She had a problem with authority, she could admit that. Possibly it was because she just never learned how to interact with those in such a position; her parents were there and good, which was more than some can say, but they never really exerted any control over her since she was always a good kid and on the occasion she would act up, all threats were idol and always fell through; on the note of being a good kid, she had always gotten along with her teachers, she made good grades and never fell out of line, so she had never been to the principal's office, barring that one time she went home sick and there were many friends of the family who were police officers and firemen, so they never held that role and her doctor was the nice kind that wanted to be your friend. So, when she entered the office of the Dean of the Honors College she was nervous and to top it off there was a boy staring at her.
"Isabella, what a pleasure it is to meet you. Please, sit down make yourself comfortable." The dean noticed her apprehension and placed a comforting smile on his face. Isabella was the most promising prospective student and it was his job to assure that she would choose to attend their college come fall.
Bella shifted her gaze between the dean, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, and the bronze-haired boy sitting on the other side of the room. She had assumed this meeting would be private, not that she really expected to reveal any kind of deep personal secrets, even if she even had any to spill, but she just wasn't expecting for another person to be here, and the unexpected always made her more nervous.
"Oh, don't mind Edward he just needed a quiet place to do his homework," Carlisle said as he glanced toward his son. "You're always welcome in my office, Isabella if you ever need to talk or just for a quiet space."
"Um, it's just Bella" she replied and then mumbled a quiet thanks. She appreciated the gesture, she really did and Dr. Culled seemed nice and genuine thus far, but she was just severely distracted by the boy, Edward the dean's son. He had hair that was absolutely everywhere and a textbook sitting in his lap, from where Bella was now seated she couldn't discern what exactly it was about, but she could see that there were a fair amount of diagrams. Biology, she guessed. He was no longer looking at her, he had gone back to reading the hypothetically-biology textbook. It seemed he did not also feel whatever it was that made it so Bella couldn't look away from him, or form proper sentences in response to the dean. She was holding on to the very few pieces of information she knew about this guy, Edward, Edward Cullen, like they were some kind of lifeline and it was a tad bit frightening.
Bella wasn't the type to fawn over guys. Yes, she found some attractive and she had the occasional bout of lust, but they never got in the way of anything important and she was most certainly not about to let that start happening now. She resolved herself to focus, it wasn't the time to be thinking about boys. She forcibly removed her eyes, looked back to the dean and offered a smile in return.
"I'm glad you could make it. Did you have any trouble finding your way around campus?"
"No, not too much. I looked at the map online, but it's quite large, I'm not sure how I'll find my way on my own."
Carlisle chuckled softly, "you'll be a pro in no time" he assured.
AN: This is the first thing I have published on the site. I have been an avid fanfiction reader for the past couple years but, have only recently tried my hand at writing. This has just been bouncing around in my head for a while so I decided to post it. I'm not sure yet if I will try to develop it into a multi-chapter work, but I do have a couple other oneshots that will probably get posted soon. I would love any feedback you would like to give! Thank you for reading.