A/N: Just to reiterate, I have never been to Cornell, I am making stuff up about its campus, housing, and dorm life.
I've been at Cornell for three months and so far, everything has been great. My classes are amazing and so much more fun than high school. I am in three different biology classes, two animal sciences and a couple of extracurricular classes. Alice is in the same biology classes, since pre-med is so similar to pre-vet and she is also in my required English class. We never got a fourth roommate, so we still have a lot of extra space (which we've been filling up with our special kind of food). The kids…well people here are a lot different from those in high school. They aren't as stressed out…I suppose it's because they are already in college. However, they spend a lot of time at raves and getting drunk. I'm not quite into that type of thing, neither are Alice and Rosalie. We usually go to the movies or study while the rest of the dorm parties. The only party we have gone to was during Halloween; we went as vampires. It was quite fun actually. Sam was there too. He went as a werewolf, strangely enough. I don't know why it was strange, but it gave me tingly feelings. Whatever. We did talk, though. He's really nice. He apologized again for almost "killing" me with the football. His friends called him away from me before we could talk more. In fact now that I think about it whenever we run into each other, his friends have always called him away from me.
"Cat?" Alice called to me in a sing-songy voice. I startled up. "Were you day dreaming again?' I shrugged. "Come on! We're going to the pool!"
"Why?" I asked confused.
"There's a pool party going on for Thanksgiving! The Kappa Deltas are holding it for the entire school. That includes us you know."
"But its cold out!" I complained.
"Sam's going to be there." Alice said, trying to bribe me. I rolled my eyes.
"I don't know why you're so intent on getting me together with him. I don't even really think his friends like me."
"I think you need to take your mind off things and focus on guys."
"Yes. Most definitely. I need to stop studying and start dating. Because that makes so much sense."
"Oh quit complaining, Cat. Alice is right. Put on your swim suit and let's get out of here." Rose said from her lying position on her bed. Rosalie and I have an interesting relationship. I owe her my life; my sanity and she won't let me repay her. Instead Rosalie takes care of me, like a mother. I've known her for so little that I can't understand why she cares so much about me. Then again I don't understand a lot about vampires.
"Come on Cat. Put it on!" Alice squealed. I gave in and changed into my bikini, which was white with blue and green stripes. On top I put a purple tank top and jeans. We grabbed three towels and left the room. "Don't forget to lock it Cat." Alice said just as I was taking the key out. "Oh, you're two steps ahead of me. I just don't want to be robbed or anything."
"Yeah Yeah." I said. We walked out of the building and towards the center, where the party would be held. As we neared the room, I could hear the music pounding out and shaking the building (not literally of course). When we walked in, the party was more to have an excuse to drink than to jump into the pool. Most people were lounging outside of the building with beer in their hands. The few inside were sitting on chairs making out.
"Thanks Alice. This is so much fun." I said.
"Oh come on! I bet if we get in, others will get in too. Let me see if I can round up some people to play volleyball in the pool." Alice left me with Rosalie and we set our towels down on a bench, hidden from view.
"The only reason, others will get in, if we do, is so they can admire us better. Guys are like that. Immature jerks who only care about a hot body." I turned to look at Rosalie surprised. I had never heard her talk that way. It nearly mimicked what I was thinking. That our vampire-made bodies would lure others…well guys…into the pool. "Don't look so surprised Cat. I love Emmett, I do, but I can't stand other guys."
"I get it. All men are assholes. Even the nice ones, they will become assholes." Yeah…sometimes I don't make sense, but I do agree with that statement. Don't trust a word that comes out of any guy's mouth.
"Wow, that's some statement there Cat."
"Yes, well, I'm speaking from experience." And I was, both Alex and Will turned out to be jerks. My best friend…he sent me to a lunatic asylum for crying out loud. And Will...well I suppose, he's not a jerk. I never found out why he left. It's not like he left me for the same reason Edward left Bella in New Moon. Rosalie paused for a moment before nodding.
"Rose, Cat! I've found six people to play with us! This is Natalie and some of her friends." Alice announced after popping up next to us like a ghost. I looked past her to see four girls and two guys. Natalie must be the closest one to us, the strawberry blond with green eyes and freckles.
"Hey, nice to meet you guys. You're in my biology class, right Cat?" I thought for a minute and nodded. Natalie sat three seats to my left. "This is Cindy, Nancy, and Claire. In the back are Adrian and Ethan."
"Hey," I said calling out to them. They waved back. Cindy was a false blond with brown eyes and a huge smile; Nancy was a brunette with hazel eyes and petite; and Claire had frizzy red hair with brown eyes and braces. Adrian was the tallest of the crew with black hair and brown eyes. He had a swimmer's build, as did Ethan. Ethan however was blond and blue-eyed and had gorgeous bone structure. You know…that jaw and cheekbones that make you want to melt?
"So how do you guys want to split up?" Rose asked, glancing around the group.
"How about Ethan, Cindy, Nancy, Alice, and I on one team and the rest of you on the other?" Natalie said while subtly telling us that Ethan was hers. Well it was actually more obvious than subtle, her vice-like grip on his arm was a dead give-away and yet girls still batted their eyelashes at him.
"Works for me." I said. Rose and I got out the net, while Claire dug around for a ball. We set it up quickly and slid out of our clothes and into the cold crystal pool. Our game began once we were all accustomed to the water. My team was in front of the entrance, but I could still sense the amount of people coming in to watch. Someone decided to start cheering on a team and soon loud cries filled the room. After a while, others began to join the game and soon there were twenty people on each side. It was no longer volleyball, but instead a sore attempt to get the ball over the net and back, without injuring anyone. As one more person jumped into the steadily growing population within the pool, I decided I couldn't take any more confinement and hopped out.
"You lasted longer than both of us, Cat." I turned and saw Alice and Rosalie wrapped up in towels by a bench. Alice was holding one out for me.
"Thanks. It was like a mosh pit in there. I couldn't take it any longer."
"I agree. The amount of humans in there is unbearable." Rosalie said huffing. "Although, it is quite fun to watch them trip over themselves like that." I laughed with her. She was right, humans were far from graceful and they kept jostling each other and being pulled underneath. Was I…were we like that at one point? I suppose so, since we were all humans once. I finished toweling myself off and put my clothes back on.
"Hey Cat," I turned from Rosalie and Alice to see who called my name. I had few friends here, since the school was so big and I didn't recognize the voice.
"Sam!" I said, my mouth turning into an automatic smile. How had I not recognized his voice? Perhaps it was the because of the loud music and the yelling. He was wearing slack jeans and a green polo, which brought out the color of his eyes.
"What's up?"
"Not much. We got kicked out of the pool. There were just too many people in there." He laughed.
"Yeah, so I noticed." I smiled slightly. He was watching me…us. "So are you enjoying college life?"
"Yeah, college is mad chill. A whole lot better than high school and I get to pick what classes I want to take. Its quite amazing."
"I'm glad you like it. How about all the raves and dorm parties, do you like those?"
"I don't go to them. I'm not into the whole let's get drunk and dance scene."
"I agree. My friends got me to come to this one because of the pool. Although from the looks of it, I don't think I'm going to get in."
"Me too!" I lied. It was actually the mention of his name and Rosalie's pushing that had gotten me here, but he didn't need to know that.
"Hey, you wanna go get something to eat? There are too many people here to talk properly." Oh My. Is he asking me out?
"Yeah, sure." I said with a smile. "Let me just let my friends know, ok?"
"Mhmm" I walked the few steps to where Alice and Rosalie were sitting.
"Go Cat." Alice said.
"You know. Sometimes I hate the fact you have premonitions." As I was leaving, I heard Rosalie say:
"Where's she going?"
"On a date." So it is a date. And I look like hell.