A/N: I am now sitting in my living room in the dark because the power is out. Doesn't that sound fun? Any way here's the chapter.
A New Life, A New Man
Chp. 1
A New Start
Bella POV
Two months, 12 days later
"Dad! I'll be safe, don't worry!" I assured him as I secured the last of my boxes to my truck bed.
"I know Bells, I'm just being a father. I've seen too many incidents with teens on the road, I just don't want that to happen to you Bells." He explained
"It won't Dad. I promise." I hugged him, "Well I gotta hit the road Dad. I won't speed, and I'll call when I get there."
"Alright, see you Bells! Good luck!"
"See ya Dad! Take care of your self! Don't eat too much pizza." I laughed as I climbed into my truck. I stuck the key into the ignition and drove off, waving as tears formed in my eyes.
'A new start' I kept telling myself. 'A new start! A new start! A new start!'
1 day 22 hours later ( A/N: that's the actual time it takes to get from Forks to the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, unless Google lied to me. So Bella stayed over night in a hotel.)
I pulled into the lot of the administrations office, got out, locked up my truck, and walked in.
"Hello, how can I help you?" A kind looking woman behind the desk asked me.
" I need to know my dorm number."
"of course, starting early?" She asked. I nodded. "all I need to know is your name."
"Isabella Swan."
She typed something into the computer and turned back to me.
"Dorm 127. It's on floor 3 of Crystal Clark hall. It's just down the road, you'll be rooming with Stephanie Meyer and Marie Pacific. Here's your key, come back if you need anything."
"Thank you." I said before slipping back out into the cold damp night.
I hopped back into my truck and drove down the road until I saw Crystal Clark hall.
I grabbed my small suitcase, I'd get the rest tomorrow.
I took the elevator to the 3rd floor and found # 127.
I unlocked the door and found myself in what looked like a living room.
Two girls ran in, who I assumed were my room mates.
"you must be Isabella! I'm Marie! This is Stephanie." She paused and Stephanie spoke.
"Hi Isabella. Call me Steph."
I nodded, "Nice to meet you, but please, call me Bella."
"So we just got here too, you're a freshman right?" I nodded. "There are three bedrooms. Two over there," she pointed from the direction they'd come from, " and one over there. I hope you don't mind, we high hozied the rooms over there. Yours is near the kitchen if you get hungry late at night. You must have more stuff than that, we'll get it tomorrow."
Marie seemed very talkative, which was fine with me, that meant I didn't need to say as much. She reminded me of Alice. My breath caught in my throat at the thought of her. I missed her so much.
"Come on. We'll show you your room." Steph said and led me toward the kitchen and into my room.
I looked around and found it not too different from my room in Forks; blue walls, a bed, a desk, a closet, and a dresser.
I plopped down on the bed and set my stuff down next to me as Marie babbled about something along the lines of how she couldn't wait to go check out all the boys around campus.
I really liked Stephanie, she kept it short, sweet, simple. Marie talked and talked, I could see it getting annoying, but right now it was comforting in a way.
Then I heard the dreaded line.
"…but enough about me. What about you?"
I took a deep breath then began.
"I've had a bit of a painful past. My boyfriend left me, but then came back and fixed the broken pieces of me. Then 2 months ago, he left me again and broke me again… even worse than I ever thought possible."
They gasped and comforted me. I felt so comfortable with them. It felt better than I had felt in a long time. I finally had people I could spill my guts to.
I suddenly remembered.
"I need to call my dad." They nodded and directed me to the phone.
"hello?" He answered.
"Hey dad! I made it!"
"Bella! How's your dorm? Are your room mates nice?"
"The dorm is awesome and so are my room mates. But I'm wiped from the drive so I should probably get to sleep."
"Of couse Bells. Get some rest. Talk to you soon."
"Bye dad!"
I hung up and walked back to my room.
"So Bella, you wanna talk about this jerk? If not, we understand." Marie asked.
"Sure. I haven't really had anyone to talk to about it…" so I proceded to tell them the whole story, minus the whole mythical creatures part.
"… and then he told me he didn't love me anymore and left."
"Oh my gosh! Besides the whole leaving you part he sounds so amazing! I mean saving your life, how romantic!"
"He was. he really was…"
"Well your probably really tired so we'll let you sleep." Steph said as she pulled Marie out the door after her.
I saw I had my own bathroom.
Sweet!
I showered and put on my PJ's before curling up in bed and letting sleep take over me…
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