Don't Let Me Stop You

Prologue

APOV

I felt so alive when I was dancing.

Bella, my best friend in the world didn't understand it, I guess that's because she's so damn clumsy.

She can only dance once she's gotten a few drinks into her and then Emmett would have to come pick up the pieces of men Bella had mesmerized on the dance floor, it was quite amazing.

First, let me introduce myself, I'm Alice Cullen and my brother is Emmett.

My best friend in the world is Bella Swan.

We live in the heart of NY theatre district.

We're actually very lucky, for my graduation from NY School of Ballet, my parents bought me a wonderful condo. It was beautiful and I share it with my brother and Bella. It was large, 4 bedrooms and 4 ½ baths. It was on the 20th floor, so we had an amazing view, if you walked onto our balcony, you could see Times Square.

Any way, back to my story.

I'm the lead dancer for the NY City Ballet. I've been dancing since I was 2.

I was excited, this year for the second time, I was to be the lead in The Nutcracker.

My boyfriend is Felix, he's nice and all, but there really isn't any sparks and he's very over protective, I guess I can't blame him, he is a security guard for the rich and famous, he works for my cousin Dmitri,

which is Bella's boyfriend. I don't see the sparks there either and they have nothing in common.

She loves to read and watch old films, she enjoys classical music as well as modern, she loves art galleries and simple nights at home and she's an Entertainment writer for the NY Times.

Dmitri, he liked rap (Bella hated it), he liked to be the center of attention, he hated reading, often getting pissed at Bella, for just wanting to stay in and read. Dmitri was about 6'3 with more muscles than I thought humanly possible, him and Emmett were some kind of freaks, but at least Emmett didn't use his to intimidate people.

Emmett was a teddy bear and he owned his own BMW franchise. Our parents helped him get it for his graduation present from NYC University.

Emmett didn't 'date' he had lots of flings… He was one of NY's most prized bachelor's, or so he liked to think.

Sorry for jumping around so much, but I'm always extremely hyper, I think I have ADHD sometimes.

My dad was a world famous surgeon and my mom was a world famous architect.

Bella's dad was the head of the US Marshals, he took the job after she graduated high school, before that, he was the Chief of Police in the tiny town we grew up in. Bella's mom passed away when she was 5, killed by a drunk driver, her dad never remarried.

O.K., I think I've caught you up on everything and everyone, I'll be seeing you later. Bye!