"Come on Bella, I know where they are and everything, we could sabotage the date." Jeffery kept complaining as we sat down to eat. Mother and the other ladies were off having tea or whatever, taking John, and since Angela was on her date, I had to watch Jeffery.

"No Jeffery, we will not ruin your sister's one shot at happiness. Now sit in your chair right."

He grumbled as he moved his legs out from under his butt and sat down. "But you aren't sitting right." My legs were on the seat, hanging on the side. "Well I'm an adult; I could do whatever I want." I took a bite out of the toast.

"No you're not, your only 17," I stuck my tongue out, which he mimicked. "Hi." I turned to see a girl, sort of like a pixie, with short brown hair, pale skin, and golden eyes, was she a part of Edward's family? "Sorry to intrude, my name is Alice Cullen."

I gestured for her to sit down and she did. "Not at all, I'm Isabella Swan, but please call me Bella and this is Jeffery Weber." He smiled at her.

"It's nice to meet you."

"So, is there anything I could do for you?" She seemed nice, but she seems as if we were already friends. Nice, but suspicious.

She chuckled. "Oh, I'm sorry. Edward told me about last night and I just wanted to meet the girl we are sitting with for dinner tonight. By the way, that was impressive how you managed not to trip the waiter."

I smiled with pride. "I used to run around a lot at my old house. I would make at least 1 waiter fall a week, so I learned how to avoid that… Jeffery, eat with a fork, not your hands." I growled as I noticed him eating his eggs with his hands. He glared and grabbed the fork. "Why you making me act proper?"

"So when you meet a girl you can be a gentleman, not an ape." And also it was fun to bug him with things I noticed parents scolding their children about this.

"She's right; you have to have manners to reel them in. You save the ape for after you have them." Alice added, making me laugh. Maybe we were going to be good friends. I talked to Alice as we waited for Jeffery to finish. Her family used to live in America, but moved to England. She has three adoptive brothers, one she is dating named Jasper, including Edward, and one adoptive sister, Rosalie, the goddess with blonde hair I noticed yesterday. Her parents were Carlisle and Esme, her adoptive parents. "So what happened to your real parents, might I ask." I didn't want to pry.

"Dead, Carlisle and Esme found all of us in orphanages; they're the only parents I know but we all love them as if they were our own." She talks so fondly of Carlisle and Esme, makes me want to meet them.

"And what about you, I heard your father died." I nodded. "You know, you're not what people say you are." The way she said that was as if she was guilty.

I laughed. "Oh I know I hear the rumors all the time. It's more annoying than hurtful, why waste time on them, but I find it irritating that they will talk about us just to hide their own problems." First-class members had so much drama, but like to hide it and point out another's problem, it was stupid.

"Bella, I'm done." Jeffery announced. "Now can we go on deck and play with Ramon?"

I looked at Alice. "Would you care to join us? Though, we are going to the third-class deck and I don't know if you would…" I didn't know how to say it without sounding mean.

"Sure, that would be fun." She chirped, standing up. Whoa, I didn't expect that. We made it to the third-class deck and Jeffery ran off to play with his new friends while Alice and I sat on a bench, watching. The sun was out; shining on me, when I noticed Alice covering herself. "Do you not like the sun?"

She shook her head. "I get really bad sunburns." I felt awful, inviting her up her. "Do not feel bad, I'm enjoying myself, you're good company, no wonder Edward likes you." I froze and looked at her with disbelief. Edward, liked me? But, how? She noticed my face and laughed. "You seem so confused. Don't you like him?"

I felt the blood rush to my face as I turned back to Jeffery, making her laugh harder. "You know, Edward has never had an attraction to any girls, so you should feel special." A gorgeous guy like him, kind, saves people, most likely has had thousands of admirers, and never has been the admirer? "That's another reason I came to hang out with you. I look after my brother and his actions, and I wanted to know you, the one that pulled on my brother's heart. I like you Bella." She gave me a hug, squeezing to tight. "I hope we become the bestest of friends."

I nodded, still thinking about the information about Edward she told me. Did Edward like me? "So, what are you going to wear for dinner tonight?" "Alice?" I turned to see Edward and a boy with blonde hair and golden eyes, could that be Jasper. Edward looked like someone had shot him as he saw me sitting next to her. Alice jumped up, pulling me with her, and ran to the two, embracing the blonde. "Hello Jasper, Edward, what are you doing down here?"

"We could ask you the same thing." Jasper looked at her with suspicion before turning to me with a sort of pained look. "Bella, this is Jasper, Jasper, this is my new friend Bella." Alice introduced, though I could not help but hear the emphasis on the friend part, as if she was warning him.

He smiled slightly. "Hello Bella, it's nice to meet you, before dinner. Thank you again for inviting us."

"The pleasure is all mine." I replied truthfully, this family seemed interesting; I wanted to learn more, and, know Edward more. Speaking of him, he was standing there looking confused and, was he embarrassed? "Well, I'm going to take Jasper back, Edward you can stay and keep Bella company. I'll see you at dinner." And with that she bounced away with the blonde. I could not help but think she planned this.

"Sorry about her, she can be very, hyper." Edward said, trying to find a word.

I chuckled. "She was hyper, but she's a doll." I smiled at him. "So, what are you doing down here?"

"We were looking for Alice and someone told us he saw her come down here, so we went looking." Oh, right, he was looking for Alice, don't get upset now Bella, it's not like he was looking for you. Still, Alice's words rung through my head. "Are you OK?" I smiled. "Yeah, why wouldn't I be?"

He sighed, took my arm and dragged me to the ledge, leaning against it like he did last night. "Listen, about last night, I was wondering, why were you crying?" Uh oh, I didn't want to answer this.

I leaned next to him. "It was nothing really, female emotions I guess." I tried to laugh it off, but he could see right through it. "Thanks for not mentioning the crying part to Angela; she would freak out even more."

He smiled. "I figured it was something only you could tell, it was your business, I was just the passing by passenger who just happened to see a young lady ready to fall to her death." I had to laugh, though he was right.

"Bella Bella, watch." I turned to see Jeffery kick a ball and watched it fly to another part of the boat a few feet away from him and land in some bucket. I cheered. "Awesome Jeffery."

"What are you doing down here? Not that it's wrong, it's just people from your class normally don't socialize with people of lower class."

I chuckled. "I hate that, on the third-class they have so much fun. They aren't worrying about which fork to use or how to sit up. It's not as uptight as it is up there. Truthfully, if mother wasn't worrying about the gossip about us, I would have bunked in third-class."

He stared at me with this unknown tint in his eyes. "What is it?"

"You're incredible." I blushed and looked away at his words. No one has ever said that, besides Angela when she scolds me or complimenting my talents. "You, you don't go around saying stuff like that Mr. Cullen."

"Edward." He chuckled. "Mr. Cullen is my father."

I smiled and nodded. "OK, Edward."

Angela found us, and I was able to leave Jeffery with her and Ben. Edward and I walked around the boat. Turns out he has the same condition as Alice, so he covered his face from the sun. He asked me about my life, all sorts of questions from my family to my pets. To my houses and friends, even to my piano playing, which I found out he played the piano as well. I never have talked this much before, and I really wanted to ask him questions, but every time he saw I was going to ask something, he interrupted, smirking.

When the sun began to set, he finally let me ask some questions. He didn't say much about his life at the orphanages or really about anything. I did find out more about his family. His brothers and sisters were Rosalie, Emmett, Alice, and Jasper, and each were a couple. He also told me about Carlisle and Esme and where they come from and each other their small talents. Carlisle was a doctor, a very good one, and Esme was a proper lady by nature, having taken no classes. I then realized that Edward was the only one in his family who did not have a lover, which made me feel a bit sorry for him.

"You know, Edward has never had an attraction to any girls, so you should feel special." Was this true, does Edward truly like me? I could never ask him, no, that would be too awkward and weird, but, I would like to know. "Bella, it's time to get ready for supper." Angela said as she ran into us.

"Until then." Edward bowed and left, smiling.