1909

Disclaimer: I do not have the privilege nor honor of owning this brilliant story that is Twilight. Nor it's sequels, which is quite unfortunate. Of course I do own this plotline.

Chapter 1: Little Casanova

1909 Illinois

A young Edward Masen trudged through the forest fuming about one of the few things an eight year old could. His cousins who he was currently visiting in south Illinois were picking on him again. When he had told his mother she told him to be a big boy and suck it up. Edward wiped away a stray tear that had escaped his eyelashes and continued his angry strides.

For an eight year old he was rather small and had a tendency to makes rash decisions which explains why he was currently lost in a forest after trying to run away. He had been going in circles for the past hour and was starting to get hungry. Another tear made its way down his cheek, but this time he didn't bother to wipe it away.

Edward pushed through a cluster of bushes and found himself on the beach of a small pond. A clanking noise brought his attention away from the lovely pond to the woman sitting under a weeping willow with a cup of tea and paintbrush in hand. Edward made his way over to her, but stopped halfway there when he saw how pretty she was. She had long cascading mahogany hair that complemented her deep brown eyes. She reminded him of one of those pretty ladies he saw on the movie posters on the side of his father's law firm building.

Bella was painting the scene of the pond. Today was the one day out of every decade that she was allowed to go to the human world. She was one of the few immortals that actually enjoyed it. The other immortal humans in her world found it bothersome and useless to even go to there uncivilized and uneducated world.

A sniffling noise made Bella turn her head away from her painting. A little boy with emerald green eyes and tear stained cheeks was staring wide eyed at her.

"What's wrong?" Bella asked as she stood up and pulled her handkerchief. "Are you lost?" Edward nodded mutely and took the beautiful woman's handkerchief. He wiped away his tears and blushed lightly when he smell the floral scent coming from the handkerchief.

"Thank you." Edward said shyly and handed her back the handkerchief.

"You can keep it." Edward stuck the handkerchief in his pocket. "I'm Bella what's your name?" Bella sat back under the tree and poured a cup of tea for Edward waiting for his answer.

"Edward Masen. Three sugars please." Bella laughed at his sweet tooth and added the three sugars.

"So what were you doing in the forest in the first place that got you lost?" Bella asked and Edward took a big gulp of his tea.

"I was running away." Edward said with his chin sticking out and face in an adorable pout.

"Away from what?" Bella resumed her painting and Edward looked over her shoulder.

"Away from my family. My cousins were being mean and my mom just told me to be a big boy so I decided to run away." He took another sip of his tea and Bella took a moment to contemplate what he had just told her.

"So are you happy now that you've run away?" Edward started sniffling again after Bella asked this.

"No, I wanna go home." Edward's words were gurgled as he started to cry again. Bella pulled him up onto her lap and brushed her fingers through his copper hair trying to calm him down.

"Shh, it's alright. Where is your house?" It took a minute for Edward to answer since he was crying so hard.

"Chicago." He said as he pulled out Bella's handkerchief again and wiped his face.

"Goodness you are a long way from home. Are you staying with someone down here?" Edward nodded and yawned, tired from all his crying and walking. "Do you know what the house looks like?"

"It had a blue door and a big red barn behind it." Bella thought about the area she was in trying to remember if she had past any place like that this morning.

"I think I know that place. Does it have a dog tied up in the front?"

"Yeah, that's Mollie. She's my cousin's dog. I asked my dad for a dog, but he said that we lived in the city and it would be inconvenient." Edward sighed. "Miss Bella?"

"Yes Edward?" Edward yawned again and his eyes drooped.

"Will I ever see you again?" Bella thought about his question for a minute before answering.

"Your father has a law firm. Is it named after your last name?" Edward nodded too tired to answer. "I'll be there in ten years."

"Thank you Miss Bella. I promise I'll be there too." Were Edward's last words before he drifted off to sleep. Bella lifted him up and placed a kiss on his forehead then started walking.

Edward wasn't as far away from his cousin's house as he thought he was. It only took Bella ten minutes to walk to his house. A woman with the same shade of hair as Edward came running out of the house when she saw Bella approaching with Edward in her arms.

"Oh my little baby!" The woman who Bella assumed was Edward's mother grabbed Edward out of Bella's arms and smothered him in kisses. "Thank the lord in heaven that you are alright!"

"Mom stop." Edward mumbled still half asleep.

"Thank you for finding him Miss. I was worried sick." Edward's mother turned her attention from Bella back to her son. "Don't you ever do that again! You know your father and uncle are out in the forest right now looking for you! I've never been so worried in my life. Did you say thank you to this young lady for finding you?"

"Yes I said thank you to Miss Bella." Edward said as he pushed off of his mother to stand on his own. He reached up with his arms outstretched. Bella leaned down and hugged him and placed another kiss on his forehead. "I'll see you in ten years Miss Bella."

Edward as a little kid is so cute! Can you picture it? This will have either two or three chapters. Review please.