This fic is all AU human, no one is a vampire! And just too let you guys know it will feature Alice soon (because I adore her!). Sorry if they whole Collage classes/timetables/campuses doesn't make sense I'm from Australia and have been looking all this stuff up but i apologize if i get any details incorrect.

"You know that when I say I hate you,

it is because I love you to a point of passion that

unhinges my very soul."

-Julie de Lespinasse

Bella Swan begrudgingly made her way towards the towards the Sigma Kappa sorority house. Drunken frat boys were draped over the balcony and buxom blondes that belonged to Sigma Kappa were giggling loudly up at them.

Before she could even reached the front lawn the loud bass coming from inside was pulsating through Bella's entire body instantly making her want to turn around and run for her life.

Angela- Bella's only true high school friend and brand new roommate- nudged her excitedly, "Oh this is going to be so much fun Bells! Can you believe we are actually about to attend a real sorority party as bona fide university students?!"

Bella smiled, "It's almost too good to be true Ang." she replied sarcastically.

Angela smiled back at her choosing to ignore her friends' sullen attitude, "C'mon it will be fun! Who knows you might even meet your prince charming…"

She winked at Bella as a boy walked past them covered in vomit and permanent marker.

Bella visibly cringed.

How in the hell did Angela talk her into this?! She didn't need to socialize, she was happy to live out her university existence as a hermit, but somehow Angela had convinced her that making friends would make the "transition to university" and the move to Seattle smoother.

Instead of arguing that it wasn't like she had a large amount of friends in high school or Forks to begin with, Bella decided to suck it up and go out for the night because she had the feeling Angela was the one craving some new friendships.

Bella wasn't exactly the best company, or roommate, and she knew that. Full courses and long hours in the library kept her away from the apartment and meant she had less time to hang out with Angela than she thought she would. It had been over a week since they'd actually hung out for longer than two minutes.

"Oh w-o-w!" Angela exclaimed under her breath.

"What?" Bella huffed as Angela yanked her hand and pulled her towards a tree near the side of the house,

"Look its Rosalie Hale and Emmett Cullen."

Angela pointed towards the front door where a long-legged blonde dressed in a short tight nurse outfit was engaged in some serious lip-locking with a tall muscular brunette, Bella could only see the back of him, but she recognized the name immediately.

Emmett Cullen had attended their high school back in Forks although he was in the year above them. Bella found it surreal to see him now, two years later, in the most unexpected of places.

She had only spoken to him once or twice but never uttered more than a few words, mainly because she found people that beautiful to be intimidating, and secondly, because she never really had the opportunity.

For some strange reason people liked Bella at Forks high even when she kept her distance from most people and wasn't as friendly as they might have liked, she still seemed to retain some form of respect from the school body.

It was almost the same with Emmett because he was quiet and kept to himself and it was always somewhat of a mystery why he even attended their local high school in the first place. His family was rich, very rich in fact, and according to the town gossip both of his younger siblings attended boarding school in California so no one could work out why he was slumming it with the locals kids of Forks and no one had the guts to ask Emmett straight out.

Bella had to do a double take when she saw the person that emerge from behind them, an utterly repulsed look swept across his face when he caught sight of his brother and the blonde engaged in such a dramatic public display of affection.

Edward Cullen.

He looked impossibly perfect, as he always did, bronze tousled hair framing a naturally pale Greek god-like face. Unlike Emmett, Edward was the same age as Bella but there was something about the way he held himself and the way he spoke that made him seem much older for his age.

Bella grabbed the nearby railing to stop herself from collapsing on the spot.

In the small time in Forks Bella had spent for her two final years of high school she had the misfortune of meeting Edward Cullen not once but twice.

The first time she crossed his path was literally on her first day in town. After a long boring flight over Bella was sitting in Charlie's patrol car while he went into the local gas station to pick up some last minute items.

She wound down her window and looked in the side mirror, groaning she took in her appearance her dark brown hair was bushy and untamed, her cheeks were slightly red from the car heater, her russet eyes were unfocused and her brain still foggy from the nap she took on the flight.

She cursed Charlie under her breath as she watched him inside the store laughing and chatting with the clerk behind the counter.

"What'd he pick you up for?"

Bella jumped six feet into the air and bumped her head on the cruisers roof. Looking in the direction the voice had come from she saw a young boy her age leaning casually beside a silver Volvo parked in the space beside her. He grinned wickedly at her. Bella couldn't help but notice he literally looked like he was posing for Ralph Lauren. She wondered how long he'd been there for and how she hadn't seen him earlier.

'Stupid shinny Volvo owner,' Bella thought slightly annoyed at his playful accusation but too taken by his handsome appearance to form a sentence.

"Go easy on her Edward."

A much taller gruffer boy emerged from the convince store carrying two bottles of water, "Your Sheriff Swan's kid daughter right? Bella I think they said at school?" the older boy smiled at her goofily, "I'm Emmett Cullen… I go to Fork's high school. This is my brother Edward," he inclined his head towards the bronzed haired boy, "I heard your dad come up to enroll you last week."

Bella nodded slowly, her face even more red than before, Emmett cleared his throat and opened the passenger side door of the Volvo, "Well see you at school then."

Bella sat there completely befuddled by whole situation watching on helplessly as the two boys shared a smirk at her silence.

Bella nodded dumbly again as they got in the car and she tried not to notice that in his revision mirror the bronzed haired boy's- Edward's- topaz eyes stayed focused on her they drove away

Remembering the second time she had ever seen Edward was even more painful and embarrassing than the first. It had been a month since she'd seen Edward, although she constantly crossed paths with Emmett at school they never spoke again -sometimes he would nod in recognition but he always seemed so standoffish and Bella was afraid to approach him in front of everyone- Bella was on a date with Mike, a boy from her school that reminded her of a golden retriever.

He even pounced back and forth on his heels when she paid him any sort of attention; it was kind of annoying and endearing at the same time.

He was cute and she knew it was stupid of her to not even try and date him so she convinced herself to come. The date, which had been set up by one of Bella's new friends, Angela, was nothing short of horrific.

So far not only had Mike tried to kiss Bella unsuccessfully but he had also constantly complained about the movie they were watching. Bella kept shushing him and brushing his hand away from her shoulder, but she was getting the distinct feeling Mike wasn't good at understanding subtle hints.

It was when he attempted to kiss her for the second time and she turned her head swiftly to avoid it that she finally noticed the bronzed haired boy sitting a few rows behind her to the left. Her body instantly reacted. Every inch of her skin broke out in goose bumps and her heart began beating irrationally inside her chest.

He was sitting with his brother and a small brunette that she didn't recognize, the girl was just as impossibly perfect as the two boys. Her pixie like looks were captivating and she had a fragile look about her as though any moment she might break.

Bella squeezed her eyes shut as she faced the screen once again; forcing herself to not turn around yet again she snuck a peak at Edward from the corner of her eye. Bella knew he must have noticed her turn around though because he was smirking in her direction.

She closed her eyes once more, something she would greatly come to regret, Mike took the slip of her defenses as an opportunity to lay one on her, she didn't even see it coming.

The kiss was sloppy and wet and the shock she felt caused her to freeze, Mike took this as more encouragement and threaded his hand through her hair, pulling her closer towards his body.

After her brain finally processed exactly what was happening Bella summoned all of her strength and punch Mike in the stomach.

"Bella! What the hell?!" Mike blurted out in between groans of pain.

She had considered making a run for it but couldn't imagine the embarrassment she would feel when she had to walk past Edward on the way out.

A loud snort followed by bellowing laughter came from behind them and Mike sent the owner a dirty look but it quickly stopped when he realized the snort had come from Emmett Cullen.

Bella crossed her arms over her chest defensively, "For the last time Mike keep your hands… and lips to yourself!"

Twenty excruciating minutes later after the movie was finally over Bella made a beeline for the exit, hoping to by pass Edward and what she assumed was both of his siblings.

Charlie had briefly mentioned Dr. Carlisle and Esme Cullen. They had three children and lived in a big house out of town, only Carlisle, Esme and Emmett seemed to venture into town, Charlie mentioned that Edward and his sister rarely came into town.

Any more information she had hoped to gain about the family was lost when Charlie noticed the football on TV.

Bella looked around in irritation, Mike was nowhere to be seen, she had told him she would wait by the car while he went to the toilet but she didn't think he'd take longer than five minutes.

Out of the corner of her eye Bella spotted Edward, Emmett and the small brunette girl making their way towards her from the other side of the car park, none of them had seem to notice her yet.

Panicking she ducked down behind Mike's car.

"I like her she's got spunk." The girl said in an enchanting tone, "And she's very pretty. Naturally pretty, you know?" The voice continued airily.

"Hmmm." Edward agreed half-heartedly.

"What you don't think she's attractive?"

Edward's face screwed up in what could only be explained as exasperation, "Does it really matter what I think."

His eyes refused to meet either of his siblings, "Why are we even talking about Bella Swan in the first place, that's all anyone in this town talks about anymore. She's just a mundane small town girl."

Bella almost let out a gasp as he said her name, not just because they were talking about her as if she was of some sort of importance, but because Edward had said her name with such utter contempt and disgust.

'Mundane small town girl?! How dare he, he hasn't even spoken to me properly!' she thought bitterly. What had she ever done to him?

"Someone's touchy tonight," Emmett let out a low whistle.

The brunette girl rolled her eyes and opened the door to the enormous black SUV they had walked to, "Someone's touchy all the time."

Edward glowered over at the girl and slammed his door shut.

That was the last time Bella ever laid eyes on Edward Cullen and it was the last time she ever wanted too.

Looking at him now she felt the same frustration she had felt two years ago.

When his olive gold eyes suddenly locked with her own she flushed red with embarrassment much to her displeasure but refused to acknowledge him by looking away.

Bella frowned and quickly pulled Angela in the opposite direction towards the back of the house.

She was practically bursting with an array of confusing thoughts and feelings, "What is he doing here?!"

"Who Emmett Cullen?"

"No! Edward. What is Edward Cullen doing here?!"

"Oh," Angela said thoroughly confused, "Umm he goes here."

"He… goes… here?" She repeated as if Angela had been speaking a foreign language.

"Y-e-s. He got accepted as a late admission."

Bella could feel herself hyperventilating "Late… admission."

Angela became genuinely concerned now as Bella was three shades paler than she had been a second ago. "Are you okay? I didn't realize you knew him." she reached out and rubbed her hand on Bella's forearm.

"Yeah. Yeah. I'm fine." Angela relaxed a little content with the color returning to Bella's cheeks, "I don't know him really."

"Oh okay," Angela murmured clearly confused by her friend's bizarre behavior.

A petite blond came bounded over to them now and grabbed them both by the wrists, "Angela! And…" the blond looked at Bella squinting and angling her head to the side, "Angela's roommate! You guys made it! And you got dressed up for the theme!! Awesome!"

Bella tried to smile at her but it came out as more of a grimace, "Let's get you two drunk!" the blond squealed moving them towards the entrance they had just walked away from.

To Bella's relief Edward, Emmett and the blonde were no where to be seen near the front door. Angela's face lit up when they stepped inside the party and Bella could tell she fit right in here. As much as Bella felt like she had a lot in common with Angela, she could still admit that Angela was what they liked to call 'Bunny material', all perky, cute and sweet.

Traits that Bella would never in a million years use to describe herself.

Bella looked down at her outfit and swore under her breath. The theme for the party was 'emergency response' and the outfits Angela had rented for them were 'sexy police officers'. Why did she agree to this again?

Oh right because Angela was her friend and she was trying to be supportive. But she had handcuffs clipped onto her belt, handcuffs.

"Have you two met Rosie yet?" The blond spoke so fast and in such a high pitched tone that Bella had trouble understanding her. Angela was able to keep up with her though, "Oh no, not yet. We've heard she's really nice."

The blond sent them a smirk, "You heard wrong."

Angela looked surprised, "Isn't she like the most famous legacy here?" Bella remained silent as Angela questioned the girl. "Yeah she's basically the boss of everyone but I'm not going to lie to you guys, your going to be my sisters soon after all! Fingers crossed!"

Angela quickly interrupted her, "So you don't even like Rosalie?"

Bella was still trying to piece the conversation together in her head. What did the blonde say? Something about sisters? Angela didn't mention anything about pledging… she didn't seriously want to pledge here…

Sigma Kappa was by far the most snootiest and prestigious sorority at Washington University. Even if she needed a place to stay-Bella and Angela already had a much sort after two bedroom apartment in Nordheim Court- Bella would never get into this sorority, not in a million years.

"Oh I love her to death! She's my sister. But you know she's a cold hard bitch, just stay out of her way and you'll survive." The blonde handed them two red cups and left with a wink.

Finally Bella spoke up, "Ang, please tell me you didn't sign us up as pledges. What is this? A rush party? I thought it was just a random collage party, you know like they always have in the movies?!"

Angela smiled innocently at Bella, "It was just a bit of a joke. It's not like I actually want to live here." Bella frowned at her questioningly, "I don't! I just wanted to see if I could get in you know? I mean look at these bimbos!" Angela laughed, "I wouldn't trade ten of them for you!"

Bella rolled her eyes but couldn't fight the smile.

Angela sighed, "Look i didn't say anything but my mom... she was a legacy here. I don't know I just think she would have at least wanted me to come and check it out." Bella swallowed the lump in her throat uncomfortably, Angela never talked about her mother's death, and Bella was too scared to ask her about it.

"It's alright. Besides this is kind of cool."

Bella tried to smile at Angela convincingly and took a small sip of the strong alcohol she had in her hand.

"Sheriff Swan?" Someone said from behind them in a deep teasing tone.

Oh shit. Bella turned around slowly.

Emmett Cullen was smiling at her and next to him stood Edward with the smuggest look she had ever seen on his face.