beauty and the edward, bella&edward [nonfiction book recommendations TXT] 📗

his shoulders and walked towards the staircase. He had to go to work and focus on anything but those sad, sad brown eyes.

Bella had stayed in her room all day, she didn't want to do anything until she felt better about herself. She tried doing some homework and some reading, but she couldn't get her mind off what happened. She was sitting by her desk, checking her facebook on her laptop when she heard her phone beep. She picked up her blackberry and saw a text from Angela. She opened the text and read it.

B! You need to have fun!

I'm going to this party in SoHo later, you have to come.

There will be cute guys there and alcohol.

Bella laughed, it was not her scene at all. She was about to politely decline Angela's offer, but she decided that maybe she should have some fun. Edward's draining energy had been getting to her, she was 19 not 40, she deserved to have a night out for once.

You're right I do.

Text me the address.

Cute guys? I'll see about that!

xoxo

B

She hit send and smiled, now it was time to get a cute outfit together. She shut down her laptop and pushed her chair back. She stood up and took off her black t-shirt and jeans. She walked over to her closet and started looking through her clothes to find something nice to wear to the party. She found a cute pink colored dress that was short. She quickly slipped it on. It was about time she did something crazy.

Edward was watching Bella through the vent in his room. She was on the laptop and the next minute she was taking her clothes off and putting on a fancy looking dress. He was concerned about where she was going and wondered if Jacob was the one who texted her, he was probably taking her on some date. Edward didn't trust him and he wasn't going to let Bella get herself into some stupid situation. Just because he couldn't be with her didn't mean that he wasn't going to keep an eye on her. He watched as she applied make up on, grabbed her clutch that was on her dressing table and exited the room. He got back onto his feet and headed out of his room. He knew that following her would seem stalkerish, but she was a young girl alone in a big city. How could he not follow her?

He walked down the stairs and watched as she headed out the door. He quickly walked to the window that was next to the door, he watched as she walked down the street. He grabbed the keys to his BMW, he hated driving in the city, but it was an emergency. He rushed to the door, opened it and walked outside. He walked very quickly to his car, got in and then merged onto the road. He kept Bella in clear view as he watched her get into a cab. "What is she doing to me?" He thought to himself.

The cab pulled up to the SoHo apartment building that Angela had given her the address to. Bella was totally out of her element here, she paid the driver and got out of the cab. She stood in front of the building and looked at it, it was brown with fire escapes running across it. She took a deep breath and exhaled, she would have a good time tonight and forget all about a certain someone. She heard a car go by, she turned around to look. It looked like Edward's BMW, she rolled her eyes because she didn't want to be reminded of him right now. She walked into the building and took an elevator up to the 4th floor where the party was. She looked for apartment 201, she saw a door open with people walking into the apartment, she assumed that was the party and she headed towards it. She looked at the number on the door and it was 201, she walked into the apartment. The lights were dim and there was a strobe light flashing in the background, the room was noisy and Bella could smell weed and cigarette smoke in the air. There was a couple making out on the couch in front of her like no one was watching and people were dancing and grinding against each other. "So this is what people do when I'm at home reading like a loser." She thought to herself. Somebody approached her and gave her a big hug, Bella froze she couldn't see who it was.

"Don't be so stiff B! It's me Angela." She said.

Bella relaxed and hugged her friend back, she was glad Angela showed up because she was starting to feel out of place. She let go of her and looked at her, Angela was wearing a very short black dress that showed off her amazing legs that were lengthened by nude colored Jimmy Choo shoes.

"You look amazing!" She said kindly.

Angela nodded her head and smiled, while she looked at Bella's cute pink dress that was paired with some black stilettos.

"Thank you B, you look beautiful!" Angela slurred.

Bella realized that Angela had been drinking before she got here. A handsome looking guy came up behind Angela and wrapped his arms around her waist from behind, while he kissed her neck. Bella felt uncomfortable watching him act that way with her friend, in front of her. He looked at her up and down, he smirked a little and then whispered into Angela's ear, she blushed slightly.

"Bella, I hate to do this but I um need to do something. Go get some drinks and I will be right back." Angela said.

The guy let her go and then took her hand as the two of them disappeared into the crowd leaving Bella alone. She felt like going home, but then she realized Edward would be there and she wanted to avoid him right now. She made her way to the table which had some drinks on it, she pushed passed people who were dancing and finally made it to the table. She picked up a cup which looked like it had rum and coke in it. She took a small sip from it and made a funny face when she tasted how strong it was. It was more rum and less coke. A guy with piercings and a blue mohawk walked up to her, he let his eyes wash over her and didn't hide the fact that he was checking her out. He picked up a cup and downed it fast.

"Hello beautiful." He said sounding charming.

Bella looked around to make sure that he wasn't talking to someone else. She blushed slightly and waved at him with her free hand.

"Hi!" She said and instantly regretted sounding so childish.

"Hi, do you want to dance?" He asked.

Bella looked around and for a second she thought she saw Edward standing in the crowd, she blinked her eyes and looked again, but she didn't see him this time. "Say yes to this guy and forget Edward." She told herself.

"Sure thing handsome." She said, feeling surprised by her sudden boldness.

He smirked and took her hand as he led her out to the dance floor. He pulled her close to him, he smelled like weed and sweat. She started missing Edward's sweet scent already. The music sounded really sexual, the guy started grinding against her. Bella tried to get into it and have fun, but she didn't feel right. She didn't want to be at some party alone because her friend ditched her to have sex with some sleazy guy and she didn't want some stranger grinding with her. She pushed her hands against his chest.

"I'm sorry I don't feel like dancing." She said.

"Do you think you're too good for me?" He asked.

"No I didn't say that, I just don't feel like dancing." She stammered.

He grinded against her again and pulled her closer. He let her go and then grabbed her by the arm as he started pushing her through the crowd.

"Do you just want to get straight to it then?" He asked.

"No! Let me go." She said firmly.

The rest of the party goers ignored the obvious struggle Bella was having as the guy pulled her through the crowd and up the stairs.

"I hate teases." He said.

"And I hate assholes like you." A angry, musical voice said.

Bella gasped as she saw Edward standing behind her. She had never seen him look so scary or menacing before. His green eyes almost looked black and it looked like he was about to pop a blood vessel. He grabbed the guy from the back and pushed him down the stairs, he tumbled down the stairs and landed on the floor with a thud. Bella had fallen onto the stairs when she broke free from the guy when Edward grabbed him. Edward carefully helped Bella up and held her hand as the two of them walked down the stairs. He kicked the guy hard in the stomach and then walked with Bella out of the apartment as everyone stared at them. He pulled her hand and directed her towards the elevator.

"What are you - doing here?" She asked.

He looked at her with concern in his eyes.

"Forget about that for a second. Are you okay?" He asked.

She shook her head and her lower lip trembled. He wasn't good at comforting people, but he knew that he wanted to hold her, so he pulled her closer to him and held her in his arms. He felt her wrap her arms around him and she rested her head against his chest. She was breathing heavy, he knew she was really upset. She felt so tiny and fragile in his arms, he felt an overwhelming need to protect her. He held onto her tightly and kissed the top of her head.

"Thank you." She whispered. They slowly pulled away from each other and he smiled at her. He pressed the button on the elevator and waited for it to open up. The two of the got in once it opened and he pressed the ground floor button.

Edward and Bella were sitting in his car on their way home. She looked out the window as they drove through SoHo, the lights looked amazing and bright. Edward was silent since they got into the car, she could only wonder what he thought about her now. She was so sure that he didn't care about her, but actions spoke louder than words. He had saved her, monsters didn't save people. She reached out to the radio and pressed play, I'm in here by Sia started playing. Soft and sad sounding piano music filtered through the car. Edward was holding onto the steering wheel tightly as he turned right. She just stared at him, she knew now that it was impossible to kill a feeling.

"You saved me." She said randomly.

He looked at her from the corner of his eyes.

"It was nothing." He said softly.

"It wasn't nothing Edward. How did you know I was there?" She asked.

"I want to beat the crap out