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9 : the dinner

i woke up to the sound of someone knocking, once again. i annoyingly got up. "portman i swear to god-"

i swung open the door to see coach. "oh uh, good morning coach." i said. he laughed under his breath.

"i just wanted to make sure you're all packed up. we are leaving later on to go to the new dorms and tomorrow is the big day." he told me. i nodded my head and he walked away.

i closed the door quietly. i flopped back into my bed since i was still tired, though i didn't fall asleep.

i decided to call marie. i haven't talked to her since i got here and i didn't need her thinking i was dead.

the phone rang and rang and rang until someone picked it up. "hello?" a man with a deep voice said.

"uhh is marie dutch there?" i asked, confused as to why a man answered. i then heard talking in the background.

"evan i told you not to answer the phone!" marie whispered yelled. "you were in the bathroom, i didn't know if it was important!" he exclaimed back. i just laughed.

evan was someone marie has worked with for a few months now. he came over a few times and i could tell there was something between the two of them.

"hello?" she asked. "it's bella rose." i told her. "oh honey! how have you been? i thought you were dead!" see, i told you.

"sorry. i've been making new friends and yesterday we had a whole fun day." i told her.

"well don't forget about us." she said with jokingly attitude in her voice. i just shook my head at her comment.

we continued to talk about how things are in california for me and what's been going on back in colorado for marie, drake, and cole.

"i miss you guys so much. i have to head out but i will call tomorrow." i told marie as i hung up the phone.

i packed up the few things i had left around the room. as i was in the bathroom putting away my toiletries, there was a small knock on the door.

i walked over and opened to see a tired dean portman. he trudged his way inside and fell onto my bed. "okay then." i said confused as i closed the door after he walked in.

i walked back over to the bathroom and completed packing the few things i had left. "are you all packed?"

"yeah, well i think. i don't know honestly." dean responded. i chuckled at his response. i sat at my desk with a sigh.

"what's wrong with you princess?" he asked as he slowly sat up in bed. my heart fluttered at the nickname but i quickly shoved it off.

"tired and nervous." i said as i looked at a painting that was hung on the wall. his eyes followed to where i was looking.

"you're a great girl. i mean c'mon, you're funny, sweet, pre- i mean a good hockey player." he said as he stuttered with his words. i looked at him as a smile tugged on my lips.

a few minutes after of talking, we had to leave the rooms to go to our new dorms. luckily, my nerves settled down which i was happy about.

as we all stepped out of the limo we all were squished in, everyone looked up in awe at the dorm place we were staying in. the building was quite huge, much bigger than the hotel.

i felt a small tap on my shoulder. i spun around on my heel and now was faced with a happy julie. "tonight, we are all going to the diner down the street. you're more than welcomed to come."

"i will see you there then." i told her with a proud smile. we all made our way inside receiving yet another key for our new rooms.

luckily this time, the rooms were much bigger. in the hotel, it was all squished into a very tiny room.

the next few hours i spent taking things out of my bags and suitcase, reading, and by now i was getting ready for the dinner.

i was excited to say the least. before we had a nice time together, but now i felt as if we were all much closer.

there was a small knock on my door. i set down my book on the nightstand next to me and walked over to the door.

i opened the door to see dean standing there with one of his smirks on his face. i gave him a confused-happy look.

"c'mon darlin, we got a dinner to go to." he said as he looked at my appearance. i chuckled at his words, though inside my heart fluttered.

we walked down the stairs together and saw everyone else waiting at the entrance for us. "finally, the two lovebirds have come from their castle." luis said as he jokingly rolled his eyes.

we all made our way down the street. every five seconds dean would poke me in the arm and point at a sign or some random store. he was quite funny, and cute, to say.