Chapter 2

AN: Still don't own them, sadly.

Seeing as the first chapter got a great response, I'm putting this chapter up early.

"Oh, God, this is so freaking heavy."

I jumped around to see a girl, with long dark brown hair, bent over two suitcases. She was breathing heavily, clutching her side, and as she stood back up I could see that her face was a little flushed.

"Oh, here, let me help you," I told her, rushing over to grab one of her suitcases. "Holy crow, it is heavy. What did you pack a ton of bricks?"

She tapped her chin as she stared thoughtfully at the gigantic pink suitcase I was dragging across the floor. "I think that one has my shoes in it."

Great…

I started talking, but was interrupted when a tall, muscular, sandy blonde guy came in with three boxes stacked precariously in his arms. With a grunt he dropped the boxes on the floor unceremoniously and glared at the brunette.

"This…is…the last time…I'm ever helping you move," he said between gulps of air, pointing at her to emphasise his point.

"Huh, and here I thought spending hours upon hours in the gym was supposed to make you stronger. Guess I was wrong." she teased him.

"Bite me," he mumbled, rolling his crystal blue eyes as he turned to leave, throwing a sexy smirk over his shoulder. "So I'll see you later?"

The brunette nodded absentmindedly before waving him away.

"So, I guess we're roomies," she said, finally looking at me. "I'm Josie."

She held out her hand and looked at me expectantly.

"I'm Vero…nica," I gasped as she took my outstretched hand and pulled me into a hug, nearly pulling my shoulder out of its joint.

"It's great to meet you, Vero…nica," she said teasingly, spinning around to peruse the room. "Hey, you don't mind if I take the bed by the door, do you? I hate sleeping near a window, I get colds like nobody's business."

"Oh, uhm, not at all. I actually prefer the window."

"Great, you're a doll. I can see that we'll get along fabulously."

She ran to the door to hold it open for the guy carrying her stuff.

"Brian, is that the last of it?"

"Yep," he said popping the 'p' as he dropped the boxes next to the others.

So that's what he meant by 'I'll see you later'. How much stuff did she bring?

"Great! Thank you." Josie stood on her toes and gave him a kiss on the cheek, wiping away the lipstick on his cheek with her thumb.

"Yeah, yeah, you owe me big time," he reminded her with a sly grin, his white teeth glittering in the sunlight.

"Don't worry, babe, I always repay my debts," she winked at him and pushed him out the door.

"So, roomie, tell me about yourself," she said as she jumped on her unmade bed, crossing her legs to get comfortable.

"Uhm, okay," I bit my lip. "Well, I'm from Green Bay…"

"Wisconsin? You're a little far from home."

"I, uh, yeah. Anyway, I'm majoring in Mathematics and-"

"Ugh, I've always hated Math. I'm more into art, oh, and I'm from Malibu."

That explains the tan.

"So, why did you decide to come here?" I asked her. "I'm sure there are some decent schools in California."

"I think my parents sent me here to get me out of their hair," she said with a shrug. "Not that it's bothering me, the more freedom the better."

I smiled unsurely and looked at my shoes.

Awkward…

"What about you? Parents get tired of you too?"

"No, they wanted to give me some freedom and to see if I can make it on my own, which is why I picked this place."

"Oh, I get it," Josie said, nodding her head.

"Get what?" I could feel the lines in my forehead form as I stared at her.

"That this entire experience is your way of proving to yourself that you're capable of being independent."

My eyes grew wide as I gaped at her.

"What?" she asked nonchalantly.

"Are you sure you're not a psychology major? 'Cause you just met me and you hit the nail on the head." I asked in amazement.

She laughed. "Nope, strictly art."

Could've fooled me.

"Ooh, this really hot guy told me there's a party at his fraternity tonight. You wanna go? We could get dressed up and everything." she asked excitedly.

"I don't think that's such a good idea."

I shook my head and stood up, crossing my arms in front of my chest.

"Come on, live a little. Get your freak on. Carpe Diem, dude. Seize the day!"

I could feel my shoulders shaking from repressed laughter and bit my lip to stop the giggles that were escaping.

"You know what, I'm good, but you should go. Get your freak on." I told her, unsuccessfully trying not to laugh. "Enjoy it for the both of us."

She huffed and gave me a determined glare. "Fine, but you will go to at least one party with me this year, even if I have to get someone to kidnap you and drag you there."

-o0o-

"Fuck!" I growled as I dropped the three gigantic boxes in the girls' room. "Why do chicks always pack so much crap?"

"Hey, this stuff's important," Emma scolded, grabbing a box and turning it to read the label.

"I'm so glad your OCD ass made us label these things," Addie said to her friend as she grabbed the box marked 'books' and started to open it.

Embry's eyes went wide and he rushed to her side. "Oh, no you don't. Let me do it, baby, I don't want you to hurt yourself."

Emma rolled her eyes at them and sliced through the tape on the box in her hand, daring Jacob with her eyes to say something. He smiled guiltily and went down to get the last of the boxes, not saying a word.

"So, this weird surfer dude invited us to a party," I said when Jacob returned.

"You want us to go with you?" Emma asked her eyebrow rose in surprise. "And here I thought we were cramping your style."

"You? Never." I scoffed shooting her an arrogant smirk.

"Sure, we'll go," Embry said, "if the girls are game."

"Awesome, so we're going." I said, clapping my hands together.

"Hold up," Addie said, holding her hand up. "I'm feeling very tired all of a sudden."

I glared at her as she faked a yawn. Embry growled in warning so I held up my hands in surrender.

"Fine, then, I'll just go by myself," I grumbled. "What happened to 'bro's before hoes?"

I stalked out of the room and almost knocked over a leggy brunette.

"You know, there are better ways to get a girl's attention," she purred at me.

"Really? I never would've guessed. But this seemed to work so…" I said looking her up and down, smiling at what I saw.

Hot, definitely hot. And fuckable.

"Indeed it did," she smiled and twirled her hair around her long index finger. "I heard there's a party tonight."

"What a coincidence, I've heard something like that as well. We're you planning on going?"

"Of course. Who can say no to a party?"

I can think of a few people.

"Definitely not me," I told her as my eyes raked over her body.

"Then I'll see you there." It was more a statement than a question.

"Absolutely."

"Great." She started walking again. "I'm Josie, by the way," she said over her shoulder as the climbed the stairs, adding an extra sway to her hips.

I sighed in satisfaction.

I love this place already.

AN: Okay, party time next chapter and there might be some lemony action coming up. I hope you enjoyed it. Oh, and if you don't know who Addie and Emma are, shame on you and go read the other two imprint stories I wrote, and if it's still not clear then ask me and I'll tell you :D

Thanks for reading and to everyone who review.