Edward Anthony Cullen, an angry ring fighter with a messy past, crosses paths with his late best friend that moved across the country and who has been sexually tortured by her ex boyfriend. Can two people with two difficult pasts fix each other?
"Bella!" My big brothers arms were the first to find me at the airport arrivals. His warm embrace just as comfortable as it was the last time I hugged him when I left to Seattle.
"Emmett!" I cried happily, wrapping my arms tightly around him. "I missed you so much!"
"I missed you to bells. How are you?"
Shit. But even if I told Em what happened with Jacob, he'd fly across the country to find him. Jacob doesn't even know I left.... and he'd kill Emmett if he'd found out. He told me he'd kill anyone who knew. I needed to keep my lips shut.
"I'm okay. Break ups are hard, and trust me when I say Jacob wasn't happy about my decision." I chuckled slightly. If only he knew how angry he would be if he found out.
"If that prick hurt you bells, I can whoop his ass. I'll get Edward to help, he's gonna be just like Dad you know?" He smiled.
Edward. Just the sound of my best friends name made my heart pound faster. It had been almost 6 months since I last saw him, and I was quite nervous. He didn't like Jacob, did anyone really? And when I left, we never contacted each other. I wish we had though. I wish I was able to cry to him on the phone, wishing that he could hold me after Jacob did his torturous things to me. I missed Edward.
"Can we go see him today?" I asked, pulling away from his arms.
"Yeah, we can get you settled back at our apartment. I mean if you want to stay with dad I can take-"
"No! No, it's okay. I'd love to stay with you Em. I've missed you too much." I hugged him again. I felt like we had been stood here for hours. Being in the arms of somebody you felt safe around, really made you feel good.
"Dad is in the car. He's worried shit about you. He said something like you were in a state last night, so be prepared for questions,"
"Great." I sighed, tugging my case behind me.
***
After a long talk with my father, and me covering the truth slightly, we made it home in one piece. Emmett told me that Edward was down at their gym working out and that he wouldn't be home till later. For the first time in months I was excited. Excited to finally see Edward again, hopefully he felt the same way.
"Right so tonight, because it's Friday, I'll be going out with Rosie. So it'll be just you and Edward in the apartment tonight." Emmett said as he pulled open the door.
For two men, the apartment, or should I say penthouse, was tidy. The amount of money that both Emmett and Edward make from their fights, gave them enough to live the 'wealthy' lifestyle. Edward's grand piano sat steady in the corner of the lounge area.
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Everything was the same, even the floor seemed as shiny as the last time I saw it. I didn't expect Emmett and Edward to be so clean.
"Wow. So the penthouse lived." I giggled as I placed my bag down on the couch, gazing around the room. "I didn't expect it to get past 1 day without me coming over."
