BPOV

"Bella, let's go! Our flight leaves in 10 frickin' minutes!" That's Alice. A shopaholic and super chatty girl. She has a black pixie-cut, bright, sky-blue eyes, is an average height of 5'5'' and rocks extremely pale skin. She has more energy than a battery and loves to shop. She and Rose have been my best friends since Kindergarten.

Rose, is the blonde bombshell with looks to kill for. Girls everywhere envy her, with her creamy skin, amber eyes, and platinum blonde bob. She is tall, beautiful, and very confident. The thing most people don't know about her, is that she loves cars. Looking at her, you'd assume her to be a snooty bitch who has the guys wrapped around her finger, but no. She is a very kind person, but hard to become friends with. We've all been hurt, but it affected Rose and I the most. Alice is willing to become friends with anyone, Rose is hard to get to know, she has trouble letting people in, and I, I am very quiet and more of a suffer in silence person, I don't trust people easily after what happened to the three of us.

I'm the really short one, I'm 5'0'', I weigh a total of 115 pounds. I'm petite, I have a small torso but overall a thin hourglass figure. My hair is waist-length, and a mahogany color that turns red in the sun, my skin is a dark olive that becomes darker in the sun, and my eyes are a dark blue that contrast my skin and hair tones. I'm the exotic one who loves fashion, Rose is the classy one, and Alice is the bubbly one.

We all just graduated from our senior year at Phoenix High School, with honor roll, diplomas, and robes. We are heading down to Hawaii to go on vacation for a bit, clear our minds, have drinks, meet guys, and relax. The beach has always been my favorite place.

"Bella! Let's go!" Apparently Rose is ready to hit the waves.

I walked out of the newsstand with a few magazines for the flight, hurrying so I didn't miss my flight. We grabbed our luggage and pulled it onto the walkway towards the plane.

"Flight 5469 landing in 7 minutes, I repeat: Flight 5469 landing in 7 minutes. Please buckle up your seatbelts, put the trays up, turn off your electronic devices, and remain seated."

"Damn, flight attendants are annoying! Like seriously, you think we don't know to put our frickin' seat belts on?"

"Alice, chill. It's federal law to say that for every flight.. If they don't, they'll get fired for not warning the passengers of what to do or some shit like that.." The ever-knowing Rose. She was going to be, without a doubt, a great lawyer.

I just sat on the flight reading my magazines with my headphones in. The latest style was models with gaps in between their teeth. Like, really? You think it's attractive? NYC is obviously trying to attract gay men, because women don't find that appealing in the least.

The plane landed and everyone grabbed their luggage and rushed to get off the plane, excited to feel the Hawaii heat. I went before Rose and Alice, and right as I was going to go down the stairs to go down the walkway to get to the inside of the airport, a man walked in front of me and bumped into me, sending me flying down the stairs. I heard Rose start snorting and Alice's tinkling laughter.

"Glad I could entertain you, now shut the fuck up." I grumbled. I was used to them laughing at my clumsiness, but this was someone pushing me so it wasn't my fault. I continued down the stairs like nothing happened and walked into the airport over to the baggage claim. We grabbed our bags and headed off to a cab to take us to our hotel.

"Bella, I totally forgot to tell you, but I love you outfit! Where'd you get it?" Alice squealed at my choice of clothes. I looked down to my high-waisted shorts, sandals, and croptop and smirked. Alice liking my clothes? How often does that happen? Let me think about it.. Never. I decided to take this to my advantage.

"I bought it at Abercrombie! Your favorite store!"

"You went there without me?" She gasped as I laughed at her reaction.

"You bet I did."

She hated when anyone went shopping without her, let alone at her favorite store. She was great at finding deals at the best stores no matter where she was. People were willing to give her discounts when she handed them a business card from her mom's clothing store saying that they may feature their store in her mom's business catalog. Although Alice was a fairly honest person, when it came to shopping, little white lies didn't mean a thing. Shopping was her life, fashion was mine, and cars were Rose's.

We arrived at the hotel, paid the cab driver, grabbed our luggage, and walked into the foyer. It was so large, open, and beautiful. There were wild colored flowers all over the ceiling, hanging from pots and giving off a wonderful scent. There was a large fountain with spouts of water coming from different angles, and reddish brick surrounding it. Even though floor tiles were very unique, each tile containing a different pattern, from swirls, to dots, to flowers and stripes, it all fit together to look beautiful. The ceiling had a large beach mural on it, while the walls were covered in tropical wallpaper, inviting you in. We walked up to the receptionist and checked in. We all had separate rooms right next to each other. We headed up to our rooms and put all our stuff down, changed into our bikinis, and left for the beach.

I had a strapless electric blue fringe bikini, Rose had a red halter top bikini, and Alice had a pink and white floral patterned two-piece that had a skirt cover up. We set our towels out and chatted for a while, listening to the waves and heating up before we got in the water. As we sat out in the sun, Rose squealed.

"Look at those hunks of hotness!"

Alice looked over and whispered to me: "Dayuuumn girl, we can each have one! But we can't tell them what happened, otherwise they might find us because we refused witness protection."

"I just don't see the point in starting anything if we can't finish it." I snarked back.

"Oh quit being such a bitch, Bella!" Rose replied.

"I'm not being a bitch, I'm just being logical."

Alice and Rose looked at me and then back at each other.

"Oh Bella, you certainly haven't changed, I thought being out of high school would make you chill at least a bit, but you're still stubborn and full of "logic"."

We all erupted into a fit of giggles and rolled across our towels.

"It's what makes me, me. You know?" I gasped for air and pounded my fist on the sand.

"See, we're always laughing at nothing, it's so unreasonable, but it's so fucking funny!" Alice laughed.

I finally looked over and saw 3 guys. All tall and buff with tanned skin. As they walked closer, I saw that they looked to be about in their early 20's. One had ear length honey blond hair and one was severely large with dark brown hair, I couldn't see their eye colors, but I could tell they were all attractive. When I saw the last one, with reddish-brown hair, my heart thumped and I got butterflies in my stomach. What the fuck was that? I felt my cheeks warm and I watched as they went to the volleyball nets.

"Ooh! We are SO playing volleyball!" Alice all but screamed.

We walked over to the volleyball nets, me unwillingly, but still excited to see the odd hair colored guy.

"Fancy a game of volleyball with us? 3 guys against the three ladies?" Rose asked sweetly. She was such a flirt.

The big one looked at us and grinned, but you could tell he only had eyes for Rose.

"Hey! Let us start the games. But introductions first. I'm Emmett, the blond is Jasper, and penny head is Edward, how about all of you?" Emmett boomed.

Rose introduced us all and we set up for our teams.

"Bella trips a lot, watch your feet." Alice laughed at her own comment, which actually wasn't that funny.

We began the game, us failing quickly because we only played volleyball in gym a couple times.

I caught Edward watching me often, but of course the only way for me to know that was to stare at him often. I offered him a small smile.

I continued to trip like a champion and I saw Edward look at me and nod his head to the side, indicating that we should go walk together. We all separated into doubles. Alice with Jasper and Emmett with Rose. Edward and I walked along the beach and as our hands brushed, I felt a tingle slide up my arm. He looked at me with wide eyes and I looked up at him. He stopped, then shook his head and continued walking with me.

"So Bella, I'm Edward." He said to me.

"I'm Bella, obviously," I blushed and laughed nervously while turning my head away.

He put his finger under my chin gently and looked into my eyes, "Why are you blushing?"

"I um, I uh, get nervous around guys?" It came out as a question. He laughed lightly.

"You don't have to be nervous around me, okay? I'm not going to hurt you."

I nodded my head and looked up at his lips. Shit. Bad. This is bad. I can't fall for him. I just can't. What do I do if he finds out that Rose, Alice, and I were the reasons for our parents and 3 other murders? People say it wasn't our fault, but our guilt has crushed us for 6 months now, people have to be just saying that. If we had gotten our permits earlier, they wouldn't have had to drive us. Gunshots would never have fired.

"So Bella, how old are you? I'm 23."

"I'm 19."

"So what do you want to do in college?" He asked.

"If I could pick, I would choose to be a stay at home mom, but I realize that I have to be married first, and I'm not sure when that is going to happen. How about you?" I questioned.

"Interesting. I'm the CEO of Masen-Cullen Corporates, you know, the technology company that creates high tech stuff, security, weapons, computers, and so on." He smiled when he said this.

"Oh my god! You're so young though!" I was surprised at his admission.

"Well I took over after my father died about 6 months ago, I am the oldest between my brothers, Emmett and Jasper. I was next in line to take over." He said sadly.

"Oh your father died? I'm so sorry. I know the feeling, Edward." I looked up at him with compassion. This man was warming my frozen heart, I knew I would fall for him, and for once, I was okay with that happening.