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Chapter One – Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me

I walk a lonely road,

The only one that I have ever known,

Don't know where it goes,

But it's home to me and I walk alone.

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EPOV

"Mom, I'll be back before you know it, there's nothing to worry about," I said, comforting her.

"Esme, dear, we really should let Edward go otherwise his plane will leave without him," my dad joked.

My mom sniffed and hugged me tightly, "You have fun, okay?"

I smiled, "Yes mom."

I hugged her one more time before placing a kiss on her forehead.

"See you in a few weeks, son," my dad said.

"See you dad," I said, just as the announcer said, "All passengers on Flight 269 to Hawaii, please head to the gate now. All passengers…"

I headed towards the gate, looking back with one last wave to my parents. They had tried persuading me not to go, but I needed to take a break right now from all the drama that had been happening in my life.

Once I was one the plane, I put my headphones in my ears and tried to tune out what was happening around me.

"Excuse me, Mr. Cullen. Is there anything you need?" one of the hostesses asked.

"No, thank you," I replied.

"Anything at all?"

"No, nothing at all," I said curtly as she left.

That was one of the problems with being an international celebrity, people recognized you everywhere. In the streets, in the shops, even in the countryside.

I was used to it though. It had been two years since I had released my first ever song which had been an immediate hit and since then, my fame had only risen. As a young boy sitting at the piano with a tune running through his head, I'd never imagined that I'd be famous for writing songs.

But with the fame comes the media. It was the worst part of the job as far as I was concerned. I never spent much time with my parents at home in Chicago because of my busy schedule. I had to attend parties and publicity shoots and give interviews to magazines and every other week, the media would be speculating who I was going out with or who I was secretly dating.

I laughed softly to myself, if only they knew. I'd had my fair share of girlfriends but none of them ever seemed right. I was still looking for someone to make me complete, to sing with me in perfect harmony, but she was yet to come along. It didn't help that every girl that I met either wanted me for my fame, my money or to sleep with me. Usually it was all of them. I had never met a girl who wanted me as a person and not the Edward Cullen that the public knew.

Only my parents really knew me. I'd never had many close friends while I was at school and now that I was famous, people only wanted to know me because of my name.

A few weeks ago, I had been certain that I had found the girl I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

Tanya Denali was one of the most famous actresses at the moment. She was very talented and had already won an Oscar for Best Female Actress in her debut film. She was tipped to be the 'next big thing' and her name was everywhere in Hollywood.

A year ago, we met at the premier for her new movie which I had composed a song for on the soundtrack. Afterwards, there was a party for all the people involved. I had been roped in to attending by my publicist who assured me that it would give me the publicity that I needed for my new album. Not altogether reassured, I had agreed to go and had met Tanya.

She was very pretty and had seemed like a nice girl when I met her and she was obviously attracted to me. I barely paid any attention to anything else that night, instead focusing on her. When we left the party that night, she handed me her phone number and asked me to call.

A week later, we started going out. A month later, I knew that I had fallen deeply for her.

I had definitely thought that I was in love with Tanya. My parents had always told me that when I loved a woman, I needed to make her mine and hold on to her for all eternity.

So just a few weeks ago, I planned to propose to her. I had it all planned out, I would take her out to dinner and play for her a song that I composed especially for her. And then I would ask her to marry me.

We arrived at the place where we were going to have dinner, but then just as I was going to play for her, she placed her hand on my arm and smiled sadly at me.

"Edward," she said, "This past year has been amazing and incredible. You're a wonderful guy, but it's not working for us."

Those words sent an icy knife straight to my heart and it stayed there, twisting my insides with pain. She had just broken up with me for no reason at all.

Well, none that I could tell. The next day, still in a daze from the night before, I walked into my office early in the morning to see my publicist, only to find him and Tanya in a very compromising position.

If Tanya's words had hurt me before, this killed me. To find the woman that I had thought I had loved with one of the people I thought I could trust in this very fierce and competitive world.

I had run out of the office without looking back. The next day, I fired my publicist and cancelled all my upcoming shows and interviews and appointments. I needed to take a break, but I didn't know where to go. I couldn't go back to my parents, they would ask questions and at the moment, I didn't need to be reminded about what had happened. I decided on an impromptu holiday somewhere remote, away from all the paparazzi and my work.

I had locked myself away in my own world for the past weeks until my flight to finish any work which I couldn't leave behind. I was hurting but I did not allow anyone else to help me. I needed to figure this on my own, figure out what I really wanted.

I had been so ready to give my life to Tanya, I had truly believed that I was in love. But it wasn't love, she didn't love me back.

Now I didn't know what to believe. If love existed, how come I had not found it yet? Or was there no such thing as love to begin with? Was there nothing out there for the few who wanted to believe that everyone had a soul mate?

So I had come to the conclusion yes, there was love. But it was not for me.

The worst thing was though, I had lost my music. The music that had always flowed through me like a river had now dried up. I could no longer hear the sounds that I used to, the music that I played had lost its sparkle, it's spark of life and was now just a bunch of notes played together. I had not composed anything since Tanya's rejection. I had lost my singing voice from disuse.

Hawaii had seemed like the perfect place to escape to. The sun would be out at this time of year and the bright and cheerful atmosphere would take my mind off less than pleasant things. Or so I hoped. It would most likely be a futile effort.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking. Please fasten your seatbelts and make sure your tray tables are placed in the upright position, we are coming in to land."

I buckled my seatbelt as the plane tilted forward. I looked out the window to see palm trees, sunshine yellow sand and clear blue seas.

Welcome to Hawaii.

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I walk this empty street,

On the boulevard of broken dreams,

Where the city sleeps and I'm the only one and I walk alone,

I walk alone.

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BPOV

"Hey Bells," Alice smiled at me as I approached her.

"Hey Alice. Ready to get started?" I asked.

"Let's get this show on the road," she grinned.

I turned to the group in front of us. It was a group of about 15 girls and boys, all around 12 to 15 years old.

"Okay guys, ready to play some beach volleyball?" I asked.

"Yeah!" they all shouted enthusiastically.

Alice and I set up the nets and divided the group into two teams and then we started on our game.

I worked at the Kala Mala Resort in Hawaii, taking the guests on prearranged activities that the resort offered. I loved my job because it was fun to meet all the different people and also because I got to live in beautiful Hawaii. I mean, could it get any better than that?

I was originally from Phoenix, Arizona but moved to Forks to live with my dad Charlie when I was 17. I had hated it in Forks, it was always raining and the sun would never come out. As soon as I finished high school and university, I took a trip to Hawaii with my best friend Alice and somehow never left, ending up with a job at the resort.

I had long brown hair and brown eyes and my skin was pale despite the fact that I was in the sun constantly. I was also accident prone which was never good. On the other hand, Alice had short black hair and reminded me of a pixie. A pixie with unlimited amounts of energy.

When we first started working at the resort, Alice had immediately fallen for one of the guys here. Jasper Whitlock was a quiet guy and they were still together after many years. It was always amusing to see them together, Alice were limitless energy and Jasper with his calm demeanour.

Jasper's twin sister was Rosalie who also worked here. The three of us girls had immediately clicked and we were more like sisters than anything. Rosalie was married to Emmett who always reminded me of a big grizzly bear. He could be intimidating when he wanted to be, but generally he was just a kid at heart. The younger kids here loved him because he was basically one of them.

I had never really thought about the fact that all my friends had someone and I was the only one in our group who was alone, but occasionally, it would bother me. I wondered what it would be like to be with someone and how that would make me feel instead of just feeling like the fifth wheel on a wagon.

My views on love were a bit skewered. My parents had divorced when I was one year old (hence the reason why I lived with my mom in Phoenix and my dad in Forks) so I was unsure of what love really meant. I was also afraid of commitment, something that my mom had passed down on to me. Renee had remarried after she divorced my dad, but it had taken her years to even think of getting married to Phil. She almost left him at the alter on their wedding day.

As weird as it sounds, I've never actually been in a proper relationship. Sure, I went out with a few guys in high school but I think they all got scared off by my dad. I'm pretty sure that he threatened all of them with his gun if they ever did anything bad to me. And there was this one guy, but he left before we ever could get closer…

So I stopped looking for a relationship. I've realised that maybe there isn't someone out there for me. Besides, who would ever like me? I was just plain old Bella Swan working at a resort.

We finished our volleyball game with Alice's tem winning, but only just.

"Good job everyone," I told the kids. "Well, we're done with this session now so you guys can go back to your parents."

"Aw," they all whined.

"Come on guys, time for you to go. Besides, it's almost time for lunch," Alice compromised.

We eventually got the kids to go to lunch and Alice and I started packing up the equipment.

"Are you going to watch the show tonight?" Alice asked as she put the volleyballs back in the store room.

Most night, there would be some sort of activity that the resort put on. Usually it would be a show of some sort and there were sometimes Trivia nights.

"Are Rose and Emmett going as well?" Employees were allowed to attend the activities as well as long as they weren't working at the time.

"Yeah. I'm meeting Rose back in my room after dinner and we're going to get ready together," Alice explained.

I bit my lip, I didn't like getting ready with Alice and Rosalie, they had a tendency to use me as their own personal life sized Barbie.

"Come on, it'll be fun," Alice said, trying to convince me.

"Okay then," I gave in, it wasn't like I had anything else remotely exciting to do.

"Thanks Bella. I promise you'll have fun," she said, hugging me tightly.

We made our way to the dining hall, meeting up with Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett.

"Hey guys, what took you so long?" Rosalie asked.

"We had to pack up the volleyball nets," I explained as Jasper greeted Alice enthusiastically behind me. I really didn't need to see my best friend make out with her boyfriend.

We grabbed some food and sat down, chatting away, when one of the other employees at the resort came up to me.

"Hey Bella," Mike said, walking up to our table.

"Hey Mike," I replied, not looking at him.

"Can I talk to you for a moment outside?" he asked.

"Sure."

We walked outside onto the balcony overlooking the beach.

"What's up?"

"I was just wondering if you're going to the show tonight?" he asked.

"Yes," I said slowly.

"Are you going with anyone?"

Now I understood what this was about, it should have been obvious from the start. For a very long time, ever since I had started working here, Mike had been trying to get me to go out with him. It wasn't that I didn't like him, I did, just as a friend. A really annoying friend who kept flirting with me and was always me asking to go out with him.

"Mike, I know what you're going to ask, and my answer is no."

"Please Bella?" he interjected.

"You've asked me a million times Mike, and the answer is still the same," I replied forcefully before walking back inside and leaving him standing outside in the sun.

"What did Mike want?" Alice asked when I sat back down.

"Same thing as always," I mumbled.

Everyone laughed, my troubles with Mike always seemed to be a source of hilarity with my friends.

"You know Bella, maybe if you just went out with someone, maybe Mike would get the idea," Emmett pointed out.

"Shut up Em."

"Geez Bella, chill. We were only joking," Jasper said, trying to hold back his own laughter.

I shot them all a glare and left the table.

At times like these when I just needed to be alone, I often went for a walk on the beach. The sunshine warmed my face and the sound of the waves rolling on the sand always seemed to calm me down.

I took a deep breath and looked out at the horizon, the water sparkling like diamonds.

I knew my friends just wanted me to be happy, but sometimes it annoyed me how much they intervened with my love life, or lack thereof. Especially Alice who was always telling me that I needed someone in my life. But I was perfectly happy on my own, I didn't need someone to complete me because I was already complete. I wasn't saying that if someone came along and I fell in love with him, that I wouldn't be with him, it was just the chances of that happening were like the chances of Alice giving up shopping for a month.

My eyes were closed, but I heard some soft footsteps behind me. I didn't bother looking around, it was probably just a guest walking along the beach.

"Bella?" I heard a velvet voice ask softly behind me.

I snapped my eyes open. I hadn't heard that voice in years but I remembered it so clearly. It was the voice I dreamt about at night and the voice that was everywhere in the world.

I turned around slowly, to see a handsome man with bright emerald eyes and tousled bronze hair standing behind me with an expression of shock on his face.

"Why if it isn't Edward Cullen," I said.

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My shadow's the only one that walked beside me,

My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating,

Sometimes I wish someone out there would find me,

Till then I walk alone.

AN: Song – 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' by Greenday. I LOVE this song. Just a comment about my song lyrics choices, the lyrics are only there because I think they reflect well on what is happening in the chapter. I'm not saying that the actual songs go well but the lyrics are good. Oh, and any song suggestions would be welcome because I'm trying to have one song for each chapter and I don't know that many songs with good lyrics.

Lol, cliffhanger! How does Bella know Edward…? Well, you'll just have to wait and see won't you? =D

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