Disclaimer: I don't own the characters from The OC. I'm just a fan writing a fanfic. Please don't sue me.
Alex, Marissa and Summer are incoming college freshmen.
Jodie is already in college. She's older by a year from the other three girls.
Marissa and Summer are best friends since high school, so are Alex and Jodie.
Ryan is Alex's best friend who lives in Spain.
Seth is Alex's Brother.
Lindsay is Marissa's older sister. She's as old as Jodie.
Kirsten and Sandy are Seth and Alex's parents.
Caleb and Julie are Marissa's parents.
Alex's surname would be Cohen. I have my purpose for that. So please don't get mad. Just read.
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Part I: Welcome the College Years
In a small town in Oklahoma, giggles and screams can be heard. All from a certain house, a house where the Cohen's dwell.
"YES! YES! YES! YES!" Alex was practically bouncing of her bed when she got a letter from Harvard.
"I GOT IN! And guess what? I'm the only one in my high school batch to get it!" She was still bouncing but Seth already had enough.
"Pipe down! I know you're good. So pipe down will you?" Seth grabbed his sister to sit down.
"I'm going to call Jodie! She'll be happy. I mean Harvard how cool is that?" Alex folded the letter back and set it aside.
"Proud of you sis! Proud of you!" Seth went out of his sister's room.
Well, not without messing her hair.
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Somewhere in the suburbs of Boston lived Marissa Cooper. She was a typical girl: loved shopping, new clothes, and new shoes. She also did well in school.
"Mom, I got the letter from Harvard. I'm accepted. Management." Marissa said nonchalantly to her mother.
"Good. But I was expecting you would get to Yale since most of your cousins go there. It's good honey. It's good." Julie replied with a soft sigh.
"Thanks mom…"
Marissa went to her room. Not knowing what to do. Another day in the Cooper household. She plopped herself to bed trying not to feel bad.
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"Hey! How are you? And what did I do to have the pleasure of you call?" Jodie tried to be as charming as possible.
"Well… I got to Harvard!" Alex screamed at the other end of the line.
"Slow down tiger… I'm happy for you so… We'll both be in Boston… You in Harvard and me in Boston College…"
"Yeah! Isn't that cool?"
"Yeah… Cool… So where would you stay while studying here?"
"Well we have our own apartment there. You can come live with me if you like! That'll be awesome!"
"Yeah awesome." Jodie replied grinning at herself.
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Seth and Alex were playing basketball on the yard when Kirsten hollered.
"Alex honey! Ryan's on the phone!"
"Coming!" Alex ran.
"Hey squirt! Congrats! Heard you got to the big H!"
"Yeah thanks! So how are you? Are you coming to visit any time soon?"
"Sorry squirt. Doctors say I can't travel yet. But I promise I will soon."
"Alright, promise to bring MnM's ok?" Alex was sounding like a kid asking for ice cream from her mom.
"You bet! Hey… Don't grow up too fast ok? The thought of you as a grown woman scares me." Ryan laughed.
"I won't." Alex replied with a slight giggle.
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"Why do they have freshmen orientations again?" Marissa asked Summer who was checking her schedule.
Summer got into Harvard too, but had a different major, Psychology.
"… They want to welcome us with the school spirit which had been passed on to generations. And with close into the saying live your dreams. And if they're not cheesy they would say live it the Harvard way!"
"Right…" Marissa just rolled her eyes.
"And did I mention it also includes a pep rally for the university athletes who would rather play than read books?"
"No. But I'm sure you were going to tell me that. I have to go Sum. I need to get to whatever freshman block I am. See you later."
"Yeah later."
Amidst the growing student population looking for their classrooms, the two separate ways.
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"I think I'm lost…" Alex thought to herself.
She wasn't really much of a city girl, much more a campus girl.
"OW!"
Alex suddenly realized she stepped on somebody's sandals.
"Oh I'm terribly sorry. I wasn't looking. So sorry…" Alex apologized sincerely.
"Would you please LOOK where you're going next time!" the girl was obviously irritated.
"I didn't mean to… I'm really sorry…" Alex felt she was about to cry.
The girl was just plain mean. Alex dropped her eyes in shame. The girl walked away. She looked the time, she had dismissed it. She took a look at the campus map again and found her way to her classroom.
"Alright! Hope I get to make new friends!" Alex whispered as she sported a sweet smile on her face.
The professor was nice and accommodating. Alex sat at the last row to be able to scan the room and look at future friends.
"Oh my god… She's in my block…" Alex scratched her head.
Just then the professor made an announcement.
"Ok kiddos, I'm going to arrange you alphabetically so you'll learn each others names faster. Most of the time we do this for freshmen, so I don't want to hear any complaints! Everybody gather your stuff and stand here next to me. When I call your last name take a seat. We start from the first row from the left. Ready?"
"Please don't let me seat beside her… Please don't let me sit beside her…" Alex mumbled to herself.
She was still mumbling when she heard the professor say her last name.
"COHEN!"
Alex took her seat. She started praying, begging God not to let her sit beside the mean girl.
"COOPER!"
When Alex saw the mean girl walk towards the seat beside her. She dropped her head on her desk. The girl didn't look at Alex. She just took her seat beside her.
"This is going to be some year…" Alex whispered slightly banging her head on the desk.