Hey! This is our first fan fiction. We hope you like it! I'm writing this with my sister, so I'll have help. We have called it (drum roll please)… "The cruise to a new life"

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Summary: BxE, RxEm, AxJ, EsxC.

They all live in Portland, Bella, Rosalie, Alice and Esme all work together and are great friends. Edward, Jasper, Emmet and Carlisle are great friends and own a business together. They all want more out of life so they all decide to take a cruise too Europe, they all meet on the cruise. Read on and discover what happens on this trip.

Chapter 1

BPOV

Mike, my assistant has been bothering me for the past six months, trying to make me go on a date with him, but what he doesn't know is that he is the dullest person on the planet. Every day around the same time he asks me out. Can you say FREAKY!!! Anyway at the same time I have to tell him the same answer, like today for example.

"Hey Bella, do you want to go out to dinner with me?"

"Mike, you know my answer, I do not go out with people I work with. It's like my Religion."

"Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow."

"Okay, see ya"

God can he be any more annoying? Geez and I thought Tom Cruise was weird. As I entered the elevator my mobile phone started to vibrate. The caller ID said Esme, so I instantly answered it.

"Hey Esme, what's up?"

"Hey, are you on your way down? Everyone is here waiting for you."

Esme is like the mother of the group. If any of us got into a fight she would not pick sides, she would talk to us and see what the problem is and act like a mother between three two year old children when we are actually all twenty-four. We all work for a magazine in Portland Washington, Esme is the clothes reporter, so she writes about what is new in the fashion and how to wear it. I, Isabella (Bella) am the Photographer, so I take photos of the models in the new cloths in the fashion world.

"Yeah, I was ambushed my Mike and his daily question, I am in the elevator right now, I'll see you in a few."

"Okay, in a few than"

As the elevator doors opened I saw my best friends. It was really amazing that we all got jobs at this magazine. Alice, Rosalie and I known each other since high school and have been best friends since we started. After we graduated we were all accepted into the same university together in Seattle. When we got to Uni Rose and Alice were roommates leaving me with some total stranger that could have been a pot head or a hippie tree hugger. You can't trust strangers, but who would've known that I would end up with one of the nicest people you could have ever met. She was so welcoming and helpful. Alice, Rose and I fell in love with her that we all became roommates once we finished university.

"Bella, we need to teach you how to turn down a guy that you don't like." Alice said with a smirk on her face.

Alice is like the most childlike of us all. She looks at everything in a positive way. When she gets excited she bounces up and down on the spot like a kid on Christmas morning. Alice is small but has a big heart. She has short black spiky hair. Alice is the wardrobe co-ordinator, so she picks all the clothes we use in photo shoots. She has very good fashion sense and loves shopping that includes clothes.

"Yeah, I totally agree. You have no idea what to do."

Rosalie is a tall, slim blonde that looks fantastic. If she wore a rag she would look like a model, which she is. Rosalie models for the magazine. She, like Alice has fantastic fashion sense. But don't be fooled, even though she looks sweet, you get on her bad side and you will probably never live to tell the tail or couldn't speak ever again.

"Okay, enough about me having trouble with turning down guys." I snapped "Lets go out!"

"Whatever, but you seriously need some help with that guy, he is the blindest person, he can't take a hint, so we are going to teach you to be a little more stronger with your words"

"Okay, but not tonight, we are going out to dinner and we a relaxing since it is the end of the week. Hey have any suggestions?"

We all looked around at each other while we were walking home, our apartment was only a block away from our work building, so we didn't need to go very far and saved money not having to catch the bus.

"Oh, we can go to the Italian restaurant called Mangiare, it is the best in town and then we can go to that new bar called Midnight Sun" said Alice

"Oh. My. God. That is just what we need, we have had a busy week, and all we need to do is unwind. Alice you are a genius"

"I know, I am not just a pretty face"

As we walked for the next five minutes we finally got to the apartment and quickly got changed for an exciting and fun filled night. I was very good at fashion; I just had the most trouble knowing what to wear. I would always hold the group up, so Rose and Alice would pick my outfits for me, well except for my work cloths, they were just normal cloths that had the slight hint of sexiness with it, that was probably one of the reasons Mike was so attached to me. GROSS. Back to the subject at hand, the great night out that we are going to have.

Alice had come in and gave me an electric blue dress that had spaghetti stapes and flowed nicely just above the knee, she also gave me a pair of high heals that were the same colour. The fabric of the dress felt like satin and flowed so elegantly which was probably good in my case since I was not to graceful, but thank God that I do not fall over, or those heals would be my living hell.

"Hey Alice, aren't we going to a club, you know were people end up drunk and passout?"

"Well we are going to a bar but it is not a cheap arse bar, it is more like a formal bar if that makes sense"

"Not really, but okay, whatever you say"

Rose and Esme were in the living room talking about when Rose's next photo shoot was coming and what she would be wearing. I of course went to go and have a shower and wash my hair with my strawberry shampoo and conditioner. When ever I could not think right the strawberry smell would always clear my head and then I would be stress free. I quickly washed my hair and got out of the shower and dried my self. This may come to a shock to you but I can actually do my own make up and hair, I just can't pick the cloths. I put on mascara and eyeliner with a tint of pink blush and did a smoky affect. It looked really good, and with my hair I had a waving hair iron because my hair is dead straight, and I like to have a bit of variety.

As I walked out of my room Alice was wearing a green baby doll dress with silver stilettos, Rose was wearing a scarlet red top with blue jeans and red two inch heals and Esme was wearing a silver sequin top and white pants with silver shoes. They all looked fantastic in their evening cloths.

"Okay, are we ready to go ladies while the night is still young?" said Rose.

"YES!" we all said in unison.

We caught a taxi to the restaurant since it was 20 minutes away and got a table for the four of us. The waiter came over to our table and gave us each our menus and gave us all a smile. He was tall with red hair and blue eyes, and had fair skin. Well actually it looked like he was only smiling at me but it made me feel more comfortable to think that he was smiling at all of us. When the waiter left that was when the bombshell hit.

"Oh my God, Bella he was sooo looking at you, maybe you should try flirting with him, he is most defiantly cute, and sexy. If you don't I will, most defiantly!!!!!"

Alice was always like this trying to hook me up with some guy. The reason I do not date much is because they always end up totally screwed up and there is always a nasty break up. Let's just say that I have had my fair share of boyfriends and I am not interested right now. Hey, I am having fun being single and I have just started a great career, when the right man comes along than that is when I will be interested, but until then they are my last priority.

"Alice can we just have a simple nice quiet dinner without you annoying me about the men in this restaurant trying to set me up? The last time we did this we were at a fast food joint and you suggested the thirteen year old check out boy because he was the cutest guy in the entire room, you have absolutely no taste in men"

"Fine, I will stop telling you how yummy that waiter is and enjoy our little end of week meeting" Alice huffed "But he is sooo eye candy that it is not funny"

"Ladies are you ready to order?"

"Um…Yes…yes we are, I will have the chicken pamagan" I said

"Can I have the Italian salad with the Italian dressing" Rose ordered.

"Oh, I will have my favourite spaghetti Bolognese with parmesan cheese please" Said Alice politly.

"Can I try the Italian seafood special please" Asked Esme

"Oh and can we have a bottle of red wine please" That was Rose's demand, she loves red wine, she says that it is better for you and has a better flavour, and when she means that it is better for you she means that the red wine doesn't rush to your head like the white wine does. When we got our meals we sat in comfortable scilence with the exception of laughs and comments, then it seemed the mood dulled down.

I was quite interested asking the question that had been nagging at me for the past few weeks.

"Do any of you feel that you want more out of your life, like there is something missing, you just can't put your finger on it, but whatever it is you want it really bad?"

"I know what you mean Bella, I have had that same feeling for a while now and I just don't know how to make it go away. It's like it is trying to tell me that I have to do something other than wake up, have breakfast, go to work for seven hours and then come back home. Like I am half empty" this was Esme's confesion, she has been looking a little dull these last few months, we just didn't know what to do about it.

"You guys are not the only ones. I have been having that same feeling, it is like I have lost some part of me and I have to find it ,I just don't know where"

"I agree with Alice on that one, You know we should do something that is exciting and fun, relaxing and will hopefully get rid of this feeling that we are all having"

This was a very good idea that I was actually intrigued. "So what did you have in mind, I mean we would have to go together, and take time off, we haven't had a vacation in three years since we have started at the magazine company?"

"Of course we would all go together, do you think that we would miss out on having fun together, because you are you are seriously mistaken." You could always count on Rose to make you excited about something that may not even happen.

"Well, I propose that we enjoy the rest of our evening and we will work on the problem solving tomorrow, when we have nasty hang overs and look terrible. Agreed?"

"Agreed!" We all put our glasses together at Alice's proposal, and with that we paid for our meal and left to go to the bar that was supposed to be really fancy. When we got there, there was loud hip hop music with laser lights everywhere and there was a dance floor were bodies were cramped together dancing to the music. When I looked at the bar there were three men filling drinks feverishly, but the one that caught my eye was the one that had brown hair, and was wearing a black top, I don't know what it was about him but he was just so... there were absolutely no words that could describe him.

"Get a load of those hotties at the bar, I would like to take the blonde one home." Trust Alice to say something like that when she saw a hot guy.

"Hey, Alice and Bella, why don't you get us drinks and Esme and I will find a table?" Rose had to actually yell for us to get our attention, we were just so distracted by the guys at the bar.

"Yeah, whatever Rose take your time" I mumbled

When we were walking to the bar all of a sudden Mike put a hand on my shoulder and stopped me, you could tell it was Mike because whenever he did that it would feel totally uncomfortable.

"Hey Bella, didn't think that I would run into you here"

"I was just here with my roommates, what about you?" I was only trying to be polite, it wasn't like I was interested to what he had to say. Whenever he said something it was either him telling me something unimportant or he was saying how sexy I looked. What a perve!

"Oh, I was here on a date with a girl from work, you know Jessica Stanley; she works at the front desk. Well I better get back to her before she thinks I have ditched" And with that Mike swiftly turned and walked in the opposite direction. What a jerk, he can't get me so he goes of and finds some poor unsuspecting girl that works at our front desk. I feel for her.

Before Mike interrupted my train of thought I headed back to the bar where I met Alice who was waiting for me.

"I see you ran into Mike, so what did he want? it must have been something very unimportant by the expressing on your face."

"He just said 'Hi' and that he was with another girl that worked at our front desk, someone called 'Jessica Stanley'. He is such a dumb arse. He is a player, which being dumb suits him perfectly. Anyway lets get these drinks and we will meet the girls at the table"

When we finally get someones attention, and it so happened that it was the guy that I has looking at before. Okay so I was staring at him, same thing really. He was so much better looking close up not that he didn't before, but being closer you had a much better view. He was very tall, with messy hair but it looked fantastic, and a very angular jaw line, with a straight nose, with green eyes.

"What can I get for you?" He asked before he even looked at me, but when he did he froze stiff. But he quickly adjusted him self so it looked like that he hadn't stared at me. Of course me being self conscious thought that there was something wrong with my hair and I quickly ran my hand though it.

"Hi I would like a rum and coke, two margaritas and one lemon, lime and bitters please" said Alice out of nowhere. The bartender just simply smiled at Alice and quickly went and got our drinks. In no time he was back to us and handed Alice her rum and Coke and one of the margaritas, and gave me my lemon lime and bitters and the other margarita.

"Thank you" was my simple answer. I was about to walk away when I heard his angelic voice.

"Anytime" and gave me a beautiful crooked smile that made my legs go weak. I gave a small smile back as I turned and quickly walked away to go find the others.

"Oh my God! Bella that guy was so hitting on you and you didn't even notice" great now I will never hear the end of this, well for at least a couple of months any way.

"I did notice, but what you didn't notice was me smiling back, and you say that you are observant"

"Wow. Bella likes the bartender, Bella likes the bartender!" Alice teased.

"Say whatever you want. I was just being polite. I mean I don't even know the guy, he could be some crazed phsyco, you never know" I simply said.

For the rest of the night we had the most fun dancing with each other. Some guys did try to cut in but soon they left 'cause they were not getting any attention. But all in all we had a fun time, and enjoyed our selves a lot. At around eleven we decided to go home and recover the busy week we had. I know that as soon and I walked into my room and changed into my pyjamas and hit the blue sheets on my bed, that I was out cold.

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