Hey everyone!

I'm sorry I didn't update this yesterday, but my internet switched off just as i was pressing the 'add chapter' button. I was soooooooo mad! GRR#

But i'm here now, i hope this chapter doesn't sound too rushed...writing IM conversations is hard!

All the connections between them is a little confusing, so if you get confuzzled, don't hesitate to ask! I needed to read it like twice to make sure i'd gotten it all in.

Anyhoo

DISCLAIMER - I own their computers!

Read on, my brave hearted warriors!


Piano_man – Bella!

I laughed, surprised that he had replied so quickly.

Starsandswans – Hey there, this is Edward, I presume?

Piano_man – Yes, this is he. How are you?

Starsandswans – I'm fine, thanks for asking. You?

Piano_man – I'm very happy I finally get to talk to you in person! Well…sort of.

I wondered if this Edward was actually Alice's brother. A little part of me wanted to ask him straight out, but something stopped me. Would he even tell me, if that was the case? The chance that he was Alice's brother was incredibly slim, so I decided not to mention it unless he did.

Starsandswans – Me too, actually, I've just been dying to find out who was insane enough to reply to my stupid messages on walls

Piano_man – are you calling me insane?

Starsandswans – maybe….

Piano_man – Hey! I resent that!

Starsandswans – Haha, don't worry, I'm insane too.

Piano_man – That makes sense. We can be crazy people together.

Starsandswans – Sounds good.

Piano_man – so, did you give my email address to any strange women, or did you spare me that suffering?

Starsandswans – I was thinking about it…did you give MY email address to any strange men?

Piano_man – I would never dishonour you in that way, Bella. Well…except for the guy I found on the corner of the street who I didn't know…if you get an email from someone asking for sandwiches…I know nothing about it. *shifty eyes*

I laughed heartily at this comment, plus his numerous evil smiley faces, earning me a shout of, "Shut up, Bella!" from Angela.

Starsandswans - So, my fellow crazy persona, would you mind telling me something about yourself?

Piano_man – I will if you will. I wasn't kidding when I said I wanted to get to know you, Bella. I really do.

I blushed red, glad I didn't own a webcam. My liking for Edward just kicked up a notch, even though I liked him a lot already. Was that strange? I was too exhilarated to know.

Starsandswans – Well, I'm 24, my name is Bella (I'm leaving my last name open to your imagination) and I work in a newspaper as a columnist. I have a brother, and a father, and we all moved here from Forks, Washington, USA 8 years ago. Anything else?

Piano_man – That is not enough by far, but I'll weasel more out of you somehow.

My smile grew; was he actually interested in me?

Piano_man – Anyway, just so you'll tell me more, I'll gift you with a little insight on myself

Starsandswans – I feel so special!

Piano_man – You should! Ok, my name is Edward (which you've already guessed, I'll bet), my last name is open to YOUR imagination…

Starsandswans – Deadly Nightshade.

Piano_man – What?

Starsandswans – That's your new last name. Edward Deadly-Nightshade.

Piano_man – Why 'Deadly-Nightshade'?

Starsandswans – Because your mother was Deadly and your father was…

Piano_man – I meant, why did you come up with that?!

Starsandswans – I don't know…the first thing that came to me.

I bit my lip, hoping he didn't think I was a total freak.

Piano_man – Right, then you are Bella Von-Cuddleypoops.

Starsandswans – Ok, that is way worse than Deadly-Nightshade

Piano_man – Hey, that's the rules of the game, I choose your last name, and you choose mine. Or are you not game?

Starsandswans – Hey, I'm game! Anyway, carry on telling me about yourself, s'il vous plait.

Piano_man – Oh, you speak French! Trés bien!

Starsandswans – Don't try to distract me!

Piano_man – And my plan was working perfectly! Ok, fine. I'm 26; I have two sisters, Rosalie and…Mary. (a/n did y'all catch that?)

I felt bitterly disappointed when he said this; he wasn't Alice's brother. Why did that make me feel so sad?

Edward's POV

Why did I write that?

I stared at the screen…why the heck did I say Alice was called Mary?

If this was Alice's Bella (which I sincerely hoped it was), then she would pick up on the Mary comment.

Starsandswans – that's nice; I've always wished I could have a sister.

Oh, maybe not then. I shook off the disappointment, too interested in Bella to dwell on it.

Piano_man – no you don't, they're both terrors.

Starsandswans – Not as bad as Emmett; he's terrible!

Emmett…didn't I know an Emmett? Emmett Swan? What did Alice say her Bella's last name was…? I didn't think she had told me – I was going to have to go talk to her sometime very soon.

Piano_man – Trust me, Alice is worse than any other sibling could ever be.

Starsandswans – Alice? Your sister's name is Alice?

Damn!

Bella's POV

Piano_man – Trust me, Alice is worse than any other sibling could ever be.

Alice?!

I gasped with shock and typed furiously, my fingers shaking.

Starsandswans – Alice? Your sister's name is Alice?

Piano_man - …well, Mary Alice, to be exact.

Mary Alice Cullen…that was Alice's name! Edward Cullen…that last name, it seemed perfect for him. This was almost too coincidental.

Piano_man – Why do you ask?

Ok, Bella, play it cool.

Starsandswans – No reason…just my roommate has the same name, is all.

Had I given too much away? I didn't want to freak him out…but I desperately wanted to know if he was Alice's brother.

Piano_man – Oh. What a coincidence.

Starsandswans – Yeah…I guess it is.

This was almost too infuriating!

Edward Deadly-Nightshade/Cullen struck up another conversation after a while, and I was immediately caught up in it. Whoever and whichever this Edward was, I found him amazingly interesting, funny, and we had so much in common it was slightly scary. The conversation about our 'coincidental circumstances' didn't come up again, and I wondered whether he was doing it deliberately.

It was ridiculous to think that, I decided; how could I even begin to guess who he was just because we knew people with the same names. He probably hadn't even noticed, or maybe it just didn't mean anything to him.

We talked for hours on end, and I found myself liking him more and more. When I looked back at the clock, it was 1 am.

Starsandswans – Oh my gosh, look at the time!

Piano_man – Wow, it is late, isn't it?

Starsandswans – I'll say. I have work tomorrow!

Piano_man – Do you? Tomorrow is Saturday…

Starsandswans – I do have work! I have to help Alice move in and Angela move out. It's all happening very quickly, you see, I just need to sign some papers and then we'll be done.

Piano_man – Well, good luck with that, I'd offer you my assistance, but unfortunately it's hard to help lift things over cyberspace.

Starsandswans – Don't worry, you can just by me a cookie or a…NEW PEN instead.

Piano_man – On it! Night, Bella.

Starsandswans – See you, Edward.

Piano_man – Sweet dreams. I hope to talk to you soon x

Piano_man has logged off.

I sat back in my chair and ran my hand through my hair. My head was so full of random thoughts it was making me dizzy, and after shutting down the computer I went and lay on my bed, my head stuffed into the pillow.

I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew I was starting to fall for Edward whatever-his-last-name-was. The fact that it was actually quite likely that he was Alice's brother made me even more confused than before. What was I going to do?

Of two things, though, I was absolutely certain.

1 – Yes, fate definitely had a twisted sense of humour. Thanks a lot, fate.

2 – I was going to meet Edward, no matter what.

But the real question was: which Edward should I meet? Or were they one and the same?

Edward's POV

Bella had certainly left me confused; I had no idea who she was. At first I had thought she was just a stranger, a stranger who I was very interested in.

But now, it seemed, she could be Alice's new roommate…our situation was definitely too coincidental. All our connections had to mean something.

My sister was called Mary Alice…she was moving in with a Mary Alice, and Alice had told me her new friend was named Bella. I knew Emmett Swan, and he had a sister, and a father, just like her. And Bella had said her brother was named Emmett.

Was her name Bella Swan? Or was she just Bella von Cuddleypoops – a girl who was completely unconnected to anyone I knew?

It still seemed highly unlikely.

By the time I fell asleep, I was sure of three things.

1 – I needed to talk to Alice and/or Emmett

2 – Meeting this Bella was a necessity…I didn't know what it was, but I liked her. A lot. Was I falling for her?

3 – I owed Bella a new pen.

Well, at least one of those could be accomplished


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are you all getting it....it's all too (insert another word for coincidental here)

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