So here is the first chapter. I hope you enjoy it. There isn't really much action… yet… Leave me some reviews. Please? *big, pleading eyes* Lovely Stephanie Meyer owns everything Twilight related

Chapter 1: Stranger

You call me a stranger

You say I'm a danger

But all these thoughts are leaving you tonight…

I'm broke and abandoned

You are an angel

Making all my dreams come true...

Secondhand serenade - Stranger

Edward and I met a few years ago. I was 17 and as was he. I lived with my dad in our mansion which stood on the 50000 acres of land father possessed near Berlin and thought I was a lucky girl.

Whenever I was allowed to go out I saw the poor people beg on the streets. There were so many of them. Young and old, men and wimen. They all suffered from hunger and illness and didn't have anything but the clothes on their back and even they where dirty and torn.

That's how I met Esme. She was from a rich family which my father was good friends with but was banned from their property after she got pregnant. The boys father- Edward Masen- was a well known politic and didn't want any shame on his name so he never talked to Esme after his son was born.

Of course I didn't know that at the time since her family did a pretty good job keeping their dirty little secret.

So I was pretty surprised when I found her on the streets. I knew her face from paintings that hung in her familys house. So I invited her for a tea in a Café where I always went when I was out and she told me the story. She was just telling me about her son, when a young man came running through the door. He looks frantically around until his eyes landed on Esme. "Mutter!" he cried out and ran over to our little table.

I was stunned. He was so beautiful. He had the most amazing bronze-colored hair, broad shoulders, lean but still muscular body and god his face. His mouth looked almost feminine and so soft. I began to imagine how it would feel against mine, something I've never done before. But my daydreaming only lasted until I looked into his eyes. Those wonderful, green orbs I could drown in. I felt like I could see right into his soul.

"I was so worried about you." , the object of my fascination said. It took me a while to understand that he wasn't talking to me and I almost blurted out a why. "I thought James got you. Gott sei dank did Emmett see you walk in here." He hugged his mother tightly. She silently stroked his back, calming him.

Then he finaly released her and looked at me. His eyebrows furrowed. "Isabella Swan?", he asked his mother. She nodded. He looked me once over, then extended his hand and with the most adorable crooked grin said "Edward Cullen. It's a pleasure to meat you miss."

And I knew I would fall for this man.

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Edward stayed with us for tea. They talked a bit about their lives. Though he eyed me warily during the whole conversation I managed to get a bit of information out of him. Or rather Esme did.

Edward was helping out at markets which hardly made them enough money to live from. Esme used to work as a kitchen maid in a small household but lost her job a few months prior so she was forced to spend her time begging on the streets. I felt so sorry for them. They could've had the perfect life, if their familys weren't such snobs and I desperately wanted to help them.

So I did the only thing that came to my mind. I went to my father and pleaded with him to give her work at our house. At first he wasn't very happy about my request and said no. He wouldn't risk his friendship with the Cullens. But as many fathers he could hardly deny me my wish as soon as I started crying.

So the next day I went to find Esme and offer her a job in our kitchen. She and Edward would get a room in our house you like the rest of our staff. Father even agreed to keep Edward there for free until he was 18. It was something he always did for his employees with children.

I was ecstatic about the turn of events but to my surprise, Edward wasn't.

I found him with Esme on the same street as the day before and excitedly told them the great news. That's when Edward jumped up and grabbed my shoulders. I shrieked in shock and Esme screamed at him to let me go but he ignored us both.

"I don't know what you're trying to do here, little girl", he spat at me. "But I assure you it won't work. I won't let my mother work for a bunch of rich snobs who will treat her like shit just as her family did. You're trying to play the saint here while I'm sure that as soon as were in your house YOU will be the one to order us around like animals. Maybe even use her like your fathers little whore, huh? I haven't protected her from the likes of you for all these years just fall for your game."

I blinked. I felt the anger growing inside me. I've always had a rather short temper. But before I could give him a piece of my mind Esme jumped up and pried her son's arms away from my shoulders. "Edward, sit!", she barked at him. He looked at her angrily but sat without a word.

"You must excuse his behavior, Miss Swan.", she pleaded.

"Bella", I automatically told her. She smiled. "Edward is a bit wary with strangers. He has a tendency to protect me from everything. It has proven useful at times, especially when men like James are involved. He's a sick, old man who's been trying to get me to warm his bed for some time now. And in those cases I really appreciate his help but sometimes it's just uncalled for, isn't it Edward?" She looked at him pointedly. He just huffed. "I would gratefully accept your offer, Bella.", she smiled.

I smiled back at her and then turned to Edward. "I hope you will change your mind about my intentions soon. I plan on proving you wrong, Edward. Not everyone in this world is evil."

He didn't answer and I decided it was probably for the best. I said my goodbyes and told them to come to the house tomorrow before noon. Then I left.

Seems like Edward has quite the problem with trusting people, huh? I wonder where he got that from… surely not me :D

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