A/N: This is my first fanfiction! Let me know what you think. Just a reminder, this is Alice's Point of view not Edward's.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, just this story. (P.S. no I'm not Stephenie Meyer…It's been asked…)

Prequel: Looking Back

"I cannot fix on the hour, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun."

-- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (chapter 60)

Looking back now, how could I have ever doubted the girl that had touched each of our lives--especially Edward's? Never before had my family felt so complete. I never knew what a best friend was really like. Sure, I had Edward, but he was guy. There were things he just couldn't relate to. And Rosalie just was a whole other league of indifferences. But, no, Isabella Swan was just who I needed. I never knew what a real smile was on Edward's face. I didn't know he could be happy, I never knew he could find love. There was so much I didn't know back then. But somewhere, in the back of my mind, I knew, there was something missing in all those years.

A/N: Chapter 1 is done :)