The morning from EPOV

The morning from EPOV

God airports suck. I had a flight to catch and I couldn't get through the crowd of people to get to the security gates. You would think it being 5 in the morning and all, that there wouldn't be a lot of people here, but the place was packed. Looking at my watch I knew I still had time but all these people were making me nervous. Finally I made it through the security and headed towards my gate. I still had a good hour to kill, so I decided to grab some coffee at the little stand at the corner of the food court.

I was going over the different things I would have to take care of once I landed, but was pulled out of my thought process when I noticed a commotion just ahead of me in line. I tuned in just in time to hear a man in line yell.

"Can't you see that I am standing here?! People these days!" he screamed at the girl standing in front of me. She tried to speak but he cut her off.

"Sir, I am sorry it wa…"

"Look what you did to my shoes! There is a scuff mark on the heel! THESE WERE 800 DOLLAR SHOES!" He was so angry and flailing his arms around so much I thought he was going to hit me. "Look what you did! You stupid clumsy BIT..." I had heard enough.

"Sir, I am sure the lady didn't mean to run into you, and even if she did, there is no need for such language. Now I believe you owe this lady an apology."

"I will not apologize to this…lady. And I use that term loosely. And I WILL NOT take direction from the likes of you." He swept his arm in our direction, and I grabbed his wrist firmly. I was not going to let this slide.

"I don't expect you to take direction from me, I do however expect you to apologize to this lady for the manner in which you have treated her, and then I would appreciate it if you leave the line. If you can't handle that, at least shut up so the rest of us don't have to listen to your babble." I said this calmly, but he clearly got the message. I let his wrist go and he muttered a "sorry" to the girl and turned back around. I then switched my focus to the figure in front of me. All I could see was the back of her, but I could tell she was upset.

"Are you ok Miss." I asked. It took her a moment to turn around and when she did, my breath caught. Her hair was a deep chocolate brown and her eyes, just a shade lighter than her hair, look so frightened and vulnerable. She was beautiful. I pulled myself back to the moment.

"Miss are you ok?" I watched as she blushed.

"Ye…yes I'm fine. Thank you for your help."

"Are you sure you are ok? You look a little shaken."

"I am fine. Really. Thanks again." and with that she turned around. She still didn't look ok but I didn't want to press the issue, so after a moment I watched as she ordered and picked up her drink and walked away. My drink came a few minutes later and as I was walking towards my gate, the PA came on.

"Attention passengers, flight 886 service to Berlin, Germany has been delayed." Well great. Now I got to spend that much longer in the airport. I turned my I-pod on and plugged in my earphones. Even though I usually prefer to classical music like Debussy, I listen to pretty much anything and today I was feeling my classic rock playlist, so I scrolled down clicked on it and listened as Hair of the Dog by Nazareth came through the earphones. I had been walking around the hallways for a bit reading some emails on my Blackberry when I looked up in time to walk straight into a girl bent over her roller bag, sending her sprawling on the floor.

"Ow."

"Are you alright? I am so sorry?" I asked, kneeling down in front of her. as she looked up, I recognized her as the girl that had been in the coffee line and I smiled.

"Well, I seem to be asking you that a lot lately." I stood and offered her a hand up. she winced a bit as she stood and rubbed her backside.

"Thanks."

"I am terribly sorry."

"It's ok. Really. It's not the worst that has happened." This caught my attention.

"Let's just say I am not the most graceful person in the world." I nodded, still smiling.

"I see." I said and held my hand out. "Edward Cullen."

"Bella Swan." She took my offered hand and shook it.

"Well, Miss Bella Swan, since I so rudely knocked you on the ground, allow me to buy you a drink." I was not about to let this beautiful woman out of my sight so easily. There was something about her that intrigued me and I had to learn more about her.

"Oh, no. you don't have to do that."

"It's my pleasure. Really." I assured her.

"Ok." We both grabbed our luggage and I led her over to a table at the bar across the hall. I waited for her to order her drink before I ordered mine and we settled back into the booth.

"So where are you headed to Bella?"

"Germany." Well that's interesting.

"No kidding. That's where I am headed."

"Really? What are you going to do there?"

"My job."

"Oh. What do you do?"

"I am a photographer."

"Interesting. How did you get into that?" I paused for a minute and thought back several years.

"I really don't know. As far back as I can remember I always wanted to do photography. My parents got me my own camera to play with when I was little so I wouldn't waste their film. How about you? What's waiting for you?"

"My brother and sister-in-law just had a baby and invited me to live with them as a sort of live-in nanny so they didn't have to worry about hiring someone they didn't know."

"Sounds fun. How old is their baby?"

"She is 6 months old. Her name is Emma. This will actually be the first time I meet her. They moved there about 2 years ago and we have never been able to work it out to visit."

"Well, it sounds like you will have plenty of time to make up for that. How long will you be staying with them?"

"I don't really know. It sort of depends on their jobs and whether or not they decide to have another baby. It's pretty flexible. I can leave whenever I want and they will pay for my ticket. If I want to stay and go to school, they will pay for my schooling. Its pretty much a win-win situation for me."

"I'll say. Not many people get that kind of opportunity."

"I'll admit I am a little nervous but definitely exited." I started to ask her what city she would be living in, but the PA system came on again.

"Attention passengers, flight 886 service to Berlin, Germany is now boarding."

"Well, I guess that's us." She commented and we both stood up.

"Looks like it. Let me get this." She started to object but I put my hand up.

"It's my pleasure really. It's the least I can do." I paid the waitress and we started out towards the gate when my phone rang. I looked at the screen and groaned. It was work.

"I gotta take this."

"I understand. It was nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Have a good flight, Bella." I really didn't want to stop talking to her but I didn't have a choice. If I didn't take this call now, it would be 11 hours till I could talk to them again, and if that was the case, they wouldn't be very happy.

"Hello?"

"Edward, it's Ellen. Do you have a minute?" Ellen was my new boss at the Germany office I would be working at. I had talked to her a few times over video calls when we were finalizing my transfer from Seattle to Germany and I liked her. From our few encounters, I could tell that she didn't take peoples crap, but she was pretty laid back and friendly.

"Sure. What's up?"

"Well, we have a bit of an emergency. One of our photographers was in an accident and is gonna be in the hospital for a few days."

"Are they ok? How bad was it?"

"She has a couple broken bones and they want to keep her for a few days for x-rays blood work, the thing is she had an entire shoot tomorrow. Do you think instead of starting next week, you could come in tomorrow and cover it?"

"Of course. What time will you need me there?"

"She was scheduled to start shooting at 10. I guess it depends on how much time you need to set up." I went trough all the things I would have to do to get ready in my mind.

"I'll need time to set up my equipment, go over the sets and brief the clients and crew, so say 8?"

"Alright I'll meet you there tomorrow morning. Thanks again. You are a life saver."

"No problem, I'll see you tomorrow." I had been making my way slowly towards the gate when I heard them announcing the final boarding call for my flight so I grabbed my luggage and booked it. I made it to the gate and handed the attendant my boarding pass. She checked it and then handed it back.

"Have a good flight."

"Thank you." I replied and headed down the tunnel. The flight attendant at the door of the plane looked at my ticket.

"19B will be on your left hand side towards the back."

"Thanks." I headed towards the back of the plane, looking up at the storage compartments. I made it down the aisle, stopped at row 19 and looked down. Seat A by the window was taken, as was C. I looked at the brunette head bent over a book in C and thought to myself "Oh, you have got to be kidding me."

I know, real cliffhanger lol. Its not like yall don't already know what is gonna happen but you should review and comment anyways cause it will make me happy and I just know that yall live to make me happy :) …right?