Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Twilight characters. Stephanie Meyer does.
Summary: Its London, 1899 and Bella, Rosalie, and Alice are all 17 and attending the exclusive school Masen Academy. Edward is a notorious playboy and troublemaker along with his two friends Jasper, and Emmett. They are attending the brother school to Masen Academy, Cullen Academy. When the girls start out their first year at the academy, the boys are immediately drawn to them.
Chapter 1
Moving on
" Oh Bella please?" Mary Alice Brandon begged her best friend Isabella Marie Swan.
" No! Alice every time I let you dress me up you make me look like a harlot! I do not wish to expose as much bosom as you and Rosalie do!" Bella stated stubbornly. Rosalie emerged out of her bedroom and entered Bella's. She yawned.
" Bella I promise that I won't make you expose breast this time! I swear on Rosalie's virtue!" Alice pleaded. Rosalie yawned once more.
" What are you swearing on my virtue?" Rosalie asked as she sat down on Bella's canopy bed. Bella turned to Rosalie.
" She is trying to dress me up as a harlot in this dress that nearly exposes all of my bosom! Look at it!" Bella held up the mint green dress that Alice was fussing over. Rosalie giggled.
"Alice I usually agree with you, but I must say that that dress is a bit too much. Maybe you could tone it down a little." Rosalie said as she patted Alice's back and glided to Bella's closet to hang the dress back up. Bella sighed in relief. Alice sighed and huffed over to Bella.
" Because of this, I will be setting your hair how ever I wish!" Alice stomped over to Rosalie's side as they examined a light pink dress with a moderately conservative top. Bella rolled her eyes as they marched over to her and made her strip out of her night shift and slip into the pink dress.
Just as Bella had feared, Alice tightened the corset as tight as it would go, so that Bella's breasts were just as visible as they were in the mint green one. After awhile of arguing, Bella finally gave up and let Rosalie choose her jewelry, and Alice set her hair in an elegant bun. By the time they were done, Bella felt about as made up as a painting.
" Now since this is our first day at Masen-Cullen Academy, we must give them a good impression of us. Which means that Bella will not be reading in class all the time, Rose will not be daydreaming about a handsome boy. Are we clear?" Alice asked sternly. Bella and Rosalie exchanged a glance.
" Oh Alice you failed to mention that you should not be deciding what to wear in class either." Bella said. Alice rolled her eyes.
" And that too. Bella put on those pink shoes over there please." Alice said pointing to the shoes in the corner of the room. After Bella, Rosalie, and Alice hand slid on their shoes, they bid farewell to their parents.
" Bella if you ever get homesick do come home at once. This big house will be so lonely without you here darling!" Eleanor Swan cried as she hugged Bella and sobbed. Bella felt her eyes water.
" But mother you still have Philip and Judith here at the house. It won't be that lonely, and I will only be gone for a few months. I will come back for Christmas and Thanksgiving I promise." Bella soothed her mother. Bella pulled away and wiped the tears from her own eyes, while her father said goodbye.
" Bella dear we love you so much. Are you sure you want to go away to this school?" Charles Swan asked his daughter as Bella hugged him.
" Yes father. I will be with Rosalie and Alice the whole time, and I will be back soon enough." Bella reassured her father. Philip Bella's 15 year old brother came outside of the house and hung his head. Bella hugged him.
" Now Philip not you too! Now I feel guilty about leaving! Its alright Philip we will be back soon." Bella tilted Philip's head up. Bella stared into his blue eyes.
" I know that you will miss Rosalie, but I promise that I won't let her get married while we are away." Bella whispered in his ear. She was referring to the infatuation that Philip had developed with beautiful Rosalie. Philip blushed. Judith Bella's 6 year old sister bawled in her mother's arms. Bella held Judith.
" What is the matter Judith? Surely you aren't that upset about my leaving?" Bella said as she held Judith to her chest. Judith sobbed.
" But if Rosalie leaves the who will let me wear their dresses and shoes?! And if Alice leaves then who will do my hair?! And if you leave then who will read me books at bedtime?!" Judith wailed. Eleanor gasped.
" Judith Clarence Swan! That is why you don't want your sister to leave?! Because you want to wear her clothes?! Apologize instantly to your sister." Bella giggled.
" How about this. I'll let you wear all of the clothes that I leave here, and you can play in my room whenever you wish. Is that alright?" Bella asked Judith. Judith stopped crying and jumped up and down causing her honey blond curls to come out of the bow they were in. Her big brown eyes sparkled.
" Oh thank you Bella! Thank you so much!" Judith exclaimed as she ran over to Charles to tell him the news. Eleanor smiled at her daughter once more before she climbed into the carriage and joined Rosalie and Alice. As the carriage pulled away from the Swan estate, the girls waved to their families. Rosalie sighed.
" I'm going to miss my mother dearly. You know how old she is getting, and with a house full of boys I fear that she will get weary. I was the only other girl in the house!" Rosalie sobbed. Rosalie was the youngest to 6 boys, and her mother had been her only companion in the mansion. Alice and Bella rubbed Rosalie's back and soothed her. Alice wiped away some of her own tears.
" But what about little Agnes?! She is so skinny and she never talks as much as she should... I do hope that she doesn't do anything rash while I'm gone!" Alice wailed. Alice's 16 year old sister Agnes was always depressed, and had a strong hate towards Alice. Agnes claims that it is because she is jealous that Alice gets so much attention from her mother, but we all know that its because Philip, Bella's brother, rejected her when she confessed her love for him. Alice always worries about her well being.
" Oh come Alice! And you too Rose. I know that we are all sad about leaving our beloved families, but we must think of all of the adventures and opportunities that we will be presented when we go to school! We all decided that we wanted to get out of our houses and live by ourselves a little right? Well now is the chance!" Bella said while wrapping her arms around her two sobbing friends. Alice and Rosalie calmed down after awhile, and soon the sobs turned into sniffles.
" When are we going to arrive in London?! It has been so long since we have left Kent! Shouldn't we be there by now?" Alice asked impatiently as she propped her bare feet up on the seat across from her. Rosalie had been sleeping, and now that Alice had woken her up, she was in a foul mood.
" Stop it! Get your filthy feet off of my seat!" She snapped as she pushed Alice's feet off. Bella sighed.
" Will you two please be quiet for a moment?! I have had to listen to you two bicker for over an hour! Alice if you would like to put your feet up, then please refrain from doing it on Rosalie, and Rosalie if you would try to control your temper that would help things." Bella reasoned as Alice and Rosalie grumbled. Alice suddenly sat straight up.
" We're here! Look! We're in London! I haven't been here in over a year!" Alice exclaimed as she bounced in her seat and pressed her face to the window. Bella and Rosalie did the same.
" I'm so excited! Its my first time staying in London by myself! And we will be able to visit my cousin Anastasia! And her darling husband Jacob. They even offered for us to stay at their house, but I told them that we would prefer to stay at school. And think of all the expensive dress shops that we can visit! Oh I can hardly contain my happiness!" Alice squealed forgetting completely about her and Rosalie's quarrel.
They pulled up in front of the academy, and the girls were helped out of the carriage. Masen Academy was a large stone building with a large gate in front of it. A man in a black suit greeted them.
" Welcome to Masen Academy ladies. It is a pleasure to have you here at our school. Please come while I guide you to your rooms." The man said. He lead the three awed girls to a small courtyard. He set their bags down and turned to them.
" Your rooms are the very best on campus. You will all be sharing a room. It has three beds, three closets, a vanity, a sitting room, and wash room. Now if you will excuse me, I must go to greet some of the other new students." The man tipped his hat, then rushed off into the main stone building, leaving the girls staring at their new home.
" Shall we enter?" Rosalie suggested after they had stared at it for a few moments. The girls nodded and glided into the stone building. They took several flights of stairs up to their room.
When they opened the door they gasped. It was exactly how they had imagined it. Light pink walls, three canopy beds next to each other with pink, blue, and green bedding, various paintings on the walls, a fireplace, a large Persian rug on the wood floor, a desk in the corner, three chairs by the fireplace, a vanity, and a small bookshelf. Not only that, but they also got a balcony that overlooked the lush courtyard. Alice set down her bags, and jumped on the bed with the green bedding.
" I call this bed!" She squealed. Rose jumped on the pink bedding.
" I call this one! Bella that means that you get the blue bedding!" Rosalie called as she made her way over to the vanity and set up all of her beauty products. Bella rolled her eyes. Alice jumped of her bed and looked in the mirror.
" Good heavens! My hair came out in the carriage! Rose will you fix it?" Alice asked as she sat down at the vanity and frowned at her reflection. Rosalie rolled her eyes.
" Alright, but It looks as if Bella needs more help than you. Look at that rats nest she calls hair!" Rosalie and Alice laughed while Bella smiled sheepishly. Her long mahogany hair was in a tangle of curls, and was piled atop her head. Alice summoned Bella to sit in front of her. Rosalie did Alice's hair, and Alice did Bella's hair.
There was a knock at the door and a woman in her early fifties emerged. Her brown hair had streaks of gray in it, and was set in a tight, neat bun. Her face looked very kind, yet serious.
" Good day ladies. It is a very great pleasure that you girls have come all the way from Kent to come stay with us. I'm not sure if you remember me, but my name is Elizabeth Masen. I'm the headmaster of Masen Academy. But I'm also good friends with all of your families." Elizabeth walked over to Rosalie.
" Oh Rosalie how is your mother Beatrice doing? The last time I saw her it was 1895!" Rosalie nodded and smiled her kindest smile.
" And Mary dear how is your mother Penelope? You look just like her!" Elizabeth crooned. Elizabeth stopped at Bella and smiled down with admiration.
" And Isabella Swan. Your mother Eleanor must miss you so. I know how much she loves you. And quite a young woman you are indeed. Please do tell your mother and father that I send my love." Bella nodded, and felt her chest tighten at the mention of her mother.
" Now girls as you know, my husband Edward Cullen Sr. is the headmaster of the brother school to Masen Academy, Cullen Academy. We ask that you do not disturb the students of Cullen Academy. You are not permitted to enter their side of campus unless one of the teachers tells you too. You see we have had some trouble with the wrong students sneaking into the wrong rooms at night. But I'm sure you girls won't be any trouble with that. Now we are going to have orientation in the theatre in a few minutes. I suggest that you girls finish getting ready and hurry downstairs. I'll see you then." Elizabeth walked out of the room and shut the door behind her. Alice sighed.
" Thats really not fair that we aren't allowed to see the boys. I was really hoping that we could meet some decent boys." Alice finished Bella's hair by spraying it with her floral perfume.
" Alright I'm done! Stand up Bella and let us see how you look." Alice ordered. Bella rolled her eyes as she stood up and twirled around. Alice and Rosalie clapped.
" Very nice Bella. For once you look like a lady instead of a pauper!" Rosalie said. Bella laughed and rolled her eyes.
" Shall we ladies?" Alice said as they linked arms and strode out of the building. All around the courtyard there were young woman rushing around to greet old friends, and swooning over the boys that were filling in the theatre. Bella rolled her eyes at them. They acted like they have never seen a boy in their lives before. Rosalie suddenly tugged the girls back.
" We will stay here for a few more minutes until everybody is inside, then we will enter and everybody will be staring at us." Rosalie responded. Bella gasped.
" No! Rose you know I hate it when everyones attention is on me! I always blush! Its very embarrassing you know." Bella huffed. Alice rolled her eyes.
" Bella I don't know why you are so self conscious! I mean you are one of the most beautiful girls I know! You just don't realize it! Now when everybody stares at you I do a little trick that always makes me feel better. Think to yourself about how envious those girls are that everyone is staring at you and how jealous they are of your beautiful face." Alice comforted Bella.
Bella's stomach twisted into all sorts of knots as Rosalie lead them across the now barren courtyard and towards the doors. Bella could hear her heartbeat pounding in her ears, and she could feel it beating against her chest wildly. They stopped at the door.
" Ready? Now lets do a quick check to make sure that we look alright." Rosalie said as she and Alice checked each other and Bella. Bella rolled her eyes.
" This is totally unnecessary. Why does everyone have to notice us?" Rose and Alice looked at Bella like she was crazy. Bella chuckled nervously.
" Remember our little saying Bella." Alice whispered in her ear as they opened the door. Bella's heart was now hammering full speed in her chest, and Bella felt sick.
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