A/N A great BIG thank you to OCDE for my first ever review. You made my heart sing! I have dedicated this chapter to you!
I apologise for repeating what is basically the first chapter but I needed to give you Edward's point of view.
Anyway, as way of forgiveness I have also posted Chapter III for perusal at your leisure.
Enjoy!
Please review!
Reviews make me feel like the hills are alive with the sound of music.
Stephanie Meyer I am not worthy!
Chapter II
Dr Seuss Literary Genius or The Girl is Woo Woo!
EPOV
I swept my eyes across the park hoping that I would spot Emmett and Jasper amongst the crowds of people. We had agreed to meet at noon but I had been waiting for almost twenty minutes now and there was no sign of them.
I glanced down at my watch again, tapping the face to check that it was still working. Giving the park one last sweep, I decided that I wasn't going to wait any longer.
The park was heaving with what seemed like the entire population of Forks. Families, couples, dog walkers, joggers and high school kids all taking advantage of the rare change in the weather.
Apart from my studio, the park was my second most favourite place to be. It really was the heart of the small town of Forks. It was here that I had formed all my best childhood memories from my first kiss, to my first taste of alcohol and it was where I smoked my first and last cigarette.
That's when I saw her; the most beautiful creature I had ever set eyes on. She was lying on her front just a few feet away from where I stood lost in a book. Every now and again she would lift her eyes from the page and take a peek around.
Suddenly, she sat up and placed her book at her side. She brought her knees up towards her face and rested her knees against them. She looked like an angel!
She was dressed simply in a pair of blue jeans, a long sleeved t-shirt and she wore no makeup. She was natural!
Perfect!
She sat there for a few minutes looking like fucking Aphrodite herself, when suddenly she was talking into a cell phone. I studied the expressions she was pulling as she spoke but mostly she just looked confused because her eyebrows were mashed together. She still looked damn cute though!
Two minutes later the call was over, she fiddled with her ears before she picked up her book flipping the pages until she found the one she was looking for. She was magnificent!
Before, I knew what I was doing, I found myself walking towards her. As I approached I heard her moan softly.
Then without warning she shrieked as if she were in pain. Perhaps she had a leg cramp or had been stung by a wasp I reasoned.
"Hello is everything okay? " I enquired.
No response.
I was a little perplexed to say the least but then she reached up to remove the ear buds from her iPod. She wasn't ignoring me; she had been listening to music. It occurred to me for a moment that perhaps she wasn't screeching in pain but had been singing.
Surely though, no one who looked as good as she did could sound so bad?
FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY!
She was a beautiful.
Her long wavy dark brown hair cascaded down and around the most delicate of faces. She peered up at me with large brown eyes and her lips were soft and pink and oh so kissable. She was extraordinary!
"Hello." I muttered. If she had been in pain then whatever had caused it was long gone. Her face was serene, flawless like a porcelain doll. Her cheeks flushed red but that just made her look even more godamn irresistible.
She stared at me momentarily and then she turned and looked over her shoulder. It was as if she thought I was talking to someone behind her.
A few moments later she turned her head back to face me looking me up and down. I figured she might be a little shy because she didn't acknowledge me at all.
I searched those deep brown eyes and then realised that perhaps she was frightened because she was staring at me like a deer caught in the headlights of car. After all, I reasoned, she didn't know me; I was a stranger to her.
"Are you okay?" I asked, giving her a friendly reassuring smile.
No response.
Perhaps the sun was distracting her so I inched forward and crouched down so she didn't have to endure the full force of the sun's rays.
Still no response.
Then it struck me! Maybe she was foreign?
"Are. You. Okay?" I asked again a little louder pronouncing each word as distinctively as I could.
I was just about to give up when she suddenly announced, "I'm reading a book!"
Well, that was obvious but I decided to play along. "I can see that. What are you reading?"
Pride and Prejudice by Charlotte Bronte. Do you know it?" She replied.
I raised my eyebrows in surprise. "I'm familiar with Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin." I replied slowly.
"Yes, Jane Austin, that's who I meant. She corrected herself. "Charlotte Bronte is my second favourite authoress."
Then she launched herself into some garbled explanation of why she liked said author which sounded as if she had memorised it straight from Wikipedia.
"Jane Austin is my favourite author. She was born on 16th December in 1775 and was an English novelist whose realism, biting social commentary and masterful use of free indirect speech…. blah blah blah blah blah."
I couldn't make out the rest of what she way saying because she spoke so quickly none of it made any sense.
This girl is a jabbering idiot!
But oh so intriguing!
I nodded my head slowly, "Mmm, that's extremely interesting. So who is your third?"
Third what?" She asked confused.
Your third favourite author?" I clarified.
She looked at me blankly for a moment before responding.
"Dr Seuss?"
I couldn't help but smile. This girl was fucking hilarious!
"Yeah" I acknowledged, "Cat in the Hat is a literary masterpiece."
Then for good measure, she blurted, "I like classical music too! I dig Debussy. Clair de Lune rocks!"
She gave me a smile which stunned me momentarily.
I was a little taken aback if I am perfectly honest and not just because of the smile.
Firstly, I was surprised that she liked Debussy because she struck me as being a bit of a indie chick rather than a classical music buff but mostly I was surprised because I had never heard the words 'rock' and 'Clair de Lune' used in the same sentence before.
I chuckled and before I could help myself, I was more or less crying with laughter. Her face was beetroot and for a moment she looked as if she was going to cry. It took me a few seconds to contain my composure. I sighed to steady myself.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Bella, Bella Cullen," she replied almost whispering.
It took me a second to register that she had the same surname as me. It's not that I didn't believe her but I felt that I needed confirmation.
"Cullen?" I repeated.
"Oh God!" She groaned. "Your name's Cullen, Edward Cullen."
She knew my name and yet I had never met the girl! What the fuck?
I was slowly starting to lose the plot. "Yes, that's my name." I confirmed. "Are you not a Cullen then?"
"No, I am a Swan!" She replied hastily.
It took me a second to realise that Swan was her surname and she was not likening herself to a creature of the winged variety.
She obviously realised this and blurted out, "I'm not a real swan! I'm not a big white bird. I'm Bella Swan. Swan, is my surname."
I chuckled again.
It was time to make a move. I could see Jasper and Emmett crossing the park towards me.
"Well, Bella Swan, it was nice to meet you. Perhaps we can do this again sometime."
I gave her a smile and then handed her my card. As I turned and walked away I couldn't help or stop myself from laughing. This girl was definitely a little woo woo!
