A/N: I do not own Twilight, Stephenie Meyer does. (I have used a few quotes from the special edition of New Moon.)
Please let me know what you think. This is my first FanFic. Thanks!
Chapter 9
Alice broke my gaze, I felt a flush of embarrassment, "Let's get something to eat. Would you like to join us Tristan?"
A smile broke out across his face, I felt like he was still looking at me, but I couldn't bring myself to look at him.
"I would love to, that is if you don't mind? I could feel the question was directed at me so a just shook my head. Alice towed me to a line where they were serving pizza and pasta. I got a slice of pizza; I think he got some sort of pasta. As soon as we found a table to sit down at, I noticed Alice had no food in her hands. I knew she wasn't hungry, for human food anyway, but still I thought she would have some for show or something.
She answered my unspoken question, "Oh, I just remembered I have an appointment to pick something up. You two just eat and I will be right back." She gave me a quick wink and was off. I'm pretty sure that I gave her a dirty look, but I don't think anybody saw it.
"So, Bella, is this your first semester?" Tristan broke into my thoughts.
""Yeah. What about you, how long have you been going to Dartmouth?"
"I'm a junior. I became Professor Brown's Teacher Assistant last year."
"How are you liking that?"
"It's been great! I love literature. I think that being able to talk about and read the classics all year is the best job ever."
"Really, so you think that you will become a teacher after you graduate?"
"I'm hoping so. After my bachelors degree I am going to get my doctorates."
"What about a masters? You're going to skip right over it?
"Well it takes about two more years to get a masters degree, and it only takes three to get a doctorates degree, so I am going to go for an extra year to get the higher degree."
"Wow, I'm just trying to get through the next year. I can't imagine having all of this stuff planned out."
"I know that you are taking an English Lit class, but what other classes are you taking?"
"I'm taking Humanities 101, History 110, and College Algebra. Mostly my GE classes, the English Lit I'm taking for fun, because I enjoy literature so much."
"Really? What is your major?"
"Literature."
"So, what do you think about the first book assignment?"
"Wuthering Heights is one of my favorite books."
"Really? Most people, especially freshman, have never read it outside of a high school assignment and if they have they don't like it."
"Well, I like it."
"What is it that appeals to you about it?'
"I'm not sure, I think that it's something about inevitability."
"How so?" He seemed to be completely engaged in my response.
"I think that it is how nothing can keep them apart, not her selfishness, or his evil, or even death in the end…"
He looked at me curiously, like he was pondering what I had said. Then he asked," Wouldn't it be better if either one of them had a redeeming quality?"
This was the same question Edward asked when we were talking about this same book earlier this year. I thought of Edward as I answered. "Don't you see that their love is their redeeming quality?"
A smile broke out across his face. I don't know why he makes me feel so comfortable with him. Its almost the same feeling that I had when I was with Jacob.
"You're very insightful. I really enjoy hearing your opinions, would you mind coming to the study sessions? I'm sure that your insight would really help some of the other students in class."
His big blue eyes had an amazing affect on me. I couldn't help but to say yes. His smile grew even bigger, his white teeth showed brightly against his dark skin.
I hadn't realized how long we were talking for because Alice came back in a hurry saying that we had to get home. I'm not sure if Tristan looked slightly disappointed or not but he smiled and said, "see you in class." I waved good-bye as Alice pulled me to the car.
