A/N: Stephenie Meyer owns Twilight. Enjoy and review!
Bella POV
I looked around my gorgeous penthouse in New York City. It was on the top floor of an apartment building, 25 stories up {A/N imagine Bruce Wayne's penthouse in The Dark Knight}. It was almost completely surrounded with a giant pane of glass. It's a bit freaky changing because basically anybody could be watching. I have an excellent paying job, in a good part of NYC. My colleagues are amazing people; I have a great life, and enough money for whatever I want. The only thing that was missing in my life before was something to make it more comfortable. So I adopted a couple dogs from the New York City Shelter, a golden retriever named Ivy and a husky named Storm. Storm and Ivy are energetic dogs and they love exercise. I also adopted a daughter, Alyssa. She has been with me for two years so far, and I don't regret a thing.
"Mama!" Alyssa broke me out of my trance.
"Yes sweetie?" I answered calmly as I put two bowls of cereal on the table, a jug of low fat soy milk and two glasses beside each bowl.
"I don't know what to wear!" I sighed.
"Well, Alyssa, how 'bout you wear that new pair of blue jeans I got you and your red shirt with the ladybug on it and your white socks?"
"That's pretty!" She said. "But what about my feet?" she curiously peered down at her feet which were already covered in the white socks.
"Now that's a surprise!" I smiled and gave her a small shoebox, big enough for a small pair of shoes. "I got these for your first day of school.
"What's this mommy?" she smiled widely and took the shoebox. She tore through it rapidly and threw the tissue paper on the floor. Yet another mess to clean up, I thought.
"Mommy!" She squealed. "I love them!" She put the Bratz shoes I had given her on her feet, ran over to me and gave me a massive hug. "They're exactly the ones I wanted!" There was a huge smile on her face as she sat on the chair and downed her cereal in what felt like seconds. Thankfully I kept speed with her as she ate. Alyssa was very excited because today's the day she first starts kindergarten.
"Let's go sweetie," I put our dishes in the sink and took Alyssa's hand and walked her out to my silver Honda Civic. The twenty minutes it took to drive to her school passed by in what seemed like mere seconds. Alyssa was wiggling in her seat, wearing brand new clothes and a small Bratz knapsack. Bratz was her latest obsession. I pulled up to the ride-in crescent and she jumped out of the car.
"Bye mommy!" Her smile lit up her face as she ran into the school. I looked into the rearview mirror and I saw a familiar honey blond standing about twenty feet back. His hair was in disarray and his beautiful features and ivory skin seemed very similar. What was shocking were his vibrant, amber eyes. They stared into mine quickly and I gasped. He looked so familiar, but I just couldn't nab my mind onto where I remembered him. I dropped my gaze, blinked, and looked behind me again. There was no trace of that gorgeous man. I blinked my eyes again and wondered if I just imagined it all. I shrugged my shoulders and pulled out of the school.