I'M BACK! Sorry it took so long for me to update. I've have most of this chapter finished before, but I could never find the right ending for it until today. thanks for putting up with me. I'm sure I've tested a couple of people's patience with the long wait for a real chapter. So let's start this thing!

Disclaimer: Twilight-related topics; Stephenie Meyers. MNL&OP-related topics; mine

Ch. 9

The club was already opened by the time we finally got there, and it looked exactly like it did six months ago from the outside. To anyone that would have been passing by at this time of night, it looked like an old beat up warehouse that was completely blacked out. Windows were covered over with black curtains inside or were boarded up from the outside.

"Hey you guys!" I turned as I heard a pair of high heels hitting the pavement and saw Selena running up to us with Jake. They both were ready for the club; Jake in dark wash jeans, a black shirt with a wolf design on it, and black converses, and Selena in a burgundy halter that ended high enough to show off her tattoo- a wolf's head with a collar that had the name Jacob on it, dark brown leather pants, her locket and pair of heart shaped hoop earrings, and for make-up, just lip gloss. Yeah, pretty simple, but sassy.

"Hey Moon Girl!" I cheered as I wrapped her into a hug. After greetings were all done, we all walked up to the doors and waited to be checked in. I.D. isn't mandatory, but it's really for precautions. When we walked in, it felt like nothing had really changed that much.

The each wall was painted either red or a dark blue color, which looked black under the lights that kept flashing from blue to red. Same as it use to be. The difference? The bar at the left side of the room now stood out with the neon green tube lights that curved all around it, and tables littered around the dance floor itself. There was still the winding staircase that led up to the second floor, where the VIPs were allowed, but they installed lights into the steps, flashing different colors every time a person stepped on them.

"Wow, this place is amazing!" Alice squealed over the music that came blaring from hidden speakers.

"It's even cooler upstairs in the new VIP room," a voice said from behind me. I spun around and saw the one person I was hoping was going to be here.

"Holly!" I laughed as I ran towards her and wrapped her into a massive hug.

"Hey Morwen! Missed me, huh?" she laughed along with me.

"Bella, who is this?" Edward asked for everyone. I almost forgot that he was there, and I turned back to him, smiling sheepishly.

"Oops, my bad. Holly, this is the Cullens; Jasper and Alice, Emmett and Rosalie, and Edward. Guys, this is Holly Cathers, she's a really good friend of mine," I introduced, and Holly nodded her head at everyone.

"So you guys are the Cullens huh? Morwen here told me all about you guys," Holly said, her voiced laced with venom. I looked down at her hands to see that they were starting to erupt in a small fire. I jumped in front of her and held my hands up in a warning.

"Easy there, tiger! It's alright between us now. So let's just calm down, huh?" I asked, but Holly wasn't listening to me. I was worried I was going to have to restrain her when the hero came in for the rescue.

"Holly!" Jeraud Deveraux, her boyfriend/husband came up behind her, wrapping an arm around her shoulder. As he did, I saw the flames blink out and Holly's expression became calm. "It's alright. Just calm down, sweetheart," Jer said into her ear.

"Sorry about that," he spoke to the rest of us. "We've had a hard couple of months."

"Did you finally get rid of your dad?" Stacy asked from behind Connor. As soon as Holly started flaring up, the guys had pushed their girlfriends behind them as protection.

"Yeah we did, and good riddance to the bastard!" Holly cheered, back to her happier persona. Jer's dad was a power hungry wizard with one hell of a grudge against Holly's ancestors and from what she had told me, he'd tried to destroy their life more then once. It was so good to hear that the jackass was dead. (AN: /For those wondering, the characters Holly and Jer are part of another amazing series called 'Wicked' by Nancy Holders. Anyway, for those that know what I'm talking about and are thinking that I'm not writing it properly please let me tell you that I've only read the first three parts of the series. If there's something that I'm missing it's because I haven't read about it yet. This will probably be the only time you hear of them in this story.)

"Alright mi amour, you must calm down, otherwise you might hurt someone- namely being yourself," Jer said as he pulled her to him, nuzzling his face into her hair.

"Right," Holly answered as she looked over to the Cullens. "Sorry about that, you guys. It's just that I've been a little on edge for a long time and all."

"Hey, no problem!" Alice said as she danced her way from behind Jazz. "Hi, I'm Alice. I can tell we're going to be really good friends. Not as good as you and me Bella," she said as she looked over her shoulder to me.

I just rolled my eyes at her. Trust Alice to have a split personality. "Come on guys. Let's go upstairs."

Holly was right about the new VIP room. The walls were painted in dark purples and blues, with neon green lights running along the corners. The floor was covered in a rich brown carpet that I could literally feel through my shoes. There were three long couches, a couple armchairs, and a few Cleopatra lounge chairs, all varying in different shades of natural colors; from a pale cream to dark chocolate.

"Whoa!" Jake exclaimed as he plopped down onto one of the couches. He took up almost the entire thing. Selena sat down on his lap while everyone else took different seats- I wound up on Edward's lap. "This place is amazing!" he laughed as a waitress came into the room. Linda would have been considered normal- that is if her eyes were completely violet and she didn't have fairy wings popping out of her back.

"Hi you guys. What can I get you?" Her voice was a little higher pitched than a 5-year old girl's, but not enough that it could have killed your eardrums. It suited her.

"Hey Linda. We'll have the usual drinks, and what about you guys?" Stacy said as she turned to the Cullens.

"We can't drink anything, remember?" Rose answered.

"Not a problem. We have a special for vampires," Linda said. "It's any animal blood of your choice that we put a special sedative in that dulls the animalistic craze that vamps get when they smell blood."

"You got any grizzly bear?" Emmett asked her. When she nodded, he asked for one. Rose took a cheetah blood, Alice and Jazz both took elk, and Edward took mountain lion.

"That's pretty cool what they did," Alice said as Linda went back downstairs to get the drinks. "Where'd they learn to do that?" I just shrugged my shoulders.

"I heard that they found a witch that knew how to do that," I heard an annoying voice come in and I turned around to see Tanya standing there in an actually decent outfit, and beside her was the last person I'd thought I'd ever see- Alan Parker, which a very pale complexion and topaz eyes.

"Tanya, what the fuck did you do?" Connor yelled at her as he pointed to Alan. "You turned Alan into a vampire?"

"Hey pal, I'm standing right here!" Alan yelled back, but Connor didn't even acknowledge him. Instead he looked at Tanya accusingly, who looked guilty and ashamed at herself. Wait a sec- Tanya, ashamed? When did she get a conscious? "Can I just say something, please?" I was shocked. This was the first time I'd ever heard Alan be… polite.

"I met Tanya back when I moved to Alaska. At first, I thought that there was no way that she'd actually be real or into me. Anyway, when I went out for a walk near the woods by my place, something attacked me. It almost looked human, but it was too fast. Then I felt like I was being burnt to a crisp from the inside out.

"That's where Tanya found me. I didn't know at the time that I was turning. Hell, I'm still having trouble believing it. I thought vampires were just something a drunk Irish dude wrote about. I'm still learning."

"But that doesn't explain your control," Jazz spoke up. "I've seen newborns, and I know their nature. It doesn't make sense that you act as though you've been one of us for years instead of a few months."

"Two things. One- I may have been a football player, but I was still a human being. I never deliberately hurt anyone and never would have," I looked at him accusingly, thinking of back on Halloween and he cringed. "Well, I only would when I'm drunk- and that was a one shot deal! And second- I have a great teacher," he added as he pulled Tanya close to him and hugged her lightly to him. Then I realized what was going on.

"You found your soul mate," I said, and he nodded at me. "But why did you always annoy me the way you did?"

"Well, I guess it was because I wanted to get to know you. I mean, I knew you guys were different from most people and I wanted to at least know you as friends."

"Then why the hell didn't you say something instead of sexually harassing my sister?" Stacy asked. I almost didn't hear the answer with Edward snarling at the 'sexually harassing' statement.

"I was captain of the football team. Most guys think that means I pick chicks up easy, and when I don't, I can annoy them into dating me. Shows what I know, huh?" Alan asked as he looked ashamed as he sounded, and I didn't need Jazz's power to know it was sincere. I got up from Edward's lap- with his being reluctant around a newborn Alan- and walked up to be eye to eye with both him and Tanya. Tanya looked nervous like I'd start screaming bloody murder and Alan looked like he was waiting for me to start beating him up.

"How about you guys join us for a drink?" I asked as Linda came back with a large tray of glasses with blood, margaritas, pina coladas- one virgin for me since I still hate alcohol, and a couple cosmos. They looked up at me expectantly and actually smiled, nodding lightly. I motioned for two extra bloods for them to Linda, and she nodded before leaving to get them.

,:~:,

The rest of the night went surprisingly well. Alan and Tanya stayed with us the whole time, and we had a blast just dancing to the different popular songs of today playing in the speakers, making jokes, and just simply talking.

"Tonight was rather pleasant," Edward said as we drove back home.

I smiled at him and couldn't help but laugh. "What? You thought Tanya and Alan would try something with all of us there so close?"

"I didn't like the idea of him being so close to you when he was a newborn. Especially after what he's done to you," he nearly growled.

"Why Edward Cullen, are you jealous?" I teased him. The next thing I knew, his foot slammed on the break and the car came to a stop in the middle of the highway, the cars of my siblings and his continuing down the road, unaware that we'd stopped behind them. Edward lightly took my face in his hands and turned me to look at him.

"Bella, I only just got you back after so many years I thought you were dead. A newborn vampire is very difficult to control, and not to mention that they are extremely dangerous." His thumbs rubbed over my cheeks, my closed eyelids, my lips. "I don't want to lose you again."

"Edward, you're not going to lose me," I answered as I reached up to hold his hands in mine. "I'm stuck to you like glue now. So you better learn to deal with it, cause I'm not leaving anytime soon. Understood?" He nodded and pulled me in for a long and kind of steamy kiss, but I wasn't complaining. The only reason why I stopped was cause I needed air. "Now come on. Before my brothers think that you've kidnapped me and are going to have your way with me."

I know chapter 9 was a little short and that the ending was a little sappy, but I couldn't help it! I felt like that was the way to end it, so I went with it! Please don't hurt me! *whimpers in fear of angry readers* Also, I'd just like to say that anyone who like the paranormal style stories like Twilight, Harry Potter, Mortal Instruments, or anything like them should read the 'Wicked' series by Nancy Holders.

Nancy (aka megamatchmaker)

PS- If anyone thinks that I like these books because the writer and I have the same first name, I'm afraid you're mistaken. My best friend was the one who recommended the first book to me during school last year since I love paranormal stuff like that. I didn't even pay attention to who wrote it until I was almost finished. Never do pay attention to writer's names until I've actually read part of the book.