Author's note:

I don't own Twilight or any of the character's used in the story. Stephanie Meyer is the genius who came up with Edward and Bella.

This is my attempt at a proper fan fiction...wish me luck!

This is a short intro; the rest of the chapter will be put up during the course of the story when the event takes place.

Unexpected Encounter

Epilogue

Bella PoV

New Year's Eve London.

There are no other words to describe it besides absolutely manic.

I'm so late I literally race up the escalators at St James's Park station. I was supposed to meet Alice and Rosalie two hours ago, so we could get a good spot near Big Ben to see in the New Year. It was so typical that the day I want to leave work early is the day some customer decides to unleash all their miseries of the past year on to me. I can safely say I do not enjoy working in the retail sector.

Running up the escalators makes me eyes go funny from all the moving lines. When I finally get to the top with as much grace as possible in my rush, and with my clumsiness issues I can't seem to find my Oyster card.

What the hell is happening to me tonight?

Why won't anything go right?

I frantically search and finally find it hiding at the bottom of my bag. I get through the barriers and sprint towards the exit. I'm lucky I wore flat pumps tonight, heels would've looked sexier but seriously I can't be standing around in them for hours, let alone running up escalators.

As I approach the exit I collide with a hard muscular wall and grab on to whatever I could to keep me upright. After getting my bearings back I look up to see emerald green eyes looking back at me in bewilderment. The eyes take my breath away and that's before the rest of this strangers face registers. This guy is gorgeous and I suddenly realise I'd grabbed the front of his coat in my effort to regain my balance. I release my hold and take a step back, blushing like a tomato.

"I'm so sorry; I'm running so late and was running so fast I didn't look where I was going." I babbled. I always embarrassingly slurred my words around cute guys.

"Don't be sorry, I didn't mind." The attractive stranger said in the sexiest accent.

He's American! I thought.

"If you're heading towards Big Ben they've shut it all off, there's too many people there." He continued

I felt the blood drain from my face just before I heard my phone have a beeping fit in my pocket. It must have been Alice texting me while I was on the tube.

"Someone's missing you." He laughed, which sounded musical, I fell in love with it.

"I was supposed to meet my friends a couple hours ago, but couldn't get out of work on time so I'm late and now by the looks of it I won't get to them anyway." I took my phone out of my pocket to see 10 missed calls, 5 voice mails and 3 text messages, and I couldn't help thinking that I was going to be in trouble from the girls.

The first text read: Bella you had better be on the tube and not just switched your phone off?

Second text: you're on the tube right?

Their voicemails were hysterical but the last text read: you're on the tube! I love Alice she's completely barmy.

I was worried that I couldn't get to the girls.

What was I going to do if I couldn't?

New Years Eve and nothing else to do, plus I really couldn't be bothered to battle everyone on the tube to go home.

"Why don't you call your friends and see where about they are and if it's possible to get to them?" A voice brought me out of my thoughts. The gorgeous American man was still standing in front of me.

"That's a good idea, I'll try calling Alice." I replied.

I expected him to walk away and leave me to it, but to my surprise he didn't.

As I guessed Alice went mad on the phone, they were in the massive crowd right under Big Ben; it was obvious I wasn't going to get to them. I told them to have a good time and not to leave until they'd seen the New Year in. Alice started to feel guilty about me being on my own but I reassured her that I that I would try and get nearer to home to go to a party.

"Do you really have another party to go to?" The Yank asked once I got off the phone.

I blushed, I was a terrible liar and I knew it. "Erm no, but I didn't want to spoil their night."

"So it looks like we're both without plans tonight?" he gave me a crooked smile which was so alluring that I nearly melted on the spot.

"Looks like it. I'm Bella by the way."

"Ah I'm sorry I'm forgetting my manners? I'm Edward, visiting from Washington DC."

"I kinda figured you were American, so if you have no plans how come you're out here?"

"I wanted to come and see the New Year in with Big Ben but didn't know they'd close it off, I got here too late." He shrugged. "Seeing as you don't have any other plans, would you like to see the New Year in together? No pressure and I promise I'm not a serial killer or rapist or any other kind of weirdo. It's a public area, it's pretty safe right?"

I couldn't help laughing; it was me that assaulted him. I couldn't explain it but staying with him felt right and safe.

"I'm willing to take a chance; we can go get drinks from the bar over there and then sit on the river bank to see the New Year in?" With all the craziness around us it was the best idea I could come up.

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The next chapter will take place a few months before New Years and will give some insight into Bella's life. As the story progresses it will lead to this night and the rest of the chapter will be put up.

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