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BPOV

The 'sleepover' was fun I had to say! It was exactly what I needed to keep my mind clear.

We ate several tubs of ice cream (Alice and Rosalie are the kind of girls that can eat everything and still not gain any weight, naturally) and watched The Notebook. I have seen the movie about a million times, but I still bawl every time I see it. I never have kissed a boy in the rain...

Of course it wouldn't be a sleepover without torture treatment, Alice and Rose style. They did a makeover, again. The manicures and pedicures were well needed, I have to say, but the facial and salt scrub were not totally needed.

Alice and Rosalie were right. The sleepover cheered me up immensely, and I'm pretty sure I didn't think about Edward the whole night, that is, until the two girls fell asleep. I was left to only my thoughts.

I couldn't get to sleep, (even though I had an appointment tomorrow) but I didn't want to wake Alice or Rose up.

I decided to take a walk.

I went down to the beach, right outside my house. See, I unlike other celebrities, don't want to be in the constant light of Hollywood. I decided to live in Stone Harbor, New Jersey.

(I go there on Vacations. It's really is beautiful!)

Anyway I walked down to the beach I knew so well. It was dark, and the sound the waves crashing against the shore started to sooth me as always. The buoys out at sea rang, like music to my ears. The moon was shining brightly, and illuminated the water. It looked like a movie scene.

I was absent-mindedly playing with the sand when I heard a velvet voice call,

"Bella?"

EPOV

Ah, I knew what would take my mind off Bella!

I should call my cousin Emmett. Sure he is goofy, and completely out of his mind, not to mention he has the IQ of a pre-schooler, wait scratch that, the pre-schooler is definitely smarter, his stupid antics would really cheer me up.

So I called him up on the phone.

"Buddy the Elf, what's your favorite color?" he said when he answered. I really hated the fact that he can't even answer his phone without acting like a two-year old.

"Emmett, that's stupid. Listen, I need a guy's night out, STAT." I said getting straight to the point.

"Why hello to you to Edward. I will have you know that it is International Answer the Phone Like Buddy the Elf Day, and I signed a pledge on facebook to answer the phone like Buddy the Elf today. As for the night out, I think I can manage that. Rosalie is having a sleepover with Bella anyway so I'm alone. You know what I don't get though? The fact that they are having a sleepover when they live together…"

I cut him off. "You know what never mind, I'm not feeling that well."

And it's true. I hate the fact that I can't escape from Bella. I hate it, but love it too…

She had this hold over me. After one meeting, I knew that if she asked for my right kidney, I would give it to her.

I needed some fresh air. Thankfully my back yard was a beautiful beach. I moved here, so close to the ocean, when work started getting too stressful. The sounds that the beach make calm me down considerably.

Hopefully a walk on the beach would help me get rid of my depressing thoughts of Bella.

I went out the door and started running on the beach. After a while I stopped because I saw a woman, all alone, just staring at the water in pure amazement, as if she was captivated just by the sight of it. I knew she hadn't seen me yet, but all I could do was stand there staring at her.

Wait a minute, was that Bella?

Great, now I really couldn't escape from her.

She looked even more beautiful in the moonlight, if that was even possible. I had an overwhelming feeling to touch her. I wanted to make sure that she was really there, not some figment of my imagination.

My mouth moved on its own accord, and I could hear myself saying,

"Bella?"

BPOV

I couldn't help it. I was alone on a beach in the middle of the night, some one could easily over power me. I screamed.

Two soft warm arms grabbed my waist and spun me around. Oh... well there goes my train of thought...

"Oh, it's just you. What brings you here Edward?"

"I couldn't sleep. So I went for a run on the beach. What about you? Do you always stand out here just looking at the world, or is that a one time thing?" He said sitting down gracefully next to me. I couldn't lie I was a little jealous of his gracefulness. Okay, maybe a lot jealous.

I smirked at him. "I couldn't sleep either. I just came down to the beach because I was bored and I didn't want to wake Rosalie or Alice up. They would kill me if I stole another one of their precious beauty sleeps." I said while looking at the water. I didn't want to be caught staring, and it was way to hard to form a rational sentence while I was looking at him.

"Does this happen all the time?" he asked.

"Yeah, I always have a hard time sleeping, since… well, it's a long story." Way to scare him off Bella! I mentally chided myself. He doesn't need to know about Charlie and Renee.

"Since when? You can trust me." He seemed genuinely interested. He grabbed my hand, as if to remind me that he was there, of course, I had never been more aware of some one in my whole life. I knew I could trust him, but those memories still cause me pain. The nightmares are why I can't sleep at night, and not even Rose or Alice knows about them.

"Sorry it's just hard." I said as the tears fell down my face. As if on que, tiny water droplets began falling from the sky. It was a very soft rain, barely there.

"Don't cry, Bella. Please don't cry. I can distract you. I'll tell you a little bit about myself. But you have to promise to tell me if I'm boring you." He said wiping my tears. I laughed a small laugh. As if anything about him could be boring.

"Alright, I'm sure you won't bore me. I find you very... captivating." I told him.

"Well. We'll see about that. To tell you the truth, this is the first time in a long time that I haven't been able to sleep. Work is always so complicated and hectic, it wears me out. Usually I just fall straight asleep. I don't know what's wrong with me today!" He enlightened me, laughing at the end.

"So do you live by yourself? Isn't that lonely?" I asked him.

"Not really, I'm the kind of person that likes to be alone." He informed me.

My face fell a little. He hadn't spoken since then. I looked to him, and saw him facing the ocean, his eyes closed.

"Oh, I'm so sorry I must be boring you! I'll just head home. See you later, Edward." I said hesitantly while getting up. Wouldn't this just be the time to trip?

"No!" Edward shouted. I looked to him and tilted my head, scrunching my eyebrows. " Please don't leave. I like talking to you. Makes me feel normal." He grabbed my arm he pulled me down a little closer to him. Now this was heaven.

"What about your parents?" I asked with a crack in my voice.

"My parents died in a car accident when I was young, so I went to live with my aunt and uncle. You know Esme and Carlisle." He said. Thankfully he didn't ask about my parents.

"Oh I'm so sorry! I didn't know!" I apologized.

"It's alright, I didn't really know them. Esme and Carlisle were like my real parents. I count myself as lucky."

At this point, the soft rain changed. It started coming down in torrents, as if some one tipped over a giant bucked in the sky.

"Uh oh, you are getting all wet! I'll walk you to your house." He said, pulling me up with him. Stupid rain. I was painfully aware that the black lacy bra Rose forced me in was becoming quite obvious as the rain hit my white shirt.

At least he's going to walk me home.

"Where do you live?" he asked.

"Its alright, I can walk myself home, I don't want you to have to walk all the way back." I said. I turned over my shoulder, but I tripped on a grain of sand. That's embarrassing.

I was waiting to feel the ground, but all I felt was Edwards's hands on my waist.

He caught me!

"Thanks" I said brushing myself off.

"Sure, I have a feeling you do this often? Now you're definitely not walking home by yourself. Not only would it be ungentlemanly, which is not how Esme raised me, but I'm sure you wouldn't be able to walk home without tripping and getting a bruise. And maybe I just want to spend more time with you…" He said, giving me a dazzling smile.

I smiled back at him. "Alright then, its three blocks down and the first one on the right."

We walked in silence for most of the time. I was thinking of The Notebook, even if it was impossible for Edward to like someone like me.

I always wanted to kiss someone in the rain.

Finally, we reached my sidewalk. The rain was still pelting down on us.

"This is it right?" He asked. I must have been standing there for a while.

"Yes, it is. Thank you so much for walking me home. That was very sweet. Goodnight Edward."

"Goodnight Bella. We should walk on the beach again sometime." He said. He hesitated before kissing me on the cheek and walked away. I felt electric sparks. Could he be anymore perfect?

I walked in the door stunned, but in complete bliss.

That was my almost first kiss in the rain.