The Real World: Port Angeles
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A girl is seen standing on a pier, looking out at the water. A voice is heard, introducing herself.
"Hi, my name is Mary Alice Brandon. Alice for short. I am twenty-three and I come from Rolling Hills, California." The camera zooms in on the girl. She is around 5 feet tall with short, spiky black hair. Everything about her is tiny. She has on a little make-up, but not much. She is wearing a black sweater over top of a bright pink tank top. She is also wearing black skinny jeans and pink ballet flats. The camera zooms into her face, showing her squinting, looking out at the water. "I decided to audition for this season because I wanted an adventure. Not that I have any problems with my life back home, but I wanted to meet new people. See new places. I am going to miss my boyfriend back home, we have been dating for two and a half years now." A picture shows up on screen of the girl and a man with long blond hair. They are sitting on a sofa together, her legs across his lap. Their heads are leaning towards each other and his arms are around her. "I am going to miss seeing Jasper every day, but he has already been warned I will be texting and calling him all the time." There is a giggle as a limo pulls up at the end of the pier.
Alice turns to looks at the limo as a man climbs out slowly. The screen freezes on him standing half out of the car. He is wearing jeans and a fitted green polo. His voice is heard.
"Hello, I am Edward Masen. I am from Chicago, and I am twenty four." The screen unfreezes to show Edward walk towards Alice, who is busy trying to grab the large bags she has around her. "I auditioned with a friend of mine, but sadly he did not make it. I really did not expect to make it myself." He laughs. "I recently got out of a relationship, and this time away will hopefully help me figure out what I want from life. I am hoping that there will not be too much drama, and I just really want to have fun. I have never been really big on trying new things, so this is a big thing for me." Cue nervous laughter.
Edward reaches Alice and he picks up one of her bags.
"Hi, I'm Edward." He holds his hand out to shake.
"Alice." She jumps up and hugs him. He laughs but hugs her back.
"Nice to meet you Alice." They walk back to the limo. After putting her things in the trunk, they climb inside and set off towards their new home.
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The camera changes quickly to an airport. A girl is standing outside, looking around confused.
"Hi, I'm Bella. I am twenty two, and I hail from Phoenix, Arizona." The girl stares at a piece of paper for a second before searching the crowd with her eyes. She is wearing a red and white tee-shirt and loose jeans. Her hair is pulled back into a pony-tail. "I auditioned one day because I was bored. Haha. I really do not get along that well with other people, I prefer to read most of the time. I am clumsy and I avoid any and all sports because of it. I hope my roommates aren't into all that..." The voice trailed off as a large man comes bounding through the crowd.
"Hi, my name is Emmett McCarty." The man makes his way over to Bella. He quickly scoops her into a big hug and the camera zooms in on her frightened face. "I am twenty seven and I am from New York. I live there with my fiance, Rose." A picture pops up of Emmett and a tall blonde who looks like a supermodel. They are at some sort of party, both holding beers. "I auditioned for the hell of it. I mean, why not, right? Rose just thinks I am nuts." He laughs as the camera shows him setting Bella back on her feet. She sways a little, and he steadies her. He is wearing a tight tee-shirt that shows off how many muscles he has and a pair of nice khaki shorts.
"Bella?" He asks, she nods slightly, still in shock by his greeting.
"I am Emmett. I believe we are now roomies." He grins from ear to ear and Bella laughs a little at him.
The two grab their things and head towards a waiting limo.
"Nice car." Emmett whistles as they put their stuff in the trunk and climb in.
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The camera changes to show a girl standing on the side of the road.
"I'm Jane. I am nineteen and I am from Richmond, Virginia." The girl is reading a piece of paper. She is just over five feet tall, with long blond hair. She is dressed simply - a grey skirt that reaches her knees and a blue tank top. She has a thin, grey jacket on top. "I auditioned just to get away from home for a while. I decided to wait to go to college and wanted to get away from my parents. Since my twin brother is off at Harvard, they have been on me to figure out what I am doing with my life." A man is seen walking towards Jane, carrying a suitcase and pulling another behind himself.
"Hi, I am Felix." He smiles when he sees Jane. "I am twenty four and from Atlanta, Georgia. I auditioned because I want to have a good time. I like to try new things, so when I heard about the chance, I went for it. I hope the house is not full of idiots. I have seen the show before, there is always a lot of drama, so this should be interesting." He was wearing a tight black shirt and a nice pair of jeans.
"Hi, I'm Felix." He sticks his hand out to shake and Jane sets hers in it.
"Jane. Any idea where we are going?" She laughs a little.
"Yea, I think the place is just a couple blocks from here.
They start walking, carrying all of their bags, down the street.
The camera follows them from a distance until they turn the corner of the road the house is on.
"I thought you said just a couple blocks?" Jane laughs as they continue walking.
"I thought it was." Felix laughs with her. "I think it is right up here..." Felix trails off as they turn to face their new house.
The house is three stories tall and the outside is fully white. There are several windows up the side and large french doors up on a porch that covers the whole front of the house. The french doors are almost entirely glass.
"Wow." Is all Jane says as they walk towards the door. The front door is locked, so Felix rings the doorbell.
"Hi, my name is Jacob Black. I am twenty one and from northern Washington." A man is seen coming down the steps. The screen freezes. "I am Native American, and my dad is not too thrilled about me being here. My two best friends and I auditioned together and I was the only one picked. I have never spent much time away from my reservation, so this is all about meeting people and learning as much as I can."
The screen unfreezes and Jacob opens the door for them.
"Hi!" He greets them both. "I am Jake." He shakes both their hands as they step inside.
"Felix."
"Jane."
Jake smiles at both of them.
"So, we are the first ones here. I figured we would wait until everyone else arrives before we pick out rooms." They nodded and the three of them start walking around the house.
The first floor is completely open, no walls separating rooms, just colors. The living room to the side has dark blue walls, with white couches and a plasma screen television hanging on one. There are three couches, all covered with different colored pillows. Behind one of the couches is a fish tank, with no fish in it. To the side is sliding glass doors. Behind that is a dining room. The table is large, with a glass top and several mix-matched chairs surrounding it. The two walls around the table are a dark red. There is a breakfast bar between the dining room and kitchen. The kitchen spans most of the back of the house, with purple walls and silver appliances. There is a large, two-door refrigerator, marble counters, a sparkling, two-basin sink. A dishwasher, a state of the art stove and oven. A large pantry covers one wall, as well. To the side of the kitchen is a large set of stairs. Under the stairs is a small bathroom. Jake leads the two up the stairs to see how that area is set up. There is a closed door right next to the stairs.
"That is the confessional." Jake points as they pass it.
He shows them to a little room that has a couple computers in it, and to the side of that is a telephone room. The walkway past these rooms is also a balcony, looking out over the living and dining rooms. The computer room has yellow walls and the telephone room has white walls. There is another set of stairs at the end of the balcony that Jake leads them to. They get to the top and look into each of the three bedrooms.
There are three doors on one side of the hall and only one on the other. The room closest to the stairs has two beds in it. The room has a beach theme to it. There are seashells, driftwood, dried starfish and other things scattered on every surface. They move down to the next room on that side of the hallway. There are three beds in it, and the theme is animal prints. The walls are a tan color and the beds all have different animal prints on them. One is leopard, one is zebra and the other is tiger printed. The walls have pictures of those animals hanging on them. They move to the next door on that side of the hallway, another two beds fill that room, and it is decorated with hippie style. The blankets are patchwork on the beds and the walls are sponged with all the other colors in the house. There are random pictures one the wall, matching the colors and other miscellaneous decor.
They step over to the door on the other side of the hall and see it is a communal bathroom. The toilets are seperated by stalls and there are three showers along one wall, all have doors on them. The two areas were seperated by several mirrors and sinks in the middle of the room.
On the way back down, Felix and Jane slip into the confessional, as Jake continues back downstairs.
The confessional room has one chair and lights and a camera set up, no people there watching. Jane sits in the chair and Felix sits next to it.
"Jacob seems like a nice guy." Jane says quickly.
Felix agrees. "Yea, but it has only been a few minutes. Maybe he will be the biggest idiot here." They laugh a little.
"This place is amazing." Jane says when they stop laughing.
Right before Felix can add anything, they hear the doorbell ring. The two jump up and run downstairs. Jake is already opening the door and in walk Edward and Alice. Felix and Jane make their ways over to the new-comers.
"Hi. Welcome to the… house." Felix smiled, extending his hand to Edward. They shook briefly then Edward and Alice glanced around the area they were standing in.
"Oh, I am Fe-" Felix was cut off by noise coming from outside. They all turned and stepped back out onto the porch to see what it was.
"Woo!!!!" They heard a very loud, very male voice yelling as a car drove towards the house. They also saw a large, very male top half leaning out a window. Just before the car came to a stop the body pulled itself back inside and the door was open before it even fully stopped.
"Come on, slowpoke! We are home!" He ran to the trunk and started pulling bags out of it, setting them on the ground next to him.
A girl stepped out of the car after him, laughing. She watched him lift both of their bags and start towards the door.
"Well, I am glad this place comes with a bellboy." The girl laughed as she followed him up the steps.
Everyone moved back inside of the house, where the bags were set down. The five who had been mid-conversation stared at the large man in front of them, expecting him to say something.
"So, let's get this party started." He clapped his hands together and rubbed them back and forth. "I need names, ages, relationship status, sexuality, and most annoying habit."
Everyone looked at each other, waiting for someone to either question it or start.
"OK, then. I guess that I am first. I am Emmett McCarty, twenty seven, engaged to the most amazing woman ever, obviously straight and I love practical jokes. Next…" He looked at Bella, who was standing next to him. She blushed.
"Ok… I am Bella Swan, twenty two, single," She twirled a finger in the air. "straight, and I am a bit obsessive about cleaning. I don't like messes, I have to clean everything right away."
Emmett gestured towards the girl standing on her other side.
"I am Jane Thomas, nineteen, single, straight, and I am not a people person." She spoke quickly, looking pointedly at Emmett on the last part. Felix chuckled from her other side.
"Felix Jones, twenty four, single, I like ladies only. I suppose my annoying habit is I don't have much patience." Everyone nodded at that and the circle continued.
"Edward Masen," Edward started and was quickly interrupted by Emmett saying "Eduardo!" He stared at his large roommate with one eyebrow raised. "I am twenty four, newly single, straight." He rolled his eyes before continuing. "I guess I tend to overreact to some things and I am overly protective of people I care about."
"Mary Alice Brandon, but if you call me Mary I will kill you. Call me Alice, or Ali. I am twenty three, very happily taken, I am straight but have lesbian urges sometimes." Emmett interrupted her as well with a quick 'Hell yes, sister!' but she ignored him and continued. "I do not consider this a bad thing, but others do sometimes - I shop too much. Life revolves around shopping. I will dress you all, be warned." She smiled sweetly and looked to the last person in the circle for his turn. Bella cringed a little, fearing what Alice might do to her.
"Jacob Black, twenty one, single, straight. I am an enabler. That's bad because I will most likely egg on any practical jokes he thinks of." Jacob and Emmett smiled at each other.
A/N: This is just something I have been playing with for a while, so I figured I would go ahead and post what I have so far. Obviously, this is just the meet-the-roommates chappy. Next chappy is almost done. I am just going to reread it and make sure it doesn't sound completely stupid. Hehe. I know there are a few Real World stories out there, but I don't care. Wanted to do it, so I am.
No worries, to my lovely fans, I am not giving up on 'Life', just starting a new one. Review and let me know what you think!
~AP
P.S. I spellchecked!! For those of you who have read my other stories, you know how often I forget to spellcheck. Aren't you proud?! Hehe. OK, time to post this and finish up next chappy!