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This was her junior year. She was in the middle of the most important time of her college life and she was moving to another university. Bella sighed as she looked out the window of the old pickup truck her father had gotten her upon her arrival. She had spent two years trying to become somebody instead of just a lower classman and just as she was beginning to fit in and her fellow students were beginning to show her respect, she moved. Now she would have to start all over again at a new college under the dreaded label "the new girl." Good bye sunny Phoenix, welcome to the land of the dreary depression, Forks, Washington.

Her father, Charlie glanced at her worriedly when he heard her sigh. "Bella, you really didn't have to come here. I'm fine. I've been taking care of myself for years."

Bella turned to him and frowned slightly. "Dad, you had a light heart attack. You need family around to take care of you. I can't let you stay up here by yourself knowing you might get sick again. At least if something happens, I'll be close by and I can come down to check on you during the weekends," Bella insisted. "I'll call you every day to see how you're doing and if you need anything just let me know and I'll drive down."

Charlie nodded. Bella's concern for him touched his heart. He was lucky to have a caring daughter like her. It had happened over the weekend, no one had come around to check on him. For a whole day, he had laid on the kitchen floor in pain thinking he would die and no one would discover his body until Monday when he didn't show up for work. He had finally gotten his strength back later that night to call 911. He would never admit his thoughts to his daughter, but he had been afraid of living alone in Forks, Washington after his first heart attack. He was very happy she was in town; yet, he felt guilty for stealing her life away from Phoenix. Bella was now 21yrs old and a junior in college. His little girl had grown into a beautiful woman since the last time he saw her. The last thing she needed was to be cooped up in the house with him. She at least deserved to live on campus with the other students. Perhaps there, she would have a better chance for a social life.

Bella stared out the window at the college that suddenly appeared in a clearing as they drove through the thick forest. She was not impressed. The university she went to in Phoenix was ten times larger than this one. The campus looked like a small park as he drove through it.

"Well here we are," Charlie said. He glanced at Bella with a smile. "Pretty isn't it?"

Pretty was not the word Bella was thinking. If he'd known how much she wanted to jump into the truck and hightail it back to Phoenix he wouldn't be standing there with such a proud look on his face. Clearly, her father had not seen a university in a bigger city.

"It's sort of small." Bella couldn't stop the painful words that flowed out of her mouth. She winced, hoping she hadn't offended him.

"Oh this is just the front, Bella. The college extends deep into the woods. Folks around here are proud of the location. Most people who visit think it's wonderful to be surrounded by nature. You can see the mountains from here. There's a small stream that runs through the campus that leads to a nearby waterfall and the ocean isn't that far away. I hear the sunsets are magnificent."

"Dad, you don't have to sell the college to me. I'm not going anywhere. My main concern is taking care of you."

Charlie figured he would give her one last chance to change her mind as he pulled up in front of her dormitory. "Bella, you don't have to do this. I know you'll be much happier in Phoenix with your mother."

Bella shook her head stubbornly and got out of the truck. "No Dad, I wouldn't, especially if I had to worry about you all the time. Knowing that I'm here with you makes me happy."

Charlie could tell she meant what she said. His heart sung happily in his chest. Yes, he was blessed with a wonderful daughter. He walked around the truck and gave her an awkward hug. It was the most he could do since he wasn't too keen on letting his emotions show.

Bella gave him an embarrassed, but warm smile; since she wasn't too keen on showing her emotions to her father either. "Well let's get started!" She told him quickly changing the subject to something they could handle.

Charlie nodded grateful for the change and began to unload her suitcases. Bella didn't bring much since the dorm room supplied the basics. All she really needed were her clothes, shoes and other accessories she needed to keep well groomed. She suppose she would buy more things later to give the room her own style. She had requested a private room and since the college was located in a small town, her request hadn't been a problem.

Charlie had already been to the college to help Bella register before she moved on campus. He had looked over the entire campus to make sure she was safe and even picked out the dormitory he thought she'd like to live in. Bella hadn't cared where she stayed since she'd already been through the excitement of moving on campus at her last college. She let Charlie experience it for himself since he had missed out the first time. He led the way carrying two suitcases and Bella followed carrying two more.

Bella didn't notice how she turned the heads of most of the guys as she passed by. Even the ones that were hanging outside with their girlfriends had to do a double take at the mysterious beautiful woman walking by. Bella had never considered herself as beautiful, which was why she paid no attention to the looks she was getting.

Her long brown hair was full of soft curls that reached her waist. She had never worked out in Phoenix, yet somehow managed to keep her slim petite figure. No one would have ever guessed she was from such a sunny place because of her pale skin. The wind blew a lock of hair in her face; she swung her head to move it out of the way.

That's when she saw him.

Bella had never seen a man so beautiful in her entire life. Beautiful was the only word she could describe the tall, lean, yet muscular young man that stood with his back against a tree watching her with piercing eyes. She couldn't take her eyes off of him as she walked. He was only a few feet away from her, but what she could see from a distance, this man was definitely a knock out. His dirty blonde hair was styled in fashionable spikes at the front of his head and combed down at the back. His skin was as white as hers if not paler. He wore a short black jacket, jeans and sneakers, the normal clothes a college student wore, but nothing about this man was normal. He stood with both feet spread apart as if he was trying to stop himself from springing on her. His hands were tight fists at his sides. Something about the way he was staring so intensely at her made Bella want to run for her life. His face showed no expression, but his eyes, those eyes were deadly. They seemed to peer right into her soul.

Bella was so enamored of the strange man watching her every move that she didn't see the tree in front of her until she walked right into it. The hard bark hit her head surprising her. She stumbled backwards and fell flat on her back. Bella lay on the green grass hoping the earth would just open up and swallow her. From the students' point of view, it looked as if she had knocked herself unconscious; however, this did not stop them from laughing. They found it too funny to go over to check on her, after all, that would spoil the moment.

Bella could hear the laughter and snickering coming from the students around her. She slowly turned her head to see if the beautiful man was also laughing at her klutziness. He had disappeared. In his place was the group that had been standing with him that she hadn't noticed before. They were also very beautiful. There were two girls, one with long blonde hair that looked like she belonged on the cover of Vogue and acted like it as she raised her nose at Bella, and the other one had short dark brown pixie hair. She was the only one who gave Bella a sympathetic smile. She looked like a wood nymph who decided to go to college. Bella expected her to skip off to her home in the woods at any second. Then there were the guys, one was huge with thick muscles and dark hair. He was the only one laughing in the group, laughing and pointing at her. The other guy with blonde curly hair stared at her with wide eyes and looked very tense. Bella reached up to rub her head when she felt something warm trickle down her forehead. She pulled back her hand and was shocked to see the blood. She heard a low growl and someone shout "No!" She quickly turned back to the group and stared in complete shocked when she saw only the tree. She blinked. Had she just dreamed of the unnaturally beautiful group who had been watching her? They had seemed to disappear as quickly as the beautiful man.

"Bella!" Her father said suddenly grabbing her arms and pulling her off the ground. He made sure she was steady on her feet before letting her go. "Bella, what happened?"

"I ran into a tree," Bella said softly, her voice was thick with embarrassment making it hard to talk.

"You're bleeding. Let me look at that cut," her father hovered over her protectively, but Bella pushed him away and grabbed her bags.

"Let's just go, Dad. We can take care of it in my room." She didn't wait for him as she walked as quickly as she could go with the heavy suitcases.

This was like her first day at college all over again. At her last college, she had tripped while walking down the steps in her dormitory. At least, she had been in a confined space and not too many people had seen her. Here it was worse. Everyone saw her!

She knew she was going to hate living here and even though she was a junior, no one was going to have any respect for her after this.