A/N: HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Soooo sorry for the long wait, I swear. It's just there have been problems lately. I got in a terrible car accident and a lot of rest had taken up my time, and all the craziness that the holidays bring so that's why I didn't update sooner =/ Well, it's finally up, so enjoy reading. p.s. I have added a poll on my page, so check it out and vote (:

Disclaimer: I still don't own Twilight.

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Chapter 6:

When Face Meets Door

"That's amazing!" Emmett said in awe.

"No, that's crazy." Edward disagreed.

Emmett ignored his brother and turned back to me. "Well I think it's amazing!" he exclaimed once more. We were at a local diner, where apparently all the kids from Redwood went to hang out. I had just finished explaining to the three guys why I ended up here. "See, its fate." He said while taking his fourth slice from the tray.

"What do you mean, Emmett?" I asked puzzled.

"I mean, if everything you just said never happened, we wouldn't be here eating pizza together, now would we?" he smiled at me before taking a giant bite out of his slice.

"Um, I guess so." I giggled. Emmett was pretty funny and could be totally out of it sometimes.

"I apologize if we startled you back there at school, it's just, well, we weren't expecting some random stranger, let alone a girl to be sleeping in Edward's room." Jasper chuckled.

"Oh, no it's fine. I totally understand." I responded reassuringly.

We chatted away as the time passed when a phone began to ring. I realized it was mine and took it out. When I pressed the answer button, a loud shriek came out.

"Belllllllllllllllllaaaa!" my phone was on speaker, which made the screeching audible for all to hear.

"Whoa!" Emmett, Edward, and Jasper called out as they lifted their hands to cover their ears.

"Uh, sorry!" I apologized to them and looked hurriedly on the phone for the speaker button, and quickly shut it off. When I placed the phone back to my ear, the screaming was still going on. "Hello?"

"Arghh, would you give me that!" I heard a muffled voice call out from the other end.

"No! Let go, I wanna talk to her!"

"You probably can't now, since her eardrum is most likely shattered!"

"Um, hello?" I spoke into the receiver, very perplexed at what they were doing. When I got no response from either one of them, I started pressing random numbers, hoping they would hear the beeps on the other end. Seconds later, their bickering paused and I decided to try again. "Hello?"

"Hi Bella," the sound of Rosalie's carefree voice ringed in my ear. "How are you?!"

"Oh, hey! I'm great, how are you guys doing over there?"

"We're good, everything's fine. What are you up to?" I could practically hear the smile materializing on her face. I looked up to see the guys starring at me, wearing baffled expressions. I smiled and continued my conversation with Rose.

"I'm at a diner with a few…people." I was unsure of what to tell her.

"So I see you had no problem making new friends, huh?" another voice now chimed in.

"Hey Alice, I didn't know you were listening in, heh, uhh what's up."

"Don't try to change the subject, Isabella Swan! I want answers!" she spat back.

"Alice, nothing is going on, and it's not like-"

"Where are you, who are you with, why are you not at your dorm room? And more importantly, why didn't you call me back after we left you like a gazillion messages!?" she interrogated me angrily.

"Whoa now, take it down a notch, Al." I said.

"Alice stop it! We haven't spoken to her in hours." I heard Rosalie scolding her.

"Ugh, I'm just curious! And why must you always take her side!?!" Alice whined.

"I'm on no one's side! Why must you always think I'm taking someone else's side?" Rosalie argued back.

"Guys, please stop. I'm not making any best friends, just acquaintances. Besides, one of them is well…my roommate." I looked up at Edward and found him smiling at me. I blushed and turned away before he could notice.

"Mhmm, sure." Alice said sourly.

"Can we please rewind and start this whole thing over?" Rosalie suggested.

"Um, can it wait until later? I'm sorry, it's just, I am with other people and I think its kind of rude." I said biting on my bottom lip. I heard Alice gasp from the other end.

"Oh stop it, you're such a drama queen!" Rosalie whispered to Alice before answering back to me. "Of course, Bella, we understand. No problem, just call us back whenever you're free. Bye." She responded depressingly.

"Bye guys." I answered, but they didn't hear it, since they hung up before I even started the sentence. I signed loudly as I placed the phone on the table.

"Err, is everything okay? You looked stressed." Edward asked.

"Hm? Oh, yeah, I'm fine. Those were just my friends from back home calling me. I told them I would call them back later, though." I smiled back. "Are we all done here?" I asked.

"Yup, we're gonna head back now." We all got up and headed out of the diner. We piled back into Emmett's car and drove back to school. (A/N: Emmett & Jasper are juniors, so they drive, while Edward and Bella are sophomores.) When we got back to our dorms, I got fully settled in. I put my clothes away, set up my computer desk area, and when I was finished, I called Rosalie and Alice back. We apologized to each other for what happened before and decided to tell them about how Redwood Academy really is.

"NO EFFIN' WAY!" Alice shouted out.

"Alice, my ears, remember?" I sighed.

"I'm sorry, but NO EFFIN' WAY! I mean c'mon, you're stuck with only guys!" She shrieked again.

"Yeah, yeah I know. It's out of this world." I began pacing back and forth. Just then Edward entered the room carrying a big cardboard box. "Listen, I gotta go now. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Send my love to everyone. Bye!"

"Bye Bells!" they said in unison. With that, I hung up the phone and placed it on the desk. I walked over to where our new black leather couch was and plopped down.

"Hey, what's in the box?" I asked Edward, eyeing the box curiously.

"Well, a few video games, a bunch of wires, and a new game system. The guys are supposed to come by and help set everything up." He answered while placing the box on the floor.

"Oh." I said, sounding sort of sad.

"Is something wrong?" he was glancing at my face, looking a tad worried.

"No, no not at all."

"Why do you seem so down then?" he started walking towards me.

"It's just, I don't want to get in the way."

"And you feel that you will get in the way?" he smirked.

"Yes…"

"And why's that?" He looked down at me.

"Because I'm not, well…" I paused.

"One of the guys?" he finished my sentence.

"Mhm…" I shook my head in response.

"You do know that's not a problem, right? I mean, we've only known each other for a day and you seem pretty cool, hell, Emmett already worships the ground you walk on." He stopped to laugh.

"Yeah, you kinda went a bit overboard there." I giggled. "But thanks. And I know this…situation is well, different, and I promise I won't make it any worse than it already is."

"Trust me; it's not bad at all." He reassured. The way he said it made me raise an eyebrow at him. "I mean, err, because…uh, well… you know what I mean." He scratched the back of his head while laughing nervously.

"Yeah." I laughed back.

"So…are you ready for the first day of school."

"Not even the slightest bit ready. I'm very nervous. I don't know why but I'm having horrible second thoughts." I ranted.

"It's okay to feel that way, it is normal." He laughed at my jitteriness.

"I know, but it's different this time." I said.

"Yeah, I understand."

"I don't want to sound like such a girl, but I'm truly scared out of my mind. It just came back to my thoughts that I'm all alone at this school. I have no one of my "kind" to confide in and no other person who can help me out with certain things, you know, and I miss my friends, and I don't think I can do this." I kept my head down as I ranted on. I felt his eyes burning a whole through me. I heard him let out a small chuckle and I lifted my head up to face him. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just, you're very cute when you're all apprehensive like this." He said as a crooked smile appeared on his perfect face.

"That's not funny. Was that supposed to be funny, because it wasn't. And it didn't help to settle my raving thoughts about how horrible this might be for me, either." I scolded him. As he began a fit of laughter, I sat there stiffly staring up at him, with my cheeks burning red.

"Bella, I didn't mean to agitate you." He stated as his laughter settled down.

"Well, you kind of did…" I crossed my arms.

"I'm sorry if what I said offend you in any way." He apologized as he took a seat next to me.

"Thank you. I'm sorry too."

"For what?" He asked confusedly.

"Because you're right. I do overact and I do get a bit antsy at times." I looked at him.

"Well, I forgive you." He joked.

"Yeah, you better." I punched him lightly on his arm.

"Hey!" he began to poke me at my ribs, which made me, flinch like crazy.

"Please…stop, I'm r-really t-ticklish!" I giggled.

"Oh, then that gives me a reason to keep going!" he joked. I leaped up from the couch and ran to the door with Edward following right on my heels.

"Stop it!" I tried to turn around to get a glimpse of him, but someone opened the door right in front of me. It met with my face ended up leaving a bump on my forehead. I backed away from the door, and collide into Edward.

"What happened? What'd I do?" A booming voice called out.

"Owww!" I moaned loudly while keeping both my hands over my face.

"Bella, are you all right?" Edward put his arm around my shoulders and led me back to the couch. "Ok, take a seat. Put your hands down; let me see your face."

"No way!" I sat back.

"Bella, c'mon, you might have a bump forming." He insisted.

"How would you know?" I snapped back at him.

"Because that's usually what happens when a person's face meets with a door." Emmett stated.

"Shut up, that's not helpful either!" I muffled a yell with my hands still plastered upon my face.

"Um, Jasper, go to the ice machine and get some ice. Emmett, stop being an ass and go grab a wash cloth from the bathroom." Edward ordered. "Bella, would you please take your hands away from your face."

"Ugh! Fine, but just look away."

"Why?"

"Cause I said so!" I sighed.

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"Ok, whatever you say." I gave up and turned the other cheek. From the corner of my eye I saw her separating her fingers, revealing her soft brown eyes. When she had fully placed her hands down on her lap, I turned to face her. Her nose was bright red and she had a bruise forming on her forehead above her right eyebrow. She has her eyes closed, knowing that something was terrible, and preparing for the worse.

"Is it bad?" she scrunched up her nose, making her more adorable then ever.

"Oh, nothing that plastic surgery can't fix." I joked.

"I'm serious!" her eyes shot open and she slapped my arm lightly.

"Um, well, you have a small bump right here." I lifted my hand to feel it, but as my thumb met with her head, she flinched away in pain.

"Ouch! That hurts really bad!" she sucked in a sharp breathe.

"Yeah, I know. Where's Jasper with that ice…" I turned around as I heard the door open. Jasper walked in carrying a cup of ice. As he handed it to me, Emmett threw the small towel at my head. "Thanks, you're such a help." I rolled my eyes at him.

"I'm sorry Bella. I guess today isn't your day." Emmett tried to soothe her pain.

"Its fine Emmett, accidents happen." She looked up at him. I poured a few cubes of ice into the towel and placed it lightly on Bella's bruising bump. "Thanks." She took the makeshift ice pack from my hands and smiled at me.

"You should leave it on there for about 10-15 minutes. But take it off for a while if it gets to cold." I told her as I got up from the floor.

"How do you know so much about this stuff?" She asked curiously.

"Our dad's a doctor." Emmett answered.

"Oh, that's good. Will come in handy if I'm gonna be around." She said.

"Why's that?" Jasper asked.

"I'm unbelievably clumsy, you can't even imagine."

"Then I suggest you should stay away from a few doors from now on." I joked.

"Ugh, whatever!" She flung a piece of ice at my head but she missed and hit Emmett in the eye instead.

"Bella!" Emmett yelped as he rubbed his left eye. "I think you should stay away from a few things," He walked over to her and snatched the cup of ice away from her hands. "You know, like things that can inflict hazard on others."

"I think I'm going to go to bed. Today has taken a lot out of me." She heaved herself up and waddled over to her bed.

"Yeah, it's getting pretty late. We'll hook up the Xbox tomorrow." Jasper and Emmett nodded their heads in agreement and left the room.

"Night guys." Bella called out from the other side of the room.

"Sweet dreams Bella." Emmett responded. I turned around and saw her grinning widely, whole still holding the towel of ice on her head. "Night bro." They shut the door behind them and I was left alone in my dorm…with a girl I just met.

A/N: I'm going to have to speed things up a bit, well alotta bit xD. In this story I have to rush through the months, so since now is September, soon it will be October(Bella's bday)then thanksgiving. Because I want to make a Christmas chapter. I know, it might be a little late but don't tell me it's stupid, I gotta do what I wanna do! Well, until next time. Oh yeah, please review! P.s. sorry for any mistakes =/

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