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BPOV

I took a deep breath and stepped out of the car. The lawns of Dartmouth greeted me, spanning in front of the old brick buildings. I gave a quick glance to the papers in my hand, my schedule and room assignment. I was in room 215.

I surveyed the dorms and found the right one. I grabbed my bags out of the trunk and set them on the ground, waiting for my brother, Emmett, to show up. I needed his help to carry my bags, and he definitely had the muscle to do it.

We had taken separate cars because Emmett was driving with his long time girlfriend, Rosalie. We didn't have enough room for all the bags.

As I waited, my thoughts drifted to my dad. Sadness filled me. He had died just a few months ago. He had always been such a wonderful father. He had to raise Emmett and I by himself because our mom had left right after I was born. He had worked as a police officer, raising me and Emmet on a small income, and I knew we weren't easy to take care of.

He had died in a shooting at a high school while he protected students from harm. He hadn't even gotten to see my acceptance into the collage he always dreamed for me. He hadn't had a chance to see any of his kids get married or any of his grandkids. He had left without a goodbye.

I pushed those thoughts away as Emmett pulled up in his huge jeep.

I smiled at Em and Rose as they got out. Emmett was bulky with muscle, with his black curls everywhere and his blue eyes sparkling mischievously.

Rose looked gorgeous, of course. She was dressed in a simple jeans and a t-shirt outfit with her hair tied back in preparation for the moving in day.

"You ready to finally grow up, Belly?" joked Emmett. He had already been here for a year and claimed that he had never known adulthood until college.

I rolled my eyes. "You mean like you never did? Sure I am." I teased him about his child-like behavior.

Rose laughed and shared a smile with me. She walked over and gave me a hug.

"Hey Bella." She greeted, "It's good to see you again. A complete summer was too long."

She had been on vacation for the summer and Emmett had picked her up directly from the airport.

"Yeah it was too long. I missed you, sis." We always referred to each other as sisters. We were really close, since we had known each other since I was eight.

"Okay!" she said brightly, looking at the dorms. "Let's move in."

Emmett grabbed all the bags but two, somehow managing to hold them. Rose and I lugged along the remaining two bags.

"What room are you?" asked Rose.

"Room 215" I answered.

Her face brightened. "Oh! That means we're roommates!"

"Really!" I exclaimed. "That's awesome!" It really was. I was dreading having a roommate that I would end up hating. Now I had someone I knew, which would ease my nerves about starting college.

We lugged the bags to Rose's and my room. Emmett dropped off our bags, kissed Rose goodbye, giving me an affectionate hug, and left the room to bring his bags into his own room.

I looked at the room and saw that there were three beds.

"Do we have another roommate?" I wondered.

That question was answered when a screaming figure ran out of the bathroom and a tiny girl with spiky black hair gave me a crushing hug.

"You must be my new roommates!" the figure chirped. "Hi! I'm Alice Cullen!"

She backed up beaming and I saw her full on. She was pale with shining green eyes and a smile so bright it hurt your eyes. She had spiky black hair and was really short, though she was very pretty. It was going to be a blow on my self esteem to have my roommates be so pretty when I was so plain.

"Hi." I said, "I'm Bella Swan, and this is Rosalie Hale."

"Hi," said Rose brightly.

"Oh, this is going to be an awesome year," exclaimed Alice. I wondered how she could be so hyper. How could that much energy be in such a small frame?"

I smiled, and my stomach rumbled. I was really hungry. Rose laughed. "Someone's hungry."

Alice laughed, too, but then grabbed my hand and pulled me toward to door. "Why don't we get some lunch? There's a café with really good food close by."

I followed her, with Rose walking behind us. The café was just a few minutes away, and I walked in, grateful for the promising smell of food. My stomach rumbled louder now that food was close.

I asked Rose and Alice what they wanted. Alice said she already ate, and Rose asked for a burger. Rose might look like a model, but she ate like a carnivore.

I got into the line in front of the cash register. I glanced over the menu and decided I wanted a chicken wrap. I walked up when the line cleared out and felt slightly uncomfortable when the male cashier looked at me too closely, staring at my chest more than was necessary. I cleared my throat and the cashier snapped out of his daze. He looked at me and smile an overconfident smile.

"What can I get you?" He said, following a script he had no doubt repeated endlessly, though I couldn't help but hear a double meaning.

"A chicken wrap and a burger, please" I said.

He typed it into the cash register. "Anything else?" he said with a "seductive" smile. I thought it was more like he was in pain.

"No thanks," I said, ignoring the double meaning.

"Okay, I'll have it in just a few minutes." he left, but not without another "seductive" smile. At this point I was wondering if I should take him to the doctor to make sure he wasn't actually in pain.

I went to the table that Rose and Alice had claimed.

The door opened, and, all of a sudden, my mind felt like it had opened.

I felt another presence in my head, though I couldn't hear any words. It was really weird.

I looked at the door to see who it was, and saw a man so gorgeous, he looked like a god. He had bronze hair and emerald eyes. He was tall, and muscled, though not in the scary way Emmett was. Alice saw him, and waved him to our table.

"Edward! Over here" she called. So his name was Edward.

He gave her a smile and walked over. That smile was going to end up in my dreams. It was so gorgeous. Actually gorgeous didn't even do it justice. He needed a new word to describe him.

As he walked closer, the presence in my head grew stronger. I could hear a faint whisper, though I wasn't clear.

What the hell was going on!

This was really weird.

Edward came and sat down next to Alice.

"Guys," she said, "this is my brother, Edward. Edward, these are Rosalie and Bella."

Ah. I could see the similarity in their eyes now. They both had deep green eyes, though Alice's seemed a little lighter. Edward's was a very dark, deep green.

"Hello," he said. Oh wow! What a voice! It was smooth and velvety. Gorgeous.

"Hey," said Rose. I smiled in greeting. When his eyes met mine, the presence in my mind suddenly grew, and I heard a very faint-What a beautiful girl.

My eyes widened and I thought What?

Edward's expression was suddenly confused, and I'm sure mine was too.

He composed his expression, and I followed his lead. I ignored this very strange occurrence, pushing it to the back of my mind.

We both returned to the conversation, though I felt a slight nagging in the back of my head as our food arrived, thankfully by female employee, though she ogled Edward. I felt a ripple of anger at that, though I didn't know why.

Still, I didn't forget the weird moment where I was sure I had heard Edward's voice in my head.

What just happened?

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