Okay so here's my first Edward player-ish type of story so tell me what you think of the first chapter and any improvements/suggestions you have towards the story!
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Disclaimer: I don't own twilight yepp;;
Chapter 1: Round One
The definition of extending four years of an imprisoning necessary evil of that in which we call learning and education can best be described in one word. College. I looked up the white columned pillars adding no real support to the towering building above. I looked at one of the many co-ed dorms of Dartmouth College. I sighed clutching my paper holding my room assignment tight in my fist.
I walked into the rather repetitive seeming building. The so called commons room or entry way held a cork board on the back wall displaying many colorfully adorned flyers with big print calling you with detail to one of the many festive activities taking place here on campus. Right below the board sat an overly worn purple meshed coach. Obvious lumps sticking out in various places showing indication to previous attempts of trying to be re-stuffed. A rather large black T.V. I guessing dating back to the mid 90's was stationed on a light tan wooden coffee table on the opposite wall. A few more arm chairs and a love seat we placed about the room.
Scooting the shoulder strap of my back pack back up onto my should, I continued on. I took the elevator up to the 3rd floor. With a ding the doors opening revealing a long white hallway with brown doors spaced evenly apart.
"Room 243" I said in a hushed tone.
I walked down to about the 5th door. The door tag read 243, and just under it a rather bright orange flyer hung with bold printed words screaming out 'freshmen beware' with a list of warning of things we shouldn't do, "do not try and attempt to crash senior and junior parties" heaving the warning of "it's been done before and didn't work". Honestly the priority and concern of some of these things astounded me. I looked around noticing that all the doors in my hall way had the exact same flyer only varying in colors from orange, to pink, to yellow.
I unlocked the door walking into my new dorm. I almost popped right back out when a short brown spiky haired girl popped out in front of me, a beaming smile wide spread across her face.
"Hey" she beamed "You must be Isabella Swan" She said her smile slightly fading into a more subtle smirk. As if my absence of an answer was in indication for conversation she continued on.
"So you're a freshmen? Me too! I'm excited are you? Well not so much about this room, my brothers warned me about the whole dorm situation and it not being up to my expectations in taste, but oh well just an excuse to decorate, and any ways I was just waiting for you to get here, I figured we could go out together and pick things out to help this place, because well lets face it, it's a disaster" he words spilled freely from her mouth, never a hesitation between her words they moved and flowed so quickly running together like water, that I struggled to keep track.
Her babbling continued on as I took a quick swipe of the room, not wanting to be rude in ignoring her but curious to lay truth to her claims. The room was rather large a wet bar servicing as a kitchen was station along the right wall while a couch was against the back wall cover part of the large window behind it. On the right wall next to it a large flat screen hung on the wall.
"Like it?" she questioned noticing my stare
I shook my head
"Yes, I at least brought something to contribute to the room, regardless of anything I knew the T.V. we would be receiving would be total crap, judging as how both my brothers immediately phoned home asking my father for new electronics upon arriving here" she said her smile still kept strong on her face
"I'm Alice by the way" She said holding out her hand, her brown eyes gleamed with innocence and purity and yet from her boldness in ability to form conversation with strangers a hint fierceness was tinted.
"Bella" I said smiling
"Well Bella Ready to go?"
"Sure"
We wandered down countless aisles collecting throw pillows, collecting a mountainous amount of vases, picked out a new couch and two new chairs, adding to the new bedding, lamps, rugs, and my favorite our new shower curtain containing a mix of blue white and chocolate strips, of which Alice called dramatic contrast. My room was to be designed in the shade of purple while hers in pink. After about 3 hours Alice was finally settle on her choice of décor and hurried to check out.
"So I was thinking maybe you would like to join me for dinner tonight? My friends and I are all getting together it might be nice if you all got introduced"
"Umm" I said debating my options.
"Please Bella"
"Sure, what time?" I said clearing my throat
"7, does that work"
"Yea that works fine"
"Perfect" she said bopping up and down, and breaking for a short amount of time to allow a quick hug. "Oh Bella your going to love them!" she squealed
"There's Jaspers, he's completely adorable, and then his sister Rosalie who's just gorgeous, I know try not to get to intimidated she's gorgeous and might seem a bit standoff-ish when you first meet her but she's really nice once you get to know her, and then there's my brothers Emmett who's going out with Rosalie, try not to get to irritated with his lame jokes he means well, and Edward's incredibly nice but awkward and erm a bit, eeh well I don't know to describe it nicely so I'll skip that part, you'll understand when you meet him, but oh well this is just great, I can tell were going to be great friends"
"Thanks?" I said smiling and slightly in confusion as what would be a proper reply
"Oh well Bella" Alice said as she climbed into the car
"Yes" I said buckling my seat belt.
"I noticed when you came in you didn't have anything but a backpack, I was just curious as to where the rest of you things where?"
"Oh well, umm I didn't really have to much to bring just some books, and cds and clothes so I just fedExed it all"
"You fedExed all of your things? Your clothes? You didn't even pack a suitcase for your clothes?, Your make-up? , Hair tools?, Shampoo, conditioner, blow-dryer, straightner, curler? Nothing, just that little backpack?"
"Erm, well I don't really have a lot of those things, I have a blow dryer, and I brought shampoo with me and some clothes"
"Bella?" Alice sighed in frustration burying her face in the steering wheel
"What's wrong with you? You are a girl right? One little bag full of stuff just isn't enough for an amount of time, what am I going to do with you. We need to get you clothes quick"
"ugh, Alice i-I don't know, I'm fine they'll be here soon enough"
"No, nonsense judging by your character even when they get here it still won't be enough, tomorrow we are going to the mall"
Alice started the car up and pulled out of the parking lot and on to highway going at a gunning pace.
"Alice, do you mind if when we get back, if I go check out the library?"
"You're not trying to ditch out of dinner are you?" she said throwing me a quick stern glance
"No"
"Okay, well then sure that sounds fine"
"Great"
"Just be back by six-thirty"
Alice yellow 911 turbo Porsche got us back in record time, while Alice returned to our dorm to
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I headed down to the Walker Library, (Dartmouth's closest library to my dorm building).
I headed to the map stationed in the center of the first floors lounge area, noting the mass of college students already engulfed in textbook materials for classes that hadn't even started yet.
I looked at the map going through the different colored sections distinguishing the books class types.
Finally I was able to locate the English literature featured section, located on the third floor starting with shelves 3B and going on till 15D. I walked up the two flights of stairs entering into the wide spread third floor and began my search. Within minutes I found my proper placement. Sorting through my pockets I found my reading list for this semesters English Literature class. The reading was pretty basic however the class I'm sure wasn't
Pride and Prejudice, A Tale of two cities, the picture of Dorian grey, among others were listed I shifted through the long rows of book locating about half of the books I needed for the class. I can't lie but it wasn't an entirely pleasurable time going back and forth staring at the small print on the side of the books labeling them, and of course the disorder they were in from other students carelessly taking a book then placing it where ever was not helpful.
Finally I tired of my search, and decided to allow myself some indulgence and begin reading pride and prejudice, one of my favorites. Although I had read the book a countless amount of times I never tired of the story, and found it just as enchanting and thrilling each time I read it as I had the first.
I plopped my self down at an empty wooden table in the center of library, and began. I was only about thirteen pages in when I was disrupted from my 'studies' by a gorgeous tall gleaming boy.
"Excuse me" He said smiling down at me. He's perfect white teeth sparkled as his velvet voice sang through my ears. "I'm Edward Cullen" he said taking a seat next to me.
He looked like an absolute perfected gorgeous male model. His pale white skin glowed in the soft gentle natural light that filtered through the room. Specks of light hit the long strands of his bronze hair adding in highlights. His bronze hair was a bit of a mess structured in casual disarray, and yet it looked like it had been a carefully perfected hair style that properly suits him.
"And you are" he said his green glancing straight into mine.
"Umm… I'm Bella"
I found my self tripping on my words, and in pure awe of him. This was not a bit helpful. Of all the things I wanted right now, one would be the ability to form a fluent sentence in the presence of a rather hot male, not one filled with stuttering and the basic vocabulary of a 5 year old. I felt myself blush.
Okay so in truth I was making a rather big deal of this dinky little sentence I had spilled out, but to me it felt improper. Maybe because of the awkwardness I felt between us, because of our large contrast in each other. But why did it matter? Why did every thought and feeling I have seem to be magnified and grow into something worth meaning when in reality it had little to no importance.
This was not fair
"Well are you new to Dartmouth? I haven't seen you before"
"Y-yes I'm new, I'm a freshmen" ugh okay great, had to tell him I was a new freshmen, not just student but freshmen. The dumbfounded new freshmen who doesn't have a clue how college works, obviously I had just lost some status with him.
"Are you a senior?" I asked curiously hedging my way around the subject
"No I'm a sophomore"
"oh well that's nice, erm yeah"
Oh dear god I was losing IQ points just by being in his presence.
"Yes, so you're a freshmen" ugh that lame topic popped it's way back up again, but instead of expressing my distaste on the matter I just simple nodded "that explains a lot"
"Hmm… well I'm usually not this, unintelligent"
"Oh I wasn't referring to that at all I find you to be rather intelligent, judging from your choice in reading materials"
"It's for a class" I interrupted
"Yes, but I was more referring to why I hadn't seen you before" okay now this conversation seemed to be taking a drastically cheesy turn, next he's going to pop up with some corny pickup line.
"is that so"
"Yes, and I'm guessing your going to be an English major" he said slightly tipping up the book, that I held in my hands
"Me too" he smiled " I could help you if you ever need anything ?" I felt like his anything was hedging at something a little more "I've been told I have a lot of experience and expertise knowledge in a wide range of subjects"
okay this conversation had taken a drastic turn for the worse. My once imagined gleaming chivalrous Greek god now turned into some what of a flirt and potential womanizer.
"is that all"
"isn't it enough?"
"I mean is that your fantastic pick up line?"
"I didn't know I was using one, but since you seem to be under that impression let me ask you something, Did it work?"
"no"
"then it's not"
"Care to try again?" I said starting my own game, if he was going to try his different tactics on me, I might as well build up some kind of defensive wall now, and show that I wasn't to easy and I could hold my own.
"no, I think I'll try something else more of a direct approach, do you enjoying eating?"
Honestly?
"Yes" I answered
"Do you enjoy good company?"
"Yes" I answered plainly
"Well then my dear I can supply you with both" he said leaning in a little closer his emerald green eyes glinting in the soft light.
"You can?"
"Yes, how about dinner Friday night I can promise, both will be present" a devilish smirk playing on his lips.
"I don't think so" I said
"Why ever not" he said leaning in a bit closer to me
Inched in a bit closer at whisper my reply
"Because, your character is leaking through and I don't find it too appealing" I said matter of factly.
"is that so" he said moving closer so that he was dangerously close I felt his words tickle through my skin. I could feel his gentle breaths running across my cheeks causing me to blush.
"and what exactly is my character, and what about it is so appalling?"
"in the best words Mr. Cullen, I find you to be a bit of a flirt, and more to just me I'm guessing, and I don't find that too attractive"
"I'm terribly sorry to hear that my dear"
"My dear?" I asked questionably
"Yes, you should get acclimated to my pet names now love, it's only a matter of time before you hear them more frequently" he said that mischievous grin reappearing
"Oh, since when did I become your pet?"
"Never I don't regard the people I involve relationships with as my pets, but still they do have nice rings to them don't they love?"
"Not really"
"mm.. then we just haven't found one that fits, darling, hunny, pumpkin, snowball?"
I turned to face him now a quizzical look placed on my face.
"Really?" I mumbled
"Bella" he sighed so close my ear that his breath tickled
"Isabella" I said more clearly
"I thought it was Bella" he asked slightly perplexed
"Yes but I changed my mind"
"Alright then Isabella, if not dinner then would you do me the honor of escorting you to a party being thrown this Friday instead"
"No thank you, I don't party much"
"That's a shame?"
"Not really" I said getting up
"Where are you going?" he asked going me
"Dinner, goodbye Mr. Cullen"
"Edward" he corrected
"Edward" I nodded and headed off
"See you soon Bella" he shouted after me
It just really shook at my nerves how irritating he could be. Edward, gorgeous god-like looking Edward could be a jerk. Such a waste, I guess it all has to even out somewhere.
I Returned to the dorm to find Alice missing, but a bright yellow post it note on the fridge
Bella
Went down to dinner early,
meet up in the dinning hall as soon as you get this
Alice
I quickly hurried out and headed down to Gaffin dinning hall.
The large brick building was dully lit, but still in the shadows of the building my eye caught on to two figures entangled in each other, their lips in a deadlock.
"oh jeez" I quietly whispered to myself
As I got closer to the doors, I gave one last curious glance to the couple.
Edward. It was none other Edward Cullen.
"Ugh Awkward" I muttered to my self as I opened the door and filed through the dinning hall.
I spotted Alice right away sitting at a table surrounding by gorgeous people. Why?
Was everyone here honestly amazingly looking. I felt so awkward being so plain.
In forks, a population of about 800 everyone was plain, I guess so I never really noticed but now here were the student well out numbered the entire population of forks, several times the plain jane-ness of me really was present.
"Bella!" Alice shouted happily as I made my way over
"Bella" she said this time more calmly this is "Rose" she said pointing to the absolutely stunning blonde sitting next to her, "her boyfriend Emmet, . my brother" she said referring to the largely massive (massive in the enormous muscles department) looking boy, "and jasper" she finished pointing to the calm looking blonde haired man.
"Hi" I said sheepishly
I was welcomed with a round of "hey's, hi's, hello's, and how's it going"
"Good thank you" I said nervously sitting down.
Okay so one thing to add to being raised in a small town is that by the time you were 7 you knew everyone, so meeting knew people wasn't exactly something I was amazing good at, or comfortable with.
"I don't know where Edward is" Alice said with a humph.
"Relax Alice, I'm right here" I heard my familiar velvety voice.
No, oh no. I could I be so unaware, unobservant. Edward. Edward my slightly creeper Edward and Alice's brother Edward were one in the same. Ugh, amazing how did I not see the correlation, how many people keep the name Edward?
"Bella" I heard him call, I looked up to see a rather confident smiling Edward standing across the table from me.
Crap, I thought.
Authors note: okay yes this is rather general and typical type of a Edward/college/player story, but I just wanted to try something a bit fun and easy, I promise it will get better as if goes, and I will not make Edward too largely of a jerk…
Any thoughts?
Review please, always appreciated and hmm… (they drive me to write more)
Yea hopefully and update soon….