I stood there in the middle of the hallway staring at the white container. I expected it to be lying on the floor by now, broken, but it was sitting in the arms of a guy who could put Adonis to shame. He was tall and had a well toned physique. You could tell from the white cotton shirt that fit snuggly against his chest. I looked up to his face and was met with dazzling green eyes, and disarrayed reddish, bronze hair.
I was so shocked from his appearance that I hadn't realized how long I had been staring at him. He arched an eyebrow and a beautiful smirk broke his red lips.
"I believe you were about to drop this" he said as he shook the container. His voice was velvety and swirled around my head, making me dizzy.
I then realized he said something to which I was supposed to respond. I shook my head a little as if to get rid of the haziness his presence left around me.
"uhh…yea…you have quick reflexes, thank you." I managed to say. I was ashamed of how plain my voice was in comparison to his.
He chuckled at what I said and I was taken back. I didn't expect him to laugh at something I said. I'm a mere mortal compared to his godliness. I'm surprised he noticed me at all.
"You're Welcome. I've been admired for my skill before, so I thought I'd put them to good use and save you some money" he stated nonchalantly like it was no big deal at all.
"Where are you headed with this thing anyway?" He looked at my contraption that he was still holding.
"Oh! I'm sorry, I'll take that back now." I bit my lip and tried to grab the piece of plastic from him but he lifted it above my head and away from me, just out of my reach.
"Oh no you don't. I don't want you to drop it again so I'll help you out now lead the way." He gave me a small smile that tugged at my heart and I found myself tongue tied. How could I say no?
"ok…" was all I could muster. I walked toward the stairwell and felt embarrassed. I didn't want him to follow me because I wasn't sure where his eyes were going to travel while going up the stairs. Thank god it's only one flight. Maybe if I talk to him it won't be so uncomfortable.
"So do you go around saving money for people often with your impressive reflexes?" I asked as I opened my suite door. The door to room A was wide open, but I bypassed it quickly and went to my room.
"Actually, I only use my reflexes for special occasions" I heard him say from behind me in seductive tone. My breath caught in my throat with a gasp. I could feel my face turning beat red with my famous blush. I whipped my hair around so it would hide my face and turned around to face him.
"You can just put it down right here" I pointed to the spot under my bed.
He set the container down where I asked him to and straightened back up.
"So this is where I can find you again huh?" My head snapped up in his direction. Again. Why did he say again? He wants to see me again? He walked over the door and he leaned against the frame with his arms crossed. He was looking attentively at me with his smirk again. I still hadn't said anything yet.
"Yea, this is my new home." I waved my hand around the still empty-looking room.
He looked at my door. "Room C." He said in a low voice that I don't think he meant for me to hear.
"Eddie! Is that you!?" I heard a girl's voice coming from behind him and then I saw petite arms wrap around his waist. His face suddenly fell and he looked at with an apologetic expression. I'm not sure why he had an apologetic look because he didn't owe me anything.
"Well, aren't you going to greet me?" the girl whined.
He rolled his eyes and I laughed to myself at his reaction to this girl. He caught me and pouted a little. It was, so say the least, cute. I crossed my arms and looked down at my feet to compose myself. He turned around reluctantly.
"Hello Tanya, nice to see you again." He said to her in a polite manner. He unlinked her arms from his body and took a step back from her into my room. He let her arms drop to her side and her face was full of surprise.
She ignored his dismissal. "Edward, I have missed you. I'm excited to be spending another year so close to again" the woman stated it what she thought was a seductive voice.
I stood there just watching the exchange because really what could I do? I was stuck in my room. One thing flashed in my head as I stood gazing at my Adonis. Yes my Adonis I said it. My Adonis had a name, Edward. Old fashioned, but I like it.
Edward looked uneasy with what Tanya said and I felt guilty. I wanted to help him but I wasn't really sure what I could do. I still have stuff in my truck. Maybe I can use that to my advantage.
"Well Tanya I can't say the same thing about seeing you." He was harsh with what he said and I was puzzled about why he would act that way. They must have history. I started getting uncomfortable and shifted my stance. Edward saw the movement and turned to me with yet another apologetic look.
Something clicked and I smiled at him. His eyes lit up to my smile. "Edward, would you mind helping me get the rest of my things from my truck? It's kind of heavy and I'm sure I'll drop them on my own." I put emphasis on his name and started walking toward him. His eye grew big with realization of what I was doing and his smile grew to a grin.
"Sure, I could use a good workout. If you will excuse us Tanya." He walked around her without another glance her way. She didn't say anything, but the shock on her face said enough. She wasn't used to being treated like this I'm guessing.
I followed him out the suite door and down the stairs. As we rounded the corner, he stopped and turned to me. His face was serious and I became nervous all a sudden.
"Look, I want to apologize for what just happened. Tanya is extremely aggravating, but what upset me the most was my ignorant manners. I didn't even introduce myself and I dislike the fact that you learned my name because they passed from her vulgar lips. So I'd like to start over." He stuck his hand out. "Hello, my name is Edward Cullen and I'm a sophomore here at the University." I watched his face in wonderment as he said this to me. I couldn't help the smile that spread across my face. I moved my hand into his and felt a shock of electricity run through my hand and up me arm.
I ignored the spark I was feeling; I'm sure it's my mind playing tricks. "It's nice to meet you Edward, my name is Isabella Swan, but you can call me Bella. This is my first year here at the university."
"I figured this was your first because I would have remembered a face like yours" he stated alluringly. Is he flirting with me? My eyes never left his green ones and it was as if the world no longer existed and we were in our own personal bubble. At some point it had to pop.
"Edward, man where have you been? The room's almost all set up but I need you opinion." A guy's voice came from in back of me. I took my hand back and turned around to see the guy's face but ran straight into a rock hard chest. I bounced off the deep, voiced guy and fell backwards. Gentle hands caught my waste and I felt that shock run through me at the touch again. I turned my head and found my face dangerously close to Edwards.
"You sure are testing my reflexes today aren't you?" He smiled his crooked grin and steadied me on my feet. I blushed furiously and tucked my hair behind my ear nervously.
"Thank you, I'm almost positive I would be sitting on floor right now. As you probably figured out, I'm clumsy" I said bashfully.
He chuckled. "Yea, I think I caught that."
"ha ha" I gave him a mocked laugh for his pun.
I heard someone clear their throat and remembered that we were not alone anymore. I looked at the guy I smashed my face into. He was enormous, but in a good way. He was tall and jacked with curly, dark hair. He had a huge grin on his face that displayed adorable dimples as he looked between Edward and I.
"Well now I know where you ran off to. Who's your new friend Eddie?" The guy questioned with a raise of a brow.
"Emmett, I told you not to call me that!" Edward practically growled at him through clenched teeth. Note to self, don't call Edward Eddie. Edward relaxed his posture and took a deep breath. I noticed he gets flustered quickly; I better make a note of that too. So begins my mental notebook of Edward.
"Emmett, this is Bella Swan, Bella, this is my brother Emmett."He introduced us, and as I went to say hello, all the air was rushed from my body. I felt myself being crushed by a death defying hug from Emmett.
"Can't….breath…." I tried to say.
"OH! Sorry. Forget about my strength sometimes." Emmett put my down and looked sheepishly at me.
"It's fine. Don't worry about it. It's nice to meet you."
"Well Emmett, I was helping Bella here carry some things to her room. Since you decided to interrupt us, you can help too." Edward smiled slyly.
Emmett's face turned into a grin again. "Yea I'll help you out Bellie! Your need a real man helping you out anyway. Edward here is the runt of the family." He shoved Edward playfully.
I shook my head at the banter and smiled to myself as I made my way out of the hall and toward my truck. I really didn't have that much left and I could get it myself. The guys followed behind me and rambled on about random stuff.
They grabbed the remaining containers. I felt bad that I didn't carry anything myself. "I can carry one, really" I tried to convince them to give me one.
"Bella, hush." Edward called back to me in a commanding tone. I shut my mouth and followed my handy men. Edward was first so he could show Emmett the way to my room. They entered my suite, and went into my room. They put the containers with the other one.
"Bellie, this is your suite" Emmett practically yelled at me and held his arms out to emphasis his enthusiasm. "Rosalie lives in room D so I'm going to be seeing tones of you!" He said excitedly, like we had been friends forever. I could see Emmett as a really good friend. He's like a big brother I never had.
"I haven't met Rosalie. Is she here?" I asked him. I hadn't really paid any attention to the other rooms when I came in other than Tanya's room which I would be avoiding as much as possible. She rubbed me the wrong way and I think it had something to do with Edward.
"She will be here anytime with Alice. Edward, we should finish our room so we can help the girls when they get here." Emmett began to leave my room. "See you in a little Bellie!" He waved at me and left the suite. Alice. Why did that sound familiar? I thought to myself.
After a few seconds of silence I heard his soft voice.
"What are you thinking?" Edward asked me. I totally forgot he was still in my room. Though, I don't know how I could not be aware of his presence.
"I was just thinking about something Emmett said."
"Well, maybe I can clear up the confusion for you. Emmett can be a lot to handle sometimes" he answered back. He was again standing against the frame of the door with his arms crossed and the sexy grin plastered on his face. This was becoming my favorite stance for him.
"Well he said his girlfriend Rosalie was coming with another girl named Alice. The name is familiar to me and I'm trying to figure out where I have heard that name." I said still confused.
Edward laughed when he heard my thoughts and I was even more confused and I was a little hurt by his reaction. I bit my lip and wondered what was so funny.
"Alice is your roommate Bella, see…."he pointed at my door. I walked over to him and looked at his extended arm. My door had two moons cut out of paper and on the first was written, Isabella Swan and the second had Alice Cullen on it. Recognition hit me. The letter with my dorm room information flashed through my mind. I had seen Alice as my roommate on the informational letter.
Edward lowered his arm to his side and then something else clicked into place. Alice's last name was Cullen.
I looked at Edward and narrowed my eyes. "Alice is your sister…." It wasn't a question, but a statement. He shrugged his shoulders. "Only when I feel like claiming her" he smirked at me. "You're going to have a great year being her roommate."He smiled again and shook his head like he had a private joke. He shoved himself away from the wall and turned around to head out of my room.
"Why do you say that?" I questioned him as I followed him out. I didn't know where he was going or why I was following him but it was as if there was a magnetic force pulling me along with him. I didn't want him to go.
"You will see, I'll be back in a bit to calm the pixie for you'' he called over his shoulder as he walked toward the suite door.
"See yea soon" I muttered.
I turned to go back into my room. I went to my chest and opened it. I pulled out my clothes and started putting them away in the drawers of the wardrobe. I had a few nice outfits for presentations that I hung inside the wardrobe along with my sweatshirts and towels. I really didn't have a lot of clothing. I don't have extra money to spend because I'm paying for my own education. I told Charlie I didn't want him to pay for my tuition because I felt guilty. I'm here almost entirely on loans and have enough cash for gas right now.
I made my bed with a foamed egg cartoon, sheets, a comforter and my favorite blanket was on top. I had one pillow but there was only one of me so it works out in the end. I slid my chest all the way to the back wall under my bed. I figured I could use it for storage if need be. I lined up my containers under my bed. One was designated for food that would last me the semester. Another held medicine, first aid supplies, hair ties, a hair brush and my toiletries. The last container held my dishes and silverware. I didn't have a lot to unpack.
I plugged in my phone charger and lined it along the wall so it was resting under my pillow. Dumb place for a charger, but if my phone wasn't near me at night I wouldn't answer when Jake called which was a bad thing. I took my Ihome out of one of the containers and placed it under the shelf of my desk and plugged it in. I went to my shoulder bag and found my Ipod and phone. I plugged my phone in to charge so it didn't die and I placed the Ipod on the Ihome to charge too. As I was messing with my electronics my brain caught up to my thoughts.
Oh shit. Jake. I forgot about him in the mists of meeting the boys. Oh god. The boys. I'm so dead. He's going to kill me. This is out of character for me. I don't just meet people and act like that. I don't let myself meet people like that. They end up wanting to be friends and I only disappoint them by pushing them away. It's the last thing I want to do but it's for the best for me and for them. Jake doesn't like me having friends. He says it takes time away from our relationship. I didn't have any friends back home because of him. Nobody wanted to deal with his protective, over-reactive attitude. Now, the first thing I do is make friends and not just any friends, but two guys, one being the most gorgeous man I have ever met.
I should be ashamed of myself. Being so attractive to another man while in the middle of a serious relationship. If Jake new my feelings he'd be all over Edward. He'd leave him bloody and battered on the floor and it would be entirely my fault. It's not like Edward would ever have feelings for me but that doesn't matter to Jake. He would attack anyone who even looked my way. Guys back home learned quickly not to pay attention to me.
I went to my bag and pulled out my notebooks and stacked them on the top shelf of my desk. I took my small pencil and pen container out of the bag and set it next to the notebooks. I ripped open the packages of pens, pencils and highlighters to place them in the container. I put my other school supplies in the top drawer of the desk. I still had two empty drawers but I didn't have anything left to put in them. I'll just put my books in them.
The last thing in the bag was my pink, Dell laptop. It was a graduation present from Charlie. I placed it on top of the desk and plugged the cord into the wall to charge. I officially ran out of things to do so I shut my door for some privacy. I flopped on my bed to reflect on the situation I got myself into. I was bound to be friends with my roommate, I mean I'm going to be living with her so it's going to be hard to just ignore her for a year. I discussed this with Jake that I was going to have a roommate. I made it clear we were going to be around each other a lot and probably become friends. He wasn't happy, but it's not like I'm going to be with him anyway. He's two hours away so he can't say he doesn't want me to be friends with her because it would take time away from our relationship. School is taking time away from our relationship so he can't get mad at me for having a friend while I'm here.
The boys on the other hand. Ugh. Talking to them felt great today. I haven't been that openly friendly toward another guy since I met Jake. To be honest I didn't know how to interact with them at first, but it was easier after I saw how laid back they are. They were just being friendly; it wasn't like they were trying to grope me or something. I want to be their friend and my gut is telling me to just leave the situation alone but my brain is flashing danger, danger.
As I was contemplating what I should do, the door flew open and a high pitch Eeeeeee sound Screeched throughout the room.