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Chapter 1 – Meeting

Bella POV

I had never been one to think love existed. I was a sceptic, big time. My parents divorced when I was 3. We lived in a small town in Washington called forks. I don't remember much about it as; as soon as my parents separated I was taken by my mother Renee and we moved to LA. I don't see my father Charlie a lot anymore. He would make the trip to LA maybe twice a year but now he just makes a monthly call and a birthday card once a year.

I was now 21 and attending UCLA. My dream of being an architect was finally starting to happen. Ever since I was little I was drawing things. Anything. I would design my own houses, spending hours perfecting them. It was something I was passionate about. So as soon as my high school career was over I applied at UCLA and got accepted. I had never really dated, never had a boyfriend. Don't get me wrong I wanted someone to hold and kiss and spend time with but I tended to push guys away, whenever they got to close. I didn't want to end up like my mother and father. I wanted a career and to be happy, Not divorced, and miserable. So this was my life.

A new semester was starting; I sat at my desk in my dorm awaiting my new roommate. It was Saturday morning and classes were starting Monday. I had hoped I would get a normal, friendly roommate unlike last semester. I had to deal with mood swings and random anger out bursts. This girl was nuts...Hence why I was awaiting the arrival of my new roommate. This girl had to leave college as the pressure had gotten too much for her. I was extremely glad for the peace and quiet so hopefully this new roommate would be the same.

I sat there tapping my finger lightly on the desk while browsing the web. Suddenly the door swung open and a huge guy with muscles bulging out of this tight t-shirt came in holding a box. Placing it on the floor he looked down at me with big eyes. He was cute; his hair was short with small curls and his eyes were a bright blue.

"Hi, I'm Emmett" he grinned holding his hand out

"Bella" I smiled still a little unsure what this guy was doing in my room

"My sister Alice is going to be your roommate, I'm just helping her with the heavy stuff"

So my roommates name was Alice. Well her brother seemed nice so maybe I would be in luck.

"Nice to meet you Emmett, When will Alice be here?"

Emmett saw the bowl of potato chips I had on my desk and walked up and took a handful

"Shouldn't be too far away, she was just stopping to do a little shopping before class starts Monday, I have a couple more boxes to bring up and then I'm done" He smiled. His smile was so contagious. I could help but grin back.

"Ok" I simply said and he turned around and ran off out of the door.

I shook my head and chuckled. Emmett seemed like a complete sweetheart. I went back to my computer screen and back to what I was doing while Emmett came back up with boxes. He finished his last box and took a seat on the sofa that was facing the TV. He switched it on and relaxed. Turning to face him he looked over at me with his puppy dog eyes and I couldn't help but giggle.

"Make yourself at home" I laughed. He grinned back at me

"I will'

Just as he said this; the door burst open for the second time that day and small beautiful girl pushed herself in the door frame with about 10 shopping bags clutched in her hands. Her features were so defined, her little button nose and beautiful green-yellow eyes, and her short black hair shaped her face but also spiked out. She was breath taking. This must be Alice.

She immediately walked over to the sofa that Emmett sat and dumped the bags on the floor with thud. A huge sigh escaped her lips as she let go. Looking up she saw me sitting there. I smiled softly at her; she suddenly raced over to where I was sitting with a huge smile on her face.

"Hi" she beamed "I'm Alice, Your new roommate"

"Bella" I said holding my hand out to her as the polite thing to do. She pushed my hand away and dove into me hugged me tightly. I let out a small surprised yelp. She finally let go and stood up to face me. I couldn't help but smile at her. What is it with this family having this affect on me?

"So Bella, Come over to the couch and tell me about yourself" She smiled and pulled me up off the chair I was currently sitting in. I reluctantly got up and followed her over to the Sofa.

She hit Emmett across the arm "thanks for your help today Emmett but its girl time"

"Yeah I need to get home anyway, Edward will be wondering where I am" He said getting up and heading for the door. Edward must be his roommate; I assumed he went to this school also.

"Nice meeting you Bella" he grinned waving goodbye "Alice are we still on for dinner tonight?"

"Yip, I'll see you at the restaurant" She said jumping on the now vacant spot where Emmett was sitting and crossed her legs getting comfortable. Emmett left and I joined her on the sofa.

We ended up sitting there talking for hours about my past and friends and family. I found out that Edward was her older brother who was a college professor, she didn't say what college he taught at but she talked very highly of him. He was young for the job he did but he was so smart and dedicated that he graduated with flying colours at a young age. She promised to introduce me at some stage.

Around 7pm Alice suddenly realised she needed to leave for dinner. We had finished talking about our pasts and I was in the middle of making us a coffee. She headed into her room with all her bags only to return 5 minutes later with a huge grin playing on her face.

"Bella, do you think maybe you would like to come to dinner?"

"Isn't it a family dinner?" I questioned, I didn't want to intrude.

Alice laughed "well Kind of but my brother girlfriend is going and my boyfriend so it's more of a friend thing, I don't want to leave you here by yourself and I would love for you to meet my boyfriend...Please" Her big green eyes pleaded with mine. How could I say no?

"Ok" I agreed and placed my empty coffee cup in the sink. "What should I wear?"

As I said this Alice's eyes lit up and she squealed and dragged me down to her room where I was clothed and my hair done and a small amount of makeup applied. I didn't complain, I hardly knew Alice and she was treating me like a sister. I felt at home.

20 Minutes later we were heading out the door. Alice had dressed me in a slim black strapless dress. I never really wore dresses but I didn't have the heart to say no to Alice so I let her dress me up like I was her Barbie doll. And to be honest I did look nice in the dress. Not great as I could never look great, I had dull brown eyes and brown hair; I was as plain as they come. But the dress fitted me nicely. We jumped into Alice's yellow Beetle and headed off to meet the others.

"Where are we going?" I asked after a few minutes

"A place called soprano's, they do great pasta meals!" she exclaimed

"And who are we meeting there?"

She looked over at me and grinned, I didn't really know Alice yet but I could tell she was up to something. I brushed it off as she answered "Just my Boyfriend Jasper, Emmett and his girlfriend and my Brother Edward"

"Ok" Was all I said and we fell into a comfortable silence.

About 10 minutes later we pulled into the car park of the restaurant. We hoped out and headed over to the door, approaching the maître de Alice looked over and squealed in excitement "Don't worry I see them, come on Bella" she smiled and tugged at my arm. We walked at a brisk pace to where they were sitting. I immediately spotted Emmett sitting next to a beautiful blonde. He saw us and his smile spread wide.

"Thought you would never make it, what took so long?" he asked

"We had to make ourselves look beautiful" She grinned; "Everybody this is Bella, my new roommate, Bella you already know Emmett, that's Rosalie his girlfriend, this is Jasper" she pointed; "my boyfriend and this over here is Edward my brother. I looked over to Edward and my breath caught in my throat, He was the most gorgeous human I had ever laid my eyes on. His green eyes lit up his whole face; He had messy bronze hair and beautiful lips. I breathed deeply trying to calm myself.

"It's nice to meet you all" I stammered trying to take my eyes off Edward

"It's nice to meet you to" Edward spoke. I nearly gasped out loud. He had spoken to me, our eyes met and I could feel myself blushing. I quickly looked away and searched for our vacant seats. Seeing mine was next to Edward's I Immediately walked around the table and slumped into my seat. I had no idea how I was going to get through dinner sitting next to this Greek god.

We ordered some drinks and our mains. I opted for a Bacon fettuccini and a glass of red wine. Conversation was flowing nicely, I didn't say much; mainly listening to them talk. They were joking about the old days and fond memories. They all seemed to have known each other forever, a small part of me ached for this kind of family, I don't think me, Renee and Charlie had ever sat down for a meal together. I have no brothers and sisters so listening to their stories and hearing them laugh made me want it so bad. But I had gotten over it a long time ago. This was my life and I had accepted that.

The meals had arrived and we had all dug into eating. I was starving, Potato chips being the only thing I had eaten all day. I was nearly finished when I leaned over and grabbed my glass of wine; Edward had the same thoughts and was grabbing his. Our hands briefly touched. A jolt of butterflies ran through my stomach and my hand tingled. I could feel my face reddening. Bowing my head I quickly took a swig of wine. I looked back up to find him staring at me. His eyes were soft and I could see a small smile on his lips. Slightly crooked, Oh god he was unbelievably attractive.

"Breathe Bella" he whispered

I let out a long breath and a small gasp. He had noticed me staring and forgetting to breathe. I wanted the ground to open up and swallow me. I quickly dropped my head and started picking at my plate. I could hear a small chuckle only low enough for me to hear coming from him. I wanted to run out of there and never face any of them again.

"I'm not feeling so good" I suddenly found myself saying in a sudden outburst.

Alice stopped her conversation with Jasper and looked up at me with concern written all over her face. "What's wrong Bella?"

"I just feel sick I might catch a cab home, don't let me ruin your dinner" I said getting up abruptly from my chair.

Alice looked over at Edward then her glance fell on me "Edward can you take Bella home?"

"No" I said almost in a panicked scream. I took a deep breath and smiled as best I could "You guys enjoy your night" I grabbed my coat and quickly put it on. Edward suddenly stood and touched my arm. There's that feeling again. My whole body had tingles. I made the mistake of making eye contact again and lost all train of thought. What had gotten into me!

"Bella" his smooth voice flowed out my name "Let me take you home, none of us feel safe with you catching a cab by yourself at night. Please"

I quickly reminded myself to breathe. "Ok" was all I could manage. He smiled at me which sent my insides into a fit.

"I'm sorry Alice; I guess I'll see you at home"

She smiled her genuine smile that could light up a room "Don't be sorry Bella; you can't help it if you're sick. I hope you feel better"

"Thanks, and it was nice to meet you Jasper, Rosalie"

They smiled at me and me and Edward headed for the door. His hand placed on the back of my back.

We reached Edward's car and he opened my door like a gentleman. I slid into the passenger seat of his Silver Volvo and he shut the door. He jumped into the driver's seat and started the engine.

"You're going to have to tell me where to go" he said looking over to me as he was reversing

"You don't know where the UCLA campus is?"

"Well it is rather large. Plus I'm not really familiar with the area. I only just moved here from New jersey"

I clicked my seatbelt in and sat back "just keep going straight"

We were driving along at a moderate speed; the music played softly around the car. I felt his eyes on me so I looked over at him and sure enough he was looking at me.

"What are you studying?" he asked

"Architecture" I said with a grin. I couldn't help being proud of what I was eventually going to be.

His face changed and he had a slight look of shock appear. He quickly recovered and smiled his Greek god smile I had Memorized and stored in my memory.

"How are you finding it?"

I couldn't help myself, turning my whole body toward him I launched into my dreams and goals and what I had achieved so far. I told him about my designs I had drawn up when I was just a kid. How well I had been doing at UCLA so far. He seemed to absorb everything I was saying and even throw in a comment every now and then when I let him.

We reached the dorm about 10 minutes later. He slowly pulled up and put his car into park and turned off the engine.

"So Alice told me your a college professor, what college do you teach at?" I asked him unclipping my seatbelt.

He hesitated with his answer "well currently nowhere; I was teaching at Princeton but I missed my family to much so I came home, but I do have a job interview tomorrow; so hopefully tomorrow afternoon I will be employed"

"What do you teach?" I asked. We were sitting in pitch black with only a small light coming from the front porch of the dorm. He glanced at me and our eyes meet again, "A bit of everything" He simply said.

"Oh"

"Well Bella I better get back, it was a pleasure meeting you. I assume I will be seeing you a lot, being friends with Alice...she won't let you out of anything"

"Great" I sighed and looked up at him again seeing him chuckle slightly "Oh and I wanted to say sorry about tonight, I didn't mean to stare"

He reached over and touched my check lightly "It's ok Bella; you just need to be more discrete like I was"

My whole body froze at his touch and at his words, what did he mean.

He pulled his hand away and smiled his beautiful grin. "I hope you feel better soon"

"Yeah thanks" I whispered and opened the door, stepping out I lightly shut the door and headed for the door to our dorm rooms. I heard his window wind down and he spoke "Bella"

"Yeah" I turned around

"That dress looks amazing on you, Alice did a great job" he chuckled lightly his eyes reaching mine. My breath stopped short after his words, I stood there frozen.

"Uh..." Was all that managed to escape my mouth

He grinned widely and started his car

"Good luck for Monday" he said and he was gone.

I took my keys out of my bag and headed inside. I don't know what had happened tonight but my head was spinning. Edward had told me I looked Amazing; plain old me. I was not sure whether to believe him or not. I chose not to. I couldn't let myself get affected by perfect Edward Cullen and I wouldn't.

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Next chapter is Bella's first day of the new semester. And of course some B/E moments.