I guess no one knowsaccept the author but I think that he loved her from the very beginning but her scent was just to tempting in the beginning..
"I have always loved you, and i will always love you. I was thinking of you, seeing your face in my mind every second that I was away. When I told you that i didn't want you, it was the very blackest kind of blasphemy." from New Moon if I'm not mistaking
ANSWERin midnight sun...edward explained at the begining that he did not even find Bella atrractive nor interesting. It wasnt until Alice saw the future of them together after he saved her from the van. Edward was going to moveto be rid of her smell and desire to kill her and she convinced him that after some time he will be in love with her! he still didnt believe that he could be in love with a human until he started to get to know her. Then he fell madly in love with her even before she realized she even had feelings for him because he knew they were meant to be together....Chat with our AI personalities
Bella was hesitant in "Eclipse" because she was torn between her love for Edward and her feelings for Jacob. She was also afraid of making a decision that would hurt one of them. Additionally, she was uncertain about risking her mortality for eternal life as a vampire.
because she has had a premonition that she will be good friends with Bella and the edward will turn her.