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BPOV

After school, I was hoping to see Edward in the parking lot, but he, or his family, were nowhere to be found. I shrugged my shoulders and headed towards my truck. Climbing in, I felt someone staring at me. I turned around to see, but nobody was there. I shrugged once again, and started up the truck. Pulling out of the parking lot, my cell phone started ringing. I looked at the screen, and it was my second favorite person in the whole world.

"MOM!" I almost shouted in the phone. I haven't talked to my mother in almost a month. She had been on the road with Phil.

"Hello, honey. How are you doing?"

"I'm actually pretty good, Mom. How are you?" I just couldn't stop smiling. Holding my phone between my ear and shoulder, I kept driving.

"I'm fantastic. Phil is doing great too!" I could hear the smile in her voice.

"Well that's good to hear."

"How is Charlie treating you?" She finally asked it.

"Fine, Mom. Just great." I lied to my mother. Luckily she couldn't see my eyes, or I knew my lie would have been caught.

"Well, honey, I have to go okay? I just wanted to call you to make sure you were okay. I love you," Tears sprung to my eyes.

"I love you too, Mom. Bye" I heard the phone shut off on her end, and I did the same. I quickly wiped away the tears from my eyes, and continued on towards my house. When I pulled in, there was a yellow Porsche sitting in the driveway. I pulled in, and gently shut the door, and headed towards the house. I stopped by the yellow car, to see if anyone was sitting in it, and nobody was. I was stumped, so I walked into the house, only to be bombarded by a very short, pixie like girl, with black spiky hair.

"Oh Bella! I'm so glad you're home. We have so much to do before your date tonight." She hugged me tighter. I looked down only to see Edwards sister. I've seen her around school, but I never knew her name.

"Who are you? I…I mean I know that you're Edwards sister, but what is your name, and why are you in my house? Who let you in?" I managed to spit out.

"Oh! I'm sorry," She let go of me, and took a few steps back, "My name is Alice. I'm in your house because I need to help you get ready. You left the door unlocked, so I let myself in." I looked her up and down, to see what I was in for.

"All the stuff that I brought is up in your room." I sighed, and started walking up to my room. Alice followed me, talking a mile a minute. I couldn't keep up with half of what she was saying, but I just nodded when I should, and mhmed a few times. Once we reached my room, she jumped in front of me, and told me to shut my eyes. So I did as I was told, and she led me into the room.

"Okay, Bella! Open your eyes!" I opened them, only to want to close them again. It looked like a department store had thrown up in my room.

"Alice, what did you do?"

"I just brought some stuff over that we could use to make you even more beautiful." She smiled, and pulled me to a chair that she brought too. Pushing me down, she started playing with my hair and makeup.

"I could have done this myself, you know." I stated. She giggled like a little girl, but didn't say anything. After a few minutes of silence, she spoke.

"We're going to be great friends." I looked up at her, and gave her a look of pure confusion.

"How do you know, Alice?" I didn't want to sound mean, but that's what it came out to be, "I'm sorry, that didn't come out very nice." Alice smiled, and simply stated,

"I just have a very good feeling about you and me." I nodded, and let her finish her work. I sat still, letting her pull, and apply make up. When she was done, she made me stand up, with my back to the mirror.

"Why can't I see what I look like, Alice?" I questioned.

"Because you can't see until you're dressed, because it would just ruin everything." She laughed a small laugh, and turned to the bed, where stacks of garment boxes stood two feet high. She picked out one, and pulled out a beautiful blue dress. It was a royal blue, mid-knee length, with sequins along the hem at the bottom. In one word, it was gorgeous. I gasped, and my hand flew over my mouth. Alice spun around, with a look of pure hurt on her face.

"You don't like it, do you?" She accused me. I vigorously shook my head no.

"Alice. I love it! It's beautiful." Her hurt instantly vanished into a huge grin. She put the dress down, and came running over to hug me. He little arms wrapped around my waist, and I wrapped mine around her shoulders.

"Thank you for doing all of this, Alice." I whispered.

"You're very welcome, Bella. In the next few months, you'll learn that I love to shop, and love to do make-over's."

"And in the next few months, you'll learn that I hate to shop, and I don't like to get make over's." She giggled, and nodded, pulling away from me, and walking back to the bed, and picked up the dress.

"Come on, Bella. Put this on." I took the dress from her, and slipped it on. To my utter amazement, it fit perfectly. Alice came over and touched up my hair and make up before she spun me around to face the mirror.

"Ta Da!" She shouted. The figure standing in the mirror looking back at me was a stranger. The only recognizable thing was the brown eyes staring back at me.

"Alice… Who is that?" I whispered. She squealed and hugged me tighter than I ever known possible.

"That's you, silly! Now let's go down stairs, it's almost 5 'o'clock, Edward will be here soon." She reached down, and fixed my shoes. Stilettos to my utter dismay, hopefully Edward would help me. Alice led me down the stairs, and made me sit in the living room. In about 5 minutes, Edward was knocking on the door, and Alice let him in.

"Is Bella ready?" I heard his velvet voice ask.

"Of course she is, and she looks amazing, if I do say so myself," Alice beamed. She led him into the living room, to where I was awaiting him. He walked in wearing a very nice pair of dress pants, and a button up shirt, that hugged his muscles in every right place. He looked at me and stopped dead in his tracks.

"You don't like it, do you?" I asked, almost in tears. I turned towards the stairs, but a strong hand caught my upper arm. I heard the door shut, and an engine drive away. Alice left. He turned me around to face him.

"Bella, you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen." I looked into his eyes, to see that they were filled with truth. I leaned into his arms, and he hugged me tight to his chest.

"Let's go get in the car," He whispered. I nodded, and let him lead me outside. He opened the door for me, and then went around getting in on his side. We started driving out of Forks, at a very fast speed. I didn't say anything, but was secretly holding the door handle, just in case.

"Where are we going?" I asked after about a half a hour in the car.

"A family friend owns this little Italian restaurant in Seattle.." He answered. I nodded, and looked out the window, but then it clicked with me.

"Seattle?!" I almost shouted. He chuckled and nodded. I leaned over to look at the speedometer, only to quickly sit back and pull my seatbelt a little tighter.

"Bella, is something wrong?" He asked quietly. He must have noticed my little freak out.

"Edward, you're going over 100 miles per hour. I'm just a little scared." I admitted. He chuckled.

"Don't you want to get there, have a nice dinner, hear what I have to say, and get home before eleven, tonight?" He laughed. I let out a nervous laugh, and continued to look out the window.

"Bella, will you please tell me what happened with your dad when you first moved here?" His voice cracked through my mind.

"Do I have to?" I questioned back. I wasn't in the mood to talk about this right now, but I knew that I would have to.

"Please Bella?" He almost begged. I sighed and threw myself into the story.

"Well, I first moved here so that my mother could travel with her husband, Phil. He is a minor league baseball coach. Renee, my mother, wanted so badly to travel with him, but felt compelled to stay home with me." I sighed again. "So, I decided to move up here to Forks to try my hand at living with Charlie. Little did I know that Charlie had turned into a drunk, abusive person since the last time I saw him. After I got off the plane, to find him waiting there for me. I wasn't surprised, because that's what we had talked about. When I got into the car, there were beer cans everywhere, and it reeked of pee and beer. After driving for about 20 minutes, he slapped me. I started crying, and he hit me again. He told me that if I didn't stop crying, he'd kill me. I instantly shut up. Once we got home, he pulled me up the stairs by my hair," I paused to wipe the tears from under my eyes, and sighed, "and then he threw me on the bed, and stole my innocence. Ever since then, he's hit me on a daily basis, and I don't know how to escape it. I'm so scared to be home, I'm scared to be alone with him." I finished my story with tears streaming down my face.

"Bella wha-"He started but I cut him off.

"I never should have said anything, because now you're going to feel sorry for me." I sobbed. Edward pulled the car over to the side of the road, and let the engine idle. He undid his seat belt, and moved under me, so that I was sitting in his lap. I started sobbing, and he just hugged me tighter.

"Shhh…Bella, it will be okay." He hugged tighter, and continued, "I'll never let anyone hurt you again." My sobs silenced and I looked up at him.

"Thank you, Edward. If you just want to take me home so you don't have to deal with me, that's fine."

"No, Bella, we have a date, and you are my girlfriend." He hugged me once more before returning me to the seat, and himself to his seat.

"Are you going to be okay, Bella?" He asked me quietly as he began to drive again. I nodded, and leaned my head back on the headrest. Before I knew it, we were in Seattle

"We're here Bella." Edward walked around the car to open my door for me. I looked at the restaurant, and was in awe.

"Edward, this place is beautiful." I gushed. He smiled, took my hand, and led me inside. Everything in there looked authentic, as though it was shipped straight from Italy. Edward whispered something into the hostess ear, and she led us towards the back of the restaurant. There was a small, two person booth with candles, beautiful glasses, and menus. I was silent as we sat down.

"Bella, is everything alright?" Edward asked me. I shook my head no as I scanned over the menu. Everything was really expensive, and I wasn't sure if I had enough money to pay for this. Edward must have sensed what was going through my head, because he said,

"Bella, don't worry about paying. I'll get it." I looked up at him and smiled.

"Thank you." He nodded, and looked over the menu. It didn't look like he was really seeing what was there, just kind of staring. The waitress came to our table, giving Edward googliy eyes. I could have punched her.

"Do ya'll know what you want?" She asked in a fake southern accent. I stifled a laugh, and she turned to me and glared. Edward shook his head, as though he was holding back laughter also.

"Nothing for me, but my girlfriend would like…" He looked at me, "Bella, what do you want to eat?" From the moment that the word girlfriend escaped Edward's lips, the waitress sent hate daggers at me.

"I think that I'll just have some chicken Alfred, please?" I gave her my best smile, and then I smiled at Edward. He smiled back, and looked up to the waitress.

"That will be all, thank you." She glared at me once more before she said,

"I'll be right back with ya'lls water." Edward nodded, and she walked away.

"Wow." Was all that I was able to mutter out. Edward chuckled, and looked at me with a weird look.

"Aren't you wondering why I didn't order anything?" He asked quietly.

"Yes, but I decided it best if I just didn't say anything right at the moment." He nodded, and looked into my eyes.

"Bella, I have something very important to tell you about my family, and myself."

"You aren't all serial killers are you?" I joked, but he looked at me solemnly.

"No, Bella. We are not serial killers." He almost laughed, "It's something worse than that."

"What can be worse than a serial killer?" I asked aloud. He hung his head, so I had to strain to hear him.

"Vampire." I was taken a bit aback by this answer. Vampires aren't real. They're just mythical creatures, from books, and movies and stuff.

"What?" I asked stupidly.

"My family and I are vampires."

"Why am I not dead yet?" I asked him quietly.

"We're vegetarians."

"Vegetarian vampires? What is that?"

"We don't drink human blood, only animal. Every thing has a different scent to us. Each human is a little different, just as each animal has its own smell." The waitress came back with my food, and set it down in front of me.

"Are ya sure you won't have somethin' darlin'?" She asked Edward. Without taking his eyes off of me, he responded,

"Yes ma'me. Thank you." With that she left the table.

"Why is there a fake southern girl at an Italian restaurant?" I asked Edward, hoping to change the subject.

"She's the owner's daughter," I almost chocked on my chicken,

"Oh, oh I'm sorry." He chuckled, and said,

"Bella, please stop changing the subject, this is something that we need to talk about." I nodded and let him continue.

"Some of us vampires have special abilities."

"What do you mean, Edward?"

"I can read peoples minds, Alice can see the future, and Jasper can control emotions." I looked at him like he was crazy.

"What am I thinking right now?" I tested him.

"That's another thing...I can't seem to read your mind. There's like a wall that won't let me in. It drives me crazy how I can read everyone else's minds, but the person whose mind I desperately need to read, I can't." I looked at him in amazement, but didn't say anything, "Bella…"

"Just give me a few minutes to process this, please?" I asked and he nodded. I kept playing our conversation over and over in my head. My boyfriend, the person who I felt the most connection to than I've ever felt, was a vampire, an odd vampire at that.

"Are there more of you?" I asked. He nodded.

"There is a clan in Alaska that is just like us, but there are others all around the world." I nodded once again.

"Is that why your eyes are golden, and you're pale and cold?" He laughed and nodded. I sat back from my pasta, and took everything in.

"You…and your family…you're vampires…?" He nodded, and let me continued, "Vegetarian vampires…there are more of your kind…and others who drink human blood…?" He nodded again.

"Thank you, Edward." I leaned over and hugged him.

"For what?" he asked me after I let him go.

"For being completely honest with me. You could have just went on lying ,and saying that you were just different, but you told me the truth." He smiled his crooked smile, and responded,

"You told me the truth, and I just thought I should return the favor." I smiled at him.

"I think that we're moving a little to fast, Edward." He nodded.

"I do too, but does this mean that you don't want to be my girlfriend anymore?" He asked with a sad tone in his voice.

"No, no. I want to remain your girlfriend, but let's just not flaunt it just yet. Is that okay?" He smiled once again.

"Yes, Bella it is. That is perfectly fine with me." He took my hand in his. "Are you done with your pasta?" He asked. I nodded, and he motioned for the waitress to come take it away.

"Would you be so kind as to bring us the check?"

"Yes, sir, I sure will." She sauntered away, and left Edward and I alone. He just kept looking at me. When she came back, I seen that there was more than just the bill written down.

"Make sure you call me," She demaded. Edward being the gentleman he is, said

"You'll have to ask my girlfriend if it's okay if I call another woman." She looked to me with begging eyes. I looked to Edward, and he shook his head no. I smiled and said,

"No, I don't want him calling you, he is mine and nobody elses." She huffed and walked away,a nd Edward and I erupted in laughter. He stood up, took my hand, and led me towards the door. Once inside the car, we were on our way. We were silent for a long while until Edward broke the silence.

"Do you remember that game that we were playing the other night?" I nodded and he continued, "Would you like to finish it?"

"Only if I can go first." We both laughed.

"Alright, Bella, go ahead."

"What is your favorite animal?"

"Moutian lion," He responded without hesitation.

"Sounds…yummy." He laughed a little.

"Why didn't you run out of the restaurant when I told you that I was a vampire?" He asked.

"Well first off, I didn't have a ride back home, and we're in Seattle, and on the second hand, I don't really care. That came out wrong. I care, but I don't care what you are. Maybe someday, I can be just like you." He took a big intake of breath, and I knew that I Had hit a nerve.

"Never will I make you the monster that I am, Bella."

"Alright, we can talk about it later." He growled so I dropped it. We sat in silence for the rest of the ride home. It wasn't an akward silence, but a nice one. When we got to my house, the cruiser was still nowhere to be seen. I thanked God for that. Edward walked me to the door, and hugged me tight to his chest.

"Bella, if Charlie comes home, please call me. My number is in your phone." He smiled and I nodded. I looked up at him, and he looked down at me. Slowly leaning down, his lips gradually touched mine softly. I smiled even when they left.

"Would you like to come over tomorrow night and meet the rest of my family?" I nodded, and he hugged me one more time.

"I would love to."

"I'll pick you up for school tomrow, if you'd like."

"I'd like that a lot." He hugged me one more time, and then said,

"Good bye my love, be safe." He walked to his car, and pulled out of the driveway. As he drove away, the cruiser pulled in.

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