Hi, second chapter, and final, of the night. I'll try to post more tomorrow but I make no promises as my best friend is coming round and I don't have these pre-written. Anyway, on to Chapter 2!

Enjoy! xx


Chapter 2-

Bella opens the door to the bar and looks around. It's still quite early so it's not overly full yet but it's still quite busy as it's a Friday night. She makes her way to the other side of the bar, opposite the door, and sits at the end, placing her bag in front of her. The bartender walks over to her.

"Hi darlin', what can I get ya?" He asks with a southern drawl.

"Um, hi. Um, could I, um, get a, uh, small glass of, um, wine please?" Bella stammers.

"One small glass of wine coming up." He smiles at her, moving to pour her a glass of wine. "I've not seen you here before; are you new?" He asks her.

"Um, yeah. Just moved here." Bella says quietly looking down.

He places her glass of wine in front of her and smiles. "Well welcome to the area." He says before he walks off to serve another costumer.

Bella sighs and then takes a sip of her wine. "You only have to stay for an hour." She tells herself as she pulls her phone out of her handbag.

'I'm at the bar and I'm fine xx' She texts Jake.

Thirty seconds later, he replies with, 'Okay Bells, stay safe xx'

'Will do Jake. Love you xx'

'Love you too xx'

Bella places her phone back into her bag and sips her drink as she people watches. She looks down at her phone and sees that she's been there for almost forty minutes so she finishes the glass of wine she's been nursing and stands up. She starts to make her way across the bar, weaving in between the sea of people to get to the front door. She makes it hallway across the room when she's stopped by a small girl standing in front of her.

"Sorry." Bella says looking to the floor and moving around her when she's stopped again by her placing her hand on her arm.

"Are you leaving already? I was hoping you'd join us." The girl says when Bella turns around.

"Um." Bella is about to refuse when she remembers that she wants to make friends. "Sure, yeah. That would be nice." Bella says with a small smile causing a large smile to cross the other girl's face.

"I'm Alice." She says linking arms with Bella and pulling her along to her table.

Bella looks at the girl. "Um, Bella."

"That's a lovely name." She says as they approach a table. "Bella, this is Edward, my boyfriend."

Bella's head whips round to look at Alice. "Boyfriend… I'm so sorry. I thought you meant your girlfriends." Bella says to her.

"Girlfriends? I've had a few of those." She winks at Bella making Edward chuckle. "We've been watching you and you looked lonely. We're new to the area and want to make some new friends." Alice explains.

"Oh." Bella says looking at the floor. "I'm new too."

"Great! We can explore the area together!" Alice says happily, dropping Bella's arm and scooting into the booth next to Edward. Alice looks up at Bella and pats the seat next to her.

Bella looks over at Edward awkwardly and he smiles at her reassuringly. Bella looks over at Alice and scoots in next to her.

Edward smiles at them both. "So, what are we drinking?"

Bella looks up. "Oh, I'll get the drinks, it's okay." She says reaching into her bag for her purse.

Edward places his hand over hers, halting her movements and smiles again. "I want to."

Bella blushes at looks down. "Um, a small white wine please."

Edward smiles at her and then leans over to kiss the side of Alice's head. "And you?"

"Cosmopolitan Please."

"One small white wine and one Cosmopolitan coming right up." Edward says as he stands up and begins making his way through the bar.

Alice turns to Bella. "I love your dress! I'm a fashion designer at WKS fashion and I love the cut and style of your dress. It suits your figure well."

Bella blushes and looks down. "Thanks. It's my favourite."

Alice reaches out and touches the material, brushing her hand against Bella's leg as she does so, making goosebumps appear all over her body.

Alice looks up. "Oh, are you cold?" She asks reaching for Edward's coat and draping it over Bella's shoulders before she can reply.

"Um, thank you." She says as Edward walks back over to their table and places their drinks on the table.

"Nice coat." Edward says to Bella tipping his head in her direction.

"I'm sorry, Alice put it on me." Bella says while reaching up to remove it.

Edward chuckles. "It's okay Bella. I think you look better in it than I do."

Bella's hands are frozen halfway between her shoulders and the table. Alice leans over to her. "Relax."

Bella lowers her hands and then picks up her drink, taking a big sip and placing it back on the table. "I'm sorry I'm so awkward. I'll just go." She says as she starts to scoot out of the booth.

Alice places her hand on top of Bella's. "Hey, it's fine. You don't have to leave, we want to get to know you. If you don't like it here, we can go back to ours where it's quieter." She says.

Bella sits back down and takes a deep breath. "Sorry. You've just got drinks, it would be a waste to leave now."

Edward smiles. "Let's finish these and then we can go. It's getting a bit too crowded in here."

Bella looks down at her phone and sees that's it's ten pm and is about to say it's too late but then Jacobs voice fills her head. "Promise me you'll try to make friends." She smiles, "Sounds like a plan."

Alice claps her hands. "Yay! Our first friend in Seattle!"

Edward chuckles and wraps his arm around his girlfriend's shoulders, pulling her close and kissing the top of her head. "So Bella, where did you move from?"

"Um, I moved from Arizona." Bella says. "What about you two?"

"We both moved from Chicago but I lived in Jacksonville before that. I moved when I went to college and that's where I met this little elf." Edward says.

Bella smiled. "That's nice. How long have you two been together?"

Alice smiled up at Edward. "Seven years. We met when we were both 17 and freshmen."

Bella's eyes go wide. "Wow!"

Edward smiles at her. "I know. We were young and we've been together for so many years but once you know you know."

Bella smiles. "That's really sweet. Have you ever thought about getting married?"

They both shake their heads. "No, we both come from broken homes and have seen what happens when a marriage goes wrong. We don't want that." Alice says.

"I'm also a divorce lawyer so I know that couples that get married after being together for years get divorced quickly after. I don't know why, it's just a trend I've seen. I don't want that with my Ali." Edward adds.

Bella smiles at the obvious love between the two when they look into each other's eyes. Alice turns to look at Bella.

"What about you Bella, anyone special in your life?" Alice asks.

Bella laughs and shakes her head. "No. Definitely not."

Edward turns his head to the side and looks at her with confusion in his eyes. "Have you just got out of a relationship?"

Bella laughs again. "Again, no. Definitely not."

Alice gets a sympathetic look on her face. "Been single for a long time?"

Bella again laughs. "Yes. A very long time."

Edward places his hand over Bella's. "You're a beautiful girl, I'm sure you'll find someone soon."

Bella smiles awkwardly at him and downs the rest of her wine as do The other two with their drinks.

"Back to our place?" Alice says with a smile on her face, looking at Bella.

"Um, are you sure it's not too late?" Bella asks.

Edward looks at his watch. "It's only ten thirty, it's fine." He reassures her.

She slowly nods her head. "Okay." She smiles as Alice squeals.

They all move out of the booth and make their way outside and to the long line of taxi's waiting at the curb to take home to drunk patrons of the bar. They all climb in and Edward gives the driver his address. Bella looks out of the window, watching Seattle go by in the dark, while the other two watch her.

They look at each other and smile. They know she is who they've been waiting for all these years to make them complete.


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