Edward's POV

I focused on pressing my feet to the right arrows of the metal dance pad of the Port Angeles Mall Arcade. As the song ended up popped our grades. Mine? AAA. The guy on the other dance mat? B+.

Damn it! God damn it! Why is this guy so frickin good? Screw him! He thought.

No one ever beats me at Dance Dance Revolution (DDR), but still! Some respect would be nice.

"Good game!" I said sticking out my hand out to him. He took one look at it and walked away. Okaaaayyyy….

"I'll play you," a girl said walking up to the dance mat. She looked like she knew she could beat me. Yeah right. Though she was pretty. Brown hair with black tips and red highlights, pale skin and round chocolate brown eyes. And god her smell… like wildflowers and freesia, and strawberry too. I almost wanted to bite her right then and there. But her voice brought me back to the present matter: beating her in DDR. "Can I pick the song?" she asked looking at me.

"Sure," I said. She tapped the keys beneath her a few times until she landed on a metal song. The Only One by Ra. I looked at her quizzically for a second. She liked this kind of music? I tried to dig into her head to read her thoughts, but I got no signal, just blankness. I'd heard of vampires having gifts that could block others' gifts, but she was a human! I had to tear my thoughts from her though as the song started.

You think I notice that you're standing there right next to me
Am I supposed to bow my head and thank you gratefully
You break my heart and turn around to get what still remains
I sold my soul and bought my fear, my inner pain
Without a clue I trust I follow you with my eyes blind
And what I cannot see I need I cannot leave behind
With all those eyes on me, their hunger is insanity
I can see you standing there, do you wanna be free do you wanna be me

I tapped the keys as they appeared on the screen getting "perfects" and "greats" with each step. But I looked to her screen and so was she. We were both on "Heavy" the hardest difficulty, was it possible she was really this good? No human was this good, not possible.

I don't wanna be the only one
To see my name wrote up on the sun
I don't wanna be the only one
To watch it fall into the sea

But she was a human. I could hear her heart beating, see her lungs breathing. How was she this good? I tried again to reach into her thoughts, but came up blank. Nothing.

I don't wanna have to play the game
To sell my soul, betray my name
I don't wanna be the only one
To watch it fall into the sea

As DDR does, it speeds up songs, making them shorter than they really are.

I don't wanna be the only one
To see my name wrote up on the sun
I don't wanna be the only one
To watch it fall into the sea
I don't wanna have to play the game
To sell my soul, betray my name
I don't wanna be the only one
To watch it fall into the sea

As the song ended. I looked at the grades. Mine? AA. Hers? AAA. I blanched. Could this possibly be right?

She turned to me a big smile on her face. "Great game. Really, you were fun to beat!" there were a few snickers from the crowd that had formed around us. "No, I'm just kidding. You were hard to beat actually. Fun though. I'm Bella, Bella Swan."

I put my hand in hers and shook it gently. "I'm Edward Cullen," I told her. I needed to find out more about this girl… though her smell was overwhelming I tried not to breath and not to have thoughts of killing her. Finally I said ,"Walk with me…"

A/N- Ohh a cliffy! Sorry for any of you readers out there who want more! I promise you I will post more soon! I know Bella's very Out Of Character (OOC) she's supposed to be.

My friend's dad just died yesterday so, although she dislikes Twilight, this chapter is dedicated to her and her dad.