The Road to Somewhere

Disclaimer: I do wish I owned Twilight, but I am sadly not that lucky.

A/N: This is my first fanfiction. After reading a couple of these online, i got some ideas and decided to give them a try. Please review the story, and let me know things to improve on, or if you want to suggest ideas, or maybe if you think this story is too predictable. But review, and let me know anything i can do to improve my version on Twilight.

Well, now it's on to Chapter One. Here we go.

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I never knew that the day I set foot in that airport in Key West, my life would change forever. There was no turning back now.

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Prologue:

My best-friend-basically-big-brother Emmett held me while I cried. He wrapped me in his steel arms, thick with muscle. We sat there in his room and he stroked my hair, whispering to me that everything was okay, and that I would be fine, and that it didn't matter. That he didn't matter.

My heart didn't listen.

Even though I was wrapped so tight I shouldn't be able to move, my body shook and convulsed with sobs as his light gray shirt turned many shades darker, completely soaked with my tears.

Alice came in then, hearing my sobs, as I knew she would. After a quick assessment of the scene before her, she walked quickly over to the bed and kissed me on the forehead. Then she walked into Emmett's bathroom, and I heard something snap.

One thought was running through my mind.

Edward.

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I heard a soft knock on my door, and the muted click of the lock as Rosalie came in. She took one look at the emotions written in bold across my face and immediately sat down next to me on my bed, wrapping her arms around my slightly shaking frame.

That did it. I lost it.

I was so confused. My mind couldn't handle anymore. My control broke, and I couldn't see anything around me. Rose's shirt was turning another color as my tears soaked it.

All I heard outside of my own wracking, howling sobs was Rosalie's soft, sisterly voice telling me that everything would be okay, and that I could take my time, and that if I ever needed her, she would be there.

I heard the faint click once again as Jasper entered the room. My little brother took one look at me, the "unfortunate middle child of our family" as he called it. He knew exactly what was going on. He came over and sat on the bed, placing his hand on my arm, holding my green eyes with his own.

As I looked into their blue depths I saw reason, and calm. My emotions slowly calmed themselves until they would let me think straight. My sobs quieted, as my heart slowly started to knit itself into one again. My heart set itself on a new path, one that would in the future prove to be the most perfect decision I would ever make. And my mind…

My mind only had one word it could think now.

Bella.

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Chapter One: I Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You

Three months earlier.

"Ooohhhh," I heard Alice sigh, under her breath. "New meat!" The last word came out as a slightly higher pitched squeal of sorts.

Alice just loves it when she spots new people. Especially ones who are boys. Especially when they are cute boys! And these two were the definition of cute! There were two of them. One was tall and lean, just thin all around. He had blonde hair, and startlingly blue eyes. He had a face that could calm you with one look. As soon as I looked at him to check him out, my body was washed over with a cool calm. It surprised me, just as much as it unnerved me. I decided to check out his friend. I looked over at the other one and WOAH! Every single part of my body froze.

He was GORGEOUS!!!

He was tall with wiry muscles, not like my brother Emmett, who was all steel bands of muscle. This one was also thin, but had a slightly thicker form; due to his slightly more pronounced muscles. I noticed he had long, beautiful hands. A thought danced through the back of my mind.

I wonder if he's a musician?

He was wearing dark jeans, with an emerald green t-shirt. I felt myself smile. Green was my favorite color. Especially emerald green. My eyes continued to travel up his very attractive body, and stopped cold when I reached his face.

It was breath-taking.

The way the skin on his neck flowed uninterrupted up to cover his jaw. How it rolled across his cheekbones. His lips were slightly full, and they were the perfect mix of red and pink. Oh how I wanted to touch my lips to his………NO! I commanded my brain to stop right where it was. I was not going to start this before I even knew the guy! So I continued my assessment, which ended about two seconds later when I reached his eyes.

His EYES!

They were impossible to look away from. They were that perfect shade of emerald green that I loved, which also just so happened to match his shirt. But I stored that thought in the back of my mind for later.

Those eyes were perfect. They were mesmerizing. I got lost in their depths. I could see flecks of darker green within those gorgeous eyes. There was also an emotion buried in them, but before I could figure out just what it was, realization hit me.

There was only one way that I could see all these things so clearly.

I unfocused his eyes, and looked at him full on.

He was staring straight at me.

When he knew I realized we were staring at each other, he smirked a crooked smile at me, then winked. My breath caught once again, and I grabbed Emmett's arm for support. He turned away then to sit next to the blonde one on the lobby's sofa, and engage him in a conversation.

The smirk never left his face. I was so shocked by his casual reaction that i didn't move. I just kept my hand clutched around Emmett's arm. I kept my gaze locked on the two couch-boys. I looked a bit higher and my eyes attached themselves to his beautiful bronze colored hair. It was amazing! It looked like he had just gotten out of bed. His hair fell in the most perfect messy array that stopped my heart on a dime. I wished I could run my fingers through that oh so luscious hair………NO! I screamed at myself in my head again. I gazed at him with reverence, and it took Emmett a few tries before he could get my attention.

"Bella………Bella? Beellllaaa…....Bella!!! BELLA!" he said, punctuating that last "Bella" with a jab in my side. I snapped my gaze to him, my look of wonder instantly morphing into a frown as he interrupted my stargazi—I mean staring at the most perfect person ever.

"What do you want Emmett?" I asked harshly, glaring at my big brother. My little sister Alice frowned at my tone. She is so pissy these days. God do I hate that Aro so much! I cannot believe he broke my best-friend-practically-sister's heart. He didn't just break it the last time they were in Volterra; he snapped it in half and stomped on it. But I forced the thought to disappear once again as Emmett opened his rarely empty mouth.

"I want you to stop staring at that scrawny guy over there and answer my question!" he snapped back, obviously annoyed that I had been ignoring him, again. I was just riveted by his face though. Oh, how I wanted to run my hand across his cheek…….NO! I don't even know him! I am not going to start this.

"Fine Emmett," I sighed. "What's your question?" And he is not scrawny, I wanted to say, but I didn't want to get into that right now. I wouldn't be able to live it down with Emmett.

"Which part of this house are we going to be getting?" We are renting a house in Key West, and we were renting it with three other absolute strangers that we had never met before. We haven't even seen their pictures yet. So who knows whom we were going to be living with. Hopefully not crazy people.

"We are getting every part Emmett." I clarified. "That's what sharing is. We are sharing this house with three other people. Two guys, and one girl. I don't know their names. We will be sharing everything. That INCLUDES the food. And we will have 3 bathrooms, so that's two people to each bathroom. Unless a girl and a guy don't want to share, which will result in a problem. Now hush, and let's wait for the shuttle." I glared at him again, giving him an even harder look when I mentioned the food. I knew it was no use, but I had to try anyway. Getting between Emmett and food when he's hungry is NOT a good idea. Last time I did that, he threw me in our mother's pool.

I hate pools. Usually. They are cold, and wet, and the chlorine smells really bad.

"Oh," he said, as his memory kicked in. He sighed and shifted his weight, impatiently checking my watch again. Unsatisfied with the time, he let my arm drop back to my side. Alice's tinkling, bell-like laugh reached me from across Emmett's muscular bulk then.

"Emmett, can you like, chill for a second?" she said. "It's not like we have that much longer. The shuttle is scheduled to be here in like 10 minutes. Just take a break, jeezzz!!!! Here," she said, reaching into her pocket. She drew out a Caribou Coffee Mocha bar. Emmett's eyes bulged. He absolutely adores those bars. "Why don't you impatiently snack on this and try to just calm down for the next 10 minutes while we wait?" She held the bar up in his face and his hand snaked up with lightening speed to snatch it.

He tore open the paper and bit off half of it at once, his face taking on a dreamy state. Well, now that he was satisfied—for the time being—I could fully turn my attention back to the two guys lounging on the couch, now laughing at something I didn't get to witness because of Emmett.

Ugh, so unfair.

But then, my perfect guy flung himself off of the sofa and hurled his body towards the door. I looked to the door, and my attention was caught by a gorgeous blonde with a gigantic smile spreading across her face. I looked to where her gaze was locked and my heart stopped once again. I watched with horror as she dropped her tons of bags and threw herself into my guy's arms. I heard a sharp intake of breath, and realized that it was my own. I watched as he squeezed her tight and spun her around in circles, lifting her feet off the floor.

As soon as he let go, his other friend—the blonde, blue-eyed one—raced over and picked her up as well, swinging her in yet another circle. She laughed and kissed them both on the cheek as soon as she was put on the floor. I felt fury bubble up in my stomach as my eyes narrowed at the over-friendly greeting. WHAT THE HECK?! I thought to myself then. I have no claim whatsoever to this guy, I didn't even know him, and now I'm already getting jealous just because some extremely gorgeous blonde kissed him on the cheek?! Not cool Bella, I thought at my emotions. Just chill.

"Bella, you do realize that you are staring at that guy over there? And that there's a look on your face that is scaring even me a little?" Alice said nervously, obviously wondering what was going on in my mind. Not that she has to think very hard to know what is going on……but anyways…

Him and his blonde guy friend, laughing by now, were walking over to pick up the girl's luggage, which had been conveniently left in a pile by the door, where it was promptly getting in the way. They carried it over to the couch where they had been sitting prior to her entrance, and both smile widely when she squished herself in-between them, each flinging an arm around her shoulders.

That's when my vision ran red.

What the EFF was I doing??!! Holy shit! I needed to stop obsessing over this guy before I had a heart attack. It was then that I turned back to my two best-friends-practically-siblings and met their knowing gazes. Uh-oh, I thought. Busted. I attempted to give them what I thought was an apologetic look, but I apparently failed, because the next thing I knew Emmett was cracking up and Alice was just shaking her head with shame.

Ha Ha Ha guys, I thought. Very funny. Then their gazes turned towards my object of obsession and I saw their jovial faces fall, replaced by looks of shock, both of their mouths forming a perfect comical O at the sight of the three strangers. HA! I wanted to scream. Take THAT! Now they knew exactly what I was talking about, so I could no longer be busted for it. I was still jealous at the closeness the blonde girl had with the two guys, but my friends reactions to their beauty distracted me for a moment. Sweet, sweet beauty. Your power has saved me yet again. Those three are so beautiful that my practically-siblings are so distracted they can't even tease me! How can I ever repay you?

If I only I had known then what was soon to come.

Out of the corner of my eye I caught a quick flash of green and a crooked smirk as a face turned away from me.

I sighed.

What am I going to do now?

Wait for a shuttle.

ooohhh..... so what will happen with the most perfect guy Bella has ever seen? Will they ever meet?

This doesn't really count as a cliffy, i know, but it's the best i can do for now. i'm already starting on chapter two, so review this and let me know if you have anything for me!

PEACCE 3

AURORA HART