I had already repacked this particular box five times, which only got me frustrated that I couldn't get everything to fit inside it like I wanted it to. With a sigh, I pushed the box away from me, determined that I just needed to take a break from it and suddenly things would magically be able to fit.
"Almost done?" Angela, my roommate for the past year, asked, poking her head inside our dorm room.
"Yeah, almost." I nodded at her before standing and dusting off my pants.
She took this as a sign that she was allowed to come inside, around the third try of getting the box to work in my favor she almost got a book to the head, and that sent her fleeing off to her boyfriend Ben's dorm a few floors up.
She sat on her bed and looked around at the almost empty room. "It's so weird to be leaving this place." She spoke quietly, but I had gotten used to her soft spoken nature.
"Yeah, it's been a good year here, even if we did have the Party Queen for a neighbor." I laughed as I pointed toward the wall to my left referring to our neighbor Lauren, who had kept us up many nights with her loud music. She nodded in agreement and joined in on my laughing.
We had both finished our freshman year of college only a week before. Angela was going to go home for the summer, while I had gotten an apartment close to campus. Today was moving day for the both of us.
Of course it would be difficult not living with Angela since we had grown close over the past school year, but there was no way I could put myself through the agony of going back home to Forks. Even if getting an apartment most likely meant that I would not return to living in the dorms my sophomore year. That didn't mean I couldn't continue to see Angela when school started back up. No, this move would not hurt our friendship one bit.
My gaze swept over the room, wanting to take in every detail. Including the bright red stain that never quite came out from the time Angela made me laugh so hard soda came out of my nose.
Then there was the chips along one side of the desk from the week Angela had stacked her books by her bed and I could never seem to remember. I tripped over them every day before we realized we should just move them, because I would never be able to side step them.
I was brought back into the present by the ringing of my cell phone. I plopped down on my bed and grabbed my phone, not the least bit surprised that it was my brother Emmett calling.
"Hey Emm…" I was a little wary to answer, knowing exactly why he was calling.
"Where are you?" He questioned, causing me to wince at his tone.
"I know, I'm sorry. I'm leaving right now." I spouted out my apologies, knowing that he was waiting outside of my new apartment and would be for a while, no matter how quickly I moved.
"Hurry." Was all he said before hanging up.
"He's mad, isn't he?" Angela asked once I closed my phone. She had sadly met my brother's slight temper in the past, but she still knew that it was always short living.
"Yes, he is, you know Emmett. But the brownies I got from work will make him happy. Though, I do have to get there as quickly as possible." I answered her as I worked to close up the overfilled box that I had left in the middle of the room.
She shook her head and laughed at me once I had finished closed the box and tried to grab it along with the books that wouldn't fit inside and the brownies.
"Here, let me help." She offered, grabbing up my purse and cell phone before taking the books and brownies from me.
"Thank you." I tried to move some hair out of my eyes by blowing air strongly at it. It worked long enough for me to give her a thankful smile before it quickly fell back in my face.
"It's no problem, really. Let's just go before your brother breaks down your new door." She laughed and nudged me with her elbow before starting for the door, leading the way to my truck.
I managed to make it to my truck only tripping once. Angela put my things into the cab where I had some bags already stuffed inside, while I put the box in the bed with the others I had already taken outside.
"Well, that's all of it." I was unsure of what else to say, our friendship didn't thrive on words, we weren't exactly outspoken people, especially when it came to things like this. Needless to say, I was shocked by what she did next. She pulled me into a tight and quick hug.
"Keep in touch." She informed me as she released me from the hug.
"Of course!" I told her, the tone in my voice that showed I didn't think of having it any other way.
"I'll call you whenever I come back and we can get together." She planned on coming back often to see Ben, and I nodded along as she spoke, it would definitely be good to do some catching up with her whenever she came back.
"Sounds great, but I better go. Have a safe trip home." I gave her one last smile before walking around my truck to get inside. While she waved one last time before heading back into the building, most likely going directly to Ben's room rather than our now completely empty room.
Normally I loved my beat up, old, red truck, it had character. But I hated it when I was in a hurry and the speed limitations caused me to drive slower than I would like to. Though, even with my slow truck, it only took me fifteen minutes to arrive at my apartment, where I found Emmett and his friend Jason waiting for me.
"I'm so sorry." I didn't waste any time in apologizing to them as I jumped out of my truck, brownies in hand. I tried to give them my most apologetic smile as I held the brownies out to them. The angered look on my brother's face didn't take long to soften up and he soon snatched the brownies from my hands.
"Let's get started." Emmett spoke only after he had finished off two brownies and storing the rest safely in the cab of the moving truck we had rented.
The first trip consisted of me carrying some of my bags while they each had a box, only because it would be easier with the door being locked still and we didn't want anyone to make a useless trip. I had actually managed to make it up the stairs without tripping once, even with my hands full, which was quite the feat for me. But, as I rounded the corner to the hall my apartment was off of, I wasn't watching what I was doing with my feet and would have nearly fallen on my face if it weren't for the arms that reached out and caught me.
My cheeks immediately flushed red as I spouted off my thanks and apologies, what a way to meet my new neighbor.
"Are you alright?" A woman asked, as soon as she spoke, the arms that had held me up released me from their hold. "Oh! You must be the new tenant in number twenty-four!" She was suddenly very excited.
I couldn't manage anything other than a nod after that embarrassment, but even that sent her jumping up a down, and I finally looked up to see who she was. She was undeniably gorgeous. She was quite a few inches shorter than I was, and I wasn't entirely tall myself, and had her black hair cut to just inches from her head.
"I'm Alice!" She introduced herself, she seemed to have an unending amount of energy. She stretched a hand out to me, but immediately pulled it back when she realized my hands were full. "And this is Edward, since he seems to have lost his tongue." She introduced the man standing next to her and finally my eyes travelled to look at him.
My heart was in my throat just at the sight of him, and I wasn't sure if I could make my lungs bring in any air. Alice was gorgeous, but she seemed so plain standing next to him. His bronze hair was perfectly tousled, and he had the brightest green eyes I had ever seen.
"I'm Bella." I finally managed to get my mouth to move and make sounds come out, I surprised myself even when it actually made sense.
"We were just on our way out, but it was lovely to meet you. We'll probably be seeing you around." Alice said with a warm smile, I could tell already that I would like her. Even if she was dating the most beautiful man I had ever seen. I tried not to gape at them as they walked down the hall, but it was very difficult not to. I was only broken out of my daze by Emmett when they finally arrived upstairs.
"What's gotten into you?" He asked, snapping his fingers in front of my face. I came back to reality and quickly shut my mouth.
"Nothing." Except that I've just seen a God among men. "Let's hurry, we've got a long day ahead of us." I turned toward my door and quickly unlocked it and the three of us stepped inside my apartment to relieve our load before going down to get more things.
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A/N: let me know what you guys think, let me know if you want more, and I will start working on that.