I never thought I'd be back here; that I would be reunited with the place that I was my happiest. The place where my laughs had been genuine and my hugs had been the warmest. This place held so many memories of the best times of my life. When everything was pretty simple and the biggest thing I had to worry about was that I didn't get a perfect score on a test.

Two years away can really change a person, and I can vouch for that. I'm still the same person I was back when I was 15, but I'm 17 now and things are different. After my mom died, a little more than a year and a half ago I thought I'd never be truly happy again, or at least not for a very long time. And that was how it was for a while, but somehow I got lucky and ended up getting a second chance; a second chance to return to the place that I had always loved the most.

Maybe I would finally be able to genuinely smile again and give people warm hugs again. I can't wait to see everyone again, I wonder how it's all going to end up, if it's just like I remember….

I unlocked the door and walked into the room that would now be 'mine'. There were two single beds, a mini fridge, two surprisingly huge closets, two desks, and a huge flat screen already hooked up to the wall facing a very comfy looking couch; just like I remember minus the flat screen and couch. I smiled. The dorms here at Angeline Coast Academy aren't huge but they're not the size of a storage closet like I heard they are at some other boarding schools.

I noticed that my roommate had already set up most of her things. Picture frames lined the window sill, a golden comforter with clear beading laid atop one bed, and an expensive looking laptop occupied the desk closest to the couch. I figured that the flat screen and couch came from my roommate. I looked down at the paper that said her name. "Roaslie Hale," I read aloud. Interesting name, I thought.

I heard an impatient cough come from behind me and I then remembered that my dad Charlie was still there and that I was blocking the entrance into the room. I quickly moved out of the way as he hurried in and thrust the two suitcases he had onto what was obviously going to be my bed. As I walked towards the bed to sit down my third, slightly, smaller luggage, when I tripped over nothing visible and plummeted towards the ground. Luckily, I was in distance of the bed so I was met with the soft mattress. I sprang back up and steadied myself almost instantly. Great. Classic Bella move. Not even five minutes of my being back on campus I was already being my usual clumsy self.

Charlie chuckled and rolled his eyes. I shot him a look and he shrugged his shoulders. "What? You know it's pretty funny," he defended. I didn't see much very funny about me constantly falling and being pretty accident prone. I let the subject drop and began unpacking my clothes.

I felt Charlie's stare on my back as I refolded my favorite pair of worn jeans. I turned around and asked a simple, "What?" He continued to stare at me for a moment longer and then much to my surprise pulled me into a hug.

"Bella," Charlie began. "You know that I love you. It's been great having you back living with me, even thought it's under terrible circumstances." I cringed at the thought of that 'terrible thing'. "I'm going to miss you." With that he released me from the hug. I was still surprised. Charlie hardly, if ever, expressed his emotions. I guess I was like him in that way.

I muttered a simple, "Yeah, love you too." Charlie smiled and glanced nervously down at his watch. I noticed the action and asked, "Do you have to be somewhere?"

Charlie shook his head quickly and offered an anxious smile. He saw my unconvinced face and then sighed, looking at me with regretful eyes. "It's just that I'm supposed to meet Billy back at our house for the game at 7:00." Bill was Charlie's best friend and they always watched the game together. I was very close to his son Jacob for the two years that I lived with Charlie. Jacob was there to help through everything. He was one of the only reasons that I was hesitant about coming back to ACA, I felt guilty about leaving him but I knew, as did Charlie, that it was the best thing for me.

"Dad, go ahead and go. I'm going to be home again in a few weeks. You go have fun with Billy." I gave him a reassuring smile. His grin widened and gave me a quick hug and kissed me on the top of my head.

"Bye Bells. Call me once you really get settled in and tell me how everything goes," Charlie instructed.

"Will do." With that Charlie headed out the door to make the 4 hour drive back to his house. I took my cell phone out of my purse and checked the time. It was only 2:30. Great, what was I going to do until my meeting with the dean at 5:00? I sat on my black and white polka dotted bed comforter and began texting Jacob, telling him that I was here and getting settled in.

I heard the door to the dorm being thrown open and someone with four huge designer bags stumbled into the room. I rushed to help and grabbed two of the bags and gently set them down on the closest bed.

"Thanks," I heard a breathless voice say. She gratefully smiled, I assumed this was Rosalie. When I looked at once she set the bags down, I noticed that she gorgeous. She had long blonde hair, perfect skin, and looked like she had just stepped off of a runway. I knew any other time I would have been jealous, but even though I hadn't talked to her she seemed nice.

"So you're Bella?" She asked, plopping down on her bed. I did the same on mine.

"Yeah," I answered shyly. That was a problem I had. I was totally outgoing with my friends, but around new people I become timid and quiet.

"What grade are you in?" Rosalie asked politely.

"I'm only a junior." I replied. I got off the bed and headed over to one of my suitcases. I took out a small CD rack and began placing the cases in alphabetical order in it. Music has always been a huge part of my life.

"Oh, well we won't have any classes together because I'm a senior." Rosalie frowned. An awkward silence fell in the room. There a million things that I could ask her to start a conversation, but my shyness was getting the better of me.

"Hey, since you're new do you want to go grab a bite with me and some of my friends?" Rosalie asked, suddenly brightening. I looked at her a little stunned, I mean we don't even know each other and she was already inviting me to hang out with. I chalked it up to her wanting to be on good terms with her roommate.

"Actually I went heer for a few years but I left for a while. But I decided to come back," I told her. And I rushed to finish before she thought I didn't want to go with her, "But I would very much like to go to lunch with you and your friends if you're sure it's not a burden."

Roaslie excitedly jumped up and loosely grabbed my wrist, tugging me out the door. Surprisingly, the action didn't bother me because I was comfortable around her.

"This is so great. I know everyone's just going to love you," she enthused. As we walked along the path, I suddenly remembered everything. I had memorized every square inch of this campus. I couldn't fight back my smile as we made out way to the courtyard where different vendors sold all types of food.

We approached a table where four people were already seated. I looked at the four of them as they were laughing. I oddly recognized three of them. As I stood there trying to make the connection, it all came back to me.

"Alice!" I gasped at the short, dark haired, pixie-like girl. "And Emmett and Jasper!" Emmett was the big, curly haired one and Jasper was the blonde, slightly smaller guy who I remembered was generally quiet.

"Who?" Alice turned around and gave me a puzzled look. I wasn't shocked that she didn't automatically know who I was. One was the fact that I obviously looked different. But we hadn't been great friends back two years ago. We occasionally had a chat but I stayed close to my best friends Lauren Mallorey, Jessica Stanley, and Angela Weber.

Alice's eyes widened in understanding and then squealed. "Bella? Bella Swan?" I merely shook my head yes and she then she came at me. She jumped and engulfed me in a hug, sending me flying backwards into somebody else.

She quickly righted herself and offered me a hand because I had fallen on the bench attached to the picnic table. I turned around apologetically to meet the gaze of the most perfectly green pair of eyes that I have ever seen. I blushed and quickly walked around the side of the table to greet Emmett and Jasper properly.

Emmett squeezed me in a tight hug and Jasper just smiled. "I see you're still as clumsy as ever Bella." My face blazed crimson.

"That was your fault missy," I joked, pointing an accusing finger at Alice.

"Yeah, but it was the one and only time you fell that it was someone else's fault!" Alice shot back. I simply grinned. It felt good to be playfully joking with them. Like I said, we hadn't been close but we were friends none the less.

"Well this is great. You already know everyone!" Rosalie piped in, sliding in the open space next to Emmett.

"Well almost everyone," I said, shyly glancing at the perfect human being sitting lazily next to Alice. His untidy, bronze hair glimmered in the sunlight and he flashed a crooked smile.

"I'm terribly sorry for not introducing myself. I am Edward Cullen." He continued to smile at me and I flushed under his gaze.

"It's nice to meet you," I mumbled, wanting the focus to be on anything but me.

"Bella. Now in all seriousness," Alice began. "Have you kept up with your wardrobe?" Her face was completely serious. I chuckled because it wasn't a secret that Alice had a thing for shopping.

Alice grabbed my hand and pulled me down next her, directly across from Edward. "Bella! You know what this means! Shopping trip!" I could already see the plan formulating in Alice's mind.

I groaned quietly, a sound that I thought only I could hear. But when I heard Edward laugh silently, I knew he had heard me. I'm hear only a couple of hours and I was already being roped into one of Alice's shopping trips.

Alice continued to blabber on about going to the nearest shopping mall this weekend. She mentioned that the guys would have to come to help us with our bags. I perked up, excited at the thought of Edward going.

Even though we had barely spoken any words to each other, I knew that there was something special about him and even though I wouldn't admit it, I really wanted to get to know him better.