded myself to ask Edward about it later. I tuned them out as they began talking incessantly about Logan and tonight's babysitter, who Rosalie later told me Logan didn't want because it wasn't me.

It was almost six drinks and an two hours later when Alice dragged me onto the dance floor, sensing that I was drunk enough to finally 'bust a move' as Emmett put it. Everyone else remained in their seats as I glanced over at the bar and caught Paul looking in my direction. Shit. Tonight was hip hop night at the club and while I didn't generally like this kind of music, it made for great dancing. Alice grabbed my hip as we started to dance to 'Whatever you like' by T.I., with Alice smiling happily as she glanced over at Jasper, who was actually watching us on the floor.

"He hasn't taken his eyes off of you all night," I said genuinely to Alice as I looked around again for Edward, with no luck.

"I don't know what else to do Bella. I've apologized and practically begged for his forgiveness. I played hard to get and even pretended to have a date on Valentine's, but there has been no sign whatsoever from Jas that he wants to get back together," Alice said loudly as we continued to move around each other drunkenly.

"Ok, I've got a good buzz going on right now, so my advice might suck, but I think you should stop trying so hard. Love comes to you when you least expect it," I said with a grin as I thought about Edward for a moment. "Edward and I went out on a date."

Alice looked back at me and stopped on the dance floor. "Are you happy?" she asked as I stilled my movements and simply nodded my head.

"I think so," I said casually as I gave Alice a gentle hug and we went back to dancing together. She didn't ask anymore questions about us, but I wasn't sure if that was because she didn't care or because Jasper was still staring at us. The next song started only minutes later, Right Round by Flo Rida and Alice started to dance around me in a circle, as we laughed drunkenly together. A few minutes later, Emmett showed up with two drinks for Alice and I, and we pulled him with us into our dance. At one point I grabbed Emmett's wrist to look at his watch and saw that it was almost midnight and Edward hadn't showed up yet. He was three hours late and I was frustrated and angry. I didn't want to come tonight and truly only came because Edward was going to be here. The alcohol was starting to affect me more than usual and I immediately started to wonder why the hell he wasn't here at midnight on a Friday night.

I was broken from my thoughts as Paul, the bartender walked over as the music turned slow for a few moments. "Bella, did you want to dance?" he asked sweetly as I looked back towards the table and noticed Edward still wasn't here.

"Sure," I replied a little hesitantly as he wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close to him, moving along smoothly to the music filling the club. "Aren't you supposed to be working?"

"I took all my breaks at once so that I could spend a bit of time with you. I think I pissed off Leah, the other bartender, but oh well," he said with a light laugh. I hadn't noticed before how good looking he was, with his dark brown hair cut short and bright brown eyes. His black t-shirt clung against his chest tightly, showing off his hard physique, but I shook my head for a moment as he began to talk again. "I'm sorry if I seem forward, but I ran into Jacob on New Years and he mentioned you broke up. I was kind of wondering if you were interested in having dinner with me sometime?"

I took a moment, in my current state, to process everything that Paul had said to me, but I quickly shot him down, feeling remorseful the moment the words came from my mouth. "I'm so sorry if I led you on or something, but I'm kind of seeing someone."

"Kind of seeing someone?" I heard repeated from behind me. My head hung low for a moment as I turned and saw Edward standing behind us looking livid. "I thought we were doing more than kind of seeing each other."

"Well look at what the cat dragged in," I slurred as Paul released his grip on me, but stood nearby, just in case I needed him. "Maybe if I saw you once in a while I could say I was definitely seeing someone."

"I show up late one fucking time and you are all over the first guy that shows interest? I didn't know you were so fucking needy Bella," he yelled at me as I felt tears start to form and I noticed Emmett walk up behind Edward, putting his hand on Edward's shoulder.

"It's not what it looks like Edward, let's go sit down," suggested Emmett as Edward turned his shoulder away from his brother, but Emmett strengthened his grip on him, not letting him move an inch.

"Thank you very much for the dance Paul," I stammered sweetly as I gave him a small hug and quickly walked towards our table to grab my purse. "Good night," I said to my friends as Alice tried to follow me, but was held back by Jasper. He whispered something to her as I strode towards the coat room and grabbed my jacket swiftly. When I turned back towards the dance floor, Emmett was still restraining Edward who was talking angrily to Paul. I stepped outside the club and found a couple exiting a cab, so I hopped in immediately and went home, crying in the backseat of the cab the entire way.

As I walked into the apartment, I threw my purse down on my countertop and my cell phone started to ring again, it was Alice. I retrieved it from my bag and turned it off as I threw it across the room and stomped into my room, peeling the dress off me and leaving it in the hallway. I closed my bedroom curtains tightly and climbed into bed to cry myself to sleep, feeling lonelier than I had the day I had broken up with Jacob. This is what heartbreak actually feels like.

EPOV

When Emmett had called me earlier in the day suggesting a night out, I cringed at the thought. The last thing I wanted to do was go hang out at some bar while I could have been at home with Bella, doing anything or nothing. It didn't matter. Doing nothing with Bella was ten times better than going to a bar with Em.

However, when Bella texted me later in the day to suggest the same thing, I jumped at the chance to see her in some sexy dress and dance with her. Sure Alice was going to be there, but it was about time she knew I was dating Bella. However, as the day moved along, everything turned to shit. The L.A. office was having technical difficulties, making it hard for them to contact me at all. I had a five o'clock conference call with one of our biggest clients that they ended up needing to reschedule to eight. Emmett didn't need to be included though, so he went ahead to the bar to let everyone know I would be there soon. Little did I know, soon ended up being four hours later. I left the office at almost midnight, still dressed in my suit and I headed down to the bar in my Volvo.

When I walked in, there was slow R&B music playing and I headed to the bar for a quick drink as I surveyed the room and tried to find my table full of friends. After almost five minutes, I headed to the far back corner where they were occupying a table together. Rosalie and Emmett were deep in conversation about something and Jasper was sitting by himself, keeping an eye on the dance floor. Alice and Bella were nowhere to be found.

"What's going on?" I said casually as I took a seat beside Jasper and shook his hand. "Long time no see man."

"Yeah I know. Life's been sucking huge lately. Sorry I haven't been around," said Jasper as he took a sip of his beer and turned his attention back to the dance floor. "Your sister is trying to make me jealous," he said with a snicker as he pointed towards the dance floor where Alice was wrapped around some guy, dancing slowly, but always staring at Jasper.

"When are you going to get back together with her man? She's making all of our lives miserable," I explained as I punched him lightly on the shoulder.

"I don't know. I just wish she would stop trying so hard. She's always trying to pretend she's seeing someone else, or walking around the apartment half dressed in an attempt to seduce me. It's driving me crazy. She needs to calm down a bit. I'm not going anywhere," laughed Jasper as I looked back towards the dance floor and saw Bella dancing with some dark haired guy, his hands wrapped firmly around her waist. They were talking casually, but I could tell Bella looked uncomfortable, so I quickly excused myself and headed to interrupt them.

"I'm sorry if I seem forward, but I ran into Jacob on New Years and he mentioned you broke up. I was kind of wondering if you were interested in having dinner with me sometime?" asked the muscle bound asshole who was currently clutching my girlfriend.

"I'm so sorry if I led you on or something, but I'm kind of seeing someone," said Bella with a small smile as Paul simply nodded his head at her response. Unfortunately, I was keyed up from my horrible meeting and the fact that my girlfriend was dancing with some other guy, and I completely flipped out.

"Kind of seeing someone?" I said loudly as I stood behind Bella, my face conveying the anger I felt. "I thought we were doing more than kind of seeing each other."

"Well look at what the cat dragged in," she stammered drunkenly as the jerk stepped away from her, but stayed nearby as though he was her protector. "Maybe if I saw you once in a while I could say I was definitely seeing someone."

"I show up late one fucking time and you are all over the first guy that shows interest? I didn't know you were so fucking needy Bella," I yelled at her in frustration, immediately regretting the words that came from my mouth.

"It's not what it looks like Edward, let's go sit down," said Emmett as I felt him grip my shoulder tightly, refusing to let me move.

"Thank you very much for the dance Paul," said Bella as she started to cry and ran towards the table to grab her purse before she grabbed her coat and headed out into the cold Seattle night.

"What the fuck was that?" asked Emmett in frustration as I glared at the guy Bella had been dancing with. He had refused to move, as though he was fighting some battle for a girl he hardly knew.

"I should be asking him that?" I said angrily as I pointed my finger at him, wanting to hear him speak his peace, but also wanting to punch him in the face for even talking to Bella.

"Nothing happened man. I've known her for years; she used to come in here with Jake. I asked her out, she turned me down and then you came in acting like a god damned caveman. I hope she dumps your ass because she is way too good for you," laughed the asshole as he turned away and walked back to the bar, where he moved behind it and began to serve drinks.

"He's the fucking bartender?" I asked of Emmett incredulously, who simply nodded his head and guided me back towards the table. I sat down for a moment, before practically jumping from the seat again. "I need to go see Bella."

"Bella mentioned that you guys went out on a date," said Alice, trying to sound sweet, but I was too pissed to deal with her. I grabbed my drink from the table and sucked it back greedily as I stared back at Alice.

"Is that what she said? We went on a date?" I shrieked at Alice as she moved away from me and closer to Jasper.

"Calm down man. Now is not the time to talk about this," whispered Emmett to me as I waved the waitress over and requested another drink.

"Now is the perfect time for this. Yeah, Bella and I went out on a date Alice. Several of them actually. I've been fucking seeing her for three months, in secret, because of your fucking rules," I shouted at her angrily as Emmett tried to calm me down.

"How the hell did that happen?" yelled Alice, almost as angrily as me.

"We met at the cabin. I went to get away from L.A. and she was there. We fought, we talked, we fucked, I fucking fell in love with her, but you had to go screw everything up."

"I wasn't the one turning into a complete dipshit on the dance floor tonight because she was dancing with a friend she's known for four years," laughed Alice, as the waitress reappeared with my drink and I tossed a ten dollar bill on her tray and drank it all down in one shot. "Maybe my rules were a good thing."

"Your stupid ass rules sucked," said Emmett, joining into the mix. "If you hadn't been so controlling, I would have known about Logan a year ago and you and Jasper would still be together. So, I ask you Alice, how are your rules a good thing?" I glanced over at Emmett, wishing I could give him a high five, but then Alice started sobbing.

"I'm so sorry I screwed up all of your lives," she yelled as she wiped some tears from her face, smearing her mascara and running from the table with her purse clutched tightly to her chest. Rosalie stood up and headed to find her as I sat back against the seat and closed my eyes.

"So, you're in love with Bella huh?" asked Jasper as he tried to break the tension.

"Yeah, I am."

"Does she know this?" asked Emmett with a laugh. "You're not pulling a 'Lauren' on her are you?"

"What's a 'Lauren'?" asked Jasper curiously as he took another small sip of his drink.

"Lauren was this chick Edward slept with one night back in L.A. From the moment he rolled off of her, she assumed they were in an exclusive relationship and was practically stalking him. It was the one night stand from hell," said Emmett with a chuckle as I put my head in my hands, letting the severity of what had just happened sink in.

"I'm seriously screwed. Hell, the only one who looks good here is Jas," I said with a sigh. "Bella was right though, we have hardly spent any time together lately. No wonder she was pissed."

"She was drunk Edward. You both need to calm down and discuss it like reasonable adults," suggested Jasper as I picked up my phone to see if I had any calls. Nothing.

"Let's go dude. I'll drive your car home and crash on your couch. We have to be at Mom and Dad's early tomorrow to tell them about Logan before Rosalie joins us. I talked her into driving out to Forks tomorrow with Logan so that he can meet them," said Emmett enthusiastically.

"That's great," I said with a forced smile as I looked down at my watch and saw it was now past one. I tossed Emmett my keys and we drove Jasper home first, before heading back to my condo.

As we walked up the front stoop, I pointed over to Bella's apartment building. "See the apartment on the far end of the third floor. No lights on, dark curtains?" I asked of Emmett as he nodded his head. "Bella lives there," I said sadly as Emmett glared at me in surprise. "She's a few hundred feet from me and I can't do anything to make this better right now, even though I am one hundred percent at fault. If I went up there, she'd kick my ass four ways to Sunday. Did you know she and Alice took kickboxing classes last summer?"

"Dude, you have it so bad for that girl?" said Emmett as he pushed me towards the front door and I fumbled as I unlocked it. "You should tell her you love her."

I led the way up to my place and when we stepped in I grabbed a few blankets and pillows from the linen closet and tossed them at Em. "I'll see you in the morning," I said with a sigh as I headed into my bedroom, closing the door behind me. I walked over to my window and sat in the chair I had moved in here, specifically so that I could look out at Bella's bedroom. Okay, I had stalker tendencies, but I was in love with girl and it completely justified in my opinion.

I pulled my tie off and threw it into the corner of my room as I noticed some movement of her curtains. Unfortunately, I didn't know if it was because of the air circulating in her apartment or if she was actually looking for me. I held out hope it was the latter as I kicked my shoes off and stretched out in the chair, falling asleep there as I stared out at her bedroom, missing her like crazy and petrified I had screwed everything up.