~Singer~

Edward's POV

I should have just left her alone! But she smelled so good. I pushed that thought aside quickly. Never have I been so drawn to a human's blood before. I haven't been pulled this much toward someone's blood in decades. But I couldn't just let her scream and shake and cry. She was extremely scared and even though I almost killed her, I resisted and she's still alive.

She told me that she's just scared of the dark but it seemed like more than that. Why can't I read her mind? She was making me more furious by the second. I have been able to read minds since I became a vampire in 1918. That was a long time ago and no one has been immune to my powers before. But Bella Swan was.

When she told me her name I knew exactly who she was – the chief of police's daughter and she reached out her hand to shake mine. I couldn't take her hand in fear that if I touched her I would certainly drain her dry. I haven't worked this long on my self-control to lose it so quickly. I couldn't just give that up no matter how difficult it was.

When my father Carlisle walked in with her father with their thoughts I knew I'd be able to get out of here quickly. After Charlie gave Bella her clothes and she walked into the bathroom I left. Carlisle thought "Is everything okay, Edward? You're really tense."

"I'm okay Carlisle. I'm going to go home and make sure Alice got there."

"Okay Edward. Just be safe. Tell me everything when I get home."

I just nodded my head at Carlisle and left. I couldn't stand being near her anymore. She smelled like Freesias and Strawberries. And she was so beautiful – brown hair surrounding a heart-shaped face and chocolate eyes. I could not imagine why she would be so scared or if anybody would ever hurt her.

I hopped in my Volvo and headed home. I was hoping that my siblings didn't notice that I was clearly in deep thought. But no doubt Jasper would know. You see, Jasper can sense feelings and send out a wave and inflict them on other people. So if Jasper wants everybody to be calm, he can make them be calm. His gift helps out in sticky situations all the time.

Alice his wife could see the future. But her visions were subjective. If a person changes their mind her vision changes or is wrong. Or if the person she had a vision about made a spur-of-the-moment decision. Then she wouldn't see anything about it. Alice has probably already seen what happened at the hospital with her. I hoped not, but she had a tendency of looking into my future a lot.

Emmet was just plain strong and a jokester. He always had comments about sex or a bet he made. And my god the thoughts that ran through his head! He was almost always thinking about him and Rosalie, my other sister. Rosalie is reserved and always seems stuck up. But we all know she wasn't.

Esme, my adoptive mother has always been there for us since she joined this family. Her compassion is endless and would do anything to protect us. Her mate Carlisle is our adoptive father and mentor. He taught and introduced us to the life of only eating animals to survive. He's been a doctor for years and the smell of blood no longer bothers him.

Once I arrived at home I got out of my Volvo and went directly to my room and put on some classical music. It has always helped to clear my head. Unfortunately could hear Rosalie and Emmet smashing the bed to pieces and Alice begging to let her come in; So much for time alone.

"If you don't open this door right now mister I'm going to break it down!" I know exactly why she was bothering me.

I walked over to the door and let her in. "What do you want Alice?" As soon as I opened it she burst through and hugged me.

"You found somebody! Oh, I'm so proud of you Edward!" She squeezed me tighter.

"Alice. Let go. Who are you talking about?"

"Bella, of course! You'll be so happy! I've seen it!" She let go and dashed off to Jasper waiting in the living room.

"Sorry," Jasper told me mentally, "I had a hard time just getting her to wait till you got home." I simply nodded. Alice could be very persuasive at times.

Jasper whispered something in her ear and they left me alone to my thoughts. I hoped that I wouldn't get anymore distractions, but, alas, Jasper and Alice started having they're sounds from the bedroom echo just like Emmett and Rosalie. What am I ever going to do with those guys? Why is Alice so excited about Bella?

Bella's POV

During the car ride home all I could think about was Edward. Even though he didn't come near me I could tell he at least cared if I was okay or not. I wonder if he'd be interested in me. But I doubt it. Could he be attracted to me? I shoved that thought aside. Somebody that good looking defiantly had a girlfriend. How does he know the doctor Carlisle? I guess I won't know if I don't ask.

I figured I should ask my dad. "Charlie?"

"Yeah, Bells?" he replied.

"What do you know about Edward?" I hope it's nothing bad.

"Well, he is the adoptive son of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. His dad is the best surgeon in town and those kids of his have never given me any problems."

"Carlisle, as in the doctor that treated me at the hospital today?"

"Yeah," he said. "Edward is his son. I've never really seen him around the hospital. I suppose that he was there to talk to Carlisle."

"Okay. Thanks."

Wow. So Carlisle was Edward's dad? Cool.

"So what are you planning for dinner Bells? We can go to the diner if you don't want to cook?"

"How about, spaghetti? I promise that I am a much better cook than mom."

"That sounds good sweetie. I'm glad you're a better cook than your mom, she almost burned the house down three times!" We both started laughing. I remembered how mom almost burned the house down several times in Phoenix so I took over the job of cooking.

We pulled into the driveway and I went straight to the house to begin cooking dinner. I grabbed two pots, a can of spaghetti sauce, noodles, filled one of the pots with water and placed everything on the stove. After I got the water boiling I threw the noodles in there and put the sauce in the other pot to warm it up.

My dad walked in the kitchen saying, "Is dinner almost ready? I'm starving!"

"Yup, almost done." I smiled and finished dinner and put it on two plates. We sat in silence.

After he was done he put his plate in the sink and said, "Do you need any help? If not I'm gunna go to bed. It's been a long day."

"Nope, I'm okay. Good night." Charlie walked off and went to bed.

I did the dishes, put dinner away and did my nightly routine. The whole time all I could think about was Edward Cullen. Never in my life have I thought of any guy this much.

That night I had dreams about him:

I was in a beautiful clearing. It was surrounded by trees and there were flowers in bloom. I was wearing a sundress and I could see a sparkling figure coming towards me.

"Are you scared?" the angel asked.

"No."

"You should be. I'm a monster. I could kill you, I almost did when we met."

"I'm not afraid. I trust you."

"You really shouldn't have said that."

He ran up to me with inhuman speed and wrapped his arms around me placing one on the small of my back and the other on my cheek. I placed my hands on his chest and looked lovingly into his eyes. I saw that Edward Cullen was the beautiful sparkling man I saw.

Then he closed his eyes and leaned toward me to kiss me. When our lips touched I was safe, and I was home. I had never felt like that before in my life. It was an amazing feeling. Our kiss started to deepen and I twisted my hands into his unruly bronze hair.

Suddenly, he pulled away saying that I needed to wake up and go to school.

"Please, just a few more minutes?"

"Bella, you know you need to do your work. I'll still be here tomorrow night. I'll wait for you."

"Okay, I love you," I said as we embraced for one last time for the night.

"I love you too, my Bella. Goodbye."

"Goodbye my love."

Everything started to fade…

And I was back in my room, on my bed. I sat up and I swore that that dream was real. The way he touched me and his voice - but he wasn't human – he was something more, more beautiful, and loving, than anything I could imagine.

I sighed and got up to go to the bathroom. Charlie was already gone for the day so I had the house to myself. I wanted to clean it up first, but then I decided to do some schoolwork before I did that.

I dug out my computer and turned it on. But for no reason at all it wouldn't work. I checked the power chord and it wasn't plugged in. So after fixing that the computer turned on but what it said surprised me more. I wouldn't start because it was missing all the files that it needed to run properly. Great! Now what am I supposed to do?

I got up to try the desktop computer that was here years ago and it was in even worse condition. I just couldn't understand why my computer was perfectly fine when I left Phoenix and when I get here it doesn't work anymore.

I gave up fiddling with my computer after two hours and got up to do some spring cleaning – or summer cleaning, whatever you wish to call it.

I dusted all the surfaces, washed the windows, did all the laundry I could find, vacuumed, moped, scrubbed the bathroom, cleaned all the picture frames and did anything else I thought needed done. I even straightened Charlie's bedroom up so that it was nicer for him when he came home from work.

When Charlie got home I had dinner all ready – breaded pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, and green beans. He was very shocked and praised me with a "Thanks kiddo, work was very difficult today."

"No, problem. There's something I need to talk to you about." I decided while I was cleaning to go to public school for my last two years due to wanting the experience of it and that my computers didn't work anymore.

"Okay. Is something wrong?"

"No, but I can't get the computers to work so I was thinking about going to public school for the last two years."

"Are you sure you want to do that Bella? I can take you in tomorrow so you can do the necessary paperwork?"

"Yeah, I do."

"Alright, well does tomorrow morning once we're both awake sound good?"

"Yup," I said while I smiled.

"Okay sounds good. Dinner is fantastic, and the house looks amazing! It hasn't been this nice since your last visit!"

I laughed, "I know. I figured it would be nice to clean it up for you. It's the least I could do."

"Don't worry Bells. So, tomorrow morning?"

"Yeah. Good night, Dad."

"Good night, Bella."

When I went to bed I dreamt of Edward Cullen in the meadow again…