Strange Encounters

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight.

Bella and Edward meet in a series of odd ways. "How can I be falling in love when I don't even know his name?" "It's called fate, darling."

Stole My Heart – One Direction

Don't you know all night I've been waiting for a guy like you to come around, round, round?

Under the lights tonight
You turned around, and you stole my heart
With just one look, when I saw your face
I fell in love
It took a minute boy to steal my heart tonight
With just one look, yeah
I waited for a guy like you

I'm weaker
My worlds fall and they hit the ground
Oh life, come on head, don't you fail me now
I start to say,
"I think I love you", but I make no sound

You know cause all my life, I've been waiting for a guy like you to come around

I take no ownership of this song – all I've done is changed 'girl' to 'guy' and 'boy' because this story is from Bella's point of view; this isn't important, I just wanted to let you know.

Chapter One ~ Some things are worth finding out your practically-a-brother's penis size for…

"Anything you want from the store, Alice?" I had my phone pressed against my ear as I scurried through town towards the supermarket, dodging around people while I talked to one of my best friends and somehow managing not to walk into anything or anyone, which was unusual for my clumsy self. I was quite proud of that achievement.

"Condoms." I take back the best friend comment (Alice had definitely dropped down in the friend list), although I should have expected that. That girl had no shame and no sense of embarrassment whatsoever, unlike me with my stupid blush, which had taken over my face now. What made me think it was a good idea to ask Alice what she wanted? "Extra large." That was unquestionably more information than I ever needed to know in my entire life.

"Ew, Alice!" I groaned. "You know I think of Jasper like a brother. I do not need to know about the size of his…" I trailed off, unwilling to put the words 'Jasper' and…you know what in the same sentence.

"Cock. It's alright, you can say it." Alice laughed as I made a disgusted sound. "Oh Bella, you're too innocent. You know that most people have certain needs." I didn't like the emphasis she put on the last two words.

"No, I'm not!" I was quick to deny. "You don't know what it's like – you don't have anyone who you think of like a brother, or an actual brother for that matter. And I know all about 'certain needs', as you put it."

"True, but when was the last time you got laid?" Alice had a point. Not a point I liked to admit to, but a point all the same. Unfortunately for me, Alice knew this too, and she liked to bring up my sex life (or rather, lack of) at every opportunity, and tried to force me towards every available guy, no matter what they were like, with the words, and I quote, "Just let loose and have some fun for once, Bella." I could hear her annoying sing-song voice floating through my head now.

"Fine, I'll buy your condoms," I said quickly, trying to avoid the new direction this conversation seemed to be going in, practically spitting the last word out at the thought of Alice and Jasper…I couldn't even think it. Alice's little giggle before she quickly hung up the phone confirmed what I should have suspected: she had set me up. Muttering curses under my breath, most of them about a fucking pixie who should rot in hell, I shoved my phone in my purse, wishing I had never called, as I entered the store.

SESESE

I was unsure of how to approach this. I had everything else on my list, and had added some items to my basket that were really unnecessary in my procrastination, almost knocked over about fifty things in the store, apologised to a ton of strangers I had managed to walk into, trip, elbow, hit with my basket, step on the feet of, and even, to one unlucky person, squash as I fell on top of them, but I had finally convinced myself into standing here, in front of the condoms. And I had absolutely no fucking idea which ones to buy. Why did there have to be so many different types? Why couldn't they keep it simple? What did I have to consider? Were then any particular ones which would be…preferable? Why was I even thinking about that? I shuddered in disgust with the image that came with that thought. No, Alice could have the first ones I picked up; if she didn't like them, she could just deal with it, or go and buy some more herself. Annoying, cunning little pixie, forcing me into this. Or more like persuading, but she knew I was an easy target and she knew exactly what it would take to make me cave. Sneaky little thing.

Grabbing the closest box, I turned, eager to get away…smack into someone, dropping the box before I could put it in the basket. Flushing with embarrassment, I bent down to pick it up quickly, hoping to hide what I was buying, and ending up whacking heads with them as they had reached down and, to my humiliation, picked up the condoms for me. I looked up, clutching my head with both hands (their head was damn hard), my face now burning bright red.

Holy shit on a stick.

I was looking at the hottest guy I had ever seen. Bronze tousled hair, bright green eyes, perfect, pink lips and a flawlessly sculpted body that I would pay anything to touch. And I mean anything. I had to check that I wasn't drooling. Unfortunately, I was slightly. Thankfully I managed to wipe it off, while passing the whole thing off as covering my mouth while I coughed.

I hoped.

"Here." His voice was soft and deep, like a beautiful melody with a velvet tone to it. I was sure I was gaping like a gormless idiot, but I couldn't find it in me to care, too busy marvelling at the way his full lips moved when he spoke, carefully shaping the word, and making me want to kiss him even more than I had before (if that was possible). I somehow succeeded in reaching out and taking the item from him, dropping it in my basket as I gasped slightly at my hand coming into contact with his, his skin so soft and silky smooth. I was sure I felt a slight spark where our hands brushed.

"Thank you," I managed to squeak, struck almost dumb by this beauty in front of me and the feelings he was provoking inside of me. Why wasn't Alice here to push me at him? That, I wouldn't have minded so much. Who am I kidding? I wouldn't have minded at all.

"You're welcome." He smiled, a quick crooked grin that had me having to restrain myself from squealing like a fan girl and coming across like some…I don't even know what. Some weirdo, I guess.

I tried to grin back, but it probably came across like I was twisting my face or grimacing. Yeah Bella, it's going really well on the 'Non-weirdo' front. Great, so now I was sarcastically insulting myself. This man just had that effect on me…

"Well, I better go back to…" he trailed off, jerking his hand round the store. I nodded, not trusting myself to speak, and watched him walk away. Ok, so I stared at his ass as he walked away. Who could blame me? His ass looked delicious in his skinny jeans.

Fuck. He was so fuckably hot. I just managed to stop myself from jumping up and down as he disappeared from view (and what an amazing view it had been). Just.

Some things are worth finding out your practically-a-brother's penis size for, a hot guy like that obviously being one of them…

…or not, because, shit, I didn't even get his name, let alone his number. In fact, I barely spoke. Or moved. I was too busy ogling. Clearly, I was a twat.

Only then did I remember what I was buying. The fucking condoms. And he had even picked them up and given them back to me. Oh, god.

I hate Alice. And Jasper for that matter. If it wasn't for them and their stupid 'needs'…

I put my face in my hands in pure mortification.

"Fuck. Shit. Bollocks. I'm going to murder that motherfucking pixie, just wring her skinny little neck…" I mumbled, unable to lift my head up from my hands, too embarrassed by everything. Could I have looked any more idiotic? Being me, probably, I supposed. But still…

I finally managed to unglue my face from my hands and look up, trying to compose myself and act like the sane, rational woman which of course I was, only to catch a few weird stares sent my way by other shoppers.

Yeah, that's right, everyone stare at the half pissed off, half mortified crazy woman, standing completely still in the centre of a supermarket, muttering to herself.

Shit, the hot guy better not have seen that. As if it hadn't gone badly enough already. I glanced round quickly and was satisfied that he wasn't anywhere to be seen. That doesn't mean he didn't witness your little circus act and scarper. I quickly shoved that thought away, not wanting to dwell on that. No, I was much happier thinking he hadn't seen me at the epitome of weirdness.

As I left the store, I pulled out my phone, quickly dialling an all too familiar number and speaking before the person on the line even had the chance to utter a greeting.

"Alice, you better start running. I am so going to kill you."

SESESE

"Finally." Alice sighed dramatically, falling back onto the couch behind her. "I thought you were going to be a nun." I glared.

"I have had sex you know. Not that there's anything wrong with being a nun, I'm just not religious and I don't see the point of giving up sex." I shrugged and she snorted. I could tell from the expression on her face that she thought I might have well of done, considering the long time since I had last had it. Just because I wanted to have feelings for the person I had sex with but there was no point telling Alice that. She would only scoff, even though she had Jasper. I cleared my throat pointedly at her snort and continued. "Anyway, I didn't even get his name, let alone his number. And I was buying condoms. If he saw me staring-"

"He did," Alice cut in.

"How do you know that?"

"You're obvious. You can't hide anything to save your life." She shrugged. My glare deepened.

"I so can."

"No you can't, Bella."

"I can too!"

"I'm not getting into this. He noticed. End of." She raised an eyebrow at my expression. "And stop glaring at me. You know it's true." I hated it when Alice was right. Unluckily for me, that was most of the time and she knew it.

"Anyway, back to what I was saying before I was interrupted, if," I put emphasis on the word, telling Alice that I hadn't given up the argument – I was stubborn like that, "he saw me staring, he would think I was a slut." Alice shook her head.

"I always had some condoms, you know, just in case, when I wasn't with Jasper. That didn't make me a slut."

"But you were a slut." I stuck my tongue out at her and she stuck hers out back.

"Nun."

"Slut."

"Nun."

"Slut."

"Nun."

"Slut, slut, slut, slut-"

"Woah, Bella, stop calling my girlfriend a slut." We both jumped and looked up to see Jasper framed in the doorway.

"Jazzy!" Alice threw herself into Jasper's arms. I mimed vomiting. Then I remembered my earlier conversation with Alice and I found myself actually gagging. Unfortunately Alice and Jasper chose that moment to pay attention to me again and notice. Alice started to giggle while Jasper just looked confused. He raised one eyebrow in question and Alice giggled again as they settled on the couch, her in his lap. Next to his…I felt myself gagging again.

"I told Bella that you have a big dick." Always so blunt Alice.

"Ugh." I covered my ears while Alice and Jasper roared with laughed. "Yeah, yeah, laugh it all up," I said, without removing my hands from my ears.

"At least we haven't done anything in front of you, darlin'," Jasper drawled loudly enough for me to hear, even through my blocked ears, his slight Texan twang showing through, still there from when he was a child.

"Whatever." Yeah, I'm great at comebacks. "Moving on."

"Bella's in love!" Alice just had to say that. I rolled my eyes, sighing.

"Really?" Jasper asked, raising an eyebrow in interest.

"I would almost prefer to move back to the last conversation."

"Yeah, she met a guy at the store. I think she might have finally found him," Alice explained, making 'him' sound significant, both of them completely ignoring my comment.

"I'm not in love, Alice," I protested.

"Yeah, yeah." She waved me off impatiently, turning back to continue telling Jasper her own version of my story, one that would most likely include extra details to make it seem like I really was in love.

"I don't even know his name!"

"Alice, honey," Jasper shifted uncomfortably, "if Bella doesn't even know his name, how will she ever even see him again? I think Bella might have a point. I'm sorry." Alice turned to glare fiercely at him and then switched her glare to me as I nodded along with what Jasper was saying. I shrunk back under her gaze. I would never tell her this, but Alice's evil stares are scary.

"Just you wait and see. I'm right. I always am, and you both know it!" She jabbed a finger into Jasper chest, prodding him hard as she made her point.

"We'll see," I said smugly. I would never see Condom Guy again, I was certain of that. What surprised me was the pang in my chest at that thought. What was wrong with me? I didn't even know the guy. I decided to put the thought out of my mind – Alice had just built up the story so much she had almost convinced me into believing I liked him and didn't just think he was hot. As I said earlier, I am easily persuaded.

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