A/N: Sorry this took a little longer to update. I had a little writer's block and I had to get around it.
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Disclaimer: Twilight isn't mine, but I've held the characters hostage and made them do this:
Chapter 4: New Roommates
I held my breath as I looked at the apartment door. Jen grabbed my hand and gave me a reassuring squeeze. I knocked three times, not daring to breathe, until a small, pixie-like girl answered the door. She was shorter than me, probably about 4'11", with short, jet black hair that stuck out on all sides, and she was possibly the most beautiful person I had ever seen.
"Oh hi! Which one of you is Bella?" The girl asked. She seemed really sweet, and even more energetic than Jen.
I cleared my throat, "Um, I am. You must be Alice. This is my best friend, Jen. We took a road trip up here from Phoenix. It's really nice to meet you." I was so nervous, I was rambling. Alice and Jen giggled. I exhaled, feeling a little better that my new roommate wasn't uptight. Alice pulled me into a hug, and for a moment, I couldn't breathe. For such a small girl, she was incredibly strong.
"I'm so glad I'm finally meeting you! We're going to be great friends, I know already. Come on, you guys have to meet my best friend and your other roommate, Rosalie! Rose! Bella's here and she brought a friend!"
I had thought Alice was the most beautiful person in the world for almost two whole minutes before the tall, blonde goddess stepped around the corner. She was absolutely gorgeous, and instinctively I adjusted my outfit and ran my fingers through my hair. I had to look perfectly terrible in the midst of these two.
"Hi! It's so fantastic to meet you! I'm Rosalie Hale, but everyone calls me Rose." She gave me a kiss on the cheek, then Jen. She settled in on the couch and motioned for us to join her. "So why did you come all the way up to Washington from Arizona?"
"Well, my dad lives in this little town called Forks, so I got a scholarship for full in-state tuition. So here I am!"
"Wait. Bella, Bella Swan?" Rosalie looked like she was having an epiphany. "You're not Chief Swan's daughter are you?"
"Yes, I am," I replied, more than a little confused. "How do you know my dad?"
"We're from Forks!" Alice chimed in. "We all moved there right before high school. What a small world!"
"Huh," was all I could manage to say. I shook my head as if to clear my thoughts, "Weird. I never thought I'd see someone else from Forks out in the real world."
"Hmm, well we'll have to swap Forks horror stories later," Rosalie joked. "Where's all your stuff, Bella? We'll help you get unpacked."
"Oh, it's all out in my truck. It's the '53 Chevy on the curb." I was still in shock. How could these girls be so nice? I mean they were absolutely gorgeous, so naturally they should have been complete bitches. But they weren't. And they didn't seem to care that I was shy and average-looking. I definitely wasn't in Phoenix anymore.
"Come on, Bella! Let's help Alice and Rose get your stuff!" Jen called to me as she ran out the front door. As I walked to my car, Rosalie said,
"Bella how did this hunk of junk make it all the way up here? It's so old! We're going to have to work on getting you a new car, this is perfectly unacceptable!" She laughed, and Alice and Jen joined in.
"Don't say anything about her car, she gets sensitive," Jen managed to get out between giggles.
"I'll have you know my truck has never had any problems and I happen to like it, a lot." I huffed. Nobody picked on my baby like that. It just wasn't allowed.
Rose rolled her eyes. "Okay, Bella, but promise me you'll let me come pick out your new car when this one dies—in 2 weeks or so!" The girls snickered as they carried boxes back up to the apartment. I pulled my suitcases out and followed them up.
I had been, maybe 50 feet, behind the other girls. But they had already opened up all my boxes and were running around decorating. They even had some stuff out that I had never seen before. Our bedroom was painted a beautiful cerulean, and my blood red comforter was already on the bed. It was a perfect contrast. Half of my pictures were set up on my desk around my laptop, and the other half were strewn out on my bed, waiting to be hung. Alice started pulling my clothes out from one of the boxes. "Oh this just won't do, Bella. We need to get you some style. Looks like we'll have to go shopping before we go out tonight!" She squealed in delight.
I, on the other hand, groaned. Shopping really wasn't my thing at all. "Um, Alice, I don't want to be a party pooper, but I HATE shopping." Rosalie had a laughing fit.
"It's no good to deny her, Bella," she said. "Alice always gets what she wants. And what she wants is Barbie Bella."
Jen chimed in, "Come on, Bella, shopping is fun! And that way you guys can get to know each other better!" She dragged her suitcase out to the couch, where Alice followed and immediately began her inspection.
"Jen, we don't have to do too much work for you, but you don't have any party clothes! We'll have to fix that."
In a flash, my part of the room was finished. Alice walked into my closet and pulled out a deep blue cardigan, a lace camisole that I didn't even remember I had, and a denim skirt that I hardly ever wore. "This will have to do for now. Hmm, no heels? I guess put on these." She tossed my patent leather red flats on top of the pile. Before I could open my mouth, she was in Jen's suitcase. She pulled out a purple babydoll top, and some skinny jeans. "We really need to get both of you some shoes" she said before finding Jen's black flats. I was just kind of standing in the doorway, watching her do her thing, when she looked up at me and said, "What are you doing? Get dressed!" Rosalie was behind me putting on a knee length strapless yellow dress with black wedges. Alice pushed past me, putting on a green tunic that had to be designer with black skinny jeans. She then grabbed burgundy pumps.
"Um, Alice? Where are we going?" I asked, a little afraid of what the answer might be.
"We're going shopping of course!" Alice looked at me like I was crazy.
"Aren't we a little dressed up just to go to the mall?"
"Silly Bella," she said. "Come on, get in Rose's car. Shotgun!"
It took us about an hour to get to the mall in Spokane. It was called River Park Square, and it looked really upscale. I was nervous; there was no way I could afford anything in this mall.
"Guys, this might be a little out of my price range," I said, a little worried.
"Don't worry about it," Alice replied, "I'm taking you shopping. I'm buying you new clothes."
"I can't let you do that! This place is way too expensive." Was she crazy? People don't just buy designer clothes for someone they just met!
"Please, Bella! It would make me so happy! I really want to!"
"There's no getting around it I guess." I sighed in defeat.
Alice dragged me around the whole mall dressing me up in every outfit of every store. Rosalie and Jen seemed to escape her wrath. By the tenth store we walked into, I thought I was going to just die. Then, I heard the magic words, "Rose, we're almost done here." A smile spread across my face even though I tried to keep my excitement concealed. "Call the guys and see if they're close." I looked over at Rose, who was dialing someone. Jen had her phone out already, no doubt texting Jake. Then I realized what she said.
"Um, guys?" I asked, "Who are the guys?"
"Oh, it's our brothers and Rose's boyfriend." She explained. "They're meeting us for dinner up here and then we're all going to head back and hit up a party."
"Cool. Are they here yet? I'm starving." Honestly, I just wanted to be done here. I had about 10 bags of clothes already, and we still weren't done with this store, which seemed to be Alice's favorite. I could probably count on at least two more from here.
"Me too." Jen piped up, apparently acknowledging that there was a world outside her conversation with Jacob.
"Okay, love you too. Bye baby." Rose hung up her phone. "The guys said they're about 15 minutes away. They're going to meet us at P.F. Chang's."
Oh good. Not much longer. I thought to myself. I wonder if either of their brothers is cute. Or would it be weird to be interested in your roommate's brother? Hmm, I don't know how that works…
"BELLA!" I was caught up in my thoughts. "Get in the dressing room! We don't have much time!" Alice apparently didn't like a time limit being put on her shopping trip. I grudgingly walked over to the dressing room to try on clothes, and just thought of the Chinese food that would be in my stomach soon. "Okay, I like all these outfits." Alice said as she looked me over. "Let's pay for it and head over to the restaurant." I shoved the clothes at Alice who ran over to the counter. With my 12 bags, Alice's 10, Rose's 6, and Jen's 2, I had no idea how we were going to fit into Rose's BMW. As we entered the parking lot, I was almost run over by a shiny, silver Volvo with three guys inside. I stepped out of the way in time, but I fell over the curb and cut my knee.
"Oh my God, Bella, are you okay?" Alice and Rose rushed over to me, along with the Volvo owner.
"I tried to tell you when you were buying me all those heels, Alice, I'm terribly clumsy. I trip with nothing but my own two feet." I looked at my knee. There was a little blood but nothing too bad.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't see you step off the curb. Are you all right?" I looked up at who was speaking to me, and two dazzling green eyes met mine. He was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. He had the most amazing bronze hair that was just mussed up enough. His jaw was chiseled, and he had the face of an angel. Even kneeling, I could tell that his body was perfectly toned. I realized I was staring at him, but I couldn't look away. I just had to memorize every feature of him.