The Love of a Friend Chapter 9, a twilight fanfic

Hi everyone. First, let me say that I am sorry for the lack of updating. Life suddenly hit me over the head. My daughter has been really sick and it was touch and go the last two days as to if she would have to have surgery. Thankfully, she is on the mend and no surgery was needed. It has been a long weekend for me. But, I did manage to do a lot of writing and I am sending it off for betaing.

A thank you to hapakids for pulling through for me and being an awesome beta! I truly am Thankful for you honey!

A BIG, and I mean BIG thank you to all of you who have followed, favored, and left me love! It means the world to me, and I promise, I will keep updating on a regular basis. Look for an earlier update tomorrow before I head out to family festivities. I am beyond Thankful for all of you.

Here is a long than usual update for being away for so long. I hope you like it.

Oh, and I can't forget, how thankful I am to Stephanie Meyer for giving us Twilight! It all belongs to her!

EPOV

I'm sitting in my office going over paper work and making sure the books are clean and up to date for the month. I sign off on some order forms for keeping everything stocked up. I am mainly just keeping myself busy, until I know Bella and her friends are here. I have never been out with Bella and her friends, so I really don't know what to expect. Since we have made it official that we are dating, we have pretty much kept to ourselves. We are making it a priority to get to know the boyfriend and girlfriend Bella and Edward, not just relying on the best friends Bella and Edward. We reaffirm what we already know about each other and discover new things about each other. Like the fact that Bella loves to be kissed, on the spot behind her ear. Like how I love it when she pulls on my hair, when we are in a heavy make out session. But most importantly, that we both still trust each other. There isn't anything that we don't share with each other. If she feels unsafe or threatened, she tells me. I never had to worry about Bella accepting the security, that my father and I put in place around her, but the fact that she is aware of her surroundings now that it has been made public that we are a couple she has been made a target. People could harm her to get to me. The simple fact is, that she understands this and is alert about it makes me so proud and happy.

I know I have a shit eating grin on my face, because it happens every time I think about her. I have become that guy. Thatguy who smiles every time he thinks about his girlfriend. I am brought out of my thoughts, when I hear a knock on my door. "Come in." I say.

I look up to see Tanya, the club concierge. "I just wanted to let you know that I have everything set up in the VIP for you. Who would you like me to have to guard the entrance?"

"Have Stefan do it, he knows Bella well enough that she will be comfortable."

"OK." She turns to go and then I see her stop. She turns back around. "It's always been her, hasn't it?"

"What do you mean?"

"You never smiled like you are smiling now, when we were together."

Shit! I sigh, "I'm sorry, Tanya! It wasn't fair of me to be with you knowing how you felt about me, and that I didn't return those feelings." I say.

She just shrugs her shoulders, "I could have made you happy."

"She has had my heart, since we were kids."

She looks at me for a few minutes and then signs, "I guess I can't compete with that. I'm glad you are happy, though."

"You will be, too!"

She scoffs and walks out the door. Before Bella, I wasn't exactly an angel. Especially after I seen her before prom. I seen her laughing with Riley fucking Biers, and my blood boiled. She was laughing as he put on her corsage with shaky hands. She would lean into him, as he put his hands on her lower back as they took pictures. She was a different kind of happy, when she was with me. And I vowed right then that I would never tell her my true feelings.

So being the cocky future Mafia Don that I was, I drowned myself in women. I partook in many girls, to exercise the feelings I had for Bella out of my system. I would use them for sex and as soon as it was over I was out the door. I never opened my heart to anyone. I distanced myself from Bella, which was easy to do in the beginning because, I was still in college for two years. I was always too "busy" to be home for anything, but the holidays. Then once Bella started the dance program at NYU she was busy with her classes and friends. I was back in New York by then and was working for my father. We were both very busy, that it wasn't a lie anymore. We did speak on the phone every day that is the one thing, she refused to let end. I remember when I first tried to not speak to her every day that lasted about six months. I got a very angry and loud phone call from Bella, screaming at me to get my head out of my ass and stop being a dick head and talk to her. So I did.

We talked every day for at least an hour every night, about anything and everything. It was just like our talks we had in my room at night when we were home. We decompressed from all the crap thrown at us during the day. I cherished those phone calls.

No matter how many different girls I was with, in the end, it was always her that I pictured when I was with anyone. I imagined what it would feel like, to hold her and kiss her in my bed at night. What it would feel like to have her legs wrapped around my waist. I never took the same girl to any events that I attended. And my mother took notice. She actually confronted me on it. Telling me that it was my duty to find a good girl, settle down, and carry on the Cullen name. After that talk with my mother, I sat and really thought about my feelings for Bella. I knew that I wanted to carry on the Cullen name with her. That was three months, before Bella got jumped by James. It took me three months and her ending up in the hospital before I finally manned up and told her how I felt. And now here I am sitting and waiting for her to come and spend the evening with me Life is good.

"Hey, boss!" Emmett says barging in my office.

"What's up, Em?"

"Not, much! The shipment is in and it all checked out good."

"Good, good. I was worried we were going to get hit from the Volturi, again."

"I think word got out, that we suspect a mole. Jasper's got some feelers out in the fields, keeping an ear out still though." He says handing me the paper work from the shipment.

"Good." I say looking over the paper work before putting it in the safe.

"Rosie called me and said Bella called and invited her out here tonight, to hang out with some of her dance friends and Alice."

"Yeah, they should be here soon. I think Bella said ten or so."

"I am glad she called. I think Rosie was going stir crazy at home with Lily. She said aunt Esme is taking the baby for us tonight."

"Yeah, dad called and said mom was going crazy with the baby stuff." I say laughing.

He just laughs as there was a knock at the door. Emmett opens it to reveal his beautiful wife. "Damn, Rosie you look amazing!"

"Thank you, Em." She says before he plants a big, long kiss on her. And then keeps kissing her and kissing her.

Finally I clear my throat, and they still keep kissing! "That's enough, you don't want to make another baby on your first night out after your first baby" I say laughing. I glance down at my phone and see a text from Bella.

We just got here! The set up is amazing! Thank you, so much! ~B

You are most welcome love, anything for you! ~E

Will I see you soon? ~B

Yes, I am just finishing up some paper work. I will be up there shortly. Rose is back here with Em, I will send her out. ~E

OK, see you soon! **Ti amo! ~B [I love you!]

Ti amo, di piu Bambino! ~E [I love you, more Baby!]

I love it when, you text me in Italian, it makes me tingly! ~B

Formicola dove, l'amore? ~E [Tingly where, love?]

Someone is frisky tonight! We may have to cut out earlier than, I expected. ~B

Posso avere la macchina davanti in cinque minuti. ~E [I can have the car out front in five minutes.]

And waste this outfit?! Alice would kill me! Just stop texting me and finish you paper work so you can get down here already! ~B

Hmm...I am intrigued by this dress. I will be down soon, I promise. ~E

I look up to see Rose and Emmett making out again! "Dude, stop making out with your wife in my office!"

They laugh and pull apart. "Rose, Bella and her friends are here already if you want to head out to the VIP."

"Sure!" She says. "Will you be joining us soon?" She asks Emmett and me.

"Yeah, I just need to finish up this paper work." Emmett says.

Rose begins walking out of the office, when Jasper is walks in. "Evening Rose, you're looking beautiful tonight!" He says while giving her a hug.

"Thank you!" She says while walking out.

Jasper walks in and takes a seat on the couch. "I got Alistair working the docks. If anyone can flush out the mole it is him. Though I think word is out that we are onto them. So, it may take a few weeks."

"You think he can get it done?" I ask.

"Without a doubt, Alistair is good. Damn good!

We talk a little more business; make plans to do a surprise visit to the docks later in the week to see if we find anything suspicious. After about forty-five minutes we are done. "OK, I'm done for the night, time to let loose!" I say finishing up the last signature."

EPOV

We make our way to the VIP section. Stefan greets us "Good evening, Edward, Jasper, Emmett." He nods to each of us as he moves the rope aside so that we can pass through.

"Has Everything been good so far tonight?" I ask.

"Yes, sir there has been no trouble at all. Her friends are a rowdy bunch, I will say that though." He laughs as Emmett and Jasper climb the stairs first. I laugh to myself walking up the stairs. I see Emmett go to Rose and give her a kiss, before he sits down. Jasper does the same to Alice. Then I see her, my Bella. She is sitting at one of the high top tables in the corner talking to her friend Erik and two girls. She doesn't notice me, so I take a moment to take her in. She is wearing a white spaghetti strapped flowing baby doll top that was long enough, that just the edges of her tight as fuck black leather shorts stuck out of the bottom. On her feet is a pair of black Louboutin boots, that stopped at her ankles. Her hair was down and in loose curls that hung down the middle of her back. Fuck me!

I seen Erik nudge her and our eyes met. She smiled as she got up and walked over to me. She leaned into me so that I could hear her above the music, "See something you like?"

"More like something, I love!" I replied pulling her closer to me and kissing her hard and deep.

We were pulled out of ourselves by Emmett yelling, "Get a room!"

Bella pulled back and laughed, "Come on," she said pulling me towards where she was sitting, "I want you to meet my friends." When we get to the table she says, "This is Erik," He stuck his hand out to shake my hand. "And this is Jessica and Lauren!" They both mumbledhello's. "This..." she says while putting her arm around my waist and pulling me a little closer to her, "...is my Edward."

I lean my head down and kiss the top of her head and say, "It is a pleasure to meet you all finally. I feel like I already know you from Bella's stories."

"It is nice to meet you, too. By the way, thanks for setting all this up for us. We really just wanted to dance and let off some steam. This is amazing!" Erik says.

"You're, welcome only the best, for my girl and her friends. If there is anything else you need tonight, don't hesitate to ask."

"Seriously, why are all the good ones straight?!" I throw my head back and laugh, as does Bella. With that he stands up and downs the last of his drink and says "Come on girls, let's show these fools what dancing really is." Jessica and Lauren get up and follow him. "You coming, Bella?" he asks.

"In a minute, I want to talk with Edward first," Erik's face falls just a little bit. "I promise, I will be there when the next song comes on!"

"You better be, or I am coming up to get you!" And with that the three of them went down the stairs making their way to the crowded dance floor.

"He is something else." I say pulling her over to the couches where Emmett, Rose, Jasper, and Alice are sitting.

She laughs as she sits down next to me, curling her body to cuddle into me as she crosses her leg over top of the other and begins to bounce it to the beat of the music. "He is pretty special. I am not sure I could deal with everything in class if it weren't for him. He always reminds me to relax and not be so serious."

"I am liking him more and more."

We are just sitting and talking and just enjoying each other's company and just relaxing and loving being out with each other, something we haven't done in a long time. She leans in and gives me a kiss and stands up. "I am going to go and dance, before Erik has a fit! Can I persuade you to join me on the dance floor?"

I laugh! "Uhhh, maybe in a little bit. You go and have fun, I will still be here." She leans down and gives me one more kiss before she makes her way down the stairs. I watch her as she makes her way to the dance floor, before I can't see her from where I am sitting.

Jasper and I begin talking and making plans to head to the shooting range to test out some new guns, that we received when I hear Emmett say, "Damn! Little B's got moves!" I stand up and walk over to the rail where Emmett is sitting and spot Bella and her friends dancing.

Emmett is right, Bella's got moves! The DJ is spinning a remixed version of Nicki Minaj's Super Bass. She and Jessica and Lauren are singing the words as they are swaying their hips and waving their hands in the air.

And he ill, he real, he might got a deal
He pop bottles and he got the right kind of bill
He cold, he dope, he might sell coke
He always in the air, but he never fly coach
He a motherfucking trip, trip, sailor of the ship, ship
When he make it drip, drip kiss him on the lip, lip
That's the kind of dude I was lookin' for
And yes you'll get slapped if you're lookin' hoe

I said, excuse me, you're a hell of a guy
I mean my, my, my, my you're like pelican fly
I mean, you're so shy and I'm loving your tie
You're like slicker than the guy with the thing on his eye, oh
Yes I did, yes I did, somebody please tell him who the F I is
I am Nicki Minaj, I mack them dudes up, back coupes up, and chuck the deuce up

With that lyric she and her entire group of friends chuck up their deuces and begin jumping up and down to the beat. Erik turns her around to face him and they begin doing a routine of sorts. They circle each other, doing intricate arm movements. Grinding on each other to the beat of the music.

Boy you got my heartbeat runnin' away
Beating like a drum and it's coming your way
Can't you hear that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
Yeah that's the super bass
Got that super bass boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, bass
Yeah that's the super bass
You got that boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, he got that super bass
Boom, badoom, boom, boom, badoom, boom, he got that super bass

The image of her out there, dancing and laughing and having the time of her life makes me smile. I continue standing there through three more songs watching them dance, while drinking my beer. It isn't until Rose speaks that my trance is broken. "It is truly amazing to see you this happy, Edward!"

"What do you mean, Rose?"

"Edward, I have been with Emmett for four years. And for four years I have seen you with a string of women. Most of them never even getting a second date with you. You have never smiled this much, or been this happy since I have known you."

"She is..." I breathe out a sigh, "...she is like my air. I don't know how else to describe it."

"It makes sense to me, I get it. Enough with the heavy, your girl is coming up."

I turn to see Bella coming up the steps. "Man the DJ is amazing tonight." She says while grabbing a bottle of water off one of the tables and begins drinking.

"You're on fire tonight!" I say to her as I walk over to her. She blushes a little.

"Damn, Little B! When did you get moves like that? I never knew a ballerina could dance like that. Maybe I shouldn't have fallen asleep at those recitals Carlisle and Esme dragged me to." Emmett says laughing, causing Bella to blush even more.

I grab her around the waist and pull her to me and give her a kiss. "You really are fucking sexy out on that floor tonight baby. I think I am glad I can't read minds, or else I might have to break a few legs tonight!"

She just laughs and grabs my hand and pulls me to the stairs. "Oh, no Baby, I can't dance that good."

"Oh, come on! Pretty, please?"

"No, Baby!"

She stands and pouts for a moment. Then she smirks and comes closer to me, so that only I can hear her speak, "If you come dance with me, as soon as the song is over we can leave, and you can see what I have on under my clothes."

Holy shit! I think I just came in my pants! I reach down having to adjust myself, which Bella laughs at. Without a word I grab her hand and lead her down the stairs. An Usher song is playing, I lead us out to the dance floor as the first chorus plays:

So we back in the club
Get that bodies rocking from side to side (side to side)
Thank God the week is done
I feel like a zombie gone back to life (back to life)
Hands up, and suddenly we all got our hands up

We are now in the middle of the dance floor and are facing each other. I pull her close to me, ,my leg finds a position between her legs, and we begin moving to the sexy beat

No control of my body
Ain't I seen you before?
I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

She is looking right into my eyes as the lyrics scream, at us and the beat is so loud it is vibrating through my chest to hers and she spins around and drops low to the beat. Sticking her ass up into my already hard cock as she slowing pulls her body back up, flipping her hair into my chest as she makes her way back up. I can smell her strawberry shampoo as she does this. My hands find her waist and my leg is between her legs again as we grind to the beat.

'Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
So dance, dance, like it's the last, last night of your life, life
Gonna get you right
'Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

Keep downing drinks like there's no tomorrow there's just right now, now, now, now, now, now
Gonna set the roof on fire
Gonna burn this motherfucker down, down, down, down, down, down
Hands up, when the music drops
We both put our hands up

I spin her around and put my hands on her tight ass. My leg is still between her legs, as we begin grinding against each other. My cock is aching as it strains against the front of my pants. She runs her hands up and down my chest as we move. Our eyes are locked.

Put your hands on my body
Swear I seen you before
I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

As this lyric blasts out at us, her hands find their way to my face and sings along with.

I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes.

And indeed, the DJ really has got me falling in love with this beautiful, amazing woman all over again. I pull her close to me and lean down to her ear and say, "I am not going to make it through this song. Say goodbye to your friends and tell them the bill is already taken care of, for whatever else they want for the rest of the night. I will get the car." I give her ass a quick smack and turn and leave. I look back to see her staring at me, I give her a wink.

Huh? Huh? Good? I promise, the good stuff comes tomorrow. Lots of love to you all, and if the mood hits ya, leave me some love!