Remember Me

Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in the Twilight series. They belong to Stephenie Meyer.


Chapter 1:

"Bella, you need to hurry up!" cried my best friend, Alice Cullen, from outside of the bathroom door.

I smiled as I called back out to her, "Just five more minutes. It's not my fault that I'm taking so long. This dress you're making me wear is hard to get into!"

We were going to go out on a double-date to watch the new action movie that had just arrived in the box office. She, with her boyfriend Jasper, and me with my boyfriend Edward.

The thought of spending the night with Edward made me positively giddy, and I couldn't wait to see him. Goodness knows how long it took us to get together. But now that we were finally together, I couldn't have been happier.

"Are you done yet?" came Alice's persistent voice through the door.

I giggled to myself as I adjusted the straps of the dark blue shimmery dress she had forced me into wearing. With a last glance at my self curled brown hair and twinkling earrings, I headed out of the bathroom and into the living room.

"You look great!" Alice bubbled as she clapped her hands delightedly.

I grinned, "You're only saying that because you want to see Jasper."

Alice glared at me in mock outrage, "How dare you! You know you want to see Edward, too."

My stomach fluttered as I heard his name, and a deep red blush came over me. I still remember the first time I saw him.

It was in my second year of college. He had transferred to Forks University from somewhere in Canada and he already had the attention of all the girls in school. They giggled and whispered as they fawned over his auburn brown hair and intense green eyes. They fanned themselves when he took off his sweatshirt to reveal his chiseled physique. I can honestly say that I was not one of the fan girls.

Nope, I walked into my English discussion class and to my amazement saw a beautiful man sitting where in the chair I usually sit in. I blinked as I lost all coherent thoughts. Somebody jostled me from behind and I tripped over my feet and landed practically in his lap. I stammered an apology and red-faced, I turned and ran out of the classroom. I couldn't believe I had ditched class. I ran to the bathroom and it was there I met Alice. She asked me if I was okay, and I told her I had just made a complete idiot out of myself in front of the most handsome guy I have ever seen.

She smiled and listened to me babble on until she pulled me away from the sink and led me to the cafeteria. She sat me down in a chair and I smiled at her gratefully until I realized that he was sitting right besides her.

"Bella, this is my brother Edward Cullen."

I fainted.

So yes, I was not one of those girls fawning over him. I was already knocked out just from the sight of him. Needless to say, I was not able to form a coherent sentence until a few weeks later.

I couldn't believe I –

"Bella?" asked an amused voice.

I snapped out of my reverie and realized I had been daydreaming for the past few minutes. I blushed deeply and muttered an apology.

"Thinking about Edward?" she asked me.

I nodded my head as I smiled and she shook her head at me before proceeding over to our apartment's door and opening it to reveal two gorgeous men.

I smiled when I saw my boyfriend. To this day I still couldn't believe that he was all mine. I looked over at Alice to see her already huddled with Jasper as they whispered to one another. I stared at them for a few more seconds before I heard a deep 'ahem'.

Looking up into Edward's bright green eyes, I found myself swimming in them. His eyes were always filled with concern as well as love.

"Are you all right?" he asked me before scooping me in his arms.

I snuggled deep into his chest and nodded before throwing my arms around his broad frame.

"Are you two ready to leave?" asked an impatient Alice.

Edward spoke up, "Of course. Let's go."

And all four of us piled into Edward's silver Volvo and chatted about the movie we were about to see.

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We slid into a booth at the local diner after we finished watching the movie, chattering about the various tactics that the director had used to make the film seem more real.

"Did you see the way he was blown up?" asked Jasper enthusiastically as he reached over to wrap an arm around Alice's small frame.

Alice rolled her eyes, "Next time, I think I'd rather see a romantic comedy, wouldn't you Bella?"

I nodded my head, "Definitely. I'd rather hear somebody say the words 'I love you' instead of hear his head get blown off."

"Hey, I liked that part!" Edward said as he wrapped both of his arms around my stomach and lay his chin on my shoulder.

"Of course you would. You're a guy!" Alice said as she shook her head at him.

The waitress suddenly broke our conversation when she asked us what we wanted to order. We gave her our orders – two whole supreme pizzas and a pitcher of Dr. Pepper – before settling in a debate about whether more cheese was better or more tomato sauce.

By the time dinner was finished, all four of us were exhausted. We each chipped in for a part of the bill and we slowly walked towards the car.

Alice had her head on Jasper's shoulder while Edward was walking ahead of us to open the car door so we could be shielded from the cold air.

I shivered as I realized how cold it was. Was it this cold before? I raised my arms unconsciously to my neck and I came to the conclusion that I had forgotten my soft, cashmere scarf at one of the booths in the diner. I remembered I had taken it off once I came in and sat down.

"Edward," I said as I approached him. He was standing next to the passenger door, waiting for me to get in. He looked up at me, a question in his eyes. "I forgot my scarf. Let me go get it really quick."

"Are you sure? Do you want me to get it with you?" he asked me.

"I'll go get it. After all, you gave me that scarf for my Christmas present. I can't just leave it laying there for some other girl to keep, can I? Besides, keep Alice and Jasper company."

Edward nodded, and I planted a brief kiss on his lips before turning back around and running towards the diner.

My eyes scanned the booths until they found the right one, and I grinned once I saw the scarf lying on the bench. Grabbing it, I wrapped it around my neck, shoved my hands deep into my jacket's pockets, and braced the cold air.

I smiled when I saw him waiting for me by the passenger's door. I ran toward him, but hesitated when I saw him look to my left and back at me. His eyes widened and he ran towards me, arms outstretched as if to push me. I followed his eyes and to my horror, a large white truck came barreling out of nowhere, its headlights shining straight at me. I stood there, unable to move. I was frozen to my spot. I turned my head to glance at Edward, and my worried brown eyes met his haunted green ones.

I started, but it was too late.

Everything went dark.


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