20) The One That You Want

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This is Bella/Rosalie
AU AH

"Come out, Bella." Alice pleaded and I rubbed my eyes.

"It's late, Alice."

"It's only ten! Look, I can be at the bar in twenty minutes and you've only just got in so you're still dressed. Just a couple of drinks, please?"

I sighed. Why could I not stand up to anyone?

"Fine. I'll meet you in the bar in twenty minutes exactly, OK?"

"I love you, Bella!" Alice squealed and I hung up, cursing my best friend's zeal for life in general. Especially on a Friday night when I wanted nothing more than to crawl into my bed.

I freshened up my make-up and spritzed some perfume on. I was still wearing my clothes from work, a flattering silk blouse in royal blue and black pencil skirt so I grabbed my purse and keys, making for the stairs. As soon as I got a raise at work, I was moving to a building with an elevator.

I'd been working as an editor at a local publisher for two years now and as soon as my superior, Victoria, got the job that I knew she had applied for at our competitor, I'd get her job and the very appealing $15,000 a year raise that came with it. I was only up against Jessica for it and I didn't see her working until nine thirty on a Friday night.

The bar was on the corner of my street so I was about five minutes early to meet Alice. I went inside and sat at the bar. It was busy but not crowded, a few groups of friends, a spattering of couples and a few people by themselves, obviously waiting for other people like I was.

I ordered a glass of white wine as I took out my phone to check my emails. There were two from the office but none from either of my parents. Not so much of a surprise when it came to Charlie as he loathed any technology (other than his state-of-the-art television), but my mother had been travelling across Europe for the past fortnight, so I'd have expected one from her.

I drank my wine, watching people in the reflection of the mirror that lined the wall behind the bar. There was a couple at the end of the bar, clearly getting over an argument as they pointedly looked away from each other, throwing sulky looks when the other wasn't watching. There was a group of five about halfway down the bar, three women and two men. I suspected that they worked together as they were wearing office clothing, like mine. A little way down from them was a blonde woman, her eyes gazing around the room.

I took another sip of wine and looked at my watch again. Alice was now seven minutes late. If it reached fifteen minutes, I would be texting her to say that I was leaving and going to bed.

That wasn't necessary. Just as I'd received a refill on my wine, my phone buzzed and I glanced down to see a text from Alice.

Sorry B! Jasper called and he's in town. Rain check? A.

I groaned. Jasper, Alice's booty call, flew in every few weeks and they spent the weekend having 'wild monkey sex'. Her words, not mine.

I looked at my wine. It was paid for now and I wasn't one to waste good alcohol so I sipped it, tapping a sour reply to Alice for abandoning me for wild monkey sex.

"Been stood up?" I glanced up and saw the blonde woman who had been sat long the bar a few minutes ago. I shrugged, slipping my phone into my purse.

"My friend decided that she'd rather hook up than meet me for the drink that she demanded I come out for."

She laughed, sliding into the seat beside me. She was tall, at least three inches taller than me, with thick blonde hair that reached past her shoulders. Her eyes were dark blue and she was cradling a glass of red wine that was the same colour as the fitted dress that reached down to a couple of inches above her knees.

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