Author's Note: How much did you guys love the last three chapters? I like the last two the most but that's just me. I hope that I get some suggestions for the story soon 'cuz I really want to have some of your ideas in this story. That's who it was written for! If you want your name in the story, just leave a review w/ your first name and I'll see what I can do. If you do, I might make up a last name if you're going to be any sort of significant character or anything. Some people that I already have, I'm working into the story and I think they know who they are (cough-Heather-cough, cough-Kala-cough). Oh, and for those who don't know yet, the DVD of 'Twilight' is supposed to come out around or on Feburary 14th (Valentine's Day)! Ladies, you know what to ask your boyfriends for... even if you buy yourself a copy, you'll just have an emergency/ bonus copy! Anyways, Enjoy and make sure you review!

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Coffee and Familiar Faces

"Right, Edward Masen. Guys, I would like you all to meet, Emmett McCarthy, my b-" I was cut off.

"Your boyfriend," Edward finished for me. (Bella POV)

Edward POV

"What?! Ew! No way, Jose! What - are you crazy? Me date Bella?" Emmett had responded quite unexpectedly to my statement. Weren't Bella and he dating? If not, why would-? Oh. That explains why Bella's face had fallen when I had made my little comment.

"Emmett, calm down. It's ok. I just misunderstood, that's all." I had to make it up to him. He looked like the kind of guy who ate guys like me for breakfast. He was huge.

"Yeah, Em. It's all good. He just didn't know, alright?" Bella chipped in. God bless her. Emmett visibly removed his disgust from his face and I relaxed. I was sure that Alice and Jasper were enjoying themselves.

This was really embarassing. I had just humiliated myself in front of Bella's BIG brother. Crap. Why hadn't I thought of that before? Why did I automatically assume that every beautiful girl I met was involved? Maybe it had something to do with the fact that-

"It's all good. Dude," Emmett said before swinging an arm around my shoulders. We all started walking again and I could hear Bella and Emmett talking as we made our way to the coffee shop/ student lounge.

"So, Bells, how did you meet these people? You were never really the social one." Was that true? She seemed just fine to me to be around.

"Well, I met Edward in Barnes and Noble yesterday, Alice is my room-mate, and I just met Jasper this morning." The look on her face said that she would wait until they were in private to elaborate.

"What's 'Barnes and Noble'? Another bookstore?" he asked her.

"Maybe," she muttered before ducking her head down. I could have sworn that she was blushing.

"You were buying more books? Jeez, where do you find all this time to read?" Where did she find the time? She blushed again before responding.

"It's not as hard as you think." What did that mean?

We were at the front of the line now and Jasper and Alice had ordered and paid for their own coffee. Bella and I were up next. Was Emmett getting anything?

"I'll take a French Vanilla Cappucino," Bella said.

"Make that two," I said as I held up two fingers. "Anything for you, Emmett?" Now that I knew his status, he was no longer a threat and, therefore, ok to be a friend.

"I'll see if there's anything I like." Bella rolled her eyes and I had a feeling that there was some hidden meaning behind what he had just said.

"Here's your change, Sir," the nice cashier said as she handed me my change. I looked at her name-tag.

"Thank you, Hana-Belle," I said. That was an unusual name.

"You're welcome, Sir. Have a great day." With that, I moved to get Bella's and my coffee.

We took our coffee and made our way to the table Alice and Jasper had selected for us. We took our seats, me sitting beside Bella with Emmett on her other side. Why they had chosen a circle table, I had no clue.

"Emmett, how did you get down here so quickly? Not that I'm not grateful, but I still want to know." Bella said this then took a sip of her cappucino.

"Well, the house sold the day before you left but I had to stay behind and sign all of the papers. I packed up the rest of my stuff, had all of the rest of the stuff FedEx'd so it'll be here within the week, grabbed my bike, and caught the Red Eye last night. I stayed in a hotel ovenight and drove over here when I woke up. I probably would have been here sooner but, I stopped at McDonald's. And you know how I get when we go there to eat." I saw the smile spread across both of their faces and knew that there was a story there somewhere. (Should I include it in this story, write a one-shot, or just forget about it altogether? Vote on my profile or leave your response in a review.)

"That's really cool, But where are you going to stay until the stuff gets here? And until you find a house?" These were both good questions and I had to admit that I was curious myself. Where was her bear of a brother was going to be staying for the next week or so? Maybe...

"Hey, Emmett," I said. He looked over at me, as if only now remembering that we were all there. "Why don't you stay with Jasper and me until you find a place? The adminstrators don't have to know as long as you keep a low profile."

"Sweet. Thanks, Dude." He turned to Jasper. "You don't mind, do you, Jazz?" Oh, we were going to get along swimmingly.

"I don't mind. Just don't call me 'Jazz' ever again." I could tell from the daggers he was sending Emmett that he really despised being called by a name he only let my sister call him by a stranger.

"Sure, sure," he started. I heard Bella laugh at that and knew that there had to be a reason why. "So, Bells, how are you liking Tennessee so far?" I was also curious to know the answer to this question. I felt her shrug beside me and wanted to put my arm around her. I didn't know why, but I just wanted to.

"I guess it's ok. I've only seen one other place than the campus and the airport but I guess I'm liking it ok." Why did she have to speak in such brief intervals? I wanted to hear her voice always.

"Well, I figured that you might be a little home-sick so, I brought you something." Emmett leaned closer to Alice as I heard the bell from the door open behind us. I didn't even think to look behind me.

"What do you mean?" she asked him. He put his hand in the air and waved to someone behind Bella and myself.

"Over here, guys." What was going on? Who was he talking to? I felt a presence behind me and Bella and then I saw a pair of hands cover Bella's eyes from behind. I saw the pink nail polish and knew that it was ok. She probably knew Bella. I heard Bella gasp as she put her own hands over those covering her face.

"It can't be," I heard her whisper before pulling the hands from her face, standing up, and turning around all in one movement. "Angela!" She pulled Angela into a hug and then seemed to notice the boy standing beside her friend. "Ben!" she exclaimed before pulling him into a hug, too. So this was the girl that had saved my Bella from that vile Mike. Wait - since when was she mine? I had to stop doing that.

"It's so good to see you, Bella," Angela said as she was pulled into another hug from Bella. They were all laughing and I could only imagine the joy she was feeling right now.

"I can't beleve that you guys are here." She paused for a moment. "Wait, why are you guys here?" Jasper had gone to get two more chairs and Emmett scooted closer to Alice while Bella moved her chair closer to mine. It was torture to have her that close and not be able to touch her. I could smell her strawberry shampoo ever better now. It was such a sweet, toxic scent.

"Well, I never told you this but I got into MTSU earlier this year. I found out that you were going and decided to go. I had to keep it a surprise though. And then Emmett called me this morning, telling me that he had left earlier than expected. He asked if I wouldn't mind meeting him this morning. I saw you guys at Orientation this morning but he made me promise to keep my mouth shut." She shot a look his way and I had to repress a chuckle. Bella's friends were funny.

"Well, that explains you, but what about Ben?"

"Oh, he got in, too but didn't tell me until the end of school last year, the sneaky little bugger," she paused and nudged his shoulder."So we met Emmett this morning right before Orientation and he told us that he was going to look for you. Wait - what dorm are you in?" (I don't know that names of the dorms 'cuz I've only been to MTSU once. I'm basing all of my college info off of the one school I want to go to and went on a tour on there.)

"I'm in Greene, Alice is my room-mate,"Bella said.

"Me, too!" Angela exclaimed. "What floor?"

"Three. What about you?" This was funny. It was like watching my own private teenage reality show. Only without the boring, repetitive drama of stupid California, spoiled brats.

"I'm on three, too! Room 317. You?" My head kept going back and forth, like a tennis match. I imagine everyone else was doing the same.

"I'm in 318! You're right across the hall from me!"

"Oh My Gosh! That's so cool!' All heads turned to Alice. "What?" she asked innocently," that just means I have another shopping buddy." We all laughed. Alice - got to love her. (I wanted to stop it here just because of the last line but I also wanted it to be longer. My chapters are usually way longer than this in my other 7 stories. So I went with door number 2)

"Well, not that this hasn't been fun and all, but I kind of need to go look for a place to live," Emmett said as he stood. For some reason, we all stood with him. He looked at all of our faces. "What?"

"Why don't we come with you?" I heard Bella ask.

"Bells, you don't have to. Why do you spend time with your friends?" He was acting like a father to her as well.

"That's a great idea!" Again, all heads turned to Alice. "Why don't we all go with Emmett? That way, we'll all know where he lives, how to get there, and help him choose the best house. Does everyone agree?" She looked around at all of our nodding heads. As if anyone would ever go against Alice.

"Sure, why not? I could probably use the company, anyways." Emmett pushed up his chair, the rest of us doing the same and grabbing our coffee as we left. We made our way to the parking lot when I realized that we hadn't sorted out the seating arrangements at all. Who was riding with whom?

"Um, Alice? How are we doing the whole carpool thing?" Bella and I had a lot in common. We both thought the same way. (For those who may not know what 'carpooling' is, it's where a few people (family, friends, co-workers) all ride together in the same vehicle to save on gas and time)

"Well, I was going to give Jasper a ride in my car, and maybe Emmett could join us if he wanted. Then, I was thinking that Ben, Angela, and you could all ride with Edward. What do you think?" We nodded our heads. That little pixie thought of everything.

"Sounds good to me," Emmett said in his booming voice. "Which car is your's, Alice?" My sister pointed in the direction of her car.

"The yellow one over there." Emmett's jaw dropped to the ground. And another bites the dust. Everytime a guy saw my sister's car, they all had the same reaction. Emmett must be into cars. Maybe he and Jasper's sister would get along.

"That's your car?" he asked in a small voice. That was a big change from the voice I had just become accustomed to.

"Yep! My mom and dad got it for me for graduation. But if I get any grade below a B, I have to give it back and ride with Edward until my grades come up." She pouted her lip at the thought of having to be chauffeured around by me again. I shuddered at the thought of weekend shopping sprees so I helped her out with her homework when she needed it.

"Sweet!" Emmett was quickly becoming one of my favourite people. "Wait - riddle me this, Alice. Is it pronounced 'porsch' or 'porsch-uh'?" Emmett - what a ditz. (Sorry, I had to do it! I plead the 5th)

"Shouldn't we get going?" I chimed in. If we were going house hunting, we needed to get a move on. Who knew how many Freshmen were looking to for a place off campus? (I wanted to stop it here because I thought it was a good stopping place but, I figured you guys would want more. Don't you love me? *pouts* Don't you?)

"Yep. Let get going." Jasper - he speaks at last. He was hard to talk to unless he knew you. So, it was no surprise that he had chosen to keep quiet until now. With his words, we all set off to our vehicles. Alice, Jasper, and Emmett went to her Porsche while Bella, Angela, Ben, and I went to my Volvo.

"So, who wants shotgun?" I asked, hoping Bella would speak up. (Another explanation-'shotgun' is the front passenger seat. Sorry, unfortunately, I am from Tennessee so I'll probably be putting a lot of weird things in this story. You have to think, though. Emmett's originally from Tennessee and everyone else has lived there for a long time)

"Me!" she said as she raced Angela to the door. Yes! She won the non-existent race.

"Oh, well, at least I have Ben." Angela was also quickly becoming one of my favourite people.

"Hey, Eddie!" And here I thought I was really begining to like Emmett. I held back the eye-rolling and exasperated sigh before turning around.

"What's up, Emmett?" I had pulled my keys from my pocket and was opening my door as everyone else got in.

"I was just wondering - which dorm is your's?" That was a reasonable question. I was now between my door and my seat. I pushed my door open a bit more so I was facing in the right direction.

"It's the one right over there, beside the gazebo. It's Lutz hall, if you're wondering." I pointed just to make sure he knew where I was directing my attention. He nodded his head so I was sure he understood before he gave the customary guy nod and ran back over to my sister's porsche.

I got in and slid the key into the ignition as my sister pulled out of park. I moved my hand to the gear-shift in the floor and 'accidentially' brushed my hand against Bella's as she was buckling her seatbelt. I guess I may need to do the same. I buckled my own seatbelt just before I pulled out behind my sister (I know how wrong that sounds but it's the shortest way to word what I was saying)

"So, Alice knows where there are some houses for rent? Or for sale?" Bella asked. I could see the joy of having a member of her family here on her face. I barely resisted the urge to reach over and tounch her beaming face.

"I'm guessing she does. She plans on going into some sort of designing or something like that so she's always on the look-out for new places. Just be careful not to let her near any clothing or anything else that's important in any way." Alice loved any type of fashion, be it clothing or interior. I just hoped that Bella had some sort of resistance against Alice. If not, Emmett might start seeing a different side to her than he was used to. Alice tended to be that way but you couldn't help but love her.

"That's good. At least she'll know what she's doing. Do you have any idea of where she may be taking us?" I turned to watch the road after I saw Angela staring at us intently while Ben was staring out the window absentmindly. At we had some bit of privacy. I wish we could talk in quiet.

""She's been keeping her eye on some smaller houses lately; she wants to be versatile in her abilities as a designer so she says that she needs to see all of the options. If I'm right, she might be leading us to this kind of small place that she's had her eye on for some time now." She nodded before turning to stare out the window.

About ten minutes later, we pulled up to the house I had suspected Alice of thinking about. It was a two story brick house with a carport off to the side and a big garage (the kind mechanics work in) in the back yard. I had a feeling that Emmett was going to like this place. I had personally never been inside but Alice had been inside a few times. She had a few friends in the Real Estate business that could pull a few strings.

I pulled up behind Alice as Jasper, Emmett, and she poured out of her little car. I put my Volvo in park just before we all did the same. As Angela was getting out, Ben raced around to the other side of the car to help her. I had intended to do the same for Bella but she was already shutting the door before I could get to her. We all walked over to the other three, Ben and Angela hand in hand while Bella and I just walked side by side - less than six inches apart.

"So, let's take a tour, shall we?" Alice said this as she pulled a key out of her pocket, dangling it in the air. Where had she gotten that from? We all nodded as whe follwed her up the steps to and stood on the deck. She put the key in, turned it, and opened the door so we could all get a glimpse as we stepped inside.

Additional Author's Note: Sorry, I tend to have really long Author's Notes but I usually have a lot to say and I wouldn't write it if I didn't think you needed or wanted to know. Did anyone get where I got the name for the dorms? The name 'Hana-Belle' is what I call my best friend. I know it's spelled funny but I tend to spell things a bit differently. Her real name (excluding her first and last) is Hannah Renee Isabelle! And to top it all off, her boyfriend's middle name is Edward! How lucky is she? If you're reading this, Hana-Belle, I loves ya and thanks for your suggestions! Only one semester left - you know what I mean! Did anybody like this chapter at all? I hope so because it set up a lot of stuff for the rest of the story. If you weren't really paying attention, go back and re-read it. Then, review! If you haven't reviewed for any of the other chapters, go back and do it! I'm sorry but I'm desperate. Can we shoot to make my total for this chapter about 3 to 5? That's only asking for a few more and I would very much like to know if I should continue with this story or not. P-p-p-p-p-w-w-w-wweeeeeeezzz?