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The alarm buzzed and my sleepy eyes splintered open, beginning to take in the view of the rising hazy summer sun I realized I hadn't changed my alarm settings to account for the lovely no school existence that was summer vacation…. It was 7am and I had the whole day ahead of me.
I decided to get up anyway, taking the first day of summer '09 by the horns and making the most of it. I started a pot of coffee, took a fast shower, threw on my favorite beat up cut off shorts my white old navy flip flops and a navy blue tank top, fixed my hair in a side ponytail and then went about making myself a breakfast of scrambled eggs and buttered rye toast.
I had no idea what lie ahead of me that day. All my friends were back in Arizona, but I was spending the summer with my dad, Charlie, in Forks Washington. It was my first summer back there since I was 8 – I was 18 now…Any friends I had had here I assumed didn't remember me and I certainly wasn't going to be having any good times with Charlie (the man liked two things: his job and baseball; not that he didn't love me, we just didn't have much in common). And he was going to be working over time most likely, the one thing I did remember from my old summer visits was that the minimal crime rate Forks has increases ½ a percent in the summer b/c kids are home and are likely to easily get into trouble…
I decided I would walk down to the local bookstore, it was pretty generic but once and a while they'd have a really unique find, plus it was an easy way to kill the time; and then I'd go to lunch at the new café that had opened. Charlie couldn't stop talking about it on our ride from the airport, it had made the local paper and been the talk of the town for weeks prior to (and after) it's opening because it was such "big news", I figured I mine as well give it a try…
I walked into the bookstore, finding it just as quiet as it always had been. I had to admit, the selection had improved since my last visit, and for that I was glad. I headed to the back in hopes of finding a cheap used book I could read during my down time.
As I walked into the disheveled back room, filled to the brim with used books of every topic and genre, I realized I wasn't alone. I turn to my left and my eyes fall upon a 6'4 bronzed haired god. Wearing a plain black t-shirt, ripped jeans and black converse sneakers his hair was messy but in that good way that would make a nun's knees buckle. He was reading and so he hadn't yet noticed me, so me being shy and unwilling to socialize I tried to sneak out of the room but while doing so I knocked over a stack of "What to Expect When You're Expecting", and needless to say he noticed me, I was so embarrassed – red began to creep up my neck into my cheeks.
As I, in my mortified state, began to restore the stack he approached me and asked if I needed help. He was on his knees and very close to my face since I was also on the ground cleaning and I was able to get a better look at him – He had piercing eyes that almost looked bronze (if that's even an eye color…), he had a strong jaw line and a great smile. Needless to say I couldn't form a coherent thought to answer him saying I was fine and could handle it on my own – nope I just shook my head. None of that matters though, because he helped me put the books back anyway. By the time the stack was restored I had slightly regained my ability to speak and said "Thanks."
I thought that was going to be the end of my encounter with the mystery hottie but he prolonged it saying "Any time. My name's Edward. Edward Cullen."
My mind was rushing – I remembered Edward Cullen from my childhood summers. We used to play together…his dad and my dad were pretty friendly and we'd have family BBQs together on what used to feel like a weekly basis; man had he changed…
The last time I saw Edward he had a mushroom cut and still had some baby fat – he was 6 and I was 5. He told me his family was moving because his dad had taken a job as a doctor for a missionary base in the poor villages of the Turks and Caicos Islands. He made me a mud pie to remember him by.
I hadn't even heard mention of him until this very moment, I wondered if he'd remember me. I braced myself and exhaled "Hey – I'm Bella."
"Bella?"
I just looked at him, slightly confused if he was questioning me or his memory.
"Does the mystifying young lady have a last name?" he continued.
"Oh – sorry – Swan. Bella Swan."
His jaw dropped open and he just stared at me.
"Bella?!? Oh my God! You've changed so much!"
I laughed – "I could say the same for you --- it's been a long time…"
"Yeah – it's got have been – what like—"
"13 years."
"Shit that's a long time…"
"Poetic."
"Thanks, I try."
We both laughed as a slightly awkward silence settled, neither of us knowing how to proceed.
He smiled and shook his head, looking a bewildered and amazed. "So, what brings you to this fine establishment?"
I laughed at his attempt to break the ice with humor before telling him "Just looking for something good to occupy my time. It gets a little boring just sitting around Charlie's all day."
"Ahh I see, yeah I'm pretty much doing the same thing…"
"Any recommendations?"
"Hmm – I don't know – I read this one book, The Stranger, it's by Albert Camus – it was pretty interesting."
"The Stranger? Ehh – I read that book a couple months back– it looked interesting but oh my – I definitely struggled to get through it – I don't know how anyone could find that book enjoyable."
He took a step in front of me and in a joking defensive like way said "Well, I found it enjoyable."
At that moment my phone buzzed with a text from Charlie telling me he would meet me at the café for lunch in 5 minutes, so instead of dragging the conversation on I just smiled, looked up at Edward and said "Well then maybe you just don't have that good of taste in books. See you around Cullen" and walked out.
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