COLLEGE GIRLS: THE SECOND YEAR – P2
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters
Warning: Contains Femslash
A/N: All Human, Alternative Universe
Okay, so thanks for all the reviews and here's chapter two for you.
I looked up from my text book as the door to the suite burst open and Bella and Alice tumbled in, both more than a little tipsy. Claire had left the previous afternoon and they decided to take advantage of her absence by going out to a new club that had opened not too far from campus, unfortunately, I had had to stay home to write a paper for my auto-mechanics class.
"How could I be such an idiot?" Bella demanded, slurring slightly, flinging her bag onto the counter and plopping down next to me.
"Don't worry about it." Alice said, clearly still on alcohol induced high, as she took the chair opposite.
"So, what happened?" I sighed, putting aside my books – I would not be getting any further with the paper tonight.
Bella gestured helplessly for Alice to explain "We were at the bar getting drinks when Bella spotted this really hot girl at a nearby table. The girl noticed Bella too and sent over a Cosmo for her. A bit later we noticed the girl making her way over to us. She got to our table –"
"'and I promptly tripped and spilt the Cosmo all over her." Bella interrupted, blushing deeply
"Well that's as good a conversation starter as any" I tried consoling her.
"Yeah, if I could have started a conversation." I looked at Alice in confusion.
She patted Bella's shoulder sympathetically, explaining "Bella sort of got a little tongue-tied."
"More than a little, I stood there gaping like a complete moron. She probably thought me retarded or something." Bella added, the drinks had clearly loosened her tongue since then, if her uncharacteristic rant was anything to go by.
"Does this girl have a name?" I asked before realising that if they hadn't thought to get it this may only make Bella more pissed at herself than she already was – she must have really liked the girl if she was so worked up about this.
"Angela Barnes" Alice supplied.
"Oh yes, I know her, she's in my applied mathematics class." I revealed "She is cute, but not my type." I added with a wink.
I had only spoken to her a few times but from what I could tell Angela was a really nice girl, and exactly Bella's type.
"Oh god!" I heard Bella mutter as she suddenly sprinted towards the bathroom, apparently the various drinks she'd consumed had decided to make a reappearance.
"No, no, you just wait here." I said as I followed Bella into the bathroom and Alice tried to do likewise "The last thing I need is both of you throwing up." I added, knowing from experience that even if Alice was sober she was unable to stop herself from retching if she saw someone else doing it.
Alice didn't bother to argue, instead turning on the television and flicking through the channels while I took on the delightful task of holding back Bella's hair as the various cocktails exited her body.
BPOV
I woke in the morning with a massive hangover. That coupled with the memory of the previous night told me that today was definitely not going to be my best day.
I stumbled into the lounge to see two bottles of water accompanied by a pair of advil each on the counter along with a note from Rosalie to tell us she had gone out for breakfast with some friends.
As I sat on the couch waiting for the pills to take effect I considered the events at the club.
When I had seen Angela, with her stunning body and gorgeous hair I knew I had to know her. I had never felt such a strong instant attraction to anyone in my entire life, she was utterly mesmerising, and then when she sent over the drink I almost fainted knowing she was interested. Unfortunately my natural klutziness had probably both ruined her outfit and my chances, that compounded with my coming off as a retarded mute meant she would most likely run in the opposite direction if we ever saw each other again. It was then I turned to drinking to try to forget the whole encounter, and hopefully not remember in the morning – no such luck.
My internal rerun was interrupted by Alice who came out of her room looking like death warmed up. I smiled sympathetically.
"Well if my head's killing me I can only imagine what you must be feeling." she commented, referring to the fact I had drunk almost double as much as she had.
"But I brought most of it back up." I reminded her.
"Ugh! Next time I'm self inducing, anything's better than this." She said, taking a seat next to me.
We sat there for quite a while in silence, neither of us in much condition to do anything else. Eventually Alice spoke "So, you must have really liked Angela."
"Thank you Mrs. Obvious." I said sarcastically
"I'm just saying. I've never seen you drink so much."
"Mmm." I said, annoyed. "I think we can both agree that last night was not my finest hour."
She didn't argue, instead saying "So, you going to call her?"
"Call her?" I repeated "Firstly, I don't even have her number, and secondly, she probably thinks me a complete and utter idiot and will most likely put the phone down on me."
"Well firstly, we do have her number, and secondly, she wouldn't have given it if she didn't want a call, and it definitely wasn't me she was interested in." Alice argued.
"What would I even say?" I asked. Normally I waited for a guy to call me but with a girl that obviously worked differently.
"Umm, I don't know, how about 'Hi Angela, I was wondering if you'd like to get together some time?" she suggested
"But… shouldn't I wait a few days?" I all but whined, clutching at straws.
Alice rolled her eyes, picking up her cell phone.
"What are you doing?" I said trepidatiously.
"Bella, you are really into this girl but nothing will come of it if you don't call her." she told me, putting the phone to her ear.
I tried to argue more but she put up her hand as Angela picked up the other end.
"Hi Angela, it's Alice!" she said into the receiver brightly "Could you hold for a moment, Bella wants to talk to you."
I glared daggers as she shoved the phone into my hand. Taking a deep breath and feeling rather idiotic I put the phone to my ear and turned away from Alice.
"Hi! It's Bella, from last night." I said by way of introduction.
"Oh, Hey!"
"I was just calling to check that I didn't do irreparable damage to your top last night."
She chuckled "No, the top will be fine." she assured me.
She paused and I realised she was waiting for me to speak taking a deep breath I decided to just go for it "So listen, I was wondering if you wanted to get together some time for drinks?"
I held my breath, praying to every deity that I could think of.
"Sure. I'm rather busy this week though, how's next Friday?"
I resisted the urge to let out a girly squeal that was strictly Alice-type behaviour I refused to indulge in.
"Next Friday's great. Should we meet at The Lounge?" I asked, naming a more toned down cocktail bar than the club we had visited last night.
"Perfect. So I'll see you there at eight?"
"Yep, see you there." I confirmed "Cheers."
I hung up the phone.
Alice was practically bouncing with excitement, clearly having picked up on the fact Angela had agreed from my responses.
"Congratulations, you have now officially arranged your first girl-on-girl date!" she announced happily.
Yeah, that didn't make me more nervous than I already was. I hadn't thought about it before, but she was right, I had never gone on a date with a girl before – I mean for all the things I did with Alice and Rose we never dated – we went to clubs and what not, but that was more a bunch of friends going out together than a date, not that I was as yet sure what the difference was.
APOV
Rose and I were sitting at La Gardinier waiting to be served when Bella rushed in, plopping down beside us. It was the morning after Bella's date with Angela and, needless to say, both Rose and I were anxious to hear how it went. We had decided to meet up for brunch since Rose had spent the night at Emmett's, Bella wanted to sleep in and I had had some errands to run.
"So?" I prompted Bella as she quickly perused the menu.
"Hmm, I'm thinking the Early Bird Breakfast. What about you?"
I rolled my eyes "The Greenacres." I replied impatiently "but that's not what I meant."
"So what did you mean?" she asked, faking ignorance.
"I mean, how did your date with Angela go?"
I watched impatiently as she took a long drink of water – clearly delaying just to annoy me.
"Bella!" I whined when she still didn't answer.
"Oh okay! It was...good." she said, going slightly red.
"Just good?" Rose said, sending me a glance – apparently she agreed that with my assessment of this being a huge understatement.
"Well, more than good." Bella admitted "We're going out again on Tuesday."
"You see, now aren't you grateful I pushed you?" I asked smugly.
She rolled her eyes.
This storyline change was suggested in a review and the idea has been in my head ever since. I kinda have an idea where the next few chapters are going but I want to know what you think of Bella and Angela getting together first. (If they do get together the story, whilst still including Bella, will mainly focus on Rose and Alice).
Also, I need suggestions for some humorously embarrassing situations for any or all three of the girls so please PM me or put them in the review if you have any. Even if you dont, review anyway!
Special thanks to my beta!!!