AN: Ok, I have been working on this story for a bit now. I'm still writing it as well. Here is the first chapter. Everyone is human. No vampires, no shapeshifters. All human.

Also I use this key - as an alternative to the tilde key since it's not allowed on here. If anyone has any other suggestions for an alternative, feel free to leave it in your reviews.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the characters, that belongs to the lovely and brilliant Stephenie Meyer.

Chapter 1

Buzz Buzz Buzz!

I woke up to the sound of my alarm.

I reached over, hitting the snooze button. The alarm off button was behind it and my fingers were barely reaching the snooze. I'll get it in a minute. I yawned as I rolled over onto my side, closing my eyes. Just a few more minutes...

Next thing, my cellphone was ringing on my night stand. Guess it's time to get up. I grabbed my phone as I sat up, the covers moving so they were just on my waist.

"Hello?" I said into the phone.

"Hey Bella." replied a obviously cheery Alice.

Alice Brandon. My best friend.

"Morning Alice." I yawned.

"Are you still sleeping?" she asked.

"I was, I'm up now." I pushed the covers off.

"Do you wanna go shopping? There is a huge sale and Rosalie has a shoot." I could tell in her voice that she was already dressed and was probably thinking of the route to take throughout the mall.

Shopping? Didn't we do that not too long ago? I thought.

"Alice, do I ever really wanna go shopping? As much as you do anyways." I asked with a smile. I had gotten to where I could enjoy shopping for possibly an hour or so but nobody likes shopping as much as Alice. Not even Paris Hilton. She just has more money.

"Well...no..." she started. I looked at the calender. Work today.

"I would go but I've got a 10 hour shift today." I responded.

"Oh, that's too bad." she said with a hint of sadness then quickly changed her tone. "I'll just go by myself."

I laughed. "Obviously, like you'd give up shopping under any circumstance." I shook my head

"Later Bella."

"Bye." I hung up the phone and sat it down on the bed as I got up. The alarm went off again. I jumped, not literally but in the startled way. I had forgotten about it. I crawled over my bed to reach the alarm, hitting the snooze then turning it off.

I ran my fingers through my dark brown hair, flipping the hair around as I walked into the bathroom. I stripped down, turning on the shower as I hopped in and took a quick shower.

After I got out, I dried off, blow-dried my hair and then wrapped a towel around me, walking back into the bedroom. Scanning my closet for a quick minute, I grabbed jeans and a gray shirt.

I got dressed and headed downstairs. My computer was open sitting on the counter. Why was it down here?, I wondered slowly. That's right, my Dad had wanted to borrow it. He had left it on, which was fine, it was plugged up.

I made myself a bowl of cereal. I had a few minutes so I pulled up a webpage while eating. Checking my email and my "networking site". Alice had pretty much made the thing for me and got me into checking it. After checking everything, I logged off and closed it up. I finished up my breakfast and put the dishes in the sink.

I grabbed my keys, phone and purse and headed outside, climbing into my truck. My dad got it for me in high school. And I actually loved it since I saw it.

I headed to work. I work as a nurse at the hospital. Me a nurse? I know. It took me forever to get over my fear of blood. I used to get light-headed at the sight of it. But I like helping people. I don't know whether or not I plan to do this forever. But for the time being, I've grown to like it well enough, it pays decent and I like the atmosphere. A few of my friends work here as well. I'm also going to school.

Mary Alice Brandon finally got home. She had at least 3 shopping bags on each arm. It was a successful shopping day to her because she had all these bags and spent less then $200. Which meant more money for another shopping trip. Oh and of course she had to live and eat. Sometimes.

She lugged them to her room, sitting a few on her bed and the rest on the floor by her closet. She was considering calling one of her friends but looked at the time on her phone.

Rosalie is probably still working and Bella probably has a few hours left on her shift, she realized. Well, I feel like talking to someone, she thought. She considered putting her stuff up but decided against that.

Walking to her computer desk, she sat down at her desk, opening her computer up and it came on. Perfect idea, lets see who's online, she thought.

BPOV

I had finally finished distributing the meds to the 3rd floor. I was carrying a folder full of patients files that I needed to take to Nurse Jones. I hoped to get the files to her before she checked on the patient. So in turn, I was sorta rushing through halls, bad idea in the first place. I slowed down a little bit as I turned the corner, unfortunately, with the rushing and everything else, I didn't hear the footsteps of someone else coming around the other side. And so-

CRASH!

And bam, I'm on the ground. This is typical of me, I trip over air. Which is not easy to do, if I do say so myself. Sure, tripping on a banana peel is easy but can you trip over air? Its not easy. Actually it is easy to do, for me. I don't even have to try. But I hate when others have to be a victim of my clumsiness.

"I'm so sorry." I said to whoever I hit as I picked up the files and put them back in the folder I had dropped, thank god there numbered. I didn't bother to look up as I was busy placing the files in the folder.

"It's okay..." said a male voice. "Bella?"

Alice's POV

I had been surfing around my accounts for a bit when I hit a chat room. Might as well see who's on. Maybe someone interesting. I did say I wanna talk to someone. If no one is interesting, I can log out, no harm no foul. Almost immediatly when I logged on, an IM popped up. I clicked chat.

WAGuy: Hi, care to chat?

Hmm, I thought. Maybe HE is interesting. If hes a pervert, he will be blocked and I move on.

PixieGirl: Hello!

WAGuy: I assume thats a yes.

PixieGirl: Yes it is. I'm Alice.

WAGuy: Nice to meet you, I'm Jasper.

BPOV

I put the files into the folder pocket. I had gotten them back in order, thank god there were only 6 pages or it would have took longer. He offered his hand, helping me up I took his hand, grabbing the folder with the other.

"Thanks." I said, adjusting my clothes almost in a habit way.

"No problem." Mike said, with a smile. Mike Newton. He seemed to like it if he was around when I fell. Not that he liked me to fall but he got to play minor hero and I guess it gave him a excuse to talk to me. Not like he didn't make one up without it.

"You on shift?" he asked.

"Yea..." I said, pointing to my dark blue scrubs.

"Oh yeah, obviously, didn't know if you were just getting off or not." he said, nervously.

"I've got a few more hours left, actually. Are you working? Did you just get in?" I asked. Mike is a doctor and works here so we run into each other obviously. He wasn't dressed for work so that's why I asked the latter question.

"Not today, I was just here getting something from my office." he said. I nodded.

"I actually need to get going, I would talk to you but I have to give this to Nurse Jones and I have a few patients to check." I said.

"Right, um, what are you doing after work?" he asked me.

"Oh, I'm meeting my Dad for dinner." I said. I wasn't lying, we were going to the Cafe for dinner.

"Right right, well I'll see you later, Bells." he said, walking away

Alice's POV

I had been talking to Jasper for a bit. That was WAGuy's name. After I kept getting bombarded with sex messages, we had decided to log off the chat and were talking on personal messengers. Which I preferred anyways.

SouthernGent: So why do you call yourself a pixie?

PixieThreads: Because I'm Pixie like! I'm really short, so therefore Pixie like! My friends made up that night.

SouthernGent: Alright. LOL.

SouthernGent: Alice, I hate to cut this short but I'm going to meet my friends. I will talk to you later tonight tho, okay?

Yay he wants to talk to me again. Maybe logging onto that chat was a great idea.

PixieThreads: Of course.

SouthernGent: Great :-) Talk to you soon

PixieThreads: Bye bye!

He logged off. I shut my computer. I looked at the clock. Rosalie was probably off by now. Grabbing my phone, I found her name in my recent calls and dialed her. I needed to talk to someone.

BPOV

I stepped into the elevator after finishing checking patients on the 4th floor. I pressed the button as the elevator closed. I waited for a second then the doors opened and I stepped off onto the floor. I headed to the lounge. Yay, a break, I thought. I sat down on the couch. I picked the book up that I had left in here earlier. Flipping back open to my place. It was called Sisters by Danielle Steele. Not my typical reading choice but so far its good.

After reading for about 5 minutes, I shut the book, sitting it next to me. I took out my phone. I scrolled thru my messages when I heard a voice.

"Hey, you know we're not suppose to have those out around here." said my friend Angela. She had on her scrubs. She's a nurse as well.

"I know but...no one's around." I smiled. I closed the phone, sliding it back into my pocket.

"I know I'm just teasing." she said as she sat down next to me. "How are you?" she asked.

"I'm good." I nodded. "Nothing new with me."

"That's good." she said. She smiled happily obviously trying to say something.

"What's that about?" I asked.

"Eric asked me to meet his folks. We're having dinner with them next week." she answered. Eric is her boyfriend. They've been together for about 4 months now. She seems to like him. He's a good guy.

"Oh wow." I replied. "That is..um, wow, are you nervous?"

She fixed her glasses then touched her finger to below her lip, thinking. "A little. But I think I should pull it off okay." she said.

"You'll do fine." I assured her. "They'll love you."

"What should I wear?" she asked.

I looked at her. "Your asking me?" I replied.

She gave me a look. "Come on Bella, you're not as fashionably challenged as you play off to be." she said. Maybe not challenged or anything but not exactly a person to ask advice about it, well, I guess I could try to give some help. I do listen to Alice and Rose all the time.

"Plus, you've met a boyfriend's family before right?" she asked. Then she looked at me, as if wondering if she should have said that.

"Yea, I have." I began.

"Oh wait I'm sorry-" she started.

"No, it is fine." I assured her. "That was a long time ago."

"You sure it's okay? I didn't mean to bring it up." she said. I nodded. It was fine. I was long over that.

"No, I don't care. Its not my favorite thing to talk about it or anything but I don't mind." I said. Her beeper went off. She looked at it.

"I'm needed in ER." she stated as she got up and began to walk out.

"Wait, Ange." I said, looking up at her.

She turned around. "Yea?" she replied.

"Wear a nice top and jeans or a sundress." I answered. "Both are not too formal but could work almost anywhere."

She smiled. "Thanks Bella." she said, as she headed out quickly.

AN:What did everyone think of the start? Hopefully it was good. I know I had Bella reading something different but I didn't wanna start it off with her reading Pride and Prejudice or Wuthering Heights. Those books will be mentioned later on but I wanted to try something different for the first chapter. Read and Review!