A/N Don't own Twilight - No Copyright Infringement Intended

Meeting

It had been a month since I had made the move from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington. Everyday I missed Mom and her new husband Phil; I missed my old friends and I missed the heat of the warm sun. This was my life now though. I had made the choice to take a job offer as head chef at Bella Italia in Port Angeles. Whilst I was still looking for my own apartment I was living with Charlie, my Dad. Charlie and I had never communicated very well and I saw this as an opportunity to get to know him better.

I had become friendly with a girl named Jessica Stanley, she was a waitress at the restaurant I worked at. It was three o'clock on a Monday afternoon and we had been slammed during the lunchtime rush. Mike, the manager had agreed that we could go for a half hour break before coming back and getting ourselves sorted for the evening meals.

As we walked down the main street on our way to a new café that had only just opened up Jess turned to me and said "He likes you, you know"

"Who? Mike? How can you tell?" I asked.

"He's always looking at you when your not looking and he lets you do what you want" she replied, a little coldly. Whilst I hadn't ever noticed Mike looking at me I had seen all the lingering looks Jess gave him. The girl had it bad for him and he was completely oblivious to it!

"Yeah, well I'm not interested" I replied curtly.

"Why not? Mike's a great guy, he's funny, kind, loyal, easy on the eyes" Jess said counting all of Mike's good points off on her fingers, a smile pulling on her lips as she got to that last one.

"Why don't you ask him out?" I said expectantly.

"Haha, yeah right. He doesn't even know I exist Bella"

"So, make him notice you then"

I didn't hear what Jess said next as I became transfixed, staring at the most beautiful man I had ever laid eyes on. He had gorgeous reddish, brown hair and a body to die for. His skin was as pale as mine, if not more so. He was leaning against a wall outside an office block, He wore black, fitted pants and a pale blue shirt that had the long sleeves rolled up to his elbows. The collar of the shirt was unbuttoned and I could peak the white t-shirt that he had on underneath it.

As I continued to stare I became painfully aware of my heartbeat and how it was racing. My palms became sweaty and I had butterflies in my stomach. As he glanced over towards me I quickly looked down, hoping he hadn't caught me staring. I nervously lifted my head back up and saw a look of frustration etched upon his face. Damn, he must have caught me staring and I'd made him uncomfortable. He didn't move away though. Instead he now seemed to be staring back at me, looking as if he were in deep concentration.

"Earth to Bella, hello" Jess blocked my view of office boy as she waved her hand up and down in front of my face.

"Huh?" I moved my focus back to Jess.

"Where were you? I was just asking you how I get Mike to notice me and you zoned out or something" she said, looking a little worried.

"Sorry" I apologized. My curiosity got the better of me. "Hey Jess, do you know who that guy leaning on the wall over by the office building is?"

"That's Edward Cullen" she replied. So office boy has a name and it's Edward Cullen. "He's totally gorgeous but don't bother wasting your time. He doesn't date. At all" I got the impression that she spoke from personal experience. Poor Jess always unlucky in love it seemed.

As we carried on our way down the street I glanced over my shoulder for one more glance at Edward and saw him wearing the faintest of smiles.

In a few minutes we were sat at a table in the café and had ordered two coffees. "You never did tell me how to get Mike to notice me" Jess probed, looking for more information on how to get her dream man.

"Maybe you could start with something simple" I suggested.

"Like what?"

"Oh, I don't know. Maybe you could try talking to him."

"I do talk to Mike" she vehemently insisted.

"Not about work stuff. Strike up a real conversation, find out his likes and dislikes"

"OK"

Whilst we were at the café I couldn't stop thinking about Edward Cullen. Why was I so drawn to him? I found myself hoping that he would still be standing outside as we walked back past the office building on our way back to the restaurant. The rational side of me knew that this was just a fantasy though. He obviously worked there and was probably only taking a short tea break and therefore wouldn't still be stood outside.

I was right, there was no sign of Edward as Jess and I walked back down the street to the restaurant. Maybe he would be there the same time tomorrow though. It was always worth a shot. I was curious about him but felt unable to confide in Jess as she had already warned me not to waste my time. Maybe when I saw Jake tonight I could ask him and he would know something.

I was in my red truck, finally on my home. Today had been manic and I was exhausted. All I wanted to do was go home and crash. Before I left work I called Jake and explained that I was dog tired and could I take a rain check on meeting up tonight. He had said that was fine and asked when I wanted to reschedule. I suggested tomorrow night as I was still dyeing to find out more about Edward.

I had known Jake way back when I was a little girl and Mom and Dad were still married. When I had come back to Forks, besides Charlie, Jake and his dad Billy were the first two people I saw. Billy had sold his truck to Charlie, who had given it to me as a welcome back present. Jake told me about how he had fixed the engine up and how he loved cars. We had fallen back into being great friends within a couple of days. Jake was so easy to talk to.

That night was the first night I dreamt of Edward Cullen.

A/N Is it worth continuing with this story? Let me know what you think of this - do you like it or not?