Hey! I'm not sure how long it's been since I finished my other story, Don't Leave Me, but I know it's been a while. I'm sorry. But don't worry, this is my new story that's isn't related to Don't Leave Me at all. I won't be able to get that out for a while. I'm having a major Writer's Block for that story so I don't know when that will be out.

Well, here is my new story! It's set back in the early 1800s. I hope you enjoy it.

Chapter 1:

BPOV

I leaned over the books on the table, observing the new titles. They all looked so good, I wanted to get every single book I could get my hands on, but I couldn't afford that. I was poor as it was so I had to limit my choices to two books. It was difficult, but I knew I was going to be able to do it.

I dropped two coins into the book keeper's hand and he thanked me. I put one book in my bag after choosing to read one as I walked home. Locks of my brown hair fell in my face from my messy bun as I read my new book.

My mind was so engrossed in my book that I didn't know that anyone was calling me before I felt two arms around my waist as a body tinier than mine collied with me. I almost fell over but the arms around my stomach held me up.

"Bella!" shouted my best friend, Alice. I turned to her as she released the grip on me. She started jumping up and down. I smiled at my friend who was practically a sister to me. "Oh my gosh, Bella! The boats! They're in!"

My eyes grew wide. "The Twilight?" I asked, desperately. She nodded, gasping for air. She grabbed my arms and tugged slightly. "Come on! Lets go! They're home!"

I was so excited that I started running as fast as I could. I almost fell a few times, though. I knew that without Alice by my side, I would have been face first in the dirt most of the time.

At the docks, we saw men coming off the Twilight, carrying personal items. I didn't see any men that I loved get off the ship yet, but I saw my sister-in-law with her son, waiting for her husband who was my brother. I called and she saw me through the crowd of people. She ran quickly to me, carrying my nephew.

"Have you seen any of the boys yet?" Rosalie asked as her son, Alex, reached for me. I shook my head as he hugged me. I kissed his forehead as we looked back to the boat. She let me carry him since she was going to run to Emmett and jump into his arms when she saw him; she couldn't do that with the young boy in her arms.

"Oh God!" screamed Alice as Jasper walked down the rope ramp. She started jumping and waving, trying to grasp his attention. Heads turned our way, including his. He grinned, waving to us. I waved along side Alice and Rosalie who were both yelling. I just waved since I didn't have the energy they had.

Behind Jasper followed Emmett, my brother. I swear I lost all my breath when I saw him. The way that he looked now was basically the same from the time when I last saw him last. His curly brown hair was longer, but that was all I could recall that was different.

While he was gone, I missed him so much, it was painful. We were so close when we were younger since we were always together. As we grew up, we were still close and I depended on him as a father figure when our father died. When he went away, I was terrified that I was going to loose him and never see him again. But now the fear that I had back then was gone because he was back.

When Emmett and Jasper had the chance, they ran to us. Rosalie and Alice ran to their men while I just stood there, watching them kiss and hug. I was the fifth wheel, but it didn't bother me as much as it should have. Even though I was the only one in our group that wasn't married or engaged, I didn't really care. I didn't care that I was the only one that was being left behind, alone, as my friends and family had someone to love. It didn't effect me at all.

"Where is my boy? Where is my son?" boomed Emmett. He saw me and smiled. He came to me and took Alex who reached for his father. I knew that Emmett hadn't noticed me yet; he was focused on his son.

As soon as he did, however, he was just as happy to see me as I was to see him. He gave Alex to Rose and scooped me up in a bear hug. I wrapped my arms around his neck and before I knew it, I started to cry. "Baby sister! I missed you so much!" He spun me around like he did in the old days when it was just me, him, and Alice. "Aw, Bells, don't cry. I'm here now." He started hushing me like I was a child who dropped her candy into the mud. I didn't mind at this moment or ever. I missed him so much.

He finally put me down after a few more moments and Rose slipped back into his arms. Alex climbed on his dan's shoulder as the five us started talking. I was quiet since I wasn't much of a talker. My eyes darted from my friends to the crowd around us. I saw a friend of Alice's, Kate, kissing her husband, Garrett. They were newlyweds; I was told they got married before Garrett had to go. I also saw my old school mate, Angela, in the arms of her husband, Ben, also. I was happy for everyone.

As my eyes skipped from face to face, they fell on a beautiful man. His eyes were beautifully unnatural--the color of bright emeralds--and his hair was an unkept bronze. His face looked as if a God carved it and spent extra time on it to make it perfect. Every time he opened his mouth to speak to the person in front of him, his perfect lips moved. I desperately wanted to know if his voice was as beautiful as his face.

He must have felt my gaze upon his God created face because he glanced in my direction. His green eyes met mine for a second before I looked away, blushing. I stupidly looked back at him for a peek and he was still staring at me. I felt my face turn a deeper red as I brought my attention to my brother who just became extremely interesting right then. He was laughing joyfully.

No one noticed the blush on my face until Emmett pointed it out. Everyone looked at me, curiosity on their faces. They all started asking why I was blushing, but I just shook my head, hiding my face behind my hand.

"Maybe it's because she saw someone she thought was handsome," teased Alice, unknowingly hitting the truth head on. I could help but grow a deeper color. I couldn't deny it. When she noticed this, she squealed. "Really? Where is he? I wanna--"

I cut her off before she could embarrass me even more... if it was possible. "I am going home," I grumbled, turning my back to them. I stormed away, still blushing. I still heard them laughing. I tried to ignore them, and concentrate on not falling.

But being me, that's never the issue. I always do the opposite.

Therefore, I did fall. Despite my attempts to not trip or prove how much of a klutz I was, I did. I tripped over a stone and would have fallen except that a man with two strong, steady arms saved me from the dirt path. I looked up into the face of God's creation.

A small spread across his face as he asked, "Are you alright, Miss?" I shot up, realizing that I was still in his arms.

"Y-yes, I am," I stuttered quietly. "T-thank you, sir."

"My name is Edward Masen," he told me. I glanced at his face from the spot on the dirt; he was still smiling. I had to observe that special spot again. "What's your name?"

"M-me?" I questioned, my eyes looking up at him. I was surprised because no one ever asked me for my name. He kept smiling as he nodded. "I--uh... Isabella Marie Swan," I stammered. I felt ridiculous as I tried to dip into a curtsy; it wasn't perfect because I wobbled and almost fell but his hand wrapped around my arm and saved me. I muttered a silent "Thank you" before he freed my arm. "J-just call me Bella."

He took my hand again and kissed it. I inhaled sharply. His lips felt soft against my skin; part of me never wanted him to stop. "Okay, Bella," he murmured against my hand. I felt so embarrassed. No one ever has ever done this to me before.

I saw my brother when I looked up; he was coming towards me. I gasped, remembering why I had left my friends and family in the first place. I gently, but quickly pulled my hand from Edward's hand. He looked up, surprised.

"I'm sorry," I said, stepping back from him. "I have to go." I didn't want to get attacked with questions from my family so I had no choice to leave Edward. I felt sad, though, as I rushed from him.

I would probably never see him again.

EPOV

After the beautiful Bella ran away from me, I noticed that she dropped a book. I glanced at it and smiled. This girl was intelligent. That's fabulous.

I saw Emmett walking towards me with three people following him. I didn't know any of his followers except for Jasper. The three of us were good friend when we were on the Twilight. We were quite the group.

"Edward," said Emmett, appearing by my side, "do you know her?"

"Who?" I asked. He pointed to Bella as she slowed her pace to a walk. "Bella? No, I just met her. Why?"

Before my question was answered, the smallest girl that was there asked Emmett a question, pointing to me. He nodded, a smile spreading across his face.

"Rose, Alice, this is our shipmate, Edward Masen. Edward, this is Rosalie, my wife, and Alice, Jasper's fiancee," he stated loudly. I smiled slightly at the two beautiful women. They weren't, however, as magnificent as Bella.

I bowed to the women, showing respect, and they dipped, gracefully, unlike Bella who wobbled when she did so. I wished I could talk to her a little more, long enough to ask if she would like to join me for dinner. I sighed at the loss. I would probably never see her again.

"How do you know Bella?" the smaller girl asked. I think her name was Alice. It would have helped if Emmett pointed them out instead of just saying their names.

"Um, I wouldn't say I know her, but I met her when she tripped and I saved her from hurting herself. May I ask why?"

I wasn't given an answer this time either. The two women giggled and Emmett laughed loudly, freely. Jasper, who was the always serious one, cracked a smile. I didn't understand the joke, if there was one. I was confused and was getting annoyed.

"Leave it to Bella," mumbled the blonde women though her giggles, "to meet a gorgeous man by being clumsy." My left eyebrow, as always, raised in the air; I still didn't understand.

"What's so funny?" I finally asked. I tried to hide the annoyance out of my voice; I think I did it well.

Jasper finally cracked and was laughing aloud. The others were laughing so hard, they could barely breathe, let alone talk. I sighed, impatiently.

"My Auntie Bella," said a quiet, child-like voice, "falls a lot." The voice came from Emmett's shoulders. On his back was a little boy that I didn't notice before.

"Oh," I said. That didn't explain a lot, though. "Emmett, is that your son?"

He grinned, his laughter finally dying. "Yep! That's my boy!" I looked at the pixie looking girl, but I knew she wasn't the mother. Then I looked at the appealing blonde as he wrapped an arm around her waist. "And Rosalie here, my lovely wife, is his mother!" boomed Emmett. I could see the resemblance between the parents and the boy. The boy had a few features of Emmett and a few of Rosalie.

"Your son is handsome."

"Yeah! I know! He's--"

Rosalie cut her husband off by putting her hand over his mouth. "Thank you, Edward," she said. I smiled, nodding. She eyed me a bit before her eyes went into the direction of the path Bella took. Her eyes came back to me. "Do you want to join us for dinner tonight? We are having a big dinner for our men."

"That sounds nice, but my mother, Esme, said she wanted to have dinner with me since I just came home and I'm all she has left," I said. I mentioned the last part quietly.

"She is welcomed to come with!" said the pixie, Alice. She was bouncing up and down as I watched her. Her attention went to Jasper. "She could meet Dad! And--"

"Calm down, Alice. You're going to scare him," said Rosalie, smiling. "Like my sister-in-law said, she is welcomed to join, too. Would you like to bring anyone else?"

"No, that's all. I must be off now," I said tipping my hat to all of them. "My mother is going to have a heart attack if I'm not home soon." I chuckled at the thought of my mother panicking as I turned from them and started walking home.

"Alright! We will see you at six, Edward!' shouted Emmett. I sighed; I didn't understand why he must be so loud. At times I didn't mind it much because he was funny, but other times, I find it unnecessary.

I walked the distance to my home and spotted Esme cleaning the house. She screamed when she saw me from the window in the empty living room. She ran out of the house to me and hugged me tightly. I wrapped my arms around her and held her as she started to cry. She started blubbering about something that involved me and my father. I sighed. There were two things that I hated more than anything. One was hearing and seeing my mother cry. The other was being compared to my father. The only thing that we had in common was our names and I would disown that if I could.

When I got the chance, I told her about tonight. She seemed really excited about and ran to the kitchen to start cooking. I tried to stop her, but she didn't listen. She told me that as guests, we had to bring some food. I exhaled; she was so stubborn.

"So, Edward," she said, casually. Esme had calmed and was now standing at the fire, stirring something in a big bowl. "Sweetheart, have you met anyone yet?" I did my best not to groan out loud. I sat at the couch in the sitting room and pinched the bridge of my nose. Here we go again...

"No, Mother."

"Really? Well, in that case, there is this girl I want you to meet..."

"Mom!"

She ignored me. "Her name is Tanya," she continued, still stirring. I rolled my eyes, getting comfortable. "She has strawberry blonde hair, grey eyes... Oh, love, you have to meet her! She really is beautiful and sweet!"

"Mom, I don't want to make you sad, but I don't want anyone right now," I explained, standing. I walked over to her and kissed her cheek. "I'm fine. I like being single right now. I like being able to take care of you without the worry of anyone else."

"But I don't need to be taken care of! I am a grown women, Edward!" She turned to me, her eyes wide. "And that's besides the point! All of your friends are married! I don't want you to be left out! It seems that you're the--"

"I'm not lonely," I told her gently. We have had this conversation millions of times before. It was always the same thing over and over again. She was always pushing women towards me, trying to find me a suitable match. I did as she said and met the girls, but none of them were for me. They all liked me very much, but I did not want them. "Thank you, Mom, but I am fine." I kissed her cheek again before heading to my room.

I laid on my bed and closed my eyes. My mind flickered to Bella Swan. I smiled slightly; if I was going to meet any girl, it would be her. I wanted to see her again. She was so beautiful and I still had to return her book.

Tonight, I would ask Emmett if he could get her to meet me. I needed to speak to her. I had to see her again.

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