Bella's POV:

We continued to dance well into the hours of the night. I no longer felt the floor below me, I was airborne and blissfully unaware of my surroundings. Except for one. The one that stood before me, in all of his God-like glory. He was a bit hard to miss, especially to my eyes.

It was an impossibility, falling in love so easily. Didn't falling in love take time? Time to get to know some one, connect with someone in a way only the two of you could be bound? Yet, here I stood. Head over heels with a man I had just met hours ago. I was connected to him the moment I saw him, felt as though I knew him the second my eyes found his. But, what if he didn't share the same feelings for me? How could he, as plain and ordinary as I was. Beside the fact that I was a vampire, there was nothing significant about me.

In all of my existence I had never found love, up until recently (very recently, in fact) I truly believed love was not meant for me. My mother and father would always try and set me up with someone; some vile vampire who only saw me as a prize. Some trophy to be won so he could show me off to all his friends. I always saw through their facade right away; I gave them a gentle smile, "No, thank you" and turned my back away. I was not something that could be polished or primped, but my family was getting more and more impatient with my rejections as time passed. Especially my "sister" Giselle. She felt I was being childish and informed me that at the rate I was going I would be alone forever.

That was Giselle for you, though. Difficult to say the least. She was as fierce as a lion, yet as beautiful as a swan. Her long dusty brown hair was lightly curled, reaching mid-spine and outlined her narrow face. She stood at 5'6 and was perfectly curved and voluptuous. From afar you would think she was a gentle creature, but come close and you would come to know a woman who could break you apart with only her words as her weapon. We all call her "the ice queen", behind her back of course. No one stood in her way; not unless they wished an early death. How Christian managed to stand her amazed me. Christian, my other "brother" was Giselle's husband. He found her in 1924, she was at a party he was attending at the time. From the moment he saw her, he was transfixed; saying she was the "most thrilling creature he had ever seen". Despite her cold demeanor, she fell in love with him as well, and soon she became part of the family.

Edward whipped me out of my thoughts then. "Would you like to go for a walk?" he asked me.

"I would love to" I replied, smiling up at him. He took my hand, leading my outside to the garden and smiled back at me with a lopsided grin that was so beautiful that my power started acting up again. My hand grew involuntarily warm under his, but not so much as to hurt him. It was more of a tingle between the concrete hands entwined in one another. He looked down at our hands, smiling again as he sat us down on a bench just behind the gardens large fountain.

"It's beautiful out here" he murmured as he looked around the garden.

"Yes it is" I sighed looking around. This was my favorite place to go to simply collect my thoughts and hide away. There were pink and white roses spread along the perimeter of the entranceway, mixing together in the middle with freesias and lavender bushes. The gigantic fountain in the middle was lit up by yellow, white, and blue lights making the water inside seem like a vast sparkling, ocean.

"But nothing compared to you." I tore my eyes away from the garden to meet his orbs staring at me intently. I sheepishly smiled and felt the warmth once again spread through my knuckles, down into my fingertips. What was wrong with me? Why couldn't I control this stupid power of mine all of a sudden? And at such embarrassing moments!

"I love it when that happens" he said, lifting my hand which was still held in his own.

I laughed "Yes, I'm trying to stop that as we speak, but somehow it just won't go away when I'm around you."

"Good" he smirked "it would be a shame if I never got to feel the warmth of your skin again, it's amazingly pleasant."

"Well, I suppose you will get your way then."

"So, that's your power? The warmth?" he questioned.

"Yes, that's one of them" I said smugly.

"One of them? How many powers do you have? It is extremely rare for a vampire to have more than one, although I knew you were special from the moment I saw you."

I didn't even mind my power going out of control anymore, there was nothing I could do about it; and it wasn't hurting Edward. He was actually enjoying it on the contrary. That thought made me smile. "Well, I can control people with my mind. Wait-no thats too broad. I control bodies with my mind."

"How interesting..." he mused.

"What's your gift?" I wondered now. What could his be? Did he have one? I never truly thought about it until this very moment. He was still a mystery to me. A beautiful, intelligent, wondrous mystery.

"I can read minds" he stated simply. Read minds, oh my God. He has been reading my mind this entire time? He knew my every thought from the second he saw me until now. I have never wanted to sink so low into the ground before in my entire immortal life.

"You mean, you-you can hear my thoughts?" I asked, now completely and utterly paranoid.

"No, actually. Not yours, your my only exception. You are the only person I have ever met that I cannot seem to read" he said looking extremely frustrated. I could tell this fact bothered him. I smiled triumphantly to myself. The next few moments were silent. A blissful silence, peaceful.

"Can you control me with your gift?" He asked out of no where.

"I wouldn't want to control you" I said shyly, looking down. I was playing with the seams of my dress awkwardly when he lifted my chin up with one cool finger.

"You don't have to be embarrassed, you know."

"I just met you and yet- I can't help but feel as if I'm in-" I stuttered. Did I really want to tell him that in a few short hours I completely fell for him.

"That your in love with me?" he finished.

He leaned down so our faces were less than a centimeter apart and gently stroked my hair behind my ear. His eyes bore into mine as he whispered the sweetest words I would have ever thought possible: "Because I know I am undoubtedly and uncontrollably in love with you".

And with that he closed the gap between us and pressed his lips against my own. The heat of my power not only spread through my finger tips but all the way up my spine, coursing through my body until it reached where Edward and my own lips reached. It was a fiery kiss built with passion and love. My first kiss and it was absolutely perfect.

When we finally broke apart he leaned his forehead against my own and smiled. "I know I've only met you, Bella. I have never felt this way about anyone in my life, ever. It's mind-boggling to think that love can happen this fast. But, I can't find any other words to explain how I feel. I love you."

"You mean you've never been in love?" I asked, shocked. It's hard to believe such a beautiful creature has never fallen in love before. He could have anyone in the world, and at this time, here and now he chooses me.

"No, never. Have you?" He asked.

"Not before you" I responded happily.

We spent the rest of the evening talking, getting to know one another, while he held me in his arms and I laid my head on his shoulder. We exchanged memories from our human lives, the good along with the bad. He told me about his interests and hobbies and I found myself hanging onto every word he said. I could see the sun coming up, behind hills of my backyard and I knew my perfect night was coming to an end. But, as much as I knew the night could not last forever, I desperately wanted it to. There was nothing more I could have wanted, nothing more I could have asked for to make this damned life anymore complete.

I worried Edward was too perfect to be true; that in an instant I would look back and find Edward gone from my side. Simply a figment of my own imagination. Although, last time I checked, my mind wasn't that descriptive.

"What are you thinking?" He asked, looking down at me with that beautiful crooked smile plastered on his features.

"It's nothing" I replied. My hands seemed to deceive me. The heat circulated through my body before I had the chance to realize what was going on.

"Your body seems to think otherwise" he countered.

"Well-I was just hoping you were actually real. That I wasn't finally going insane." I nervously laughed at myself.

"No-you're not insane. Your absolutely perfect" he whispered into my ear.

He bent down to kiss me but just as his lips brushed against my own we both jerked our heads toward my house, where the party was still active. There was a loud shrieking noise and from all the screaming the only word I could make out was "Cullens".

Oh no. Not now, not after this perfect night. I knew it was too good to be true. Find the love of my life and go one night without a Cullen vs. Swan showdown.

"Bella-" Edward called shakily, he seemed nervous. His eyes never leaving the door. "I have to go, for now. I will see you again. No matter what I do."

His eyes turned to my own, he grabbed my face roughly in his hands and kissed me once more.

And with that he was gone. I sat there for what seemed like a century in my mind, wondering when I would see him again.

If only I knew how soon that would be.

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