"Mom, I'll be fine." Lilette smiled and rolled her eyes, reassuring her mother.
"I know. You've always been the independent one. And I know I've left you alone before, which I apologize for by the way." Ms. Suarez sighed after, truly feeling sorry that she put her daughter through that a few years ago. She continued. "But this is the first time you'll be alone in a whole new big city!"
The mother-daughter duo continued to walk down the large sidewalk, each carrying boxes of stuff.
"But like you said, you raised me to be independent." Lilette looked up toward one of the buildings up ahead. "Founders Hall...this is me."
The two walked into the courtyard of the building and got in line to check in. After a few minutes, Lilette and her mom were standing in front of a table being run by a very bubbly girl.
"Hey girl! Welcome to Founders Hall. What's your name?"
"Lilette Suarez." Lilette replied.
"Saurez...Saurez..." The girl went through the list on her clip board. "Aha, right here. Lilette Saurez, room 216. If you need help finding it Trevor can show you the way." The girl pointed to another bubbly kid standing by the front door. "Here is your key."
Lilette took the key from the girl and headed inside, followed quickly behind by her mom.
The two got to her room and began unpacking when the other girl she was rooming with showed up.
"You must be Lilette. I'm Nicole, but everyone calls me Nicki." The girl smiled and extended her hand.
"Nice to meet you." Lilette shook her hand and then introduced her mom.
"You guys look like sisters!" Nicki gushed.
Lilette and Ms. Suarez just looked at each other and giggled. Not only did they look like sisters, but most of the time they acted more like sisters than they did mother and daughter.
After helping the girls unpack, Ms. Suarez treated them to dinner.
"Thank you so much Ms. Saurez!" Nicki said as they walked back to the dorm after dinner.
"Don't mention it. You just keep my favorite little girl happy and out of trouble!" Ms. Suarez replied, following the girls up to their room.
Nicki walked in to their room, but Lilette stayed just outside with her mother.
"Thank you mom. Not just for today...for everything."
"Oh don't go getting all sappy on me. You're going to make me cry." Ms. Suarez wrapped her arms around her daughter. Lilette returned the embrace.
"I'm going to miss you!" Lilette started to tear up.
"Gonna miss you too, peanut" Ms. Saurez gave Lilette one last big squeeze before letting go. She then grabbed Lilette's shoulders and looked her square in the eyes. "Now go kick some New York City ass!"
The pair shared one last quick hug before Ms. Suarez headed back down the hall toward the elevator. Before walking into her room, Lilette heard her mom down the hall, "Call me after orientation tomorrow!"
Lilette smiled as she entered her room. She flopped onto her bed, content with the day she had and excited for the year ahead.
A/N = Hey guys! So after seeing the amazing season (still holding out hope that its not series) finale I wanted to write a fanfic for the show. I decided to do college because I felt like other people would jump right into a season 2 and do it much better than I could, plus I had this idea in my head since the finale. Let me know what you guys think. And don't mind it being short. The next chapter or two will be much longer!
