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I want always get to update this quickly, but I finally got a good start on a general outline for this story, so I wanted to get chapter 2 up! Please, please review! I would love to know what everyone is thinking! And I just want to clear one thing before I get started. In the last chapter, I wrote "He wasn't the tallest, or the most attractive…" in reference to Edward. I don't mean that he was short and ugly. Edward is about 5'9" and is still an attractive man. All I meant by this was that he was more in the normal range instead of being the perfect man that some other stories make him out to be. I want these characters to just be your fairly average college students. I hope you guys enjoy!

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

I groaned and rolled over to turn off the alarm clock. No matter how old you are, it never gets easier to wake up and get to class by 8 AM. I glanced over to Alice's bed and noticed that she wasn't there. I sat and looked around, confused as to where the little pixie could be in our impossibly small dorm room. I almost jumped out of my skin when the door burst open to our room and Alice walked in.

"Good morning, sunshine!" Alice sang as she turned on the fluorescent light and dropped a bagel on my bed.

"Alice, why can't you just be a normal, grumpy person in the morning?" I whined as I laid back down on the bed.

Alice went over to our desk and started putting on her makeup, "Because, silly. It's a gorgeous day! Now wake up and get in the shower. You don't need to be late when it's still only the first week of class."

I grumbled, but got out of bed and headed toward the shower. I knew she was right, but damn my bed was comfortable this morning. I grabbed some decent clothes out of my closet and picked up my toiletries to get in the shower. Luckily, we only have to share a bathroom with the two girls that live on the other side, and they don't have any early classes.

I got in the shower and felt myself beginning to wake up with the hot water hitting me. I closed my eyes and leaned my head back, enjoying the warmth.

"So, Bella. I was thinking that we should go do something tonight after classes."

I opened my eyes and peeked out of the side of the shower curtain, "What the hell are you doing in here, Alice? I'm in the shower!"

Alice laughed and turned around to face me, "It's not anything I haven't seen before. Calm down, prude."

"Whatever, Ali. What did you have in mind for tonight?" I've learned it's better to just not argue with Alice. And I guess that she is right. When someone is your best friend for as long as Alice has been mine, there isn't much that you haven't seen of each other.

"I don't know. We could take a drive around and see what there is to do here. We're kind of in the middle of nowhere, but there has to be something all of the students do for fun, right?"

"Yeah, that sounds fine, Alice. I'm done with my classes at 4 today, so whenever you want to go, just let me know."

Luckily, Alice left me in peace after that. I love the girl, but I'm used to having time to myself in the morning. She's a ball of energy that I'm not sure I'll ever really get used to in the mornings.

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After I made it through my first class, I decided that I really needed to get a job. My dad told me that I should spend my first year just having fun and not worrying about money, but it would help us both out of I had a little bit of income. I overheard some people in my class talking about student worker positions, so I went on the school's website to read about them. If I could find a department that was hiring student workers, I could apply with the head of that department. If I got hired, I would do anything that the faculty needed finished, but I would be able to do any of my homework while we were slow. They would also be very flexible with me when it came to my classes because it would be my professors that I was working for. Since I knew that most of my time would be spent in the music department, that is the first place I would check for openings.

My last class of the day let out early, at 3:00, so I decided to head over to the music department. I wasn't sure what time the department head left for the day, so I was just hoping that maybe he would still be in his office. When I got there, the department was filled with music majors waiting for afternoon classes. I still didn't really know any of them, and I tried to get by without having to stop and have any awkward conversations with them.

"Bella, hey! What are you doing down here?"

I turned around and found Jessica sitting in one of the chairs. "Oh, I was just checking to see if Dr. Smith was in his office," I told her with a smile.

She made her way over to me so we didn't have to talk so loudly, "I don't think that he is. I'll head over there with you and check though. I was getting bored just sitting around waiting for my next class."

"Okay, thanks. I was going to see if he was planning on hiring any more student workers. I know that he keeps the ones from last year."

"I think I overheard him telling someone that they need two new workers, but I'm not positive about it. What are you doing later today?" Jessica asked, turning towards me.

"My roommate, Alice, and I were planning on driving around a little and figuring out where there is to do in this little town. Would you want to come with us?"

"Yeah, sure! Could my roommate come too? She's pretty cool."

I smiled and nodded. Jessica quickly left for her class after that, so I headed down the hallway to see if Dr. Smith was in his office.

I rounded the corner and smiled when I saw him sitting at his desk. "Dr. Smith? Could have a minute?"

He looked up and smiled, waving me inside, "Sure thing! What can I do for you, Ms. Swan?"

After a short conversation about student workers, I was handed an application packet and told to stop back by with it tomorrow and I would know something soon. I thanked him for helping, and decided I should go find Alice to let her know about Jessica and her roommate that we had to meet up with later.

I was about to head up the stairs, when I heard someone call my name. I turned around and found of the girls from the choral group walking towards me. "Hey, Bella. Some of us from the department are going to go out to eat at this really great Mexican restaurant later today. Do you want to go with us?"

"Oh, thanks. Umm…I'm actually going somewhere with my roommate and a couple other people tonight. Thanks for asking, though," I told her with a small smile.

She smiled and shook her head, "Ok, that's fine! I just wanted to ask. Every now and then a lot of the music majors go out to eat or play games or something. Maybe you can join us next time."

I smiled and agreed before leaving to find Alice. I almost ran into Edward at the top of the stairs and stammered out an apology.

He laughed and shook his head, "It's all good. Bella, right? I'm Edward. Are you going with everyone to eat tonight?"

I smiled and explained that I had plans already. I really wished now that I was able to go since Edward made it seem like he was going. From everything I've heard about him, he's a really nice and funny guy.

"Bummer. Maybe you'll get to go with us next time! It's really a lot of fun," he said with a smile.

"I hope so," I told him truthfully.

Edward and I said our goodbyes and I left to go find Alice. I ran into her right before I made it back to our dorm room, and she squealed when she saw me.

"Bella! I met the perfect guy! I've got to tell you all about him!" She yelled as she grabbed my arm.

I laughed and calmed Alice down until we got to our room. "Okay," I smiled, "Tell me all about this guy."

Please review! I know this was kind of just a filler chapter, but I promise things will pick up soon. Alice will tell Bella all about her perfect guy in the next chapter. Please let me know what you think.