Just want to say that, as a beginner into this world of wonders, I'm kind of looking forward to the criticism. Bring on the judgment, this is my first time anyways. And to continue on that theme, I will officially write my first disclaimer now.
If I owned Edward Motherfucking Cullen, I would do many dirty thing with him. If I owned Twilight, Edward and Bella would be doing many dirty things to each other. But since I own neither of them, I'ma settle for this bad boy.
"That'll be $11.48."
"Yeah, one sec. Let me just find some change..." I mumbled. I'm going to be in so much trouble when Alice sees what I bought this time. Maybe I could hide it in my bra drawer. But she always cleans it out to make me wear the "sexy" ones. It's not like anyone ever sees them.
How long has it been since I've been laid?
"Miss, you're holding up the line. Can you hurry?" said the teen behind the register.
Sheesh. Kids these days.
Fuck. I sound like a senior. I pulled out a few bills and didn't bother with coins. If he wants me to hurry, I'll fucking hurry. I checked my watch.
Damn! I'm going to be late again. She's going to kill me...
I hurried out of the store, ignoring the stares I was getting. They obviously don't know Alice.
I hurried into my dingy old car and headed to the Starbucks near my apartment. Traffic was horrible, as usual, and it took me twice the time it normally did to get there.
This is what I get for moving to New York.
I checked my watch again, and I swear I could hear Alice bitching in the background about my 'lack of time-management skills'.
I should probably call her.
Sighing, I reached into my faded blue purse and pulled out my phone. I dialed her number, taking a deep breath to steel myself.
"Bella! Where are you? You said you would be here at 5:30 and it's like-"
"5:32. Breathe, Ali, breath. I'm right around the corner. The traffic was crap and it took a while to get out."
"Alright, alright; I just didn't want your coffee to get cold. I'm at the regular table."
"You got my vanilla lat-"
"Yeah, yeah. Just get here before I dump it out."
I could hear the smile in her voice as I hung up and rushed to find a parking spot. Alice was freaking me the fuck out. Usually she's all "Get here on time or else your poster of Brad Pitt burns!" and shit like that. Now I'm late, and she's not screaming like she always does. She's only calm like that when there's something big going on.
Fuck, the car in front of me is so slow.
I started honking the hell out of my horn. I saw a flash of a perfectly manicured finger flip me off, and wanted to laugh. Instead I stole the parking spot she was about to take.
Without bothering to look around, I grabbed my bag and locked the car door, running inside. I waved to Sue, who was taking someone's order, and ran to the back of the store.
In the back, sitting in our little niche by the windows was Alice, calmly sipping her latte with closed eyes. I pulled up a chair beside her and sat down.
"Hey Ali."
"Hey hun."
I gasped.
Hun? She called me hun? I haven't heard that since the eighth grade when she told me that she wasn't moving to Baltimore. This must be something good.
"Ali... What happened?"
She opened up her eyes slowly, as if the simple act itself was a pleasure.
What the fuck happened to my crazy best friend?
"Are you high?"
That seemed to snap her out of her haze. She looked up at me with a blank expression.
"Huh?"
"Alice, so help me God, if you don't tell me what the fuck has happened to make you so out of it I will dump my latte on your head."
I grabbed my latte off the table and took a sip, waiting impatiently. Alice sat there glaring at me for a moment before her eyes softened.
"Bella... I've found the one."
"The one what?"
I looked at her, thoroughly confused. She could be talking about some new Dolce and Bandana shit, or anything really, knowing her.
She huffed and repeated it her sentence.
"The one."
My eyes widened as I got it.
"No fucking way."
"Yes!" she squealed.
"Who? When? Do I know him? Is he tall, or short?"
"His name's Jasper and, no, you don't know him. He's tall with blonde hair, blue eyes, and a Southern accent. And he's the one."
Now it was my turn to squeal.
"Have you guys talked? Kissed? Fucked?"
"Jesus, you're crude. I'll fill you in later, but our person's gonna be here in a few minutes. So stop gushing and make yourself look like you don't take shit from anyone."
I started giggling at that, but soon reminded myself what was going down.
Alice and I go to Columbia, where I study Film, and she studies Dermatology. We really didn't feel like staying in the dorms, and we knew that either way we were going to live together, so we decided to buy a place.
Our last roommate, Jessica, was a bitch. She brought home guys nearly every night, and was always piss ass drunk when she came with them. Not to mention the fact that she left a fucking mess everywhere she was, and didn't always help pay the rent. That plus her disgusting scent of "Eau de Skank" (as Alice has so politely deemed it) was enough to make us hate her. We ended up kicking her out the day after we found some suspicious looking stains on the couch. Needless to say, her ass was on the sidewalk with that damned couch in a flash.
Now that she's gone, we're going to be a little more thorough and interview those who are interested in rooming with us. Only one person responded to our ad in the paper and we're meeting her here today. Hopefully we'll be lucky and get a good one this time.
Before I had any more time to think, a pair of long, tanned legs clad in black pumps appeared in front of me. I looked up and into a face I haven't seen in three years. She doesn't look much different... Maybe her boobs got big-
"Cocksucking motherfucker!"
Ah. Good to know my bitch is still the same.
A/N: Finally. I'm so happy to have gotten my first chapter out. Now that that cherry has been popped it's time for the next one. My smut card is awaiting, and I can't wait until I've finally gotten it swiped! All I really need now is to thank my fabulous RL friend QuicklyFleeting for looking over my work, and sprinkling her magic fairy dust. Oh, and review please. No shit.