A/N : This is my 2nd Fan-Fic and I would greatly appreciate as much feedback and reviews that are possible. I have several ideas and outcomes for this story and am so excited to be posting. I just wanted to add that I don't own anything at all I have been addicted to fan-fic for about a month and have become incredibly impatient waiting for my favorite stories to update so I made my own. I want to say Thank You to Stephanie Meyer for creating the Twilight World. Enjoy ! ! !

Chapter 1 – My new best friend

BPOV

After filling out the dorm-mate compatibility quiz 2 months ago I received an e-mail with the name and e-mail address of my soon to be roommate Miss Mary Alice Cullen of Seattle, Washington. Not 2 days after receiving that letter from Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland I received an excited phone call from Miss Cullen.

"May I speak to Isabella Swan pleas?" a squeaky voice said from the phone. I replied

"This is she, May I ask who is calling please?" I then heard animated squeal come from the other end of the phone. I immediately held the phone away from my ear waiting for the noise to stop.

"Hello my name is Alice Cullen and I will be your new roommate and I was calling to see if you wanted to get together this week so we can become good friends before school starts."

Well she certainly was to the point and straight forward unlike myself who was a little shy and self conscious. But what could it hurt at least I would already know someone when I arrived and I agreed to meet up in Port Angeles for coffee and lunch the next day.

I was driving my old rusty Red Pick-Up to Port Angeles the next morning and eager to meet my new friend, roommate, dorm mate, or whatever she was. I parked in the parking lot across from the coffee shop and noticed a small girl with spiky black hair and I immediately knew it was her. She was bouncing up and down and waving her arms around like she had to pee. It was quite comical. I had told her what kind of truck I drove and what color to look for. I crossed the street cautious to look in both directions; I didn't want her first impression of me to be that I was a clumsy, klutzy walking accident waiting to happen. Luckily I made it across the street without falling or tripping. As soon as I was on the side-walk she had her arms around me in a tight hug. Who could have thought that such a tiny thing was so strong?

We went inside for coffee and proceeded to tell each other about everything in our lives up until that point. I learned that Mary Alice hated her 1st name and insisted to be called just ALICE. I of course understood seeing as how I prefer to be called Bella instead of Isabella. Alice had 2 older brothers Emmett 22 and Edward 20 and no sisters though she was very close to her oldest brother's fiancée Rosalie who was also 22. Alice had a long term boyfriend since she was 14 his name was Jasper Hale and he was 19 just 1 year ahead of us and already attending Towson University for Psychology. Her father Carlisle was a Doctor and her mother Esme was an interior designer and made lots of money flipping houses which Alice helped shop and decorate for. Alice was going to school for fashion, business, and party planning. Her brother Emmett was going to school to please his parents but was really into sports. He had a full scholarship to Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in Baltimore and played Baseball and Lacrosse while his Fiancée Rosalie attended Towson for Business Management. The middle Cullen child Edward was also attending Johns Hopkins University (JHU) but for medicine he wanted to be a doctor like his father.

I told Alice about how I used to live in Phoenix, Arizona but my mom and her husband, my step-father Phil traveled a lot for his job as a Minor League Baseball coach and that I decided to move to Forks to live with my father Charlie the Chief of Police. I told her about my best friend in the world Jacob Black who was a Native American and lived on the Quillette reservation right outside of Forks. He is 2 years younger than me but at least a 1 ½ feet taller than I am. I showed her a picture of him in my wallet and how beautiful his hair was. She asked if we were dating and I told her that it was just never like that for us we were always just best friends and told each other everything.

After drinking our coffee and walking around Port Angeles for a while we decided to spend the weekend at each other's house and play slumber party and learn more about each other. I was so excited I like her right away. She was nothing like me but we got along instantly and I knew we would be great friends. Alice was going to stay with Charlie and I next weekend and I was going to show her around my town and take her to La Push beach so she could meet my best friend Jacob.

Friday morning my phone rang at 7:00am. I reached across my bed to my night table and picked up the phone with a groggy voice "hello".

"Are you still asleep? I am only 5 minutes away." Alice squeaked on the phone.

I sat up rubbing my eyes and stretching. I spoke sleepily into the phone "Alright Alice I will be down in a minute to meet you at the door."

She squealed again and hung up the phone. I quickly rushed to the bathroom to pee and brush my teeth and ran downstairs falling straight on my butt after tripping on the bottom step. At least no one saw me. I got up and brushed myself off realizing I was still in my pajamas, a tank top and a pair of my dad's boxer shorts that were too small for him. Oh well it was only Alice she would probably insist on picking out my clothes for the day anyway so I might as well wait to change. A knock at the door brought me out of my dazed thinking and I just walked over and unlocked the door and swung it open expecting a small pixie like girl to through herself at me in a tight hug. But what I got was completely something else. There was a muscular chest wrapped in a snug fitting grey t-shirt at the level where Alice's eyes should have been. I slowly lifted my eyes to see the most dazzling Emerald eyes I have ever seen. There was a man leaning with his arm propped up against the door holding a large duffle bag in his hand and smiling down at me. He had bronze hair that looked like sex hair that is all I could think, it was disheveled looking but like it was from a night of passionate intense lovemaking. He had a chiseled jaw and the most perfect lips I had ever seen; they were strong and with well defined lines yet looked soft like silk. My heart began to pound in my chest and I wondered if it was that loud to anyone else or just me. I instantly felt the blush come to my cheeks as I smiled up at him.

"Hello my name is Edward Cullen." He said. And then Alice ducked under his arm carrying a mid-sized suitcase and pushing past him and giving me a hug.

I gasped and hugged her back and took a few steps back and motioned for them to come in. Alice bounced in leaving her suitcase next to the couch and plopping down still bouncing up and down on the sofa swinging her legs like a child. I had to grin at the sight of how free and full of life she was. Edward glided in placing the large duffle bag next to the suitcase and stood next to Alice on the couch.

Alice jumped up and introduced us," Edward this is my soon to be roommate Bella Swan and Bella this is my brother Edward. He is going to the airport after this so I asked him to drop me off on his way. You see Edward here is arriving to JHU early in order to get a head start and settle in at school. But don't worry you aren't stuck with me Emmett is going to pick me up Sunday night."

She talked so fast I could barely make out what she was saying. He reached his hand out to shake mine and I responded but when our hands met I felt tingles all over my body, my head felt dizzy and my heart started to pound out of my chest. His grip was firm and warm; I could see the muscles in his arm flex from the movement. "Nice to meet you Edward." I said after regaining control of myself.

He smirked a grin at me and headed for the door before telling Alice that he would see her in a month at school. I just stood there and waved goodbye after him. Alice jumped up and down with excitement. "This is going to be so much fun Bella I can't wait to know everything about you."

And so that is what we did. I took her to lunch at the diner that Charlie and I frequently ate at when I was sick of cooking. I often wondered what my father was going to do when I went away to college. Maybe I would cook a ton of food and freeze it for him with instructions on defrosting and reheating. Anyway back to Alice and I. I showed her my High School, the Barnes and Noble where I worked part-time, the woods where my friends and I would hang out and lastly we went to La Push Beach Saturday afternoon and she met Jacob. They hit it off right away they were a lot alike, both high energy young at heart and very outgoing. I had to snap a picture of her standing next to Jacob because the height difference was just too funny. Charlie instantly fell in love with Alice and she knew she had him wrapped around her little finger. She asked Charlie if it would be alright if I spent the last week of summer with her family before college because there was no point in both families having to schlep to the airport and wait and sit through security. To my surprise Charlie agreed.

Alice helped me pack up some of my things to ship to her brother's house in Baltimore. You see her parents Carlisle and Esme had purchased a large 3 story town house in the middle of Baltimore County half way between JHU and Towson University since all of their children and Rosalie and Jasper were going to be there anyway it would make more sense and save money on bills and of course her brothers could keep an eye on Alice. Even though Alice and I had to spend the 1st full year of College in our dorm room we could still ship stuff to the house to save on packing and carrying stuff on the plane. I was grateful for that because I had a ton of books I wanted to bring.

So Charlie, Alice and I drove to the post office and shipped off about 3 boxes full of books, music and clothes to the Cullen's Baltimore house where Edward had promised Alice he would set aside for me. The thought of Edward being alone in a house with my belongings made me nervous and also jealous that I could not put myself in a box and be shipped off to be alone with that gorgeous man.

Alice went home that Sunday and I spent the remainder of the summer saying goodbye to my friends and spending as much time with Charlie and Jacob as possible. They even got me out on a boat to go fishing but of course I slipped and fell right into the water and landed on my butt in knee deep water while Jacob laughed and almost pissed himself and Charlie tried to hide his grin as he helped me up.