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Chapter 43

There's a big world out there. Bigger than prom, bigger than high school, and it won't matter if you were the prom queen or the quarterback of the football team or the biggest nerd. Find out who you are and try not to be afraid of it.

Bella's POV

The next few days flew past. Edward and I were required to attended a two day orientation for our respective faculties. Upon hearing several faculty members speak I discovered that university was nothing like high school. No one cared if you didn't go to class or if you failed a test or even if you were bombing right out. University had no structure, no set agenda, no one to tell you what you had to do.

Frosh week was a major success. Edward and I went to several parties and got to know a few people. The higher year students took us on tours of the campus and showed us the hottest spots off campus. Free food was always in sight during that week. We were unbelievably spoiled. There were concerts every night preformed by some pretty awesome bands. Contests for free sports and concert tickets, travel vouchers, iPod's and Macbook's happened every hour on the hour. Edward, being the luckiest person on the planet won an iPod and some tickets but he didn't care. He handed the iPod off to the guy standing beside us in the crowd. He had absolutely everything he needed or wanted anyways.

All the fun of frosh week had to come a screeching halt today though. Today was the first day of classes and as excited as I was to start to my education I was also terrified. Harvard wasn't the minor league. The smartest people in the country competed for spots at this university and that was a lot of pressure to deal with. One slip up in a grade and I would be shown the door. But I knew I couldn't think like that. I could do whatever I set my mind to and I was going to be a great student.

"We'll have to drive to school separately today sweetheart" Edward announced, breaking me from my trance. We had just finished breakfast and were getting ready for the day.

"We will?" I said in a sad voice.

"Unfortunately. You'll be done your classes early today. I'll be staying a bit later…" he explained while rubbing the top of my hand with his thumb.

"Boo!" I cried before grabbing my laptop bag from the counter. "Can't we meet for lunch?"

"Most definitely" he said before handing me my car keys and kissing my forehead. We walked out into the garage and threw our belongings into our respective cars.

"I'll text you when I get a break" I sighed as Edward pulled me into a hug.

"Have a great first day alright?" he said as he placed another tiny kiss on my forehead. I nodded into his chest. With that we both got into our cars and drove to the campus. Carlisle had somehow managed to get Edward and I special parking privileges. We were allowed to park anywhere on campus as long as we had a yellow sticker attached to our front windshield. Since Edward's classes were located on the furthest end of the campus he sped past me when I parked close to the entrance of the campus. He threw me one of his charming smiles and a wave before disappearing from my view. I grabbed my laptop bag and purse from my backseat and pulled out my timetable to figure out what building I needed to make my way to. As I looked up from the piece of paper I was startled by a person standing right in front of me. I recognized him as the guy Edward had given the iPod to.

"Nice car" he said with a smile as he pointed towards my car.

"Oh thanks" I said while I pushed my hair behind my ears.

"I'm Lucas but people call me Luke usually" he said while reaching out his hand for me to shake.

"I'm Isabella, most people call me Bella though" I explained while I shook his hand gently.

"You're boyfriend gave me that iPod the other day. That's why I recognize you. It was very nice of him…" he chirped. I simply smiled back at him.

"I don't want to pry but are you guys like millionaires or something? You drive a sweet car and he could just give away a four hundred dollar iPod to a random kid" he asked with a light chuckle. I laughed to myself. I can see where he got that idea. Edward was beyond a millionaire, I however was not.

"Not me" I giggled. Lucas seemed happy with my answer.

"Well I better get myself to class. Maybe I'll see you and your boyfriend around sometime. Tell him thank you for me again!" he said with a grin before he jogged off. As I crossed the street I hoped that everyone on campus would be that nice.

My morning dragged on. All the introductions to my classes were boring as hell, even the professors admitted to it and promised that once we got into the swing of things it would be a very fun environment to be in. I texted Edward the second I got a break. We met at the campus eatery and took a seat outside.

"Tell me all about your morning…" Edward insisted as he sipped his soda.

"So boring. All this introductory crap is dreadful" I sighed while taking a bite of the sandwich I'd bought. Edward laughed at me.

"Well my morning was great. We got to see cadavers all ready. Can you believe that?" he asked. My eyes grew wide and I felt kind of sick.

"You mean you saw dead bodies?" I asked while putting my sandwich back into its container. I think I was done with eating now.

"Yep!" Edward said with great enthusiasm. I could tell he was excited. Only Edward could be excited by the prospect of looking at dead bodies. I cringed at the thought and he must have noticed since he changed the subject.

"Did you make any new friends?" he questioned

"Not really. Well something funny happened. I ran into that guy you gave the iPod to last week. His name's Luke. He seems like a really nice guy. He asked me to thank you again for the iPod" I said with a smile. "He also thinks you're a billionaire" I chuckled. Edward rolled his eyes. I'm sure he wasn't surprised by the comment. Everyone who had ever seen or met Edward and his family knew that they were loaded.

"It was nice of him to thank me again" Edward said before standing up to throw out our trash. I handed him his laptop case as I stood up as well.

"Are you heading off to class now?" I asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yeah. After this class I'm hitting the library to review and then coming home. I should be back no later than four" he said before kissing me.

"I'll see you there then. Don't have too much fun with those dead bodies…" I kidded. He snarled and then smiled at me.

"You're one of a kind Bella Swan and I love every part of you" he whispered as he approached me again and nuzzled his face in my shoulder.

"Right back at you sweetheart. Now get going!" I said as I gave his ass a slight pat and pushed him off of me.

Since I was done my classes for the day I made my way back to my car. Figuring we needed some more groceries in the house I stopped off at the supermarket and did some quick shopping. Once I got home and unloaded all the goodies I had bought I decided I better get started on all my required readings. Edward and I had ordered all our books online and they had just arrived yesterday afternoon…perfect timing. As I rifled through the huge boxes that sat near the front door the phone rang. I rushed to the family room and looked at the caller ID it was either Rose or Emmett. I flicked the TV on and turned on the speaker phone. It was Rose.

"Hi Rose!" I said with a huge smile. Rose didn't look as happy to see me.

"What's wrong Rose? Did something happen? Are you alright?" I asked, feeling nervous.

"Bella am I not your best friend?" she asked me coldly.

"Of course you are!" I said, not understanding what was going on.

"Then can you explain to me why I, your best friend, had to hear that you and Edward finally physically consummated your relationship from Emmett! My eyes widened. Edward had told Emmett that we'd finally had sex. My face flushed and I felt embarrassed.

"I….uh…Edward" I stammered not even knowing what to say.

"You know that's something you tell your best friend Bella, like right away…" Rose huffed before crossing her arms across her chest.

"Well it's not like I knew that! I'd never done it before" I shot back with a devious grin. I saw Rose's tough façade breaking down. "I'm really sorry Rose" I said with a fake pout.

"Oh I forgive you! I can't be mad at you anyways Bella" she laughed, now returning to her normal chipper self. "Tell me everything!"

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After spending an hour and half filling Rose in on mine and Edwards's sexcapades and answering all her burning questions about our relationship, it was time for her to wake the girls up from their naps. She congratulated me one more time on loosing my virginity, something I thought was super strange, and promised to call soon.

Taking a glimpse at the clock I noticed it was three o'clock. Edward would be home soon and I would have to settle my little beef with him. I wasn't pissed that he had told Emmett, I just wished he had told me that he had shared the contents of our sexual story with his brother.

Figuring I still had a lot to do for school I went back to retrieving my textbooks and flung one open, beginning to read the chapters that were assigned. I got so caught up in reading about Catherine the Great that I didn't even hear Edward walk up to my side. He rested his head on my shoulder and kissed my cheek.

"I missed you" he whispered in my ear. I shrugged my shoulders and he lifted his head away. I turned my body around in the chair to face him, a disappointed look on my face.

"What's wrong?" he asked once he noticed my demeanour. I was going to have some fun with him now.

"Rose called" I said with a smile.

"Oh that's nice, what did you guys talk about?"

"Funny you should ask that…." I laugh half heartedly. Edward continued to stare me down. I spoke again.

"You see, she wasn't very happy with me. Turns out that there's this unspoken rule that exists between best friends. Once you have sex with someone for the first time you're supposed to tell your best friend. I guess you were made aware of this rule before I was since Emmett broke the news to Rose that we had officially "done the nasty"" I said while looking at Edward's face as it changed from happy to worried. He then looked towards the floor. I loved making him squirm.

"Emmett wasn't supposed to tell Rose" he replied. I laughed. Nothing ever stopped Rose from getting the information she wanted and Edward knew it.

"I wasn't aware that we were informing anyone about our sexual relationship just yet…." I chided, trying to sound as angry as possible. It took everything I had not to burst into a fit of giggles.

"This wasn't how it was supposed to go down Bella…" Edward said as he raised his face to meet mine again.

"No?" I asked with one eye brow raised. He shook his head.

"I could kill Emmett right now" he spat "at least I know Jasper hasn't told anyone yet" he whispered before noticing what he had said and covered his mouth. My mouth fell open. He had even told Jasper and here I was keeping our relationship secret from my two best friends, Rose and Alice.

"Jasper knows too?" I questioned. Edward nodded. That was just great.

"I'm really sorry Bells…" he said after a long period of silence. I felt myself give in to his beautiful puppy dog eyes.

"I'm not upset honey! I was just joking around before. At least I know the whole truth now. I wished you had told me though…" I said while walking over to give him a hug.

"I know I should have…" he sighed as he played with my hair.

"So you promise not to keep secrets from me anymore right?" I pushed while looking into his green eyes. He nodded and then shifted in his spot, looking nervous.

"Well I guess there's something I need to tell you if we aren't keeping secrets" he said with a half smile.

"Uh oh" I mumbled before waiting for his response.

"I kind of….um… sort of… told my father too" he said before shooting me a huge smile. My eyes grew wide. I could understand Edward having to tell Jasper and Emmett but he had to tell Carlisle too?

"So you're telling me that you told Emmett, Jasper, and your father?" I gasped.

"Uh…yeah I guess I am" he laughed.

"That means your mother knows too…." I sighed

"Probably" he said with a frown.

"Oh my" I whispered. I hoped no one had broken the news to Charlie. He would absolutely kill Edward. Then something clicked. I pulled away from Edward and ran towards the family room.

"What are you doing?" he shouted after me. I peaked my head back into the hall from the family room and smiled.

"I have to call Alice before she hops on a flight down here and decides to chop me up into little pieces for not telling her that I am no longer a virgin" I said with a wink.