Chapter 1: what a welcome!

B POV

It was my first day at Charles Barnum Boarding school. yeay... I didn't really want to go but in a way, I had to. My mom, Renee', just got married to Phil and they needed alone time. Even I could see that. The next choice was Charlie, my dad, and chief of police in Forks, WA. I used to visit him in the summer, I love him, but we aren't that close. This was the only other option, and I mean it's a great school.

I braced myself to walk through the huge, Victorian style, double doors. I braced myself for might be my home fro the rest of high school. When I opened the door it seemed safe. That is until I was attacked! I didn't know who or what it was. All I knew was... well I was completely confused! By the time I realized that I was being hugged by a stranger. Yeah, I know, what a greeting! She was pulling away.

"Hi! I'm Alice Cullen. You must be Bella! we ar-"

How did she know my nick-name? No, how did she know my name?! "How do you know my name, or what like to be called." Now I know it's rude to interrupt, but this was way too weird!

"Oh, silly, I'm your new roommate, and we're going to be best friends!"

"Umm... okay?"

"Oh!" I jumped at her suddenness. "I almost forgot to tell you, we are skipping classes today to hang out and stuff!" Man this chick was upbeat!

As we walk to our room she showed me everything! Well, we avoided class rooms and where ever teachers might be. The whole building was so perfect! I love every aspect of it. You could tell it was at least a century old. It had the huge stain glass windows. Door ways without doors had huge arches, and all of the doors were double doors with wood carved designs crested in them. The tile was an off white. Something about the whole school and general plot of it reminded me of Hogwarts, from 'Harry Potter'. We were about to go up the last flight of creaky, elegant, spiral stairs.

Suddenly I was pulled around the corner and into a kiss. Wow was this school touchy feely type activities with strangers! I was so shocked at first that just stood there like an idiot. Weird as it may seem I started to kiss him back. Well at least I hope it was a him. It was the most perfect feeling in the world. I knew it wasn't supposed to mean anything, but right away the kiss deepened. We both felt something, I didn't know what, but it was something. His left hand held the base of my hip. While his right hands' fingers went behind my ear, tangled in my thick brown hair. His right thumb grazed my cheek. My hands merely lingered on his chest. I could have stood on my tip- toes (there was an amazing height difference), but I simply tilted my head up. I never wanted this to end! How-ever I was a bit curious as to who I was making out with on the grounds of my new school.

"EDWARD!!!" He slowly pulled away when we heard the furious shriek from Alice. At least now I knew his name, but why was she so mad. For all she knew I kissed him! We broke apart and I was finally able to take a look at him. I was greeted by the most magnificent, striking green eyes I have ever seen in my whole life. I was lost in the pools of emerald, he called eyes. They were so mesmerizing that I couldn't bring myself to look at his other features. I was very confused, but I did know that I wanted to kiss him again.

Alice grabbed my arm and pulled me up the stairs. I wonder if she noticed when I was gone or kept walking until she didn't here me. Would I ever see Edward again? Did he really feel something? What was this year going to be like...?

E POV

Alice had been going on and on about the new girl that she would be sharing a room with for over a week now. I guess this was her, she was cute. She had thick mahogany hair, big brown eyes. They weren't the pathetic 'give me what I want- puppy dog looking eyes'. They were deep and filled with emotion. When they were about to walk up the stairs I grabbed a very bored looking Bella, by the arm. I think that's what Alice called her, Bella. Doesn't that mean beautiful in Italian? Well that certainly fit her appearance. I'm not that awful, but Emmet dared me to kiss her, so I did. She was shocked at first and I would have been too. To my surprise she started to kiss me back. It wasn't supposed to be anything huge, but then our kiss deepened. I felt sparks fly and I knew right then and there that I wanted to kiss her more in the future after I get to know her. I place my left hand on the base of her hip and with my right hands' fingers I gripped the hair behind her ear, while my thumb grazed her cheek. Her hands rested on my chest, while we continued to kiss in the middle of the hallway.

"EDWARD!!!" I didn't want to, but I slowly pulled away from her lips. If it hadn't of been Alice I wouldn't have stopped, but it was so I did. I looked at the fragile girl in my arms and smiled, looking into her beautiful, brown eyes. Before i was ready for it Alice was pulling Bella up the stairs. She seemed so dazed and perfect.