Hi, it´s been a long time since I started this story... since then I tried to improve my grammar, and after six months here is the story in the rewritten form :))) I hope you will like it :))) please let me know...I am curious... thanks to HermioneMusicPiano for reading and correcting all the chapters :))))
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The plane from NY landed in Barcelona. Despite the early time, only a few people stepped out of the airport hall to the bus station. It was a pretty calm morning. The airport door opened and a young woman came out. She has just flown over the ocean and she wanted nothing more but to sleep. She had about 30 minutes to get to her new flat. First she had to see the rental agency but everything went perfectly. She was grateful that she bought it before the flight. It saved her many minutes of talking to various people.
In her thoughts, she went back to her flight. She hated flying so much but unfortunately there was no other way to get over the Atlantic Ocean, she always wanted to live in Spain. She dreamt of it for so long. She always claimed that she would like to live in Barcelona after her studies. The city had some unknown attraction to her and she couldn´t explain it. When she graduated from college, she decided to fulfill her dreams. Her dad, Charlie, had no problem with that, but Isabella could feel his sadness. Who wouldn´t if his daughter decided to leave the continent and fly to some distant city in Europe. Suddenly, he thought of his other daughter, Leanne. She lived with her mother in Phoenix and he saw her few times a year. Now, not only Leanne, but also Bella, would be so far away. Bella spent the last ten years in his house while attending the high school, or later coming home on weekends from the university.
Isabella took her baggage and headed to the rented apartment. How grateful she was for the internet connection. Due to it she managed to prepare everything online just by few clicks.
She applied the job in Barcelona online too. She had to go through a video conference in New York. They hired her as a junior lawyer in the legal department for a mobile phone company. She was so excited when she learned the news. Finally, her dream would become true. She found the right flat and put the key in the door. She opened the door and entered with her right foot.
She was amazed, because the flat was relatively small, only one room but perfect enough for one person to begin a new life. She loved the new furniture, it fitted exactly into her imagination of what the new flat should look like.
She began unpacking and in the evening she sat down on the couch and finally had a chance to relax. She thought about her life.
She turned 28 a few months ago, alone, thousand kilometres from her family, from dad, and yet farther from her mum and sister. She had no one in this city, but she did not regret her decisions. Indeed, she always dreamed of this…. Why is she so nervous?
She felt the big chance happening in her life. For many years she was just thinking and talking about her dream but now she was beginning to live it. No more plain talk. She has now the reality to live. Her ex boyfriend Jason appeared in her mind. They broke up few months ago, they had been together for almost two years, but he was not fond of her idea of moving abroad. One of the reasons why he wanted to stay was his desire to settle and have a family. But Bella always knew what she would like to do and therefore chose to break up with him.. Jason tried to persuade her but without success. She already made the decision and nothing would change that.
She wished to finally find herself and become fully independent. No man may ever hurt her. She wants to prove that she is strong enough to make it. She cannot let men hurt her. She already started to believe that she had no luck in love. Two long relationships already before her, but still….. she was still feeling awkward about them. No man has treated her as she deserved and tried to persuade her to do what he wanted. But she didn´t want to become just a puppet in the hand of another man.
She was sure that she arrived in Spain to be herself and prove her independence to everyone who had doubts about her. She looked up at the sun down and headed to the balcony. She looked out and saw the beautiful sea-coast in the far. The apartment was about 20 minutes from the sea and she was excited to walk first on the beach and enjoy the swimming in the sea and sunbathing afterwards. She was looking forward to the idea of having the sand between the fingers and enjoying the feeling. The summer was just beginning and the temperatures were already nice enough to spend time on the beach. This was one of the advantages of living on the sea-coast: Finally, a place where the winter temperatures do not fall too low. She hated cold as much as sports at school.
On the following morning she went to buy some supplies for the kitchen, she wanted to prepare a proper lunch. She was disgusted of eating just toast and fast food, she preferred normal meal and therefore went to search for some groceries. On the way there she called her dad and mum. It was a weird feeling to hear them in the distance of thousands kilometres but she knew it had to be that way.
She couldn't resist but had to go to see the coast, she was looking forward to it so much. She came back home and changed her dress. She headed to the beach later that day and headed for walk along the promenade. She loved the sea so much and everything seemed to be just perfect.
On the beach she was again deep in her thoughts as well as having put in her ear phones to listen to some music. She was a big fan of it and could listen to it anywhere. When she used to be younger, as many of her class mates from high school and later from law school figured out, she used to had a crush on some famous person. At that time she fell in love with a singer who also composed on the piano his own songs. His name was Edward Cullen and she had a really big crush on him since she was 16. She never met him personally, but at that time she used to own a huge collection of his songs, posters and other stuff that had been on sale. He stopped his music career few years ago and decided to live privately from then on and she hadn´t heard of him since. The newspapers claimed that he had moved to Europe, living somewhere in the country and composing and perhaps sometimes giving small performances there for the local population. For the whole 10 years, she had been in platonic love with him. Her boyfriends didn't care, for they weren´t interested too much in her hobbies. Now for two years, she was okay, she didn´t think of him at all, she still liked his songs. Chapter closed.
"This new life is gonna be something", she thought. She fell fast asleep and was surprised when the alarm clock rang in the morning. She put on her clothing and started her first work day. Her appointment with the boss was planned for 10 am so she had to be ready by then.
She was walking down the street, it wasn´t far from there. Few minutes later she could see the building in the distance. She told the receptionist her name and she accompanied her to the head of the legal department. She was surprised; it was a handsome young man, who introduced himself as David, behaved to her in a very friendly way.
"I'm afraid you will be the second female lawyer we will have here…..You´re gonna share the office with Bianca. She is Spanish and will show you anything you need" he said.
Isabella just nodded and smiled. He led her to the conference room where the others were already waiting. He introduced her: "Dear colleagues, I´d like to introduce you our new colleague, Ms. Isabella, Swan who arrived from the States. She will be working as a junior lawyer and will focus on revision of some contracts. I think she won´t have any problems to fit in as we all speak English in this department. I hope she´ll like the work with us and will like it here…." Then each of the people introduced and she noticed a bit older woman than she was. That must have been the one that David mentioned before, Bianca.
When they finished, Isabella thanked them and smiled. The woman came to her and said: "Welcome here…come with me,,,,,,I´ll show you our common office. We are here just two women but it doesn't mean we're worse than them" Isabella laughed and followed her. She introduced her to the secretary and then they entered the office.
Isabella got the cases in the contract field and she regarded it as a very interesting opportunity. Bianca was always helpful and she also liked a lot her boss and other colleagues too. She kept a bit distance from them because she didn´t know them yet but they all seemed to be glad to advise.
She had a lot of work, but she didn't mind it. She was used to hard work from doing her legal major. This all gave her the advantage of not having to think about her problems.
Finally after a month of hard work she had a free weekend. Finally she didn´t have to attend any meeting she could just take a nap, skype with her family or walk along the beach. There was a little rock above the sea with a beautiful view of the Mediterranean and she fell in love with this place. She wanted to return here as soon as possible. There, she gained a feeling that she could properly relax here.
Two weeks later, the whole working team from her department was invited by their boss to the pub. Bianca apologised because of a diner with her husband and children and so Bella went alone with all the male colleagues. She sat together next to David and Jose and listened to their comments about their wives. She just listened and liked the way they talked about them. Especially with David, she had the thoughts that he really adores his wife so much: "At least some men can show that they have feelings for their partners" the thought.
"What about you Isabella?" Jose asked.
"Well, I´m single and I plan to stay like that for a very long time…"
David wondered: "How is it possible that such a nice girl is lonely?"
She waved her hand dismissively: "It doesn't matter, I had a relationship during the years at law school but we broke up. Jason didn´t respect my decisions, he wanted to have family right after the graduation but I disagreed, so it was better we both went our own way…" She sighed: "This way it is better…"
She smiled sadly and David smiled: " You ll see how it goes….."
She nodded: "Yeah, I d say so…. I like being single for some time, I don´t have to feel bound to anybody and I can do whatever I want" She finished and held her glass of Coke and lifted it up to all her colleagues and toasted: "To our department guys….." Everybody agreed and did the same.
Later in the evening she went to buy another drink and while she was walking to the bar, she noticed a very nice blond man sitting alone at one table with a cup of coffee. He seemed to be reading some newspaper. She didn´t know that he had been watching her for some time. As she walked to the bar for another Coke, she looked up and saw him a bit more and she had to admit that she wasn´t really disappointed. He looked so handsome, blond, tall, slim, and cute also. He seemed to be flawless. Then her mind began protesting she planned to be independent, no man needed now. Men only bring troubles and she wanted to have a free life without any relationships. Or at least she thought so.
She had no idea that this man was watching her. It was Dr. Carlisle Cullen. He was a visiting professor at a local med university arriving from Berlin, Germany. He felt lonely in Spain and wanted to spend a nice Friday evening in the local pub. His colleagues recommended him this place and he decided to try it. He watched people talking and his eyes stayed at a very nice young woman sitting at the table with six men apparently older than her. He couldn´t move the look away from her. He was afraid she would notice him but she seemed to be deep in the conversation with her colleagues which allowed him to watch her more. He liked the way she was dressed, her gestures. He could imagine that he would invite her for a drink but did not dare. When she was passing by, she looked at him but he moved the eyes down at the same moment. He was just unsure at that moment.
He just turned 35 and was after a very hard break up after a 8 years long relationship. The women he proposed to promised to marry him but later he found out that she was cheating on him. It broke him down completely. He decided to change the position and moved from Chicago to Berlin. His cousin has lived there for a few months and Carlisle thought it would be a nice opportunity to teach at some different medical schools. He got many offers in Germany and France but decided to accept the one in Berlin to be close to his cousin. The Berlin University had the opportunity for the professors to visit partner universities and after some time he decided to apply too and got a chance to teach for one term in Barcelona. He needed some warmer climate and wanted the opportunity for morning swimming in the sea waves in the summer. He still wasn´t over the past relationship and felt still sad from everything. One year ago he was happy, looking forward to the wedding with the one he loved and then...
On that unfortunate day, he dismissed the class early because he wanted to spend the Friday afternoon with his fiancée. When he came to surprise her at work, he found her having some fun in her office with her boss. He broke up with her immediately and within few weeks he moved to Europe to escape everything. But the memories have stayed for the whole year.
This girl he saw in the pub was the first one he really seemed to be interested in for the last few months. But as soon as he decided to move a bit and ask her for a drink, he missed her leaving. When he was deep within his own thoughts, he didn´t notice that she was walking away. Perhaps one of the men could have been her boyfriend or partner, he didn´t know but when she was already gone, he couldn´t do anything more than to forget her. He won´t probably see her ever again.
Bella was tired and so she said good-bye to everyone. She paid for the drinks and left home. It was a pleasant August night and she was looking forward to being in her own bed. The week was full of hard work and she wanted to be ready for the morning walk on the beach. She was looking forward to her usual Saturday walk on the beach and perhaps some swimming too if the weather is nice. With these thoughts she fell asleep immediately.