Disclaimer: I don't own twilight, Stephanie Meyer does.

I've altered the second chapter slightly, just so Bella doesn't actually know who Alice is and doesn't have English with her.

Again, thanks to 'SPOONS Secret Agent Alice' for being my beta. Also thanks to Laura for pointing out a mistake I made last chapter.

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Saturday and Sunday were very boring days that consisted of me catching up with all the coursework I'd left till last minute. That's the worst thing about being on half term, the amount of work you get, for most people my age it's alright, but they don't have to pay rent like I do. I've tried getting roommates, but there just doesn't seem to be any normal people out there. I had one girl who had an OCD in pretty much everything, she even had to flick the light switch on and off seven times before she could enter a room.

Before I knew it Monday morning was upon me and I was once again going through the motions of getting ready for college, at least the weather was nice today, which meant the effort I spent straightening my hair was actually worth it. The buzzer for my apartment alerted me that it was time to go, no doubt that was Mike coming to pick me up like he does every college morning. He probably doesn't think I'm capable of getting their on my own accord.

"Hey Mike I'll be down in a minute." I yelled down the intercom before grabbing my jacket, bag and keys, then making my way down the narrow staircase being very careful not to trip. I'd take the lift but the first time I ever took it, it ended up breaking down between floors and resulting in me being stuck in it for three hours with a middle aged woman who felt compelled to tell me her life story, including dates and times.

I walked onto the path and was immediately attacked by Mike and those vice grip hugs of his.

"Wow Mike, It's only been a week. I take it you've missed me?" I barely breathed out, thankful that I only endured this form of torture when there had been some form of holiday which meant he hadn't seen me for a week or so.

"Of course I did Bella, didn't you miss me?" He replied with such a desperate smile.

"Sure I did Mike, sure...Are we ready to go?"

He eagerly nodded and made a big show out of opening the car door for me, which reminded me of Edward, except he was a natural born gentleman, Mike was doing it to get me to like him.

On the way there Mike filled the car with mindless chatter, which meant I only had to nod my head and smile for the majority of the time, except since we've just had a holiday Mike decided just before we arrived at college that he wanted to know everything I got up to, and I mean everything. I was just thankful he didn't ask at the beginning of the car journey. While I was filling him in on my week, I decided I'd leave out the bit about spending my Friday lunch break with the specimen of perfection known as Edward.

After racing a boy on a moped to a parking space, Mike and I finally made our way into the canteen and found our friends huddled in the corner animatedly chatting to one another. Tyler noticed our arrival and immediately grinned my way, much to Mike's annoyance. Even though there was nothing to be jealous over when it came to me and Tyler, the only reason he was smiling so brightly at me right now was because before first lesson we'd always go up to the ­

refectory and get some form of pastry. I would always get a sausage roll while Tyler was more of a chicken bake sort of guy, and to top it off we'd both get a coffee to prepare ourselves for the day ahead. It was our morning ritual and if we didn't get it, then we'd both be snappy for the rest of the day.

After we'd finished eating and gotten some glares from both Mike and Lauren over our routine, it was time for first lesson, which was Health and Social care, as always Mike was obediently my side accompanying me, standing as close to me as physically possible without actually touching me. I said a quick goodbye to him and took my place at the back of the room and waited until Sue, the teacher came and took her place at the front.

"Right class, today we're in for a special treat, I've spoken to all of your student advisors and they've agreed to let you have today and tomorrow off from your other lessons in order to carry out a little experiment for me." Well this doesn't sound too hopeful. "Now we all rely on our primary senses in everyday life, and possibly take them for granted, so today and tomorrow we're going to be taking them away from you." Okay defiantly not good, I have coordination issues with all my senses, removing one is just asking for trouble. "Firstly, we are combining with the other Health and Social class. I want you to pair up with someone from that group and you'll stay with them for the rest of today and tomorrow, and I want no complaints about who you're paired with, got it?"

We all lazily nodded our heads while the other class piled in through the door. I didn't even bother looking up to see who was coming in, I know that I don't know anyone from the other class, so I'll just sit here and wait until Sue assigns someone unfortunate enough to have to be paired with me. As I was staring blankly at the floor in front of me I was surprised to feel the chair next to me move and someone sit next to me. I casually glanced to my side to see a small hyperactive girl sitting next to me. She had short black hair that was spiked out in various directions and was wearing an angelic smile. In one word, she was beautiful, which made me wonder why she was sitting next to me. She took me a little off guard when she leaned over to give me a quick hug.

"My names Alice." she stated, still with that gigantic smile on her face. Alice, Alice, where have I heard that name before? She must have taken my confused look as a signal to clarify herself "I'm Edward's sister." Will that sounds about right, the good looks must be a genetic thing. "And your Bella right? He's told me so much about you."

"He has? What's he said?" I could barely contain my joy, Edward told his sister about me that surely has to be a good sign.

"Yeah he told me all about how you two met." she raised her eyebrow suggestively at that and my face immediately turned into a deep shade of red "And other things."

"Oh..."

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"Right class, it's good to see everyone's paired up." Damn Sue to the fiery pits of hell, there's no way I can ask what 'other things' have been said now. "The first sense I am going to remove is your sight. So you'll have to allocate which one of you is to go first."

Alice and I just gave each other hesitant looks.

"Not it!" we both shouted, but much to my annoyance she was just a little bit faster. She smiled triumphantly at me before getting up and gliding over to the front desk to pick up a bright pink piece of material which I can only assume was to be my blind fold for the next however long hours I've got to wear it.

"What was wrong with one of the inconspicuous black ones? At least at a glance they could have passed as sunglasses or something."

"Oh don't be silly Bella, they're boring, now turn around and let me put it on you."

"What, we're putting them on now?" I took a quick glance around and saw all the other pairs putting there's on. "B-but we're on the fourth floor, how am I supposed to get down? I can barely walk down the stairs without stumbling on a good day." I replied nervously.

"Don't worry, I know all about your clumsiness." she replied, with that angelic smile still on her face.

"What do you mean you know?"

"Bella just turn around and let me put this on you before Sue comes over here and shouts at us, you heard her speech at the beginning."

I slumped my shoulders in defeat and let her put that silly pink thing on me.

"At midday you can take off your blindfold and have some lunch for an hour and then I want you to swap positions, okay? And don't try to cheat, we're going to be keeping watch and we want you to take cameras we borrowed from the photography department for proof and to put in your coursework for extra marks. Feel free to roam on or off campus, it's not like you can go too far. Well, off you go."

At that last bit I can imagine her gesturing widely with her arms in hope we'll move quicker, like we were cattle or something. Sometimes I wonder how she became a Health and Social teacher.

"C'mon Bella it's time to have some fun."

"Yeah, sure Alice," I replied with fake enthusiasm, which was enough for her, who I could feel was jumping on each of her feet beside me while yanking me off the chair and dragging me out of the room.

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"Hang on Alice, not too fast, where are we? Are we by the stairs?" I replied, getting more and more scared by the second. Falling down four flights of stairs might be a new record for me, but it really is one I could do without.

"We're just approaching them now, we'll wait for everyone else to go first so you can take your time down them, Edward would probably kill me if I let anything happen to you." she replied calmly.

"He would?"

"Course he would, Edward doesn't just invite anyone for a coffee; he's a very picky boy. He must have seen something in you he liked and I think I can see what."

"You can? What is it?" I couldn't help the curiosity that had sneaked into my voice.

"It's not for me to tell, now come on the stairs are free."

After a good ten minutes we finally reached the bottom of the stairs.

"Thanks for being so patient with me Alice, reckon you can survive the next 2 and a half hours?"

"It's no trouble at all Bella; it's what sisters do." sisters? "I can't wait to get to know you properly, I heard Sue talking to my teacher, Amanda, and apparently we might be mixing classes pretty often from now on, it's not like they're very big classes, we can easily fit together." I could hear the smile in her voice as she said this, which made me instantly smile too. I may have only met Alice about fifteen minutes ago, but she seems like someone I can easily talk to, it'll be interesting having a class with her anyway.

The fabric over my eyes turned light pink and I felt the hot sun hit my face, indicating we were outside. I clutched onto Alice like my life depended on it, which it probably did, to be honest. She could easily just leave me in the middle of the road or something.

"Where are we going Alice?" I asked after tripping slightly on the change from gravel to grass.

"Oops, sorry I forgot to mention the grass, we're headed for the other side of campus and then we can take a nice stroll into town, if that's alright with you?"

"Yeah that's fine; just maybe stay away from the high street? It's usually pretty busy on Mondays." I replied warily. I didn't really want lots of people seeing me stumbling over town, well more so than normal anyway.

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It was now half 11 and Alice and I had gotten pretty friendly, she's so easy to talk to and we both nearly fell over a few times due to laughing hysterically and Alice forgetting to warn me that there was a bump in the ground or we were stepping off of the pavement, which she would then apologize for profusely, even through her giggles. We'd been into a few shops, which Alice would guide me round superbly, making me wonder how often she shops here.

We went to the bottom of town where there lay a large section of greenery, which is where most people went when it was a nice day. It's surrounded by a little lake on both sides, giving it the secluded naturist feel, even more so when the ducks and swans would waddle past you. Alice being the overexcited person she is, insisted on getting an ice cream, even though in half an hour we're going to go get lunch, but who am I to stop her?

"Fine Alice go, but be quick. I don't want to sit here on my own for too long, especially when I can't actually see anything. Can I take this off and just put it back on when you get back?" I asked pleadingly.

"No, you've got to keep it on, there's lots of people from our class here so it's not like you're going to stick out by yourself or anything, plus Sue and Amanda will know everyone's congregated here, they'll probably come to check were all still doing it, you know Sue will. I won't be long, I promise."

I guess she's got a point and the ice cream van is just before the green, so she should only be a few minutes. I sat randomly pulling out little bits of grass and playing with them between my fingers until suddenly I felt the hot rays from the sun disappear, I sat up, wondering what was happening, I'm sure it was a clear sky this morning. I heard someone place themselves down on the grass in front me. I tensed nervously, wondering why they hadn't said anything. If it was Alice I'm sure she would have started babbling about something by now.

"Alice?" I asked hopefully.

"Hello Bella."

Well that's definitely not Alice.

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