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Just a warning: I have never ever been to a club or been drunk, so some of the content of the chapter is likely to be wrong. I have seriously no idea if brandy and Coke gets drunk in Washington, so please PM me for appropriate drinks so that I can edit it. Thank you and sorry!
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Recap: Bella gets invited to a party and agrees to go with Embry. She isn't talking with Jake at the moment, and she's made Embry, Quil and Paul promise not to tell Jake about the party.

Chapter Two - Party

"Are you nervous?" asked Kim.
It was a simple question, but I wasn't sure of the answer. I was nervous because I was going to a strange place to party, which I never did. On the other hand, I was with friends that I knew would look after me. In the end I just answered, "A little." Kim nodded in understanding and pulled me to the mirror. The girl in the mirror looked a bit like me, but the similarities were so subtle that it was barely there. The girl in the mirror had super straight dark brown hair that hung just passed her shoulders, with a fringe hanging a little over her right eye. Her bright chocolate coloured eyes were lined with eyeliner and mascara, making them stand out. On her lips she had neutral coloured lipstick. She wore a simple black dress that fit her loosely but comfortably, and she wore black ballet flats. The dress fitted my body nicely, and the most important thing was that I was comfortable. "Thank you, Kim," I said and gave her a huge hug. She laughed, grabbed her Blackberry, and snapped a few photos of me. I complained the whole time, but she just waved me off. A honk sounded from outside. It was no doubt Embry. I grinned at Kim, grabbed my handbag, and ran out of the door. Embry was waiting for me in an old truck, dressed nicely in dark pants and a blue button-up shirt. I climbed into the car, waved to Kim, and told Embry that we were good to go.

"You look good, Bella," Embry told me, not looking at me. I blushed and looked out of the window. "Thanks, Em," I said quietly. "You do, too." And he really did.
"Just promise me something?" Embry said. "No drinking, please."
I rolled my eyes at him. "You know I wouldn't drink. I promise I won't." He nodded, looking relieved.

The drive to Port Angeles passed quickly with some mindless chatter, and soon we arrived at what appeared to be a club. "Embry!" I hissed. "I thought we were going to a party?"
He smiled sheepishly at me. "The party is in the club, Bella." When he saw my expression, he quickly added, "I'm sorry, I should've told you. You'll be safe though, I promise."
I nodded reluctantly, knowing that I would be safe with three werewolves protecting me. It didn't mean that I had to like it. We climbed out of the truck and walked to the entrance of the club where Quil and Paul were waiting for us. Both Paul and Quil dressed in something similar to Embry. They probably decided it that way or something. We chatted for a bit before walking to the door. The bouncer let us in without question, just nodded in greeting. It was dark inside the club and the music was so loud that we had to yell to be able to hear each other. All around me there were people dancing to the beat, some of them grinding against their partners. I frowned with disgust and followed Embry through the throng of people as he approached a beautiful Quileute girl. She looked to be around nineteen years old. She was dressed in a really short black dress that hugged her curves perfectly. Her eyes were done up in a smoky style and on her lips she had dark lipstick. She wore killer heels and her silky black hair was put up in a messy but beautiful bun. When she saw Embry she gave what appeared like a squeal and threw her arms around his neck. He laughed and told her something. She smiled happily up at him before gesturing at me, probably asking who I was. He beckoned me closer and I stepped forward a little shyly. He pointed at me and loudly said, "Bella." She grinned and attacked me with a hug. I was a little shocked, but hugged her back. She said something along the lines of, "Nice to meet you! I'm Melody! Are you Em's girl?" I furiously shook my head, but she only laughed and gave me a knowing look. What was that supposed to mean? She tried telling me something, but I couldn't make out what it was so I pointed at my ears. She pointed at my dress and gave me thumbs up, meaning she probably liked it. I smiled and pointed at her dress and held up two fingers. She smiled in thanks, grabbed my hand, and pulled me onto the dance floor. I tried to tell her that I couldn't dance, but she just yelled back that everybody could dance, and that everybody wasn't always good. In the beginning I just moved a bit awkwardly, but after a while I loosened up and completely lost myself in the music. I lifted my arms in the air and danced with Melody, laughing and actually enjoying myself. The whole crowd moved as one, as if we were one large being, and it was simply amazing. After what felt like an eternity I left the dance floor with Melody in tow, laughing as we walked to the restroom. The noise was dulled suddenly as the bathroom door swung closed behind us and I could finally think again, though my ears were ringing. "Now I can properly introduce myself," Melody said, coming to stand next to me. "Melody Saunders," she said, sticking her hand out.
I smiled and said, "Isabella-call-me-Bella Swan." I shook her hand seriously, and we instantly broke out in laughter. She leaned against the surprisingly clean bathroom counters, fluffing her hair and looking at me. "So," she said. "What brings you here?"
"Embry invited me." I shrugged. "I came with him, Quil and Paul."
Melody smiled. "They're good guys. Are you and Embry, like, a couple?" She waggled her eyebrows playfully.
I rolled my eyes at her. "No, but he is cute," I admitted, blushing.
"Aw! I bet the feeling's mutual!" Melody clapped her hands together, smiling deviously. "Ever been drunk?"
I shook my head warily.
"Great! Let's get you tipsy so that you can tell Em how you feel!" I could tell that I wouldn't be able to change Melody's mind and resigned myself to the fact that tonight was going to be the first, and last, time that I would ever drink. I followed Melody to the bar apprehensively. She talked to the bartender for a while. He nodded and handed her a glass, which she in turn handed to me. "What is it?" I asked her, forgetting for a moment that she probably couldn't hear me. She seemed to understand what I wanted to know and yelled, "Brandy and Coca Cola!"
I nodded and took a small sip of my drink. It tasted…nice. Soon I downed the whole thing and asked for another one. Melody laughed and gave me a refill. After a few more everything around me turned hazy and my world had started to spin. I was super confused but the one thing I did know was that I had to find Embry. Melody was nowhere in sight. I stumbled my way through the people, trying to find Embry. I walked smack into a warm chest and fell on my bottom, but for some reason this was extremely funny and a giggle escaped from my lips. "Bella?" the person from above me asked. I giggled; his words sounded really funny to me. I looked up and saw a familiar face looking down at me. "Paul?" I giggled. I tried to stand up but slipped and fell down again. I hit my elbow hard. "Ow," I muttered. Paul crouched down and put his hands on my shoulders. "Bella, what did you drink?"
"Nothing, I swear," I murmured, giggling. My voice sounded slurred and funny. I giggled again as I tried to focus on Paul's worried face. "Why are you frowning? You're gonna get wrrrrrrrriiiiiinklessss," I said as I tried to smooth out his frown. He swatted my hand away, stood up, and reached down and grabbed my arm. He pulled me up and into his warm arms. I stumbled as my world tilted but he caught me. "Damn it, Bella," he muttered as he dragged me through the crowd. "Why did you drink?" I shook my head at him and stubbornly said, "I didn't drink anything!"
All around us people were still dancing to the music, but everything was blurred and slow. We reached a quiet corner and Paul dumped me onto the floor, but he did it gently. He whipped out his Blackberry, typed a bit, and then put it away again. He sank down to the ground next to me and put his arms around my shoulder in a brotherly way. He pulled me so that I leaned against him. His warmth and my comfortable position made me feel sleepy all of a sudden. My eyes slipped closed.

It seemed like only seconds later that I opened my eyes. I sat up and looked around me blearily. I was outside the club. Paul and Embry were arguing, Quil was talking to Jared, and Kim was sitting next to Quil looking miserable. Huh, when did Jared and Kim get here? "Kim?" I whispered. Her head snapped up and she looked at me. She smiled and climbed to her feet. When she reached me I realized that her eyes were rimmed in red. "What's wrong?" I asked her, feeling really worried. She sniffed and sat down next to me. "Harry Clearwater passed away a few hours ago," she said sadly. Oh wow, that's bad. I told her that I was sorry and looked at my feet. Kim shrugged. "It's okay." She shook her head and leaned forward a bit. "So, a little werewolf told me you were tipsy?"
I blushed and looked away. I felt a little queasy to my stomach as I turned too quickly. "That was Melody's fault."
Kim nodded and shrugged. "How was it?"
"I didn't like it. Never again." I shuddered. "Why are those two arguing," I asked her, nodding towards Paul and Embry.
Kim sighed deeply. "Paul is angry with Embry. He thinks that it's his fault that you had something to drink. Paul says that Embry was supposed to look after you and not leave you alone with Melody, someone you barely knew."
"That's bad," I murmured. "I should probably break it up." Without waiting for a reply I slowly climbed to my feet. I felt a little light-headed but I pushed it away, putting one foot in front of the other until, finally, I reached the two boys. "Guys," I said in a raspy voice. They snapped their attention away from each other and onto me. I noticed Paul shaking and put my hand lightly on his arm. "Relax," I pleaded. "I'm okay, see?"
"Dammit Bella, what the hell were you thinking? Something bad could've happened!" Embry exploded, his eyes burning with anger and disappointment. I shrunk back slightly and looked at my feet. I couldn't handle his disappointment. "I'm sorry," I said softly.
"Sorry isn't going to fix this!" Embry yelled back, lifting his hands in the air to show his irritation.
"Hey, lay off her a little man," Paul said sharply. "It's not as if you weren't drunk before."
"Whatever man," Embry said and turned around. He walked to Quil and pointedly ignored even my existence. It hurt, badly. Tears burned in my eyes and I tried to hide it. Unfortunately Paul noticed and pulled me into a warm hug. "Sh," he whispered, "It's going to be ok, I promise. He'll get over it and come crawling back to you."
I sniffled into Paul's shirt. He gave me one last squeeze and let me go. Kim was standing behind me. "I'll drive you home," she said. Paul nodded in thanks, bid me a good night, and walked over to Quil. Kim grabbed my hand and pulled me over to her Toyota. I was feeling really tired and not in the mood to talk. Kim seemed to sense this and put the radio on. When we arrived home, Kim parked her car in the space where Charlie usually parked his cruiser and climbed out. The air was chilly outside, I noticed as we walked to the front door. I unlocked it and entered the house, thanking my lucky stars that Charlie wasn't home. Kim followed me upstairs to my bedroom. I dumped my purse on my desk and plopped down onto my bed. "Are you feeling better, Bella?" When I nodded, Kim continued, "I'll phone Jared and tell him we've arrived and that they could send one of the boys to keep watch."
I nodded at Kim, but said, "You don't have to."
Kim gave me a sharp glare, her deep brown eyes burning holes into the side of my head. "Yes, I do."
"Or," I said quietly, "You could stay with me. Keep watch while I slept, you know?"
"That would be nice," Kim agreed. "But I don't have the superhuman strength and speed."
I shrugged. "So? It's not like anything is going to happen, Kim, and you know it."
Kim looked a little uncomfortable as she said, "Jared and the pack will be really angry…"
"Kim?" I said. "Quit worrying. Tell them I forced you or whatever." In the end I won and as soon as we reach my house, I changed into sweats and a large t-shit, crawled into bed, and chatted with Kim a bit. We talked about everything: boys, the Pack, Victoria, school, Embry, the Cullens. It was really nice to have someone to talk to about all of the supernatural stuff, even though it was kind of weird opening up to someone that wasn't a Cullen. But it was still a nice chat. Sometime during the conversation both of us had drifted off with smiles on our faces, not aware of who was watching us…

I sat up with a gasp. My room was completely dark and everything was silent, except for the steady breathing of Kim next to me on my medium-sized bed. The lone street lamp from outside casted strange shadows all over my room, and to be perfectly honest, I was completely crept out, but I willed myself to not dwell on it. Everything was silent, maybe too silent… But I swore that something had messed with my window and that was what woke me. Feeling a little paranoid, I slowly climbed out of my bed and crept towards my window. I felt like a girl in a bad horror movie, creeping to her very dark window to peer into her very dark yard where she thought something had messed with her window. I told myself I was being stupid and looked out of my window. Nothing was there. Just as I was starting to relax, there was a sudden blur and then a hauntingly beautiful face with a mane of red hair appeared in my window. Crimson eyes met mine. I did the only thing I could: I screamed.

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