It was a warm summer day, when Alice walked into the apartment she shared with her older sister Bella, and decided that Bella needed to get on with her life after being dumped by her boyfriend of two years.

"Bella, you have to get out of the apartment! You've been cooped up in here for the last two weeks. You need to go on with your life! Mike is not worth all this trouble." Alice replied, placing her hands on her hips as she glared at her sister who was lying on the couch watching TV.

"I can't help it! I really love him. I know he's going to call and beg me to come back!" Bella replied.

Shaking her head, Alice smiled sadly at her sister. She knew the truth. Mike was never going to call her older sister and beg her to take him back. He was shacked up with some Hoochie mama, fucking her slutty brains out. Mike had been a real pig and Alice had been able to see that right away. She couldn't prove it, but she was sure that he had cheated on her sister with other women when they were together and he had always treated Bella like dirt. Alice was fed up with her sister wanting this loser back when there were plenty of great guys, one she had in mind in particular, that would be better for her.

Firmly Alice said, "Bella, he's not going to call, and you know it. He's a rotten bastard that doesn't deserve you. Forget him. Why don't you come with me tonight and meet Jasper? I know he's been dying to meet you ever since you've moved to Forks two weeks ago."

"No." Bella replied firmly, while frowning at her sister.

"Come on, it'll be fun. Besides, his younger brother's going to come too. We can double date." Alice coaxed.

"Forget it! Despite the fact that I'm happy you found a guy who loves you very much and you and Jasper have been dating for the last three months, you know what my feelings are for guys who ride motorcycles." Bella said, sternly.

Sadly, Alice did know, all too well. It haunted her dreams as much as it haunted Bella's. Unfortunately, they were alone, their mother had died when both of them were very young and since the fateful night of the horrendous motorcycle accident, their wonderful father had been taken away from them too.

Alice sighed and wondered with amazement how she could have ever fallen for a guy that raced motorcycles. Maybe it was because he of reminded her of their father. Their father used to race and he always took Alice and Bella with him. However, it wasn't a race that killed their father; it was an everyday joyride with five other friends. The girls were home alone when they got the dreadful call that their beloved father had not survived. Of course all of them had their helmets on and were very safe riders. A man, asleep at the wheel in a large van, swerved into their lane and struck their father first. Their father was the only one that died. One man ended up in critical condition, two were in stable condition, another broke his leg, and the last man was lucky enough to walk away with minor scratches and bruises. These memories occurred to Alice and she blinked away tears. She couldn't blame Jasper for his passion for motorcycles. He was such a great guy, he was so sweet and so kind and of course he was devastatingly good looking. Alice knew that she HAD to convince her sister to go out with her tonight.

Alice had shown Jasper's younger brother Edward a picture of Bella and told him about her awful ex-boyfriend. She had seen the look in Edward's eyes when he looked at the picture and she knew that he meant it when he said he was really interested in meeting Bella. In fact, Edward had bugged Alice for weeks until she promised to bring Bella to one of their races tonight.

"Damn she is so stubborn!" Alice said to herself. "I've got to get her to meet Edward! I hate to do this, but it's time to pull out the big guns."

Alice took a deep breath and sat down by her sister. "Bella, think of Dad..." Alice said cautiously.

"Dad? Who else do you think I'm thinking of? What the hell is the matter with you?" Bella roared at her sister.

"Look," Alice said patiently, "Dad taught us to love motorcycles and we loved it when he took us to his races. He would want you to go."

Bella sat up and stared at her little sister.

"No really," Alice said quickly before Bella could yell again, "He always wanted us to enjoy the sport and I think he would want us to continue to enjoy it, even after what happened to him."

Bella opened and closed her mouth. "Wow, I can't believe you just said that. Fine, I'll go, for Dad's sake, but you are really low to bring him into it. I got to take a shower."

Bella got up from the couch and stalked to the bathroom leaving Alice to feel miserable for what she had said.

"It'll be worth it when she realizes that Edward is great and Mike was a total loser." Alice said softly to herself as she got up to get ready for the evening.