BPOV
Work was normal so far. It was 10:00 am and I was feeling brighter. I finished rinsing the last of the maple syrup off the plates and stacked them. Then I started chopping strawberries for my next customers. I hadn't seen them yet but Mike, a guy from school who also worked here and took orders told me they were gorgeous.
I sighed, why did it matter if they were pretty? Everyone in this town was just so vain. A quick look at Alice scowling reminded me maybe not quite everyone. There, strawberries done and no accidents. If I'm honest, that was one reason that I was glad Alice was hear. She always managed to catch me before I fell, or the plates before they smashed. She would take knives out if my hand while saying something in ominous voice about me about to cut myself.
I laid out a thin pancake on the plate and smothered it in chocolate. I then swirled white chocolate into it and scattered the strawberries on top. A few pistachio nuts were dropped on from a height and I put two glasses of lemonade on the tray beside it. It felt like spring today so I had put a lime on the side of the glass and smiled.
I heard someone laughing and turned around to find that Mike had been watching me this entire time. I flushed some shade of red; I didn't want to know and turned around. "Creep" I muttered under my breath. Who watched other people do their frickin job? Well this was Mike and I was in Forks. Alice came bouncing back in through the doors and told me to take the goods to table 7. She also told me to breathe and not to trip on my way. As if I needed a reminder.
I picked up the tray and backed out of the doors before turning. I glanced around to see who had arrived. In the corner was Jessica and Lauren. Both wearing short skirts barely covering what needed to be and boxy vest tops. Jesses was yellow and made me want to puke whilst Lauren's was purple and the colour showed off her skin. What the hell! Since when did I care about clothes! "Alice", I thought. I chuckled slightly but my body was shaking and I needed to get a grip. I refocused and saw they were both leaning in at their table looking jealously at the table across the room.
My eyes automatically followed their gaze and I saw Rosalie but I thought we'd already established she was beautiful. That was when I saw him.
He had bronze hair which stuck up in places and had natural highlights running through it. His eyes were a light topaz colour and his skin complexion was flawless like the rest of him. He was wearing a plain white t-shirt which clung to a few muscles on his chest and he looked like a Greek God.
I then saw their table number-7. Great, I thought, this is the new "guy" Mike was going on about. I took a deep breath and headed their way watching where I was going with a caution. I was not going to trip, not going to trip, not going to "Hey!" Rosalie said seeing me coming. I smiled politely back, a little nervous to say much else. "Your hair looks amazing today Bella" I felt myself blushing again-stupid genes.
"Thanks Rose, you look great too" I finally replied but I wasn't kidding, she did. "Anyway, here's your order". I placed it on the table and gave them both their drinks. I felt the man on my left stare at me whilst I placed his drink in front of him. He probably saw me staring at him earlier. Shit, what if he did?
Now I could feel myself getting warmer and going redder. I reluctantly tore my eyes away from his impenetrable stare to put Rosalie's drink down. She had a smug look on her face. She glanced down at her food and wrinkled her nose while narrowing her eyes. It didn't look like she wanted this pancake. Her face told me it look absolutely gross to her.
"Erm, Rose?" I questioned nervously since there was an awkward atmosphere. She looked at me and smiled sweetly so I continued "Is this what you ordered? If it's not it's no problem but if you don't like it, I can easily get you something else. It's just your looking at it like it's dirt or something." I felt myself begin to ramble and she laughed. If I ever laugh, I sound like a pig but she never fails to sound angelic.
"No sweety, it's fine" She began laughing again and I turned back to Edward who had glanced at her and was smirking. He was so stunning, I swear I forgot to breathe for a second but then too soon, he turned back to me and I swear if he could blush he would have. "Bella, this is Edward, my brother"
He nodded as if to confirm this without looking away from me. I look at my feel hiding my face from him with my hair and then gave Rosalie a quizzical look. Then it clicked, new family member! That's what Alice had meant. Well why couldn't she have just said, you need to look good today as you will be meeting the most perfect man at work today, another member joining our family. Wait, perfect? He hadn't even said a word to me.
True Rosalie fashion, I flicked my hair back so I could see him again. If I was looking at her right now, I'm sure she would have been proud but honestly, I just needed my hair out the way so I could see him. Urgh, Bella, stop analysing everything.
"It's nice to meet you Bella" He said sincerely though his eyes were glinting. I couldn't understand it but I felt drawn to him and he had only spoken 5 words to me.
"And you, I hope you're feeling settled here and the move wasn't too tiring" was all I heard myself say.
"Move?" He asked. Oh, those eyes, I was getting lost in them. I leaned in further nodding.
"Alice had said this morning that she was excited because of a new family member." Again, it just seem to come out. Why I kept blurting stuff out I had no idea.
He looked panicked for a moment though, like I had said something shocking. "Oh, well thanks you" he started but was stumbling for words. This was odd but then he got there "but I have been here for a while. I just don't attend Forks high school as Esme wanted to try and home school me this year and I had agreed"
Now it was my turn to be shocked. He wasn't a new family member, but I had never seen him before? And great, I'd even said I hope the move was okay. I had a million more questions in my head but needed to talk with Alice. Why had she said that?
He was giving me an odd look and I realised it was probably because I had lost myself in thought. That happened quite a lot if I'm honest. So instead, I nodded at him before smiling at them both and trying to turn elegantly to walk out the door.
Of course that didn't happen. I got my left foot caught on my right and I was lucky I wasn't carrying anything. I squeezed my eye shut knowing I'd be on the floor in just a few moment and braced myself for the impact. But then, I felt something hard and strong around my waste and was spun to be facing the other way.
An angel chuckled gently and spoke kindly "Open your eyes Bella" and so I did. I found myself in Edwards arm gazing up at him. I had one hand on his shoulder whilst he was somehow also holding my other one. My heart sped up and I felt flustered. He was so perfect and was smiling at me, dazzling me. We must have only been like this for a few second but it felt longer and I wanted it to last longer to. We were both in each other worlds until Rosalie coughed bringing us back to reality. I tried to move out of Edwards arms but couldn't, he was too strong. Sensing my struggle though, he let me up and I gasped again when I felt just how cold he was. "Are you okay?" he asked concerned.
"That's a good question" I muttered quietly but much to my embarrassment he had heard and I could feel him shaking from laughter even though no sound had left his lips. "I'm fine" I corrected my statement quickly and this time turned without falling to go and find Alice. She better have some good answers.
