Partly Parson's
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Emmet's POV:
I was so freaking happy my sisters were able to join me in the big apple. My twenty second birthday was rapidly approaching and I wanted to spend it with them really bad. It had been three years since I partied it up with my girls. Bella and Alice, my twin little sisters, were my mom and dad's little accident. They had seriously decided not to have any more kids, in fear they would be a terror like me. Fate, however, had different plans. My mom says they were the best thing that ever happened to the terror that was me at three, well almost four. She said as soon as I laid eyes on them in the hospital I was smitten, and have been ever since. I can't imagine life without "Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum" running around.
Now they are here but unfortunately they have to live on campus for their first semester at Parson's. That blows! I already found a great three bed room apartment on the Upper East Side and was planning on buying it, as soon as Alice approved. The Upper East Side is a little much for mine and Bella's taste, but Alice won't have it any other way. She insist on the best and I never bet against Alice. Speaking of Alice…she just gave some boy a kiss on the cheek. He seemed pretty surprised, so I'm thinking he doesn't know her. "Tweedle-dum, you know him?" I asked grinning at her blush. She walked swiftly toward us and I draped my arms around both my sister's shoulders. "Yes and no." She said cryptically. "Uhhhhuh… care to explain?" I said while scanning the parking lot for my car. "I know his soul." She said as if it were the most obvious thing ever. I quirked an eyebrow at her and she continued. "I can't fully explain it, but it just feels like I am supposed to know him. I do not, however, know him. I've never seen him, in real life, before." She said matter of factly. "Is that so? So what did you say to him? He was grinning like a chasseur cat when you walked away." I said, now putting their massive amount of bags in the back of my SUV. "I gave him my cell number and told him not to keep me waiting again." She said wincing at the look Bella was now developing. She is so much like our dad, always cautious and very calm…to a point. "Mary-Alice Brandon Swan! What the hell? He could be a psycho or have some disease!" Bella screeched, now checking Alice for any sign of infection. I snickered while putting on my sunglasses and sliding into the driver seat. "Chilax Tweedle-dee, you know how Alice is about her feelings." I said soothingly. "On to more important things. Bella, did you see who he was with?" Alice asked excitedly while putting a piece of gum in her mouth. Bella shook her head "no" but the bright red blush creeping up her features told a different story. Alice and I both noticed but chose not to comment, Bella has a way of figuring out we already know what's going on. "Let me tell you he was gorgeous. Maybe we can double when "Sir smokes pot in the airport bathroom" calls." Alice mused, turning her gaze to look out of her window. "Oh good Lord in heaven, these two will be the death of me." I thought exasperated and pulled out onto the busy street.
About forty minutes, two flying fingers and one almost wreck, when a motorcycle cut in front of us to make a left turn from the right hand lane, later we finally pulled into the Parson's parking lot. "Emmy, you wait right here. Bella and I will go check in and get our housing information. When we get back, you get the honor of helping us unpack." Alice informed me before quickly stepping out of the car. "Yes, M'Lady." I said in my best English accent.
Twenty minutes later Bella and Alice practically danced out of the main building. "Alright, Em, find Loeb hall." Bella said while looking over a map of the campus and a list of possible classes. "Bella and I are going to share a triple with another girl. It's got a big common room, glorified living room if you ask me, and a kitchen and a FULL bathroom. Do you know how great that is? There are only a few suites in every building with a full bath." Alice said all in one breathe.
It didn't take long to find the building the girls were housing in. It was large and very plain. I unloaded as many bags as Bella and I could carry, Alice believed she was there to navigate and supervise. They were on the third floor and Alice took off like a rocket as soon as the elevator doors opened. "Alice, what room number are we looking for?" I yelled after her. "Room 15c-2" She called behind her and disappeared around a corner. "You think she'll wait for us to go in?" I questioned "Yeah, would a vampire wait to eat a bleeding human?" Bella snickered at our little inside joke. We walked slowly until we found the right door. Alice was standing in the middle of the common room looking like she saw Grammy's ghost. "What's wrong Ali?" Bella asked cautiously. "It's empty." She said quietly. "Yeah, Ali I see that. We'll go shopping tonight. Dad called while we were looking for the room like a normal person would and said they transferred our college savings over to our personal accounts. We have plenty of money to get this room furnished. Plus they are gonna put in some every week for extra's." Bella said in her reasonable voice, reminding me again of Charlie. I surveyed the room; it had a lot of potential. Two large floor to ceiling windows were on one side and it was painted a soft yellow. The large room had two windows also, and the small room had one. There were also two twin beds and two desk and a large walk in closet in the large room. The small room had one of the same type of beds and desk and a walk in closet also. All in all, the girls could do wonders in here.
We were making up the girls beds when a mess of blonde hair came gliding into the room. "Hi, I'm Rosalie!" The hottie gave us a stunning smile. She was impeccable, with long blonde hair that was swept up in a messy pony tail. My eyes moved further down her body, noticing the small red flush gracing her upper chest; oh somebody up high loves me! I moved down her arms that were toned and had a beautiful tan color, to her stomach. I was hooked; it's as simple as that. Her smooth skin peeked from under her white tank top that read "Sinful" on it. I found myself continuing the way down, her long legs were exactly what her shirt said; sinful. I think I just found Mrs. Right. "See something you like?" She questioned, her southern accent just peeking through her attempts at masking it. Let me correct myself, I know I just found Mrs. Right. I know her type, she knows how hot she is and she is ready to use that in a moment's notice. So, I just shrugged in her general direction and moved to the next corner of Bella's bed. From behind me I heard a small intake of breath and then the loud laughter of a couple of guys. I turned back around to see who was there and if they needed to be escorted away. "Well Damn." I deadpanned, seeing the very same guy Alice kissed on the cheek at the airport.
Bella's POV:
Emmy shouldn't play girls like that. Our new roommate isn't going to like us now. Especially since there had been some fellow students listening. "Hey Rosie, you need some ointment for that BURN!" The voice was pure velvet, and it made me drop what I was doing. "Yeah Rose, I think you bit off more than you can chew with that one." A second voice drawled in a thick Louisianan accent. Living in Louisiana all your life makes a familiar tone very noticeable in a place like New York. I took a deep breath, and turned towards the door with a small smile on my lips. There were two young guys hanging on the door frame. One was tall and lean. He had sandy blonde hair that curled around his ears and drooped in his eyes a little. His soft gray eyes seemed too wise for someone who was obviously young. He made me feel calm just by looking at him. The other, Oh the other…he was tall also. I know several inches taller than my five foot six. He had a mess of bronze colored hair on top of his head, sex hair, would be the only way to describe it. His jaw line was well defined and I caught myself wondering what it would taste like. Then he looked up at me and I saw his eyes. The eyes that inspired my first creation in fashion school. I mainly do shoes, but I couldn't help making the mental notes for a beautiful emerald green dress. I imagined myself wearing the dress and standing next to him. Stunning…I saw his lips moving slightly and had to physically shake my head to come back to reality. "Ummm…I'm so sorry. Sometimes I get lost in an idea and it's hard to come back from it. What were you saying?" I asked apologetically. "Hi. My name is Edward, Edward Cullen. Rosalie is my sister." He said in his velvet tenor while reaching his hand out to mine. "Nice to meet you Eddie. I'm Bella, Bella Swan. Alice and I are twins and that big loaf," I said while pointing to Alice, who was stunned in the door to the bathroom, and Emmet who was studiously trying to ignore Rosalie "Is our big brother. I guess your sister is going to be our new roommate." I finished and reached out for his hand. I vaguely heard the blonde boy laugh when I called Edward "Eddie" but dismissed it quickly. As soon as our skin made contact I felt the little shock travel up my arm and apparently he did too because we both jerked our hands back and smiled. "Static electricity." We reasoned in unison causing us to laugh. His laughter was like those Hawaiian wind chimes, kind of thick and rustic but beautiful all the same. I reached out to him and pinched him softly. "Jinx, double jinx, Pinch, poke, you owe me a coke!" I said playfully. He grabbed my hand softly and pulled me slightly closer to him. "I promise Bella Swan, I will pay my debts." He said playfully also but there was a look of seriousness in his eyes. "Ewww, Eddie. Stop pawing my roommates!" Rosalie hissed. "Rosie, I'm just making friends. I have a feeling with you living with Bella and her sister Alice we will be seeing a lot of one another." Edward finished making sure to show me how well he remembered the little information I gave him. "It's quite alright Rosalie; Eddie here was being a perfect gentleman anyway." I said while smiling over at her. "Don't you just love how people gravitate towards your nickname?" Rosalie snickered at Edward. "Funny Rosie." Edward said trying to sound harsh with her but failing miserably.
I looked around the room for Alice. She was standing at the kitchen counter writing animatedly on a piece of paper. I hope she's making a shopping list. "Jasper, Edward will you please go get the rest of my things?" Rosalie asked sweetly and the two moved towards the door. "I'll help too." Emmett said looking at Rosalie for the first time since she walked in the door. "Thank you, Emmett." Rosalie said softly, while smiling at him. "Now that the boys are gone, Rosalie, Bella and I are going shopping in a little while. We need everything!" Alice exclaimed. "I see that…well let's make a list of what all we need." Rosalie said confidently. "I already started, just with the basics. Couch, rugs, window coverings…etc…we need groceries and bathroom stuff." Alice said running out of breath. We went through the suite, room by room, making a list of what we wanted, I kept a list of the dos and don'ts close by to help keep Alice and Rose in line. The boys moved in and out swiftly and soon all our things were inside and they were standing by, obviously waiting to see what was going to happen next. "Rosie, the land lord says we can't move in until tomorrow. So can we crash here?" Jasper asked looking at all of us. "Of course you can!" Alice answered quickly. "It can be a sleep over, Emmy you have to stay too." She demanded. I looked at Jasper, Rosalie, Edward and Emmett, Ha welcome to my life people!
We left the suite and headed to the nearest furniture store. We passed up a few stores we wanted to go to so we could make it to the pottery barn in hopes of having everything delivered today. When we got there we spotted a espresso Pearce couch, love seat and ottoman. All three of us loved it so we walked over to look at it and sit on it. It was so comfy and a sleeper, which was a huge bonus! We took the last tag off of it and looked around some more. By the time we checked out we had purchased two dupioni silk pole pocket drapes in a really pretty porcelain blue, two fair view lamp bases with calligraphy straight drum lamp shades, a circles wall mount that held votive candles, 3monagramed throw pillows with the letters 'R', 'A', and 'B' stitched on them. We also picked out three throws, a blue, espresso and a cream colored one. We got a Whitmere media armoire, and expedition trunk and expedition cube for and end and coffee table and a really pretty Malika rug that had a pretty paisley type pattern on it and four bistro bar stools. The staff at Pottery Barn was very accommodating since we spent a ton of money in their store and had everything packed and on the way to our suite immediately. Emmett offered to take the delivery guys to the suite and let them in and supervise the unload. Rosalie said she wanted to go back also because she was tired, I think it was because she wanted to get to know Emmett alone.
The four of us who were left turned around and headed back towards Parson's. We stopped at Crate and Barrel. We looked around for a few minutes before deciding on a Kipling pedestal dining room table and 6 vintner side chairs. The store had the table and chairs delivered quickly also and I texted to let Emmett know to let them in. "Now what?" I asked, kind of curious as to why Edward and Jasper agreed to stay with us. "Now we need dishes and stuff, oh and a shower curtain and the stuff for in there." Jasper read off the list. "We are also going to need groceries." I said reasonably. We reached the corner and looked. To the left there was a Sur la Table store and to the right there was a small market. Alice grabbed Jasper's hand and towed him to the left. "We will go get the dishes and stuff and you and Edward go get groceries. You know how bad I hate grocery stores Bells." Alice said offhandedly. "Alright Alice, but I'm buying what I want to in there so NO text about what I should get. You call Em and tell him to order some pizza's and get us some beer." I said and turned to the right.
Edward and I walked in comfortable silence, shoulder to shoulder. The constant electric current was oddly comforting. "What brought you to New York Edward?" I asked him, genuinely curious. "I'm a musician. Jasper and I play together. I stayed home one year to wait for Rosie, I didn't want her at home alone all the time. Jasper and I got accepted into Julliard, but I think we're only going to attend one semester. We already have a small contract with RCA signed and they insisted we 'hone' our skills." Edward grinned. "Wow, Edward! Julliard is an amazing accomplishment." I complimented him. "Yeah, I'm really proud of myself and Jasper. We worked hard to make an application tape for me. He didn't tell me he was applying until we got our letters Friday." He said as we walked in the store. "Bella, I have no idea how to shop, so you lead the way and I'll be the muscle." He said grabbing a shopping cart. "That sounds great to me." I said and we went shopping.
An hour later we had everything we would need for a while. Alice did text us, but only to remind me to get dishwasher detergent and dish/hand soap and some cleaning other cleaning supplies. We had too much to carry back on our own so Edward flagged down a taxi and we made our way back to the suite. We walked in laughing at a story Edward was telling me. "Well don't you two look cozy as two peas in a pod?" Jasper drawled from the new couch. Ignoring his question I looked around the room. "This place looks great guys!" I exclaimed. Looking for Alice. "She's in the bathroom, hanging the shower curtain." Rosalie said while she was putting up some dished.
The rest of the evening was filled with simple chatter and all of us unpacking. When I went into my room to finish my things I had with me, Edward followed and helped. We worked in a comfortable silence until Jasper popped his head in and told us everybody was settling in to watch a movie. We finished putting some books on a bookshelf and walked in to the common room. Alice and Jasper were stretched out on their stomachs on a pallet on the floor; Rosalie was laying at one end of the couch with her feet in Emmett's lap. I looked over at Edward; the only space left was the love seat. I shrugged slightly and made my way over to sit on one side of the small space and Edward followed. After a while I felt my eyes begin to get heavy and stretched my body over to lay my head on Edwards lap, and I fell asleep more comfortable with a guy than I had been in a while.