BPOV

I didn't even know a frown came to my face when he mentioned their plans for the following day but judging from his reaction I think he caught it. At that point I blushed, profusely. If it wasn't for the cover of night I might have lit up a room with my glow. When he asked me what I was doing for the day I rattled off a usual list of things people need to do on their day off though not trying to sound too busy in case he wanted to ask me to go. It wasn't my intention to send him on his way, but I had the feeling we were heading to an uncomfortable silence so I gave him his out and started to ready myself to go inside.

"Well I'll let you get back to your music and run, I'll see you later Edward."

"Good night Bella, sweet dreams." Sweet dreams! Pick yourself out of the sand Bella and close your mouth, you're attracting flies!

He put his ear buds in and started back the direction he came and I started up towards my porch. Right before I hit my wooden steps I could have sworn I saw him stopped out of the corner of my eye and I stopped to. Sadly when I looked his way it was all my imagination, he was still headed in the opposite direction.

Between the glass of wine, my exhaustion as well as the fact it was 2am, I fell asleep quickly but it wouldn't be a night I'd soon forget, it was the first night I dreamed of Edward.

~xxxxx~

The sun shone brightly on my face making me wish I'd closed my curtains before I went to sleep. Nature's alarm clock was forcing me out of bed after only five hours of sleep if you could call it that. I'd woken up three times during the night, each time swearing Edward was in the room with me, each time shaking my sleepy head because my only company was the crashing waves outside my window. I unwound myself from the sheets and went to take care of nature. I was brushing my teeth when I heard a knock at the door. I checked my phone to see if I'd missed a call from the main villa. Please I do not want to work today...Through the peep hole I saw Leah, one of our serving staff. With a tray.?

"Hi Leah! What's up?"

"Hi Bella, Someone ordered breakfast for you!"

I was reminded of how we have the best kitchen staff as I gazed hungrily at the perfectly cooked eggs, bacon, toast and giant glass of orange juice with an umbrella in it. My stomach monster grumbled its approval.

"It looks great but there must be some mistake, who on this island would send me breakfast?"

"Nope no mistake, there's a note!" Upon further inspection of the tray along with the delicious food was what looked like two Aspirin, a blue iPod and a note with elegant script on the outside, "Bella".

"Well I guess it's for me after all, thanks Leah, I'll see you later."

"Welcome Bella, see ya!" Leah was off with a smile, girl was a better sufferer in silence than me, and that's saying a lot. All the staff knew her drama, my saving grace was they didn't know mine. She loved it so much here she encouraged her cousin Emily to come work with her and lo and behold not a few weeks later, Sam her long term boyfriend broke up with her for Emily. He kept rambling something about fate and destiny, praying the rest of the female staff wouldn't be brought to uprising.

The breakfast tray was the perfect excuse to crawl lazily back in bed for awhile, the laundry and dusting could wait just a little bit longer. Heeding my chief of police father's warning of never excepting things from strangers, I went for the note first.

Bella,

I hope that you enjoy your day off and your breakfast.

I don't know about you, but white wine gives me a headache. Please take the Aspirin if you need them. There's no sense wasting a beautiful day with the nuisance of a pounding head.

Your input on my iPod selections last night was much appreciated. Please listen to the songs if you have a moment and tell me what you think.

It was a pleasure running into you on the beach last evening.

Sincerely,

Edward A. Masen

So formal. I blushed so hard my face hurt, but I loved every second of it. Through the note I could almost hear his voice and see his crooked smile. The intimate knowledge that white wine gives him headaches felt like I had a part of him. I popped in the ear buds and took a bit of eggs. Mmmmmm...heaven.

A girls warm voice filled me ears, it was the same song I'd heard a snippet of last night. Her voice resonated with me just as strongly as it did the previous evening. She had something I wanted and it floated perfectly through the song.

"The easy silence you create for me

It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me

And the peaceful quiet you create for me

And the way you keep the world at bay for me."

For years, even before leaving Forks, my mind had no peace. Everything played over and over with no pause. My parents rocky relationship, my relationship with Jacob being no better, being the new girl outsider, what to do with my life after college, it didn't stop. I longed for nothing more than just a moment for my mind to stop. I longed for what this girl sang of. This song, this girl was definitely a yes, I could put this song on repeat and float away.

The rest of the CD was a hodgepodge of different sounds and artists. I made notes of what I liked and didn't, being rather meticulous, secretly hoping Edward would appreciate and be impressed by my interest and insights. My breakfast too was equally enjoyable, much better than the corn flakes I more than likely would have eaten. I'm not much of a cook, even when I have the opportunity. Laundry called, or else tomorrow I'd be reduced to traipsing through the Villa in my bathing suit.

EPOV

At 5:45am I slipped out of bed and the cabana quietly and went to the kitchen. I was thrilled to hear Marcus' booming voice behind the kitchen doors. Marcus had been the head chef at Villa Esme for many years. We couldn't understand how he got into cooking, he looked like he should have been in security for how large he was, but that burly exterior had a soft spot for two things, cooking and his wife.

"Marcus! Can a man get a favor?" I asked with a smile.

"Edward, he boomed. Great to see you my boy! What can I do for you?" The pat on the back I received was enough to put a dent in one of the stainless steel appliances.

"I'd like to send breakfast to my, uhhh, ummm, to our personal concierge. We ran her ragged yesterday and she's off today since we're surfing; I, we, would like to do something nice for her." I silently prayed he wouldn't catch my verbal missteps.

"My pleasure, I'll whip her up a classic and have one of the servers take it over shortly. It's so nice that you...three...want to do something for her." With that small studder I knew he'd caught my earlier inability to hide my true intentions. " Bella is a darling girl and a hard worker but she seems lonely, some of your family's compassion would probably do her a world of good." I appreciated how he cared for her, she seemed to need it being so far away from home, whatever reasons, but I was worried that others too had noticed how worried and far away she seemed sometimes.

"May I leave this to go on the tray please?" I laid the note, iPod and small cup with the Aspirin on the counter and slid it forward.

"Of course my boy and don't be a stranger while you're here, okay?"

"Thanks Marcus, you're the best."

I made it back to our cabana only to catch Emmett sleepily emerging from his room and padding across the hall to the bathroom. Emmett's resiliency surprised me. Between the early heat of the day and the rolling waves of the water, coupled with the brewery he consumed yesterday, I suspected we'd be watching him turn green all day if he even made it outside. Yet here he was almost ready to take some waves.

"You read for this buddy?" With the question he couldn't resist making rock hands to express his excitement for the upcoming day.

"Not as ready as you are apparently."

"So where were you at? Please tell me I didn't even notice you picked up a girl, spent the night with her and are just now rolling in!"

"No Emmett, I did not pick up a girl, spend the night with her and finish my walk of shame just as you came stumbling to the hall. Who do you think got you home yesterday, tried to feed you dinner and left Aspirin and Gatorade on your night stand?"

His big grin always took my aggravation for his occasional word vomit away immediately. Em never intended for the things that came out of his mouth to hurt people, he just didn't always think before they slipped out. In the end he was family and I couldn't imagine anyone else I would want to have my back.

"You want some coffee?"

"Love some!" and with that Em disappeared into the bathroom and I headed to the kitchen.

Jazz wandered in sleepily once the coffee scent pulled him out of bed.

"Thanks for the Aspirin Dad." Sarcastic ass.

"You're welcome Jazz, you ready for today."

"Absolutely! Alice told me to be careful surfing today when she called last night, and I swear I didn't tell her we were going. I've never figured out how she just knows things sometimes. It's almost scary! She was mumbling something about me not being Southern Shark Bait. I assured her nothing would happen to me and she calmed down."

If Ali could see the future then Jazz's specialty was his ability to be the walking chill pill. He could always bring the party to life or calm a crowd when necessary. He was amazing around Masen-Cullen even with the most difficult artist. Even the most raucous of tantrums was diffused within moments of Jasper stepping in. I guaranteed him a job the second he officially moved if he wanted it.

We ate some breakfast and waited for Caius to pick us up. He had worked at the resort for as long as I could remember taking care of all of the water activities. Surfing came as natural to him as walking and when we caught up to him our first day here posed the challenge of whether the young boys could hang with the old man. Since Em was a round, the second the gauntlet was thrown down he picked it up. A challenge was never left unaccepted. So here we are surfing today, Em and I had been out on the waves before but Jasper never had, hence Alice's worry we'd let her future mister become fish food.

I craned my neck from the jeep as we drove past the staff housing just hoping Bella might be on her porch or sitting in the sun on the beach. On second thought, from the alabaster porcelain tone of her skin I doubt she did much sunbathing. Hopefully I could come up with a good excuse to get to see her today.

The beach was littered with umbrellas and guests, a day was perfect for any beach activity. Caius gave Jasper some on shore and shallow water instructions while Em and I paddled out into the surf. We rode a small wave back in and walked over to check on the lesson. Our skin already glistened in the sun from the combination of suntan lotion, salt water and sand; being covered in this is a small price to pay to enjoy a day like this. Jazz seemed ready to give the waves a shot, at least something small and close to shore.

Em and I paddled out further both to stay behind Jazz but to also catch something larger as the waves started to pick up. Paddling with the flow of the water I picked up a good size wave and stood up. My full concentration was broke by sun gleaming off chestnut hair and a blue bikini on the shore, my Bella! Without chance to right myself I felt my board coming forward and my feet slipping followed by pounding of water, blackness and quiet.

JPOV

Em had just come in to shore as Caius and I were running back out. We had seen Edward go down but couldn't figure out why. All we knew was he went down hard, were certain his board hit him and hadn't seen him surface yet. He looked at the blankness of my face,

"It's Ed."

His board hit the sand and we were all back in the surf followed by life guards.