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I stacked the mountain high boxes of shoes in the back room as I kicked the empty cardboard box out of my walking path. I struggled on my tippy toes to put the last box on top when I lost my balance. Boxes and boxes of shoes fell on top of me, creating a loud racket. I gulped. Mr. Jordan is going to fire me. This was the third time this week I made an accident. The backroom door flung open and Mr. Jordan glowered at me with horror.

"S-sorry," I mumbled, tripping up to get on my feet. "I'll clean it up."

"Bella, forget the boxes… are you hurt?" Mr. Jordan had asked.

"No."

"Okay. That's all I need to hear." he turned towards the open door and called, "Mike!"

"yea, boss?" Mike's voice had answered.

"Get over here and help Bella stack this boxes!" Mr. Jordan had instructed.

"'kay, boss."

Mike Newton strut into the room and gave me a bewildered look as he saw him surrounded by now dented shoe boxes. He gave me a small smile as Mr. Jordan swiftly left the room. We both watched him leave.

"Fall again, Bella?" Mike had said. (a/n: emmett from eclipse!! Teehee)

I shrugged and picked up a box.

"You know…" Mike had started in an attempt to make his voice seductive. "I can take you over to my place and help you with any injuries."

I caught the double meanings in those words and rolled my eyes.

"No, Mike. I will not go out with you."

He scowled and started to stack boxes alongside me. Twice, he pretended to accidentally grab my hand. When he did this, I pulled away quickly as fury boiled inside of me. Why couldn't Mike just leave me alone? Gr… As soon as we were done, I rushed out of the room in an attempt to avoid Mike from asking me out, again. He had already tried to ask me out five times this week. This has gone far enough. I grumbled to myself and met Angela. She was taking care of the cash register.

"Hey, Ang," I quickly greeted.

She turned towards me, gave me a smile and nodded.

I work at a shoe store which also carried accessories, jewelry, and handbags. This is my third month working here and the salary is enough to just get by on my apartment rent fee as well as bus transportation fee and a couple of meals. My apartment is only a few blocks away from where I work. The never-sleeping city always had new thrills and excitements to attend to. Until I had enough free time for that, I was stuck working at Platinum Emporium. I was a sophomore at the college in the city studying medicine. Mike Newton and Angela Weber had also worked with me in this store. I befriended both of them quite easily. Well…. I was friends with Angela. I didn't really like Mike for he was only interested in going out with me.

I sighed as I snapped out of my little world. That was when the store door jingled, marking an entrance. I gawked at the beautiful, tall man who with emerald green eyes. His white tee shirt clung to every muscle in his chest. He looked like a model. I examined him thoroughly, my eyes greedy. He had tousled bronze hair. His nose was perfect as his lips were full and flawless. He looked to be the same age as I was. Accompanying him was a beautiful woman with strawberry blond hair. She was very pretty indeed as she dragged the boy's hand toward a chanel bag on a display case against the wall. The boy didn't seem very interested and a frown of annoyance plastered on his beautiful face. The girl seemed oblivious.

I waited for the right time and took a deep breath. I walked towards them. The boy turned to me with a blank expression which sent chills up my spine. The girl was still too absorbed in the bag.

"May I help you with anything?" I asked them. Well the boy, anyways because the girl didn't seem to hear me.

The boy gave me a small smile which caught my breath short and said, "no thank you. We're doing just fine."

His voice was so luscious, and velvety smooth. I returned a smile and walked away towards Angela. Angela giggled.

"You so like him," Angela snickered in my ear.

"Is it really that obvious?" I asked, bewildered.

"Yes," she giggled back.

I liked Angela. She didn't force me to do anything and she was always so understanding. I watched as the girl dragged the grimacing beautiful boy all around the store, gasping at every piece of accessory with sparkles in her eyes.

"Eddy, look at this one!" she squealed.

His frown became more pronounced at the name. His eyes flickered onto my face as he caught me watching them. I turned my face down in embarrassment and started to blush. I turned my back towards them, giving them privacy.

"My name is Edward," the boy growled under his breath at the girl.

She seemed to ignore him as she moved onto a coach watch. The boy by the name of Edward didn't seem to like being in here.

"Can I get all of these?" the blond girl pleaded to Edward.

"Tanya," Edward had started. "Do you want me to go bankrupt?"

Again, she ignored him. Her face met mine and she motioned me to come. Surprised, I stumbled over my own feet as I went over to them. I thought I caught a glimpse of Edward chuckling to himself, very lowly.

"C-can I help you with anything?" I asked her politely, trying not to look into the boy named Edward's eyes, afraid that I would lose my train of thought.

"How much does this cost?" the girl by the name of Tanya had asked, jingling a very valuable Tiffany bracelet in front of my eyes.

"349.99", I announced.

The girl cocked her head in thought and went over to the chanel handbag.

"What about this?" she said, indicating to the big black handbag.

I walked over to her and said, "1464.99".

She smiled.

"I want this one, Eddy," she said, facing Edward.

"Okay," she said to him. Then he turned to me as my eyes widened with awe at his beauty. "I'll take this one."

"o-okay," I said, putting the chanel bag back into the showcase. I awkwardly walked away into the backroom and got the same chanel bag and returned to the register. I carefully wrapped it and put it in a bag while Angela told him the total. I gave the package to Tanya who let out a squeal of glee. I smiled, sheepishly. Edward handed Angela his black, platinum user credit card as she swiped it. Wow. He had a black platinum. He must be….. Rich. I frowned. Rich people were snobby. And this particularly beautiful boy was rich. Gr… The boy turned his head slightly and caught my grimaced expression. I looked down again, quickly, trying to hide my blush. I saw a hint of smile playing on the corner of his lips as he restrained it.

"Okay, thank you for shopping at Platinum Emporium. Have a good day," I heard Angela say to Edward and Tanya.

A wave of sadness washed over me. He had to leave and I would probably never see him again. Once again in my peripheral vision, I saw Edward's emerald eyes looking at my expression. I tried not to meet his eyes. I sighed and was about to walk away when I bumped into Mike. Ugh… Mike.

"Hey, baby," Mike said seductively. "Want to grab a coffee with me?"

Edward's gaze was now intently on mine, obviously hearing what Mike had said.

"Mike…" I started. "Once again… I am not interested, nor will I ever be in going out with you. Please stop asking me."

Suddenly, Mike's expression grew harsh.

"There's another guy, isn't there?" He said with much sourness.

I flinched at his sudden mood.

"No," I snapped. "I'm not going out with anybody."

"Then why won't you go out with me?" Mike had demanded.

"Because I don't like you how you like me!" I said, raising my voice a little.

Mike's expression turned sour. He called out to Mr. Jordan, "I'm going on my lunch break!"

"Okay," a muffled voice had said.

Mike swiftly stalked away and was out of sight. Thank gawd. I peered up and saw Edward looking at me with a curious expression. His eyes looked troubled. I gazed into his eyes. This time, I did not break it. Slowly, I got lost in the sea of emerald that beheld in his smothering eyes. He gazed intently into mines.

"Edward!" Tanya had snapped. Her voice instantly made me drop my gaze on Edward. Tanya was waiting impatiently by the door. "Let's go! We have to get to the mall!"

Edward reluctantly moved his gaze away from my face to face Tanya. He followed her out the door. As soon as he was about to step out, he turned his head one last time to look at me. Then just like that, he was gone.

Does this edward cullen like Bella? is this the last time she will see him? Tell me what you think and review! next chapter coming pretty soon