Tequila Before Sunrise
By: afallenblackrose
AN: I only have two things to say. One: Reading certain parts of New Moon gives me some inspiration. And Two: A little more inspiration from the season finale of Grey's Anatomy goes a long way. Enjoy!
Isabella Swan sat at a bar with a drink in her hand. Her two friends 'Drea and Rae sat beside her. They both stared at their friend concerned. Usually she wasn't this down, and she usually wasn't drinking. Something was wrong.
Both of them knew Bella for three years now, they both knew of the heartbreak she suffered when she was eighteen. Bella took a sip of her vodka and tonic. Her mind and especially her heart were remembering everything. How could she have been so stupid? She actually wanted to spend the rest of her life with him that…
"Ass." She said out right. 'Drea looked at Bella.
"Who's an ass?" She asked. Bella sighed.
"I said that out loud?" She asked her friends who nodded. "Him." She mumbled. Rae and 'Drea looked at each other. They never saw Bella mope about him.
"Well, if isn't my favorite customers! Hey, Bella, 'Drea, and Rae!" Tristin the bartender said.
"I can't believe I fell for him." Bella muttered. Tristin raised an eyebrow.
"Him? What's going on?" He asked the others. Rae and 'Drea told him what had happened when Bella was eighteen. Tristin's smile disappeared. "What an ass." He said.
"You bet." Bella said. Tristin looked at his friend.
"Bella, take it easy on the alchol okay?" He asked. Bella nodded and looked at her watch.
"I just need on shot of tequila, and then that's it." She told him. Tristin set a shot glass in front of her and filled it with tequila.
"So, why are you drinking tonight anyway?" Rae asked. Bella looked at her watch two minutes.
"He broke up with me tonight three years ago." She responded.
"Excuse me sir, I need a scotch on the rocks please!" A guy said from the other side of the bar. Bella looked up and met his eyes. She looked away quickly.
"Bella?" 'Drea asked. Bella looked at her watch. Twenty seconds, she took up her shot of tequila and toasted.
"To all the asses out there. Let this be a lesson to them all." And chugged the drink. Tristin, Rae, and 'Drea looked at Bella shocked.
"Bella, get a grip. It was three years ago." Rae said. Bella laughed.
"Easy for you to say. Your heart wasn't ripped out of your chest and stomped on. Tristin water please." Tristin handed her a bottle.
"Excuse me." A guy said from behind them. He smiled at 'Drea. "Would you like to play a game of darts?" 'Drea giggled.
"Sure." The guy's friend asked Rae,
"How about you?"
"Of course." Bella sighed and took a drink of her water. Someone sat down next to her.
"You look a little lonely." He said. Tristin smiled and walked away. Traitor! Bella thought. She turned to face the guy. He was the one who ordered the scotch on the rocks.
"Look, don't even think about my friend. I'm not in the mood." She told him. He didn't leave.
"Why so sad? A girl like you should be smiling and happy." He said. Bella snorted. "Did someone break your heart?" He asked. Bella looked at him surprised.
"Yeah, a long time ago." She replied figting back the memories.
"Was it really love?" He asked. Bella bit her lip.
"I thought so, I guess he didn't."
"Maybe he wanted you to live your life and not be tied down." The guy beside her said. Bella looked at him it was like he was there that day.
"What's your name?" She asked. He smiled.
"Name's Steve."
"Bella." She responded.
"Nice to meet you."
"You too." She said smiling.
"So come here often?" Steve asked Bella laughed
"Actually, I come here all the time."
"Really? You don't seem the type." He said.
"Thanks I think." She laughed. Bella took a sip of water, she watched as Rae and 'Drea played darts with their new "friends." Her gaze caught on the door. Five people had walked in, three males and two females. One of the females resembled a pixie, while the other caught all the males attention.
"Are you all right?" Steve asked. Bella smiled at him.
"I'm fine, I just saw some old friends of mine." Two males and the pixie female sat at the bar. Bella smiled as an idea popped into her head.
"Hey Tristin!" Bella exclaimed calling her bartender friend over.
"What's up Bella?" He asked. She smiled.
"See those three over there?" She pointed. Tristin nodded. "Get them water on me." Bella responded. Tristin looked at her weird.
"Are you sure?" Bella nodded. He shruged and pulled three bottles of water from the 'frig below the bar. He put them in front of the three and pointed to Bella. The three's eyes glanced at her, they smiled and toasted her in thanks.
Bella toasted them back, trying to hide her laughter.
"Why did you do that? Do you know them?" Steve asked. Bella nodded.
"They're old friends who apparently don't remember me, which is a surprise." Motion caught her eyes as Rae, 'Drea, and the two guys walked past the three friends at the bar.
"BELLA!" Rae and 'Drea called. The three at the bar looked up surprised. Bella winced there went her cover.
"Yeah, what's up?" She asked as the four stopped in front of her.
"We're going home…with them." Rae said her eyes lighting up. Bella smiled and tried to hide her giggle.
"Okay, see you in the morning." She responded.
"More like afternoon." 'Drea smiled. The guys smiled sheepishly. Bella lost it and started to laugh like mad.
"Get out of here, you two." Bella said. 'Drea was about to turn when she noticed the three at the bar and one of them was coming towards Bella.
"Watch out Bella." She said. Stepping aside so the guy could pass her. Bella looked up and mentally winced. This wasn't someone she wanted to see.
"Hi, my name is Edward Cullen, and I just wanted to thank you for the water, Miss?" He asked. 'Drea, Rae, and Tristin looked at Bella. They knew who this guy was, how could he not remember Bella? Bella put on her fakest smile.
"Miss Swan, Bella Swan." She said in response. She watched as his face dawned recognition. "Excuse me won't you?" Bella said as she got up and walked towards the bathroom. Before too long Rae, 'Drea, and Edward weren't far behind.
"Bella?" Edward asked. Bella sighed and turned around the last three years she wanted desperately to hear that smooth velvetly voice, but now that she heard it…
"What do you want Edward?" She asked. 'Drea and Rae were behind her.
"What are you doing here in a bar of all places?" He asked. 'Drea and Rae stared daggers at him. Bella looked at them.
"'Drea, Rae, why don't you go back?" She told them. Both of them looked at her.
"Are you sure?" They both asked her. She nodded. Rae and 'Drea walked away.
"Thank you," Edward said. Bella rolled her eyes.
"You're not welcome." She responded.
"Bella…" He trailed off.
"What Edward? You weren't really expecting me to be smiling like nothing happened the next time I saw you, did you?" Bella asked venting. The old wounds were killing her.
"No, Bella, please understand…" Edward stopped again as a guy walked towards the bathrooms smiling at Bella.
"Not going to happen, Brad, keep dreaming." She said. Brad shrugged and walked into the men's bathroom.
"You know him?" Edward asked. Bella nodded.
"We had a thing last year." Edward stared at her. This wasn't the same Bella he left behind.
"And him?" He pointed to another guy walking by. Bella nodded.
"Not like it's any of your business." She responded.
"Bella, what happened to you?" He muttered.
"I grew up, Edward. I got a life, like you wanted me to." Bella responded. "Now, it's my turn. Why are you back?" She asked.
"We just moved in." Edward responded.
"So you live here now?" She asked.
"Yes." He said.
"Did you know I'd be here?" Bella asked.
"Yes."
"Alice told you?" She asked.
"No, I called Charlie…" Bella glared at him. "He wasn't too reluctant to tell me where you were, but I told him I wanted to make things right." Bella's glare didn't soften.
"You had no right." She said. Edward stepped towards her, she stepped back.
"I want to make things right Bella. I've been miserable since I left." He said.
"Why now?" She asked. Edward looked at her. "Why now, three years later?"
"Has it been three years?" Bella nodded. He groweled as Steve came towards them.
"Bella?" He asked.
"I'm fine." She reassured him. Steve shook his head and turned around and walked away.
"What were you planning on doing with him tonight?" Edward asked her. Bella glared at him.
"And how is that any of your business?" She asked.
"You've changed Bella. You've become…" Edward trailed off. She was dying.
"No!" She exclaimed. Bella was shaking with anger. "You have no right! No freaking right to call me a slut! After everything…no Edward, you have no right to call me a slut." She started. Edward stared.
"You don't get it do you?" She asked infuriated. (Author's Note: The following dialogue by Bella is not mine…it belongs to the writer of Grey's Anatomy. With a few changes.) "When I met you Edward I thought that I had met the person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. That was it I was done. No more looking in the bars, no I was done. But then you, you had to break up with me. Saying you couldn't pretend to be human for me. So no, Edward, you do not have the right to call me a slut."
Bella breathed deep to calm herself and wiped her cheeks. Startled to find tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Bella…" Edward trailed off.
"No, Edward don't come near me. You've done enough damage to my heart as it is."
"What are you talking about?" Edward asked.
"You don't understand what you did to me. You broke me Edward. Charlie had to kick me out, because of what happened. He couldn't handle me after you left." She told him.
"Bella, you think it was easier for me?" He asked. Bella stared at him. "I didn't think it would be so easy to lie to you. I wanted to kill myself after what I did to you. I barely lived through hours, let alone days or weeks."
"Edward, don't." Bella said. Her heart was killing her, the memories were too much.
"It's the truth, Bella!" Edward exclaimed stepping towards her.
"Am I supposed to believe you?" She asked. Edward stared at her.
"You're supposed to tell me that you still love me." He told her.
"I do, but it hurts too much Edward." Bella said and walked away from him.
"Bella!" He snagged her arm.
"Let go!" She exclaimed.
"No. Bella I love you I never stopped." Edward said staring straight into her eyes.
"I did." She whispered. "The moment you ripped my heart out and stomped on it." Bella released her arm from his grasp and walked out into the parking lot.
"Isabella Swan!" Edward called her name. She didn't turn around. Bella kept walking and got into her car. The sun was beginning to rise.
Author's Notes: Hm…that was really fun to write. I was only going to make this a one shot, but I think it might have the potential to become a chapter story. What do you guys think? Go review!