No More
Chapter 3
BPOV
Rose had went to Tacoma with me to help me find a place to live.
I found out I could be stationed out of here for 2 to 5 years.
So Rose said an apartment or condo would be the best choice and I fully agreed with her, little to no upkeep and no one would really know if I was home or not.
We found a wonderful apartment building, 5 miles from the heart of Tacoma.
It had everything!
The minute she showed me the one bedroom with the deck, I took it.
It came with a washer and dryer, the building had a pool and gym, a lounger, movie theatre.
It was beautiful and best of all, I could walk to work every morning or if it rained, call a cab, which she said they usually had waiting for their residents.
The FBI took care of first and last and there was a clause in case I got transferred I would be let out of my lease without having to fulfill the rest of the contract.
Rose said I needed all new furniture and she and Emmett would come with me next weekend to help shop, since I couldn't move in until the following Monday anyway.
The apartment manager let us measure all the windows and doors, etc., for beds and curtains and whatever else Rose had up her sleeve and I'm sure she'd involve Alice as well.
The following weekend, Emmett decided to stay home with the kids and join us on Monday, Alice, Rose and I had a girls weekend in Tacoma, shopping for my place.
We had a blast, we'd ordered everything and it was to be delivered from IKEA, we'd just fallen in love with everything and I was allowed to paint my apartment as well, it cost me an extra $300.00 in deposits but was worth it NOT to have white walls.
Every room would be different.
My bedroom had to be dark, I liked my sleep damn it!
And I wanted something that screamed different and mature so Alice and Rose helped me achieve that.
The kitchen and bathrooms we were leaving white and just accenting with colors, that way I could change them easier if I got bored.
We spent Sunday at the spa in the hotel and Monday Emmett met us at the apartment with my dad in tow and Edward, I frowned.
"I know Bells, but I needed help and he offered." he shrugged.
"Emmett, if I didn't love you, I'd kill you!" I spat low, so no one could hear.
"Bella, wow! You look great!" Edward smiled and kissed my cheek and then whispered in my ear "let's christen your bed the right way tonight baby." and winked when he walked away.
I walked past Emmett and slapped him upside the head and Rose laughed as well as Alice and Charlie looked all kinds of confused.
I just huffed and walked towards the elevator.
I lucked out and was on the top floor, the delivery guys would be there soon, so everyone sat on the floors eating, since we'd already finished painting on Saturday.
The delivery guys brought everything in and Emmett was happy to see I'd paid extra to have it built.
Little did he know, if I'd known he was bringing Edward I would have left it un-built!
Oh, who am I kidding, it was good to see him, he was fuck hot and always a good lay and I hadn't had any for a while, I might keep him around for tonight and as if Rose knew what I was thinking, she slapped the back of my head and told me no!
Damn Rose!
The guys moved everything where I needed it and hung pictures and mirrors, we ordered pizza and beers and put the game on for them to watch.
It was finally time for everyone to go, I had one day of rest and I reported for work on Wednesday.
Edward looked at me as if to ask to stay, but I hugged him goodnight and sent him packing, he rode home with Alice and Charlie, clearly not happy.
I finished unpacking and settling in, before crashing around 2:30am.
The next few weeks flew by and I was trying to get into the swing of things at work and life in Tacoma.
I'd made a couple of friends at work, Pam was funny, but quiet, she was an executive secretary and whenever I had to see the director, I would talk to her while waiting.
I'd spent a few nights having dinner with her and her husband and we were going to some new club this weekend, her brother was private mechanic for the millionaire who opened the club and got us in, so they were 'setting' us up tonight and he was bringing limo to Pam's house to pick us up.
Pam and I had went shopping and I'd found an amazing dress.
It was a chocolate brown silk, strapless dress that hit mid thigh and fit snuggly, I found a pair of 6" stilettos to wear in the same color brown and left my hair down in cascading curls.
Pam's husband wouldn't let her wear anything that revealing so she settled for a simple black dress to the knees that came to a 'v' in the front, she also said her brother would have a cow if she wore anything that showed too much skin, because he was very over protective, but she did have fuck me heels on with silver studs on them.
The limo arrived and I was quite nervous.
I'd seen her brother in picture only and he was fuck hot, he was a mix between Wentworth Miller and Jake Gyllenhaal, he was 6'2" and built like a linebacker, which is what he was in college, until his knee was blown out, so he does what he loves and makes a killer living at it, buy working on cars for the rich and famous only.
He arrived and she introduced us and I knew I was done for.
"Mike, this is Bella, Bella this is Mike." Pam smiled.
He led me out to the limo and we talked in our quiet bubble all the way to the club.
He was impressed that I was in the FBI and asked if I'd done anything interesting yet.
"Not as of yet. I've only been here a few weeks and your sister was the first real friend I made. So I haven't even really explored a lot." I smiled.
"Well, I'd love to explore you., Shit I mean to take you exploring." he smiled.
"That would be nice Mike." I smiled.
"So Bella, can I get a last name or is that forbidden?" he asked.
"Oh, no. Swan, Bella Swan." I smiled.
"Mike Newton." he smiled back and we chatted until the club.
We had a great time and Mike and I made plans to go out the following weekend.
I had a busy week and was beat every night I came home.
I called Rose to let her know I was O.K. and to tell her about Mike, at which she just laughed.
It was now Friday and I was ready for it to be over.
It was 4 and only and hour to go when the call came in that they needed a negotiator.
My boss called me up and said I was taking this one on my own.
SHIT!
I was nervous as hell, I called the team together and we raced to the spot.
I found the lead detective, and he filled me in, it was a bank robbery, I called it in and filled the chief in on what was happening, they supposedly had a bomb and guns, not to mention about 40 hostages plus the 20 bank employees.
We tried to get them on the phone, no luck.
I went and sat in the truck to go over other robberies like this to see what had happened.
I pulled out my phone and typed a quick message to Mike and let him know I might not be able to make tomorrow because of what was happening and I'd call him later, he replied with a sad face, but he understood.
Soon, a Detective walked in and introduced himself as Eric, he was maybe a couple years older than me, but young looking, slender, but built, shaggy, but well kept hair, he was wearing a pair of khaki's and a white button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up and a yellow tie with what looked like children's drawings on it.
"Oh, the tie?" he smiled.
I nodded, blushing I'd been caught.
"My sister." he rolled his eyes.
"Eric Yorkie and you're Special Agent Swan?" he smiled.
I held out my hand and shook his.
"Hi, yes. So… the tie?" I asked laughing.
"Oh, yeah, well, she is a year and a half older and has 3 kids, twin boys Brody and Brady, yeah… Don't ask, it was her stupid ass husbands doing and then their princess Brandy. Yeah, again… The twins are 7 and Brandy is 5. Anyway, my parents are always bugging me about settling down and I'm just waiting to find 'the one' you know? Anyway for Christmas last year, she gave me this tie from the kids, saying women would notice it and ask about it, the kids drew all the pictures. And I have the matching coffee mug, keychain and mouse pad. And it seems to work, you asked." he smiled.
"Well, yeah, but it's my job to ask questions." I smiled.
Right then the phone rang and went spent the next 12 hours in negotiations.
We'd managed so far to get out 4 diabetics, 2 were in pretty bad shape,1 pregnant woman and 2 elderly customers.
From there, the negotiations went on for another 4 hours before SWAT was brought in to try and take these guys out.
One of the pregnant women was very helpful in the layout of the hostages, so we knew they we all away from the windows which would make it harder to shoot the gas in.
One of the guys suggested the air-conditioning vents, for pumping the gas in, so we were going to try that, it was a small building, so it might work and these assholes weren't giving up anytime soon.
They decided to go with a knockout gas, that way they wouldn't know what hit them and hopefully we could catch the bastards.
Finally after about 20 hours and endless coffee, it was over.
The 2 pregnant women and 3 of the diabetics were able to identify the robbers by either voice or face (yeah, dumb asses didn't wear masks), the 2 elderly were too shaken to identify right now and the one diabetic was in ICU, it wasn't looking good for him.
"Special Agent Swan, would you like to grab dinner? I know you're starving, I've heard your stomach growl 10 times in as many minutes." Detective Yorkie asked.
"Sure, I don't feel like cooking, I know that." I smiled.
"Great. Um, do you wanna meet somewhere or?" he shifted nervously.
"Well, I rode with my partner. His turn to do paperwork, he lost the bet, so if you could drive us that would be great. I just need to let him know." I smiled.
He shook his head and pointed to his car.
I told my partner where I was going and he just smiled.
Eric and I went out to dinner for the first of many times that night.
I also had Mike to think about, but I promised myself I wasn't going to get tired down to one person.
So, I'd have to let them each know.
Tomorrow.
I was meeting Eric for lunch and Mike and I were going to some Gala for his boss, tomorrow night, so I would tell them both then, I'd only been seeing them for a week and I'd talked to Rose about it and she told me it was the right thing to do.
At lunch with Eric we went to a nice café and got lunch to go, we were going to the lake to have an impromptu picnic.
We had a great time and near the end, I spilled the beans.
"Bella, to say I'm not disappointed would be a lie, but I can't expect a woman like you to not have men fighting for her attention. It'll just make me step up my game that much more and my sister wanted to invite you over for a BBQ tomorrow if you're off?" he smiled.
"That would be nice Eric. Would you like to pick me up? Do I need to bring anything?" I asked.
"Yes, I'll pick you up at 11:30 and no, don't worry about a thing, my sister tends to make enough for an army." he smiled.
We enjoyed the rest of our day, Eric was so easy going and fun to be with, the entire day just flowed seamlessly along.
Eric dropped me off and gave me a simple kiss goodbye, telling me he'd see me in the morning.
It was 4pm and the Gala wasn't until 8pm, so I had time to unwind.
I poured myself a glass of wine and called my sister.
"Hello?" Emmett answered.
"Oh, hey Em, is Rose around?" I asked.
"Nope, she's out shopping." I could hear him rolling his eyes.
"Oh, O.k." I sighed.
"Everything O.K. kiddo?" he asked.
"Damn it Emmett! I'm not a fucking kid! And yes, I just wanted to talk to my sister." I snapped my phone shut, chugged the rest of my wine and poured another glass, deciding to go sit in a nice relaxing bubble bath.
I stayed in there until the water cooled and then finished off with a shower, making sure everything was shaved and cleaned for tonight.
Mike was hot and I was not about to deny myself a night with him, if it presented itself.
I got dressed in my purple gown, pulled my hair in a sexy, messy twist with a few curls spilling out, purple and grey shadow and simple silver jewelry, shoes and clutch to complete the look.
I looked at the clock and had 10 minutes to spare.
I made sure my place was neat and clean, smelled good as always and checked my makeup one more time.
Then there was the knock and for some reason I was so nervous.
I don't know why, Mike just had these eyes that pierced into you, they were icy blue and his dirty blond hair wasn't messy like Edward's always was, but it wasn't schoolboy neat either.
I opened the door and there he stood in a black tux with a purple tie, looking hot as fuck.
I just wanted to pull him to my bed, I bit my lip and smiled.
"Wow! You look beyond beautiful tonight Bella. Glad I have you all to myself." he smiled and kissed my cheek.
"Thanks. You look pretty handsome yourself." I smiled back.
I walked out to find he was driving us tonight.
"I hope you don't mind. I never get to drive her, she's always in the garage and tonight, I just knew you'd look so beautiful in her." he smiled.
"Wow, Mike, my sister would SO be impressed or maybe jealous, yeah, jealous I think." I giggled.
"Why?" Mike asked with a curious look on his face.
"She LOVES cars, any type. She's the family mechanic and to look at her you'd never know." I pulled out my phone and showed him some pictures of Rose.
"WOW, yeah she doesn't look like the mechanic type. I would NOT have learned anything if she'd been in my class and I'm not even into blonds." he smiled.
"Yeah, I'm use to it and so is she. She's always had the guys chasing after her." I shrugged.
He pulled my face to look at his.
"Bella. You are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen. I swear. But don't tell my mother. She'll cut my man parts off." he smiled slyly.
I just laughed as he drove off.
We enjoyed light banter back and forth as we drove, he was funny and charming, two very dangerous things.
We arrived at the Gala and he handed over his keys, not even threatening the guy about his car, but glaring when the man was staring at me. WOW!
"What was that look for?" I decided to call him on it.
"I hate when men drool at other men's dates, it's just plain rude." he smiled "and besides, I've got a little jealous streak in me, so I might keep you extra close tonight, because I know there's a lot of single men here." he smirked and pulled me closer.
"Oh, you don't think I can hold my own?" I asked.
"No ma'am, I never said that. I know for a fact from my sister, you know several different ways to kill me and over a dozen torture techniques, which those, I won't be opposed to, as long as you were gentle. So I know you could hold your own." he said.
I smiled wickedly and whispered in his ear "Play your cards right and you just might find out how sweet the torture can be." I stood on my tip toes to kiss him.
He was grinning like the cat who ate the canary.
We had a wonderful night, dinner, drinking, dancing and his boss was wonderful.
We actually sat with him tonight and a few of his friends.
Mike the only one with a date, the rest preferred to 'prowl' they said and eyed me as they said it, which made Mike very caveman.
"You ready to go? We could just drive and talk." he suggested.
"How about we go back to my place for a drink?" I suggested.
"That sounds good." he smiled.
Once we were in the car he started to take off his tie.
"Oh, do you mind?" he asked.
"No, please. Get comfortable." I smiled.
He leaned forward and took off his jacket too and threw them in the non-existent backseat and as we drove, he rolled up his sleeves to his forearms, looking seriously sexy.
We arrived at my place and I asked what he liked and he said a beer was fine, since he was driving.
We sat on my couch and talked for a little while and then I spilled the beans to him about not wanting to be tired down to just one person, yet, because I didn't know how permanent this assignment was.
"Well, I can handle sharing, a little." he reached up and pulled my hair out of the bun and let it fall.
As soon as it was down, he grabbed the back of my head and pulled me towards him, kissing me with all his might.
"But, are you going to be able to handle it." he smirked after our kiss.
"Yeah, Uh, I'm not sure how easy it'll be, but I'm going to try." I smiled.
And before I knew it we were in full make out mode on my couch.
"Bella, you are the most beautiful woman I've ever been with or known. I know you talk to my sister, so she's told you I can be an ass, an over protective ass, especially of things that are mine." he pulled my lip into his mouth to claim it. "I will share you if that's what you want, but know I will play harder and dirtier to win you over." he smiled.
The next few months flew by, I had only been able to see Mike and Eric both a handful of times.
I'd seen Eric a few more times, but they were mostly work related and we hadn't taken our relationship into the bedroom, like Mike and I had.
Mike was passionate and willing to forgo his own pleasure until all my needs were met, we would make love for hours before he'd cum, it was the most wonderful experience in the world.
He'd have me orgasm 5 or 6 times in one session, to where I'd have to BEG him to stop because I couldn't handle it anymore and he'd bark out laughing.
Yet, we were taking things slow emotionally, because we both knew that I could be moved in the next six months or so and although we were falling in love, neither of us wanted to admit it, he was just as stubborn as I was and I was becoming very independent and he'd already been that for years.
Eric and I on the other hand were like best friends.
We hung out and kissed, his family was great, but it didn't go any further than that, I think he held back for fear of being hurt and rejected, which I can't blame him.
Then one day things came to a head.
My family came for a visit and I'd invited Pam and her husband and of course Mike, to eat with us, because he was becoming a really important part of my life, even if we didn't want to admit it.
There was a knock on the door and Dad got it since he was grabbing a beer from the fridge.
We were all sitting on the deck laughing and having a good time when Eric comes out, I was sitting on Mike's lap at the time and he was kissing my neck.
"Oh, uh, I didn't realize I was interrupting a family thing or whatever." he spat.
"What is it Eric?" I asked.
"Well, um, there's a situation and our negotiator is out, your Director said we could use you if we could reach you, but Pam didn't answer and I can see why you didn't either." he spat again.
"Look, I'll help, but this is none of your concern," I said through gritted teeth.
Mike stood up and I motioned him to sit down.
"Just eat without me, I'll be back shortly." I sighed.
I left with Eric and gave him the third degree about being jealous of Mike, since he knew up front.
"Yeah, but I didn't know he was meeting YOUR family! I haven't got to meet YOUR family!" he stressed.
"You know what! And NOW you're not! Let's get this over with so I can get back to them." I stated.
"Wow, so you're really going to turn it off just like that Swan?" he asked.
"Yes Detective, I am." I said and swiftly exited the car and took up my post, looking at a few of the fellow officers, daring them to say something, knowing I could lay them out in a few seconds flat.
The next few months flew by and Mike and I were 'dating' he was insatiable.
We went to the best clubs, mainly because his boss owned them all and when I was out of town for long periods of time, he'd call and talk to me for hours on end at the end of the night, if I could.
Things were going great, until I got my new assignment.
Granted it wasn't horrible, but it wasn't close either, it was about 35 minutes, give or take depending on where you were going.
I was still going to have to move, because I needed to be within a few minutes of my new Directors office, I was going to miss Pam, she was one of the best secretaries out there and I was really going to miss Mike.
As busy as our schedules were now, that extra 35 minutes would surely be a problem.
I told Mike and he said we'd keep in touch, he really cared for me.
I called my family and told them the news.
Emmett grumbled because he'd have to move me again. I did remind him it wasn't for a guy though. And he was actually happy when Mike offered to help.
Eric came by to apologize my last day in town about being an ass and I accepted his apology and let him know we could still be friends.
I left Tacoma feeling empowered and lighter, I'd had a good time there and for the first time I hadn't fallen back into the Edward trap.
I still talked to him from time to time, but he had a busy schedule as was mine and I was mostly seeing Mike so that kept him away as did my being stern, so overall it was a good two years.
Let's see how my time in Seattle goes.
Something tells me it's going to be a wild ride, if nothing else.
A/N:
I hope you enjoy it…
I know it's long…
Mike and Eric are actually 2 guys I dated at the same time and it's kinda right
The way it happened…
Except Eric was a LITTLE more understanding as a Detective… LOL
And I am in NO WAY a FBI Agent… LOL
WARNING…
Next Chapter might be as long… It's a pretty tough one for me…
SO it might take a little while to get out… Be patient…
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