The year is 1953 and nearly 10:30 at night when the last customer finally got up and left. The waitress, Bella Swan, waited until the headlights pulled out of the diner
parking lot and headed into the dark Arizona desert night down Route 66 before counting the tip. She sighed, once again it was more than she deserved but she
needed it to pay for college. "Well Bella, I'm going home now. Do you think you can lock up tonight? Sue has been getting on my case about getting home earlier."
Asked Billy Black, the cook. "Yeah sure Billy, you have a good night now." "Night Bells." She watched him drive out of sight in his new Chevy pick-up and was about to
turn the Open Sign to Closed when another set of headlights pulled in. They belonged to a breath-taking shiny black Hudson Hornet with a driver equally as in
credible looking stepping out. Bella froze, staring at him, feeling a little star-struck. Suddenly she could see her entire life ahead of her, kissing him, saying "I Do",
having children, and growing old together. It all seemed so real until a knocking pulled her back to reality and there he was standing right in front of her. She opened
the door and felt her heart speed up. His eyes were like topaz; his hair had a bronze tint to it, pale skin, and a face that Marlon Brando would kill for. She was looking
at him so intently that she hadn't noticed him speak until he cleared his throat. "Excuse me er, Bella is it?" She tried to form words but her mouth felt so dry, she
nodded instead. He smiled "Listen, I know you are just about to close up but I really would appreciate it if I could get a quick cup of coffee. I promise I won't stay long.
Please?" Again, she nodded and opened the door wider to let him in. He smiled again and said; "By the way, since I know your name I think it's only fair if you know
mine. Its Edward." "Pleasure to meet you" she mumbled as she shut the door and walked behind the counter. She was mentally smacking herself in the head.
"Nodding? NODDING?!?!? That's just great, god I'm such an idiot. Now come on Bella, pull it together! Its not like you have never seen a guy before, there are
thousands of them. This one shouldn't be any different! Just give him the coffee, wait till he leaves, and go home!".