Chapter Two
"Bella wake up, Bella!"
I was gonna kill her, I swear to God. Unless we were dying I did not want to be woken up.
"No, I'm sleeping."
I curled myself into more of a ball and tried to block her voice out of my head.
"Yeah, you're clearly asleep. We're here Bella, get up! You don't want to miss registration."
What? Seattle was a days drive from Phoenix, and she was telling me I'd practically slept for about 16 of them hours. I jolted up from my sleeping position and felt my jacket fall off of me. I regretted it immediately, my neck hurt from how I'd slept and my back and shoulders needed a good crack. My seatbelt stopped me from getting very far and pulled me back against the seat. Shit, forgot I had that on.
"How are we already here? We've only been driving for about half a day."
I opened my eyes and felt myself get blinded by the bright sky. I closed them again and tried to undo my seatbelt by touch.
"Its 10.30 in the morning Bella, we left Phoenix yesterday, its been a whole day."
Wow, time really does go fast when you sleep. I heard the car door open and felt Rose's presence leave me. I tried to open my eyes again, slower this time so that I could adjust to the light. I rubbed them roughly trying to wipe away my sleepyness.
I unravelled my headphone wires from my body and tucked my iPod into my denim shorts. It took me a few minutes to obtain enough energy to climb out of the car, but it was worth it. Fresh, cool, air hit me as soon as I stepped out, it felt great against my sweaty skin. Damn, I needed a shower.
I cracked my back and rolled my neck trying to loosen up a little, I turned and bent down to grab my leather jacket off the floor of the passenger seat and heard a low whistle behind me. I swivelled back around and came face to face with a skinny, lanky guy who looked like he hadn't got over the whole gelled hair phase. He had on board shorts, converse and a hoodie, a hoodie so thick it had to be the reason he was sweating like a pig.
He wasn't very goodlooking, actually he wasn't goodlooking at all. His hair was stuck to his head and his 'fringe' looked like it had been taped onto his forehead. Half of his face was covered in spots and the other half covered in the scars you get when you pick spots.
"You got a problem you fucking asshole?"
Well there goes the new me. If all the guys here were like this one I'd be finding it really hard to be nice and hold back my sarcastic comments. Part of me prayed he was apart of the minority, but the other part prayed all the guys here were like him because then that meant I could stay rude and sarcy.
His cocky smile faltered at my obvious brashness and his eyes averted from my chest to his surroundings.
"W-what?"
Well it looks like he wasn't expecting that. I don't know what he expected, maybe for me to turn around, flutter my eyelashes and hand him my number? I think not, my friend.
"I said, have you got a problem?"
Rosalie appeared at my side with one of my suitcases, she pushed her sunglasses into her hair and narrowed her eyes in on him. Even before she took off her sunglasses I could tell she was trying real hard not to get angry at this kid. One thing that ran in our family was the 'don't take shit from anyone' trait. Sometimes it was a blessing, other times, a curse.
"You troubling my sister? I sure hope you're not because that would be really disrespectful, wouldn't it kid?"
"N-no ma'am. I didn't mean to-"
"You didn't mean to what? Whistle at my baby sister like she's some kind of animal? You didn't mean to do that?"
His eyes grew wide and I could see how uncomfortable he was getting Rose's stare. Serves him right for treating me like a dog.
Even though me and Rose had our differences there was two things I loved about her. How she could handle any situation and how she always looked out for me. Not that she needed to, but it was just nice knowing she was there if need be.
"I'm sorry."
"It's not me you should be apologizing too."
I could see it click in his brain, he turned to look at me and I almost felt sorry for him. Almost.
"I'm sorry for what I did."
He looked sincere enough, and frankly I just wanted him gone.
"Its fine."
"Well just to be sure you're sorry, why don't you go on round the back and grab those two suitcases out of the trunk."
Rosalie spoke with an authorization that made her seem like a teacher who was telling you off because she caught you doing a bad thing. I would not want to be on the end of that voice.
"Y-yes ma'am."
He walked off nearly tripping over his own shoe-lace, and re-appeared a few seconds later with my other two suitcases trailing behind him, and despite his skinny frame he pulled both fairly big suitcases with ease. He set them down in front of us and stood there like a lost puppy waiting to be given orders.
"You can go now."
Rose's words were short and clipped, he opened his mouth to speak but he must've seen Rosalie's bored expression because he closed it instead.
She pulled her sunglasses down from her hair and busied herself with her phone, dismissing him.
I wanted to laugh at him but decided not too. I didn't want to embarrass him any more than he was himself. He walked away towards what looked like the entrance to the main building of the University of Seattle and kept on looking back, everytime he turned, his eyes landed on Rosalie, running up and down her body.
He was lucky she didn't realise he was doing this because I'm sure if she had, she would've called him back and scolded him abit more. I sighed inwardly. I had been overshadowed once again, but this was a normal occurence now. A guy shows an inkling of interest in me, sees my sister and suddenly its bye-bye Bella. Its not even like that guy was remotely cute, but just once it'd be nice to meet a guy who was interested in me, and not just using me to get to my sister. Trust me, shit like that had happened.
"Wow." I muttered it to myself but somehow Rose had heard, she was staring at me as if that little scene was normal.
"You gotta be kidding me right?"
She carried on staring, looking bewildered.
"You were treating that guy like shit and yet he looked at you like you were a Goddess."
She laughed a feminine laugh and I became jealous all over again. Everything about Rose was feminine, her body, her voice, her laugh, her walk.
"Bella, men are animals, therefore they need to be treated like animals. They need a firm voice."
Now my face was the one with the bewildered look. Was she serious? It didn't really work like that did it? Sure, men were like animals but treating them like one?
"You have so much to learn little one. Why do you think dogs are a mans bestfriend? Because they're so similar. You tell a dog to fetch, he fetches. You gotta treat your men the same. You have to tell them what to do."
Somehow if Rose had told me this at another time in another context, I would have laughed at her and told her, her theory was shit. But after today it seemed a little more believable. Plus who better to listen to than her, the girl who had men falling at her feet ever since she was 13.
"Honestly Bella, sometimes I wonder how we're sisters."
Me too.
"Right, well I'm gonna go register, shall I take my suitcases with me?"
"No, its fine, leave that to me. I'll get someone to take 'em up to your dorm room, text me what your room number is once you're given it."
I contemplated on asking her how she was going to get someone to take my suitcases upstairs but then thought otherwise. Rosalie was capable of many things and this little task was probably nothing.
"Right, see you later."
"Bye, and Bella relax a little, you're gonna love it here!"
Her smile was infectious and I felt my lips curl up at either side. I nodded once and turned to walk upto the main entrance.
The college campus was huge, and I mean huge. It looked like a mixture of a castle and a renovated mansion. Somehow I believed the inside would probably resemble more of a museum rather than a castle or mansion. The building was surrounded by greenery and I could see the dorm area from where I was, it wasn't exactly far from the actual college which was a plus because that meant more sleep in the morning. But the downside was that it was too close to be given enough privacy for things like parties.
I walked up the never-ending steps and looked at the people who could be potential class mates as I walked in through the double doors. Most of them were easy to suss, almost too predictable. There was the typical looking popular girls, plastered in make-up, wearing heels and mini skirts, and tops that looked more like lingerie than actual clothing. Then came the skaters/indie kids with faces covered by their overgrown hair and lip piercings, bodies covered in tattoos, skinny jeans and backpacks. Let's not forget the nerds, glasses perched up on their noses, shirts buttoned to the top, tucked into slacks, books in one hand, laptop in the other. The hippies were harder to spot but after a second glance I figured 'em out; long natural hair, scarves wrapped around their heads, beads hanging from their necks, skirts that touched the floor, a few holding guitars. There were two obvious cliques left, my eyes landed on a group of guys, all fairly good looking, some more than others, I noticed how girls voices grew louder and higher in pitch as they walked past them, giggling, trying hard to grab any ones attention, definitely the athletics. The other group consisted of girls and boys all dressed in black, pale faces with piercings covering most of their features, most of them were dressed in long sleeved band t-shirts but not those cool band t-shirts you get, these were ones like 'black veil brides, avenged sevenfold etc' they looked like they were ready to summon a demon, ladies and gentleman, looks like we've found our rockers/emos.
Like I said, most of them were easy to suss, the others that were scattered around were you're typical american teenagers, you had your girl next door, your pre-pubescent looking boys, musical kids, rich kids, foreign-exchange students, shy kids, the list could go on forever.
I wondered what group I'd be put into? Probably the shy kids, but then once I opened my mouth I'd be the 'sarcastic girl who thinks she's so much better than anyone else and shouldn't be apart of any clique'. If only such a clique existed.
I walked to the back of one of the many lines and waited to be seen too. I was either early or late because the queue seemed to be moving fast and before I knew it I was at the front, confirming my identity, being given my dorm room number, key and timetable.
"You're in dorm 412, rooming with an Alice Cullen, that's the fourth building, first floor, second room. Next please."
I made my way back out of the actual college and walked round the back to the dorm buildings, there was six buildings in total, all dorms were mixed with both genders to support equality between both sexes or some shit. I got out my cellphone and texted Rosalie my dorm room number, I needed my suitcases because the first thing I'd do was shower.
I knocked twice before entering my dorm room, I didn't want to intrude on anything dodgy, God knows what kind of room mate I'd be getting.
The door flew open and if pixies were real I'm telling you my room mate would be a pixie. She had short brown hair which on anyone else would look tomboy-ish, she was petite, maybe an inch shorter than my 5'5, she had on skinny jeans, a pale pink sleeve-less blouse with ballet flats. Definite girly-girl.
"Hi, you must be Bella? I'm Alice Cullen, your room mate."
Her voice was soft, very angelic, and even though it should have annoyed me, it didn't.
"Hi nice to meet you Alice."
There, I could totally be nice.
I walked in and looked round the room. It had two single beds on either side, with two joint desks inbetween them which were situated infront of the window. There was two wardrobes at the end of each bed, and to the left of the door was another door which was probably the en-suite bathroom. A definite plus. The room was still bare except the right bed had bed sheets on them. Pink sheets with black swirly patterns. Wow, shocker.
"Oh I hope you don't mind, I took the right bed. We can totally swap if you want?"
"No, no its fine, I'm cool here."
I sat down on my bed and let out a breath I didn't know I'd been holding.
"Oh okay, so Bella where you from?"
"Phoenix, Arizona you?"
"Wow, is it as hot as everyone says? I'm from here, I live about 15 miles away."
"Its hotter. So, how come you decided to stay on campus when you don't live very far?"
"I couldn't stay with my parents any longer, they tried to bribe me with everything and anything to stay at home but I wasn't having it. I wanted the proper college experience and I wasn't gonna get that at home, you know?"
It shocked me finding out that Alice had in a way stood upto her parents, maybe she wasn't the typical girly girl I had expected.
"Totally. College life is something you have to experience, right."
Her eyes widened and her smile grew wider.
"Exactly! That's what I told my parents, they weren't too happy about it, but I guess that sucks for them."
She shrugged her shoulders slightly, the door knocked then, it was probably Rosalie.
"I think that's my sister with my luggage."
I got up and opened the door and sure enough Rose stood there with two boys behind her, the one on her right held two of my suitcases and the other held one. I was never going to under-estimate my sister again.
"Right boys, thankyou for your help, if you could just put them in here, that'd be great."
I stepped aside and let them drag the suitcases into my dorm room. They turned back to Rose and muttered goodbyes before walking out.
"Alice, this is my sister Rosalie, Rose this is Alice Cullen, my room mate."
I gave Rose a look that said 'you better be nice' and she must've understood because she turned to Alice, smile a blaze, hand out ready to be shook.
"Alice Cullen, you wouldn't happen to have any relation to Emmett Cullen would you?"
Great. Rosalie had probably used and abused my room mates brother.
"Yeah, older brother, he hasn't messed you about has he?"
Alices face went from happy to pure horror within a matter of seconds. I wanted to laugh, mess Rose about? Sure, I'd like to see the day any guy refused her.
"Oh no, nothing like that, not at all, we just have erm, mutual friends, his name gets thrown about quite abit."
"Thank God, I knew going to the same college as my brothers would be bad, especially because of them being the way they are."
Brothers? Plural.
Alice sure chose the right college to have her 'college experience' at.
"You're lucky you have a sister here already Bella, I'd love it if I had sisters here instead."
At that moment I realised I had immediately taken a liking to Alice, firstly because she was an easy person to like, secondly because she was just so nice, and thirdly because when she met Rosalie she didn't all of a sudden diss me and fan over how perfect Rose was, and fourthly because she didn't comment on how different me and Rose were and ask how it was possible we were sisters.
"Oh if only Bella had the same outlook as you Alice, haha."
I scoffed at them both and bent to grab one of my suitcases to find some bed sheets and a change of clothes and underwear. I could hear them talking about some hot celebrity behind me, no doubt it was someone like Ryan Gosling. I went about putting on my green bed sheets, better to get it done and over with.
"How about it Bella, you up for it?" Alices voice interrupted my flow, but luckily I was done.
"Up for what?"
I dropped down onto my now made bed and watched Alice and Rose stare at me.
"A party later? One of my classmates is throwing a sort of welcoming party, there'll be freshman there for you guys, aswell as sophomores and juniors."
A party already? I guess it wouldn't hurt, I wasn't exactly tired after my 'nap' and it'd be nice to meet a few more people.
"Sure, why not. A party could be good."
"Great, be ready for 7.30, and I'll be here so that we can go together. I'm off to go sort out my own accomodation, I'll see you later, Alice it was nice meeting you."
"Likewise Rose."
After Rose left, me and Alice fell into conversation, briefly discussing what we'd wear to our first party, nothing too over the top, but not under dressed either.
I headed into the shower, and for the first time in a long time things started to look up. I had a great room mate, I was finally maybe connecting with my sister and I had made it through highschool. About time.
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