So this is a new story but it comes from my previous story Popular Bella. It is the same character just at a different place in their lives and having gone through different experience when they were younger. I will be removing that story soon as this story will take its place. I hope you all really enjoy reading this and please leave a review at the end !

Chapter 1:

Edward

I never thought it would be this difficult. I have a newfound respect for anyone who comes to the grocery store with their children. Well, they're either a better person than I or absolutely insane for embarking on the venture.

Ashley and I were sent to the grocery store by my mother to get a few more groceries for the upcoming Christmas holiday.

Now, I love my niece Ashley, but she is rambunctious child and doesn't like to sit still for long periods of time and is an explorer.

"No, Ash, we don't need that, let's put it back on the shelf," I try to say calmly. This is not the first time that I've said the exact same sentence since we've been in the store today.

"But, Uncle Eddie, I want some cookies," she pouted.

"Ashley, there are cookies at home, Nana just made some before she left," I promised.

"Chocolate chip?" she smiled.

"Yes," I said back, hoping that we could just grab what we needed and get out of here before she had a melt-down begging for something else.

I'm not quite sure how I got myself into this situation, I was sitting at my parents' house spending some time with my mom and my niece who was there being babysat. Ashley's parents were doing some last minute Christmas shopping and needed someone to look after Ashley so my mom volunteered.

Ashley is my brother's daughter, Emmett and his wife Rosalie got married 7 years ago, only a couple years after they graduated high school. Ashley was a surprise for them but they couldn't have been happier. Ashley has dark brown curls all the way down her back, taking after my brother, but her beautiful face comes from her mother, pale skin and proportionate features.

I was over spending some time with Ashley and my mom since my dad was working at the hospital today. My mom was getting ready to send me to the grocery store to pick up some stuff that she needed for the next couple days when she got a call from a friend of hers who needed some help with something or another- my mom has always been a giving person and is always willing to help anyone out.

She told me that she needed to get right over there and asked if I could just bring Ashley with me to the grocery store. Me, not thinking that this was a big deal, said yes and off we went to the nearest store to get some cranberries, bread, and vegetables.

Crash!

I'm awoken from my daydreaming by my cart crashing into the cart of a woman. She is very pretty and has three small children with her. One of them looks about Ashley's age and the other two look a lot younger.

"I'm so sorry, I really should've been paying more attention to where I was going," I apologized.

"Oh, no, it's alright, I wasn't paying much attention either," she replied. Her voice was beautiful.

She didn't seem old enough to have a child Ashley's age, let alone three. I assume the two babies are twins.

"Emily!" Ashley shouted suddenly.

"Ashley!" the little girl shouted back.

"Emily, don't shout please, it's rude," the woman told the small child.

"Bella, this is my best friend from daycare! 'Member I was telling you about her!" the little girl, Emily I'm assuming, exclaimed. Well if she's calling the woman by her name, she is probably not her daughter, perhaps a sister or a niece?

But I finally had a name of the beautiful woman who stood in front of me. She looked about three years younger than me.

"Yes, Em, I remember but we don't need to shout, how about you say hi quickly? Then we need to get going and get the boys home for playtime so that we can make some cookies for the neighbours," the woman suggested

The girls started talking and I stood there awkwardly not knowing what to do.

"Hi, I'm Edward," I smiled at the woman and held out my hand.

"I'm Bella," she said back with a small smile. She was holding something back from me I could tell but I guess you don't reveal your secrets to a stranger in a grocery store. "It seems that Emily is rather taken with your daughter."

"Oh, um, she's not my daughter, she's my niece. Her parents are out for the day and my mom was watching her but got called away and needed some things at the grocery store so I ended up having to bring her with me," I explained.

"I see, grocery shopping with children is certainly not easy," she smiled. "I'm just glad two of mine are asleep."

"Is Emily your daughter? She called you by your name earlier…" I mentioned. It might seem a bit rude but I was really curious and I had told her my story.

"No, she's actually my sister but I have custody of her," she said sadly. I knew there was something else there and I wanted to know but it wasn't the time nor the place to get into it.

"Well, that's very noble of you to take care of her, are your boys twins?" I asked trying to direct the attention somewhere else.

"Yes, they are about 13 months, Kyle and Jason," she smiled.

"Wow, I can't imagine having one newborn, none the less two," I told her. "You and your husband must have been going crazy."

"Uh, actually, it's just me," she said.

"I'm awful! I can't believe I keep bringing things up that make you have that sad look in your eyes, I'm really sorry, how about you direct our conversation from now on?" I apologized.

"It's alright, I'm used to it. At least you asked and didn't make assumptions about how I was a terrible young teenage mother who was looking for a father for her child and managed got pregnant a second time from another guy and then he left me for someone else," she said.

"People have actually said that to you?" I'm astonished.

"Well, not in so many words, but you can tell by the looks and there have been some comments made that give that impression. Like, I mean, I'm 23, Emily is 5 and I was 22 when the boys were born, I mean, that's not that young to have children," she ranted.

"I agree," I told her.

"So, Edward, what do you do?" she asked me.

"Well, I'm 27, and I'm a doctor at the hospital. What about you?" I told her.

"Wow, that's great. It's a bit of a complicated story for me right now but I'm not working at the moment, I just moved back to Forks a month ago but before I moved here, I lived in California and I worked at a daycare and I'm hoping to start up a business here at some point. Emily is in daycare now even though I'm home because I want her to make some friends and she's starting school next year so I want her to get used to it. And it's a lot easier to get things done when she's not around, she's a very active child."

"No, I completely understand."

"We should get going, it was lovely to talk to you, Edward, I hope to see you around again if my craziness hasn't scared you away," she joked.

"Of course, Bella, how about you give me your number and I'll give you a call sometime, maybe we can spend some more time together," I suggested, hopeful that she would be interested. I felt this connection to her and I really want to see her again.

"Sure, I'd really like that," she smiled at me.

So, nothing too dramatic. Just a short one to start, I would love to hear what you all think of this. Let me know in a review. Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon. Thanks so much for reading!