AN: Okay, so this is my first attempt at Twilight, as well as my first attempt at a multi-chaptered story. Standard disclaimers apply (I'm not Stephenie Meyer, I don't own anything, etc. etc. etc.).

Everyone is human (I know… but I don't think I can do vampire Edward justice…), and I'm trying to stay as much in character as I can.

With that said, enjoy! (and let me know what you think)

(BPOV)

"Alice, no. No way."

"Come on Bella, please?" She was laying it on thick, batting her eyelashes over her large doe eyes.

I sighed.

It was a Friday night, the first weekend of our first year of college. And Alice was dying to go to a party she had heard about during one of her classes.

"Alice, I have so much homework already." It wasn't a lie… I had a paper due next Wednesday, and three "introduce yourself" note cards to complete by Monday. She didn't need to know that those tasks would really only take me an hour or so.

"No one has that much during their first week of classes." She protested.

"Besides, that's what Sundays are for. Duh." She explained, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Al, you know I hate parties. Besides, Jake is supposed to call me tonight." At this, she made a muffled 'humph' noise, placing her hands on her hips. Obviously my Jake excuse wasn't going to fly. Damn.

"Please B, for me. I can't go to a party by myself. I'll look like a loser." She whined.

I sighed.

I was such a pushover, and she knew it. She knew I was going to crack.

"Where is this party at?" I asked, realizing my mistake at once. Alice smiled, her perfect white teeth glistening.

"It's down at one of the frat houses."

Frat houses? This school has fraternities? Interesting. Leave it to Alice to find them.

"And how are we supposed to get in? I thought freshman didn't normally get invited to those parties."

"That is exactly why we have to go! And besides, Emmett lives in the house where it's being held at, so we have an automatic in."

Shit. I had forgotten all about Emmett. I sighed again. There really was no way I was going to get out of this.

"Fine. But I'm not going until I talk to Jake, and I get the final say in my wardrobe."

Alice's smile faltered a little, which made me smile. If there was one thing Alice loved more then parties, it was dressing up for them. Her third favorite thing was playing "Bella Barbie", and dressing me up in ridiculous outfits that I would never wear on my own free will.

"Fine. But he better be calling soon. I want to get there before all the good guys are taken.

As if on cue, the phone rang, causing us both to jump. I smiled as I answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey beautiful," a deep husky voice said over the line. "How was your first week?"

"Hey Jake. It was all right. Not as exciting as I was hoping it would be, but my classes are interesting so far."

"Well, it is college, which means more school. I'm still not sure why you picked one so far away though."

I sighed. I was doing that a lot tonight.

Jake and I have had this conversation a million times. He was upset over my choice of schools, mainly because it was so far away from home. I tried to explain to him that I needed to get away from Forks, see what else was out there, but he seemed to think that everything I needed was there with him. I hated telling him that I was miserable in Forks, no matter how good the company was.

"Babe, we've had this talk." I said, not really wanting to have it again.

"I know I'm just hoping you'll change your mind."

"You could always come down here you know." We'd had this conversation a thousand times too. He would ask me to come back; I would ask him to move with me. We were both stubborn enough not to give in. His excuse, however, was better then mine.

"You know I can't do that Isa. I have to take care of Billy. And Charlie now too, since you are so far away."

I felt a twinge of guilt, for leaving Charlie to fend for himself.

"That's not fair Jake. And you know I hate it when you call me Isa."

He laughed.

"Sorry. I just think it's cute." I could tell by the sound of his voice that he was shrugging. I rolled my eyes.

"So how was your day?" I asked, trying to steer the conversation in a less awkward direction.

"It was great! I got the last of the parts for that new car I'm working on. I should have it running by next week."

Great. Car talk. Not exactly what I wanted to discuss.

"That's great." I tried to sound enthusiastic. Apparently I did a good job, which was rare for someone who couldn't lie to save her life. Before I could say anything else, a high-pitched voice broke out over the line.

"Bella... come on. It's already 8:00. We need to start getting ready."

"Alice, I'm on the phone."

"I know. I need you to get off now." She said impatiently. "Sorry Jake." She said with a laugh, hanging up the phone.

"I'm sorry too." I said quietly, hoping he wasn't going to get upset.

"What are you getting ready to do?" He asked with suspicion in his voice.

"Alice wants me to go to this party with her. A frat party, apparently, that not many freshmen get invited to, and she's guilt tripped me into going."

"A frat party? Are you serious Bella?"

I sat in silence, confused as to why he sounded so angry.

"Yes, a frat party. At Emmett's frat house. You remember Emmett right, my cousin?" Great. Now I was angry too.

"I don't care whose frat house it is. That's a dumb idea for you to go to a party like that. You know what they do to girls at those parties. I know you're not that naive."

"Jacob, I really have no idea why you're this angry. It's Emmett. You think he'd let anything happen to me? And besides, I'm old enough to make my own decisions, and I'm deciding to go to this party. End of story." I almost slammed the phone down, but I knew that would only make things worse.

"Whatever Bella. Why don't you just call me in the morning."

"Fine. Bye Jake."

"Bells, wait."

"Yes?"

I was getting annoyed at this conversation. It seems that ever since I moved away for college, Jake had been acting weird. Everything had been perfect up until graduation. Being with Jake was easy; like breathing. Maybe that was the problem.

"Be safe. I love you."

I let out an exasperated sigh.

"I'll be fine Jake. Love you too." I said quietly, before hanging up the phone.

"Alice!" I yelled. I hoped this party was good, because I certainly felt like I needed a drink.

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(EPOV)

The loud noise that was coming from downstairs was really starting to get on my nerves. Every five minutes or so, a loud crash would ring through the house, followed by a string of profanities. If I had known that this is what fraternity life was going to be like three years ago, I never would have let Emmett convince me to pledge.

I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose between my thumb and my index finger.

"Yo Ed! Get your scrawny ass downstairs!" A loud voice yelled from outside my door. "Or I'm going to break through this door and drag you down there myself." The voice was followed by a series of bangs, each one more forceful then the previous.

"Calm down Emmett." I got up to open the door, coming face to face with a very annoyed Emmett.

"What's the problem?" I glanced over to my laptop, nodding to the paper that was half written. "I'm kind of busy."

"It's 8:30. The girls are going to be here any minute."

"Girls? What girls?" I had no idea we had specially invited guests to this party.

It was a tradition, at Southern Oregon, for all the fraternities and sororities to hold a series of parties during the first month of school. As per tradition, our house always hosted the first kegger of the new school year. It was annoying, but it was tradition.

"My cousin and her roommate; they're both freshman, so I figured I'd give them a little bit of an upper hand on the social ladder."

"Freshman huh? That'll be interesting. I wasn't aware that we even invited freshman to this party."

"Normally we don't, but seeing as she's family…" He trailed off. "Besides, her roommate is pretty hot, so I figured why not."

I smiled. That sounded more like the Emmett that I knew.

"I knew you had another reason other then her being family." Emmett just shrugged.

"Come on, stop being such a stick in the mud and come down to help us get set up. Jazz has been setting up the beer pong table, and Ben and Laurent are putting the kegs in the basement. James just finished hanging the lights around the pool, so hopefully that'll attract the hot girls to do a little late night swimming."

"And what exactly do you need my help with then? Sounds like you boys have everything under control." I really just wanted to finish my paper.

"We need you to delegate, like you always do."

I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose again. This was not what I signed up for.

"Edward, it's your last year in college, enjoy it while you can." He said, patting me on the back. "Besides, this is the last time you'll ever have to host this party."

"Yeah, but there will be other parties. You know that, I know that, so stop trying to butter me up." As hard as I tried not to, I smiled anyway. He had a point. It was my senior year, and it was the last time I'd ever have to host this stupid "welcome back" party.

Taking one last glance at my unfinished paper, I closed my door, following Emmett down the stairs and into the living room.