Word Prompt: Link

By the time we got back to the dorms, I had told Alice not to even ask me about my little meeting with Edward. First, I didn't want to talk about it. Not with her, but also not with anyone. Second, I was slightly embarrassed at my hot and cold act. In my defense, I was sick of being talked for. Rosalie's assumption, Jasper's demand, and Edward's brush off all made me angry, and while I lashed out about sorority life to Edward, I didn't mean it. I wanted a bid. I wanted a damn Tri-Delta's bid and then I'd deal with all of that. Of course, that was my original plan to start with, but it didn't go as scheduled.

When Natalie and Chelsea showed up we started our moving night with lots of popcorn, chips, dip, candy, and soda. They were also hoping for Tri-Delta bids, but we knew there were only ten slots and tons more than ten trying to get in.

"So, have either one of you checked out the Greek Rating site recently?" Chelsea asked after our first movie ended. We had decided on watching 'No Strings Attached,' though being honest, I wasn't that into it. Ashton Kutcher was just not very attractive and his acting was sub-par.

"Not recently," Alice answered and reached for her Kindle Fire. "I suppose we can check out the latest reviews."

We then spent an hour combing through the comments on all the sororities and fraternities on campus. Consensus said, Tri-Delta's were stuck up bitches, yet a lot of fun. Sigma's were too into their books, and Alpha Omega's were whore's.

"They have a reputation for being slutty, if you don't believe this, ask any brother, he's probably been with at least 2."

"Total hater right there," I noted before clicking on a new link.

"Ooo, let's read about the Sigma Phi brother's. If we get in, we'll be seeing a lot of them," Chelsea recommended before grabbing the Kindle. "Oh, here's one."

"Uptight and acts as if they rule the school. Their President is the biggest poser of all."

"That was from two days ago," she noted as we all eyed each other.

"Well, they rule the looks department," Natalie chimed in while Alice laughed.

"At least one of them does," she said obviously favoring Jasper. Their relationship was no secret. "What do you think Bella?"

"I don't think their President is a poser," I answered and shrugged.

We quickly moved on from there before throwing in Breaking Dawn at Alice's insistence. I fell asleep half way through.

The next morning, we woke up to Alice's ringtone. Of course, all four of us shot up only to realize it was seven in the morning and Jasper was calling to wish her good luck. I wanted to throw a pillow at him.

However, it did give all of us time to wake up, grab a snack for breakfast, and go to our respective rooms to get ready for the day. Of course, that meant me staying still, but still it gave me time to hit the bathroom, shower, and get dressed.

At eight, we all decided we would meet back up and hang out. We didn't have any solid plans aside from waiting, but we did know that if we got a call, we'd have twenty-four hours to accept. If accepted, our first event was on Sunday evening and what was going to happen there was under tight lock and key.

At seven forty-five when I heard the first knock on my door I assumed it was just Alice being early, instead it was a guy. He wasn't wearing a delivery outfit nor did he wear anything that linked him to any organization on post.

"Are you Bella Swan?" he asked and I nodded. "Then, these are for you," he said before handing me a boutique of flowers in a large glass vase wrapped in a blue ribbon.

"Um, thank you," I replied and took them from him. "One second, let me get you a tip." I turned in my doorway, but he insisted that wasn't necessary. Part of me felt like his face was familiar and I'd seen him before, but I couldn't place him.

Sighing I sat the flowers down on my desk and looked for a card. When I pulled it out, I should have figured it would go unsigned.

'You should always have someone in your corner, since I know your parents aren't rooting for you, I am. Good luck today, Bella."

It didn't take long for me to narrow down the list of potential people who would do this. In fact, the list was so small it was literally two. Even without Edward's signature, I knew Alice wasn't going to send me flowers and five minutes later confirmed they weren't from her.

"What do you think it means?" Alice asked, but I was at a loss for words.

"Can I see your phone?" I asked and she handed it over without a second though.

"Who are you calling?" she asked when she realized I had put it up to my ear.

"Jasper," I answered a mere second before he answered. "Jasper, I need a phone number. Can you text Alice, Edward's number, please?"

"Um, sure, but I'll need to ask him if it's okay that I give it to her," he answered and I could hear the sleep in his voice.

"Ask him or don't ask him, hell, give him my number, just tell him I have five minutes of uninterrupted time to talk to him, and I'd rather do it without an audience," I explained realizing Natalie and Chelsea would be here any minute.

"Okay, Bella, I'm going," Jasper replied before hanging up the phone. I then shot him a text with my phone number.

"What are you doing?" Alice asked with a shocked looked on her face.

"Saying thank you, I'm over this cryptic, high school stuff." I literally threw my hands up in the air. "If he wants to talk to me, then I'm going to talk to him. No more rules, no more misunderstanding or miscommunication. I'm over it."

It took forty-five seconds before my cell phone rang.

"Good morning, Edward," I said as I answered. Alice had stepped outside to catch Chelsea and Natalie if they showed up, and I planned to meet them outside.

"Good morning, Bella," he replied right back. "Jasper told me you were quite persistent this morning. Five minutes, huh?"

"I can be, but I wanted to say thank you. My parents did raise me with manners," I shot back though I meant it to be more teasing than serious. The butterflies I had tried to keep down were rising in my stomach.

"You're welcome," he replied and while I already knew he had been behind it, hearing him actually admitting responsibility made me smile.

"Well, I won't keep you, so have a good day. I may be in need of that luck," I said into the receiver.

"I'll hope you get the bid of your choice," he stated before we both hung up.

Right as I opened my door to meet up with the girl's my text alert went off.

'Can we talk after class on Monday?'

I replied yes and kept talking.

When no one got a call in the first hour, we didn't panic.

When no one got a call in the second hour, we may have started to panic.

When no one got a call in the third hour, we all started to fear the worst.

We all opted for lunch off campus, my treat, but we all kept our cell phones out on the tables. Alice's went off first after we gave our orders.

"So, what did they say?" Natalie asked Alice who had the widest smile possible plastered on her face.

"I got a bid offer to Delta Delta Delta. I have to go accept it within twenty-four hours at the office," she squealed right as Natalie's phone went off. Chelsea looked at me and shrugged. Sure enough, she got the same bid.

Everyone made it through lunch before deciding to break off from each other for a little while when we got back to campus. Alice planned on hitting the main office at some point to sign her name, but I could tell she was trying to hide her excitement when I hadn't gotten a call yet.

Calls were going out anywhere between 8 AM and 4 PM that night, with it now 3 o'clock, I had all, but given up. I just hoped I wasn't given a snap bid because that would feel like a slap in my face.

Natalie had called to let us know Chelsea received a call from the Sigma house, it was her number two and she planned on taking it.

"Are you sure you want to be alone?" Alice asked as my watch hit 3:30.

"I'm sure, go sign your bid, I'll be fine," I lied and shut my dorm room door seconds later.

I never expected to rush and not get accepted anywhere. I guess I should have, but I really thought I had clicked with the all of the Tri-Delta sister's. The flower's mocked me from my desk and I resisted the urge to throw them away.

When my phone rang at 3:45 I almost didn't answer it until I saw it was Rosalie's number.

"Hello," I answered trying to make it sound like I wasn't upset.

"Hey, I have a quick question, have you gotten a call today?" she asked.

"Nope," I popped.

"I'm so sorry," she started and I assumed it was condolences. "Erika called a meeting with all of the officers who were making calls today. We get an e-mail as people accept their bids and we've had nine signatures, one being Alice, but not yours. Then we took a count to see who you had talked to you since your name is marked on the list, but no one remembered speaking to you. I had planned on calling you myself, but then I saw you already had been so I figured I'd get a hold of you tonight. So, I guess this is your official; you have a bid waiting for you speech. It's not the traditional speech, but I'm sorry about the mix-up, I hope you weren't too upset."

"Hold on," I choked as I sat up. "I got in?"

"Yes, you got in," Rosalie repeated as I pulled the phone away from my face and screamed. "Somebody is excited," she said as I pulled the phone closer to my ear, "So, I'll see you tomorrow night?"

"Of course," I replied through happy tears.

"Okay, be at the house no later than five. If it were me, I'd be here closer to four forty-five. Make sure you're wearing a black skirt, white shirt, and flats. Nothing overly flashy, no jewelry, make-up is optional, got it?" she asked as I told her that I did.

Once I hung up the phone with her, I sped through my contacts before I texted the first person I wanted to tell.

"I got a Tri-Delta's bid."

My phone alerted two minutes later.

"I knew that you would. Congratulations, Bella. Looking forward to Monday.-E"

Yeah, now I had Sunday and Monday to look forward to.

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