Ramona Flowers began college at the prime age of 19, studying at the New York Academy of the Arts. There, she was majoring in graphic arts and design, along side her high school boyfriend Todd Ingram. Todd, though, would be majoring in music production.
The first two months of college was the downfall of their relationship. Before, in high school, Todd and Ramona were going strong. Todd was head over heels in love with her, summoning his vegan powers to punch a hole in the moon for her to further prove so. Ramona, on the other hand, had a strong liking for Todd. He was a totally cocky pretty-boy, while Ramona was the chill, punk-rocker chick.
Lately, those labels have begun to screw the couple over time and time again. They seemed to become more in compatible with every day. They've begun arguing over the smallest details of their every day lives, as if it were the end of the world. "I wanna see this movie", "too bad, I'd rather see this one", "that one's a load of shit, just like you!" and so forth. That is, until Ramona finally found an excuse to break it off.
It was a chilly Friday afternoon, right in the middle of November. Ramona had finished all of her classes for the day and Todd asked her to meet him at the mall for some big news. Thankfully, the mall was only a couple blocks from the school AND her new apartment, so she could just rollerblade there and back home. Ramona, wearing a simple blue hoodie and ripped black stretch pants, her pink roller blades on her feet and her star bag slung over her shoulder, made her way to the mall to meet Todd, freezing her ass off the whole way.
He said to meet him at the Chinese restaurant, but which one?
There were at least three Chinese food places in the food court, but Ramona was able to spot Todd at the "Wok-In" He stuck out like a sore thumb, him being as tall and muscular as he was. It was like black ink on a blank white page.
As Ramona bladed over to Todd, she noticed he was wearing a new outfit. He had on a simple white dress shirt with a checkered tie, black skinny pants with a checkered stud belt, and a pair of black chucks. All the simple colors in his outfit really made his blue eyes pop. He actually looked pretty cute, all dolled up like that.
Ramona slowed to a stop once she was mere inches away from him, leaning up and kissing him gently on the cheek This seemed to put a sweet smile on Todd's face for a second, but just as soon he flashed a serious look. Ramona was confused as to why Todd became so serious al of a sudden.
"what's going on Todd?"
"well, ya see…" Todd rubbed the back of his neck as he tried to explain.
"my dad is, uh, sending me to some vegan academy or something. It's pretty far from here, so I'll be gone for a while."
Ramona, a little surprised by this, flashed Todd a half frown.
"Vegan academy? What the hell is that? And how long exactly will you be gone?"
Todd, arms crossed about his chest, reflected Ramona's half frown.
"it's a school for vegans. Like vegan training or whatever. I'll be gone for like, I don't know, two years? But I have summers off. We could do a sort of long distance thing."
Ramona, Full Frown, did not like the sounds of that.
"I know you Todd, which means I know you can't be trusted in a long distance relationship. You'll snatch up every vegan bitch in that academy with me gone!"
Todd, a little hurt by what Ramona said, gave her a sad look.
"so you're saying this is it?"
"that's exactly what I'm saying Todd. Have fun with those vegan chicks or whatever"
And with that, Ramona bladed off towards the exit, leaving Todd behind with a heavy heart, tears in his eyes.