"BELLA! GET YOUR ASS UP THESE STAIRS AND HELP ME WITH YOUR BAGS!" Alice screamed from my window at my dads house in Forks, Washington.

Today was the day that I, Bella Swan, and Alice Cullen, were finally going to pursue our dreams and get out of this hell hole called Forks.

Alice and I have been friends since grade school. I had just moved here to live with my dad, Charlie, from Arizona. My mother, Renee, had decided she wanted to travel the world with her new husband, Phil. I didn't mind her leaving me with my dad, I mean I barely saw him as it was. Plus I understood why she wanted to tour the world, it's just such a beautiful place and they had just gotten married.

After having Ali scream at me for almost 10 minutes about my bags, I had enough and stomped up the stairs to help her. "Well Ali, if you hadn't packed so much useless crap in my bags they wouldn't be so heavy!"

"Don't start with me Bella. It's college. Do you know how many hot, single guys are at college?!" Alice practically yelled at me like I was completely insane.

I didn't really care about the guy aspect of college, ever since my relationship with Jacob Black, but we won't get into that quite yet.

"Ali, I honestly don't care about the guys. But fine, if you want me to bring all of this useless shit with me, I'll just let it go. But you have to help me carry them down the stairs and load them into the car!", I exclaimed as I tried my hardest to pick up my main suitcase.

Charlie was currently at work trying his hardest to get off early so he could help us pack up the car and get ready for the drive and say his goodbyes. Alice and I were just too excited about leaving that we decided to try to load everything we could into her car.

"Okay, I think we're going to have to wait for Charlie because I can't even bring these down the stairs," Alice finally said, making me dropped everything I was holding, walk down the stairs and plop myself on the couch in front of the tv.

"Aren't you so excited!? We're going off to college and meeting new people and we'll get..." I kind of just let Alice talk her way through all her excitement while I just sat back and relaxed. Don't get me wrong, I was excited to go to college and to leave this town but I was scared to leave Charlie all by himself with no one to cook for him. He hasn't been alone for nine years! Oh he's going to miss me...

After about an hour or two later, I hear Charlie's cruiser pull into the drive way. I wait until he's inside the house, hangs his gun up on the coat rack by the door, takes his shoes off and walks into the kitchen to greet him.

"Hey dad, how was work?"
"Same old, same old. Just glad I was able to get off early to see my baby girl before she left.", He never showed any emotions, just like me, but you could tell he was upset about me leaving.

"Aw dad, don't worry. I'll be back before you know it and I'm always a phone call away! Plus you have Alice looking after me, so it's not like I'll be alone." I tried to assure him.

"Hey dad, would you mind helping me and Alice getting our bags into her car? Their kind of heavy?" I asked him.

"Sure thing, Bells," Charlie said as he made his way up the stairs.

Alice had already gone back upstairs before Charlie came in and said hello once he was up there. I followed behind him and helped Alice gather all the suitcases in one spot so it'd be easier to get to the bags.

"Jesus, what did you girls pack? A bunch of bricks?" Charlie asked once all the bags were in the car and ready to go.

"Oh you know, Charlie, regular girl stuff! Clothes, shoes, makeup..." Alice started rambling off different things that a girl would need but Charlie interrupted her before she could finish.

"Alright alright, I get it Alice," He chuckled as he said this.

After everything was packed and we were settled to go, I made us all dinner. Making it simple, I just cooked up some spaghetti and marinara sauce to go with it. After dinner, we said our farewells and promised to call Charlie once I got situated in our dorm.

On the way to JWU, Johnson and Wales University, Alice and I just jammed out to all of her songs on her iPod to pass the time faster. We were just so anxious to meet our suite mates and to see the campus. Not to mention decorate our dorm rooms!

About 6 hours later, we finally made it to JWU, as well as Charlotte, North Carolina. We parked our car and went to the admissions office telling them we arrived and wanted to go ahead and move everything into our dorms.

We both got out ID cards, which were also the keys to the buildings and to our room. Alice and I were in the north resident hall, which had a view of Charlotte's home football team, the Panthers, practice field. We were on the third floor and once we got into our rooms we noticed we were the first to arrive. The dorms had four people in them with two roommates and four suite mates in a room. There was a toilet on one side and a shower on the other. Alice and I opted for the room closest to the shower.

In our room we had two twin beds, two dressers, two desks, two chairs, a fridge and a microwave. The first thing did was move around the furniture the way we wanted it to be. First we pushed our beds up against the front wall, which had our only window. Then we raised our beds up higher so we could push our dressers underneath, our desks and chairs went at the end of our beds. We weren't exactly sure where to put out fridge and microwave so for now it was up against the right wall.

Finishing arranging our room, we set out cleaning our suitcases out and putting our items in their designated places. By the time we finished doing that we were so tired and exhausted. After rested for a couple of minutes Alice suggested we go to the courtyard that was in between the two dorm buildings, to see if there were any students hanging out there. There weren't, so we decided to check out the cafeteria and grab something to eat before we explored more of the campus.

As soon as Alice and I walked in, all eyes were on us. I guess we were one of the last groups of people to arrive. Alice took public attention proudly and wasn't scared at all. Me on the other hand, I didn't handle being the center of attention one bit. Alice stood up straight and lifted her head a little higher and started walking towards the buffets that housed all the food.

I tried following her, hoping to God I didn't trip and fall. Luck was not on my side. I ended up tripping on my own two feet. I was preparing myself for the cold hard floor to hit my face and when it didn't I felt two strong arms around my waist. I looked up from under my lashed and was greeted my a handsome, gorgeous face. He had gold colored eyes, crazy long copper hair, muscular, wore a shit that fit just right where you could see the outline of his abs, and he was a little taller than me.

"Tha...than..thank you..." I said, completely breathless and mesmerized by his beautiful eyes.

"No problem, beautiful. I'm Edward, you are?" Edwards compliment didn't go unnoticed. I blushed harder than I'd ever blushed before. Knowing that I was blushing made me blush even more. After introducing himself to me, he set my on my feet and let his arms around my waist linger longer than they should have.

"I, I'm Bella."

"Well Bella, I hope to see you around soon." He smiled at me, let go of my waist, and headed over towards the table he was sitting at. There were two other guys who were equally as hot, but not quite as hot and sexy as Edward was.

As they were leaving, Edward looked over his shoulder at me, winked, and walked out with his other friends. I had noticed that one of the guys with him was looking over my shoulder at someone else. I turned around and saw that he was looking directly at Alice and Alice was doing the same.

After we ate, Alice and I decided to walk back to our dorms and rest before we explored more of the campus. It hadn't even been five seconds since we walked in until Alice bombarded my with questions.

"What's his name? What exactly happened? Who's his friend? Are you going to see him again?" Alice was bouncing up and down at this point, clearly excited.

"Edward. I tripped and fell, you know how clumsy I am. I don't know his friends name. I have no idea though he said he hoped too see me soon." I smiled back at Alice.

She squealed in delight. "Bella, I've never seen you that mesmerized before! You're even smiling bigger than when you were with Jacob!"

Usually when people brought up Jacob, I'd either punch them straight in the face or I'd give them a piece of my mind, but with Alice, I let it slide.

"Ali, I don't want to talk about Jacob. I got away from him, it's over."

"I know, Bella. It's just excited too see that you could potentially like someone here." Alice told me. I can admit, I'd like to find a good, healthy relationship with someone new. Maybe it would actually happen.

"And what about you, Alice? I saw you making goggly eyes at Edwards friend. What's up with that?" I joked at her, wiggling my eyebrows up and down.

Alice blushed. Straight up blushed. She never did that. Ever.

"I, I don't know what you're talking about Bella..." Alice started walking around the room, fiddling with whatever she could find.

"You know exactly what I'm talking about. You never paid attention to the guys back home, how is he different?" I asked.

Back home, Alice never paid any attention to the guys that went there. They were definitely interested in her but she never gave them the time of day. Guys would constantly try to get Alice to go on a date with them or to just simply hang out with them. She refused them every single time. When I asked her why she just simply said that she was interested.

"I don't know, Bella. There is just something about him..."

"That's it. I am seeing Edward, and I am getting you and his friend together if it's the last thing I do!" I told her.

"No, I think I'll get you and Edward together if it's the last thing I do." Alice said wiggling her eyebrows at me just like I had done to her a few minutes ago.

I laughed, then a couple of seconds later, the main door to our suite opened and in walked one of our suite mates. She was really pretty, long blonde hair, blue eyes, tall, fit and had a bit of curves.

"Hi, I'm Jessica. You guys are?" Jessica introduced herself.

"Hey, Jessica! I'm Alice and this is Bella." Alice introduced us. Then before I knew it we were both enveloped into a huge hug. Jessica was extremely friendly and I loved that about her. I was scared to death that Alice and I would end up with a bitchy suite mate.

Once introductions were over, Alice and I helped Jessica get situated, the front door opened again and our other suite mate walked in. She had long black hair, wasn't quite as tall as Jessica, she seemed a bit shy, and a little nerdy. She shyly introduced herself as Angela. She was surprised when Jessica hugged her but politely hugged her back.

After Angela was settled, we all decided to look around the campus and then head over to the student center to hang out with most of the new students.

"Ah! I'm so excited to start working in labs on Monday! Especially since we're all in the same lab class!" Jessica squealed once we looked at the lab classrooms. Back at the dorms, we all pulled out our schedules to see if any of us had classes together. Turned out that we all had the same classes the entire trimester. We were super excited.

"Same here. I'm really shy and hate branching out to meet new people." Angela said. She had slowly opened up once she got to know a little bit about us.

We were heading over towards the student center, commenting on the surroundings and how beautiful it was here in Charlotte. Once we got there, Jessica went off on her own way with Angela following her. I had a feeling Jessica would take Angela under her wing and get her to open up a bit more.

A cute guy started walking towards Alice and I and introduced himself.

"Hey ladies, my name's Mike."

"Hi Mike, I'm Bella and this is Alice."

I was a little uncomfortable with how Mike was only staring at me and how he was looking me up and down. Alice noticed a giggled a little which brought Mike back down to earth.

"Hey, uhm, Alice? Mind if I steal Bella from you for a bit. I'd like to get to know her more." Mike asked, winking at me while doing so.
I looked at Alice, and asked her if she was okay being left alone. As soon as I asked that, Edward and his friend, whom Alice liked, walked through the doors. Edward looked straight at her. She turned around and looked back at Alice.

"I like I'll be alright for awhile." She told me, grinning like crazy.

I nodded and Mike lead me over to a spot that had beanbag chairs and was near a couple of windows. He started peppering me with questions as soon as we set down.

"Where are you from? Do you like it here so far?"

"Forks, Washington. And yeah, it's so beautiful and with Forks being a small town, the city is absolutely huge. Which I love." I answered honestly.

"Oh wow. I'm from Seattle, Washington. A shame we never ran into each other before now." He smirked at me.

"Uh, yeah. Shame. My dad's a cop, so he never really let me go into the city, not even with Alice."

The conversation got really awkward after that, and when I looked over to try to find Alice, I was met by Edwards glare instead. What was his problem?

He started walking over to Mike and I, looking like he was boiling mad.

"Mind if I steal Bella for a bit?" Edward asked Mike.

"Uh, yeah I mind. We aren't finished talking. Maybe you can meet her later." Mike snapped at Edward. Edward clenched his fists and unclenched them.

"Don't make me drag you out of here, Mike. I asked politely if I could talk to Bella for a bit. Now leave." Edward said glaring back at Mike.

Mike finally got up and Edward took his spot.

"What the hell is your problem?" I asked Edward. He was still mad but when he looked at me his face softened.

"I really don't like that kid, he gives me bad vibes. Plus, I could tell you were uncomfortable around him."

"I..I was fine.." I looked away, shocked he noticed that. Jacob could never tell what I was feeling. He always thought the opposite. Damn Bella, don't think about Jacob. That's the past, I scolded myself.

"Yeah, right. Do you want to go take a walk?" Edward asked me.
"Let me go check with Alice." I ran over to where Alice was. She was smiling, was so happy, leaning up against the wall in the hallway talking with Edwards friend who she liked.

"Hey, Ali. Mind if I go take a walk with Edward? Will you be okay?" I asked her, feeling guilty for interrupting them.

"No problem, Bells. By the way, this is Jasper. Jasper this is Bella, but absolute best friend." She introduced us, beaming.

"Hey, Jasper. Nice to meet you." I smiled sweetly. "I'll see you later Ali."

"Hey, don't be too late. I don't want to stay up all night worried that you got murdered or something. Plus I don't want to have to break the news to Charlie."

"I would never let anything happen to Bella." Edward came right up behind me. My breath hitched, knowing how close he was. Alice giggled and waved goodbye.