Full Summary:

Seven years ago, Bella Swan met a handsome stranger and instantly fell in love with him. She was astounded by his fluency in languages and because of him, chose to study them. What happens when seven years later a now twenty-three year old Bella meets her handsome stranger again? All human, cannon pairings, plays in Toronto.

She stared at the letter. Was it a bad sign that it was so thin? Shouldn't it be thick if it was an acceptance letter? Or maybe that was just for University acceptance letters… An acceptance for an internship was probably different…

She needed to open it.

Right now.

She took a deep breath and grabbed the letter opener on the table. The feel of the soft wood calmed her and she sliced the letter open. Taking another deep breath, she began to read.

Dear Isabella Swan,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been chosen for an interview with us for a position as unpaid intern at Whitlock Translation. If you are chosen for this position, you will work at our company for six months along with five other interns. At the end of your time here, a position as Junior Translator will become available and an intern will be selected to become a full-time employee.

Your interview is scheduled for May 1. Please see our secretary at the front desk for some basic information when you arrive.

Unless we receive information otherwise via email (.ca) or telephone (905 WHI TLOC) that you cannot make it on this date, we will be expecting you at 9:00.

I look forward to meeting with you.

Sincerely, the president and founder of Whitlock Translation,

Jasper Whitlock

Bella grinned so wide that she didn't even want to know how insane she looked. This is what she had been working towards since tenth grade, when she fell in love with languages. Or more accurately, she fell in love with the mysterious and beautiful young man who she met in the Toronto Music Garden.

Bella sighed. Her dad had been talking to the man working at the bait-shop at the dock for half an hour. What was so interesting about bait anyways? Charlie's interests baffled her. In Toronto, the home of multiple famous theatres, he chose to spend his time talking about fish. They had been planning on having a nice dinner at a cute little restaurant near the dock to celebrate her sixteenth birthday. She had loved the place ever since she had first been there two years ago with her best friend Rosalie and her family.

Her sixteenth birthday and all she had wanted was a nice dinner with her father. Now it looked like she wasn't even going to get that. She gestured to her father that she was going to take a walk. Charlie, as oblivious as ever, just smiled at her and continued talking about the difference between live bait and dead bait.

She slowly wandered toward a small park which sat alongside the water. At least she could enjoy her time here; it was surprising how beautiful the scenery was, even so close to the heart of the largest city in Canada.

Bella sat down on a bench facing the pathway and the lake, breathed in the partially polluted air, and sighed. She felt so at home here. The hustle and bustle of a big city was so much more calming than the quiet of the area at the outskirts of town that they lived in. Bella knew in her heart that one day she would move here.

She smiled as she saw a young man, probably about 20 years old; help an elderly lady sit down on the bench across from hers. He spoke to the woman in fluent German, and as she responded Bella could feel the bond between them, despite the fact that she had no idea what they were saying. His voice was like velvet, the way the language rolled off his tongue. The lady playfully scolded the man and he replied in a similar tone, slightly rolling his eyes before switching his language to French.

As the two took a map out, Bella realized that they must be tourists, and when she heard the words "CN tower" muttered multiple times, she decided to help them out.

"I don't mean to eavesdrop, but if you're looking for the CN Tower, you're a little too far south. It's about a twenty minute walk in that direction, just past the Gardiner Expressway," she said as she gestured towards the tower.

As soon as the words passed her lips, she realized that she hadn't actually heard either of them speak English. Maybe neither the beautiful man nor the elderly lady had any idea what she had just said. Bella felt her cheeks heat up as she blushed a characteristic red.

But her worries were unnecessary. The man answered with his calm and velvet-like voice. "Thank you. You know, you would think that it would be easier to find such a tall tower in the middle of a city. But astoundingly, it's easy to miss!"

"I had the same trouble when I first started spending time in the area; there are just too many tall buildings to obstruct the view." Bella's cheeks refused to return to a normal colour as he spoke to her. His bronze-brown hair hung all over the place on top of his head, looking like he had only just gotten out of bed. His emerald-green eyes were so inviting and she felt herself getting lost in their depth. She had always been awkward with boys, preferring to talk to adults instead of teenagers because so many of her peers lacked real substance. So when such a good-looking guy was talking directly to her, she felt terribly flushed.

He thanked her and he and what she assumed to be his grandmother walked off towards the CN tower.

It had only been a few moments, but in that short time, Bella had decided what she wanted to do with her life. Even though she knew she would never come close to being able to speak like her mystery man, she wanted nothing more than to learn to speak as many languages as beautifully as possible, just like him.

What did you think? I know that ending was a little cheesy, but I couldn't resist.

I would love some feedback on the first chapter, and suggestions and corrections are always appreciated!

I will generally update once every week but reviews are very likely to make an update come faster. :)

The location in the story is a little altered from the original, but I decided to base the story in Toronto because hardly anybody seems to use Canadian cities in their stories, whether on fanfiction or elsewhere.

I've also been looking for a beta, but haven't really found it easy to find someone in the massive database. Does anyone either know a good beta, or want to recommend themselves as a beta? Thanks.