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Chapter 1 – The Past going into the Future

Bella POV:

The 3 o' clock bell rang, signaling the end of the day and the end of the week as far as anybody on campus was concerned. All the students in the class stood up and started to exit the classroom.

"Have a good weekend class." I called out to the kids as they were crowding each other to get out of the door first. "You to Ms. Swan." Ms. Swan that would be me, well Bella Swan. I am 24 years old, and teach 9th grade English. I am ordinary in the looks department, brown hair with matching eyes. I only stand at 5'5".

The classroom emptied out in no time after all it was Friday. I sat at my desk looking out at the empty classroom. Remembering back when I was on the other side of the desk. I didn't have to much regret when it came to high school. The only thing that came to my mind was Edward Cullen.

By now we should be married, maybe even expecting our first child. But for all I know he could be dead. Why didn't I ever ask him our? I don't think I realized then that he could be the one I was meant to spend the rest of my life with.

It all started in 9th grade; I was taking level one Spanish. Edward was a year ahead of me in school but he still needed a foreign language credit. I noticed him and he looked up at me from the group of girls that was surrounding him. Briefly we smiled at each other. I sat in the next row from him and two seats back all year long. During that year he helped me a lot to pass the class, helping me congregate me verbs and what not.

The next year Edward and I no longer saw each other on a daily basis. We did every once in a while hang out before school or we would enjoy lunch together sometimes. But we each had our own set of friends that we had before we meet each other and that is the group we hung out with now. I think that was the year I realized I had feelings for Edward Cullen. More than friends feeling, I wanted to date him. My two best friends Alice Brandon and Rosalie Hale felt two different ways about Edward. Alice didn't dislike him but she wasn't his biggest fan either, she was pleasant to him when he hung out with our group. Rosalie on the other hand just plain didn't like him, and was always making comments about him. Both behind his back and to Edward's face. But that was Rosalie for you; she had a tough exterior and was hard to get through to. (I don't think she would have liked me much but when we where six I invited her to my pretty princess birthday party and we have been friends since.) The year went on and Edward and I remained friends.

The following year I was now in 11th grade, and Edward was in 12th. That year we got closer, but still nothing more than friends. I would dress up and do a little make-up to see if I could impress him and see if he would ask me out. I never had the nerve to do ask him out myself. If he did notice than he didn't say anything and he never asked me out. That year we ate lunch together more and he even have me a few rides home from school when we would stay late to study for a class we had, not at the same time but the same class. In my year book he wrote the sweetest message anybody could ever write.

Dear Bella,

You are a great friend and a nice person. Thank you for all the laughs and craziness between us. I will miss you but I'll be happy knowing I have a friend like you.

Thanks again,
Edward Cullen

After that Edward graduated top of his class, and I didn't get to spend any real length of time with him. Alice convinced me to join a social network in our senior year. I did of course because Alice always gets her way. Edward found me and we exchanged a few messages back and forth. Nothing serious but he did seem happy to find me. We lost contact; I got deleted off his friend list.

The next time I seen Edward Cullen I was starting my first semester at the University of Washington. It was about a week before classes started and I was buying my books at the campus book store. He recognized me first.

"Bella is that you?" He asked. I looked up; already knowing who the voice belonged to. Even though it had been over a year I knew it was Edward.

"Yeah it's me Edward." He drops the hand that he was holding, his eyes sparkling as he embraces me. The hug only last a few seconds. If looks could kill I would be in a grave at the Forks Cemetery at the moment thanks to the young women Edward was with.

"This is Tanya, my fiancée." He finally introduces her. "Tanya, meet Bella, we went to high school together."

"Oh" The strawberry blonde said in a small voice. I gave her a small smile and put my hand up to say hi. "Tanya goes to the university." I nodded my head feeling sicker by the second. I am sad but happy when it was their turn to get helped. I was glad to have seen Edward, to know that he was alive and well, but I wanted him to with me not that strawberry blonde.

I have since looked Edward Cullen up on that same social network. He is single or at least he was the last time he was on. It has been several years since he was last on.

My cell phone rang bringing me back from my trip down memory lane. It's Alice.

"Hello" I answered.

"Hey where are you at?"

"Still at school, why?"

"Bella its 3:30. You are supposed to be at my house by now."

"Its 3:30?" I asked looking at my watch. Sure enough it was 3:30. "I am leaving now."

"Okay bye."

"Bye Alice." I hung up the phone, grabbed a few things and my purse and left the campus. I was going out with Alice tonight. She says she is tired of seeing me all alone and she was going to find a guy that she could hook me up with.

I drove over to my best friend's house which only took seven minutes, I pulled into her drive way and shut off my car. Once at her door I knocked on the blue door and before I could get a second know in Alice already had the door open. There stood my pixie of a friend who only stood at 4'9", black hair in a bob cut that framed her face perfectly, and her hazel eyes shinning as the sun caught them. Or maybe the shine was from how excited she was getting due to that fact that her very own life size Barbie was standing in front of her, and we where about to play Bella Barbie.

Alice took me by the arm and closed the front door, then proceeded to drag me up the stairs.

"Rosalie and Emmett are going to meet us at the club." Rosalie our other best friend had meet Emmet t in her first year of college. They got married two later. Rosalie was tall and blonde. Her hair matched the golden rays of the sun and her blue eyes rivaled the blue of the oceans. She was tall 5"7', and tough as nails. Emmett her husband looked like he was one of those freaky body builders but he really wasn't. He was tall and muscular. And when he smiled had the cutest dimples, every baby should be jealous of him. He had dark brown kind of curly hair with almond brown eyes. He was fun to be around and loved to joke and play around. It's easy to see why Rosalie fell in love with him.

"What about Jasper?" I asked. Jasper is Alice fiancée. He was Alice's high school sweetheart, and just got the nerve to ask her to marry him not to long ago.

"He is subbing for a friend at the community college." Jasper had quiet his job at Forks High School at the beginning of the year to take a job with the Clallam Community College, which had a campus near Port Angeles. He was really after a job with the University of Washington but at the time they don't have any job openings.

I washed my hair by leaning over the side of Alice's bathtub. Once the shampoo and conditioner were out of my hair I wrapped a towel around my hair and washed the little bit of make up off my face in the bathroom sink. Alice would redo my make up once she had me dressed.

We arrived at Alice's favorite club New Moon. Alice dressed me in this blue silky dress with thin straps that were made of these fake diamonds with blue heels to match. She was dressed in a simple black mini dress that fitted her like a glove.

Alice went off to find Rosalie and Emmett while I went and sat at the bar. Do I have me usual or do I go for something different? I was here to have fun so I went with something fun an apple martini. Once I had my drink in hand I set off to find Rose, Alice and Emmett.

I found them not to far from the bar counter. They were sitting at a round table with four chairs. There was jello shot in front of everybody including me. Alice picked up her shot glass.

"To Bella find a man."

"To Bella finding a man." The others resounded. I blushed of course. We did the shot. Three jello shots and the apple martini later Alice drug me out on the dance floor.

After an hour of tripping over my own two feet I was leaving the dance floor. I was making my way to where Emmett was sitting at our table. There was a guy with him; I couldn't make him out since he had his back to me. I took my seat once I reached the table; sitting next to Emmett with the mystery guy was sitting directly across from me. He was sitting so the light was not touching his face and I could not make it out. He turned to me as to acknowledge my presence.

"Bella Swan is that you?" A voice from my past asked.

A/n: I have this new idea for this story and it just would not go away. Doesn't worry I am not abandoning my other story The Misadventures of Us.

As always review please it really does help with writing the next chapter.