When I made it downstairs to one of the conference rooms everyone but Emmett was already there getting their equipment set up. "Jazz we need to have a serious talk to Emmett about this shit. He can't keep being late to rehearsal and shows." I looked around and both Jasper and Jacob were nodding agreeing with Edward, "Seriously, he acts like the rest of us don't have lives. I think I speak for all of us when I say this is not the fun part of our job but it is an important part of it." Jacob looked ready to take his anger out on his drum set as he spoke. As much as I wanted to agree with what they were saying I was still the new guy so I just kept my mouth shut.

While we waited on Emmett we all rehearsed as much as we could. I focused on learning the lyrics and they others quietly ran through the music. Ten minutes later than we were supposed to meet Emmett came sauntering in the room like nothing was wrong. Everyone just rolled there eyes and started working on this new song. Since we were in a hotel conference room they guys turned the amps down and Jacob didn't bang on the drums as loudly as he normally would this meant I didn't need the microphone.

After a half hour and several screaming matches with everyone taking turns yelling at Emmett we finally got the kinks worked out and did a ruff recording, on a laptop, to give to Rose. When I left the room Jazz was still yelling at Emmett and Jacob was packing up his drum set. Just as I reached the elevator Edward called out to me. "Hey, Ben!" I turned and he looked out of breath, "I was wondering if your sister is around?" I crossed my arms over my chest and leaned against the wall, "No, Bella isn't supposed to be here. It's just me, Alice, and Paul." His body physically shook when I said Paul's name. "What?"

He looked back to make sure no one was coming out of the room, "How can you share a room with Paul? I mean doesn't it freak you out just a little?" To be honest I was shocked that he was asking this. He did know that Paul was sleeping with Jacob right? "It doesn't bother me. He knows I'm not like that and we just have an understanding that he as long as his dick stays away from me we don't have problems." Edward shook his head as he stared at the ground. I wanted to roll my eyes at this but I stopped myself. I sighed, "Man," I pushed off the wall to stand in front of Edward, "he's my friend. I'm not gonna turn my back on him just because he likes guys. At least I can trust him with my sisters which far more than I can say about certain people." Edward's head shot up from the floor and his eyes widened in fear.

I internally smiled because he just let me know that he really did like me, well he liked 'Bella'. "I mean, I still don't know if I can trust Jasper with Alice but at least I know Paul won't fuck with her and break her heart." He quickly wiped the scared look off his face. "Ben, you don't have to worry about Jazz. I've never seen him treat a girl bad but even if he did I can tell he really likes Alice. He would never hurt her."

The elevator dinged and I turned to get on it but Edward didn't follow me. As soon as I was in my room Alice was laying out clothes for 'Bella' and she was very upset when I told her 'Bella' would not be making an appearance tonight. "But Bella if you don't go out with me and Jazz then Edward will be alone." Just as the words came out of her mouth someone knocked on the door. When she opened Jasper was standing there with flowers and I rolled my eyes at the cheesiness. "Jazz, I thought we were meeting later?" He smiled and tilted his head, "We were but Edward cancelled something about not wanting to be the third wheel, I didn't really pay attention." Alice looked up at me as she grabbed her sweater before leaving with Jasper; almost immediately after she left she sent me text. no reason for you both to be alone ;). I ignored her and watched some TV while I waited for my room service to arrive.

After watching several episodes of M*A*S*H* and eating my cheeseburger and fries I decided to try and take Alice's advice, but I didn't want to hangout with Edward as Ben so I quickly changed and put on some makeup. I grabbed my phone before leaving the room and went to knock on Edward's door. It wasn't too late so I knew he wasn't sleeping yet. I knocked and before he opened the door I heard glass bottles hitting each other on the ground. I jumped back almost a whole foot when he ripped the door open.

"Bella?"

I cautiously took a step forward but he started talking again before I could speak. "I thought… Ben said you wouldn't be here." I ran a hand through my hair before speaking, "I told him I probably wouldn't be here, but I wanted to surprise him and as fate would have it he's not there. I called Alice but she's with Jasper and she told me Ben might be here with you, I guess she was wrong." This suddenly felt like a really bad idea, "I'm just gonna go hang out in his room. See you around, Edward."

Before I was too far away he reached out and grabbed my shoulder. "There's no sense in both of us being alone. Why don't you come in and we can just hang out?" I smiled and went in to join him. Immediately he was offering me food and beer. Since I had eaten before coming over here I settled on just a beer. "OK what kind of beer would you like?" I looked at the cart full of different types of beer and let my jaw drop. "Heineken." He smirked before he reached out and grabbed me a beer and popped the top off.

"I thought you would have asked for something fruit like a wine cooler or something." I took my beer from his hand and rolled my eyes. "Sorry to disappoint." He laughed as he drank from his own bottle of Corona. "So what did you guys do once you got here?" He flopped down on the couch that was next to the chair I was sitting on.

"Well after getting our rooms we rehearsed a new song and complained about Emmett. What made you decide to join us?"

"After the other night Vegas didn't seem to be as much fun as I thought it would be."

We both sat quietly for a moment before he smacked his hands down on his knees and stood. "Where are you going?" He turned to me, "Wouldn't you like to know," and then he turned on the radio. After finding a station to listen to he grabbed two shot glasses and an unopened bottle of Jagermeister. "OK so here are the rules we both ask questions and both answer unless you don't want to then you take a shot instead. Deal?" I tilted my head thinking about it before shaking his hand.

"OK I'll go first, favorite movie."

I quirked my eyebrow before answering, "No laughing, but 'The Mighty Ducks'." He started laughing and I smacked his shoulder, "Stop it!" He finally stopped laughing but just long enough to yell out, "GOLDBERG!" I started laughing right along with him. After our hysterics were over he cleared his throat, "If you tell anyone this I will kill you, but my favorite movie is 'Peter Pan' the real one not the cartoon." Oddly enough I could totally see that so I pretended to seal and lock my lips so he knew I wouldn't tell anyone.

"Most memorable moment, before you were famous." He tapped his chin before answering, "I have to say the day I bought my first car. I had worked for two years to save up enough money to buy it and I was so happy when I finally bought it. My parents still have it in their garage." I bobbed my head in time to the background music that was playing before I answered. "I guess mine would have to be the first night I stayed with Alice and her family as part of their family." For a moment he looked sorry for me but as soon as he noticed me looking at him he wiped the look from his face.

"Alright now the juicy stuff, virginity and I want all the details?" He had his cocky smirk on his face and I felt the need to fuck with his head, "What if I said I'm still a virgin?" His eyes widened and I could physically see him swallow. "I'm kidding! His name was Alec. He was a freshman in college and I was a high school junior. We had been dating for a while and we went to a party; one thing led to another. It was totally cliché in the back of his van."

Edward looked like he was still recovering from my joke when he spoke, "Better than mine. I was at a Green Day and some girl walked up to me and pulled me into the men's room. I don't even know what her name was." I was a little surprised. You hear about these stories from women but I've never heard a guy be on this side.

"Most embarrassing moment."

He groaned before grabbing a shot and downing it. I felt since he didn't answer then I wasn't going to either. By the end of the night both of us were completely drunk and saying things neither of us would remember.

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