Hey guys, this is my first FanFic, so I hope you like it!
Chapter 1 –
I opened the door to my dorm, room 238 Sterling Hall. It smelled stuffy and of old wood. I looked around and found two sturdy looking beds, with two desks and at the foot of each and two built in closets. Connecting the desk and closet was a 6-drawer dresser with a mirror over it that covered three-fourths of the span of the dresser while the other fourth was covered by a bulletin board. The blue carpet looked fairly new and the white walls and ceiling had been freshly painted. The window was parallel to the door and looked out upon a little courtyard with a few picnic tables and trees.
I padded across the room and immediately opened the window to let some air in. I noticed there was a large tree right next to my window with a few sturdy looking branches that just reached passed my window. Perfect for sneaking out I thought as I grinned to myself.
"What are you smiling about, kiddo? Are you really that excited to leave me?" asked Charlie grinning as a flicker of sadness twinkled in his eyes but immediately flashed away just as quickly.
"You know I'm not dad, but Rigby has one of the best volleyball teams in the country. The fact that they even thought about recruiting me to play here is an honor in itself."
Rigby Academy, a beautiful place for an even better education; their famous slogan. It was true though, the place was amazing and most people from here usually went onto Ivy Leagues and then later to become big business owners. Along with their students beyond impressive GPA's their athletics program was almost as equally impressive. Their football and baseball teams were ranked #6th in the country and #1 in the state of Washington. There volleyball team, and the reason for me even being here right now, was ranked #4th.
The setter for the Rigby Rams had graduated last year and went on to play at some Division 1 school out east. The coach had somehow found out about me and came to watch me down at Forks High School, where I lived for the last year up until this morning. He offered me the chance of a life time, to come and be the starting setter for the #4 volleyball team in the nation. It was an offer I couldn't refuse. I mean I knew that I was good, but I didn't think that good.
"I know I know, Bells. I'm really proud of you. I mean I can't believe my little girl, being the starting setter at a big school like this!"
I felt the blush creeping into my cheeks, something that occurred very often, and I looked down at my feet. I didn't like being complimented that much. I mean I had a lot of confidence, but I didn't see myself as others did. It was just strange.
"Well Bells, I should get going, I'll let you unpack and stuff. God I'm gonna miss you," Charlie started getting the littlest bit teary-eyed. I'd never seen him like this before.
"Oh dad, I'm only 3 hours away," I said walking over to give him a hug. Right on queue, I tripped over my own feet and stumbled. Luckily I caught my footing and didn't completely wipe out.
"How can someone be so athletic yet so clumsy? It really makes me wonder…" laughed Charlie. At this I had to laugh. It was true, I was just about the biggest klutz you could ever meet, barely able to walk over a flat surface without finding something to trip over (it usually ended up being my own two feet.)
I continued walking over to Charlie and hugged him. He held my tightly, almost as if it seemed he didn't want to let go. "Love you, Bells. Have fun this year. You'll do great. I'll definitely be up soon to watch you play."
"Love you too, dad. I'm only a phone call away." And with that he let me go and walked out the door. I closed the door and leaned against it, letting out a sigh.
Classes didn't officially start for another week but fall sports had to come a week earlier then everybody else to start practicing. The campus was pretty empty and it seemed sort of ghostly having the entire building to myself. That is until my roommate came which was supposed to be sometime tonight. My roommate was also a junior and is on the team too. She'd been coming here since freshman year and played on JV then but moved up to Varsity during sophomore year. Her name was Alice Cullen.
We talked a little over the summer, emailing and stuff as soon as we got room assignments. She seemed like someone who was always cheery all the time, always adding like 5 exclamation points at the end of almost every line in an email.
She had two brothers that went here too, Emmett and Edward Cullen. They had all been adopted by the Cullens when they were just babies. Emmett played football and Edward played soccer.
Her best friend was Rosalie Hale, an outside hitter on the team (standing at a good 5 foot 8 inches.) Her twin brother was Jasper who went here too and played soccer with Edward. Rosalie was living in a single in the dorm room next to us and the boys were all sharing a suite in the next building over.
Buzz buzz. My phone interrupted my thoughts. I glanced at the screen to see that my mother was calling me. Crap. I forgot to call her when we got here.
"Hey, mom. Sorry I forgot to call you I've just been busy getting settled and stuff. I've only been here for like a half hour though, swear."
"That's alright sweetie. I just wanted to know how you're doing. What's it like? Tell me everything!" my mother gushed.
Renee could only be described as one thing, crazy. She always was lively and bubbly. Her thoughts would all string together into each other, never really forming a coherent thought. She married a much younger guy, Phil, two years ago. He's a baseball player and was traveling a lot when they first got married trying to get signed. My mother would stay at home with me, but she missed him. Being the selfless person that I was I packed up my life and moved to Forks, Washington with Charlie. Phil eventually got signed down in Florida, where he and my mother currently reside.
I began to tell her about my dorm and the campus and everything I knew so far, which wasn't much. After about another half hour on the phone we finally hung up. I realized that I hadn't unpacked a thing a decided to get started. It'd be better if I was done before Alice got here so I could the help her, or get out of her way, whichever she preferred.
I unzipped my bags and began shoving my massive amounts of clothes into the closet and dresser. Wow, I really do like to shop I thought and smiled to myself.
When I was done I pulled out my lime green comforter to go over the twin bed. It was extremely comfortable, and not to mention green. I had an odd obsession with green. It was my absolute favorite color of all time and a lot of what I owned was green.
I set up my book shelf which where a few bookshelves that were over my bed with the few worn classics that I brought from home. I left the other shelf space for textbooks and other school related books. I finally set up my laptop, printer, lamp, and other items on my desk and flopped down on my bed. It had taken me nearly 2 hours and a sticky layer of sweat covered every part of my body.
I got up and tried to figure out what I looked like, not wanting to be a mess when Alice got here. I examined my 5' 4 ½" body. I was slender and muscular from playing volleyball so much. My pale ivory skin glistened from the sweat and my brown hair was a wreck from my attempt on blowing it out this morning. I pulled it into a high side ponytail, figuring it was the best I could do. My chocolate brown eyes scanned my body once more and I noticed that my black nail polish on my right index finger had chipped. Damn. I quickly grabbed the bottle out and fixed it.
I checked the digital clock on my desk, it read 4:32. Where was Alice? Didn't she want to unpack before it got dark out? I pulled my phone off of my desk where it was charging. I quickly flipped open my dark gray KRAR and texted her.
Hey, just wondering when you're gonna get here...can't wait! –B
A second later the door swung open. "I'm here!!" sang an angelic high-pitched voice. A beautiful pixie-like girl walked through the door. Her dark hair was cut short and spiked in every direction. She stood at about 5 feet (a back row player I presumed) and had a stick like figure. Her cheek bones were soft and her nose came to a perfect slope. The line of her muscular legs showed through her jeans. She could probably kick my ass in wall sits. "HI!" she practically yelled. She came over and tackled me in a hug.
I was right, she was overly excited. "Hey Alice!" I said back with lots of enthusiasm. Ok yes, I was extremely excited too.
"Oh my god Bella, we're gonna have sooooo much fun this year! I can't wait!" She grabbed me into another tight hug.
"I know! I'm so excited too!" I replied with again, equal enthusiasm.
"Knock knock," said a velvety voice. Through the door came two boys carrying so many bags that I couldn't see their faces.
"Hey guys, just put those by my bed," said Alice. They boys followed orders and dropped the bags at the side of her bed. One boy was extremely muscular, the football player I guessed. The other was muscular too, but nothing compared to his brother. "Guys, meet Isabella Swan, Bella for short," said Alice as they turned around.
Woah. They were both gorgeous. The muscular one had curly brown hair and a perfectly chiseled face. But the other, oh he took my breath away. He looked more boyish. He had wild bronze hair and green eyes. Oh the eyes. Green, my favorite color. They seemed to go on forever. They sparkled in the light that was coming through the window that cast across his face. I couldn't move, I was absolutely intoxicated by the sight of him.
"Bella," said Alice snapping me back to reality, "this is my brother Emmett," she said motioning to the more muscular one, "and this is Edward." Edward, oh lord. The god-like creature standing in front of me was Edward. What a beautiful name.
Emmett pulled me into a tight, bear-like hug. "Nice to meet you, Bella!" he said.
"Can't breathe Emmett," I choked out. He, Alice, and Edward laughed, but he loosened his grip and finally let go. "Nice to meet you too Emmett," I laughed.
Next came over Edward who hugged me. Oh my god! I blushed a thousand shades of red. I inhaled, memorizing his scent. It smelled better than anything in the entire world. He didn't wear any cologne, or any that I had recognized. "Nice to meet you, Bella," he said pulling away. He flashed me a crooked grin that melted my heart. God he was beautiful.
"You too," I managed to say, smiling back. I couldn't form a coherent thought with him around. I managed to break my gaze from him and I began to play with my many bracelets that where on my wrists. I mean I didn't want the guy to catch me gawking over him after meeting him a minute ago.
"Ok boys, out, out, out! I've got a lot to do and Bella and I need to bond!" Alice pushed them out. I noticed Edward look back once as he was being pushed out of the room at me and smile. I was beat red before he even looked away.
Ok, that's chapter 1. I have more chapters written, I just want some feedback first. So please read and review! Thanks!
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