Edward hadn't been a new addition to the area, actually having been there for four years already. Him and his 'siblings' had done their usual act of going through highschool and graduating then spending time looking at colleges and pretending to wonder what they wanted to major in. Edward didn't have much interest in most subjects anymore, at this point. Other than music and literature which were shoddy job fields to go into. Not like he was going to really go into either of them, mind you. They will probably have to move away by the time he graduated the local college so he never really had to commit to anything. He never really had to commit to any form of learning or career unless he really wanted to. He was always given the option to go off on his own and do whatever it was he wanted but he didn't feel like he wanted to. The Cullens were his family and being around them seemed to be the only thing he wanted for his life these days.
The college was a small one. the campus had housing on ground but they were nothing terribly flashy and he had opted out of it entirely, choosing to stay in the house he and his family currently inhabited. It made sunny days a lot more enjoyable, frankly. He found himself more comfortable there than he ever could somewhere else. How strange would it be to have a room-mate? He never slept and, frankly, at this point he wasn't the best at pretending. Better than Emmett, however. He wasn't a very good actor.
The vampire had been walking down the hall but had been stopped and was speaking to his siblings Alice and Jasper when he felt something hit him from behind. It didn't move him; no he stood still as a statue. Unaffected by whatever had run into him. He turned to face the girl and found that she was still on the floor. He didn't know who she was, though it was his first semester at this specific college so he couldn't expect to really know anybody at all. She wasn't particularly flashy looking but something about her pulled him in. Her scent in particular. It was intoxicating. He felt himself tense up, unsure of what to do about that. Part of him was trying to drive him into attacking her just right there. In the public hallway. He felt Alice lightly touch his wrist as a casual reminder that he couldn't just do that. Instead he just stared at her for a moment too long with his dark eyes before crouching down and gathering her things for her.
"I'm sorry" he said somewhat forcefully, as if it had been his fault, though it had not by any means. He didn't know what else to say, however. She had been the one to come walking into him. He couldn't even actually remember the last time somebody had just ran into him like that. He held her books out for her to grab, staying down on her level. His eyes squinted at her, wondering why she smelled so good. Wondering why he couldn't hear anything from her. That actually baffled the vampire the most. Why couldn't he hear any of her thoughts? At all? Being around her wasn't easy, right now. It had been awhile since he had last fed, but he didn't expect somebody to actually sway him like this. Usually he was rock steady in his resolve to not injure people. But boy did he want to sink his teeth into this one. "You... Alright?" he asked hesitantly, tilting his head slightly. Who was this girl?
(Don't feel obligated to match my length! I just get carried away sometimes x3)
