I had a dream about this story today and I felt I needed to write it on the paper, added a few things and we will see the result :-)..perhaps a nice story :-))))

First chapter is now finished... there is no Carlisle in this chapter, but don´t worry, he will appear :-)

It takes place few years after Breaking dawn part II.

It is my first attempt for a story including Vampires, so please be nice to me :-)))))

I don´t own anything from Twilight, I just play with the characters a bit, I think they won´t be completely OOC, I plan to stick to their original personalities as much as possible...

Chapter 1

Ellen POV

Friday, the day I feared pretty much. End of the work days. The day when my husband usually comes home earlier and I worry so much recently….

I d rather have Monday…

My name is Ellen, I just turned 28, I work as the elementary school teacher. Right now I teach and take care of a class of 8 years old girls and boys. I have been married for six years and have a beautiful four-year old baby girl. Well, but the word marriage means not what it used to mean some years ago.

My husband Derek is a vice president of a company dealing with investments in estate. He and his partner decided to start business few years ago, first it went fine, we had always enough money, he was always giving me the amount he regarded as sufficient and plus I had the money from my job to pay for our child´s needs.

We married right after I finished college, I wanted to wait a bit but Derek, who was five years older, didn´t consider it necessary and so he easily persuaded me to do it right after school. But people change, and so did I and most importantly he did. He changed so much that it made my life uneasy.

Ten months after the wedding our beautiful daughter Emily Patricia was born. I always wanted to give my child this name and my husband was not against. We preferred to call her Patty and she was a very lovely child. We really enjoyed the first year of our baby and seemed a really happy family.

But then the situation changed when Derek got the offer to start his own business with his best friend Peter. Then I started to see him less and less and was pretty much lonely. But my baby girl was always by my side and so I could never complain. She made me happy by everything new she learnt and I loved her with my whole heart and concentrated just on her and be a good mother to her.

Derek was coming back to us every Friday. He was busy during the week by various meetings, negotiations, business diner and claimed that he didn´t want to come home late at night and leave early mornings so we agreed that he would spend the weekends with us. First it seemed okay but then I was becoming sad that we couldn´t spend more time together. Seattle wasn´t so far from Forks but still…..I felt so much lonely, we moved here few months after the wedding and our daughter was born here but I didn´t have many friends.

I wasn´t pretty sociable person and did not like the parties and family sessions as people usually do. Yes, we were invited to these parties, but when my husband was at home, we wanted to spend some time together… and during the week I didn´t want to go alone. As I have said, I preferred small meetings just with some closest friends. I just wasn´t able to meet a close friend in this town and it made things worse for me.

First years of our marriage went pretty normal, we were looking forward to each other and enjoyed the two free days. But then the situation changed. Derek was busy also in the weekend and often spent the free days working. He had no more time neither for our kid nor for us. Some weekends he didn´t appear at all and reacted nervous when I asked what was going on. He always had an important business to do.

I wanted to talk to him about our problems that but he just waved the hand and claimed that he was busy to take care of us and provide us with money. But it was no longer true. He gave me each week a certain amount of money for the household. I never was a person to spend money on unnecessary things but we always had it tight. I tried to talk to him about that but he never wanted to listen. He thought that what we have is enough. After few attempts I gave up.

I could slowly notice the change in him. He used to be nice companion, talkative, cheerful man I spent nice time with, he always listened, always talked, but now? He left me alone with our child, almost didn´t call and he started to be rude to us some time. It was coming slowly, the change in his behavior. I m surprised that I haven´t noticed earlier but perhaps I didn´t want to see it. I always apologised him for being busy with work or whatever.

It began one weekend in August during the holidays. Patricia and I were happy at home waiting for Derek to arrive home. As soon as he arrived, I could sense that something was wrong. I don´t exactly know what happened. Perhaps Patty was making some noise while I was preparing the diner. I tried to help her to clean up while Derek appeared in the hall and began shouting at me. I didn´t say anything because I didn´t want to argue with him and that made him go on furiously. We ate diner silently listening to our child and then our girl went to bed.

When she fell asleep, I closed the door to her room and was glad to sit to my book in the evening. Derek was still, seemed to be thinking. I wanted to ask what is going on but suddenly my cell phone rang. I stood up and went to accept the call: "Hi John?.. OK..Tomorrow we will have common classes…yes, no problem…I agree…..take care and greet Annie from me…"

Derek looked at her as she smiled and listened to what the person was saying and suddenly he felt jealous.

Ellen finished the talk and smiled at her husband too: „ It was John, my colleague from school, he teaches one year older children….and he wants to have a lecture tomorrow also for my class…."

She considered it as a normal statement but her husband reacted different: „ You smiled at him like a sunshine…" He looked at her angry but she defended herself: „ Come on, he is just my colleague….."

He suddenly said: „ Who knows if you don´t cheat on me…while I am away…"

She looked at him: „ How can you say something like that?... I thought you know me…"

She wanted to come closer to him but suddenly he slapped her: „ You are the same as every other woman….Each one cheats….it is the nature of you all women….I earn hard money and you enjoy and look around for some sexy men"

And left the room with anger in his voice.

She held the face and couldn´t understand what happened. It was the first time he ever hit her. He never did it before. He left the house and she was alone in the living room. In the morning he left again for work even though they could have the whole Sunday together. But he decided differently. This time she really cried, she didn´t know what happened between them. She didn´t feel any kind of love from him, something changed him.

She believed that Derek knows that she would never cheat on him. It just is not her nature. Yet, he never hit her, never before….she felt kind of humiliated suddenly. They even didn´t have time to talk, he just left as if his wife and child meant nothing to him.

She hoped that when he comes next time, she will be alright again. She thought that he might have just overracted…pehaps he is too busy. She didn´t want to believe that a man she loved so much could change. They were always one, they understood each other but now it seemed that something happened and Ellen had no idea what it was.

Derek didn´t call, he didn´t apologise, not even by text message. She was sad but knew that she cannot say a word to anyone.

Nobody would trust her. Derek was known as a successful business man and people always greeted him and always asked why he has to leave his family alone. Sometimes the questions were kind of private and Ellen didn´t feel comfortable about them.

This was also one of the reasons why she didn´t like it a lot in Forks. It was pretty small town and she grew up in Seattle and wished to come back one day. But Derek thought that country air was better for their child and she agreed to move out there.

But she wasn´t happy there and yet when Derek behaved weird, she felt no pleasure in her life except her daughter.

Patricia was just turning 4, going into pre-school and she became a real companion to her mother. They spent hours and hours playing, talking, telling stories and she was the one bright point that Ellen had it her life. She was a smart girl but Ellen didn´t want her to know that something is wrong between her parents. Ellen still hoped that it was just one episode and her nice husband will be back again.

Two days later Ellen was going back from work just to the class to get her daughter. She walked along the road.

On the way there she needed to buy some supplies for dinner. Patty wished to have a pizza and she didn´t want to disappoint her.

When she came out of the shop, she stood on the pavement and suddenly heard the noise of the fast arriving car.

It arrived in front of the shop and a nice guy came out of the car. Ellen couldn´t stop staring, he was pretty tall, seemed younger to her, perhaps he could be eighteen or so, definitely not over twenty. He had short, a bit of bronze hair and beautiful golden eyes.

She couldn´t help but she watched as he passed her and headed to the shop. She moved the look back and wanted to continue on the way to bring her daughter. Suddenly she heard her cell phone ringing.

She was a bit messy and always forgot where she left the cell phone. It was silently playing a „happy birthday" melody, and she couldn't find it in her bags. One bag was full of school stuff to grade and the other one was with the food supplies.

While she searched in her purse, her one bag slipped of her shoulder and it almost fell on the ground. She got worried because she had also eggs in it and shouted angrily at herself in her mind. Being messy and always forgetting to put her cell phone to the same place has already brought her troubles a few times and now she will have a real mess in her bag.

All these thoughts went through her head when she saw the handsome young man giving her the bag without letting it fall down. She looked at him with an astonished look: „Wow….thanks a lot…." He smiled sincerely: „ No problem miss…. You re welcome."

His sincere attitude made her smile too: „well, actually, you saved my daughter´s dinner. She wanted to have a pizza for dinner…" He laughed: „ You could still order one…."

Ellen laughed: „ Yes, that is true, but I prefer home-made food for small kids…. I´m Ellen…" She introduced and offered him her hand.

He seemed so nice to her. He shook her hand and smiled: „ My name is Edward, Edward Cullen… My family has just moved in here again after few years….We kinda travelled across Europe" She held his hand and stared.

He was so cold to touch, but she didn´t care afterwards. He was so warm to talk to. He laughed: " You have a very nice melody..."

Ellen agreed: " Yes, my daughter loves to play with my Iphone... the kids are so smart nowadays..."

He smiled: " I would like to meet this smart princess...someday..." She laughed and looked at her watch: " I apologise, I must go now, I need to pick her from the class...It was nice to meet you Edward..."

He waved to her and turned back to his car:

" Take care, Ellen..."