As Alice watched her husband and Emmett play some ridiculously violent video game, she thought excitedly about the guest who was due to arrive any minute. Everyone in the house was eagerly anticipating Bella's arrival. They had met so few fellow "vegetarians", the only others in the world they knew of were the Denali family, and so everyone was intrigued by the unexpected arrival.

Well, unexpected by some.

Alice had been seeing Bella for years. Occasional glimpses of the other vampire's life (and Alice had been saddened to see how lonely that life was) and also visions of the future, a future in which Bella was extremely important to her. They were going to be best friends. She had a particularly solid vision of she and Bella with their arms wrapped around each other smiling. It was one of the most solid visions she'd ever had. That, the vision that that had led her to Jasper, and the one she had had of the Cullen's that had led her and Jasper to them.

And then there was the vision she had had seconds after meeting Edward. It was crystal clear and had never wavered, not once in all the years since. She had been keeping it from Edward for decades, and she had a feeling she would see it come to pass very soon.

As a new vision flashed in her mind she smiled and called out, "Everyone, she's almost here."

**

Bella turned off her motorcycle and climbed off, staring up at the huge white house before her. It was lovely; as was the isolated forest it sat in. It was also imposing, but only because what she knew lay waiting for her inside of it. Bella hated being the center of attention and she knew she would spend the next few hours being exactly that. She slowly walked to the door and was just raising her hand to knock when it opened, revealing the two vampires she hadn't met. They introduced themselves as Carlisle and Esme Cullen and welcomed her inside.

"May I take your jacket Bella?" Esme asked in a warm, inviting voice. Bella smiled and handed her jacket over. Esme smiled back at her. "It's so nice to meet you. When the children told me that there was another one of our kind in living in town I was surprised, especially to hear that you followed our…diet." They both laughed softly. Esme explained that everyone was waiting for her in the living room and they walked toward it, but Bella saw something that stopped her in her tracks.

It was a beautiful baby grand piano. It looked brand new, though Bella was sure that was from cleaning rather than lack of use. A piano this lovely had to be played. She stood gazing at it until a voice broke her from her reverie.

"Do you play?"

It was Edward, gazing at her with those eyes, so like her own, but infinitely more beautiful in his godlike face. Bella was wordless for a few seconds, struck by his beauty, but then found he voice and answered, "No. Well, yes, but I haven't played in a very long time. Do you play?"

Edward smiled slightly. "Yeah, quite a bit. I'm surprised I haven't worn out the keys, actually. I played when I was human and have always loved it. How long have you played?"

Bella's smile faltered. "My father taught me." She didn't say anything else, and after a moment Edward sat down at the bench and started playing lightly. It wasn't anything Bella had ever heard before, and he seemed to be improvising. He lifted his head and gazed at her, nodding his head toward the empty space next to him on the bench. She hesitated for a moment, and then slowly sat beside him.

She watched him play for a few moments, listening to the beautiful music he was creating, before lifting her hands to the keys and joining him. They played together, the different notes dancing around each other, in perfect rhythm and harmony. They played for what seemed like hours, until the song they created slowly came to an end. Bella looked up at Edward and knew that if it were possible, she would have tears in her eyes.

She smiled shakily at him. 'Thank you." They gazed at each other until Alice's excited voice broke them out of their shared trance. They turned their heads to the diminutive vampire, who was waiting impatiently for them in the doorway to the living room. As she stood to follow Alice, Bella turned and gave Edward another small smile before turning back and walking into the living room.

**

Edward followed Bella into the living room where his family waited, his head spinning. Who was this beautiful, mysterious, confounding woman? He had been sure that spending more time with her would let him see that she was the same as all the other women, human and vampire alike, he had met in his long life. But she surprised him at every turn. The haunting sadness in her eyes when she mentioned her father made his heart ache and he had wanted nothing more than to pull her into his arms. When he had motioned for her to play with him he had not expected much, but her passion and talent had stunned him. Never had he met anyone he could play with like that, someone who's skill and creativity matched his own. The song they had created together played again in his head and he smiled to himself as he sat in an overstuffed armchair, turning his attention to the vampire who was slowly but surely turning his world upside down.

He listened as Bella spoke to Carlisle and Esme, explaining the facts about her life she had already told the others at school earlier that day. When she explained that she lived alone for decades at a time, he saw Esme's face crease with sadness and smiled at her sympathetic thoughts. His adoptive mother was so loving that she couldn't bear the thought of such a sweet girl being so lonely. Bella also seemed to notice Esme's thoughts because she focused on her, smiling.

"Its very kind of you to worry about me, Esme, but I'm very content living the way I am." Esme and the rest of the family looked confused, and Edward questioned Bella, "How did you know what she was thinking?"

Bella chuckled to herself. "I suppose I should explain about my…talent." She chuckled again as Alice squealed excitedly. His brothers and parents looked incredibly interested. The only person not impressed was Roslie, who mentally grumbled over meeting yet another vampire with an extra gift.

"I have a way of…knowing things. Vampire I've met in the past have theorized that the special gifts some of our kind posses come from traits form our human life that are amplified during the change. I remember being very perceptive as a human." Bella ducked her head, seemingly embarrassed. Edward thought that if she had been human she would be blushing, she clearly didn't enjoy being the center of attention. "It was nothing special, I just always picked up on things most others didn't. After I changed," a grimace at this, quickly suppressed, "this increased exponentially. I just…know things."

Emmett laughed heartily. "Care to expand on that? We all know things."

Bella smiled at Emmett. "Well, for instance, I know that you almost died at the hands of a bear, and to this day they're you're favorite meal. Revenge is sweet, huh?" Everyone in the room was shocked into silence at this.

Carlisle looked very intrigued. "So, Bella, you can meet someone and know things about their past?"

Bella nodded. "Past, present…future sometimes. Its not always just about people though. Sometimes I know what the weather will be like the next day. Or I'll know that across the world someone is getting married or dying. Sometimes I'll know exactly what someone thinks of me, or their deepest and darkest secret." She smiled wickedly at that.

"Does it work on everyone?" Jasper asked.

Bella smile lessened at this. "Normally yes. There have only been two people my ability has never worked on. Myself…and Edward."

Again the room was stunned into silence. Edward took a moment to process this information. He found himself both pleased and disappointed. Pleased because it was only fair that if his gift didn't work with her, the same should be true in reverse. But he was also disappointed and he didn't really know why. He shook it off and questioned Bella, "So you don't…know things…about yourself?"

Bella looked into his eyes. He saw that sadness again and his still heart ached again. "When I was finished changing and opened my eyes, I knew exactly what I was and what I could do. I knew that I had to be careful to stay away from humans if I didn't want to hurt them, and that I could survive off of the blood of animals. After that, my ability has never worked on myself again."

Everyone in the room stayed silent for a moment. Unsurprisingly it was an exuberant Alice who broke the silence, literally bouncing up and down in her seat. "Use it on me, Bella, tell me what you know about me."

Bella looked hesitant. "Its not always good, what I know about people. I can't control the knowledge, it just kind of settles into my mind and I can't force it." Alice smile didn't waver at all, so Bella sighed and looked into Alice's eyes. Everyone waited for something dramatic, but Bella simply began speaking.

"You don't remember anything about your human life. You have visions of the future that are entirely subjective, based on people's decisions. Sometime in the next decade or so you'll meet a girl named Samantha who smells very appetizing to you but you'll stay strong and resist. The vampire who changed you did it to keep you safe from someone who wanted you very badly."

Alice's eyes widened as she took in this information. The rest of the family was just as surprised. They had all accepted that Alice's human past was something that would forever be a mystery and now this strange, beautiful, incredible vampire had changed that.

Edward's other siblings quickly clamored to be next, and Bella amazed them each with incredible information about their past, present and future. She knew of Jasper's service in the civil war, his history with the power-hungry Maria, and his deep-seated fear of loosing control and disappointing Alice. She told Emmett that he would meet a descendant of one of his human brothers in 2013. She even gained Rosalie's appreciation when she told her that if she hadn't taken her vengeance on Royce he would have gone on to rape and kill four other women.

Soon Carlisle interrupted, alerting the others that dawn was approaching and if Bella wanted to have time to get home and change before school she would need to leave soon. Everyone made their goodbyes to Bella and Edward felt his heart warm at the affectionate thoughts of his family. They were already enamored of Bella, especially Alice, Emmett and Esme. Bella stood to go and Edward realized that even though he would see her in less than two hours at school he did not like the idea of being parted from her. He met Bella's eyes, asking, "May I walk you out?"

She smiled shyly and nodded her head, surprising him by looping her arm through his. He ignored Alice and Esme's mental squealing and led Bella to the front door in a companionable silence. They walked out together and Edward reluctantly let go of Bella's arm and watched her climb onto her bike.

"No helmet?" He asked with a grin. She grinned back at him. "Not only would it not do me any good but helmet hair is the worst." They chuckled together, their eyes locked. Edward knew she needed to go but couldn't help prolonging her departure.

"So your power really doesn't work on me?' She nodded her head and he could tell this frustrated her. But she smiled at him and told him, "I guess that means we'll just have to get to know each other the old fashioned way. Bye Edward, I'll see you at school."

He watched as she sped off down the road, unable to control the smile on his face. She wanted to get to know him. For the first time in a century he couldn't wait to get to school.