BPOV
"Hey guys! I want to introduce you to my friend, Bella Swan. Bella, this is Jessica and her boyfriend Mike."
I'm nervous so my voice comes out a little louder than I mean it to, "Hello!"
"And this is my boyfriend, Eric." She says grabbing his arm.
"Hi, Bella how ya doing; how ya likin' Forks?" Mike pipes up enthusiastically garnering him a glare from Jessica.
"I'm doing great. I like Forks ok; I just wish it wasn't so umm wet."
As I finished my sentence, the bell on the entry door to the diner sounded and everyone stopped and stared at the two - - for lack of a better word - - beautiful people walking through.
One was a short, petite girl who looked about my age with short light brown hair, skipping through the entryway right in front of a GQ model if I ever saw one. He was intimdatingly handsome and as I was gawking at him like an idiot, he turned to look at me and smiled. I literally almost melted onto the floor. 'uh – hiiiee'. Oh my grammar teacher would be so proud.
The girl skipped to the counter and stopped. "Hello, I'm Alice Cullen. Can you give me some directions to Dr. Cullen's house?" In the meantime, Mr. GQ stood with his back to me giving me a rather nice view of his tight-fitting jeans showing off a nice sexy ass.
"Come on, Edward, we can go now." She stopped to see that he was now staring at me with a glare almost hateful. "Let's go Edward. It's going to be alright." She said barely in a whisper. Then something that sounded like "you won't hurt her". But I couldn't be sure.
Apparently, Mr. GQ caught me staring at his back-side and didn't like it at all. Geez. You would have thought I killed his pet the way he was shooting daggers at me.
Angela sees the situation, "Um Bella why don't you come sit down over here." dragging me away from his stare, while Alice was leading Edward out the door.
"Do you know each other? He looked pretty mad at you." Jessica said.
"I have never seen him before in my life." I said in a shaky voice.
APOV
I can't believe we got lost. How embarrassing! The directions Emmett wrote down were incomprehensible. But I should have known…I really should have known. Why didn't I see this coming? Edward and I haven't been to the new house yet; we have been visiting some friends of the family in Alaska and just got into town today.
Edward's encounter with Bella was unexpected. I certainly didn't see that happening. I wish Jasper were here to help me focus.
But at least that was the first step for Edward. He has got to acclimate himself to being around other teenagers. I won't lose him again.
EPOV
Hearing her thoughts, I tell her, "You're not going to lose me, Alice. Actually, I was fine in the diner until I picked up that girl's scent. Her name is Bella from what I gathered in the other kids' thoughts. There was something different about her. I never wanted to take another's blood so badly in my life. I will need to steer clear of Bella."
But can I? Her scent was still with me. That little girl didn't know it yet, but she had a vampire on her trail now. Would this - - could this vampire leave her alone? But her scent was so overwhelming. Just a small taste…..
APOV
"Edward! No! You will not!!"
