i forgot to put this for chapter 1, but i dont own the characters sm does! please read and review!
Cullen Hall
Chapter 2
BPV
The next few days were spent going from school event to school event. It was to the point that I could now identify everyone on the first floor of the dorm building. When the classes finally started I felt as if I knew almost everyone in every single one of my classes. Alice and I were lucky that our schedules were very similar. We were in class at almost the same time, and in the dorm at almost the same time ( give or take a few minutes). We decided that at some point we were going to try to see all of the campus. It was huge so there was always new places to see.
It would have to be in a few weeks tough as we needed time to adjust to classes and such. We attended a few more mixers (apparently ours was an inspiration) and met more people.
We spent our second weekend trying to find a good place to eat. We decided on this little Italian place that was located a few mile's away from campus. We spent the time talking about our classes. Alice was extremely happy with her classes. She felt that she was closer to her dream than ever before. She said that she could practically smell the fabric. I told her about my classes which I enjoyed very much. They finally gave me books that I had not read before. I had spent most of my high school years re reading books and after a while it kind of bored me. It was getting to the point where even Charlie was asking why I was reading books that I had just read in the last year. I mean even Alice could recite most of the books that they gave us by heart. She looked more annoyed with it that I felt. It looked like college was a relief to the both of us. Alice told me that she wanted to head into boston in the next few weeks and go on a shopping expedition. It was my worst nightmare. Alice near one of the world's biggest shopping centers. I think that it was her dream come true though, and I could not let her go by herself. She would put herself in too much debt if I didn't go. So I put on a fake smile and tried to get excited with her. She would try to drag me into expensive department stores and put me in designer clothes. Then she would by what she thought looked good on me. That was the way it always went. I think that on her credit card miles, she had enough to go to the Caribbean ten times over. Before I knew it, we were in her car ( a yellow Porsche 911 turbo)speeding back towards campus. Alice was cooing over the hot blonde waiter. She always had a thing for blondes. In fact the only blonde she was not attracted to was that freak up in 2b. She gushed on him all the way back to the dorm room. I think that if Alice could, she would dye her hair blonde as well. She loved that color hair that much. We spent the rest of the evening talking about the blonde waiter, shopping, and other girl stuff. Alice was really into this guy. That was the way she was with all guys though. The sad part was that almost all of them used her for her money. The only one that didn't dumped her because of her shopping addiction ( she maxed out all of his credit cards by accident). She was devastated over that . I think that she thought that she was actually going to marry him. She didn't even see it coming. After he did it, no one could get her to leave the house for three months. It was actually the first black Friday that she had missed since she was two. We finally got her to leave the house by threatening to take away her Porsche. She then went on a huge shopping binge, buying everyone that she knew at least 2 Christmas presents, and then buying for her self. Well anyways that was her last boyfriend. She couldn't really bring herself to truly date someone again. She would always look but never touch. She didn't want to go through that again. I couldn't blame her. I couldn't say that my dating history was much better, but every time I was dumped I saw it coming from a mile away. It actually made the blow easier. That and the fact that I was never in love with the person that I dated. I loved them, but it was more like a friend.
The next day, Alice and I found ourselves in the new library. We both had to study, and we both wanted to get a good look at the books that they had here. This library was huge. It was about ten time's bigger than the one back home. It was also stocked to the max with every book on the face of the earth. They even had a fashion section. Alice squealed when she saw this. I think that she had wanted to live there. She looked like a kid in a toy store. She was running back and forth actually smelling the books. If she could, I think that she would rent the whole section out. It was in this isle that we first saw them. I felt Alice grab my arm and she pulled me into the direction that she was looking at. It was a guy in the psychology section. He looked exactly like Alice's type. In fact he looked like he stepped out of a Civil war re enactment. I felt Alice shake next to me. She must really be attracted to him, she never shakes like this.
It was then that I saw the pair of green eyes staring in our direction. The face that went with them looked like that of a god. I saw the gorgeous bronze hair that went with the face and thought that I had never seen someone that had looked that good outside of an airbrushed magazine. Alice whispered " he's gorgeous" and for a split second I felt a pang of rage before I realized that she was still goggling at the blonde haired kid. Only Alice would look at the blonde over the Greek god behind him. We were still staring at the two gorgeous creatures when two others joined the Greek god and started to talk to them. The guy was big and had curly dark hair and the girl looked like a blonde super model. When Alice and I finally looked at each other we had a silent agreement to get to know them. Alice was ecstatic. She couldn't believe that she went to school with a kid that gorgeous. I was too busy thinking about the kid behind the blonde. I couldn't believe that someone that good looking was real. He didn't look real. He looked even better. The only thing that bummed me out was that kids that good looking usually had girlfriends. I was thinking about this while heading back to my dorm. When we got to the building there they were again. They were entering inside. No they couldn't live in the same building ... could they? We saw them heading up to the second floor and Alice squealed with joy. She was obviously thinking the same thing. I could tell from the look in her eye Alice was planning on introducing us some how. It was times like these that I was glad the little pixie was my friend.
The next time that we saw them was about a week later. Alice had taken to picking out my outfit and was constantly strapping me in dangerously high heals. She knew that I could not walk across a class room without tripping on something in sneakers so I had the sense that she was planning a " accidental" trip in front of those kids that we saw. She really wanted to talk to that kid at least, which was an improvement for her. We were in the hall heading out to go to the cafeteria when I fell face first right into the Greek god. The minute I touched his skin there was an electric pulse that went between us. Odd, that never happened to me before. I always had the typical static electricity whenever I touched something, but this was different. It was stronger and it seemed to emanate from inside the both of us. We both picked ourselves up for we both ended up on the floor and apologized. Then we introduced ourselves. He told me that his name was Edward Cullen and that he lived with his brother on the second floor. I told him my name and who I lived with as well. Alice squealed with joy and asked about the blonde haired kid, whether he knew him or not. To Alice's excitement he told her that they were best friends. It figures that we would have to fall for best friends. Alice practically forced us to walk to the cafeteria. She wanted to " accidently " bump into the blonde haired kid and introduce herself. I really felt sorry for that kid. Knowing Alice if that didn't work she would stalk out every class until she found him. She would use any means necessary.
As I talked to Edward I liked him even more, but I kept on waiting until he said the dreaded word.... girlfriend. Well if he did have one I felt that I could at least be friends with him. My luck though, if he didn't have one he would like someone other than me. After all how could someone like that like me... im average. This was what kept me grounded with him, what kept me from asking him on a date like my heart was telling me to do. He never mentioned the word girlfriend in our conversation. I had found out though where he was from which was quite interesting. He said that he was from Port Angeles, Washington. Someone like that living only a few hours away from me! Why god oh why! I told him that both my roommate and I were from Forks which he found ironic. I asked him a little about him and his friend who's name he told me was Jasper Hale. He said that he and his sister had moved to Port Angeles from Seattle a few years back. Man Alice was going to die when I told her this. Not having a name for the face killed her and she would squeal when I told her where they lived.
We continued to talk and eat for the next half hour. From the way that he talked about his family I could tell that he was very close with them. He and his brother were twins that got along really well so they were really close. He told me that he was in pre med here and that he already wanted to go to medical school here. So not only was he nice and good-looking, he was smart as well, man I didn't have a chance! He probably had his eye on some brainy pre med girl that was gorgeous. That would be my luck. Well like I said at least we could be friends. He seemed to genially care, and actually interested in my life. I hadn't met someone like that since Alice. He was perfect, and I was average. I didn't think that I had a chance in hell with this kid. I mean someone had to have noticed him, had a claim on him. I couldn't be the only one that noticed him like this.
It was then that the curly haired boy and the super model entered the cafeteria. They came over and talked to us. I could not believe that this boy was Edward's brother. He was good looking too, but he did not have the appeal that Edward had to me. Okay if these two looked like this then what did their parents look like? The girl I found out was not only Jasper's sister Rosalie but Emmett's ( the brother) girlfriend. Alright if the he could get someone like this there had to be some super model for Edward. I started to look to see if one would come out of the wood work. Edward continued to talk and told me what Emmett and Rosalie were majoring in. Emmett was majoring in business and adult physical education so that he could open his own gym. Rose was majoring in law and minoring in mechanical engineering. Her heart was set on being a prosecutor but took the minor incase that didn't pan out. Wow brains and beauty.
On the way back to the dorms I must of tripped at least three times!
" Maybe you shouldn't wear heals" Edward said half concerned half amused.
"Alice" I grumbled in a tone so low it was unintelligible
It was around that time that I started to wonder where the little pixie was. Then as if almost out of thin air she magically appeared with Jasper at her side. Damn how did that girl do that? From the look on his face, he must really like Alice too. Well at least she found somebody.
She floated around him like a ghost, her feet barely touching the floor. I had never seen her do that before, not even with her last boyfriend. Wow she must really like this guy! She looked stunned to see us when we shouted out to them, like she had been too fixated on Jasper to notice us. That was a first, Alice never missed anything, those keen eyes were always looking at everything especially sale signs. It was then that I started to look for the arrow sticking out of her back, the cupid flying around her. She was that infatuated with him. For Jasper, though I didn't know him personally, it looked the same. He had the same look in his eyes that she did, like he was only seeing her. Well at least she found someone to love her for her and not her money. I was glad for her. Maybe he would be that someone that get's her to date again, she really did need that. Hopefully she wont max out Jasper's credit cards!
We returned our dorm and Alice could not shut up about Jasper. How wonderful Jasper was, how cool Jasper's life was, I think that she thought that he could walk on water or something like that. She was absolutely head over heals for this kid and she barely even knew him. She made massive amounts of references to his hotness, his perfect blonde hair. She did this for two hours. It actually was quite annoying. She definitely either had the love bug or the lust bug, it was too early to tell. When she finally finished gushing over Jasper she remembered about me and Edward. She asked for a minute by minute account of what happened and I told her. She was ecstatic. She kept on nodding and then finally said " that's it?" ( I left out the inner turmoil ).
She then marveled about how people that hot could live so close to us but yet so far away.
That night was spent getting ready for the next day. We had classes and then Alice had a date with Jasper ( Oh no she's dating again!). Alice must of pulled out ten different outfits for her date. I really was looking forward to spending the night alone. I revel in this instead of wallow in it. I had the plan of making myself a chicken pot pie and watching some 80's movies on the small tv in the dorm. Alice was excited that their restaurant was going to be a surprise. She finally settled on a white bebe top, black pants and coach stiletto heals. Then she babbled about places that he might take her and things like that. I played along with her and we ruled out a few places.
This was going to be really good for her. She has not been out with a guy in at least a year. She then started to play with her hair, trying to decide how she wanted to wear it tomorrow. She added headbands, used a straighten iron, I mean did everything. She finally decided that she would wear it down and straighten it so that her hair was the straightest hair that I had ever seen.
When the next day came we both went to our usual classes and then returned to help her prepare for her date. I didn't really help much, she was used to doing the opposite. For our winter formals and proms she would make me come over three hours early and do the works. By the time that she finished with me we usually had about 10 minutes to spare for pictures with our dates. It took Alice an unusual 1 hour to get ready, but when she was done she looked the best that I had ever seen her. She was absolutely glowing and that was over one date. She did have the tiniest hint of nervousness though, she didn't know what to expect. That comes with the territory of not knowing where your going though. The time that he was supposed to come by and pick her up came and went. Then 5 minutes went by. She was pacing at 10. She was wondering where he was as 15 minutes went by when there was a knock at the door. She swing it open as fast as she could and there Jasper was with a rose in his hand. Alice squealed and jumped on him . There was someone behind him, all I could see was a shadow before those green eyes met mine. What was he doing ... here? A guy that hot? Shouldn't he be with his various girlfriends partying it up right now or something like that?
" Jasper said that they were going out, and Rose and Emmett are gone as well, so I figured that since we're both alone, we could maybe spend that time together?" it was as if he could read my thoughts.
" yeah that's great!" I said thanking god that I had picked up an extra chicken pot pie!
We spent the entire night together watching various 80's movies and eating the chicken pot pies. We talked some more about home and our families. I told him about how Alice was the welcoming committee when I first moved back to Forks and about my family. He laughed when I told him about how Alice's family had hit the lottery after getting a hefty inheritance and he couldn't believe that the Porsche out side was actually hers.
" She keeps it in mint condition, does she have a good Mechanic or something like that?" he asked me
" yeah back at home she had a really good Mechanic who specialized in Porches come about twice a week for inspections!"
" she really does care about that car, it got her through some tough times!" I continued
" When Rose saw that car, she went scouting for the owner thinking that it was some hot guy, Emmett is still on guard, wait till I tell them this!" Edward chuckled at the end.
We continued to talk about Alice's car for the next half hour. Which brought the question of what I drove.
" a 1960's Chevy truck" I said with a mix of pride and embarrassment. His family was loaded, they were the people who donated the money for the library and the free admittance ( that topic had come up in conversation) and here I was driving an antique.
" So you're the one with the antique truck at the end? It looks very durable!" he said with a crooked smile. I had to say out of all the smiles on his face that I had seen so far this had to be my favorite. It made his face look even more perfect!
After this he got up and made some popcorn. I had to say, being with him alone was very awkward. I wanted to be friends with him, I really did. But I couldn't help being so attracted to him at the same time. I didn't know what to do. I kept on having to tell my self that he probably had a long distance relationship going on, or he was interested in one of the beautiful, brainy pre med students. With one of them, he could save the world. With me... read a few books? I was average I had to accept that. I didn't even have the benefit of being in med school. I couldn't risk it, yet I felt as though I would die or kick my self later if I didn't. The internal debate raged all night, when he sat next to me it would get worse, the feeling would be stronger. Damn it I had to watch my self, or I would end up like Alice. I had to wonder if the love bug was contagious.
At this point the internal debate was getting tiresome and I gave in a little. I rested my head against his shoulder and that electric feeling hit again. I ignored it, hoping that it would go away, but it got stronger. At one point I could probably touch a light bulb and it would glow that was how strong it was. But I didn't move, half to my dismay half to my delight. Part of me didn't want to move from this spot, didn't want this night to end. The other half wanted to paretically jump on him. When I looked at him he didn't look like he didn't want me there so I took that as a positive thing. I continued to lay there for what felt like hours. The electricity never died down, it increased to new levels. I really had to get in control of my self, I didn't want to become some obsessed freak who takes an inch and goes a mile. That usually wasn't me. But then again I never was in love with someone enough to do that. It was then that Alice walked in and saw us on the couch.
