EPOV

" So if everything works out we should be in Seattle by the end of next month. I was so bummed when New York fell through but now, I will be close to the family and in a place that inspires me and...and, OH I JUST CAN'T WAIT!" My sister screamed the last bit through the phone and if I know Alice she is vibrating across the room in her excitement. I love my sister and since the day she was born I have felt the need to protect her. My little brother, Emmett, never really needed me being the beast of a man he is but Alice, she was like a pixie you see in children's books, small and delicate. Well, in looks anyway. I remember when she nearly killed me because I came home from my first year of med school early and caught her with some loser she had been dating on my parent's couch. He was mauling my sister so of course I snatched the little weasel up and threw him out the front door. I turned around to find Pix with her arms crossed and I swear there were flames in her eyes. It amazed me how someone only 4'11" could reduce me to a frightened child with one look. I'd never let her know that though.

"EDWARD! Are you listening to me? I need to know if you can take care of the move in since I won't be there to help when everything arrives." Again with the yelling, GEESH. "Okay Alice, just let me know the when and the where and I will take care of it. Now is there anything else because I have patients to see." I love my sister but I can only take so much and if she is coming home to Seattle then I plan to enjoy the quiet while I can.

"No that's everything. Well, except one thing..." I know that tone, she's hiding something from me. "What Alice?" "So, I can tell you the where now and the best part is that you don't have to go across town or anything. Just, umm... across the hall." WHAT? Did she just say hall? "What do you mean Alice?" I know she could tell my teeth were clenched and I suddenly found myself pinching the bridge of my nose to stay calm. "You aren't pulling the Edward look right now are you big brother? I know you like your privacy and all but, it was a really good deal and you know I love your building. I promise that my living near you will not interrupt your man whore ways." I hung my head at her last statement. Yes, I had been with a lot of women and my family despised it but that was all in my past. Of course, no one but Emmett and my best friend Jasper knew that. Sure when I was in med school it was better to just scratch the itch, but I had long given up the one night stands and stolen moments in the on call room in the hopes of finding someone. I wanted a wife, some kids, maybe even a dog. Of course my reputation preceded me around here, I was Edward Cullen, if you were looking to blow off some steam I was your guy. My own family believed it so who was I to tell them different.

"Look Alice, I like my privacy you know? We will be fine just don't barge in or expect to hang out every night. I've missed you Pix, I'm just used to being on my own." Truth be told it might be nice to have another person to hang out with. Emmett is always out with Rosalie and Jasper can only put up with my "brooding ass" as he calls it for so long. Most of my off nights were now spent with a box of take out and ESPN or a good book. Then again Alice will have her own roommate, she may not want to hang out with her boring older brother. "Besides you'll be getting Bella acclimated to the city so I don't have to worry about having you in my hair."

"Trust me Edward, Bella has researched Seattle extensively. She probably knows more about it than we do and we're from there. Plus, she doesn't go out a lot so, unless I blackmail her she stays home while everyone else plays." That doesn't sound like much fun. Alice had been friends with this Bella since their freshman year of college in New York and after six years I still hadn't met her. She had visited my family with Alice a few times while in school but we always seemed to miss each other, not that it really mattered to me. Emmett tried to tell me once how she would be perfect for me but I blew him off due to all my extracurricular activities at the time. It seems like I did the right thing, the girl was one off from being a hermit from the way Alice talked. I hope Alice didn't expect me to keep her company. "That's too bad Pix, there is a lot to do around here." "I was just telling Bella the same thing, maybe when she gets..." Suddenly a code went off and I could tell from the board it was one of my patients. Looks like family bonding time is over. "Alice I have to go. Email me the details and I'll take care of everything, see you next month." I ended the call and shoved my phone into my lab coat pocket as I ran off to answer the code.

BPOV

"Alright then, everything is set Bella. Edward will help you move everything in when the furniture truck arrives and I should be there in time to help unpack. I am soooo excited to be going home and opening the shop. I can see it now, by this time next year everyone in Washington will be wearing CS Designs."

I have to chuckle to myself, Alice has always been the more outgoing of the two of us. On the first day of school as I was putting my books on the shelf in our dorm room when this tiny ball of energy bounded in and pulled me into a bone crunching hug proclaiming we were going to be the best of friends. Six years and countless tests, parties and emergency room trips later I have finally learned that you don't bet against Alice. She has some freaky psychic ability and if she says we'll make it then it's going to happen. I got up from my favorite spot on our old beat up couch and wrapped my arms around her, partly to give her a hug but also to hold her still, she was vibrating across the room and the neighbors below would be banging their ceiling with a broomstick any minute.

"Alice I know you're excited but turn it down a notch. You know I never go against what you say so if we're bound for success, bring it on." I had to admit that, even with the uncertainty of a new city, I was excited for the move. I was prepared to stay and start our clothing line in New York but I dreaded staying in this neighborhood. I knew wherever I went there was a chance I would run into him, Jake. I needed a fresh start somewhere new because I have let that jerk and what he did rule me for too long. I used to be fun, hell I'm a clothing designer we go to parties, rub elbows with important people to push our clothes, for the last year I've hid in mine and Alice's apartment with a sketch book and fabric.

I dated the guy for three years and what does he do? Cheats on me with one of the models from mine and Alice's boutique show. The douche couldn't even wait until it was over, I caught them in the dressing room while she was wearing one of MY designs. The sooner we left the better, unfortunately we were moving in across from Alice's brother Edward. I didn't really know the guy even though I had been friends with Alice all these years. Sure I went to Washington a few times and met her family but Edward was always at school or the hospital. Everything I had heard from Alice, her brother Emmett and his girlfriend Rosalie pointed to Edward being just like Jake, a womanizer. I wasn't sure how this was going to work but I knew one thing, I would be keeping a safe distance from Edward Cullen.