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1 Chapter 1: Thunder
Madigan Recchi stood in front of a desk, looking at a heavy-set woman, who had brown hair, gray streaks, and tired eyes.
"May I help you?" asked the lady, sealing a small envelope with one quick lick of her tongue.
"I….uh, I'm Madigan Recchi."
The secretary lifted her head quickly, but had to think of the correct words to speak. "Well Madigan, why don't I have a young lady show you around and get you familiar with Eden?"
"Okay," she nodded, still straight-faced. She hadn't smiled in so long. Really, she had no reason to, but that was another story.
"This is Julie," she smiled as a tall girl with long blonde hair and pale blue eyes came in, "She's your roommate and she'll show you around. Why don't you two take your bags to your room and get familiar? I believe the dean has already showed you to your classes, but today you're not even scheduled for classes, so it shouldn't even matter." As the lady chuckled, Madigan noticed a smear of dark maroon lipstick dabbed across her two front teeth.
"So, Madigan," Julie smiled after the two put away her bags and were walking outside, "Why did your family decide to move here? Did it have to do with jobs, or did you get a scholarship? Nobody knows why you're here, and, well, we get pretty curious, especially my friends."
Instantly, Madigan felt ill. "I really don't want to talk about it. It's pretty personal."
"Uh….okay."
Julie and Madigan continued walking for quite some long time before Madigan finally asked to be alone. Julie left, looking confused, thinking she had said or done something terribly wrong to offend Madigan. Madigan walked the shore of the lake, sitting on the hot grass, as a flock of ducks settled on the crisp water.
"Hey there," said a voice, "Are you Julie's new roommate?"
She turned around, looking up to see an attractive young man, whose eyes sparkled in the glow of the golden sun. "Yeah. I'm Madigan."
"Well, hi. I'm Charlie Conway. Mind if I sit down?"
"Actually, I'd like to be…Yeah, go ahead."
Charlie smiled and sat next to her, immediately noticing how her perfume floated to him. She was wearing a cute top and tight jeans, her dark hair pulled up neatly. She then took her hair down, shaking it with her hands, fluffing it in a way, and letting long black strands of silky smooth hair fall against her back.
"Wow," Charlie whispered in awe. "You look really beautiful."
Madigan whipped her head around and snapped, "What?"
"I said you looked beautiful. Was that the wrong thing to say?"
"To me it was. Look, uh, Charlie, I'm not here by choice, alright? I'm not here to date. I am here to study, and I can't do that with people like you hitting on me." She jumped up, hurrying towards the school.
"Hey, wait!" he called, "What was that for?"
Madigan went to her room, finding that Julie was gone, plopped down on her bed, and cried into her pillow.
1 Chapter 1: Thunder
Madigan Recchi stood in front of a desk, looking at a heavy-set woman, who had brown hair, gray streaks, and tired eyes.
"May I help you?" asked the lady, sealing a small envelope with one quick lick of her tongue.
"I….uh, I'm Madigan Recchi."
The secretary lifted her head quickly, but had to think of the correct words to speak. "Well Madigan, why don't I have a young lady show you around and get you familiar with Eden?"
"Okay," she nodded, still straight-faced. She hadn't smiled in so long. Really, she had no reason to, but that was another story.
"This is Julie," she smiled as a tall girl with long blonde hair and pale blue eyes came in, "She's your roommate and she'll show you around. Why don't you two take your bags to your room and get familiar? I believe the dean has already showed you to your classes, but today you're not even scheduled for classes, so it shouldn't even matter." As the lady chuckled, Madigan noticed a smear of dark maroon lipstick dabbed across her two front teeth.
"So, Madigan," Julie smiled after the two put away her bags and were walking outside, "Why did your family decide to move here? Did it have to do with jobs, or did you get a scholarship? Nobody knows why you're here, and, well, we get pretty curious, especially my friends."
Instantly, Madigan felt ill. "I really don't want to talk about it. It's pretty personal."
"Uh….okay."
Julie and Madigan continued walking for quite some long time before Madigan finally asked to be alone. Julie left, looking confused, thinking she had said or done something terribly wrong to offend Madigan. Madigan walked the shore of the lake, sitting on the hot grass, as a flock of ducks settled on the crisp water.
"Hey there," said a voice, "Are you Julie's new roommate?"
She turned around, looking up to see an attractive young man, whose eyes sparkled in the glow of the golden sun. "Yeah. I'm Madigan."
"Well, hi. I'm Charlie Conway. Mind if I sit down?"
"Actually, I'd like to be…Yeah, go ahead."
Charlie smiled and sat next to her, immediately noticing how her perfume floated to him. She was wearing a cute top and tight jeans, her dark hair pulled up neatly. She then took her hair down, shaking it with her hands, fluffing it in a way, and letting long black strands of silky smooth hair fall against her back.
"Wow," Charlie whispered in awe. "You look really beautiful."
Madigan whipped her head around and snapped, "What?"
"I said you looked beautiful. Was that the wrong thing to say?"
"To me it was. Look, uh, Charlie, I'm not here by choice, alright? I'm not here to date. I am here to study, and I can't do that with people like you hitting on me." She jumped up, hurrying towards the school.
"Hey, wait!" he called, "What was that for?"
Madigan went to her room, finding that Julie was gone, plopped down on her bed, and cried into her pillow.
