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BPOV

I ran into Alice just as she was coming out of the elevator. "Oh hey Bells, thought you were gonna be no show." Her whole face lit up at the site of me. Leave it to Alice to make you feel like shit for being a couple minutes late. "Edward's here unpacking or whatever, just go on up." She smiled and gave me a kiss on the cheek and stepped out of the elevator.

I clicked the button for Alice's floor, the elevator made an ear blowing screeching sound and jerked upwards. I really hated this elevator, it always scared the shit out of me. A flashback of the dying woman in Final Destination appeared in my mind. Oh fuck, I don't do well with scary movies.

The elevator finally came to a halt and I stumbled over to the door. I brought my fist up the door and hesitantly knocked. I hope this goes okay. The door flew open instantly and I came face to face with Edward Cullen. He was definitely not what I was expecting. With his shaggy bronze hair and emerald green eyes, he could easily be a model. Not to mention is body! Not that I noticed or anything…

He raised his hand and ran it through his hair. God, what I would give to run my fingers through that sex hair. "You must be Bella. Alice told me you were my entertainment for the night." He smiled and stepped aside so I could walk in.

The familiar setting of Alice's living room calmed my furiously beating heart. Me and Alice spent many nights sitting on that weird bright red couch Alice called "fashionable," watching movies and eating pizza from Ritoli's, the corner pizza shop.

"Soooo, how long are you here?" I asked, trying to get the conversation flowing. I took a seat on the red couch and when Edward didn't immediately follow, I felt a little hurt. Instead he sat on one of the white chairs on either side of the couch. Ouch.

"The entire summer, dad's idea." He said, rolling his eyes. "Oh, I thought you wanted to see your sister?" I said, raising my eyebrows. Did he and Alice not get along? Alice never mentioned anything, so I assumed they got along.

"Of course I do. But staying here for the entire summer? Not my ideal setting." So he's a snob. I remember Alice telling me about her Blue blood family and how the minute she turned 18, she ran like hell out of that world.

"Forks isn't the best town. But there's nice people here. You'll have fun." I smiled.

"I really doubt that." He rolled his eyes "There's nothing to fucking do around here. And my dad told me I need to get a job. Can you believe that!? Alice wants me to work at Carl's Bar as the busboy. Who in their right mind would want to work there!?" Okay that stung a little. Obviously Alice didn't tell Edward that I work there too.

"Don't be too hard on Carl, he's a sweetheart. Plus you'll be working with me and your sister, so at least you'll know people." I tried to sound nice but this guy was standing here, complaining about having a job for the summer? While I have to bust my ass everyday to make ends meet with a shit eating grin plastered on my face.

He looked at me like I was a piece of trash and then stared at the ceiling. "Yup. Guess so." Okay that just tipped me over the edge. I was not about to sit here and be insulted by this asshole. Good looks or not, he was definitely ugly on the inside.

I picked up my jacket and headed for the door. "Wait, where are you going?" Edward asked, annoyed. "I told Alice I would show you around town, but I guess that's the last thing you wanna do since this town 'isn't up to your standards.' I'm sorry if Carl's Bar isn't the greatest place to work, but it pays. And unlike you, most of us don't have a dad who can buy us whatever the fuck we want."

And with that, I walked out of the door. I didn't notice Edward was following me until I reached the elevator. "What the fuck?" I asked. The elevator doors shut behind him and I clicked button that leads to the Lobby.

"Okay I'm sorry, I acted like an asshole. Can we just please start all over?" I opened my mouth to reply but the lights in the elevator flickered and the whole floor shook. I instinctively grabbed Edward for dear life, hiding my head in his chest.

"I think we're having an earthquake." Edward said in an intense voice that I would find extremely sexy if I wasn't mad at him….and if we weren't in this situation.

"OH MY GOD! WE'RE ABOUT TO DIE!" I screamed. Yeah, I get dramatic sometimes. The lights went out and I couldn't see an inch in front of me. I clutched Edward tighter. Suddenly the shaking stopped. I eased my head out of the crook in Edward's neck and looked around. Pitch black. God I hate the darkness. I always freak out when I can't see my own fucking hand in front of my face.

Edward reached for something in his pocket and a tiny ray of light shown- his cell phone. "Any service?" I asked. Edward looked at the screen and scrunched up his nose. "Nope nothing. Fuck, I think we're stuck until someone notices we're up here."

I let go of Edward and sat down on the ground, this time Edward sat next to me. It's weird how situations like this can really change how a person is. Edward seemed… nicer.

"I don't think it was an earth quake. This fucking old elevator has been having problems for a while. Lucky we were in it when it finally decided to break down." I snorted. I took out my cell phone, wondering if by some miracle mine was working. Fuck. No bars.

A few minutes of silence passed while both of us tried to think of what to do. Edward broke the silence and said "Look Bella, I'm sorry about what I said. I had no idea you worked there too. Shit, that sounds even worse. Okay….Listen, the truth is that I'm kind of jealous of Alice." Okay that was a bit of a shock, "It's just that, she can live her own life, without my dad controlling her. I feel like I'm my dad's puppet and he keeps yanking the fucking strings." I could hear him lay down fully. Fuck it, we're going to be here a while, might as well get comfortable. I kicked off my shoes and lay down next to him.

"It's okay, I understand. Well, actually I don't. But, I guess I can sympathize." I said, my voice cracking at the end. Yeah, did I mention that my voice cracks when I'm nervous? Fucking lights…

More silence. I couldn't stand this fucking silence. "Edward?" I whispered. "Hmm?" He responded, sounding like he was half way asleep. "Can you…. Keep talking? Being in the pitch black kind of makes me nervous." I said, truthfully. I expected him to crack a joke at my expense, but instead he said, "What about?" I could tell that he had his head facing me because of the clarity of his voice. I turned around so that I was facing him too. "Anything." I whispered.

He cleared his throat, "Well, I guess I can tell you my life story." He laughed sarcastically "My life story, what a joke. Me and Alice grew up in a…. privileged home. But my mom, she never saw it that way. No matter how much money my dad made as a doctor, it never went to her head. She was always sweet, kind, unselfish. When I was 10 and Alice was 12, she got cancer. It was at pretty serious stages because my mom never mentioned how much pain she was in. The doctor basically told us she had 6 months to live. Alice and I spent all our time with her and then…. She died a year later. My dad, he just acted like everything was okay. He buried himself in work, Alice and I basically took care of ourselves. Well, more Alice took care of me than I took care of myself."

"Alice told me that her mom died, but she never told me the details." I said. Wow, Alice went through a lot more than she led on.

"Yeah, Alice doesn't like to talk about it much. Probably because our dad changed so much after she died. He became a total asshole. And a womanizer! My new stepmom, she's fucking 5 years older than me. That's so disgusting."

"Oh wow that's… well that's just gross." I made a disgusted face but then realized that Edward couldn't see it.

"And when Alice left, I just . . . . Crashed. My grades went to hell. I was out partying all the time. I mean, why stay at home studying when you can get away with everything because your dad's not there to whip your ass? So, I went to college, you can thank the Doctor's money for that one. I switch majors every semester. I just don't know what I want to be yet. I'm not fucking good at anything except screwing over my life and other people's lives. Hmmmmm, maybe I should become a politician." I cracked a smile and snorted. God I hate when I do that. I sound like a fucking pig.

"So what about you, Bella Swan? What's your life story?"

A few seconds of silence passed. "Well…. Ummm." I said, stalling for time. Fuck I don't wanna share my shitty life with him.

"Oh come on. I told you more about my life than anyone should no. Please?" How could I resist when he asked so nicely?

"Okay fine." I groaned. "Yay!" He said like a little kid and scooted closer to me. Oh god, like that's gonna help the nerves.

Well, I grew up in a house that was…… Well it was bad. My dad was the crooked police chief of Forks. Always letting criminals get off easy if they promised him some meth. He'd come home all tweaked out and just go insane. Everything pissed him off. And he took it out on my mom a lot… beating her, calling her a whore or a slut. Until one day my mom gathered the courage to leave his pathetic ass. But, she kind of forgot me. She left me alone with him. Every day I wonder why she did that, why didn't she take me with her. I haven't seen her since I was 12. Sometimes I would sit for hours in my room, wondering where she is now, is she with another man? Is she in Paris studying art like she always wanted to? Or is she somewhere in Washington right under my nose?"

I paused and turned to him. Yeah, it was a shitload to take him. Fuck Bella, you're supposed to get him in your pants, not scare him away!

When I didn't continue, Edward said "Go on." He gave me a reassuring nudge with his shoulder. Okay so I wasn't scaring him away. Yaaaaaaay. But why is part of me still not unsure? Fuck this schizoid shit.

"Okay umm, so the years went by and my dad didn't lay a hand on me. Basically because I stayed in my room day in and day out. But one day I met this guy named Jacob. And we became best friends so fast. I would sneak out of my window and climb down the tree and go see him at night. One night, we decided to walk near the cliffs, and Jake was talking about how people would jump off of them. It was summer so the water was fairly warm. We jumped together, and when I came up and didn't see his head immediately resurface, I began searching and searching for him. I was so scared and it was getting dark. I climbed on a nearby rock and waited for help. I never saw Jake again. We were 16 then. My dad was so angry with me, when he found out I was sneaking out at night, and he was so tweaked that day, he kicked me out and I've been on my own since."

There was another moment of silence and I worried that I might've bored him so much that he fell asleep. But then he grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight. I hadn't expected this since I couldn't fucking see in this black abyss of nothingness. Did I mention I don't like the pitch black? I think I did but I'll say it again. I hate it. I hate it, hate it, fucking hate it.

"I'm so sorry that happened to you." I was surprised how earnest he was. He's supposed to be a jerk!

"Everyone's lives are fucked up some way. Mines just…. Especially fucked." We both laughed for a minute and then the silence returned. But not awkward, more like peaceful.

Soon I found myself dozing off. How I could sleep on a disgusting floor that people's feet are on all day is beyond me. But having Edward's hand in mine was enough to make me feel sleep enough to sleep.

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