Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. All characters and original storyline belong to Ms. Stephenie Meyer.

This is an alternate universe. The Cullens are still vampires and Bella is still human. I have posted Fanfiction for Vampire Academy, but this is my first Twilight fanfic. Please review. I do not have nor want a Beta. I try to proofread everything twice. Please enjoy!

This story is set 5 years after the Cullens left in New Moon. They never returned to Forks. The Cullen family has moved to Portland. Carlisle has made chief of staff at Portland Community Hospital. Little do they know that Bella is attending the University of Portland and is dating one of the interns that work under Carlisle. The entire Cullen family along with Tanya Denali attends a benefit given by the hospital where Jim and his girlfriend who just happens to look a lot like someone from their past participate in a dance competition to raise money for the benefit. Everyone is shocked when they see little Bella Swan has turned into a graceful woman. No one is more shocked than a very jealous Edward. What lies in store for Bella and Edward? Read on to find out!

Chapter 1: Izzie Swan

Jim POV

"Paging Dr. Cullen to the ER Paging Dr. Cullen to the ER."

"Wow that guy really is a God around her isn't he?" I asked Karl one of the Residents at Portland Community Hospital. I had started earlier that month as an intern and learned quickly that Dr. Carlisle Cullen was the man to watch.

"Yeah he's always on top of things so you better watch out. It's like he never sleeps and he has eyes and ears in the back of his head. He knows everything that happens around this hospital and is the most skilled surgeon on the staff. That's why he made chief of staff so quickly when he's only been here a little over a year."

"In that case I better get moving. I can't afford to lose this job."

"Oh yeah you're still trying to save up for that ring huh?" Karl chided me.

"Am I that obvious?"

"Oh yeah! You've got it bad for that Isabel chick you always talk about. I can't believe you've been together two years and are still haven't popped the question. You commitment shy or something?"

I sighed before responding. "No not me, her. When I met her she was still not over a recently bad break up and although we've made tremendous progress since then I have this feeling that marriage isn't on her mind just yet."

"So she's still hung up on that other guy? Dude I couldn't put up with that. I need to know that my woman is my woman you know what I'm saying?"

I stiffened. I knew he was right, but I didn't want him to be.

"I hear you man, but I don't know what it is about this girl. I'm so drawn to her. I need to be around her constantly. I don't think I could give her up if I tried." Sadly it was true. Izzie Swan had put a spell on me and I was powerless against her charms.

He sighed and looked at the pile of charts that was beginning to resemble a stack of library books.

"Like I said I better go. I don't want to get on Cullen's bad side, something about him seems off. He's so pale and kind of odd. He gives me the creeps."

I snorted gathering up the charts and began to make my rounds. Karl wasn't wrong. There was definitely something peculiar about Dr. Cullen, but hey he was my boss and who was I to judge.

EPOV

"Oh I am so happy. Carlisle finally decided that we could all go to the benefit for the hospital this weekend. I can't wait to go shopping for a new outfit and show off my dance moves in the competition,"

My sister bounced around the room like a pixie. She'd been looking for Carlisle's decision on the matter all week. I guess he'd finally made a decisive decision.

"Don't you ever get tired of your wife's incessant chatter Jasper?" I bit out through clenched teeth. I'd been sitting on the sofa engrossed in medical journal content in being alone, until Alice and Jasper had entered the room.

Jasper just laughed.

"Calm down buddy, you're just cranky because you haven't hunted in a while. I'll round up Emmett and we'll all go snag some grizzly."

I sighed. I knew that my lack of hunting was not the only thing making me cranky.

It was three days ago and I'd been at a local bookstore. As soon as I'd entered I knew something was different. I immediately caught a drift of her soft floral scent as it wafted up and down the aisles of the massive three story retail outlet. It was a scent that I hadn't caught a whiff of in almost five years, but would know it anywhere. My throat burned thirstily at just a smallest twinge of that familiar mouthwatering aroma. There was no doubt in my mind. Bella Swan had been here or was still here.

My heart stopped as I quickly scanned the entire first floor for any sign of her. I couldn't see her. The past five years had been and unending nightmare living without the woman I loved. But it had been for her own safety and well being that I had left. Although I was curious as to why she was in this bookstore in this town I knew I should not pursue it. I knew I should leave as quickly as possible and pretend I was never here. Alas, I knew that now that I'd caught wind of her scent that I wouldn't be satisfied until I saw her.

I searched the entire store, she wasn't there. I couldn't catch word of her in anyone's thoughts. But why would I? She had probably come in bought a book and left. Nothing significant about that would stick in anyone's mind. I had to know more. Why was she here? Was she just passing through or did she live nearby? I had to find out!

As soon as I arrived home I did a massive computer search. I had checked Forks high school graduation records that had stated where each student was attending college the following fall. Next to Isabella Swan it listed undecided. No help there. After that I started a mad search of all the college campuses in the area. I had searched all the undergraduate enrollment records that I could hack into and come up empty.

I sat back in my chair and tried one last effort. I typed the name Isabella Swan into the Google home page search engine. And there it was staring me right in the face. Graduating class of 2008 University of Portland Isabella Swan. I did the math. That only gave her 3 years of school. How did she graduate so quickly? I began searching graduate school records and found that she was enrolled in the world studies and languages graduate program. She had been right under our noses for almost a year now and no one had noticed.

I was overwhelmed with feelings. I wanted very much too see her, to hold her to be with her and tell her I was sorry. I wanted to tell her that it was a mistake and beg her forgiveness. I yearned to ask her to allow me back into her heart even though I knew wholeheartedly that I was unworthy of her love and always had been. I also knew that if I interrupted her life right now that it would not do her any good. What's best for Bella is that I stayed away. I would have to inform Carlisle and we need to make a decision on whether or not we should stay in Portland.

Carlisle and I agreed when I told him of her presence that we should relocate, but the rest of the family disagreed. It had been a little less than a year since our most recent move from Maine and my brothers and sisters did not want to re-start high school a second time this year. Alice and I hadn't started yet as we played the younger siblings so it made no difference to either of us. Alice though was jumping for joy at the thought of seeing Bella again as was Esme. Hell even Emmett wanted to see her. Rose was the only one who'd agreed that I should stay out of her life. Eventually Carlisle agreed that we would stay as long as I was comfortable with it. I agreed for the sake of my family that and the fact that even though I knew it was wrong, more than anything I wanted to see Bella.

Bella's POV

Where is that book? I looked around my cramped apartment frantically. There were books scattered everywhere. I had a paper due Monday and I couldn't find the book I needed for the last section.

"That's it I give up!" I cried and grabbed the keys to my somewhat new silver Impala. I would have to repurchase the book and worry about finding the other one later.

I drove quickly over to my favorite bookstore. I ran in, located the book I needed and was out within a matter of minutes. I drove straight home to finish working on the paper. Ordinarily I would not have put the paper off this long but I had been taking dance lessons with my boyfriend Jim (his idea not mine) for some dance competition this weekend at some hospital benefit. I wasn't really too excited to be dancing in front of a couple hundred people but it was for charity and Jim was very excited. He was always doing nice things for me so when he asked me I couldn't say no. I'd had dance lessons and a child and had actually been pretty good for all my clumsiness, although most of that awkward shyness and clumsy behavior had been left behind in Forks. I found that once I was away from people (if you could call vampires people) that were good at absolutely everything I was much more comfortable in my own human skin. Over the past several years I had transformed from a young, shy, naïve clumsy girl to a more mature, confident, somewhat cynical woman.

It still hurt to think about my reasons for leaving Forks. I had been undeniably insanely in love with a vampire named Edward Cullen. He'd left me abruptly at the beginning of senior year and it had taken a long time for my heart to heal. I wasn't sure it ever completely would heal, but it was much better now. I only thought of him a couple times a day instead of him plaguing my entire existence. Although on the outside I seemed to be quite perfect, charming, bubbly, confident and fun, on the inside it still hurt sometimes to think of my life before Portland.

I had been still terribly distraught when I finally chose a university three weeks before school started. When I first arrived here I was lonely and timid. That changed soon after I met my two current best friends, Haley and Veronica. Things had certainly changed since then. Veronica was a party girl. She reminded me a lot of Alice Cullen my former best friend only she was human. She always had the craziest ideas and Haley and I usually ended up along for the ride. Most times we were skeptical of her crazy schemes but we almost always had fun. Since I'd met those two I had become far less shy. That combined with a little alcohol and I'd found that I was quite the life of the party.

If it hadn't been for the two of them I never would have met Jim. It had been my second year at U of P and it was another one of Veronica's crazy ideas. She thought it would be funny to go up onto the roof of the dorms and throw snowballs at the guys from the dorm across from us. As it turns out she forgot to leave a piece of wood in the door and we were stuck up there all night in the frigid 20 degree temperature. By the time someone found us the next day we all needed to be brought to the hospital to be checked for hypothermia. The EMT who brought us in was Jim. He was very handsome and my friends thought he was into me. He checked up on me in my hospital room several times before asking shyly for my phone number. I was about to say no when Veronica yelled it out at the top of her lungs. I was deeply embarrassed.

I was stunned when he'd actually called the next day to see how I was and ask if he could take me to dinner when I was feeling better. We'd hit it off and been together ever since. Being with Jim was easy. He was so fun and lighthearted. Sometimes when I was with him I was almost able to imagine that Edward Cullen had never existed, almost.

So all you Edward & Bella fans out there please let me know if you are interested in reading more! If so I would be happy to post another chapter by the end of tomorrow!

Also Team Jacob fans be warned. I hate that smelly dog and he will not be making any large appearances in this fic.