A/N: Thank you to all my sweet reviewers. I tried extra hard to update today because I'm going into exam frenzy and I know that I won't be able to update for a while. I hope you like it. Edward is finally in! And so is Alice! Yay

Keep reviewing! It's what motivates me... or I will just depress over my exams and then fail miserably at them! Also tell me what you think about the length, would you rather have the chapters shorter?

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Not even the damn cheerios or mercedes... I do own Brianne though! Yay for that

When I got downstairs I had some trouble finding the kitchen but eventually (which means after walking inside the pantry, the bathroom and a room I had no idea what it was for) I managed to find the kitchen. Brianne had already prepared all sorts of foods. If I didn't know better, I would think she was trying to feed the entire town. There was a plate with scrambled eggs, a dish with bacon, three types of bread, cereals, milk, coffee and four types of juice. Obviously, that made me slightly uncomfortable, I was used to eating cold pizza for breakfast because my mother's experiences were rarely eatable. After going on about it in my head I decided on how to say it to Brianne without hurting her feelings.

"Hum... You know... Brianne... I don't mean to be ungrateful or anything but there's really no need for all of this... I am perfectly happy with a bowl of cheerios" - I examined her face trying to understand her reaction, apparently it wasn't that bad.

"Oh Bella of course. This is just while I don't know what you like. I wasn't planing on making this all mornings... Poor kids starving in India!"

"Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. Well, since it's already on the table, why don't you join me?" - she seemed amused at my invitation, like somehow I was missing something obvious.

"Well Bella it just so happens that I don't eat eggs, or bread, or anything fried. Neither do I eat cereals. So my breakfast would be milk and juice! Ah ah"

"Oh! What do you eat then?" - I tried not to sound too pushy but I wasn't sure if I had done a good job.

"All sorts of things actually. Soy and veggies and I don't know... Stuff like that."

"Hum. That's really interesting Brianne. Maybe some day I'll try." - I tried to sound interested but I just couldn't imagine living without meat and fish. I could live without bread, cereals and all that "I'm on a diet" sort of thing... But being a vegetarian? It just wasn't for me. Too much self control needed.

"Well if you're done than maybe we should go right?"

"Oh most definitely. Lets go" - I grabbed my bag and tried to pay as much attention to the house as I could while we were making our way to the garage. By the time we got there I was pretty sure I was able to go from point A to point B without getting lost which was pretty good for a person like me. I had the most terrible sense of orientation, I was even able to get lost inside Walmart.

When we entered the garage I suddenly noticed that Brianne was looking kind of weird. I tried to pinpoint the reason but I just couldn't understand it so, not able to hold my curiosity, I asked her.

"Hey Brianne what's wrong?"

"Hum... Well Bella I wish your father was here to give you this but I guess I'll have to do it. You know, when he found out about you he made every arrangement so that your stay here would be less hard on you. He refurnished the entire bedroom with what he thought a girl would need. And... He bought you a car." - Oh my God! A car! Since I had my license all I had had the opportunity to drive was my mother's old van. And now I was getting a car of my own.

"Oh Brianne that's really nice of him but... There was no need for it. Really." - I tried to make sure she understood I wasn't really comfortable with the idea of getting presents from Charlie but I think the enthusiasm shown in my eyes kind of ruined the whole point.

I started to look around, trying to figure out which one of those cars would be mine. I tried to imagine myself sitting on the Rolls but I doubted that would be mine. Then I moved on to picturing myself behind the wheel of the Hummer but it was just too surreal. Suddenly Brianne's mobile phone rang and I was called back to reality. I heard her say something like "Sure, Fine, Of course" and hung up. Then, she looked at me sort of embarrassed and gave an entire speech at two hundred miles an hour.

"I'm so sorry Bella but I can't show you the town today. The gardener is having some trouble with the water and I need to call someone to fix it before an inundation happens. You can still go if you want." - she threw the keys at me and kept going - "You can take your car and explore the city. I'll show you the rest tomorrow ok?"

I tried my best not to sound disappointed but I truly hated being on my own in a place I barely even knew.

"Of course Brianne, don't worry about it" - was all I managed to get out.

After she left the garage I looked at the keys in my hand and realized that they belonged to a Mercedes. There was only one Mercedes in the garage but I couldn't believe that was my car! I opened the jeep's door and I sat in. Wow. Despite its classy look and shiny paint job I was pretty sure I could knock down a tree with it. It was just so big and scary. Wow. I managed to get out of the property without killing anything on the way and then I took the first road I found. As I had anticipated, it took me right to the center of town. I thought it would be hard to find a spot to park but it was surprisingly easy and I didn't have any trouble maneuvering it.

I got out and walked a little bit until I found a nice enough coffee spot and sat at the esplanade trying to absorb as much sun as I could but there were too many clouds. In an act of rebellion against the bad weather I put my sunglasses on and pretended I was sunbathing. I would have to get used to "cloudbathing" eventually but not yet. That was the first time I saw him. While I was trying to find something on the list that I could actually force down my throat (I was way too full from breakfast but I wanted to stay there just thinking about all the changes I was going through so I had to pay for something), I saw him across the street.

I was trying to get used to the idea of not being able to get even the faintest tan on my skin with this crappy weather when his pale skin called my attention. God, Why did everyone go to the beach to get tanned? Why did you need a tan when a pale skin could be that gorgeous? I, then, realized that I was really pale too and my skin was far from gorgeous, so it must be just his skin that looked that amazing even under this constant shadow of clouds. He was alone and I caught myself wishing he would come talk to me. But then I shook my head trying to shake the thought away. Wake up Bella! Don't you think you have enough on your mind right now?You don't need any boy drama to add to the list.

I knew that my inner voice was right, as much as I hated to admit it. So I stood up and walked away without ordering anything, leaving a confused waiter behind. In my way to the car I passed a pixie-like girl who was standing on her tiptoes trying to call someone's attention. I heard her shout enthusiastically"Edward look what I found! Esme is so going to love it!" and instinctively turned my head to hear the response. The God-like creature I had just been drooling about was staring at the girl with the most seductive crooked smile I had ever seen. I met his eyes for a fraction of a second and I saw the strangest expression. Almost immediately I looked away and got in my car ashamed that I had been caught staring. I started the engine and drove home without another glance at him or the tiny girl who looked like an over-sized doll and was most definitely his girlfriend.

I parked the car just in the middle of the driveway (I was in no mood to squeeze it between all the other cars in the garage) and sat there for quite a while trying to figure out his expression. All these years reading people's faces had to count for something. If I had to guess I would say that it started as a smug look almost like he was used to being stared at, and then confusion crossed his face only to be replaced by frustration. I had to be wrong because that made no sense at all. Why would he, I mean why would Edward, be frustrated? Maybe he was just wishing his girlfriend hadn't caught me staring at him. Yeah, that made a lot more sense.

I got out of the car, trying to forget the fact that I had just been siting in there thinking about him for almost half an hour, and made my way to my bedroom. Apparently Brianne was still in the garden because I couldn't hear any noise inside the house. Or maybe she was just in another wing, for all I knew this house could have wings. I lay across my bed and stared at the ceiling for a long period of time until I decided I was turning a small incident into a big Hollywood production. Maybe I had just got too bored of this place and my inner self was trying to entertain me. I shall hope.

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