"Sit here" Alice commanded, "and be patient. I'll be right back." I watched my tiny pixie of a friend's back disappear into the crowd. I sighed, plopping myself down on the cushiony bar stool that Alice had geastured to. There really wasn't any choice, I figured. Almost instantly, a gorgeous green-eyed bartender was before me.

"What can I get you, miss?" he asked politely, shooting a heart-stopping crooked smile at me. It took me a second to recover enough to answer.

"A-a-um...a-" I stammered, but luckily I was saved from answering.

"There you are, Edward!" she chirped, happening to be right at my ear. I yelped, covering my ear and jumping away from the high pitched voice. Naturally, my jump of surprise sent me off the bar stool, and onto the floor. I closed my eyes, waiting for the jarring impact of the floor, but instead my body was met with soft arms. I opened my eyes and glanced up, my heart suddenly racing as I discovered that it was the beautiful bartender who had caught me.

"Um, thanks," I muttered under my breath to him, flushed. I tried not to seem conspiuous as I stood up, and sat down on my stool, calmly trying to pretend that nothing happened. But I was blushing, and my heart was racing.

"Are you alright?" His godly face was twisted into an expression of concern, and I tried to think coherently.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm naturally clumsy." I told him, still blushing. Then, I turned to Alice.

"So, you said that I had to meet someone?" I asked her. I glanced away, looking out at the crowd.

"Really? I thought you told me to meet someone!" Edward exclaimed to Alice. We both looked at her, waiting for explanations. Alice giggled.

"Edward, this is Bella, my friend. Bella, this is Edward, Jasper's friend, who I wanted you to meet." The waiter, whose name as apparently Edward, and I glanced at each other.

"Well, um, hi!" I finally stammered, holding out my hand. I was blushing, of course.

"Nice to meet you," Edward replied, flashing me a heart-stopping crooked grin. It took me a few seconds before I could say something else.

"So, what do we do now?" Edward and I both turned to Alice. Who shrugged, giving us a big grin.

"I'll leave you to it. You can do what you want!" she hinted suggestively, with another wicked grin before she slipped away. I rolled my eyes at her back, then turned to Edward, who had a cute pink tinge across his cheeks.

"I guess I'll answer that question for her," I said, probably blushing myself. "Why don't we just find a seat, and talk? We can find out more about each other." Edward nodded in agreement, and took my hand to lead me over to a free table. I wasn't sure if he noticed, but I felt a few sparks of electricity pass between us at his touch. I was barely aware of anyone or anything but Edward as he led us to the only empty table in the whole place, off to a small corner.

"Is here okay?" Edward asked, releasing my hand and gesturing to the table. Unable to speak, I just nodded. He grinned, smoothly sliding into a booth and gesturing for me to sit down opposite him.

"Is here okay?" I asked coyly, sliding into the booth next to him.

"Well, of course!" he exclaimed, sounding surprised, but happy at my edit.

"So, what do you like doing as your pastime?" I asked him, eager to begin the discussion. Somewhere on the dance floor, I saw Alice peek at us, then grin wickedly, seeing our table seating, then dart off, probably to find Rose, and tell her. I turned back to Edward, waiting for his answer. Meeting my eyes, he smiled that glorious crooked smile.

"Well, I generally don't have much free time, balancing college, this job, and just about the rest of my time, Emmett and Jasper are constantly arranging football games, sports, et cetera...What do you do in your free time?"

"Sorry?" I asked, dazed. I'd been so caught up in his features that I hadn't been paying any attention whatsoever to his question. His knowing smile alerted me to the fact that he knew I wasn't paying attention, and I blushed.

"I asked you what you do in your free time." Edward told me, his perfect smile destroying my thought process. I glanced down at the table, trying to reclaim my thoughts to answer him coherently.

"Umm......I read, actually. There really isn't much else to do, for someone as clumsy as me." I replied. I lifted my head, and resumed staring in awe at Edward's face.

"Bella?" Edward asked me, waving his hand in front of my face. I jumped.

"Um, what? Sorry." I said, flustered. He sighed, with a slightly regretful smile.

"This isn't working." he said finally.

"No! Don't leave!" I practically begged. In all of about half an hour, I had fallen completely head over heels in love with this stranger.

"Who ever said anything about leaving?" Edward asked, his smile turning into a grin. "I was about to propose that we just stare at each other's faces!" I blushed, and Edward burst out laughing. When he finally calmed down enough to speak, he did.

"Just kidding," he chuckled. I rolled my eyes, but I was smiling.

"Seriously, what should we do?" I asked him. Edward stood up, and I copied him. Walking alongside him, he led me to the door, which he opening, gesturing to me.

"Ladies first," he said.

"Thank you," I replied. It would have been fairly gracious had I not caught my toe on the doorstop. I tripped, and started to fall, when I was caught by warm hands.

"You weren't kidding when you said that you were clumsy," Edward chuckled, setting me upright again. I sighed, then carefully began to walk again. Suddenly, I stopped in my tracks, seeing someone who I had never expected to see again. Jacob!