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Chapter One: Adventures

"Goodbye Bells." Charlie said as he hugged me tightly.

"Bye dad." I replied back as I returned his hug.

It was the first day of the new school year. My first day at Oceanside School. My first day at my first boarding school ever. Oceanside school was hours away from my home with Charlie in Forks. And that was probably why I had been so fired up to come here. It wasn't that I didn't love Charlie. I did. I wasn't particularly thrilled at the thought of leaving him. It was leaving someone else that made Oceanside school so appealing. But I was not going to get into that now.

"Are you sure you really want to do this?" Charlie asked me worriedly and maybe a little hopefully. I guess he was still hoping that I would change my mind. But that was never going to happen. At least not in this lifetime.

"Dad, we talked about this. I am absolutely and completely one hundred percent sure that I want to do this. Besides, you can't expect me to change my mind when I'm already here in California." I told him, just barely restraining myself from squealing out the last word.

California. I was really here! I gazed about me with sparkling eyes. Okay, so right now I couldn't see anything wondrous whilst standing on the grey pavement outside the school building where hundreds of students milled around in huge jostling crowds as they bade their parents goodbye and were reunited with friends they hadn't seen since the last school year. But the blazing light of the Californian sun falling on the rippling waves of the blue ocean seemed reason enough for leaving Charlie and everything and everyone else I loved behind in Forks. I could hardly wait to get inside. There was even (supposedly) a swimming pool inside the school, though why the school would need a swimming pool when there was a beautiful beach complete with an enchanting ocean just five minutes away was beyond me.

"Okay, Bella. Call me soon." Charlie instructed me sternly as he hugged me one final time. (At least I hoped it was for the final time.)

I just about managed to refrain from rolling my eyes as I hugged him back. I was really eager to get inside. I wanted to go see my dorm room! Hell, I wanted to go and see the whole school!

"Are you sure you don't want me to help you with your bags?" Charlie asked me.

I looked down at the pile of bags on the ground. I wasn't shallow. Not one bit. I didn't care about my appearance. But I was going to be living here so I had packed about everything there was in my room which meant that my luggage had piled up considerably.

I scrutinised the pile of bags, biting my lips as I did so. I had a tendency to trip about fifteen hundred times in less than five minutes and I had a feeling that that applied to stairs, on second thoughts, especially stairs. Looking up at the school and remembering the brochure about the school that I had stuffed somewhere in the recesses of my rucksack I knew that there were going to be stairs. Try three floors worth of stairs.

I didn't need to be physic to be able to see that journey clearly in my head. And what I saw was me falling down the stairs. A lot.

"Sure. Some help would be great." I told Charlie gratefully.

Charlie reached down to pick up two of the heaviest bags whilst I attempted to pick up the next heaviest which turned out to be quite heavy. Actually, very heavy. I wasn't sure what I had packed in there but I staggered under the weight.

Charlie raised his eyebrows as I dropped the bag and massaged my shoulders. "Easy Bella. I'll take that one as soon as I've got this lot up."

"No. It's fine. I just…tripped over a shoelace." I fabricated with less than amateurish skills.

"Might want to tie that then." Charlie responded sceptically. Did I mention how bad a liar I was?

"Right." I hastily agreed.

I bent down to tie the imaginary 'shoelace' before standing up again and making another attempt at lifting the rock heavy bag. This time when I endeavoured to hoist the bag over my shoulder I didn't stagger. Oh no, this time I didn't stagger because when I hoisted it over my shoulder I exerted a little too much strength and force into the action which caused the bag to slide out of my fingertips… and go flying over my shoulder.

"Oh!" I gasped.

"OW!" I heard someone howl from somewhere behind me.

I whirled around to see my bag soar through the air…and into someone's face. They jerked backwards from the impact of the blow as my bag crashed into their face and then they went toppling to the ground where they fell in an untidy heap.

"Oh!" I gasped again before I went into a sprint towards the victim of my thuggish bag.

"Are you alright?" I enquired worriedly as I skidded to an ungraceful halt by the person's side.

I got only a pained groan in response before a pale hand with long pale fingers reached out and removed my bag from their face. I bent down to help the poor victim as the straps had somehow gotten tangled in his or her hair but before I could help them my bag disappeared completely to reveal the angelic face of a god.

I just barely bit back a gasp as two ponds of emerald green connected with my eyes. When I had eventually recovered from the devastation those green orbs had caused to my heart I then allowed my eyes to sweep over the rest of him. He had tousled hair that looked satin soft and was a reddish brown colour that gleamed bronze in the blazing sun, and his perfect face looked like it had been carved from the hand of a Greek god.

He sat up and leaned back on his arms which made his triceps bulge appealingly. I hoped I wasn't drooling.

"I'm fine." He said in a musical voice that was most likely composed from velvet notes and which made my knees melt.

"But would you happen to know whose bag this is that had just attacked me?" The godlike creature before me asked, bringing me back down to Earth.

My cheeks felt like they were being baked in an oven as his question finally got through to me.

"Um…yeah. It's kind of mine." I answered wishing the Earth would swallow me up right there and then.

A crooked smile blessed his face and I felt my heart hiccup as my stomach did somersaults. "Kind of yours? Did you steal it from someone then? Or do you share its custody with someone else?"

My cheeks flamed a vibrant crimson that would most definitely have put any fire engine to shame. "Um…no. It is actually mine."

He laughed. A wonderful warm, heart-melting laugh that made my heart feel like a puddle of maple syrup and made me want to sigh and record his laugh on to CD so that I could listen to it again and again.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for my bag to attack you." I apologised sheepishly.

"Don't worry. I survived." He chuckled.

He stood up, lifting my bag with him as easily as if it were nothing but a bag of feathers. I also stood up. When standing up I saw that he was just over six foot and towered over me with a defined physique that made me feel quite weak. He was wearing dark faded jeans that fit him in all the right places with a green button down shirt that made his already bold eyes stand out even more so that it was near impossible for me to look away from them.

"Wow, this bag certainly hurt." He told me dryly. "I hope I don't wake up tomorrow with a bruise."

I hoped the same along with him. It certainly would be a tragedy if his gorgeous face was marred by a bruise caused by my demon luggage.

"I'm Edward Cullen." He introduced himself, extending one of his hands for me to shake.

"Isabella Swan but I prefer Bella." I told him, taking his hand. It was warm and his touch sent shivers of electricity zinging through my entire body.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Bella." Edward told me, still holding my hand. I didn't want him to ever let go.

We stared silently at each other for a couple more minutes before he let my hand drop to my side. I tried to quell the disappointment that raced through me but it was hard work.

"Would you like me to help you with your luggage? I wouldn't want you to go attacking more innocent bystanders." Edward said to me with that devastatingly adorable crooked smile.

It took a couple of seconds for his words to register through the dreamy daze his smile lulled me into and when it finally got through to me I blushed.

"I wouldn't…but...I can't…I…" I spluttered incoherently. I blushed at my sudden inability to speak comprehendingly. This guy got to me like no one else did and I wasn't sure I liked it. The prospect of acting like an idiot for the foreseeable future was not one that appealed to me but was one that was certainly going to be quite probable with Edward around.

Edward laughed that laugh again. The one that seemed to make me forget who, what, and where I was. "Tell me Bella. Are you always this articulate?" He asked in an amused voice that managed to sound like another laugh.

I blushed again before saying in a quiet, subdued voice "I would appreciate it very much if you helped me with my luggage but I think my dad has got that covered. He's around here somewhere."

I looked around, more as an excuse to look away from Edward who with each passing minute made me feel more and more flustered. I finally found Charlie still standing where I had left him a while ago. He met my eyes and then burst into a fit of laughing guffaws. I knew what he was laughing at. No doubt he found it hilarious that his only daughter had made a complete fool of herself in front of the most gorgeous being to have ever walked this Earth by first assaulting his face with her luggage, and then continuing to act like an absolute idiot after that.

I glared at him but he proceeded with laughing his head off. I turned back to Edward who was still looking at me with a great deal of amusement.

"I'm in room 101." I told him.

I did not feel very much like being laughed at by my own father, thank you very much, which was the only reason why I was accepting Edward's offer. Alright, alright. I'll admit it. I was accepting Edward's offer because he was drop dead gorgeous.

"Lead the way." Edward told me.

Cue: Bella blushing as red as a traffic light. "Um…I actually don't know where my dorm room is. Today's my first day here."

Edward grinned lopsidedly as he responded somewhat sheepishly "Aah, well then, I guess we have a problem because today is my first day here too so I don't exactly know where I'm going either."

I sighed. "Damn. So what do we do now?"

Edward's grin widened and as a result my heart had gone from hiccupping to full on giggling. "I was hoping you could answer that question." He told me with an abashed shrug.

It was at this point that Charlie came sauntering up to us with the rest of my bags.

"You alright Bells?" He asked good-naturedly. Then he saw Edward and he grinned as he asked in a jovial tone "You the one Bella knocked over with her bag then?"

The corners of Edward's mouth twitched before he replied in a tone that matched Charlie's light-hearted one "Yes I am. Edward Cullen. Pleased to make your acquaintance sir."

"Charlie Swan." Charlie said, shaking Edward's hand. "Edward, you wouldn't happen to know where room 101 is, would you?" Charlie enquired.

"He doesn't." I muttered.

"Mr. Swan. If it's alright with you I would be happy to escort your daughter to her room and help her with her luggage. I promise I won't let anything happen to her."

Well, to be honest, I couldn't see what could possibly happen to me on my way to the front entrance of the school. Also, I thought Edward had just confessed that he had no idea of where he was going so I couldn't see how he could escort me anywhere. But I didn't voice out any of this as it meant that I would get to spend more time with Edward which in case you hadn't figured out was a good thing. On second thoughts, maybe it wasn't such a good thing as all I seemed to be able to do when I was around Edward was completely mortify myself.

"That would be great Edward. Thanks a lot." Charlie gushed appreciatively, dropping all my luggage on to the floor before massaging his shoulders. Huh, I guess hulling my luggage along wasn't "no problem" for him after all.

Edward smiled graciously at both of us before saying in a humbled tone "I'll give you two a minute alone."

Then before I could tell him that Charlie and I had already exchanged our farewells he walked away until he was well out of earshot.

Charlie turned to me with a sombre expression before he enveloped me with yet another hug. It wasn't that I had any problem with hugging Charlie. I suppose I just had a bit of a problem hugging anyone after…what happened.

"Bye Bells. Take care of yourself." Charlie told me a little gruffly.

"I will. Don't worry dad. I love you." I told him suddenly feeling a little tearful. I had never been so far away from Charlie. Who was going to cook for him now?

Charlie finally released me before giving me a small smile. I smiled back before he walked away, leaving me alone in my new school. My new life.

Edward reappeared by my side a little while later. "Ready?" He asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I told him with a little smile.

He smiled back before saying "Okay let's go then."

"Even though you have no idea where you're going?" I questioned wryly.

"It's called embarking on an adventure, Bella." Edward told me with a wink.

I smiled at him before following him into the school on his so called 'adventure' but I guess I knew even then that I would be willing to go on any adventure with Edward, no matter what the circumstances. But nothing could have prepared me for the adventure I was to embark on later on. And I was soon to learn that the circumstances of that adventure would matter very much.

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