I slipped the business card into my wallet as I took my seat on the plane. Once situated I replayed the last 24 hours in my head…everything being completely normal, predicable, and the same as most days for me, then…I met Edward. I let out an audible exhale and the woman sitting next to me gave me a knowing glance, and I quickly put in my head phones and drifted off to sleep as the flight from Houston to Phoenix passed in a blur.

I walked in the door to my house, and suddenly felt "home" the smells my comfortable furniture, photos of my family and friends adorning the walls and shelves of my living room. I dropped my keys in the silver bowl on my counter and continued to my bedroom to unpack my suit case. I glanced at the clock 9:47, ok it's not too late to call Alice again to ask about breakfast. Just as I reached for my phone it rang, the little pixie must have ESP since the caller ID reads Alice. "Hello Alice, I was just about to call you." "Bella, I knew you would be home, I got your message and I am so excited about breakfast, of course I can fit you in you are barely ever here and I have so much to tell you. I want you to hear the whole story in person, but I can't wait until tomorrow, I met someone and he's amazing and I think I'm in love." Alice spoke so fast I have no idea how she breathed and all I could to was let out a small laugh, Alice is in love again, also normal. "Alice I can't wait to hear about this guy, but slow down would you please, I can be traveling this much and worried about you being crushed like you were after that asshat Mike." As though she expected my less then thrilled response Alice huffed. "Bella, Bella, Bella just because you are so uptight and prude that your La Perla's are probably dusty with cob webs doesn't mean that the rest of the world can't be out searching for our soul mates, and yes I have made some bad decisions in men, and fallen a little too quickly with most but this is different, Jasper, that's his name by the way, Jasper is different." I could hear the smile in Alice's voice and for the first time since we became friends more then ten years ago Alice sounded happy and not just horny. "I'm happy for you Alice really I am, just be careful and I can't wait to hear all about it at breakfast, I actually had and interesting day myself that you won't believe…" before I could continue Alice became sarcastic when she cut me off. "Yeah Bella like you telling me you nailed another sales pitch or received another raise blah blah blah, no surprises there." Feigning hurt I reply "Alice I did nail a sales pitch, but there is more then that and since your so convinced my La Perla's are dusty you'll just have to wait until breakfast to hear about the beautiful man that saw them today..Goodnight Alice." I swear I heard whining as I hung up the telephone.

I finished unpacking and repacking for my next trip before showering and crawling into my king sized bed that was heavenly. When I began traveling I was staying at Westin's all over the US and their beds are amazing, when I bought my house a few months ago I purchased one for my home, and now at home or on the road I slept soundly. As I pulled the covers up to my chin I felt the smile cross as I quickly drifted into an Edward filled dream.

Five o'clock came much too early, but I wouldn't miss the opportunity of running Pinnacle Peak mountain in the morning since I was home and had to settle for a treadmill most mornings. I quickly pulled on my Nikes and pout my hair in ponytail before grabbing my iPod and heading out the door for my run. An hour and six miles later I walk back into my home feeling completely energized as I start a pot of coffee and head to the bathroom for a shower. Once the water is at the temperature I like I step into the shower and begin washing my hair, as my thoughts again begin drifting to yesterday my hand also begins drifting slowing down my stomach to my already wet and throbbing core. I gently begin to softy stroke my clit and as I close my eyes I see green ones shinning back at me. I unhook the showerhead and change the water pressure from the setting I use for showering to the setting I use for…well this. (Don't judge me I'm single and have been for a while and a girl needs some relief now and then). My orgasm came quickly and I finished my shower and dressed for my breakfast date with Alice and a travel day, jeans. These days are some of my favorite time with friends and jeans; if I could wear jeans everyday my life would be perfect. Once finished dressing I walked to the kitchen to drink some coffee and sort through the mail that had come while I was out.

After handling the few things I needed to before heading out of town again, I grabbed my clothes, my suitcase and purse and loaded my car. I was practically skipping as I dropped of my dry cleaning, ran into Walgreens to refill some prescriptions, and headed towards La Grande Orange to meet Alice. I pulled into the parking lot about 15 minutes early but wasn't the least bit surprised to see that Alice had already snagged an outdoor table and was waving me over. Alice seemed to be bouncing as I walked towards her and pulled me into a hug. "I miss you so much Bella, when will you be home for more then just a few hours, you know everyone is dying for you to come out with us, and to see the new house. Sit, sit I already ordered and there 's an orange juice sit I want to tell you all about Jasper and I want there to be time to hear about your mystery guy as well." "Calm down Alice I have time before I need to leave, thanks for the o.j."

Without hesitate Alice has realized that I am ready to listen and she begins telling me about Jasper. "Oh Bella I am positive I am in love with him, it's almost as though I have been waiting and looking for him my whole life. He is the kindest, sweetest, most caring man I have ever met, the true southern gentlemen type. And Bella he's pretty easy on the eyes as well. Tall, just muscular enough, long blonde hair and the bluest eyes I have ever seen. It's as though when he looks at me he really sees me, and sees my soul. He is truly amazing." "Ok Alice he's perfect I hear that, and you should be really happy and excited about this, tell me where and how you met him, and if you are about to tell me last Saturday night a bar or club I'm going to warn you I will just walk out, since we both know that is not the way to meet the love of your life." Alice began to laugh and looked a little nervous "Bella I didn't meet him at a club, I um well…" interrupting I wasn't understanding Alice's hesitation and almost barked at her "Spit it out already Alice, if you are nervous telling me, your best friend since forever it got to be really bad." Looking around a bit Alice came to lock eyes with me and began again much more confidently. "OK, Bella fine I met him at this little boutique book store when I was shopping for your birthday gift, ok don't ask anymore I don't want to ruin your birthday surprise. Anyway I was looking for something very specific and I walked to the counter to ask for help and he works there, actually it turns out he owns the bookstore. He is totally into old civil war books so he turned his hobby into a successful bookstore, selling of course more then just civil war books. Any way we ended up talking for like 3 hours that day and he finally asked for my number. I hadn't been gone an hour and he called; I mean he called me and didn't wait three days or anything. Anyway he invited me over for dinner, cooked for me even, had the cutest little condo on the golf course and is such a good cook. So I go over expecting, well I don't know but I was prepared had on a little red lacy number that was amazing but he didn't get to see it because all that happened was the most amazing kiss of my life as I was leaving at the end of the night." Alice took a deep breath and her eyes got a little teary before she began again. "I've seen him everyday since it's been almost 2 weeks and still nothing but kissing and its amazing he hasn't even tried and trust me I've given him some opportunities." Alice then wiggled her eye brows and gave me a knowing smirk. "Anyway that's about it I totally want you to meet him next time your home have a little dinner party or something. Tell me now about this mystery story you began yesterday. Too busy, too prude Bella claims to have a hook up and I've been seeing a guy for two weeks and haven't gotten anything but kisses, what a swapping of places for us huh?" All I could do is laugh, Alice is by no means a slut, but since she frequently falls into love, she also frequently had intimate actions with men she's barely met, and I haven't had sex with a man that didn't require batteries since I took this job nearly 3 years ago….and now I know what I was missing out on.

"Well," I begin "You know yesterday was pretty normal, good meetings, I will defiantly exceed my sales quota for the month which will mean a huge bonus, so I was thinking maybe a girls weekend to Mexico, and I also want to put finally buy that new TV for the living room which will be happening very soon as this rate." Alice pouted and gave me the stink eye and broke out the annoying voice she knew would get me to break…"Bel-laaa, enough with the normal BS that happens to you on a regular basis, I want to hear the juicy details of my best friend especially since I haven't gotten any lately." Laughing I decide I should actually fill her in, on the beautiful man named Edward and the events of last night, specifically recapping for her the moments she should be most proud of, the confidence I had when addressing him at the bar, the fact that my sexy lingerie was on and matching describing in full detail the black lace set I was wearing, and the request from Edward to leave on the Monolo Blahniks. I was also very specific in the details of Edward and his body. I could close my eyes and describe him in perfect detail "Perfectly messy hair in the most amazing copper color that is long enough to stick out in all directions but not cover his beautiful sparkling green eyes, his long full eyelashes that any woman would be jealous of, his strong arms, and solid build the sculpted chest and the sexy "v" that formed just above the promise land, or perfection of man that was just below his waist. "Seriously, Alice I always felt that a man's penis was awkward and served a purpose but was never anything I wanted to spend time looking at, but Edwards was beautiful, his dick was long, thick, and standing at attention so intently to bring pleasure to me, and it was the most amazing, mind blowing sex of my life, honestly I masturbated twice since just thinking about it and it hasn't even been 24 hours. Then afterwards he points me to the bathroom for a little privacy, like we hadn't just fucked like bunnies in a public place, empty or not, and waits until I was done to walk me to my gate. Just as I am about to bored the plane he pulls me to him and gives me the most amazing kiss ever and his business card and walks away. I didn't even comprehend my actions until I was reliving in while flying home and I can't say that I regret it. It was amazing, fulfilling, and not a memory I will complain about. At least there was no drunken sex or walk of shame the next morning, my first one-night stand or whatever you would call what happened yesterday was amazing and I would do it all over again given the chance."

Alice tapped her chin, and spoke in her angelic little voice, "So what did you do with his business card? I mean you should totally call him and if he is even ½ and beautiful as you claim and if the sex was so great you should call him now and plan a trip to visit him." "ALICE" I huffed, "I am not calling him, he doesn't want to see me again, he probably does this all the time and would think I'm a freak if I call him." I began digging through my wallet to find Edward's business card "Besides I don't have time for a relationship I have a hard enough time keeping up with you and we have over a decade of history and technically live in the same city, when I'm even here. How could I even pretend that I have time to try and get to know someone who lives in Houston none the less?" As I pulled out my debit card and paid the waitress for our breakfast I also too out Edwards card and laid it on the table. "Last night was fun, but that's it, it was amazing sex with a stranger at an airport, nothing else, nothing more." Tearing the card in two and placing it back on the table I excused myself from the table t make a quick stop in the bathroom before heading to my second home, the airport. I'll be right back, watch my purse." Alice waved me off knowing that I have the world's smallest bladder. When I returned to the table the waitress had cleared the table and Alice and I made small talk catching up on our friends before I did need to leave and I could tell that Alice was anxious to see Jasper later anyway. I hugged Alice "I love you, thanks for not judging me for fucking a stranger in an airport. I'll be home for a week when get back from this trip and we'll plan a housewarming and I can meet Jasper. I should be home next Tuesday, but I'll call you tomorrow ok." Alice pushed back and looked at me while keeping her little hands on my arms, "Bella I'm your best friend and I have done some things that are way worse then totally hot airport sex with a buckshot beautiful man, I approve so of course I wouldn't judge. And don't worry about planning a housewarming party at your house I will take care of everything." I noticed a mischievous sparkle in Alice's eye as I walked to my car, but with that little pixie you can never tell what she's up to.