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Chapter 2 : BPOV

I walked into Alice's room only to be bombarded with bright yellow and pink walls. Well it definitely fit her personality, lively and happy. She has quotes and lyrics painted all over the walls and ceiling in blue.

Live, Laugh, Love

'Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile :)

Sometimes it's not where you're going it's who you're with

Life isn't measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away

She had at least 20 movies already laid out on her bed. "Everyone pick a movie." She ordered. I looked through all the titles; Iron Man, Transformers, Dear John, Twilight, Beastly, The Last Song and so many more. I was stuck between Iron Man, Beastly, and The Last Song. Those were my favorites. Luckily I didn't have to choose between them because Alice chose The Last Song, Edward picked Iron Man and I chose Beastly. And then there is Emmett who picked The Terminator. That one I am not looking forward to.

"We'll start with The Last Song then Iron Man then Beastly and lastly The Terminator." Alice told us. Esme brought us popcorn, snacks and drinks. By the end of The Last Song both Alice and I were in tears and Emmett was laughing at us.

"hahaha guys! C'mon stop crying your eyes out it's just a movie!" Emmett told us between his laughing fits. Next thing I know I see a pillow flying through the air across the room and I hear a thud. "ALICE! THAT WASN'T NICE!" Emmett yelled as I tried to hold my laughter in.

"Neither is making fun of us as we cry during sad parts of a movie Emmett!" she countered back. I couldn't contain my laughter any longer and let it out, I glanced across the room at Edward who was laughing as well and caught my eyes. We stopped laughing for a moment but resumed when we heard more fighting. By the time they were done arguing about getting emotional during movies and hour has gone by. But let me tell you that hour was very very very entertaining. Alice suggested that we call it a night and watch the other movies another time and we all agreed. I said good-night and headed to my new room. Before I entered Edward called my name.

"Hey Bella?"

"Yeah Edward?"

"I just wanted to tell you that my room is right across the hall from yours if you need anything." He spoke softly.

"Okay, thank you." I whispered back and we both entered our own rooms and shut the door. I sat in bed in my favorite blue Aeropostale dorm boxers and green and white striped Hollister tank top just thinking about everything.

The Cullen family is so nice and welcoming.

Alice is already like the sister I never had, she's so bubbly and outgoing. I wonder if all of her friends are like that too.

Will I really see Gavin again? I hope so.

Edward….I don't know if I'm going to survive this year with someone like him living under the same roof as me. I don't know too much about him but I might like him, which is absolutely crazy considering I just met him not even 24 hours ago. I don't even know if he has a girlfriend or not. He probably does, I mean look at him. And he's so kind and caring…

Sleep overtook me and my thoughts only to be surrounded by dreams full of Edward and … Gavin?

I awoke to the birds chirping and the sun shining through the balcony doors. I heard movement downstairs as the Cullen family starts their day. I go down to look at my watch that was on my nightstand to check the time only it said 3:00 pm. I stared confused and then bolted out of bed and ran down the stairs. All the Cullens were there to see my confused expression.

"Bells what's wrong?" Emmett yelled and was by my side in a couple seconds.

"What time is it? Did I sleep in until 3:00?" Immediately they all started laughing. "What'd I do?"

"Bella, there's a time difference, it's only 9:00 am." Esme said. It all made sense now and I laughed at my own mistake. "Would you like to eat some breakfast with us now?"

"Absolutely, need any help?"

"Nope, thanks though." She said. We all sat down at the table and began to put food on our plates. There are homemade Belgium waffles with syrup, powdered sugar, strawberries, cantaloupe, and pineapple. On the table as well as food are drinks, OJ, milk, and guava juice. I've never tried guava juice so I figured I would try it; it wasn't bad at all I liked it.

"Bella are you ready to go to the beach and surf?" Alice asked obviously excited since she has not stopped talking about it.

"Of course I'm ready. I can't wait!" I am honestly excited; I know exactly what bathing suit I'm going to wear already and the clothes that are going to go over it.

After breakfast Alice, Edwards, Emmett and I went upstairs to change and get ready. I pulled out my white Hurley bathing suit that has green and black lines going horizontally and vertically all across it. I went to grab my dark navy blue Abercrombie & Fitch shorts and a green Hollister tank top. Lastly, I grabbed dark navy blue flip slops with my white GUESS rimless sunglasses. Before I walked out of my room I put my iPod, Blackberry, sunscreen, and towel in my black Under Armour drawstring backpack. By the time I got downstairs Alice was on her cell phone talking to someone. She was wearing dark wash jean shorts, a pink and white striped Hollister tank top, a black and white bathing suit with x's and o's all over it and on her feet are pink Roxy flip flops and on top of her head are pink sunglasses that matched her shirt and shoes.

"Yepp! We'll be leaving any minute we're just waiting on Edward and Emmett should be with you correct?" I heard Alice tell whoever she was talking to. "Okay great we'll see you in a few!"

"You ready to go?" She asked me.

"Oh yeah!"

We walked out the back sliding glass door towards the end of their backyard that had a white fence with a door in part of it that led to the beach.

"Wait up!" I heard someone yell from behind us. I turned to look and saw Edward running towards us. He looked really good in his blue Billabong board shorts and a black Billabong t-shirt along with a white Billabong hat that has Billabong written in blue across the side. He was holding a white surfboard with green and black stripes coming from the bottom of it. When he reached us we continued walking to the beach. A couple minutes later we were at the shore line and so was a group of kids.

"Hey guys!" Alice yelled then grabbed my arm and pulled me along faster with Edward right behind us. Immediately when we reached them Alice began a her rounds with hugs. All of the kids are so tan and all seem very nice. "Okay, Bella this is Jess," she pointed to a girl who was about my height, 5'4" with brown hair and blonde highlights, "Mike," a boy with blonde hair, shorter than Edward and a boyish face, "Angela," a girl with dark brown hair and an inch or two taller than me and Jess, "Ben who is Angela's boyfriend," a boy about 5'10" with black hair with a flip in the front, "Rosalie but we all call her Rose," she pointed to a tall 5'6"ish supermodel with blonde hair that fell past her shoulders, "and Rose's twin brother Jasper who is also my boyfriend," a boy with honey blonde hair and stood at about 5'10" too, "and lastly –"

"Gavin?" I cut Alice off looking directly at the boy she was pointing too.

"Bella?" He stood there frozen and a big smile spread across his face that met his eyes. "Hey, I didn't know you were staying with the Cullen's. Oh wait, I can't believe I didn't connect it!" I gave him a questioning look. "Edward mentioned that they were going to have a girl from New York stay with them for the year and he said your name was Bella, I should've realized that it was you." He explained himself. Edward mentioned me…?

"Wait, you guys know each other?" Alice asked me and I turned around and looked at her.

"Yeah – well no I met him on the plane here. We were sitting next to each other and we became friends on the plane." I told her.

"It's good to see you again Bella" Gavin said to me when I turned around to him again and he pulled me in for a hug which I gladly returned. I saw Edward behind Gavin with a look of … jealousy on his face? No it can't be. I saw Jasper walk over to him and put a hand on his shoulder and then Jasper whispered something to Edward which he nodded to him and seemed to relax but only a little as I still saw some tension in his shoulders.

For the next half hour everyone put their towels in a circle and started asking me simple questions, like hobbies, sports, favorites, and other simple information like that. I sat next to Gavin the whole time and I felt his stare on me at all times. After a while some people got up to walk up and down the beach or just go off and do their own thing. I started to stand up when Edward called my name.

"Bella?"

"Yeah Edward?"

"Would you like me to teach you how to surf now?" He asked with a smile on his face.

"Oh my gosh I completely forgot, YES!" I screamed and ran to where he was with a huge smile on my face. He laughed at my enthusiasm and went to grab his board.

"Bella you've never been surfing?" Gavin came up behind me.

"Nope never, Edward is going to teach me." I informed him.

"Oh, sounds cool."

"Do you surf?"

"Hellz yeah, I love it."

"Would you want to help too? It can't hurt to have two teachers right?"

"I thought you'd never ask." He said with a smile and went to grab his board. It was white with red stripes coming out of one side.

Edward came back with his board and looked at Gavin who stood ready too.

"You're surfing now too?" Edward asked him.

"Nah, I'm going to help Bella."

"I told him he could help out…you know so I have two teachers and learn more." I explained quickly.

"Oh…this should be interesting" Edward said under his breath.