Outtake II – Bella Meet Alice

"You're an asshole! You know that, right?" I yelled for everyone to hear. A few heads turned to see me yelling at seemingly no one as he continued walking up the boardwalk without me, without even a second glance at me.

"Why do I stay with him?" I mumbled to myself, continuing to walk up the boardwalk at a much slower pace and less enthusiastic about visiting today.

Once we got passed the third date, I really thought we'd be in it for the long haul. We'd know each other most of our lives considering our fathers were good friends. When we finally crossed that line between being acquaintances and being romantically involved, everything felt right at first. He already knew about my parents too so that was one less life event to discuss.

Except it appeared he too was sick of me just like every other guy I'd tried to date.

The longer I thought about him, the irater I became. The irater I became, the less rational I became.

"Motherfucking Jake," I cursed lowly, stomping up the boardwalk. My anger overtook my rationale and decided kicking a bench in my old worn shoes was a good idea. Another curse to the gods left my lips as pain shot through my foot. I sat on said accursed bench and massaged my foot through my shoe. "The boys are more important than the girl you're dating? I should've just gotten a dog. A dog's probably more loyal than him," I grumbled, seriously questioning why I was with Jake.

"Hi!" a little pixie of a girl greeted. Before I could respond, she occupied the seat next to me and was right in my face. "I couldn't help but to witness you kicking the poor bench and hearing you pissed off at a boy. Boyfriend perhaps?"

"You could say something like that," I mumbled, not exactly sure how to proceed with this overly friendly girl who couldn't have been older than fourteen. "Where're your parents?"

She titled her head like a dog then laughed. "Not the first time I've heard that. I'm eighteen! I'll be graduating high school soon. By the way, I'm Alice." She stuck her hand out to introduce herself.

"Bella," I warily introduced myself as I shook her hand. How the hell was this chick eighteen? "Is there something you need from me? You're being awfully friendly for a stranger."

"Oh, that's just me! I love meeting new people and getting to know them. Come on, let's walk the walk and get to know one another!"

And thus, that began my day of getting to know this Alice girl. She actually seemed pretty cool, maybe a bit weird, but who was I to judge? Lots of people saw me as crazy. I voluntarily gave her all the information she wanted to know about myself and my relationship. In return, she told me all about her life and her boyfriend, Jasper, too.

"Can I tell you something?" she asked as we took a seat in Doo Wop Diner.

"Of course." I wasn't sure why she was asking, she basically told me everything about herself, stuff that I didn't even ask about.

"Jake's not the perfect guy for you. I do know the perfect guy for you, however," she chirped happily.

"Alice, as great as it's been to get to know you and everything all day, there's no way in hell you know the perfect guy for me."

"Don't doubt my skills, Bella! He's perfect for you. Good boy raised like a true gentleman in his mama's fudge shop. Total mama's boy by the way from my observations. Can be a bit cocky and a little bad boy persona, but who doesn't love a man who's confident? You've told me that your current relationship isn't anything to brag about. Your perfect man can't be any worse, and if I have anything to do with it, your perfect man will be your last!"

I sighed, figuring it wasn't something worth arguing about. "What's his name?"

"Edward Cullen."

Posted: January 11, 2020

Happy new decade! Hope everyone's new decade's been going well. There's one more BPOV outtake. Any guesses as to what it will cover?

See you readers soon!