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Bella
It was my first day of classes at the University of Washington, I had told myself it was also the first day of my new life...well...I could hope, but I knew it was in vain, I couldn't start a new life while I was so damaged and still caught up in what I thought of as my past life, my life in Forks, the time when I was happy and whole, my time with Edward... I cringed, it was still difficult to think of him, let alone think his name, when I did it just tugged at the still gaping and painful hole in my chest, the whole containing my broken heart, broken with the knowledge that the love of my life and I had hoped existence, doesn't love me and left me, even worse taking my beloved family with him, without even saying goodbye. How I missed them, especially Alice, my best friend and Emmett...I even missed his chest crushing bear hugs...God I even missed Rosalie.
But I quickly snapped myself out of these damaging thoughts, nothing but pain would come from them, they were not coming back, they had probably forgotten about me. So here I was at uni majoring in what else but Literature, driven by my need and passion to escape into the world of literature and other people's lives. I was living on campus, sharing a dorm with Angela, my best friend from Forks, we got along perfectly, she didn't pester me asking if I was ok, she knew I wasn't, but didn't dwell on the fact, she just tried to keep me functioning and aware of life in general, she helped keep me sane enough to get here to uni and I was grateful to her for that, but our friendship was limited, she was still madly in love with her Ben and I couldn't bear to be around them for too long, the love they shared brought back too many painful memories. But Angela, God bless her, could see the pain this caused me and didn't hold that against me, to which I was extremely grateful for.
I had after much agonising, decided I needed to leave Forks and break free of the iron cage of memories there. I had given in to Charlie's pestering and sent off a couple of college applications, and managed to act mildly happy we I was accepted into Washington Uni. I was sad to leave Charlie and my friend Jacob behind, but knew that if I didn't get out now, that I probably wouldn't have the courage or the strength to leave Forks and my memories behind.
Finally putting my walking day dreams aside, which was quite a risky act for me, when walking needed my full concentration so I wouldn't trip over the smooth flat floor. I eventually walked into my first class, English classical literature, excited by the prospects of analysing my beloved Wuthering Heights and Austen classics. The class was not overly big, only about 50 people or so, it was in a small circular lecture theatre so it was quite full by the time I walked in. I made my way to a seat in the fifth row on the left side of the room, nodding hello to the people next to me and then turning towards the front of the classroom. I was idly scanning the room while waiting for the lecturer to enter when I caught a familiar face in the crowd across the room. My breath caught on a gasp and my heart thumped awake, I took a double take... but yes it was...
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Aww sorry about the Cliffy! But hey review and tell me if it's any good and who do you think Bella saw? Might not be who you think. I need reviews to motivate me to update, they make me happy, so please xxoo
