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You are my sunshine, my only sunshine

You make me happy when skies are gray

You'll never know dear how much I love you

Please don't take my sunshine awayyyy

It was all I could do to distract myself from the gorgeous face only a couple centimeters from mine: sing ridiculous lullabies to myself. Since Edward had placed his hands around my waist, I was making superhuman efforts not to jump all over him. Up until now, it was working rather well. My cavalier was simply dancing and not speaking a word to me. I was probably right when I assumed that he had only invited me to dance to avoid talking to me.

The silence was comfortable though. I liked being able to just be near him without having to fill in the blanks or the lull in the conversation that was inevitable between two strangers.

However, remaining in control was not the easiest thing, and with the help of alcohol, I felt my willpower crumble brick by brick. Instinctively, I closed my eyes and prayed for this never-ending song to end so I could move away from him. It felt like I'd been dancing for hours…

"Bella?"

Oh no no no! Don't speak to me! Especially not with that voice!

"Bella, are you OK?"

I thought I heard a hint of anxiety in his voice, which caused me to open my eyes ... When his green iris met mine, my heart skipped a beat, I felt as though someone was twisting my stomach with their bare hands.

I realized I had stopped moving. Was that what had alerted him?

I felt like I was alone with him in this huge room without any music to rock us. I anchored my gaze into his.

"Edward…" I whispered in spite of myself.

"What is it?" he whispered as well, his gaze marked with a softness that disarmed me.

The small sheepish smile he then gave me made me lose all countenance.

"Ed… ward… I… you… I need to tell you that…"

"That what, Bella?" He asked, moving his face even closer to mine.

"That… OH MY GOD!"

Understanding what was about to happen to me, I violently pushed him off and started running like a madwoman towards the exit. I had to get out of there right away! What an idiot! After shoving a couple students on my way who responded with a slew of choice words (twice in 1 day! Wonderful!) and twisting my ankle a couple times, I finally found the large metallic door leading me outside.

And then, incapable of holding back a second longer, I did something horrible: I vomited everything I had in my stomach into a huge flower pot. in spite of the buzzing in my ears and my choked sobs, I heard footsteps discreetly approaching me. And when I heard the voice of the person after me, I couldn't repress another vomit.

Damn tequila!

"Bella! Are you ok?"

Goodness gracious, how could I have such bad luck?! The man I had a crush on was watching me throw up. Was there anything worse in the world?

"Can't you see I'm fantastic?" I asked, a tad too dryly, more upset with myself than with him.

"OK. No need to be unpleasant."

His remark made me stiffen. Why had I said that to him? The poor guy was just trying to help me, and here I was yelling at him…

"Oh Bella!" Rose cried, running towards me.

Instinctively, she gathered my hair and pulled it up into a bun to avoid it getting into the viscous mass coming out of my lips.

Soon, everyone had gathered around me.

Well, this is simply great Bella. Congrats!

"Guys everything is… don't have gouzip… a cab and… yeah, maybe sleep." I tried in an attempt to reassure them although I had the disagreeable feeling of no longer having any control.

Uh-huh. Wonderful, Bella. And the translation in English?

"Gouzip? What the hell is that 'gouzip'" Jasper repeated, disconcerted.

When I heard my brother's voice, I briskly turned towards him. It was as though I hadn't seen him in ages. Without understanding why, I threw my arms around his neck, telling him repeatedly how much I loved him. He smelled like peanut butter...

Lord.

"Never mind, Jazz. She's clearly delirious…" Rosalie told him while trying to wipe my forehead with a tissue.

They kept talking for a few minutes, but I couldn't understand a word they were saying. I felt as though I was in a nest of cotton and there was cotton everywhere around me, including in my mouth…

I then felt two strong arms lifting me and carrying me away from all the voices, but I lacked the energy to look up and see who they belonged to and where I was being led.

Then, I blacked out.

And when I woke up the next morning, my only remaining memory of the previous evening was a horrible headache…

When I opened my eyes, it took me a few minutes to realize Alice was handing me a glass of water and some aspirin. I straightened up to take them, and the pain that seized me was so sharp that I grabbed the glass and pill and drank it in one gulp. I muttered a 'thanks' before burying my head back into my pillow. My roommate did not move one inch and sensing her stare on me made me re-open one eye. She seemed... overexcited. I asked her why she was looking at me like that, hoping that would pull her out of her daydream and she would let me sleep in peace.

I should have remained quiet.

"Oh Bella, your brother is so… sooo… ah, I don't have words!" She began.

Oh no, no talk of Jasper, for the love of God! Refusing to partake in this conversation, I turned my back to her. Unfortunately, that didn't stop her from going on.

"He was such a charming gentleman last night. He made me laugh so hard. And he asked me to dance! Did you know he was an excellent dancer? I love a man who knows how to move. And you know, he was so… so attentive to my needs. I'm really into him! I think he likes me too. What do you think?" She asked me but never gave me an opportunity to answer as she immediately added, "I think there are signs that never lie, and… well, I wanted to know if… well whether you would mind if Jasper and I…"

Bla bla bla. Clearly, Alice was dying to tell me something, but my foggy mind was refusing to cooperate:

1. It didn't want to decode Alice's hidden message on its own.

2. It didn't want me to be a part of this conversation any longer.

In other words, I had to end my suffering…

"Alice, are you trying to tell me something specific or?"

"Jasper kissed me." She cut me off with an anxious air I didn't understand.

The new piece of information slowly made its way to my brain. So that was it. Jasper had kissed Alice last night, and now, she wanted my consent for them to date.

"Is it my blessing you're seeking?" I managed to articulate albeit with little energy.

"You could say that, yes." She said with a half-amused, half-fearful smile.

"Well, you have it. Now, please, let me sleep! I feel like I was run over by a steamroller."

"Well, that's pretty much it." She commented, laughing out loud, which only worsened my headache.

What did she mean by that? As much as I wracked my brain, nothing was coming back to me. Yet, the pain was very much present! What in God's name had happened to me for me to have to endure this today?

I chanced a glance around my bed and noticed, successively, a dress, pumps… and finally the jogging pants and the t-shirt that usually served me as pajamas. Seeing those last 2 items of clothing made me look down under my cover. I noticed with horror that I was only wearing underwear. I NEVER slept in underwear.

As hard as I was trying, my memories of the eve ended at my arrival at the freshmen welcome party.

Wait a minute… The freshmen welcome party?

"Ok, well, I have to run to class! Wouldn't want to be late on the first day… At what time do you start?"

I was too caught up in my thoughts to hear what Alice was telling me.

"Hello? Earth to Bella!"

"Hmm? Sorry, Alice, were you talking to me?"

"I was asking you when your first class starts."

"10 am. Why?"

"Oh my goodness, Bella! It's 9:20 already!"

"Oh God, no, I can't be late again!" I said, straightening up at once, which aggravated my headache even further.

Decidedly, punctuality was not my forte.

"Jump in the shower. I'll get your clothes ready. Quick!"

I got out of my sheets and executed in all haste. When I came back into the room, Alice was already gone and had laid out black tights, a long night blue shirt, and a pair of matching ballerina pumps for me on my bed. Nothing belonged to me.

Damn Alice! Even in times like these, she found it funny to treat me like a doll and play dress up with me. Ugh!

Since I didn't have the time to look for anything else, I reluctantly put on the outfit. I then tied my hair into a disorganized bun and set off to class.

Luckily enough, I arrived in the room a couple minutes before it was scheduled to start. Taking a look at my schedule, I saw it was my seminar on French literature. With such a huge headache, the next 2 hours would certainly be long and laborious…

Apparently, only 15 of us had chosen this seminar. It was just my luck. I could only hope my professor was not the kind to ask a ton of questions. In anticipation of this ordeal, I took another pill, which Alice had carefully put in the pocket of my tunic.

That girl really thinks of everything!

While drinking a sip of water to help the medicine go down, I almost choked…

He had just entered the room.

I couldn't believe it.

Was Edward registered for the seminar too? Wasn't it exclusive to freshmen? Now that I actually thought about it, I didn't even know what year he was… When he'd inquired about my major last night, I hadn't even returned the ques -

Wait a minute… Oh. OH!

My God, Edward had been at the freshmen welcome party last night! Yes, of course, he was there! And yet although I was sure I had seen him, I still couldn't remember what exactly had happened. It was so upsetting.

A violent fit of coughing suddenly seized me, and it was then that Edward became aware of my presence in the room. All smiles, he walked towards my desk.

Oh my God, Bella, he's coming to sit next to you! Alert! ALERT!

I realized I had been holding my breath when he reached me, flashed me a devastating smile and said:

"Wow, I'm amazed you managed to get up this morning after what happened last night!"

WHAT?! What the heck had happened last night for crying out loud?! And what was that smirk about?

So we had seen each other the evening before… We had spoken… Had something else happened?

I gave him a panicked look, which made him burst into a discreet little laugh. How dare he?! He owed me some kind of explanation! But just as I was about to ask him for one, he walked around my desk, climbed onto the platform, and settled himself behind the large wooden desk in front of us.

Wait, did that mean…

No.

NO!

Impossible!

"Good morning everyone! I am Professor Cullen, your instructor for this course." He introduced himself with a killer smile that provoked an explosion in my chest.

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