Summary: When she tries to help a friend, Bella finds herself as an unofficial advice guru, with Edward as her latest project. Things get complicated when she falls for him instead. A Twilight spin on the movie Hitch.

*This is a repost of this fic from when it was taken down in 2012.*

Rated: M for the usual.

Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, the movie Hitch or the characters, no copyright infringement is intended.

It was originally Beta'd by MC... this time I'm just posting it... all mistakes and anything I screwed up and changed after she had it is on me.

Completely written, short chapters. Fast updates.

Bella's good at giving advice.

It's not something she learned or something she set out to do, just something she's always been good at, ever since she was little.

She was never the most popular kid in the neighborhood—she wasn't picked first for kickball teams or invited to every birthday party or the kid with the best pudding snack at lunch—but when it was time to build a tree house, or plan a snowball attack on the Newton twins, or talk Mr. Banner into five more minutes of recess, it was Bella all the kids came to.

It's just something inside of her, some innate ability to analyze the world around her and turn possibilities into a plan.

Her mind works in probabilities, always calculating options, and even from a young age, she could see past all the loops and snarls to the heart of a problem, where the tangled strands could be unwound.

It unnerves her parents and the adults in her life—they remark on her quiet stillness like it is a problem, something to be wary of—but she knows how to use silence, how to sink into a calm that is like time slowing down, slow motion making decisions clear.

It's just one of those things, the one thing she's better at than everybody else, and as a result, she's given out a lot of advice in her life, on everything from fashion to feng shui.

Always weighing pros and cons to every decision, though, always analyzing and projecting ahead for possible futures and considering repercussions, has its consequences.

She's an observer, forever watching from the outside, distanced.

She thinks about things differently, sees the world through a different lens, and she comes off as cold or dispassionate because she doesn't let herself become entangled with the problems she solves. She can't—she can't afford to put her heart and soul into every issue she thinks about. It's easier on her sanity to stay distant, to analyze and resolve without the distraction of constant empathy.

Thanks for checking it out, if you read it the first time, glad to have you back! If you're new...welcome! Please let me know what you think and when you want more?

Jess