Isabella Marie Swan, a brunette girl who sees herself as simple, ordinary, plain, outcast and different, moves out from her mother's roof in the sunny Phoenix to Forks, Washington which she hates because of its climate and bitter memories of her parent's separation. Here she stays with her father, Charlie Swan, the town's chief police, whom she is not really closed to. This move was to give her mother Renee more time and freedom to spend with her new husband.
At the first day of school, instead of being outcast and hated as she expected, she was fondly received by everybody. The male hormones lined up for this beautiful new girl in school and even girls wanted to be friends with her. Well, everybody except this tight ensemble of cool-to-be-true Cullen siblings who sat at the "coolest" table in the cafeteria whom Bella describes as perfect-looking models waiting for their photo shoot. Their skin, their eyes, their mystery - they who look so similar yet so different. They pair themselves - Rosalie and Emmette, Alice and Jasper - and then the devastatingly and inhumanly beautiful bronzed-hair Edward.
Incidentally, they sat as partners in their biology class. At their first class together, Bella was offended by Edward's apparent avoidance at her as if she "smelled" different that he has to sit very far from her and his chair angled against her. And she overheard him convincing the teacher to change his Biology class schedule. This brought a new wave of insecurity to the already-insecure Bella.
Days passed, Bella noticed Edward being absent and wondered if it was because of her but dismissed it immediately by assuming she is no one important to him in any ways. Upon his return, Edward made amends to the new girl for being unfriendly. Through days of altering friendliness and smugness from Edward, Bella felt a pulling force toward him that he is different. Nobody can't be that gorgeous like him, she says. His hair's casual disarray, his perfect crooked smile, his sculptured nose - just too beautiful for a human. His chalky-white skin, his eyes that change colors from golden honey to pitch black, his cold-as-ice hands - just too mysterious to be a human. She started dreaming of him every night.
Every curiosity in Bella's mind was triggered when one rainy school morning; Edward did something out of the ordinary. Due to the slippery road brought by the heavy rain, a van lost control and was about to smash Bella to death when far from a distance, Edward came to her side and rescued her. She swore she saw Edward pull the van away from her single handedly. But he insisted otherwise.
She eventually found out from a family friend, Jacob Black, about the treaty in their land involving legends of vampires and "protectors" and gave her self conclusion that Edward is a vampire.
During a girls' night-out, Bella got lost in the strange town of Port Angeles and was again almost close to her death because of this group of serial killers chasing her. Between fear and thoughts of self-defense, Edward's silver Volvo screeched tires to rescue again. In spite of knowing he is a vampire, Bella mysteriously trusts him and feels safe with him. She gets in the Volvo finding the furious Edward staring at her would-be attackers. Then when Edward was calmed by Bella, they went to a restaurant where they spilled out all the beans. He told her though that his family don't feed on human blood only on wildlife - "vegetarian vampires", he jokes. He also can hear people's thoughts except Bella's; a mystery to both of them. Edward himself feels that his secrets are safe with Bella.
Since then, they have been inseparable. Edward picks her everyday from her home and off to school together they go. They spend the lunch together, sits close during Biology class, he watches her sleep to guard her, she meets his family, they spend the unforgettable time in the meadows where he shows how his skin glistens like diamonds when sun reflects on it; she loved him even more - A set of motions settled in place where none of Bella's other admirers can not insert. Edward told her why he acted the way he acted during her first day in school - her blood smelled TOO sweet for him to resist. And when he heard her speak his name in sleep, he was fighting over ethics, moral and nature on how he felt - he loved her ever since.
The conflict starts when a trio of nomad vampires arrived in the peaceful town of Forks - James, Laurent and Victoria. James wanted Bella's blood and the Cullen family would stop at nothing to keep the beloved human of their son and brother. But because of James' trap, Bella was bitten by James and both releasing venom into her body and leaking great amount of blood from her. Edward saves her life again in time and together with Emmette and Jasper, killed the lethal vampire James. Edward sucked out the venom from Bella's system just in time not to spread enough to make her a vampire.
Then after the turmoil, they were safe again at Forks. They went to their prom. Since then, Bella had made clear to Edward her desire to become a vampire. They went outside their prom dance floor, and out in the darkness, Edward reached for her throat while Bella anticipated for a life with her beautiful vampire - forever.
