Bella POV Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN THE TWILIGHT CHARACTERS. I just make my own stories with them. :) I accept constructive criticism but nothing else. If you like it good, if not, well you don't have to read it. I know sometimes I get repetitive and stuff and I'm not the best writer on the planet. Keep that in mind. Enjoy!
I gazed around my room. It was mostly bare, finally. The last few hours of this morning was spent frantically packing. I procrastinated packing up the few stuff I own, for some reason I felt like I was not ready for college yet. All that remains now is a mattress, a chair, and a desk. Glancing at the room one last time, I noticed there was paint peeling off of the walls, revealing the wallpaper that I had while I was a baby. I sighed, turned, and carried the last of my belongings out of my room…my former room.
I heard the door bell ring and I trudged to the door. Opening it, I saw Jacob, not the person I was expecting.
"Jacob! What are you doing here?" I said with excitement in my voice.
"I couldn't let you leave without your going away present, silly. And I wanted to say a last goodbye to my favorite person on the earth."
My eyes drifted to Jacob's hand that held a bag with a card taped to the outside. He handed it to me with my favorite Jacob grin on his face.
"You can't open it until you are settled in your dorm room Bella, and I mean it!"
"Aww, Jake! This is amazing, thanks. I'm sure I'll love it. I can't wait to open it!"
Then, I saw a red convertible pull into the driveway. Jacob hissed and I looked at him. Reluctantly he took two of my suitcases, and I was left with the trunk (though it was not very big, and lighter than the suitcases). Alice hopped out of the car, anxious to get on the road and drive to school.
"Oh, that's why I feel blind," Alice grumbled. "Come on Bella, U of W registration starts in a couple of hours!!"
Jacob tossed my stuff in the car, and gave me a bone-crushing hug. "I love you Bella, come visit me when you can. I'm sure I will be lonely."
"Aw, Jake. I will, if I'm not buried in work first." I hopped into the convertible and buckled my seat belt. A wave of anxiety and excitement came over me. I knew college would be hard, but I could not help but wonder what would happen this year. College is finally here.
I looked back at all the trunks and suitcases that were piled on top of each other. "Jeez Alice! That's all yours?"
"No," Alice said matter-o-factly. "I already took most of my stuff down last night. I, uh, oh, don't do that Bella!" I had a grumpy look on my face. She did not have to finish her sentence for me to guess what she did. Alice went and bought me new clothes and decorations for our dorm room.
"If we are living in the same room, it is going to be enjoyable for both of us, okay?" Alice said.
"Fine." I spat. Alice turned on the radio and started singing in her beautiful bell-like soprano voice. I did not know any of the songs, so I just looked out the window at the gray clouds that covered the sky.
The car ride did not last long, Alice sped so fast, just like Edward I thought. Oh no, I brought up that again. I bit my lip hoping the tears would not start. Things were hard enough without thinking about the E-word. Alice looked at me and sighed.
"Bella, we're not going to start this again. College is going to start your life over. You're lucky I can go through this with you."
"You're right Alice, I would still be a wreck had you not come back." And that was the truth. Jacob helped heal the wound in my heart, but it did not come anywhere close to what Edward meant to me. Life has been a blur since he left almost a year ago. I was dreading my birthday again this year, I do not want anyone to acknowledge it, and I made that very clear a month ago when Alice asked what I wanted. A single tear floated out of my left eye, I tried covering it up so Alice would not see.
"Bella, it's fine, really. We'll have an amazing time this year. College is so fun." It started to pour outside, and it seemed like the rain matched my mood. I folded my arms across my chest and just thought about other things. No matter what, though, I always connect it to Edward. I had given up on the motorcycles with Jacob because hearing Edward's voice haunted me at night. I was just a coward.
Alice found a parking spot very close to our dorm. She stepped out of the car and waved to people I did not know. They looked to be big, muscular men. She motioned for them to come toward us, and I knew that they were going to help carry our belongings to our room. There were four of them, two of them had jerseys on, and the other two had football sweatshirts.
One of them, with blonde hair turned toward me "Hello, my name is Ryan, what's yours?"
"Bella, Bella Swan." I stuck my hand out and shook his. He had a very firm grasp. His hand seemed warm, but not Jacob warm. He smiled at me.
"Bella, that's a very nice name. What's your major?" Uh-oh, I had not thought about that part yet.
I panicked and said "well, undergraduate right now I guess." Ryan chuckled at my confusion.
"I guess I'm in that boat too, so you're taking some of the basic classes then. Maybe we'll have one together. Why don't we leave the other guys to carry in your stuff and I'll take you to get your schedule." I looked nervously at Alice, and she nodded and winked at me.
"Okay, I guess. Registering would be a good idea. I need to set up my meal plan and get my ID taken too."
"Well I'm sure you would like company, I'll show you around, it's a very big campus," Ryan said. I had been to U of W several times and generally knew my way around, but I decided to go with it anyway.
"Sure, lead away." I saw out of the corner of my eye Alice warming up to the other football players and she gave me a thumbs-up and laughed.