True Love
Chapter One
New School, New Life
A new semester is about to begin at Seattle University. Several buses pull into the parking lot of the university. Several students get off the bus and grab their bags from the luggage compartment of the buses. Kate Denali was one of the students getting off the bus. Kate grabbed her two luggages while carrying her backpack. She walks towards the entrance of the school. Kate stood there looking at her surroundings. She is a transfer student from Miami University. Some might wonder why a student transfers from a university like Miami but Kate has her reasons. She stares at the beautiful campus and realizes she's going to like it here. She smiles a bit thanking god that she wouldn't be found at this school.
A mini-van pulls into the parking lot with music blaring loudly. Kate turned around to see who the car belonged to. A man with dark hair tall stature steps out of the driver side of the car followed by a smaller woman with dark hair. She looked Hispanic. They were followed by two blonds who got out of the back seats of the minivan. Kate recognized them to be her sister and big brother. She smiles happy to see them.
"Thank god we got here." Tanya complained. She's the shorter of the two blonds. She goes to the back to retrieve her two suitcases.
"Safely might I add." Irina the taller of the two blonds adds. She is a freshmen beginning her first year of college while Tanya is beginning her senior year at the university.
"You drive like a maniac Eleazar." Tanya said to her big brother.
"Hey I got you here didn't I?" Eleazer asked as he helped his sisters with their bags.
"Mom said you shouldn't drive so damn fast." Irina said to him.
"Is mom here?" Eleazar asked with a big grin on his face. Tanya and Irina stared at him frowning.
"You did that on purpose." Irina said to him.
"Carmen, I'm gonna kick your husband's ass." Tanya said as Carmen laughed.
"Here are your bags." Eleazar said to them. He stops upon seeing Kate. "Oh my god."
"What?" Carmen asks following his gaze. Tanya and Irina see Kate and smile.
"Kate!" Irina said running over to hug her.
"Irina." Kate says hugging her sister tightly. Irina notices how tight her sister is hugging her.
"Hey sis." Tanya said hugging her after Irina lets Kate go. Tanya notices how tight Kate is hugging her.
"Come here little sister." Eleazar said as Kate hugs him tightly. Eleazar also notices how tightly she's hugging him. "How are you?"
"I'm good." Kate lied. She was happy and relieved to see her family. "Carmen." She said hugging her sister in law.
"How are you sis?" Carmen asks.
"I'm fine. I'm just missing you guys." Kate said.
"Well whose fault is that?" Eleazar asked. Kate rolled her eyes smirking. "You didn't even come home for the summer."
"I told you I wanted to travel for the summer." Kate lied again.
"Still you wouldn't have to miss us if you were home." Irina commented.
"Ok, ok. I get it. I should've come home for the summer. I just wanted to see the world a little that's all." Kate said.
"Well, we're glad to see you." Tanya said. Kate smiled.
"I thought you were attending Miami University?" Carmen asked.
"I transferred. They have a better business course here." Kate lied.
Riley Biers a student at Seattle University stares out into the parking lot. He spots Tanya Denali his girlfriend of three years. He quickly makes his way over to the group.
"Hey guys." Riley said to them.
"Hey baby." Tanya said giving Riley a long lingering kiss.
"How's my girl doing?" He asked smiling.
"I'm fine." Tanya said smiling. Baby you remember my brother Eleazar and his wife Carmen?" Tanya asked.
"Yeah, hey man what's up?" Riley said shaking Eleazar's hand.
"Hey how's it going?" Eleazar smiled politely as he returned the gesture.
"Carmen hi." Riley said shaking her hand.
"Hi." Carmen responds smiling.
"You remember my kid sisters Kate and Irina." Tanya said re-introducing them to her boyfriend.
"Hey ladies." Riley said shaking their hands.
"Hey." Kate said.
"Riley, my sister won't tell me but are there any hot guys on campus?" Irina asked. Riley smiled nervously then glances at Eleazar. The group is silent. "What?" she asked clueless.
"You better behave understood?" Eleazar asked pulling the big brother card.
"Oh stop, I'm always good." Irina said as they laughed.
Heading towards the dormitories are Laurent Dubois and Garrett Parker. Both have been friends since their freshmen year of college. Both road back to campus together. They found out that they don't live too far from each other. Laurent was babbling on about his summer when Garrett stopped in his tracks.
"What?" Laurent asked.
"Look in the parking lot." Garret said to him.
"Hey Tanya's back. So is Riley." Laurent said.
"Who are the blonds with them?" Garrett asked focusing on Kate.
"I don't know but they are hot?" Laurent said.
"You can say that again." Garrett said. He stared at Kate. She was a vision of beauty to him.
"Looks like someone's been bitten by the love bug." Laurent teased smiling. Garrett looked over at him and smirked.
"Come on man it's not like that. I don't even know her." Garrett defended himself.
"But you want to get to know the pretty blond?" Laurent said as Garrett continued to stare at Kate. Garrett doesn't respond causing Laurent to laugh. "Come on, we gotta make sure our rooms are still intact." Laurent said. Garrett hadn't heard a word he said. He was too busy staring at Kate. Laurent smiles at him. "Come on man." He said as he and Garrett turned and continued towards the dorms. Garrett turns his head back for another glance at Kate. The guy is in love.
"Ok. Girls off you ok." Eleazar said to them. He hugs them. Carmen hugs them before getting in the passenger seat of the car. "I will see you guys for the holidays right Kate?" He asked looking at her. Tanya and Irina were smirking.
"Of course." Kate said smirking.
"Good. See you girls." Eleazar said to them. "Riley take care of my sisters."
"You got it man." Riley said as Eleazar got into the driver side of the car and pulls off. "Ok ladies, how bout I help you with your bags?"
"Please." Irina said smiling as she grabbed her other suit case with her backpack.
"Thank you hon." Tanya said to him as he grabbed her other back while she took the remaining two.
"Need help Kate?" He asked her.
"No thanks. I got it." Kate said as they made their way towards the main building to be registered. Once Kate and Irina got registered, they are assigned to their dormitories. Irina is assigned to the same dorm as Tanya while Kate is assigned to building three. That would be to the left of the main building. Another student took Kate along with several others to dormitory building three.
Kate stepped into her new room. She looks around liking the surroundings. To the far left of the room is where the bed is by the window along with the nightstand. To her far left is the huge bathroom. Right next to her is the closet where she'd undoubtedly put her clothes in. Next to the night stand is where the student desks are. Every room has one. Kate is lucky because the last person who occupied this room left their 32 inch flat screen TV along with the entertainment center. She smiled to herself and realized she wouldn't have to go out and buy a TV. She placed her bags down and began to unpack. She hears a knock at the door.
"Come in." Kate said without looking.
"I thought that was you." Came the voice of a petite young woman. Kate looks up and smiles recognizing that of her cousin Alice Cullen.
"Alice." Kate said.
"Kate." Alice squeals happily as the two cousins embrace in a tight hug. Alice noticed this immediately.
"It's so good to see you cous." Alice said smiling.
"It's good to see you to." Kate responds smiling.
"My friends and I are heading to orientation. I'll come and get you in twenty minutes and we can go together." Alice said.
"Cool." Kate responds smiling. Alice leaves the room to let Kate finish unpacking. Kate had taken her clothes and placed them in the drawers. Then she hung up her jeans and placed her shoes on the floor in the closet. She also hung up her sweaters and jackets in the closet as well. Kate then fixed her bed up so it would be comfortable to sleep in. She wasn't one carried a lot of stuffed animals but she had three that he kept near and dear to her. One was bear that her father had gotten her when she was five. That bear was old but well preseved. The second stuffed animal was a tiger that her nephe Eli had gave her for birthday. He didn't have money so he gave her his stuffed tiger. The last stuffed animal was an elephant given to her by Marlene her best friend from Miami. It's suppose to be good luck. She glanced at her photo album. She opened the album and began looking through it. There are photos of her and her family. She smiled at the pictures of her sisters. There was one of Irina with her thumb in her mouth. Kate had taken that one as a joke she and Tanya pulled on Irina. Kate had gotten one of Tanya in the park. She took one of Eleazar making goofy faces at her. There's one of Kate by herself smiling. There's another photo of all four siblings smiling. Another one of their parents smiling. One of the entire family taken during a family trip. There's another of her and her friends from Miami. Kate smiles as she turns the page. Her smile disappears as she stares at a picture of her and her ex-boyfriend. She frowns at the picture. The young man in that picture has short brown hair, brown eyes and a gotee. Her eyes lingered on the picture. The couple in the picture looks happy but all was not what it appeared to be. Kate hadn't noticed Alice come in the room.
"Hey." Alice said loud enough pulling Kate from her thoughts. Kate looks up at her. "We're heading to Orientation now. Come on."
"Ok." Kate said as Alice glances at the picture.
"Who's that?" Alice asked curiously.
"Uh no one important." Kate said smiling as she shut her photo album. She grabbed her pink sweatshirt. Both girls left Kate's room. "So where is orientation being held?" Kate asked.
"In the auditorium like always." Alice said to her. Both girls come upon two young ladies who are waiting by the door for them. "There they are." Alice said smiling.
"Who?" Kate asked.
"My two home girls." Alice said to her.
"About time." The blond commented. Alice frowned lightly. "What took you so long?"
"Girls I'd like you to meet my cousin Kate Denali. Kate this is Bella Swan and the blond who has no patience what so ever is Rosalie." Alice said as Rosalie rolled her eyes. Kate smiled at them.
"It's nice to meet you girls." Kate said shaking their hands.
"Nice to meet you to Kate." Bella said.
"Denali, you wouldn't be related to Tanya would you?" Rosalie asked.
"Yes. She's my older sister. In fact Irina is here to." Kate adds.
"Irina?" Alice asked shocked.
"Yep. She's a freshmen." Kate said.
"Come on we better get going before the boys snag the best seats." Bella said as the four girls left the dormitory and headed for the auditorium.
"God I hope Mr. Aikman isn't doing orientation this year." Rosalie said.
"Who's Mr. Aikman?" Kate asked.
"He works in the admissions department." Bella said. "He was a former high school football coach."
"He thinks he's related to Troy Aikman the former quarterback for the Cowboys." Rosalie said as the girls laughed. "It's pathetic. Last year he talked about goals and uses Troy Aikman as his analogy."
"Oh god." Alice said. "He's so weird." Alice said as they all laughed. They enter the building of the auditorium for Orientation.
"Hey cous." Came the big booming voice of a male figure. Tanya turns around already in the auditorium. She sees her cousins Emmett and Edward Cullen.
"Hey there big man." Tanya said hugging him. "Eddie." She said calling Edward by his knick name. She hugs him. "How are you two?"
"We're good. How you doing?" Edward asked.
"Doing well." Tanya said.
"So I hear that Irina goes to school hear now?" Emmett asked.
"Yes and Kate is here to." Tanya said. Emmett and Edward stared at her shocked.
"Wait Kate? Is here?" Edward asked.
"Yes." Tanya said.
"Wasn't she at Miami U last year?" Emmett asked.
"Yeah but she transferred. She's starting her junior year here." Tanya explained.
"Cool." Emmett said.
"Speaking of the little sis, here they come now." Tanya said.
"I see she found Alice." Edward comments as Emmett and Tanya laugh. They watch Alice, Bella, Kate and Rosalie walk up to the group.
"Hey guys." Alice said.
"Well, well if it isn't little Katie Denali." Emmett teases. Kate chuckles.
"Hi Emmett." Kate said as he hugs her tightly. "Hey Edward." She said pulling him into a hug.
"How are you?" Edward asked.
"I'm fine." Kate said to him. She smiled even though she was tired of being asked that question.
"Hey what am I chopped liver?" Irina can be heard complaining in the background.
"Come here you." Alice said pulling her into a hug. She was followed by Emmett and Edward. "Bella, Rosalie, this is Tanya and Kate's baby sister Irina."
"It's nice to meet you girls." Irina said smiling.
"Same here." Rosalie said to her smiling. "You're the little sister?" she asked smiling.
"I know I'm like the tallest of the three of us." Irina said to them. "They're like my shorties." She said as the group laughed.
"Hey baby." Jasper said as he sneaks up behind Alice.
"Hey hon." Alice said. "Baby, this is Tanya's sisters Kate and Irina."
"Hey, Jasper." Jasper said introducing his self.
"Hi Kate." Kate introduced herself shaking his hand.
"Rosalie and Jasper are twins." Alice informed them.
"Cool." Kate said aloud.
"Hi there." Irina said smiling flirtingly.
"Hands off cous, he's my man." Alice said pulling Jasper into her as the group laughs.
"So Allie, got a question for you." Irina asked.
"What's that?" Alice asked.
"Irina don't go there please." Tanya said to her.
"Where are the hot guys?" Irina asked. Bella and Rosalie chuckled. Emmett and Edward smirked. Tanya sucked her teeth. Alice was smirking.
"Is that why dad and mom are paying for school?" Kate asked.
"Listen I can get an education and fuck at the same time." Irina defended herself causing laughter amongst the group.
"Irina your mouth." Tanya scolded her sister.
"Tanya your mouth." Irina taunted back. The group laughed again. Tanya gave Irina a stern look. Kate wasn't amused but smirked anyway.
Riley, walks into the auditorium with Laurent and Garrett at his sides. He stops looking around to see if he spots his girlfriend. He spots her with her cousins Emmett, Edward and Alice. With them are Rosalie, Bella, Irina and Kate. Garrett spots Kate in the group. So does Laurent.
"Hey Garrett there goes your crush." Laurent teases smiling.
"Come on man." Garrett said.
"What are you talking about?" Riley asked confused.
"Well you see the two blonds with Tanya?" Lauren asked.
"Yeah." Riley said.
"Our friend has a crush on the one on the left." Laurent said to him.
"You mean Kate." Riley asked.
"That's her name?" Garrett asked.
"Yeah. The other one is Irina." Riley told them.
"How do you know them?" Lauren asked.
"They're her sisters. I met them before when I was at Tanya's home in Alaska. Oh and they also have a big brother name Eleazar. He's as tall as Garrett here." Riley said smirking. Laurent stared at him a little worried. Garrett hadn't heard a word he said. He's too busy eye humping Kate. All three make their way over to the group. "There you are my little lady."
"Hey baby." Tanya said pulling him into a kiss. "Laurent, Garrett what's up?"
"Nothing much. Who are these two lovely beauties?" Laurent said as Irina blushed.
"My sisters Kate and Irina." Tanya said.
"Hey Irina." Laurent said taking her hand in his and kissing it. "I'm Laurent." He said smoothly.
"Hi." Irina said blushing.
"Good god." Tanya commented as the others laughed. Riley notices Garrett continuing to stare at Kate who smiles politely.
"And this tall doofus here is my buddy Garrett." Riley said as the group laughed.
"Hi." Garrett said nervously.
"Hi." Kate responds just as nervous. Everyone standing there could see the instant attraction between the two.
"Kate right?" Garrett asks.
"Yes. Garrett right?" Kate asks. Garrett nods as they shake hands.
"Alright students take your seats. Orientation will begin shortly." A booming voice can be heard over the loud speaker.
Edward and the others all filed into their seats in the back. At the far right are Edward and Bella. Next to them are Alice, Jasper, Rosalie and Emmett. In the seats behind them are Riley, Tanya, Kate, Irina, Laurent and Garrett. Orientation began moments later and lasted about two hours. The new students were given information about the dorms, campus life, curfew, classes, etc. The students who are returning to campus for another semester were given updates on the things going on around the campus. During orientation, Garrett couldn't help but look over at Kate. She catches him looking at her and smiles back at him.
Once orientation was over, the group walked around the campus. Tanya wanted to show her sisters around campus. Garrett trailed behind them. Laurent was ogling Irina staring at her ass. She looked back and flashed a sexy smile. Laurent smiled back flirting shamelessly. Edward had his arm around Bella's shoulder while they walked around campus with Tanya and Riley leading the way. Riley was in the middle between Tanya and Kate who had their arms draped around his. Irina held onto Kate as they walked around campus. Emmett had his arm around Rosalie. Jasper did the same with Alice. Garrett continued staring at Kate. He was in love. He hadn't felt this way about another female in so long. Every time he was near her his heart skipped ten beats. If he was going to be with Kate, he would need to start speaking to her.
The group ended up at the local café in town. They picked a booth and sat down. Seated at the table are as followed: Edward, Bella, Emmett, Rosalie, Jasper, Alice, Riley, Tanya, Kate Laurent, Irina and Garrett.
"I love this place." Tanya said.
"Oh yeah?" Kate asks.
"Yeah. They serve the best burgers here." Tanya said.
"I thought you were a vegetarian?" Emmett asks.
"Only when you cook." Tanya said as the group laughs.
"Haha. I can cook." Emmett defends himself.
"Baby, making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches isn't considered cooking ok?" Rosalie said to him. The group laughs again. Emmett smirks.
"I can cook." Emmett said.
"Em, I've tasted your cooking." Bella said to him. "You should follow the cook book. It's helps." She said as the group continued to laugh.
"Hey do you remember when we spent Christmas in Hawaii?" Edward asks to Tanya and Kate. Both nodded. "Emmett and Irina tried to make Hawaiian burgers?" The group laughs agin.
"What?" Riley asked smiling.
"What a minute. What the hell are Hawaiian burgers?" Laurent asked as they laughed.
"They're made with fruits and meat." Irina said. They stared at her with their faces turned up. "What their good burgers. Tell them Emmett."
"She's right dude, you gotta try them." Emmett said to them.
"Those burgers tasted nasty." Alice said.
"Edward called them booger burgers." Kate adds as they all laughed.
The waitress came over and took their orders. Edward ordered the veggie burger with fries and a strawberry smoothie. Bella ordered the garden burger with fries and a diet coke. Emmett ordered a bacon cheese burger with a pepsi. Rosalie ordered a veggie beef pattie with cheese and onion rings. Emmett tried to eat off her plate and she smacked his hand away. Jasper ordered chicken sandwich wrap and a diet coke. Alice ordered a chicken salad with a Snapple tea. Riley ordered a cheese burger with fries and a coke. Tanya ordered the same thing and both shared each other's food. Kate ordered a garden burger with fries and chocolate smoothie. Irina ordered a garden salad with a vanilla smoothie. Laurent ordered chicken sandwich with onion rings. Garrett ordered last. He ordered chicken fajita with a chocolate smoothie.
"Where did you guys spend the summer?" Jasper asked. His question directed at Emmett, Edward and Alice.
"We spent our summer in the Bahamas." Alice said.
"Mom and dad thought it would be fun to bring the entire family." Edward adds.
"Did Carlisle and Esme bring the kids?" Tanya asked.
"Carlisle and Esme?" Laurent asked.
"Carlisle is our older brother. Esme is his wife." Alice adds.
"And they have three boys." Edward said to them.
"The little rugrats pushed me into the water." Emmett said as the group laughed.
"By the way Carlisle asked about you three." Alice said.
"Oh yeah." Irina asked.
"Yes. He says we should all get together for the weekend. I think he wants to leave the kids with Esme's parents." Alice said to her.
"Good." Emmett said as the others laughed.
"How did you two spend your vacation?" Edward asked.
"Rose and I traveled to London England." Jasper said to the group.
"Who lives out in London?" Alice asked.
"We have an aunt and uncle who live in England. We got to see a lot of places. It was amazing." Rosalie said.
"Cool." Emmett said.
"What about you Bells?" Jasper asked.
"My parents and I went to Sydney Australia." Bella said.
"We've been there." Tanya said. "Isn't it beautiful?" She asked Bella.
"It was so amazing." Bella said smiling. "I can't wait to go back there."
"What did aunt Sasha have you three doing this past summer?" Emmett asked.
"Well, we were home. Dad was working and had gotten sick." Irina said.
"Yeah so we stayed home to take care of him." Tanya said. Kate stared at her.
"Dad was sick?" Kate asked worried.
"Yes." Tanya said to her. She could see the concerned worried look on her face. "Don't worry he's fine now." Tanya noticed her face and felt for her sister. She had no idea that Kate was dealing with her own issues that's why she couldn't come home.
"You would've known that had you come home for the summer." Irina said as Kate stared daggers at her. Irina knew Kate was looking at her so she didn't look in her direction. Kate looked away a little hurt by that. "What did you do for the summer Rye?"
"I spent it with my uncle in Denver. We went to see the Nuggets play and I helped him work on his sports car. It was cool." Riley said. "He's been like a father to me since my dad left me so I really look up to him." Tanya rubbed his arm as they continued to eat their food.
"Well my family and I spent the summer in France." Laurent said.
"Your family is from there right?" Riley asked.
"No they are from Africa but they immigrated to France. I came to this country when I was about three." Laurent said to them.
"Can you speak French fluently?" Irina asked.
"Yes I can." Laurent responds.
"Say something in French." Irina asked.
"Vous estes une femme tres belle." Laurent said perfectly. Irina smiled.
"What did you say?" Riley asked.
"I said you are a very beautiful woman." Laurent said smoothly. Irina giggled like a little school girl. The others laughed.
"Nice." Riley said high fiving Laurent smiling. "What about you Garrett, how did you spend your summer vacation?" Riley asked.
"I visited my sisters in California." Garrett said to the group.
"How many sisters do you have?" Kate asked. Garrett turned to face her. It's the first time she spoke to him since introducing themselves earlier.
"Three. I'm the youngest of five. I have an older brother who was out of the country over the summer." Garrett said. "It was fun. I got to hang out with my nephews and niece." He added. Kate stared at him smiling. Tanya and the others noticed this. So did Garrett. He smiled. Kate quickly turned her head.
"So Kate, why did you transfer from Miami?" Emmett asked. This caught Kate off guard. The last thing she wanted to do was talk about the reason for leaving Miami.
"It's complicated." Kate said as the group looked at her. She looked back down at her food.
"I don't get it." Irina said. Kate looked up at her annoyed. "Miami is such a beautiful place, filled with beautiful people."
"No sis, you're thinking of California." Tanya said to her as the group laughed.
"Miami has beautiful people there to. I don't understand why you'd transfer away from that school." Irina said to her. Kate doesn't respond.
"I just don't want to talk about it." Kate said to them. Tanya looked away. She knew something was up.
"So how did you spend your summer?" Alice asked.
"She didn't come home that's for sure." Irina said to her.
"Ok Irina, I get it. I just needed time to myself. I had just broken up with…" Kate said then stopping herself. Everyone watched her. She knew she was about to say something that she'd already said she didn't want to talk about. "Look, I just needed to be alone. To answer your question Alice, I just traveled to several places. None I want to mention." Katie said to her. Irina felt bad. She hadn't considered Kate's feelings. She never thought Kate could've been going through something and was the reason she stayed away.
"I'm sorry sis." Irina said to her.
"It's cool." Kate said to her pulling Irina in a hug.
Garrett watched her realizing that she's had her heart broken by another guy. May be he can heal her broken heart.
The day had ended on a good note for Kate. She had finished fixing her room up the way she wanted. Her desk was a bit a naked. She had placed her desk top computer on top of the desk along with the printer. She was pretty handy in putting the computer together. Her computer will come in handy when she needs to study. Once the computer was put up, Kate had finished putting her pictures of her friend Marlene from Miami along with family photos. She had showered and got ready for bed. She had books for the courses she'd be taking. She glanced at her class schedule. She had history, Literature and marketing. Three classes tomorrow and then she had the afternoon free to do a little more shopping for room. She smiled. She glanced at her pictures of her and her ex-boyfriend Royce. She was glad to have him out of her life. He was a sick fuck who treated her poorly and almost ended her. No she didn't want any memory of a man who would hurt a woman. She frowned taking the pictures and throwing them out.
Kate's mind took her to the tall handsome stranger that she met and hung out with earlier. Garrett was his name. She thought he was so sexy in an alluring way. He has the kind of looks that could melt a woman's heart and give her butterflies in her stomach at the same time. It helped that had facial hair. That's a sign of maturity in Kate's eyes and she loved a man with facial hair. He seemed like a nice guy. So was Royce until he changed. Kate frowned at that negative thought. She can't compare Garrett to Royce. First off, she didn't know Royce was a bad guy until she started dating him. Second she just met Garrett and didn't know that much about him. Lastly, it wasn't fair to Garrett to compare him to a sick sadistic asshole like Royce. All these thoughts clouded her head. It was time for bed. Kate turned off the light and climbed in bed.
