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Chapter 5: College, Blue, and Baby Eddie
BPOV
I couldn't get the image of the person standing outside of my head. Every time I closed my eyes, the image burned the back of my lids, forcing them to fly open again. It felt like this went on for an hour, but when I looked at the clock, it had only been five minutes. Just as I settled back into bed, I saw the shadow again, except this time I could see that he/she were leaning into the window, cupping his/her hands against the window, trying to see in. I held back a scream, as I scooted as close to my headboard as I could get. I knew that the person couldn't see me, but it scared me nonetheless.
Then, I heard it, the muffled sounds of someone calling my name. I realized it was coming from the window. "Bella? Bella? Are you in there?" I heard a surprisingly comforting voice say. My heart fluttered at the thought. Edward had come to visit me. He was as hooked to me as I was to him in the short amount of time we had spent together. I crawled out of bed and went to the window. I peeked through the blinds to see that it was indeed my Greek God in the flesh, his pale skin illuminated by the light of the moon, making him even more drool-worthy.
I opened the blinds, which startled him a little, but then the familiar smile filled his face. I found myself smiling in return and then remembered that it was near midnight and the boy I had only met a few hours ago, was standing outside my window. I cracked the window open and started whispering to him.
"What are you doing here? How did you know this was my room?" I whispered urgently.
He smiled sheepishly, "I couldn't help it. I had to see you. I don't know what it is. It's like you're a drug and I'm already hooked to you. And about the room, I don't know I just guessed."
I was a little taken aback by his remark. Had I really already affected him as much as he had affected me? I thought to myself. "So what exactly are you saying? I'm your brand of heroin?" I said incredulously.
"Yes, you are exactly my brand of heroin." (Twilight!) He said this with a smile on his lips that made me want to jump through the window and kiss him.
I smiled back and opened the window wider. "Do you want to come in?" I asked quietly. He smiled, "Sure..but only if you really want me to." He added the last part quickly in an effort to seem less weird I guessed.
I opened the window wider and pushed the screen aside, allowing him to crawl in through the window. He had obviously changed clothes since the date, wearing just the gray shirt and some black sweats. He kicked off his tennis shoes once he made it inside. I closed the window beside him, having to lean over a bit in my attempt to get the screen back in place. I finally succeeded and stepped back to assess my visitor. His eyes seem to drink me in, then I realized what I was wearing. I blushed a bright pink and tried to cover my chest. He smiled at me and pretended to look away out of courtesy.
I climbed into my bed and hid myself behind my covers. I looked at Edward expectantly and when he didn't grasp it, I patted the spot beside me. He smiled and climbed on gracefully, setting himself beside me.
"So what exactly did you plan to do once you got here?" I asked slyly.
"Well actually, I hadn't even thought that out. I kinda just came here on a whim, planning as I went, and as you can see I didn't plan too far ahead." He said, with a sheepish smirk on his face.
"Well, then let's make plans! Let's play twenty questions. Get to know one another more. I mean you're here so why not?" I said excitedly, eager to learn more about this amazing, gorgeous man in my bed for something other than physical benefit. He nodded in agreement with my plan, putting on a mock serious face, which broke out into a huge grin.
"Question number one!" I said acting like some kind of game show host. "How many dates have you gone on since joining the site?"
"Two. But only one mattered. The other was a pretend date with my roommate to prepare me for my first date," he said winking at me. "My turn. Question two. How many boyfriends have you had?"
I blushed, and paused, embarrassed of how he might take my answer.
"It's okay, you can break it to me, five, ten, twenty?" He said, chuckling a little.
"None." I said quietly, blushing even more.
"Unbelievable. You're lying, aren't you. Come on, you can tell me the truth." He said, a little saddened at the thought that I could already be lying to him, as if I didn't trust him.
I finally let out a sigh. "No. It's true. I've never dated anyone. You're the first boy I've ever even been out with. Don't see why it's so hard to believe. I'm nothing special. Just ordinary Bella." I shrugged at the end of my little speech.
"You don't see yourself clearly..., you are far from ordinary."he said in a low voice. (it's driving me crazy, which book is this from?!).
"Well, you know, it's my turn to ask a question, so question three!" I said trying to bring back the enthusiasm for our game. "Okay. Let's be simple. What's your favorite color?"
"Blue," he answered without hesitation. Then he smiled before continuing, "You meant on you right? 'Cause if not, it still is my favorite because it reminds me of you. Question four! Would you let me fill the open position for boyfriend?" He said all this with his crooked grin reaching up to meet his eyes.
I nearly melted into my bed. The smile always managed to dazzle me, as well as his sparkling emerald eyes, which seemed to smolder in the small amount of moonlight flowing into the room.
"Yes," I finally managed to get out. "Uh, question, um, five. Right, five." I giggled. "How was your first kiss?" I quickly put on a serious face, trying to hide my apprehension for his answer.
"I assume, it'll be perfect. I've never actually had a first kiss, but I would be more than happy to practice with you." He finished with a wink and that was all I could take for tonight.
"Okay, maybe we should go to sleep. It's almost one o'clock. I have to make everyone breakfast in the morning." I said, trying to regain my cool, as I snuggled deep into my covers.
Edward groaned, mumbling about how he hadn't gotten to ask more questions, but climbed into the bed beside me. He snuggled into my side, wrapping his arm around my waist, which felt oddly comforting and incredibly warm. He whispered one last question in my ear.
"Question six. Can I hold you like this forever?" He snuggled into the crook of my neck after he asked the question. I just mumbled an agreement and was about to fall asleep in this amazing man's arms. The last conscience thing I heard was "Goodnight, my Bella." as I drifted off to dreamland.
I dreamed about Edward. His full, soft-looking lips, his gorgeous emerald eyes that could pierce your soul, his beautiful body hidden underneath his tight shirt, being able to feel him against me. I smiled at all these thoughts, but was woken up by the sound of the angel-I-dreamed-of's velvet-smooth voice.
"Wake up, Bella." he whispered in my ear. His warm breath tickled my ear. I turned to face him and his sweet breath fanned out across my face as he spoke again. "You're cute in your sleep. You talk." He smiled as he said this.
I froze. Oh lord. What did I say last night. I thought to myself. I tried replaying my dream in my head, trying to think of what I might of said. I just remembered seeing Edward. Cautiously, I asked, "Wh-what did I say?" an immediate pink blush covering my cheeks.
"Well, you said, 'Oh Edward' a couple times, and uh, you might've moaned just a little." he said blushing slightly at the memory. I felt the heat take over my face, covering me in, I'm a sure, a deep crimson blush, so I turned and buried my head in my pillow, groaning about being so stupid and how I couldn't keep my big, stupid mouth shut. Edward leaned over to comfort me, his warm body leaning against me, I felt myself relapse slightly into my dream, smiling to myself, but that was quickly shattered by something terrifying.
I heard my door creak open, as I heard Emmett booming, "Oh, Bella! What are you making for break-" He paused mid-question as he took in the site of Edward and I in my bed. "Who the hell are you?! What are you doing with Bella?! Get out of her bed you creep! What kind of perverted jerk are you?!" Emmett yelled at Edward, not knowing it was Edward and surprised that I even had a visitor.
I moved to sit up, but the flash of turquoise from my nightie caught Emmett's eye, which dragged him out of his rant against Edward. "ISABELLA MARIE SWAN! I thought you were smarter than that!! Oh...I can't take this..." He trailed off at the last part, turning to leave, not knowing what to think of what he had just walked in on.
"Emmett! It's not what you think!" I tried to shout to him from my dresser, searching for pajama shorts or pants to put on under my nightie. I looked pleadingly at Edward, telling him to just wait there while I went and explained to Emmett.
"No, I caused this, let me come with to explain. Please. It's the least I can do, for upsetting your friend. I'm sure he sees you as family and is a little distraught at the moment." Edward said calmly, he hopped off the bed and walked with me to the front room, where Emmett sat on the couch with his head in his hands, shaking it back and forth. Alice was sitting next to him, apparently his yelling had woken her up. She was trying to get him to tell her what was wrong, when she heard me walk in and saw the two of us walking over to them. Her eyes widened, but she seemed calm enough to listen to what we had to say.
I moved to sit in the loveseat alongside the couch, Edward moving to sit beside me, and I tried to make Emmett look up. Alice tapped him. His eyes met mine, with a confused and despairing look, as if he had failed me or something. I cringed at the pain and tried to explain in a shaky voice, but Edward beat me to the punch.
"Emmett," he said, "this is my fault. I never meant to cause any problems between friends. It's just that, last night, was one of the most amazing nights of my life, Bella is an amazing woman. Right when I met her, I felt this pull, like I was supposed to meet her, you could call it fate, destiny, whatever. Either way, I had to see more of her, I wasn't sure when I'd be able to, but I had to. So I decided on trying to visit her here. It seemed she wanted to see me just as much, since she let me in willingly. I had been ready to go home, afraid she would reject me, think I was weird, but for some crazy reason, she found it endearing. Now, I will be honest, we did not do anything physical last night, aside from a hug and a little spooning. All we did was play a very short round of twenty questions and fell asleep. I'm very sorry to have upset you, I never meant to cause problems, I just haven't felt this way about anyone before. I didn't even think before I came over here, it's like I was drawn here." He finished by taking a deep breath. It had been quite the mouthful.
Emmett just sat there in shock, I sat there speechless, and I could've sworn I saw a smile play across Alice's lips. Edward looked down at his hands, as if expecting a huge outburst, to be dragged from the house, to be called weird, stalker, told I never wanted to see him again.
Emmett seemed to come out of his stupor. "Bella, do you feel the same as he seems to?" He said quietly. I nodded my head silently. "Well then, I guess all I can say is..." he paused, "what's for breakfast?" He half-smiled, but then turned seriously to Edward. "Next time, I would suggest a phone call, or at least come through the front door." He let out his big Emmett smile and clapped Edward on the back.
Edward smiled my favorite crooked grin. I got up to go to the kitchen to start making breakfast, Edward followed. I turned to face the front room again, "Are blueberry muffins and waffles okay for breakfast?" I heard two yeses return from Alice and Emmett, and a velvety agreement from behind me. I hadn't realized he was behind me, so I nearly jumped at the sound of his voice. He chuckled to himself.
"So what do you need help with?" he asked curiously.
"You don't need to help, but you can stay and keep me company while I cook if you want." I replied, blushing a little.
"But I want to help." he said, with a small pout. He looked absolutely adorable, so I couldn't refuse him.
"Okay, fine. Can you start mixing the muffin mix, I'll get the blueberries out of the fridge." I said smiling, as I walked to the refrigerator.
We worked together, talking the whole time, laughing about random things, discussing school. To be honest, college scared the hell out of me. It seemed so much different from high school, and now we had to pay for our class, so failing meant, basically wasting money. I was scared that I wouldn't be good enough to pass my art classes, or any of my classes, actually, but I didn't tell anyone that.
We finally finished making breakfast and poured the glasses of milk. Edward had chocolate milk, like me. We all ate at the counter, Emmett and Alice asking Edward all kinds of questions, like what he wanted to be, where he had been living before, what classes he was taking. They all seemed to get along great. I smiled to myself, glad that I had finally found someone that seemed right for me and seemed perfect in every way, but I couldn't help the nagging feeling that it was too good to be true.
Breakfast finished and we all did the dishes together. Emmett and Alice went back to their rooms to get ready for the day, leaving Edward and I standing in the kitchen together. I felt like I needed to do something other than stand there, so I started walking back to my room. Edward came in and sat on the bed. I started picking out my clothes for the day.
"Do you wanna do something today?" I asked, while rummaging through my drawers.
"Sure. Sounds fine with me. What did you have in mind?" He answered in the velvet voice that made me want to melt to the floor.
"Doesn't matter. How about we just go out for coffee and decide from there?" I said, trying to gain my cool back.
He agreed and I was about to go get ready, when I realized he would need to, too.
"Um, do you have stuff to change into?" I asked hesitantly.
"Oh, no. I'm gonna head home, but I'll use the front door to leave this time," he winked, "So where do you want to meet for coffee? Starbucks where?"
"There's one around the corner from here in a grocery store center. That work? Meet in about an hour and a half?" I said, wondering if it would be busy on a Sunday morning. It couldn't be too terribly busy, lots of people had church. He nodded his agreement and got off the bed. He leaned down to me and kissed my cheek, whispering in my ear seductively, "I still think blue is my favorite color on you. See you later." His breath tickled my ear and he pecked my cheek again, then left. I heard the front door close and got ready.
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I was about to get in Alice's car after checking my reflection in the window. I was wearing a simple blue polo and a black pleated skirt, with white, with blue stripes, softball socks, and dark blue vans. (outfit in profile). I had my hair in a low side ponytail. I turned to get in the car, when out of the corner of my eye, I saw Edward's Volvo across the street. He caught my eye and waved me over. Apparently, we were going in his car, so I ran Alice's keys back into the house and locked the door on my way out.
He got out of the car and opened my door for me as usual, and then we were off. We arrived at Starbucks only moments later, and it was only halfway packed, like I thought it would be. We made our way inside and placed our orders, again he didn't let me pay for my own order. It always surprised me, how much of a gentleman he was. We both got our double chocolate chip frappuccinos and found a table in the back corner where we could sit and talk.
"You look gorgeous in that. I think you like to torture me, by dressing that way." He said after we sat down. I just blushed a dark pink. "I love when you blush," he said, his eyes smoldering, causing me to blush even darker, "You will be the death of me." After the little exchange, I regained some composure, as did he, and we resumed a real conversation.
For a while we just talked about our crazy morning and how surprised I was at Emmett's reaction and that I was suspicious of Alice because of the grin she had on when Emmett was okay with him. He just laughed and told me that he liked them a lot and that his roommate would probably like us all as much as he does. Suddenly, the conversation switched back to Alice. He wanted to know if she planned on still using the site after her first horrible date, he also wanted to know what had happened.
"Well, his names was James Whitlan. He seemed somewhat odd in his profile and his answers to her questions, but we decided to give him a chance. He turned out to be a total creepy photographer guy, that tried to go too far with her, and they were alone at his house without her car, so she had to call Emmett and me to go pick her up. She was really shaken up when we got there." I shuddered at the thought of her frightened, tear-stained face from that night.
Edward seemed sad, not really knowing how to respond to the horrible situation my best friend had gotten into. Finally, he seemed to decide on something to say.
"Y'know, if she doesn't want to trust the site anymore, I could set her up with one of my good friends. He's a little older, but he's got a good head on his shoulders. I've known him since we were little. Him and his twin sister. They're like family, even if his sister drives me nuts. They're gonna be my roommates soon." He said, laughing a little at some unknown-to-me memory.
"That actually might be better for her to meet someone that you know well, rather than someone none of us know at all. Plus, it could be a group outing, maybe I could get Emmett to come along to keep your friend's sister occupied, too." I said smiling, hoping this would help Alice after her trauma.
Finally, after about an hour, he decided he needed to get home to help his roommates settle in. They were moving in today, which is why he had said he was living alone yesterday. He drove me home and kissed my cheek and hugged me goodbye, before he sped home to his apartment. I sauntered inside to tell Alice about the plans we had made for once school started. Apparently, his roommates went to Cornish, too, so we could all meet at school at some point.
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The next day, I had an interview at the bookstore. I dressed in a simple button up, white shirt and some simple black slacks. I left my hair in sleek waves flowing down my back. I wore some low black pumps and went in with a small black clutch purse. I took Alice's car again and parked in one of the empty front parking spots. Martha smiled when she saw me walk in and pointed to the employee only door. I walked in and found Jim sitting at a desk, with a paper filled with questions in front of him. He had me sit in the comfortable chair across from him and the interview commenced.
He asked all the normal questions, why do you want to work here, what do you feel sets you apart from other applicants, what extra skills do you have, etc. When we finished, he smiled and stood, shaking my hand and he said, "We only have to do this out of protocol. You're definitely hired. We know you'll do a great job and won't let us down. You can start on Wednesday, from nine to three. Once school starts, we can start working around your schedule." With that, I smiled, thanked him for the opportunity, said goodbye to Martha and left for home. I immediately texted Edward the good news.
The rest of the day passed quickly, as well as the next since I wasn't hanging out with Edward and Alice seemed to be off in her own little world, excited that school started the next week. But soon enough, Wednesday morning came and it was time for my first day of work. I wore a zebra topped dress that Alice had gotten me. It had zebra print on the top half and the bottom half was like a black pencil skirt, the two halves separated by a built-in belt. (picture in profile). Alice had convinced me to at least wear eyeliner and mascara, with a little lip gloss, leaving only my hair to do. I pulled my hair back into a messy bun and left for work.
Alice dropped me off this time so she could use the car to go shopping, but I was glad I had got out of shopping thanks to my new job. I walked into the store and met the smell of old and new books. This job was perfect. I loved reading, I loved books, and I loved my new bosses. I couldn't have found a better job for myself.
Throughout the first half of my shift, I stocked and dusted shelves, and made sales, especially large ones to any male that entered the store for some reason. Then at around noon, my half hour lunch break started. I was about to walk next door to a little café when Edward walked through the front doors. He was carrying a bag from subway and two drinks. I smiled and went next door with him to an outside table. He had picked my favorite sandwich, turkey on wheat with lettuce, pickles, olives, and mustard. He must've asked Alice or Emmett.
He asked me how my first day at work was going, and I told him it was great, but it was strange because the guys seemed to be the big spenders today, and on books that aren't just sports magazines. He just laughed to himself as if he was in on some secret joke.
"Have you looked in a mirror?" He said, still slightly chuckling to himself.
I immediately became self conscious, wondering if there was something on my face. I dug through my small purse looking for my compact. I flipped it open and saw nothing different than I had this morning, I had to admit, today I wasn't too bad to look at. Then I finally got what he was saying. He seemed to figure out that it now made sense and he laughed a little more.
"They were trying to impress you. Hoping that if they looked smarter you might give them the time of day. But I could see why they would try. You are absolutely gorgeous, as usual," he winked at me and paused to think about something.
"Bella, would you be my beautiful girlfriend?" He said suddenly, peering at me from under his long lashes, that beautiful crooked grin plastered across his face. I sat there stunned for a moment, only able to nod my head, but then I snapped out of it, "Yes!" I said excitedly. He smiled a wide smile and got up from his chair to hug me.
Sadly, I had to go back to work, so we gathered up our trash and tossed it in the nearby trash can. He took my hand to walk me back into the store and then kissed my cheek goodbye, making my cheeks burn with color.
"Oh, Edward, I don't have my car here with me, would you pick me up after work? If it's a problem, I'll just have Alice come get me." I said, rushing out the last words and looking to my feet, feeling embarrassed for asking my brand new boyfriend to do something for me already.
"Anything for you, love." he said, smiling at me as he got into his car.
I walked back behind the counter, with a huge smile on my face and waited for my shift to end.
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The rest of the week had passed quickly now that I was occupied with work and last minute preparations for school. Edward was taking me to and from work every day so far. I really needed to get a car. Maybe I could find a good, cheap, used car, but I knew Alice would have none of that.
Suddenly, it felt like school just appeared. It was the first day of school. I only had two classes this day, since it was a Thursday and there was a huge gap in between. Maybe Alice could take me to look at cars after we got some lunch. She didn't have a class until 7 at night. Some fashion illustration class with a Professor Murphy.
For the first day of school I decided on a gray turtleneck dress with a pleated skirt attached that I had picked up at Victoria's Secret. (picture in profile). I did my hair in light curls so that it waved down my back and put on some eyeliner, mascara, and lip gloss. I topped it off with some black low pumps and was off to Art Foundations with Professor Tomlinson. Emmett dropped me off this time since he had an early class, too. His was an hour later than mine and was some Design Fundamentals class with Professor Boye, but he still got up and took me so that he could find his class and talk to the teacher about something.
My first class passed quickly and I met Edward at his classroom. His class had ended at the same time. He decided to take me to Alice, since he wanted to go with us to get my new car. We sped to the house at unreasonable speeds and Alice hopped into the car excitedly. She was bouncing all around the backseat jabbering on and on about what kind of car I should get and what color and all kinds of other things. I was too distracted by the feel of Edward's hand in mine. It was electric, something so intense and wonderful, I couldn't even describe it. It took all I had in me not to crawl over the seat and attack his beautiful, soft looking lips with my own.
We finally pulled into a used car dealership and started looking through their selection. I looked through the aisles of cars, Alice jumping up and down while passing all the expensive nice looking cars and Edward pointing out reliable, expensive cars. Finally, I found one that was perfect. It wasn't too expensive, it was beautiful, and it was reliable, a 2004 Acura TL Supercharger in a sleek black. (picture in profile). I immediately went over to the salesman and haggled the price down to 12,000 dollars, which was a steal for the normally 35,000 dollar or more car. Alice and Edward immediately got out their checkbooks, smiling and laughing about how easy it had been to get me a car and before I could yell at them that I would be paying with my new salary, the deal was already made.
I signed the contract and got into my new car. The anger and frustration I had felt at the two of them spending outrageous amounts of money on me, slipped away as I sat in the driver's seat. I felt the leather of the steering wheel and looked over the cool looking radio system. It was perfect. I drove home with Alice in the passenger seat and Edward followed.
When we got home, we all went in and watched some television. Edward had Existentialism in an hour and I had Digital Media in two. Edward and I snuggled together on the couch, while Alice laid across the loveseat, her tiny body barely covering from one end to the other. Only a moment later, Emmett walked in, with a huge, goofy grin plastered on his face.
"I have a feeling this has to do with a girl you met in class, Emmett." I heard Alice's musical voice suddenly say, as she looked at him with a suspicious smile playing on her lips.
Emmett just smiled wider and walked over to the couch. He plopped down next to me and Edward, making us sink in the couch and slide toward him just a tad.
"She's gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful, like, the definition of beauty. She's amazing. She's smart, too. Kinda cocky, and can be a real smart talker, but that's what makes her hotter. We talked all through class and all the way till her next class was about to start." Emmett finally said, his eyes glazing over in thoughts of the unknown beauty queen.
We all just laughed at his reaction to the girl and his slight sighing of a cupid-struck hormonal teenage boy. It almost felt like high school again, except we weren't hearing about Emmett from Jessica Stanley or Lauren Mallory, with those dopey grins on their faces and sighs whenever he walked by. It always made Alice and me gag, but we sucked it up, because at the time, they were our friends. We found out that was conditional once Emmett graduated and moved away.
We watched an old Spongebob rerun, but then it was time for Edward to go to class. I pouted a little as I walked him to the door.
"I wish you didn't have to go. It's too many hours apart," I whined, teasingly, "but at least you could come over for dinner tonight." I brightened up a little at the thought.
"I'm sorry, I promised my roommates we'd go out tonight, being my first day of college and all. But you'll meet one of my roommates tomorrow. He's my best friend. He has English with us. His name's Jasper. Maybe we could all go out to dinner tomorrow night." He said, trying to appease me, hoping I wasn't too upset that we couldn't spend tonight together.
"Sounds great." I said, feigning enthusiasm about not getting to see him tonight but the promise of seeing him tomorrow, but something he had said, rung some sort of bell. It sounded familiar, but I couldn't place where I'd heard it. It was the name, but who did I know named Jasper? It seemed such a funny name, reserved for the bad guy in 101 Dalmatians. I felt like I had seen it somewhere.
I kissed his check goodbye, and he caresses my cheek with his cool hand before walking to his car and leaving for class. For the next hour, I watched the television mindlessly, trying to remember the name's familiarity. It came time for class and I left on autopilot, already knowing to take my car.
Getting in my car brought me out of my thoughts. This was my car. This beautiful hunk of metal, was my baby. I figured I should name it. Something cute, memorable, and something that reminds me of my favorite thing. I named it Eddie. It's something that reminded me of Edward and a baby, being something else that was cute. My baby Eddie. I giggled at the thought as I drove to class.
My class was mostly information, that I tuned out. I was back to my mind suffocating problem. Why was I so forgetful? Why did the name sound so familiar? Who is Jasper? Hopefully, he's nice, since I was kinda, sorta setting up Alice on a date with him unknowingly. If it worked out, she could always thank me later. If not, well, she could blame Edward, it was his idea, after all. It was finally time to pack my bags and go home. I wouldn't've noticed, except the person next to me tapped me on my shoulder asking me if I was gonna leave or not.
When I got home and started dinner, it hit me. I remembered where I'd seen the name.
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A/N: Ahhh don't hate me. I know this chapter is kind of stupid, but ehh, it's what I guess you would call a filler. It's there to move some things along and introduce some important members of the story. Tell me what you think. Please don't be rude, but constructive criticism is welcome. It's 9 pages. Sorry I take so long, but I'm just trying to make the wait more worthwhile by giving you more to read between chapters. BTW, I did actually make all their schedules. I actually found classes with the times and teachers on the college website. Most of Alice's, Jasper's, Rosalie's and Emmett's Schedules are from though and honors English is made up. I really am giving these characters lives lol. Anyways, sorry for the long AN, don't forget to R&R, I love you guys! :D
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P.s. I worked extra hard to make sure it wasn't delayed another day, just letting you know I'm thinking of you readers :D
