"Well, all I'm going to say at the moment is that he was a guy I dated awhile back and some things happened. That's the end of it." I replied shuddering after the thought of what happened.
"We are here though if you need us, Bella," said Alice, "Let me introduce you to everyone. This is Edward, Emmett, Rosalie, Carlisle, Esme, and Jasper." She said all the names as she went around the table.
She continued with, "Guys, this is Bella Swan, the fashion designer that I have been working with for a couple of years now."
"Well it's very nice to finally meet you. Alice talks very highly of you and I hope that you can start to join us more often." Said Carlisle, who I assumed was Alice's father
I took a moment to think about what happened. Did they just really accept me? Most people think that I'm so stuck up because I'm a fashion designer. I'm just the girl from Forks who had a knack for clothes. And especially with what happened with Jake? No one has ever even considered being a boyfriend or even friends with me, if we even got to the point to me telling them. But Edward just jumped in without a moment's hesitation. This was all a new experience for me. But I was also for hesitate about this. My own family had disowned me after all that happened with Jake.
"So I recommend the chicken to you Bella," said Edward, "I don't know what you like to eat, but from the other night, I take it that you don't like change." He winked at me and I blushed.
"I don't normally like change and it seems like Alice as found a way to get what she wants." I replied.
Jasper's southern drawl took me off guard as he said. "She always ends up getting up what she wants eventually."
Dinner went smoothly and conversation came easy. Edward kept looking at me with a very handsome smile, but there was always that nag in the back of my mind. As I got home, I went to my bedroom and pulled out a shoebox filled with random things but also one very important newspaper clipping:
SHERIFF'S DAUGHTER RAPE By: Susan Harper
In recent news, Bella Swan, daughter of Police Chief, Charlie Swan, was found in the forest covered in bruises and clothes ripped to pieces. She was barely conscience and transported to the local hospital. All she could tell doctors and her father was that another officer had raped her. A rape kit tested was done and prove in fact that she be raped, but Miss Swan was not about to tell who had done it to her. More News to comeā¦
It was a poorly written newspaper article, but the newspaper in Forks would take in anyone who could write a sentence. In any case, I knew that Jake was a problem from the start and when he brought me out to that place that one night I knew that something bad was going to happen and it did. After that, I developed a schedule that I would stick to so that I would know what was going on at all times.
I eventually went to bed and got up the next morning and when into work to find that I had a vase of flowers on my desk. They were lilies, my favorite flower. I finally found the card that read: It was nice to see you again last night. It was in a beautiful script, but who did it belong to?
"Hey Alice," I called, " Is this my secret admirer?"
"Maybe," She said with a grin.
"Do you wanna tell me who it is?" I asked lightly.
"Nope, but I thought it would obvious now, but I guess it's not fault that you are blind." Alice said giggling.
Then there was a light knock on the door.
"Come in," I called.
I looked from the lilies to the door to see a certain someone in the doorway.
