All too sudden we were in front of the gorgeous creature of a man. I'm not usually the type of girl to be too concerned about her looks but the way he stared at me made me feel uncharacteristically shy.

"Hey, Edward!" my brother clapped him on the back rather forcefully. What is it about men fronting with each other? Seriously, sometimes they just look like downright fools.

"This is my baby sister I was telling you about…Bella. Bells, meet Edward Cullen."

"Pleasure to meet you." I finally realized I was just standing there frozen staring at him in awe when he rose from his seat to shake my hand. "H-h-hi," I stuttered awkwardly.

"You know, Bella loves trolling around Manhattan for things to do. She knows everything there is to know about where to go, what to eat and all that kind of stuff," Emmett rambled on transparently. "You two should totally hang out, she can show you around the city!"

"That actually sounds really good." Edward smiled a sort of all-knowing smile, the kind of smirk where you could tell he knew everything that was going on and was laughing to himself about it inside.

Emmett leaned into me. "Well, I'll just leave you two kiddies to get yourselves better acquainted then," he said not without winking before he left.

"Care to sit down?" Edward politely inquired, slightly rising from his seat again.

All I could do was blush furiously and smile while I obliged. What was it about this guy that had me acting all jittery schoolgirl?

"So, I heard you're from London. I've always wanted to go there," I offered generically.

"Yeah, it's a beautiful city but not as exciting as New York. You know, I really would love it if you wouldn't mind showing me some of your favorite haunts. So I could get the real New York experience and all that. I'm planning on being here for a while, so it would be useful to know where the hell I'm going."

"I'd be happy to show you around!" I gushed a little too enthusiastically. Edward was so charming I found myself getting comfortable around him despite my initial apprehension. "Are you free for coffee tomorrow?"

Before I knew it, a couple of hours had gone by and I had gotten a crash course on Edward and he on me. We discovered that we had a lot to talk about on almost every subject I could imagine. At the end of the night we exchanged numbers before Emmett dragged me home. I was a chronic insomniac and had to be put to bed or else I couldn't be trusted to wake up for work in the morning.

"I'll see you tomorrow, Bella," Edward said softly. His caramel eyes were smoldering and he kissed me lightly on the cheek, sending my heart aflutter.

I fell asleep with a smile on my face, proceeding to have the best sleep I'd had in months.