Gone With The Flow

Bella's POV

"Mom do we really have to move, i like it here." I say to my mom. We are moving to New Orleans and mom knows i hate the idea of that obviously who cares about my opinion.

"I like the idea of moving. New Orleans is so cool." George never agrees with me, his like this opposite end. Ever since dad talked about moving to new orleans, his been going on and on about this movie 'The Originals' , he says New Orleans was created by vampires and their soo cool, but I dont believe him. Vampires are all myths, there's no theory that proves that vampires are real. The Originals is just some sort of movie about vampires, witches and werewolf, it has nothing to do with the real world. George will realize that when his older.

"Bella quit complaining about moving and pack your stuff" mom yells from the kitchen.

"Come on dear, just pack your stuff , New Orleans is a nice place , you'll love it there." dad says that alot but I've looked the place up on the internet and there is nothing special about the place.

I sighed and got back to packing. By the time we were through the moving truck arrived. Mom says our things have to be there before we get there, that way it'll be easier to settle in.

There are about 4 men who came from the company, they look like their in their early 30's or so.

We left the stuffs for them to carry, besides that's what their paid for.

I went into my 'ex-bedroom', its painted peach and not so big plus since the new baby came I've been sharing it with her but that will be over soon.

One of the bright side of moving is that I get my room all to myself. Our new house is a duplex and much bigger than this one. Mom says I can decorate my room in whichever way I please, I haven't thought of my decorarion yet but there'll be some flowers, a painting of one or two of my favourite artists, a reading table ........... Now i think of it , I might actually like it there, cool.

"What's cool" opps did I say that out loud.

"Nothing mom."

She stares at me suspiciously then shrugs. "Alright, get prepared and dress Debbie as well , we'll leave in an hour."

I nod slowly and she leaves. Dad had decided a road trip would be better than getting airplane tickets, whatever, by air or by road, I hate trips, they make me sick, ugh, even thinking about it has the same effects.

Debbie was asleep so it wasn't a big deal to get her dressed but packing snacks while George played games on his phone is so annoying.

"Bella, Jenny is here." Mom believes Jenny is a good friend so she's always excited to see her around me.

"I'll be there in a sec." Well Jenny has been my best friend since middle school. Now am moving it feels like am leaving a part of me here, am really going to miss her. I would've missed my boyfriend too but I don't have one, mom insisted I won't get a boyfriend till I enter college, am like the only girl that passed through final grade without a boyfriend. Mom says I have to be old enough to accept heartbreak, I'm 17, isn't that old enough, my mom can be over dramatic at times.

"Hi Jenny" I say as I hug her." I can't believe we are parting ways."

"Its hard to believe but I guess its for the best." Ugh, Jenny always thinks everything is for the best.

"I'll miss you."

"Me too, call me when you get there, we can still be best friends right?"

"Of course."

We said our byes admist tears and laughter of some good memories.

"Come on Bella, we have to go." Mom says as she made sure the baby's seat is secured. "sorry Jenny."she says to her as she looks up from the car.

"No problem Mrs Andrews, bye." We hug one last time and she leaves.

"Bella don't forget the snacks."

"Okay mom" I grab the snack basket from inside and run out.

• • • •

Mom sits in the passenger seat beside dad, leaving me to deal with annoying George and the now crying Debie.

"Mom, why is Debbie crying, I think she's hungry."

"There's a bottle of milk in the snacks basket, give it to her." I search through the basket, I don't remember putting any milk bottle in here, maybe mom did. Finally, the milk must have been among the first things mom put since it was at the end of the basket.

I pick Debbie up to give her the milk. Ugh.

"Mom I think Debbie has a full diaper."

"Hand her to me, check her bag there are wipers and fresh diapers, give 'em to me."

Thank goodness, I can now relax and try not to get sick.

The rest of the ride was crazy, funny and annoying. Crazy when the road got bumpy and I felt like puking, funny when Debbie actually puked on mom and dad had to stop the car so mom could clean up and annoying when George won't stop poking me to give him some snacks. Aside from all that, I kept to myself all through the ride pressing my phone though.

The moving company was already here to put things in order of the arrangement which dad gave them. My room is upstairs, basically all our rooms are upstairs. The house has 5 bedrooms, 4 are upstairs while the last one is down, each room has a closet and bathroom, there is a sitting room at one end of the corridor upstairs and a balcony as well, the kitchen is massive and it has an island at the centre, there's a sitting room downstairs as well and the compound is quite big.

"Bella, take the rest of your stuffs to your room." Mom calls from the sitting room downstairs.

"Be there in a sec." Time to make my room awesome.

My bed was placed at the centre of the room, it was already dressed with a pink polka dotted bedspread, the room is painted peach as well, there is a window beside my bed, my closet was painted cream, there are hangers on the cloth rack, i guess dad must have bought it.

I start arranging my clothes on the rack, i put my pants and shorts in the drawer, my undies, i put in a different drawer, my shoes are lined up under the rack and that's all for my closet.

I had bought some posters back in San Diego, two of which were Ariana Grandee's pictures and one is a painting of Eddie Murphy. I put one of Ariana's pictures above my bed on the ceiling, believe me it wasn't easy. The other one, i put on the left hand side of my bed where there is no window. I put Eddie's painting on the wall beside my dressing/reading table. I arranged my books carefully on my table beside my laptop. Finally i gathered the empty cartons and other dirts and threw them in the waste bin outside our compound.

"Bella, please come help me set up Debbie's room."

"Alright mom."

Normally i would have been angry that my mom is giving me extra work but i want to make sure i don't have to share a room with Debbie, so am glad to help.

Debbie's room is bright yellow, it isn't as big as mine but its still quite big. Mom had already set up most of the things all that is left is to put a net for Debbie so she won't fall off her bed and to remove the dirts.

"Help me with the net, hold the other end while i hold this."

We put up the net, i cleared the room while mom prepared dinner. Dinner was served at 9pm due to all we had to do.

"My new room is so cool, it has a gaming area and the bathroom is so big plus I have it all to myself." George went on and on about his new room all through dinner, mom was really pissed of.

• • • •

"Yeah jenny we can have a party at your house as far as charlie would be there."

"Of course I'll be there." Charlie said.

"Omg, charlie your here, but i was speaking with Jenny."

"No baby it was all me, come kiss me would ya."

• • • •

"WAKE UP!!!!!!"

"Ahhh, George what's wrong with you."

"Mom said the neighbours would be here soon and we have to be dressed up when they arrive."

"Get lost." I yell and throw my pillow at him. He chuckles and leaves.

As usual I was having dreams about Charlie again, that's what I get for not being allowed to have a boyfriend.

Charlie is my crush from middle school all through high school and I still have dreams of him being my boyfriend.

I check my bedside clock, it is already 8am. I stand up from my bed and go to the bathroom. I wash my mouth, take a shower and dry my hair, I'm ready for the day just have to pick an outfit which am in no mood to do.

I enter my closet with my pink bath robe still on, I open my drawer and take the first thing I see, 'a blue shorts and black tank top. I put them on quickly, grab my phone and move down for breakfast.

Mom made scrambled egg toast and a cup of milk for each of us. We finish our meal 15 minutes before the neighbors got here.

• • • •

The Edwards lives at a 5 minutes walk from our house. Their family consists of 3 children, 2 girls and a boy.

Chris their first child is 20 and attends the college dad enrolled me in. He's in his 4th year.

Dora and Darcy are twins , their 17 and are new to college just like me but they have been in school for 1 week now.

Mom and dad stayed downstairs with Mr Edward and his wife while we went upstairs with the twins and Chris.

Chris was yanked into George's room by George obviously so I take the twins to my room.

"Wow I love your room." Dora says as she enters the room.

"Yeah its so amazing." Darcy chirps in. "Is that.....OMG!! That's a picture of Ariana Grande." Turns out am not the only fan of Ariana.

"Come on Darcy, she's not that cool, Beyonce is way cooler."

I sat on my bed and watched them argue about who is a better singer.

Normally I would have joined in but am too tired and annoyed for that. I can't believe I was woken up from my lovely sleep to meet these annoying twins who seemed ready to argue all day without noticing anyone else.

Besides that I am still trying to know who is who. They're so identical, they are like 5ft7 an inch taller than i, they both have long brown hair with short curls that covered their face often.

"Beyonce is old school, she's no match for Ariana" I heard Darcy say.

"Ariana is a bitch, if popularity contest is held she will never stand a chance." Dora retorts.

Ugh , these thwarts are stealing away my peace. My phone rings, Jenny, omg I forgot to call her yesterday. I stand up to find a place that is quiet. As I turn the door knob the twins look up.

"Hey where are you going." Darcy asks.

"I have a call, the noise here is quite disturbing." I tell them honestly.

"Oh, we didn't realize, we're sorry."

"No problem, carry on, I'll just take the call on the balcony."

"No, this is your room, we'll keep it down."

"No we won't, you still haven't accepted that Beyonce is better than Ariana." Dora retaliates."sorry Bella."

I didn't wait for anymore suggestions from them, I have to answer the phone, so I left them.

"Hey Jenny, sorry for the hold, I had to tackle two crazy thwarts"

"I see you've made some new friends already, am happy for you"

"Their not my friends, just neighbours who mom thinks its a good idea to get along with"

"Oh, I see"

"You talk like you get it, even when you know you don't"

"Of course I get you, your not a people type of person and you rather stay on your own than listen to 'crazy twins'."

"Thwarts, crazy thwarts, seriously, who argues about Ariana and Beyonce for practically half an hour."

Jenny laughs "that's stupid, I gotta go Bella, my mom needs me, I'll chat you later OK?"

"Yeah sure, I really miss you Jenny, love you bye."

I look straight ahead to see a beautiful view of a waterfall not too far from our house, wow I didn't know that was there, maybe I'll fall in love with this place faster than I can imagine, I sigh and turn to go back to my room.

As I turn I see Chris resting on the wall with his head bent, am pretty sure he wasn't there before. I decide to use the opportunity and outline his features. His hair is blonde, I couldn't see his eyes to tell their color, his body is well built with muscles I had to stop myself from touching. He is quite tall just like his father, around 6ft or less am not quite sure. And from the glimpse of his face I had earlier, he's very handsome.

I snap out of my trance to notice I've been watching him for like 5 minutes and he had not moved. I am not a type to start a conversation so I decide to leave.

"Crazy thwarts huh, interesting." I hear him say as am about to leave.

Oh my gosh, he heard that, what do I say to him. Wait, why do I even care.

"You know, it isn't right to eavesdrop on other people's conversation." I spat back in an overrated drama queen tone with my hands on my waist while looking at him like his my little brother who had done something wrong.

He chuckles a little before replying"that doesn't explain you calling my sisters thwarts, you could've said you didn't like us rather than telling your friend that."

I really didn't have an answer to that but in my defence I've been really pissed lately. I can't say anything to him, if I do I'll say something that'll definitely irritate him. I decide to walk out that way I won't have to say anything to him.

"Ouch" I winced as he grabs my hand and draws me back.

"That was rude." He says finally looking up and moving from the wall."I don't like people that walk out on me." He says then walks out.

Crazy dude, just like his sisters .I heard him say something to his sisters before leaving the house.

Back in my room the twins are not here and George is sitting on my bed with his leg crossed like an annoyed girl.

"Get out of my room."

He looks at me then stands up. "you just had to spoil the friendship before it even started, mom is mad at you."he says before leaving.

Oh no, the dude just had to blurt it out, blabber mouth. I don't think I'll go down until dinner.

• • • •

"Crazy thwarts huh, interesting." I heard Chris say.

What the fuck!

Why do I keep hearing that voice. For the past two days I've been indoors cause my dad grounded me for the little mishap with the Edwards.

George keeps on telling me about how cool it is in New Orleans.

Apparently, mom and dad apologized to the Edwards on my behalf, ever since then they've been best friends. Chris took George on a tour on Thursday and yesterday he took George to the National museum. George said they'll go to an amusement park today. Darcy had called earlier to say she has forgiven me, she thinks am the one who told my parents to apologize to them.

I've been hearing Chris voice since the day of the incident and it freaks me out. I think am hungry or something cause my tummy is giving me the jingles.

"Whats up with you?" Dad asks me the minute he sees me downstairs. He's watching a movie I don't recognise. I ignore him and walk into the kitchen, I grab an apple and make myself a cup of milk for later and head back upstairs.

"Bella, I was speaking to you."dad yells.

I ignore him and enter my room. Being grounded means I don't have to talk to anyone, might as well enjoy it. I grab a harlequin romance and start reading it, Mom took my phone and laptop so am left with my books only.

Dad said I'll be ungrounded by Monday and I'll resume school with the other students as well and George will be attending the highschool which the twins graduated from.

Chris POV

"Hey Tony." I say as I spot my best friend. 2nd semester starts today, everyone is siked to see their friends. I just spotted Tony but I haven't seen Stan. The three of us have been friends since middle school.

We major in Chemical science and we are the best footballers in school, we've won every game since we joined the football team. Every girl is dying to be our dates, but like most hot jocks, we're playboys but we don't do drugs.

"Hey Chris, hi Tony" Stan greets as he approaches the school gate where we stood." Ready for first day of second semester?" Stan is the nerd amongst us, he loves school but he still knows how to be cool.

"Of course we are." I say to him.

We decide to ride in today, we usually park our cars outside school and walk in or we use one of our cars, today we are using all three.

• • • • • •

From the corner of my eye I notice her walk down the hallway with Darcy. Darcy is showing her around but she doesn't care, she says something to Darcy and walks away.

"Darcy" I call out ignoring the girls swooning around us.

She walks up to me."hey Chris, enjoying the attention aren't you"she says teasingly.

"Funny but no, what did she say to you."

She stares blankly for a while trying to understand who am talking of. "Oh you mean Bella?" I nod." She went to check her classes." She replied so innocently and unknowing to the fact that Bella is only avoiding her."Any problem?" She asks me.

"No sis" I don't want to hurt her cause of that bitch. "Just want to know if your enjoying college."

"Yeah, college is fun, aside from some set of bitches who deam themselves queens of school." She says rolling her eyes at the thought of her so called bitches who happen to be Rose and her crew. Their in 3rd year and just like us their hotties but their real bitches and have attitude.

"Yeah, yeah sweetie" I say patting her shoulders. "Just know that if any guy troubles you, I'll be here to kick his sorry ass"

She laughs at that. "I wouldn't need that." She says and walks away.

• • • • • •

Bella's POV.

College is so not like highschool, its really big and its not easy to get around but I'd rather find my way than listen to Darcy. I chose 3 subjects, Chemical science, Greek history and English. By next year I'll know the one I'll major.

Am at the canteen cause am really hungry and I've been walking round school all day. I sat on one of the chairs and ordered a hamburger and icetea.

While waiting for my order three girls walk up to me, I didn't really notice when they came in.

"So your the new girl that Chris won't stop staring at." The blonde girl says.

Am on my phone so I ignore her, besides there's no way Chris would have eyes for me, he hates me.

"She's talking to you dummy, or are you having difficulties in hearing." The one in front says, I think she's their leader. She looks like BARBIE had thrown up on her this morning, she's wearing a pink crop top with pink shorts and a pink ribbon which she used to hold her hair up, do you get my point now, she looks like an easter bunny on pink.

"Hey dumbass, you gonna talk or what" the 3rd girl says, she gas red hair which is a perfect match with her brown eyes, too bad she's acting all bitchy and stuff.

"That's it." Princess Barbie says and snatches my phone from me.

Why won't the stop pestering me. uggh " hey barbie, if you need a new phone, I can get you one." I say with a smirk as they stare at me. "Omg" I add dramatically. "Don't you have a phone." I snatch my phone back and walk out. "And one more thing girls" I say as I get to the exit. "Don't mess with me." I smirk at their horrified looks and leave, flipping my hair for the sake of it. Seems like a freshman have never stood up to them before.

My first class of college was starting by 1pm, that's like....."omg!" I shriek after checking the time. My next class starts in 15mins and I have no idea where it is, I don't think I want to find out what will happen if I get to class late. Wait why am I so worried, am new here and this is college you get to do whatever you want, right?

"Ouch" I shriek as my butt connects with the floor.

"Oh my gosh, am so sorry." The girl before me says while stretching her hand to pul me up. "I was so into this book, 'the Italian rags to riches wife' you've heard of it right, its a harlequin series......."

I watch as she keeps on rambling about harlequin series, their wonders and stuffs. I observe her features, she is the same height as me, she has long brown hair with a red strip. Her eyes are brown, which goes with her hair, in all she is beautiful, I think I just found a friend, a really annoying one at that.

"........you need to read 'the wayward debunte', that one is mind blowing, I have the book if you want it....."

"Hey" I say cutting her off. I look at my watch, great am gonna be late to my first class.

"Am sorry, I tend to blab a lot." She says looking sad. "Am Maurice by the way, this is my first year but I started last semester."she says her face brightens up.

"Nice to meet you, am Bella this is my first day and am glad to say I'll be late for my first class." I reply.

She chuckles."which class is that?"

"Chemical science"

"That's my next class too and you can't be late" she says beaming like some sort of glow ball.

"How do you know that, and why the smile, its creeping me out." I say starring at her suspiciously.

"Oh, sorry about that, am just excited." She says. "And we can't be late cause we are here." She chirps in pointing straight.

I turn around and notice that we've been in front of a class with the words Chemical science written boldly above the door. "Oh, well lets go in."

• • • • •

"Bella!!" Darcy calls out as she runs up to me.

Just great "hey Darcy, what ya been up to" I say trying to sound cheerful.

"I had physics and Greek history earlier." She reply trying to think of what else she did. "Well that's it, so how was your first day"

"Could have been better but it was fun."

Maurice comes by holding two ice cream cones. "Hey Darcy." She says while handing me an ice cream.

"You know her?"

"Of course I do, who wouldn't know the sister of the hottest guy in college." She reply sounding all dreamy and stuff.

"Huh"

"Everyone thinks Chris is the hottest guy in college." Darcy chirps in sounding embarrassed.

"So how's he, you know is he fine, of course his fine, his the finest ........" Maurice starts blabbing as usual.

Wow who would have imagined Chris as a hottie, his body is handsome but I haven't got the chance to look at his face well.

I just watch as they talk to each other, at some point I zone out, I don't really feel like saying anything.

I look at my watch for the 3rd time today, it reads 4pm. Why do I feel like am forgetting something. "Holy shit!" I have to pick George up from school.

"What's wrong?" Maurice and Darcy asks both startled by my outburst.

"I totally forgot to pick my brother up from school." I tell them "my parents are gonna kill me." Am not being dramatic, its true leaving George at school for over 2 hours on his first day is a really big crime.

"It can't be that bad, he must have joined a club or something otherwise he'd call" Darcy says.

I search my pockets, it isn't there, I look into my bag which I had kept on the floor earlier.

"OMG!!" I exclaim as I pull out my phone. 20 missed calls, 20 voice mails and 35 texts. Am really scared, I don't really enjoy pissing my parents off.

I decide to listen to the last 3 voice mails.

The first one is from George "hey Bella, your in big trouble, ha, that's what you get for leaving me at school."

The second, from dad " young lady cone home right this instant and your grounded for 2 weeks."

The third is mom "where are you sweetheart, your dad is really angry and am so worried, what happened to you." It sounds like she's crying. Mom can be tough but deep down she is the emotional one.

"Gotta go, if am alive before 12, I'll text you." I was talking to Maurice but they both nodded and waved.

I walk to where I parked my car, trying my best not to get lost. I step in and start the engine, great way to end a first day of college, DEATH.