So here is the first official chapter. I really hope ya'll like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Twilight characters.

"Are you sure you can't make it to dinner tonight, sweetie?" my mom asked down the phone.

Why she decided that eight-thirty on a Monday morning was a great time to have this conversation, I'd never know. I swear, my mom didn't understand the concept of a small conversation. She was gonna make me even later than I already was.

"I'm sure, mama. Now I really have to go because I'm gonna be late."

"Wait," she said, stopping me from hanging up, and I huffed, balancing the phone between my shoulder and jaw while I pulled my shorts on.

I was already late thanks to my friend Jessica, who had showed up late last night to drag me off to the gym, so she could "let off steam". Thank the Lord I had showered last night because I managed to sleep through my alarm and woke up a half hour later than I was supposed to.

I put my mom on speaker and set my phone on the bed while I picked out a simple band-tee. The only good thing about talking to my mom was that it didn't require a lot of input from my side. She basically spoke to herself with a few "mmm hmms" added in to make her think I was listening.

I shoved my feet into my sneakers and put my long brown hair up into a ponytail and I was ready to go. I picked my phone up and pressed it to my ear, listening to my mom drone on about my brothers as I picked up my bag and keys and headed out the door.

I made my way out into the scorching Texas heat and headed towards school, all the while listening to mama drone on about whatever it was. As I neared campus, which was only a short walk from my apartment, I began slowing down, knowing that I would be there on time. I quickly ducked into the smoothie bar to pick up my usual strawberry flavored goodie. I waved goodbye to Steve behind the bar and made my way out. As I rounded the corner, with my mama still chatting away, I managed to bump into someone, knocking me, my bag and my drink to the floor.

"Shit," I cursed out loud. "Mama I gotta go," I told her and hung up before she could say anything else. I knelt to collect my things and felt the stranger kneel beside me. "Oh gosh, I'm so sorry," I said as I shoved things into my backpack.

"It was my fault," a man's voice spoke from beside me.

"No, I wasn't looking where I was," I looked up and paused when I saw the face of the stranger I had bumped into, "going," I finished slowly.

He was gorgeous, with bright green eyes and strange bronze-colored hair. He was obviously not southern, his accent and pale skin made that abundantly clear. He began to say something but stopped when he looked at me. Instead, a slightly crooked smile appeared on his face.

"No harm, no foul," he told me as he handed me the papers that had fallen from my bag. I smile as I quickly shoved them in and we both stood up.

I smiled. "I'm," I began, before catching a glimpse of the large on-campus clock, which read nine-o-five, "late for class," I told him before rushing past. "Sorry again," I called back to the green-eyed stranger as I ran to class.

After class I walked back into the heat, internally complaining about professors who give out assignments on the first day of school when suddenly I was stopped in my tracks.

Leaning against the wall of the opposite building was the gorgeous green-eyed man from this morning holding a strawberry smoothie and a slip of paper. He hadn't noticed me yet and I couldn't stop the smile that appeared on my face as I approached him.

"Stalking people is frowned upon, ya know?" I teased.

He looked up and smiled. "Not if you buy that person a drink," he replied as he held out the smoothie. "I felt bad for making you spill yours."

My smile widened as I took a sip of the drink. "Thank you, but you didn't have to."

"I know."

"How did you know when I got out of class?"

"Oh, you dropped this," he said, handing me the slip of paper. It was my class schedule. "I didn't know if you would need it or not and I was around, so I figured I'd just wait for you. Plus, it gave me a reason to see you again."

I felt the blood rush to my cheeks and I took another sip to cool myself. "Well, thank you."

"So, I know you haven't got any more classes today, so can I walk you home?"

I hesitated, thinking about the 'stranger danger' warnings I got from my dad growing up before deciding 'screw it'. "Yeah, that would be great."

We talked about random topics on the short walk back to my apartment. When we stopped outside my apartment building, I unlocked the gate and then turned around to face him.

"Ya know, I don't even know your name and you know where I live."

He grinned. "Edward. Edward Cullen."

"It was nice to meet you. I'm Bella Swan."

He nodded. "I know. It was on your schedule."

I smiled. "Oh right. Well thanks for walking me home, and for the smoothie."

"You're welcome. It was nice to meet you, Bella."

"You too, Edward."

We shared one last smile before I turned around and went to walk through the gate.

"Wait," I heard him say, and I turned back to face him. "Are you hungry?"

I smiled. "I could eat"

"Would you like to get lunch?"

"I'd love to." He smiled. "Would you mind if I get changed first?"

"Yeah, no problem. I'll wait here."

I rolled my eyes. "Edward, you can come wait in my apartment." He smiled and nodded and followed me through the gate and down to path to my apartment. When we got upstairs, I unlocked the door and said, "Make yourself at home. I'll be five minutes."

When we rounded the corner, we stopped short at the three-people sitting on my couch.

"Bella, hey, how was your first day back at school?" the oldest of the boys asked.

I frowned. "What are ya'll doing here? Does mama know you're here?"

"Of course she does," he fibbed, and I cocked an eyebrow at him.

"We're here to see our favorite sister," the next boy said charmingly, making me roll my eyes. He looked behind me and frowned. "Did you know there is a man behind you?"

I widened my eyes sarcastically. "No, I did not. Thank the good Lord ya'll were here to warn me." I rolled my eyes and heard Edward chuckle behind me. "This is Edward, a…friend…of mine." I turned to face him. "Edward, these buffoons are my brothers; Alden, Chesney and Emerson.

"Hi," Emerson, the youngest of the three, said while the other two eyed Edward.

"Nice to meet you all," he replied politely.

"So, Bella, how long ya'll been friends?" Alden asked suspiciously.

Edward and I looked at each other. "Um…"

The boys laughed. "That's what we thought," Chesney said. "How would dad react knowing the 'oldest, smartest and most responsible child he's raised' – his words, not mine – invited a strange man into her apartment?"

"Well, as the 'oldest, smartest and most responsible child', I should call home and tell them ya'll have driven all the way to Houston without their permission," I responded as I pulled my cell phone out of my back pocket.

"Wait!" the three of them shouted, making me smirk.

"Okay," Alden huffed, "Mama don't know we're here. We told her we were going to get school supplies."

I laughed. "And she believed that? Oh mama." I shook my head and laughed again. "Wait, how did ya'll get into my apartment? I didn't give any of you keys."

They all looked at each other, silently telling one another not to say a word. I focused my glare on Emerson, knowing he wouldn't be able to resist my pressure of my 'big sister glare'.

"We stole it from El," he shouted a few minutes later, earning two groans from his brothers and a slap on the head.

"Thank you, Emerson. Now get out of my apartment and go back home." They all huffed and stood up from the couch. "Wait, I got ya'll some new clothes for school. They'll help with your alibis."

I ducked into my room and grabbed the bags of things I had picked up. I handed them to the boys and was enveloped into a hug.

"You're the best, Bella," Chesney told me as Alden kissed my cheek and they all let go.

I walked them to the door and gave one last wave before closing it behind them and returning to where Edward was standing.

"I'm sorry about them."

He laughed. "It's fine. They're funny. You're a good sister."

I smiled. "Thanks. Um, I'm just gonna get changed real quick. Make yourself at him," I told him before I walked into my bedroom and shut the door.

I pulled my converse and t-shirt off, deciding to keep my shorts on. Deciding on a cream lace cami, I quickly got dressed and put a pair of brown flat sandals on my feet as well as a couple pieces of jewelry to accessorize. I rushed into my bathroom and quickly applied a bit of makeup, something I had forgone this morning and then pulled my hair of the band it was restrained in, allowing the curls to flow freely around my face. When I was happy with what I saw, I grabbed my brown tote bag out of the closet and made my way out of my room.

Edward stood up from where he was perched on my couch when I entered the room and proceeded to stare at me while I transferred some things from my school bag to my brown tote. When I had finished I looked at him and frowned.

"Is something wrong? You've been staring in silence for a couple minutes."

He shook his head and smiled. "No, sorry, it's just…you look really pretty."

I smiled, feeling the blush on my cheeks. "Thank you. Shall we go?"

He nodded and walked to the front door, opening it and waving his hand for me to walk out in front before pulling it behind him. I locked it quickly and we made our way to the elevator. When we had made our way downstairs and out of the gate, we turned to face each other.

"So, I'm fairly new around here and don't know a lot of places to eat so do you have any suggestions?"

I smiled and looked around, thinking about a few decent restaurants not too far. "Ya know what? I've been craving a chicken fried steak from Frank's, but we'll have to drive," I told him.

"Okay, sounds good." We walked the short distance to where my car was parked. He laughed when he saw the red pickup truck parked in the lot. "You're so southern," he said, making me laugh.

The fifteen-minute car ride was spent in a comfortable silence. We parked up outside and made our way into the restaurant and were quickly seated. We silently looked through the menu and then a girl around my age with fake blonde hair and bright pink false nails approached us.

"Hi," she said in a fake sounding southern accent, "I'm Ava, and I'll be your waitress today. What can I get for you?" she asked, her eyes on Edward the whole time.

"Bella," he said simply, making Ava look at me with a hard glare.

I smiled at him. "Can I have the chicken fried steak and a sweet tea, please."

I handed the menu to her and she glared at me before turning to Edward with a sweet smile. "And for you, sir?"

"Um, I'll have the lone star burger and a coke, please."

She took his menu and walked away, giving me one last glare as she left. I chuckled and turned to Edward.

"Well she seems nice."

He laughed. "Very. So, where are you from?"

"I'm from a small town called Kemah, just south of here. And you?"

"Chicago."

Ava brought over our drinks and I took a sip of my tea. "So, what brings you down here?"

"I moved to be closer to my family. They all moved early in the year, but I was finishing my last year in medical school, so I had to wait a few months."

"That's nice you wanted to be closer to your family. And you're a doctor? That's amazing."

He nodded. "Yeah, I'm starting my first year of residency next week. My dad was offered a position as Chief of Surgery and I managed to get a residency position at the same hospital."

"That's amazing. So, do you know what field you wanna specialize in?"

He nodded and took a sip of his cola. "Pediatrics. I love kids, and the thought of being able to help sick children is amazing." I smiled, thinking of my siblings. Could this man get any more perfect? "What about you? What are you studying?"

"Human Development and Family Studies. I wanna go on to study social work at grad school."

"Wow, that's awesome. Oh, how old are you, by the way? I probably should have found that out before I asked you out."

I laughed. "I'm twenty."

"So, you're a junior?

"Yeah" Our food was brought over then, and I clapped my hands. "I've been looking forward to this so much!"

We ate in relative silence, exchanging a few comments here and there. When we had finished, we spoke about our families. I learnt he was the youngest of three and both of his siblings were married with children. I told him that I was the oldest of my siblings.

When Edward had paid the bill – something he insisted on doing, despite my protests – we left the restaurant and jumped back into my truck. I offered to drop him home so gave me the address of his apartment building, which happened to be only ten minutes from mine. I pulled into his parking lot and turned off the engine and he turned to face me.

"I had a really good time."

"Me too. Thanks for lunch."

"You're welcome. Um, would you like to do this again? Maybe for dinner?"

I smiled. "I'd like that. Gimme your phone," I said, and he handed it to me, so I could put my number in.

He smiled. "I'll call you and we can organize a day." I nodded. He leaned forward and kissed my cheek. "Goodbye, Bella. See you soon."

"Bye, Edward," I said, breathlessly, and he gave me one last smile before climbing out the truck and closing the door.

I watched him walk to the building and he gave me one last wave before heading inside. With a sigh, I turned the engine on and drove the short distance to apartment, my mind full of thoughts of the amazing green-eyed stranger.

How cute was their first meeting/date? And we got a peek of big-sis-Bella there.

Thanks for reading. Reviews are very much appreciated.

Hope everyone has a great rest of their Sunday :)