Chapter 1

Alec POV

Today was like any other day, with the Volturi, boring. Jane was out on some kind of mission; don't ask me what cause I really don't know. Jane's my twin sister; she can be a bit annoying. I wandered through the twist and turn that made up the Volturi castle. I wasn't sure where I was heading really. I didn't realise I was at entrance, or exit, to the castle until I was there. Well I might as well, seeing as I'm already here.

I jumped up and out of the tunnel landing lightly on my feet at the top. Volturra, my home of sorts, was exactly as it was every day or night as it was now. I walked through the streets watching families walking home. They sun had gone down so it was free for the guard to walk around the city's streets. Honestly, though not a lot of the guard did this. I was was of the few who did.

I walked silently, thinking of nothing in particular, when a human, walking past me, tripped over. I didn't really think about it but I caught her before she fell onto her face.
"Thanks." She said, smiling at me. I didn't return the smile; I cared very little for the humans. I hadn't meant to catch her it had just happened.

I noticed that the girl had a nice smile. Her lips were red and full and her smile showed off little dimples. I don't know what possessed me to think it but she was actually rather cute. My eyes ran over the rest of her face; she had beautiful blue eyes that seemed to glisten slightly, maybe it was my imagination. Another thing I noticed was the girl's hair; it was a light brown with soft blonde highlights like the sun had bleached it. I smiled back at this human without even realising it. This made her blush ever so slightly. The faint pink in her cheeks seemed so very beautiful.

Just then I realised what I had been thinking. What I had been noticing. She was a human, I shouldn't notice her in that sought of way. I turned around, heading back the way I had come. The girl just stood there watching me walk away, it was as if I could feel her eyes watching me as I walked away from her.

No one had noticed my late night wandering as I re-entered the Volturi castle. I tried not to think of the beautiful girl I had just met. Unfortunately, her face kept creeping back into my thoughts, it was somewhat unnerving.

Lily's POV

How embarrassing. The most gorgeous guy in probably the whole of Volterra Italy and I had had to fall over right in front of him. I was such a klutz. I thought this while I watched his re-treating figure. I sighed internally to myself. I had met lots of nice looking guys before but somehow they didn't seem like much to him.

Of what I could see of him in the light of the nearby streetlamp he had looked different from other boys, yet a lot fitter than any other boy I had ever laid eyes on. I smiled to myself thinking of the tall, dark stranger. As I walked to the small cafe to meet, where I had promised my parents I would meet them, I couldn't help but wonder about him. I had never believed in love at first sight but now, I wasn't so sure.