Love is New to Me: Emmett and His Mate

By Brittlyn Nutter

I'm new to college and very nervous about it. Most people who are eighteen don't ever seem this nervous about starting college. I am. I have never dreamed of going to Alaska to start college. It is all so new being so far from family and friends. I want to show people that I can do this though. Right now I'm undecided and living in the dorms.

I've had people tell me that college will be fun. Even in movies it seems like college has been romanticized to death. I'm just happy to get away from home for a little bit. Only going in for holidays will be nice. I will of course call to check in with my family every day. I was looking forward to meeting some new people while I'm here.

On my first day of class I was really nervous about going to class. I barely knew my roommate who seemed to be totally fine with just leaving me alone to go be with her boyfriend or with her friends. I'm only a couple days in on having a roommate and I have already been abandon. I rush to get a shower and get out the door on time. I want to make sure that I make it to each class on time.

It turns out that I gave myself too much time. I made it to the room I'm supposed to be at thirty minutes early. Luckily I had my cat ear headphones on. I loved using them because the cat ear parts had speakers and they had lights in a couple places on the headphones. I listened to my music trying to calm my nerves. Other people started showing up for class. They walked in before I did. Just before I walked in to join the others for our English class, a family of six eighteen-year-old look a like's walk through the hall door.

Suddenly the song I was listening to made so much sense to me. They were all so beautiful in a way that made you feel jealous. I was caught by all of them as I stared at their beauty. I looked to each face getting different reactions. Everything from understanding to anger was on each individual face. I quickly looked away and went in to class and took a seat somewhere in the middle row on the outside edge closest to the door. I wanted to be able to make a quick escape if I needed to. Then after I sat down the six siblings took a seat in the classroom.

Fuck, I thought to myself, why did they have to be in this class with me?!

I wish I could die. I tried my best to focus on anything but them. I didn't look at them or think about them. I pulled up my schedule on my phone to make sure I knew what class I had next and what building it was in. I'd be walking all the way across campus to my next class. I was going to have to run, especially if we were held over, to get there on time. I took my headphones off and paused my music. A girl sitting next to me started talking to me along with a guy behind me.

"Hi! My name's Alyssa. I love your headphones!" She told me.

"Hi my name is James. I like them too. Where did you get them?" He said.

"Hi. I'm Brittlyn." I said giving a weak smile. "They were a gift from my parents."

They both smiled at me and turned around to the front of the room as the teacher called the class to attention. I was happy to have a woman as a professor. It was going to be a fun class I hope. The professor went over all the basic rules and such that we knew even in high school. It was pretty simple to remember.

Considering it was the first day of class we were let out early. I quickly gathered my things back into my bag. I put my headphones back on after Alyssa and James gave me a stickie note with their names and numbers on them. I turned my music back on and left the room quickly. I had all but forgotten about the six students who looked beautiful.

When I walked outside, the air took my breath away for a second. Then I sped walked across campus to my next class. It was a psychology class. As soon as I sat down two people walked in that I had English with. It was a boy with reddish-brown hair and a girl with long brown hair. They sat in the same row as me and stared at me again.

I looked away after catching them. I flushed a bright red. After this class I had one more, but I just took the elevator up to the fourth floor of the building. It was a photography class. I immediately recognized a boy in the class who sat in the back by himself. He was one of the six beautiful people I saw this morning. He looked over at me and just stared. I felt uncomfortable as he stared. I sat in the middle row on the edge again.

I kept looking at him from the corner of my eye. I couldn't tell if he noticed me staring at him, but I definitely noticed is staring at me though. After this class was over, I was free to go back to my dorm room. I decided I might as well put Alyssa and James' numbers into my phone now. I also thought going out this weekend might be nice. So I texted them and asked if they wanted to go out this weekend for some drinks. They said that sounded like fun. Alyssa knew of a good bar close by that they could get the three of them into without any trouble.

My first week passed by really quickly. I was relieved to have it over with. It was Friday night and I met up with Alyssa and James to go and have fun with. I was more than ready to find some kind of relief of the stress. I've drank a little bit back home before, but it wasn't going to compare to what I was planning on doing tonight. I just hoped that I didn't get myself into too much trouble over the next few hours of the night.