I woke up right before the plane landed. It was 4 a.m. when I heard the pilot talking to the microphone. 10 minutes later my foot touched the ground and I was officially 3000 miles away from the love of my life. I could feel the tears running down my cheeks as I started thinking about her. No I have to stop thinking about her.

I started walking towards the toilets so I could wash my face. I didn't want my parents see me like this. I opened the door and I saw a girl around my age washing her hands. She was shorter than me. She had green eyes and long brown hair. As a started walking towards her she turned to look at me with a pair of mesmerizing eyes. I quickly whipped the tears and walked towards the sink. I could tell that she was thinking what to do. Maybe she thought that she should ask me if I was ok. I wasn't. I washed my face and left the toilet leaving the confused girl behind me.

I found my parents waiting for me in the waiting room. Τhey hugged me and we started walking towards the exit. My dad explained to me what was going to happen. I was going to stay in a dorm at Stanford and start taking lessons so I could catch up with the other kids.

My dad turned on the radio on my favorite station. As music filled the cars tears started running down my cheeks. I knew this song. It was "The Scientist" by Coldplay. It used to be one of my favorite till today. I today it just reminded me Emily, of how messed up things were between us. My dad's voice pulled me off my thoughts.

"Wow! Look at this honey! It's stunning!"

We were now in the campus, driving towards the dorm rooms.

"I can get used to this." I thought.

"So what do think kido?" My dad said.

"It's beautiful."

"Well I'm glad you liked it. Let's go see your dorm room shall we ?"

I nodded in response.

We parked the car outside the building. We all took a moment to admire the view in front of us. After a minute we got out of the car and my dad opened the trunk handing me and my mom a box filled with my stuff. As I turned around I saw a guy walking towards us. He was around 19. He was a little taller than I was and had hazel eyes and brown hair.

"Hello, I'm Jay. Are you the McCullers family?" He asked.

"Yes, we are. I'm Nick, this is Eleanor and my daughter Paige."

"Well, it's nice to meet you." He said as he shook my hand.

"I was send here by the coach of the swim team to show you to your room and give you a tour around campus."

"Ok. Lead the way." My dad said.

As we were walking into the building I could see that he was a little bit nervous. I was walking next to him with my parents following from behind.

"So, you swim? " I asked trying to look interested.

"Yes, I'm the captain of the male swim team. Normally Kris should pick you up but her plane landed today so she couldn't. "

"Who's Kris? "

"She's the captain of the female swim team. Can I see the number of your room ? "

I nodded and gave him my keys with the room number on them. He smirked.

"What's so funny?" I asked him.

"Well apparently Kris is not only going to be your team captain."

I looked at him confused.

"You're also sharing the same room." He said as he stopped outside a wooden door.

"This is your room. I'm going to let you unpack and I'll come back later to give you a tour to the campus." He said as he walked away.

For some weird reason I was anxious to meet my new roommate.

After an hour we had unpacked and I was settled in. We heard a knock on the door and I stood up and started walking towards her. It was Jay.


An hour later our tour was over. Jay took everywhere and showed us everything. I learned lots of things about him. He was 20 years old, from Chicago, studying anthropology. He was an only child and currently single.

When we finely reached my room at around 9 o' clock my parents decided that they had to get to work and promised me that they would call me later. Jay on the other hand that it would be better if he stick around a little longer and I couldn't agree more. Since I didn't know anyone else here his company sounded like a good idea.

"So, are you hungry?" He asked.

"I'm starving"

"That's what I thought. Let's go grab a bite. Since you're new here I should probably show you some places where you can eat too."

"Ok, let's go." I said walking behind him. Before Jay could reach the door, she opened and a girl got in.

"Kris, you're back!" Jay said when he saw the girl.

"Hey, Jay! Yes, I'm back but what are you doing in my room?" She asked. She then saw me and I realize that this wasn't the first time I had seen this girl. She was the girl a saw in the airport's toilet. Jay saw us looking each other so he thought it was time to interfere.

"Kris, this is Paige. Your new roommate. Paige, this is Kris." He said.

"Hi, Paige. Nice to meet you." She said while she extended her hand.

"It's nice to meet you too." I said and shook her hand.


Kris' POV

"Watch were you're going asshole! Look what you did! You threw coffee all over my shirt!" I said after that guy spilled his coffee.

I walked towards the airport's toilet so I could clean up my shirt. While in the toilet the door opens. A tall girl walks in. She has long auburn hair and a pair of beautiful brown eyes filled with tears. For a reason I kinda panicked. I wanted to hug and comfort her but this was none of my business and besides I didn't even knew who she was. So I kept trying clean up my shirt and mind my own business.

After a long drive with a taxi I found outside of the airport I had finally reached my destination. Stanford University. I had a swimming scholarship and I was the new captain of the swim team. From the outside my life was perfect. I walked down the hall that led to my room. I stood outside my room and put my keys in the keyhole.

"The door's unlocked. Weird." I thought. I opened the door and I saw Jay standing in front of me.

"Kris, you're back!" He said.

"Hey, Jay! Yes, I'm back but what are you doing in my room?" I said but then I noticed a girl standing behind Jay.

"Wait a second, I know this girl. She's the girl from the airport's toilet! But what is she doing here?" I thought. Jay saw me thinking and he thought he had to break the silence.

"Kris, this is Paige. Your new roommate. Paige, this is Kris." I looked at the girl in front of me.

"Paige, huh? So that's her name. Who would have thought that I would bump into her again? Maybe next time I will be able to comfort her." I thought.

"Hi, Paige. Nice to meet you." I said while extending my hand.

"It's nice to meet you too." Her husky voice sent a shiver through my body.

"This is going to be an interesting year." I thought.