Aurelia Academy

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The start of a new semester had come around again at Aurelia Academy. Students were returning and reuniting with old friends. Bella and Alice Cullen, two very different, yet amazingly similar, girls were bouncing around their new dorm room- room 216, dancing to the music from the new IPod docked on the new speaker system- A gift from the girls' older brother.

Alice- the younger, smaller, quirkier girl- grabbed her hair brush from the dresser and started singing as the next song came on. Bella- the older, taller, quieter girl- smiled at her sister's childish antics.

"Alice, stop jumping, you're gonna hurt yourself." she said as Alice continued to bounce around the room.

"Bella, you're the klutzy one, not me. I'll be fine. Hey, who do you think is gonna be Emmett's roommate now that Edward graduated?" Alice asked.

"How should I know? You are the all-seeing-Ali, you tell me."

"Well, I don't know. If I knew, why would I be asking you? Oh, I love this song!" Alice said as 'Different People', by Artist Vs Poet came on. She grabbed her hairbrush, and started singing.

Three doors down, in room 219, Emmett Cullen, a big, curly brown-haired guy, all muscle and smile, was working on unpacking his things, when there was a knock on the door. He opened the door to see a beautiful blonde girl standing on the other side. Rosalie Hale.

"Hi Emmett." She greeted him with a light kiss.

"Hey Rose." He responded by wrapping his arms around her waist and deepening the kiss. There was the sound of a throat being cleared behind them, and they broke away.

Rosalie threw her arm around the tall blonde who had interrupted her reunion with Emmett. "Emmett, this is my twin brother, Jasper. He decided to transfer here for senior year, and he's gonna be your roommate!" Turning to her brother, she said, "Jasper, this is my boyfriend, Emmett Cullen."

The two boys shook hands. Just then, music was heard coming from room 216, and all three heads turned as one. When Alice's voice began wafting through the halls, loud and clear, Rosalie turned to Emmett and asked, "Is that your sister singing? She's gotten better. I didn't even think that was possible."

"Yeah, that's Alice. She and Bella are sharing a room again. Let's go watch." Emmett said, and the three of them moved down the hall to room 216. The door was slightly open, so Emmett pushed it in all the way. No one was quite prepared for what came next.

Bella had been moving around the room, trying to finish unpacking, while Alice sang and danced herself into exhaustion. Bella was finishing up in the closet when she heard the door squeak open. She came out of the closet and tripped over a chair half in front of the doorway. Before she knew it, she was sprawled in front of the closet, halfway between her sister, and the small crowd at the door. Everyone stared at her in shock.

"Bella, are you ok?" Alice asked. "I told you that you were the klutzy one. Maybe you should let me handle the closet from now on, kay?"

"I'm fine. I just had a personal meeting with the floor. It's a nice floor. Very soft. Good for falling on." Bella answered.

"That's funny, Bella." Alice laughs. She turns to look at the three people standing in the doorway. "Hey Emmett, Rose. Introduce us to your friend."

"Oh, right. Bella, Alice, this is my brother Jasper. Jasper, These are Emmett's sisters, Bella, and Alice. They're juniors. Bella is the quiet, observational one, and Alice... well Alice is Alice. She's hyper, so be prepared." Rosalie said.
"I feel like I've just been insulted. Don't listen to her. I'm not that bad! Ok, so maybe I'm a little more excitable than Bella, but really, nobody's ever gotten hurt because of it!" Alice protested. "Oh, well except that one time…. But he deserved it anyway."

Jasper found himself attracted to this tiny girl, with her dark, spiky hair, and her mesmerizing violet eyes. Her skin was pale, but not as pale as Bella's. Her hair was short, just reaching her chin. When she spoke, her voice was like bells. Her lips...

He was shaken back into reality when Alice asked why they had stopped by.

"We heard you singing, and thought we would come listen," Rosalie said. "You don't mind, do you?"

"Of course not. Sit down and enjoy the show." Alice answered, smiling brightly. "Any requests? And no, I will not sing 'Barbie Girl' Emmett, so don't even ask"

"Sing that song you've been humming for the past three days." Bella said.

"You mean 'Gravity'?"

"Yeah, I guess."

"Well, I don't know all the words, and I'd rather do something I'm a little more comfortable with."
"Aw come on Ali. Please? For me?"

"Fine, but only because you are my favorite sister."

"Ali?"

"Yes?"

"I'm your only sister."

"I know." Alice skips over to the IPod speakers and quickly searches through the songs until she finds the one she wants. She presses play and skips back to the middle of the room, hairbrush in hand.

After the short intro play, Alice starts to sing, her voice soft and melodic.

Hey love
Is that the name you're meant to have
For me to call

Look love
They've given up believing
They've turned aside our stories of the gentle fall

But don't you believe them
Don't you drink their poison too
These are the scars that words have carved
On me

Hey love
That's the name we've long held back
From the core of truth

So don't turn away now
I am turning in revolution
These are the scars that silence carved
On me

This the same place
No, not the same place
This is the same place, love
No, not the same place we've been before

Hey, love
I am a constant satellite
Of your blazing sun
My love
I obey your law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me
The law of gravity
This is the fate you've carved on me

Once she finishes the song, Alice turns the IPod off and turns to look at the others. "Wanna get something to eat?" she asks. "I'm starving."

"I have to go meet up with my psych tutor." Bella said.

"Already?" Rosalie asked.

"Yeah, apparently, if I don't start studying now, I'm gonna fail the final."

"Harsh. But we wouldn't you to fail, now would we Bella? I mean, you've never gotten lower than an A- have you?" Alice joked.

"Whatever, I gotta go. See you guys later." with that, Bella was sprinting off down the hallway.
"Well, do you guys wanna go? You can choose the place, considering I know Emmett's picky."

"I am not picky." Emmett fired back at her.

"We can't go anyway. We have... stuff, to do." Rosalie said.

"Eww, gross! Never mind then. What about you Jasper? You hungry?" Alice asked him.

"Actually, I am. Starving, in fact." He answered.

"Great. Let's go then, and leave these two to their... stuff." She began to lead him across the campus. "There are some great places to eat on campus, or we could try to talk the dean into letting us go off campus for lunch. He does that sometimes, but only if he likes you."

"I'm taking it he likes you then?"

"Of course he does. I know how to be very persuasive when need be. So if you ever need someone to help talk you out of a tough spot, I'm your girl."

"I'll keep that in mind. It's slightly surprising. You don't look like you get into trouble a lot."

"Oh, I know. I look like I never do anything I'm not supposed to, right? Well, everybody does things they aren't supposed to every once in a while. But actually, I just have to get Emmett out of trouble a lot."

Alice and Jasper found a place with reasonably good food, on campus. They had already order and were waiting for their food when Alice suggested they play twenty questions. They each asked the easy and impersonal questions first, but it wasn't long before the questions started delving deeper into their souls.

"So, why did you choose to transfer schools for your last year?" Alice asked Jasper.

"Um... mostly to get away from all the drama at home. My parents have never gotten along, so they usually tend to avoid each other, but recently they've been in each other's faces, and mine. I couldn't deal with it, so I called Rose and asked if she could find a way to help me transfer, so she did." He answered. "What about you? Why do you go to boarding school?"

"Well, my dad is a doctor, my mom an interior designer. We have always had money for the most prestigious schools, but most of us choose to come here rather than a private school or something like that. My oldest brother graduated last year, and now he's attending Harvard Medical School, so I guess another reason we all go to this school, is that we have certain things expected of us, and this school will help us to achieve those things. Emmett has always wanted to play professional baseball after high school though, so he isn't going along with Dad's plan. Bella is trying her hardest to go along with it, even if she isn't blood related to any of us. Mom and dad adopted her when she was six."

"What about you? Are you going along with the plan?"

"Well, even though it was my turn to ask the question, I'll answer that. I'm going along with it to certain degrees, but god knows I don't want to be an interior designer. Or any designer for that matter. Well, maybe a fashion designer."

"Well, what do you want to do? Sing?"

"Violin. I don't know how much use anyone would have for a professional violin player though. I guess I'm the one with the stupid dreams."

"It isn't stupid. And I think if that's what you want to do, then go for it. Don't let anyone else control your life."

They had been unconsciously leaning closer to each other across the table they sat at. They quickly pulled apart when they heard someone clear their throat. Alice's cheeks burned bright red as she glanced up into the amused eyes of her oldest brother, Edward.

A/N: Ok, so I'm gonna stop here. Didn't change this chapter very much from the original version, I just tried to improve it a little. Bigger changes coming to future chapters. Hope you like it.

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