Chapter 1

"Excuse me!!!" I yelled through the crowded line up.

Are you kidding me?

"I've been waiting in this line for an hour in the freezing winter cold and I'm hungry. I'm one person! Please, can't I eat?" I called to the hostess.

"One person?" She asked.

"Yes!" I exclaimed.

"Right this way." She smiled.

I followed her into the restaurant where she sat me with someone else.

See, I'm momentarily in New York City. Carnegie Deli is the most famous, best Deli ever and line ups are insane. They sit you with whoever and since I was a single and this person was a single...we had to sit together.

"Enjoy." She grinned.

The male sat up and looked at me and his eyes widened. "Hello. I'm Edward Cullen." He smiled shaking my hand.

"Bella Swan." I replied slipping of my jacket and gloves sticking my purse on my lap. "You live here?" I asked, starting a conversation.

Edward was extremely good looking. Bronze hair, jaded eyes, tall and pale and buff. There was no way he was single.

"No, I live in Forks. You probably don't know where that is." He smiled and I laughed. "What?"

"I live in Forks too! I write for their fashion magazine, Tawny. What a small world!"

"Really? That's so funny. I only recently moved their though and I'm just visiting a friend here."

Yeah, friend.

"How about you?" He asked.

"Just visiting the city. I've always wanted to come and I drove here." I explained.

"Wow."

I nodded. "I know."

"Find good sales? The after Christmas sales are the best."

"I did actually. Soho had some nice ones." I grinned looking at the menu.

"Would you like to share?" He asked.

"Doesn't it cost?"

He nodded. "But it's much cheaper to share something."

"Alright...wanna get the corn beef sandwich? I heard they are amazing."

"That sounds good." He agreed.

I liked Edward, even though I just met him. He was nice, easy going and didn't treat me like a piece of dirt.

The waitress came over and asked us what we would like to drink.

"Umm...Coke please." I smiled.

"Same." He added.

She nodded and walked away.

"So when are you going back?"

"Tonight."

"I leave in five hours." He smiled.

"I'm leaving around the afternoon time...like four about."

"Yeah...I should be about landing at four." He said.

"I see." I murmured. "So what do you do?"

"I'm and Editor, publisher, books and stuff. I'm in the writing area as well."

"Yeah? Big corporation?"

"The publisher is called Cullen."

"Oh...I've seen you're stuff. No wonder you're last name was so familiar. Where did you go to school?"

"Brown."

"Wow...I didn't."

"How come?"

"I couldn't afford it but I'm doing fine. Tawny has kept me going. I don't know how I'd be able to pay for an apartment without that job."

"Well then congrats and sorry about the affording thing."

"It happens."

We put in our orders and talked a bit more until our food came.

He lived with his parents until last year and now lived in the center of Forks near me and we exchanged addresses and said we should hang sometime. Oh and he's two years older.

"This is really good." I said as I began eating.

"I know." He agreed.

We finished in silence and then, when we were done, I offered to pay and then we walked out together.

"I had fun and it was nice meeting you." I said to Edward.

"You too." He said, shaking my hand and saying goodbye and then I hopped into my car and began my drive home.

Hopefully I had enough gas.

A/N: Okay! So that is the first chapter and I hope you liked it. Sorry it's kinda short but I think the next ones will be longer.

Thanks!!!!

NikCul