BPOV

I was ten years old when I first saw him. He was sitting with his arms folded outside Ms. Bertram's office. His sparkling green eyes set into a glare. The door next to him swung open and a circular lady stormed out and stood in front of the beautiful boy. "Edward Masen! How many time do I have to tell you off before you get into your head?!" The lady screamed. "Letting the frogs escape will not turn you into the 'Frog Leader'!" Her face was flushed as she continue to scream, he sat there just the same as if she was nothing mere than a cat purring.

"Are you even listening to me Edward?!" She screamed an octave louder than naturally possible.

"Maria, Only dogs can hear you…"He smirked with a roll of his eyes.

I gasped before giggling for the first time on months. They both turned to look at me; both had different expressions on their face.

His was a more apparent smirk and her expression was just utter shock. She shook her head and straightened up her blouse. She gave a small cough. "You m-must be Isabella Swan." She said through a tight smile.

I quickly nodded. "Bella."

"Right well in you come, Edward you will be cleaning the dishes for the next two weeks." He grunted and walked away. I watched him walk away, running his fingers through his tousled bronze hair.

I walked slowly into the big yellow room and took a seat on the leather sofa opposite Mrs. Ancaster's desk.

"Now, Bella. Welcome to Littleton Adoption Centre!" She smiled brightly as she did spirit fingers with her hands. My expression must have been of shock because she quickly placed her hands down on her desk and gave a quick cough. "SO do you have you papers here?" I pulled out the manila folder from my suitcase and handed it over with a smile. She quickly flicked through the pages, nodding and saying "Yes" To a few pages. "Oh Bella, I'm so sorry to hear about your mother. We have a counseling number if that helps!" My face fell at the memory. A few months ago my Mum had died of cancer. The doctors kept asking about my father but I had never met him so I decided I would prefer to come here.

Realizing I hadn't said anything I nodded solemnly. "No thanks. I'm dealing with it." I half-heartedly smiled. She seemed nice enough just a bit intrusive.

"Bella, you seem quite mature for your age, well compared to others here…" She said it as if she had just drank off milk. "Yeah, my mum said I born middle aged…" I lightly laughed at the memory.

Mrs. Ancaster nodded her head knowingly and continued discussing the paperwork while I sat in my own little world of the better times with my mother.

Finally, she stood up and gestured me to follow her. I then realized she mentioned a tour of the adoption home.

We walked around for about half an hour before she showed me my new bedroom there were two beds so I would have to share with someone else. I smiled gratefully when she shut the door, leaving me alone in my new room. It would take some getting use to that was for sure. I collapsed on my bed with a sigh. I sat for a few minutes before deciding to unpack. I pulled out a dress that the assistant here insisted I packed. It was deep blue with pretty frills here and there.

Suddenly the door slammed open. I jumped in fright as a very small girl walked in. She had short black hair in pigtails and probably only reached just below my shoulder.

"Hi! You must be Isabella! Wow! This is SO exciting! My name's Alice! I thought that they put me by myself because apparently I talk too much which I think is just a bit extreme… I can be quiet! See look! I'll stop talking!" She squealed in a hurry of words all tumbling into each other. I barely blinked before she started talking again. "Well actually, maybe I'll talk because you're new and we have SO much to talk about! And I can't have you thinking I'm a mute! So where are you from and OH. MY. GOSH. I LOVE YOUR DRESS! It's SO pretty! Where did you get it from?!" It was amazing she hadn't run out of breath already! I sat down on my bed and continued to nod and pretend I was listening. It was something I'd learnt to do very skillfully after my Mom died.

After about half an hour, Alice finally stopped talking. Surprising I had already started to like her. Usually the talking thing would freak me out but she was just so darn likable. A bell rang twice before Alice jumped up from my suitcase. I just realized she had unpacked my entire suitcase for me. "What was the bell for?" I asked.

"Oh! It's dinner! Wow, that was fast, I'm going to enjoy having you here! Your just SO talkative!" Alice grinned. I laughed and shook my head as I had only said a few words.

I walked with Alice linked on my arm into the large dining area. There were three rows of people chattering and a large buffet at the front of the room.

We sat down next to a few people who I had seen outside on the grass when I was on the tour of the school. "Hey guys, this is my new room buddy, Isabella!" They turned around and out of the few people I noticed the boy I remembered as Edward who was sitting outside Mrs. Ancaster's office.

They smiled and greeted me. "Bella, right?" I couldn't contain the smile that erupted from my face as he remembered my name. Sure Alice saying helped but just the way it rolled of his tongue held some meaning to it. "Yes." I said quietly.

We all sat down at the middle row of tables. I walked out the front to get my meal and was impressed as it looked better than what my Mom would cook. She never was very good at cooking. As I reached for a plate my hand brushed across a slim white hand, sending an electric current through my arm. I looked up and gasped as I saw Edward retracting his hand away. He furrowed his brows and looked away angrily. "Just get a plate Swan."

My "o" shaped face turned into a frown as I angrily got a plate and stormed off to the food. I walked back to the table where Alice was seated. You could hear her tinkling laughter bubbling from the other end of the room. As I walked cautiously to the table hoping not to trip on my own feet on the first day, Edward shoved past me and sat down at the tables. Why is he so rude?! Surely I couldn't have offended him already… I thought to myself.

I sat down and ate in silence, going over the day in my head trying to figure out what I could have done wrong. As I walked back to my room, I realized I was a bit obsessed so I decided to read before going to sleep to clear my head.

I pulled out the book my mom had started reading to me and soon fell into a deep sleep.

I woke up to soft whispering outside the door. I opened one of my eyes to see Alice and Edward arguing. I tried to listen into what they were saying.

"She zapped me though!" I heard Edward complain.

"I'm sure she didn't mean to! Just be nice! Please? For me?"

"But she's so annoying!" Edward whined again.

Then a heard Alice gasp. "OH. MY. GOSH. You have a crush on her don't you!" Alice squealed quietly.

"Wha? N...NO! Of course not! I don't! Stop being silly you stupid little pixie..." He grumbled.

"Well why are you going red and stuttering?" I grinned from ear to ear subconsciously. Once I realized I must look like a complete idiot I tried to control my facial expressions. I tried to hear more so I leaned closer to the edge of my bed. Clumsily, I fell of my bed with a loud thud. I let out a scream and then a hushed "Crap."

The door opened and Alice and Edward stood open mouthed as I lay on the floor, rubbing my head.

"Bella! Sorry, I didn't hear you wake up…"Alice said quickly, helping me up from the ground.

"Yeah, it's okay. I'm sure the first floor knows I'm awake now anyway…" I smiled.

Alice and Edward started laughing and I just sat back on my bed.

"Well, I better be off..." Edward said quickly before he scurried off.

Alice turned back to me. "So did you hear any of that?"

"Hear what?" I bluffed innocently.

Alice smiled. "Nothing much, doesn't matter…"

"Hey! Seeing as were up so early, why don't I give you a make over?!" She grinned from ear to ear.

"No! No! No!" I said quickly, I had always hated make up and I wasn't about to start liking it now.

Alice pouted her bottom lip and made her eyes twice their usual size and batted her lashes. "Please?!" she begged.

"Ugh." Was all I had to say for her to realize my defeat… She spent almost an hour 'prettying me up'.

I had to say though; she was quite good for a ten year old…

After she had finished with my hair and make up, she suggested we go down stairs to eat breakfast and then go out on the grass oval.

We ate quickly as the sun started to shine brighter. As I walked over to return my bowl still half full as I wasn't very hungry, I heard Alice call out from behind me. I turned to see her point to the door but as I turned back, I tripped over someone's foot and went crashing to the ground. Everybody gasped and turned to look at me. I blushed deep scarlet as I picked myself up. The same thin, white hand I recognized from yesterday was there again, helping to clean the mess up. I heard Edward sigh heavily. "Klutz…" He laughed roughly. My blush deepened as I hopped to my feet and brushed myself off.

"Thanks." I smiled brightly.

"No problem… I had to do it anyway; I'm on kitchen duties…" He said, running his hands through his hair again. It was quite short but looked perfectly ruffled. I felt myself gazing at his hair so I shook my head.

"Come on Bella!" I heard Alice chirp from the door. "Hey Eddie!" I heard her giggling and then the door slamming shut.

"So do you have to wash up for much longer? Maybe you could come and sit with us on the oval…" I mumbled blushing faintly once again.

"Maybe…" He sighed and turned away back to the kitchen quickly.

I stood there for a bit then decided to go find Alice.

As I walked through the door, I nearly bumped into Alice. She stood waiting right in front of the door with the biggest grin plastered across her small face.

She tugged on my wrist with a surprising amount of force for someone so small.

We reached the oval and she squealed and jumped up and down hysterically before folding herself into a a small cross legged pose on the grass.

I sat down wearily; worried in case she might attack me.

"You SO have a crush on Edward!" She exploded with a massive grin that could quite possibly be the size of her head.

I felt my cheeks burn and knew I was busted.

"Gah!" she sighed in obvious contentment and collapsed her back to the ground. She laid there for a while before her chatter began again.

"So, have you spoken to him yet? Maybe I should set you both up! Is it his eyes? They're such a pretty green… I have this fantastic dress in that colour…" She mused.

"That was the first time we've spoken actually… And maybe you should get him to wear that dress sometime…" I giggled. Alice's eye's lit up before she burst out in a fit of laughter at the thought of it.

"Oh Bella, I love you so much already…" She smiled as she wiped the tears from her eyes. I smiled because I felt the exact same way back to her. "Promise we'll always stay friends!"

"Of course Alice!" She gave me a hug and picked up a rock from next to her. She started tossing it up and down before gasping in shock.

"What's wrong Alice?"

She looked up at me from under her long, dark lashes. "Promise not to get mad at me? I promise it'll be worth it!"

"Umm… Sure…" I was worried now. Hopefully she wasn't going to throw the rock at me to see if her foundation really did work wonders… I shuddered at the thought.

She quickly tossed the rock but not at me, Mrs. Ancaster's office window…

I gasped at shock and wondered if we should run away, but before I could, Ms. Ancaster was looking out of her window, bright red with anger and looking at me and Alice. I turned to face Alice but gasped when she pointed at me. No!

Mrs. Ancaster stormed out of her office and walked over to me. She grabbed my wrist and we both walked inside the building. I shot Alice death glares as I was taken inside. She smiled angelically and gave me a wink. A freakin' WINK! The nerve!

Once we were inside she gestured to a seat and walked back an fourth for a bit.

"Now Miss Swan, I know that grieving may cause bad behavior, I've seen it many a times in my years, but putting you anger into property damage is not the solution. You can either see a counselor for two weeks or you can assist in Kitchen duties."

I gawked at her, unable to believe she believed it was me without question. I guess when your so angelic looking, It's hard to think she'd do anything of the sort.

"Kitchen Duty." I grumbled angry that I was taking the blame of something I didn't do.

"Okay, you can help out Mr. Masen doing that then. Then suddenly a light bulb flicked in my head. It was so obvious now why Alice threw the rock, she was setting us up! I almost laughed at her efforts. Mrs. Ancaster noticed a smile playing with my lips. "I'm sorry, Miss Swan, is something funny?! Well maybe the kitchen staff will find it just as funny… go to the kitchen NOW." She huffed.

I walked quickly but just as I got to the door. I thought if maybe I should make a detour to my room just to check my hair… stop thinking of your looks! I thought to myself. I went to open the door when suddenly the door swung into my face, causing me to fall back to the ground.

"Oh crap! I'm so sorry Bella! I didn't realize you were there! Are you okay?!"

As I held the bridge of my nose I matched the voice to the one person I didn't want to see me like this. Edward.

"Yep!" I whispered in a high pitched tone.

"Let's get some ice for your nose… Oh geez! It's bleeding!" As I opened my eyes I saw him rubbing the back of his neck worriedly. He held out his hand to help me up. I looked at for a bit. I grabbed it quickly, noticing the same tingle through my bones at his touch. We headed towards a large double doored refrigerator. He opened the left side and pulled out a tray of ice and whacked it in the sink. He picked up the ice cubes and put them in a near by tea towel. He looked at me again and placed it on my nose.

I cringed at the coldness, which hurt my nose anymore. Edward chuckled.

"So why were you standing on the other side of the door if you weren't wanting to be hit?" He smirked. I rolled my eyes.

"I got in trouble and got assigned kitchen duty."

His jaw dropped in shock. "Going rebel already?! You've been here less than 24hrs and you're already in trouble." He laughed. "Hmmm… Maybe I have some competition then!"

I smiled. "Yeah well actually I was just blamed for it…" I shook my head at the thought of Alice.

"Really?! Well tell me who it is and I'll slam a door in their face…" His laughter filled the kitchen, causing me to start laughing with him.

"So how long have you been here then?" I asked as we cleaned the tables ready for lunch.

"All of my life I guess… My parents died when I was a baby."

"Oh. I'm really sorry…" I mumbled.

"It's not too bad I guess… But what about you? Why are you here?" He asked.

"My Mom. She uh, died a couple of months ago…"

"Geez that would be pretty sucky…" He said running his fingers through his hair.

"Yeah. Very sucky…"I mumbled.

The lunch bell rang just before we could say anything else.

We took out the trays, knives, forks, spoons and plates. As Kitchen assistants we got first serving.

"Hey, you wanna eat in the kitchen?" He asked as I filled my plate. I looked up and couldn't stop the grin spreading across my face. I'm sure I must have looked like an idiot but I couldn't care less.

"Sure!" I said on the brink of a squeal.

He smiled and nodded his head towards the kitchen door.

He put his plate on top of the counter and pulled himself up. I did the same in front of him, still grinning like a loon.

"So what's sharing a room with Alice like? Surely she doesn't shut up…" He chuckled.

"It's… different… She's very outgoing so I don't have to talk much which is good…" He laughed. "Much? I'm sure you couldn't get a word in if you tried!" I giggled.

"She's just so girly; I've never really had a friend like that so it's a bit strange for me…"

"Really? I thought all girls loved make up and clothes… and accessories!" He mimicked Alice's voice perfectly, leaving me in a fit off laughter.

"No, no, I don't really like that sort of stuff… My best friend was always my next door neighbour Jacob. We used to go bike riding, fishing and going down to the beach… It was so much fun…" I laughed at the memory.

He smiled before stuffing his face with a large helping of the pasta on his plate. His cheeks looked like the kind of cheeks you'd find on chipmunks instead of a little boy.

I laughed even harder at the sight. He frowned and threw a piece of his pasta at me. I gasped and threw two back at him.

"Hey!" He laughed before he threw some back at me. I hopped off the counter and hid behind the island in the middle of the room. I peeked up to see Edward not sitting in the place I had left him. Suddenly I felt pasta being thrown at me from behind. I gasped and turned around. But I slipped on a piece of pasta on the ground and once again fell on my back. As I fell, my legs hooked around his, causing him to fall over next to me.

We both erupted into another round of laughter. We lay there for a while, just staring up at the ceiling of the kitchen.

"Geez Bella, we're going to have to get you either warning cones around you or a pillow for your back!"

I hit his arm playfully. We faced each other for a few moments. Then suddenly he lent in and kissed me on the cheek. Before anyone could say anything, Mrs. Ancaster walked in.

"Mr. Masen and Miss swan! You have some serious explaining to do!" She screamed.

We both jumped up from the floor, my face burning red but still managing to have the goofiest grin on my face. He KISSED me! My heart soared and from then on I was in my own little dreamland. We were sentenced to Laundry duty as well as the rest of our Kitchen duties. This only made me smile more. I would have to be spending so much more time with Edward! Even though I may have to do chores, it was with him.

"Why are you grinning so much? We have to do Laundry work!" He laughed. I tried to compose my face as we walked towards the laundry room. We got off to work straight away.

"So when does school start?" I asked, trying to break the awkward silence, and also trying to hear his soft velvet voice.

"Uh… next week I think…" He shrugged.

"Oh." Not exactly a conversation starter. Wasn't he going to talk to me and explain that kiss?! I thought impatiently to myself.

He turned to the hamper full of clothes and sighed. He started to put them into piles, colours and whites. I put them into the washing machine and picked up the powder from the shelf. I started to pour the powder until Edward coughed for attention. I turned to him and smiled. "About earlier…" He started. He walked up to me and leaned against the washing machine, causing my heart to flutter. "I'm sorry…"

"Oh." I said, turning back to the washing machine. I didn't realize how much powder I put in… I was too busy drooling over Edward. Silly Bella! Silly! Then his hand shut the machine and turned the knob the heaviest wash and pressed on. "Crap…" I muttered to myself.

"Sorry?" Edward asked, looking hurt.

"Oh! No! Not you! I just uh…" Suddenly the washing machine started to hammer around quite louder than usual for washing machine. He sat on the machine which stopped some of the sound. Maybe that would stop the noise, and surely I didn't put to much powder in…

I hopped on top of the washing machine with him. We sat quite close.

"Bella… would you like to-"

"OH MY GOSH!" I screamed as bubbles started coming out of the washing machine at a rapid speed. I wrecked the moment but if we didn't stop it soon, we could flood the room…

"Edward!" I screamed. He still hadn't realized. He must have thought I was crazy for jumping up and down… I started hitting the washing machine with my fist shouting, "Stop! Stop!"

"I'm sorry Bella… I just thought you might have wanted to go out with me but… I, uh, I'm sorry if that was too fast…" He mumbled, running his fingers ferociously through his hair. He looked so stressed which caused my heart to ache.

"No, Edward! The machine! I broke it! I put in too much powder and now it's going to explode!" I wailed, still hitting the machine. But then I hit it too hard. "OUCH! My wrist!" I started whimper, holding it to my chest.

The bubbles were now covering the floor as Edward jumped off, seeing the bubbles for the first time. He pulled out a cord which caused water to splash out in his face and then into mine to see what he just did. He quickly put it back in and started looking at the buttons on the machine. He found the off button and quickly pressed it. With a sigh of relief, we both lent against the washing machine. Whoever let ten years olds do the laundry was seriously crazy…

"Bella, Bella, Bella… What are we going to do with you?" He laughed.

I pouted my lips in frustration. I hated being the entertainment everywhere I went.

"Naww, Bella! On the upside… It's a lot more fun with you here." He smiled. "I haven't had this much fun in ages!" He smiled as he wrapped his arms around me.

I felt so comfortable in his arms. I just wished I could stay there forever.

"Bella?"

"Yes?"

"Will you meet me at the top of the stairs at midnight?"

"What? Why?! I can't stay up that late! I get all crazy and have giggling fits!" I laughed.

"Oh come one Bella… For me?!" He asked, giving puppy dog eyes. He was just as bad as Alice, If not worse…

"Ugh, fine… buy why?"

"It's a surprise!" He smiled, causing me to smile brightly back. I snuggled back in his arms. I had only met him yesterday and already I was wrapping myself in his arms. I had never been able to trust myself with anyone this fast.

We cleaned up the laundry room and went to prepare the dinner table.

I ate quickly but not eating much as I was far too excited for later on tonight.

I still wasn't sure how I would stay up so late but I guessed that the nerves would probably be enough to get the job done.

As I cleaned up the plates I kept passing glances at Edward who was drying the dishes next to me. He could obviously feel me looking at me because he kept smirking at me. Just as we finished, I blew a few bubbles at him and ran quickly up to my room. I shut the door behind me and ran to my bed and collapsed on it.

"Well hello sunshine!" Alice laughed. I had completely forgotten about sharing a room. I looked over to her. She was reading a magazine on her bed with the biggest grin possible on her face. "You can thank me later…" She giggled.

"Oh Alice! He's just so sweet…" I just lay on my bed as if I had just taken happy pills… I must have been a sight too… what with the pasta in my hair, all of Alice's make up probably running down my face, my jeans still wet from the washing machine incident! But I really couldn't care less.

Alice laughed. "I hope I didn't get you into too much trouble… I know you got Kitchen Duty but why where you in the Laundry room?!"

"We got in trouble for throwing pasta in the kitchen during lunch…" I blushed with a giggle. Alice gasped before laughing.

"So are you guys getting close?"

I bit my lip. I'd already said more than I would usually say to anyone, especially someone I only met yesterday, but she had some kind of power that sucked all information out of you, no matter how much you resist.

"He kissed me!" I squealed.

Alice's chin dropped before she let out a high pitched scream and started jumping on her bed. We both laughed. She got ready for bed and I just got changed into a new set of clothes. I quickly got under my blankets before Alice saw them. She fell asleep quickly while I stared up at the ceiling going over scenarios in my head of where he could be taking me.

When the clock flicked 12:00am, I shot out of bed, stumbled a bit but softly turned the door handle and crept across the landing. I got to the stairs and then I saw him sitting on the top stair. His beautiful green eyes flicked up at me and he gave a crooked grin which left my knees wobbly. He stood up and offered me his hand and I took it willingly. We were half way down the stairs when I cut straight to the chase.

"Edward? Please tell me where we're going?" I pleaded with my eyes.

He let out a quiet mischievous laugh and shook his head.

"It's a surprise Bella…"

A.N: Well thanks for reading! :)

Hope you liked it; it's my first fanfic so please review and let me know what you think...

I'm writing the second chapter as we speak (well type...haha) So should be updated SOON!

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