Mine 1

“Text whoever you are supposed to be meeting and tell them that you can no longer hang out with them because from this moment forward your time belongs to me.”Bella jumped hearing a woman’s voice close to her ear. The music in the club was loud but she would have thought she would have noticed someone getting so close. The woman being close wasn’t the biggest surprise though. The woman statement was. Turning around to give the woman a piece of her mind Bella paused upon seeing the face of the offensive comment. The woman was stunning. Blond hair, golden eyes and a face that would put even the roman goddesses to shame. The woman’s beauty could not however make Bella forgot about the insult.

“Excuse me?”Bella asked.

“I’m sorry maybe I wasn’t speaking loud enough.”The woman leaned closer and raised her voice.”Text whoever you are supposed to be meeting and tell them that you can no longer hang out with them because from this moment forward your time belongs to me.”

“My time belongs to me not you.”Bella didn’t care if the woman was hot. She didn’t own Bella or her time.

The woman’s nostrils flaring made it obvious the woman didn’t like being challenged.”I think you are misunderstanding this situation.”

“No I think you are. I have no interest in spending MY time with you.”Bella made sure to draw out the word my. Turning back to the bar Bella thought she heard the woman growl.

“Who do you think you are to dismiss me!!”The woman demanded.

Bella ignored her and pulled out her phone. She wasn’t actually waiting for anyone. She had hit the bar because she needed a break after a hard week at work. The woman apparently didn’t appreciate being ignored. The hand on Bella’s shoulder being proof. Bella turned on her bar stool and pushed the hand off of her.”Keep your hands to yourself.”

“Keep my hands to myself?!”The woman asked in a way that she couldn’t understand someone not wanting her to touch them.

“Yes, keep your hands to yourself. I don’t know who you are but let’s make some things clear. My time does not belong to you, I don’t want you touching me and finally I don’t want to talk to you. So leave me alone.”Bella told her.

The woman’s bared her teeth.”Your time does belong to me, you will allow me to touch you and if I want to talk to you you will talk to me.”

“Yeah I don’t know if are from out of town or something but that’s not how it works. This is a free country. That means I get to choose who I spend time with, who touches me and who I talk to. You not being that person now or in the future.”Bella told her.

“How dare you!!”The woman took a step forward but was stopped by another blond grabbing her arm.

“Alright Rosalie how about we all calm down.”The new blond was shorter then the other but looked older than the one who had spoken before.

“I will not calm down.”The woman the blond called Rosalie said.

“Is this your friend?”Bella asked the new blond.

“Yes, this my friend Rosalie and my name is Tanya.”Tanya introduced the pair.

“Well Tanya you should take Rosalie back to your table. Once you get there you could maybe explain to her the proper way to speak to someone.”Bella suggested.

“You little.”Rosalie once again made a move towards Bella but Tanya tightened her grip to keep her in place.

“I also think you should sign her up for some anger management classes.”Bella smirked at the look of outrage that came over Rosalie’s face.

“I think that is probably a good idea.”Tanya agreed.

“While you two work that out I’m going to go back to my drink and forget this interaction ever happened.”Bella didn't wait for a reply and turned back to the bar and signaled the bartender. The ice had melted in her drink during the interaction.

“What can I get you?”The bartender asked.

“I’ll take another Mary Pickford.”Bella told her.

“And because of you I know what that is.”The bartender replied as she went about making the drink.

“It’s a classic.”Bella wasn’t looking but she felt Rosalie and Tanya walk away. Unfortunately a new person took their place.

“You have a thing for the classics?”The new voice asked.

“You could say that.”Bella turned to looked at the voice and noticed another blond. This one had the same colored eyes as Tanya and Rosalie. Bella would have bet her savings that this woman was related to the other two.

The woman held out her hand.”I’m Irina.”

“Bella.”Bella shook the hand surprised at how cold it was.

“So what brings you out tonight?”Irina asked.

“Thanks.”Bella said to the bartender as she put Bella’s drink in front of her. Taking sip she turn her attention back to Irina.”Nothing to exciting just wanted to relax after a long work week.”

“What do you do?”Irina asked.

“I’m a lawyer.”Bella told her.

“You’re a lawyer.”Irina obviously didn’t believe her.

“I graduated younger than most people.”Bella had started college when most kids were starting middle school.

“How young?”Irina asked.

“I graduated from Harvard Law when I was 17.”Bella smiled when Irina’s eyes widened.

Irina whistled.”Damn you must be pretty smart. Not only did you go to Harvard you graduated before you were old enough to vote.”

“I’m very driven when I want to be.”Bella wasn’t going to explain that once her parents realized she was smart they made her give up her childhood and forced her to spend all her time studying. There was a reason she no longer spoke to them.

“I can see that. Were do you work?”Irina asked.

“I have my own practice.”Bella was proud of that fact. It made it so she could pick and choose who she wanted to represent.

“You are turning out even more impressive than I thought you would be.”Irina told her.

“That’s kind of you to say.”Bella took a sip of her drink to hide her blush.”How about you? What do you do?”

Irina waved her hand back and forth.“Oh a little of this a little of that.”

“Why do I have a feeling that you are well aquatinted with lawyers?”Bella figured that answer meant that Irina broke the law regularly.

Irina laughed.”You would think that but no I don’t do anything illegal.”

“Somehow I don’t believe you.”Bella could easily see Irina, Tanya and Rosalie breaking the law. Especially with Rosalie’s temper.”Not to pry but I assume you are related to Rosalie and Tanya?”

“Tanya is my sister and Rosalie is my cousin.”Irina told her.

“May I ask what Rosalie’s problem is? She was very rude.”Bella thought saying rude was an understatement but didn’t want to offend Irina.

Irina sighed.”My cousin is a little high-strung and very out of practice when it comes to dating. She has no clue how to talk to women and I’m afraid she went about trying to get your number all wrong.”

“She tried to claim that my time belonged to her and that if she wanted to touch she would and if she wanted to talk to me I would have no choice but to talk to her. I would say that she has serious problems talking to women.”Bella didn’t want to ever interact with Rosalie again.

”Yeah not the best move on her part. Rosalie has always been very isolated and only talks to my family and her own. She doesn’t understand that just because she usually gets her way with us doesn’t mean she will get her way with everyone else.”Irina explained.

“She will never get her way with me because I never want to talk to her again.”Bella wasn’t even comfortable being in the same room as the delusional woman.

Irina winced.”She really isn’t that bad once you get to know her.”

“I’ll have to take your word for it.”Bella wasn’t going to risk another conversation with Rosalie.

“I was hoping that I could convince you to give her another chance.”Irina said.

Bella shook her head.”Sorry I’m not going to put myself through that again.”

“What if I was there when you talked to her?”Irina asked.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea.”Bella couldn’t think of anything worse than spending time with Rosalie. Bella downed the rest of her drink.”I’m going to call it a night.”

“Well can I get your number? Maybe we could hang out sometime.”Irina suggested.

Bella wasn’t sure if she should give her number to Irina. The woman was nice but she was related to Rosalie and obviously wanted Bella to give her cousin a second chance.”Look you seem great and all but I really don’t want to have deal with Rosalie again.”

“What if I promise she won’t be there?”Irina asked.

“I’m not willing to risk it.”Bella stood from her stool and grabbed her jacket.”It was nice meeting you Irina.”

“Is there nothing I can do to convince you to hang out with me?”Irina seemed almost desperate to get Bella’s number.

“Sorry.”Bella told her as she slipped on her jacket and made her way to the door. She had almost expected Irina to follow her but was relieved she didn’t. Looking over her shoulder one last time she shivered when her eyes connected with Rosalie’s. Bella wasn’t sure what the woman’s problem was. It matter though. Bella would never be seeing the woman again so she wouldn’t worry about the stranger with bad manners. The hot stranger with bad manners. Bella could admit to herself that it puffed up her ego that Rosalie had hit on her out of everyone in the club. Rosalie was the most attractive woman she had ever seen in person. Maybe ever seen period. To have the attention of someone so beautiful on her was nice until Rosalie had opened her mouth. Bella figured Rosalie as one of those people who expected just because they were good looking everyone should do everything they could to please them. Bella had already been in the position of trying to please someone when she was growing up there was no way she was going to put herself in that situation again.