Natalia's POV

I was sitting boredly in a seat on a plane. I was so glad to be off I nearly jumped for joy. Nearly. I look around for my friend Bella, she was suppose to meet me here. She said it was about my birthday, which I found strange since like me she didn't really do those big things, but she insisted.

"Nat!" At the sound of the familiar nickname I turn around , the only thing that caught me off guard was how her voice sounded. It sound like silk. I see my friend and blink in disbelief. She was quite beautiful, and a lot paler, beside her was a tall bronze-haired guy. He had a look of concentration on his face. He whispered something to Bella and she looked surprised. I decided to walk up to her cautiously.

Bella's POV

"Nat!" I shouted and she turned around. She seemed surprised. I probably looked very different to her, but she looked different to me too. She was almost as tall as me, her hair was long and curly down to her mid-back, and her eyes were still a marvelous crystal blue.

"I can't read her mind." Edward whispered to me. Really? That was strange, but she was like me in a way.

Natalia walked over cautiously. "Hi Bella, is this your boyfriend?" she giggled playfully, unaware of the fact she wasn't that far off.

"Not quite." Edward held up my hand to show my ring.

"Oh." was her reply. " well congrats!" she said happily.

I remember the reason she came. "Ready to be sixteen in a week?!"

Natalia flinched. "Well...too late to bolt now, so...lets go!" she shouted trying to grin.

I smiled at her enthusiasm, like me she didn't care much for these things. Alice though insisted because she had a vision that Natalia came here for her birthday. "Yes, lets.

We walked to Edward's Volvo and Natalia got in the back, while I sat in the passenger side. "Nat, you better hold onto something, Edward's not exactly the most road conscious driver." I warned her.

"What about you?"she asked.

"I've gotten used to it." I said . In truth I had almost forgotten that Natalia was human and I wasn't.

Natalia's POV

After the very wild ride we reach the house. "Wow." I whispered. We walked up to the door and then I realized that I didn't even know their names! "Uh, this is embarrassing, but I don't even know your names."

"Well, my name is Edward Cullen, as for everyone else, I'll tell you when you meet them." he said. I nodded.

We walked in and it was amazing. I then notice the short, spiky black-haired girl standing near the door as if waiting for us. "Hello Edward, Bella." she turned to me. "Natalia."

Though I wasn't looking at her I felt Bella stiffen. "What?" I asked.

Bella sighed for some reason. I shrug. "So I'm guessing that you're the one who convinced Bella to get me here?"

"Yes, how did you know, oh, I'm Alice." she said.

"I don't know, you just seem like the hyper party planner type to me." I replied.

"Well for your birthday it will be amazing, tomorrow we can go pick out your dress." Alice grinned. I on the other hand cringed. "Aw, don't tell me your like Bella?" she whined.

"Not exactly."I said in a Bella way. I coulda sworn I heard Edward chuckle.