well, thank you to cullenisabella who not only read, but reviewed, favorited, and alerted me. wow! you asked, and so you shall recieve: chapter 2.

enjoy!


BPOV

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Although, when you're praying for a hero, it doesn't have such a bad connotation to it, does it?

I was sitting on my bed crying, just like any other night after a conversation with the mother from Hell, and happened to look out of my window. And there, staring at me from next door, was the most gorgeous creature I have ever seen. His body was lean, but muscled. At first he might look a bit scrawny, but the tightness of his shirt around his arms was a giveaway to his real physique. His hair was a beautiful bronze color, and his eyes, the most fascinating emerald green to ever exist. His fingers were long and thin, and they were wrapped around a notebook he was holding up to the window that read simply "You okay?"

I had to chuckle a little at just how elementary school the scene was, but I was really touched that this random stranger cared enough to try to talk to me. Of course, then it immediately occurred to me that he could have seen me sobbing into my pillow almost every night and probably thinks I'm a suicide risk or something…

I rummaged around my room for a notepad and a marker (a marker more than a pen because I thought it would help to keep with the grade school atmosphere) and scribbled out a "Yes." to match his simplicity.

I wiped away the tears on my cheeks and changed how I was sitting so that I was more comfortable and also so that I could keep looking at the marvelous creature in front of my eyes.

We both just stared at each other for a few seconds before he turned away.

He was bored with me, go figure. I have to admit, I'm nowhere near interesting, and this wasn't exactly a good first impression.

After resigning myself to the reality that he was uninterested, I checked out what he had turned away towards. It turns out I wasn't as boring as I thought, because he was writing out a new message on his paper.

Hi, I'm Edward. What's your name?

Bella.

You just moved here?

Yep.

EPOV

Okay, she seemed to like one word answers. But at least she answered, right? I finally learned her name – and what a beautiful name it is! Quite literally!

Bella. That one word was enough to change my whole world. It may have been just a name, but it was her name. The beautiful girl next door had told me her name.

I was in Heaven.


so here's to the great fourth of july weekend i had, and the hope that i'll get a few more readers, now that i've been assured i don't suck. =P