Chapter 1

It was a cold and windy night in North Carolina,colder than it usually was. Alice,Rosalie,and I all walked-arms linked-through the streets of our town and down towards the local bookstore. Where we lived was such a small town,the bookstore was usually the best place for kids our age to hang out. We stepped inside and took our coats off,hanging them on the coat rack by the door before continuing inside and to the back where our usual table was waiting for us.

"Oooo,Bella look,the new issue of Vogue is here!" Alice squealed,grabbing her favorite fashion magazine before settling into one of the large armchairs that surrounded the table.

"Thats great Alice" I said nonchalantly before picking up the book i'd been reading the night before. The title was printed clearly on the cover. I'd read Wuthering Heights about a million times,but it never quite got old to me. I sat down into an armchair myself and cracked open the book,its pages fragile beneath my fingertips. Rosalie sighed and sat down as well,picking up her new issue of Seventeen. I glanced at Rosalie and Alice and realized that soon enough the three of us would be off to college together. Memories flashbacked in my head,replaying over and over again. I could still remember the first day that the 3 of us had met.

(Flashback)

"Okay kids,its time to go outside and play for recess. I'll see you when you come back in" my kindergarten teacher,Mrs.Smith,had said beore letting us all out on the playground. I went to go sit on the edge of the basketball court where I usually sat,by myself. The new girl who had just come into my class that day came over to me and introduced herself.

"Hi there,I'm Alice" she had said,smiling warmly at me.

"Hi,i'm Bella" I'd said back shyly.

Alice had turned her head to look to the right of us and called over this blonde girl in my class named Rosalie.

"There you are Alice,I didn't know where you went" Rosalie had said,holding a baseball in her hands. She looked at me then and then spoke again, "Hi Bella. Do you want to play catch with me and Alice?" she'd asked.

I shook my head yes and the three of us went out into the field and threw the baseball back and forth,giggling the whole time.By the end of the day,we were friends,and by the end of the week,we were best friends forever.

(End Flashback)

"Bella? Earth to Bella" Alice said jokingly,looking at me over the top of her issue of Vogue. Her tiny body looked like it was being swallowed by the huge armchair she sat in.

"Oh,sorry alice. I was just remembering the first day we all met in kindergarten" I answered,smiling at the memory.

"Wow,that seems like such a long time ago. Its hard to imagine that in less than 2 weeks,we're gonna be off to college all the way in Seattle" Rosalie answered,setting down her magazine.

"Well theres not to much to worry about. Emmett's gonna be there" Alice reassured us. Emmett was Alice's older brother and he was going to the same college as us. Rosalie blushed at his name because Alice and I both knew she had a huge crush on him. "Oh,and his friends Jasper and Edward are going too" she added. She kept her face calm as she said Jasper's name,even though I knew and Rosalie knew that Alice had liked Japser for a long time too. I had met both Jasper and Emmett,but i'd never met Edward before. The way Alice decribed him, he seemed like he was fairly nice and acted like a true gentleman.

"But still,just the thought of being so far away from home,its kind of scary" I added,setting my book down and sitting on the edge of the armchair so I could tlak to Rosalie and alice over the loud chatter coming from the coffee counter of the bookstore.

"But Bella,we're gonna have so much fun. We'll go to amazing party's and the malls less than an hour away from the college. My mom and dad are having my porsche and rose's convertible shipped over. It'll be so much fun!" Alise said,positibley jumping up and down in her chair form excitement.

I thought about what she'd just said. Great,shopping,and party's I thought dreerily to myself. but then I remembered that i'd be with my two friends and I was okay. "But what about Renee you guys?"

"Bella,your mother is a gorwn adult,let her take care of herself" Rosalie assured me. I was worried about my mother. She'd been through a lot lately. My mother,Renee had married my father,Charlie at an early age. We lived in a small town called Forks,Washington that I couldn't even remember. My mom got bored with the small town life there. It was dreery and there was nothing to do so she packed her and my things and took me with her to Florida.We lived there for about a year before she met a very nice man named Phil who played baseball. They "fell in love" and got engaged. My mother was engaged to Phil for two years before she couldn't take his constant traveling anymore. she broke off the engagement and we moved to a nice beach front condo. Eventually,like all things,my mom got bored with the constant heat of Florida and the mosquitoes and everything. We packed up our things and moved to North Carolina and moved into another small town. Ironic how my mom hated small towns. But she found this one quite quaint and decided it would be a perfect place to live. Of course,by the time we moved here, I was only around 6 or 7. Then she enrolled me in school and I met Rose and alice. From there,my life improved and here I found myself.

"I just remembered you guys,my dad still lives in Forks. Its only like 2 hours away from Seatlle. I could go and visit Charlie while i'm at college" I said enthusiastically. I hadn't seen my dad in over 4 years and I missed him. We would write letters to eachother and E-Mail but it just wasn't the same as seeing him.

"Well now we all have something to look forward to" alice said happily before picking up her magazine again and pouring over the pages. Rosalie did the same and I picked up my book. after a while,the three of us got bored and decided to go to the coffee counter to get some drinks. i got my usual ice Frappucino and Rosalie and Alice both got Chai tea. We took our drinks to go and went to leave,piling into Alice' car before driving back to Rosalie's apartment. Alice and I were sleeping over that night and on our way to her apartment,we stopped at the only Publix in town and bought a bunch of sleepover goodies. By the time we got to Rose's place,it was almost 10:00 at night. The three of us walked in the door and flipped on the lights. The living room was neat and clean and there were three small air matresses on the floor in front of the plasma screen. Rosalie's parents had died a few years ago when she was 13. Her mother developed cancer and her father had committed suicide afterwards. Her parents had left her with a lot of money and she was able to get herself a very nice apartment in town close to Alice and I. We all went into the kitchen and set our bags of goodies down. We popped a big bowl of popcorn and threw some Junior Mints in to make the best sleepover combination (A/N:Its true,Junior Mints and Popcorn are the most amazing combinaiton. its really yummy) Alice,Rosalie,and i got changed into our pajama's,alice looking dissaprovingly at the sweats that i wore to bed and then we settled in front of the plasma screen. rosalie popped in a DVD and the movie Juno came on. We laughed,we cried,and we threw popcorn at eachother. it was a lot of fn. before long,the three of us dozed off,undoubtedly all dreaming about going off to college and how it was going to change our lives forever.

(A/N: Well,this is the first chapter of my new story. I'm sorry it doesnt take place in Florida,or Arizone or even Forks,but it will,later on. I may not have enough time to update on this story and my other sotry. but you should definitley review on both. So get to it,Review like you've never reviewed before! D

-Savannah)