This is the first time Bella and James met, she is just remembering that time.

New Haven, Connecticut

17 yrs old

Bella was walking up the steps to her dorm room, because everyone had to use the elevators. She kept looking around, smiling to herself. She could not believe she was actually going to be living her for the next four years, well not this dorm but Yale. She just could not grasp that she would be living so far away from her parents when she had always been with either of them everyday of her life. Stopping in mid stride, she took another glance at her new home. She would be living four states away and it took her breath right out of her. She could not figure out if she wanted to go to her mother and father and beg them to take her home or just tough it out and stay here like she had planned since her freshman year of high school. Shifting the box that she was carrying in her hands. The box contained all her pillows and blankets, so of course it was heavy. She could not see the steps beneath her feet because of how big the box was. Beginning to walk again, she had to feel around for the next step. Her foot did not meet the next step, causing her to lose her balance, making her fall backwards. "Oh crap…really. I have to go and be clumsy," Bella thought as she was falling back. "Should I just try and catch myself or something…was it going to hurt?" Bella kept thinking. Her thinking stopped when a pair of strong arms wrapped around her midsection. Turning her head up to look at the person who had caught her. Her breath got caught in her throat at the person who caught her. To her he was the most gorgeous guy that she had ever seen and that was saying something since she had a crush on Jacob for the longest time. The guy holding her had the most beautiful eyes she had ever seen before. They reminded her of the Caribbean Sea, a light bluish green color. The way his body felt against hers was something she had never felt before. She could feel that he had a nice body to go with his God like features. She felt safe within his arms, so warm that she not want to leave. Him holding her tightly to his chest as he looked down at her while she looked up at him. His angelic voice broke their haze that they were in.

"You okay?" He asked. She stared at him, blinking a couple of times before answering.

"Oh…ah…yeah…I just tripped." Bella said mumbling as she cursed herself for sounding like idiot. Slowly removing herself from his embrace. It felt like he did not want her to go, but she tried not to dwindle on that because she knew a guy that good-looking wouldn't want to be with her. Beginning to pick up her heavy box again. "Thank you." Bella said smiling at the guy, that could rival any model, with his blue eyes and honey blonde hair and tan skin. He was dressed like an Abercrombie and Fitch model, with his green polo shirt and dark skinny jeans. He was just so good-looking.

"Your welcome…I do not mind helping a pretty girl out." He said smiling at Bella, making her blush. "What floor are you on?" He asked.

"The fourth…you?" She replied back.

"Fifth…right above yours." He said while grinning at her. "Guess I will be seeing you around." She melted at those words; it caused her to go weak in the knees. She could not believe he would want anything to do with her.

"Yeah." Bella said blushing again, which made him grin more at her. "Well I will see you around…my mom's going to start worrying if I don't show up with this box." Bella said while looking down at the box she was carrying. "It was nice meeting you." She said over her shoulder as she began to leave.

"Hey." He shouted at her." I didn't get your name." He said while following her up the steps. Bella stopped, while staring at him as he made his way to her again, stopping right in front of her, leaving a little space between them.

"Its Bella." Bella said smiling up at him.

"I like it…it suits you." He said while grinning at her, which made her blush more. "Mines James." He said smiling at her. "There's a party on campus…in on of the dorms…you should come. A few of us are going…we could walk over together." "Oh crap what do I say. I never have been to a party…back in high school I was the geek," Bella thought as she stared at the God like guy before her.

"Sounds like fun…I will think about it. It was nice meeting you James." Bella said rambling to finish talking before she said something she would regret later. She began to move up the steps again, leaving him standing where they had just been standing together. He was watching her carefully, smiling to himself while he watched her walk away.

"And you Bella." He said calling after her.