The Beach House

A/N I should probably explain that English is not my first language. So there might be some mistakes in grammar or what not. If you find any, please point them out to me. I'd like to have everything running right.
That said. I should explain some stuff about the characters.

Bella Swan is 21 years old, goes to college and has a roommate named Victoria. She's also friends with Alice Cullen and Rosalie Hale.
Alice Cullen is 21 years old, goes to college as well and is roommates with Rosalie. She is the daughter of Carlisle and Esme Cullen. Her half-brothers are Emmett and Edward Cullen.
Rosalie Hale is 21 years old, goes to college and is roommates with Alice. She is not related to any of the characters.
Edward Cullen is the son of Carlisle Cullen and Elizabeth Masen. He is 23 years old and his mother died shortly after he was born. He goes to college with the rest of the gang.
Emmett Cullen is the son of Esme and Bill McCarty. He is 23 years old. His father used to beat his mother and ran out on her while she was pregnant with Emmett. He's had the Cullen last name since he was 1, when his mother married Carlisle. He goes to college as well.
Jasper Whitlock is 23 years old as well, goes to college and is not related to any of the other characters.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything Twilight related. It all belongs to S. Meyer.

Prologue

"I have to talk to you."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong, I've just decided to go on a vacation after all. I leave in three days. This unfortunately means I'll be out of town for the next three weeks."

"What? I thought you weren't going away this year? And you can't just leave, now! There are all kinds of things that we still have to do before classes start again."

"I know! But after the summer I've had, it would just be really nice to get away for a little while. And now I've got the chance and I'm taking it."

"What do you mean, after the summer you had?"

Shit! She was not supposed to ask me that. Well, I guess I'll have to tell her sooner or later.

"Ehm… Well… Ehm… I kind of met a guy… Started dating him… Lost my virginity…"

"WHAT? Who is he? Are you going away with him?"

"Hush! Look, a little after a month ago I met this guy in the mall, Steven. He was great! Cute, funny, and smart; we got along really well right away. So when he asked me out on a date, of course I said yes. After that first date I say him practically every day, during that first week he became like my best friend. I trusted him… he wanted me… I wanted him… we had sex… Everything was great! For about another two weeks. Then his ex-girlfriend showed up on his doorstep." This was the part I do not want to explain.

"He dumped you for his ex? Just like that?"

"No, he didn't. He'd told me about her when we first got to know each other. Her name is Heather, and he loved her a lot. He'd asked her to marry him because he knew he wanted to spend the rest of his life with her. Heather however wasn't so sure, she got scared and ran off. He was devastated of course. And then she showed up at his house two months later, about two weeks ago, and told him she loved him and wanted him back."

"And he just took her back?"

"No!" I giggled, I couldn't help it. My roommate Victoria really didn't get a good impression of Steven. "He drove straight to my house to talk to me. He was scared to death. He still loved and really still wanted her. But he also really liked me and didn't want to hurt me. He said he thought he and I could have a great thing if we kept seeing each other."

"So what happened? Are you still seeing him?"

"I told him to get back with Heather. So no, I'm not still seeing him."

"Why on earth would you go and do that? I thought you said he liked you?"

"He did, and I really liked him. But, Heather loves him and he loves her. I would never forgive myself if he didn't figure things out with her because of me. If Steven and I are meant to be, we will find a way eventually. For now, we've decided to try and be friends…"

"I'm so sorry. Do you regret having sex with him? I mean you were only together for a week when you slept together and you only stayed together for another two weeks."

"I don't regret it. I mean, maybe I slept with him a bit too soon. But it felt right at the time. And it was amazing! Our entire relationship was amazing while it lasted. Besides, I think I'd stayed a virgin long enough. I am 21 after all. It's not like it didn't mean anything. It did."

"Why is it you don't seem too sad about this whole thing?" Victoria asks suspiciously.

I laughed. "Oh believe me, I'm sad. But I'm also ecstatic. You know I've always been afraid of guys, afraid they'll hurt me. Afraid they'll break me. Well, with Steven I faced my fears, I got hurt, but I survived. He didn't break me!" I was actually smiling like an idiot. I know it sounds stupid, but my relationship and my break-up with Steven only made me feel strong.

Victoria hugged me. "I'm so happy for you! Does this mean you'll be dating from now on? We could have soooo much fun going out!"

"Oh I'm already having fun." I grinned thinking of Garrett. Back in high school I'd had a huge crush on him. Last week I spent an entire night with him, making out. Before Steven, I would never have had the guts to even talk to him. "Turns out I'm a lot better at flirting than I ever gave myself credit for."

We both started laughing. Then Irma frowned. "But Bella, if you're not going away with Steven, who are you going away with? For three weeks!"

"That's another long story. If you help me pack, I'll tell you all about it."

"Deal."