Disclaimer: Stephenie Meyer owns these characters. I do not.
Disclaimer 2: The Seattle University in this story is not based on the real Seattle University.
Chapter 4
"I'll grab the last box." Emmett told me while I set down the current one I was holding, which was labeled 'CDs: Box 3.'
I looked approvingly around my dorm room. Today was Saturday, and I was moving my things into my dorm in Seattle University. I would be starting classes on Monday, so I had all weekend to just settle in. Right now, I was in an ecstatic mood because I was finally moving out of my dreadful apartment, where I had required pet cockroaches… Although I was had to share this dorm, I had my own bedroom. My roommate and I would simply have to share the living room, bathroom, and kitchen.
My euphoric thoughts were interrupted by a sweaty, grunting Emmett, who came in my room and dumped the box, which contained the main component of my stereo system, on the floor.
"Emmett! Be more careful!" I shouted at my brother. "That box includes more than one thousand dollars of equipment."
"I don't see why you need such a complex stereo. That's what iPods are for." He responded.
"iPods don't allow you to adjust multiple settings, and they have a limited storage capacity!"
"Well, at least they're lighter and more portable than this heap of… stuff."
"That's not 'stuff!' That's a high-tech Bose Acoustic Wave Music System!"
Our argument was interrupted by a knocking on my open door. A blonde-haired man, who looked to be about 20 years old, was standing there, looking semi-amused.
"Hi," he said. "I'm guessing one of you is my new roommate. My name is Jasper."
"Hello, my name is Edward, and I'm your roommate. That's my brother, Emmett. He's just helping me move in."
We shook hands, and Emmett gave Jasper a very tight hug, which didn't seem to bother Jasper. Emmett then told me he had to leave, so he said his goodbyes. Jasper and I sat down on the couch and got to know each other.
Jasper told me he was a Psychology major, and that he was a sophomore. He has a sister named Rosalie who goes to this college, as well. The one person he talked the most about was his girlfriend, Alice.
"I was actually going to go visit her later. You can come, if you want."
"That would be great," I said.
We decided to visit her now, so I could unpack later. Alice's dorm was about half-way across campus, so it took us about 15 minutes to get there. We walked up the two flights of stairs to get to the third floor, then walked through a maze of hallways to get to room 326. Five seconds after Jasper knocked on the door, it flew open and a small, black-haired girl who looked like she was 14 years old ran out and jumped on Jasper, giving him a kiss.
While all this was happening, I simply stood there, gaping at the sight and from the surprise. Meanwhile, I heard another woman call from inside the dorm, "Hey, Jasper."
After three minutes of Jasper being… attacked, Alice let him go and finally seemed to notice me standing there.
"Hi!" she greeted me and gave me a hug.
"Alice, do you mind if we come in first?" Jasper asked, thankfully.
"Of course you can!" She grabbed my hand in one hand and Jasper's hand in the other, then dragged us into her dorm room.
"Edward, this is Alice, as you can probably tell, and this is her roommate, Bella" Jasper introduced us.
Surprised, I asked, "Bella Swan?"
"Yeah… Do we know each other?" Bella said, while looking confused. She was absolutely beautiful. I could tell why Mike liked her.
Realizing my mistake, I responded, "Oh. No. Um… I think I might know… your father."
"Why do you know my father? Are you a hardened criminal from Forks?" she asked, amused but curious.
"Um... Yes! I mean… no." I stammered, while trying to come up with an excuse. "My father is a doctor in Forks, and he might have mentioned the police chief and his daughter once."
"Oh! Is your father Carlisle Cullen? I know him! I used to be a frequent patient at Forks Hospital." She said.
"Frequent?" Alice said. "You were there every other day! I swear… Edward, you should see Bella walk sometime, across a flat surface. She trips every three feet."
"I do not!" Bella said, pretending to be offended. "More like every five feet…"
We continued to joke around and make conversation for about an hour, but then Jasper said, "We had better get going. Edward still needs to unpack."
We all said our goodbyes, and Jasper and Alice shared a very long kiss, while Bella and I both stood there awkwardly. Then we left.
It was easier than I thought it would be to find Bella. And now I know where she lives…
Thank you to everyone who's reading this. Thank you, thank you to those of you who review. And thank you, thank you, thank you, times a million to my beta reader, mykeymo (who also helped me with my geometry homework).
To answer a few questions from the reviews:
Q: Why did Edward use the name Cullen and not Mason, even though he got a fake I.D. with the name Mason?
A: He will use Mason later on, but to apply to college, he already has records from Dartmouth under the name Edward Cullen.
Q: Why was chapter 3 a filler chapter?
A: I'm sorry. I tried to skip past the application part and just start from this chapter, I swear, but I just did not know how to start it. I promise that the rest of the chapters will have more action than chapter 3.
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