A/N:
This is my first attempt at a story and I hope you all like it. Please leave any reviews and suggestions/comments. There is no set update schedule so, if you want more, I'll have to have enough reviews! Thanks to my awesome beta sproutofjane. She's been there for me from the beginning. Thanks jane. There are no words to express how thankful I am for you. :)
BPOV
Ugh! Another boring day of classes. I didn't know what I would do with myself. I couldn't seem to pay attention to anything. It seemed as if the closer the semester got to ending, the less focus I had on what I needed to be doing. All I cared about was vacation. It didn't help that my part time job had me even more excited. Getting to do what I enjoyed was simply amazing. I mean, who else gets a job doing what they want to do for the rest of their lives after graduating college? Let alone, before completing a degree! It was now April and it was in this class where I sat against the wall that I noticed him.
I don't know how he had escaped my notice all those months before but now, I had noticed him. I wasn't sure if he'd even bother to notice me so I didn't do anything. I wasn't about to make the first move! How could I if I didn't even bother to pay attention to what his name was? All through the remainder of class, all I could think about was how or if I'd even do anything to get noticed. Maybe I'll just let him start things if he even got around to looking at me. Suppose he didn't look at me. I guess that's where I'd have to be the one to make the first move. How lame would that be, really! It's supposed to be the guy that makes the first move, not the girl. At least, that's how I was raised. I can't imagine going up to him and being like "Hey, uh, what's your name? I know we've been in this class for a little over 3 months now, but I didn't pay attention to your name." He'd think I was stupid or something.
As we got ready to get in groups, I was saved from making a fool of myself. Thanks to the professor who not only put him in my group, but called him by name as well. I finally got to find out what his name was. Now, why didn't I pay attention earlier on in the semester? This could have saved me some trouble now that I was trying to figure out who he was! "Edward, please get in Bella's group," said the professor as we were all situating ourselves for what was sure to be one more of those boring activities that I could really care less about at this point. All I wanted was to be out of here 'because I knew I was passing this class with flying colors. As I was thinking of ways to get out of here, he called my name… I couldn't believe it! "Bella?" He called, interrupting me from my crazy thoughts.
EPOV
For the past few months, I had been sitting in this class doing virtually nothing to make any friends. I figured why bother if the semester was only like five months long. It's not like I was gonna keep in touch with anyone since these classes just flew by and on to the next semester we'd go. Who was to say that anyone would have any more classes with me in the future. These thoughts changed when I saw her. There was no denying she was very pretty. No, pretty didn't do justice to the way she looked every day. There were actually no words to describe her. Her long, brown hair, her brown eyes… Her rose colored skin. Really, she looked like a porcelain doll. What I didn't understand and was still trying to figure out as the professor went on about what assignment we were supposed to be doing is why she was so quiet. Why did she sit so far away from the rest of the class?
I didn't have to wonder for long, though. As soon as we were assigned to our respective groups for this boring project, I took matters in to my own hands. "Bella," I called to her as she sat there thinking about who knows what. She jumped at the sound of her name. "I didn't mean to startle you," I said as she turned to look at me. As she turned, I saw the most beautiful blush spread across her face. "Yes," she answered, hiding her face in her hands.
"Shall we get started?" I asked not really caring whether we got started on this miserable project or not. "Yes," she answered to my disappointment. What I really wanted to do was talk to her about anything but class; anything but this miserable, boring project we were supposed to be working on. Who really cared about a stupid group thing that really wouldn't do anything for the rest of our lives? Bella seemed not to care about this thing either. I can't tell you how long I sat there staring at her but she noticed and hid her face. For the rest of class, she tried to concentrate on what we were supposed to be doing. As we were dismissed for the day, I stopped her. "Want to hang out sometime?" She couldn't have been any cuter when she answered yes. As she answered, she blushed. I swear, that blush of hers would be the death of me.
BPOV
Omygosh! Omygosh Omygosh! He wants to hang out! With. Me! I. Can't. Believe this! As I walked towards where I was supposed to meet my sister, I couldn't contain my excitement! I smiled the whole way there! "What's with that smile?" Alice asked as I sat there waiting for her to come out of class. "Oh. I'll tell you later," I said. "No, Bella, you won't get away with that this time. What is it?" "Nothing, I swear!" I tried lying but even I knew my attempts at lying or hiding anything from Alice were futile. "Come on, let's go get something to eat and walk around," she said. This usually meant, "I'll buy you lunch, you spit out whatever has you so happy." Ugh! Here comes the fun. I hate sessions like this. Alice isn't one to tread lightly when she wants to find things out. When she wants to get to the bottom of things, she'll do anything. "Oh," she said in her pixie-like voice, "we have to call Rosalie. I promised her lunch with us. Ok?" This meant Rosalie would go straight for the sexual part of things once I spat out what Alice wanted to know. "Fine, "I said, knowing I had no choice in the matter.
APOV
Most people think I'm bossy, controlling, etc. What people don't understand is that I'm not one to be messed with. I'll put up with nothing! I don't like things to be hidden from me and I don't hide things from people. So, as I was walking out of class, I saw Bella with a huge smile plastered on her face. "What's with that smile?" I asked her. "Oh, I'll tell you later," she responded thinking that would satisfy my curiosity. Oh, no she didn't! "No, Bella, You won't get away with it this time," I told her as we started walking. I tried something else. Something I knew she wouldn't resist. "Come on, let's go get something to eat and walk around," She tried to hide her smile by frowning but I knew I'd won her over. "Oh, we have to call Rosalie. I promised her lunch with us," I told her as we got in the car.
BPOV
As all three of us sat here waiting for our food, Alice wasted no time getting to the bottom of things. "So, Bella," she started. "What has you so smiley today?" I knew there was no point in hiding anything any more because either way, Alice would find out what she wanted to know. "In class today, I was sitting against the wall, and I noticed this guy for the first time in months." I said it all in one breath which was probably not a good idea. Alice and Rosalie both smiled. "What's his name? What does he look like?" Rosalie asked and Alice kept smiling. I couldn't hide my smile as I described him. "He's tall, has bronze colored hair, green eyes… Oh his hair! It's so… Beautiful! Rosalie gasped! Bronze. Hair?" "Yes," I said. "His name"? Alice asked bringing us back to reality. The waiter was coming with our food so I waited for everything to be given to us before I gave out any more details. I could tell Alice was squirming in her seat but I had to drag it out.
As we dug in, she asked again. "His name is Edward," I said. "So," Rosalie started. "Is he to die for? Is he someone you'd consider taking to bed? " "Rose!" I nearly yelled, "How can you think that kind of stuff? We're barely getting to know each other! He just started talking to me, for crying out loud!" I never thought he'd notice me but I didn't say this out loud. I mean, I was just plain and ordinary. Who would take the time to even talk to me? Especially, someone like him who had plenty of things going for him, good looks, a brain, and from what I'm hearing a family who is well off as far as financial stability goes. With all this said, he could get any other girl he wanted, so why would he want to talk to me?
***A Few Hours Later***
RPOV
As Alice, Bella and I sat in the dorm room, Alice came up wit the brilliant idea of going to a club. "Come on, girls." She said. This will be fun! Who knows what can happen! "No!" Bella and I shouted. "We don't want to!" "You're such party poopers!" She made her little sad face which always won us over. "Fine," we said, "but only if we get to decide what to wear." "Alright," she said. "Be ready in an hour!" And with that, we were sent off to get ready for what was sure to be a disastrous night.
BPOV
What is Alice thinking? Why a club on this day of all days? All I wanted to do was sit back, relax and replay the day's events in my mind. Why do I have to go to a club with her? Why couldn't she have done this on a different day? I wanted to figure out why out of all people, Edward chose to talk to me. Well, besides the obvious reason of us being in a group together, why else would he want to talk to plain, ordinary Bella? There were plenty of other girls who had the looks and who were in the same class as both of us. Was he just doing it to be nice to me? That had to be the only possible explanation.