For Bella, living beneath the shadow of her past, a new country signified a new beginning. For Edward, girls were a means to an end, where "investment" was an oxymoron. That is, until the new girl, with the strange way of speaking, made him question everything he thought he ever knew. Or wanted. Alternating POVs. AH. HS. COMPLETE. Started in 2008; been taken down multiple times.