Author's Note: No, this is not the new Sim Fanfiction I mentioned at the end of The Green PlumbBob, this is just a short story I have in celebration of the University Life Expansion Pack, like I had planned for Supernatural.

University Life

Chapter 1

I zipped up my final suitcase, sealing it close. I'd taken an aptitude test after I'd finished high school, and it turns out I'd won a scholarship. I then decided to Major in Business at the local Sims University. I mean, Business is safe, and I don't think I'd be good at anything else. I dragged out my suitcases to the bus. My parents are always away on Adventures or at work, so they couldn't be here to say goodbye. They had been willing to pay for my University time, but then I got a scholarship, which was probably a relief to them. I hopped onto the bus, and took one last look at the yellow cream cottage that I had called home for so long.

The rest of the bus trip was pretty quiet, since I was its only passenger. I watched all of the various scenery pass by, as we drove through several different towns, including Riverview, Sunset Valley, and Starlight Shores. A couple of hours later, we arrived at the Sims University. I immediately went to go check into one of the dorms. Right after I signed up, I received a text from my Smartphone, telling me which dorm I was assigned to. As I approached the building, I noticed the sign said, "Unisex Dorm". A unisex dorm?! I hope I don't have a male roommate. I climbed the stairs to the second floor and opened the door. There, another girl had already unpacked and was putting the finishing touches to one of her…paintings. She had tan skin, hazel eyes, and messy red hair. She wore really ratty clothes that were covered in paint and other colorful medium. On her side of the dorm, she had put up several pieces of…unique artwork. Several of the paintings were crudely sketched abstract symbols. I let out a quiet sigh of relief, my roommate's a girl. But she's…different. The girl turned around and noticed me standing in the doorway.

"Oh hey, you're ma roommate, aren't chu?" the girl asked in a loud voice.

I nodded.

"Well, why're you jus standin there?" she asked.

I popped up in surprise, I was still standing by the doorway. I pulled my suitcases in and unpacked each of them. The first suitcase contained only a backpack. I'm not sure why I didn't just wear the backpack instead of packing it. I it took out. It was sky blue, my favorite color. I threw it on the bed on my side of the dorm. The other suitcase had some clothes and my laptop. I put those out in their proper places, and after that, I climbed onto my cheap bed. I noticed that my roommate, who was now hanging her newly finished painting on her crowded wall of other paintings and sketches, didn't have a bed. She turned around and jerked a bit when she saw my side of the dorm.

"You're not goin to decorate the room? You know you can customize your dorm in Buy and Build Mode." she told me.

"I know. It's fine as it is." I told her.

The girl sighed and pursed her lips as she looked at the bare sight of my side of the dorm. She then turned to her side of the dorm and took one of her abstract paintings off of her crowded wall. She set it on the ground and pushed it over to my side.

"Here, hang dis up somewhere. I can't bear to see ur side like that, it'sz so…mainstream." she told me.

I sighed, I have a Rebel for a roommate. And she's also a hipster, just great. I got up, and picked up the painting. To me, it looked like someone had splashed a bunch of paint randomly onto the canvas. I sighed, and hung up the painting on the wall opposite of her side of the dorm.

"You don talk much, do you?" she asked, returning to her sketchbook.

I shrugged. I did talk, when I wanted to. She put down her sketchbook and crossed over to her side of the dorm.

"Well, 're you going to say somethin?" she asked.

"Something." I replied, a little annoyed.

She actually laughed a little, as I arched my eyebrow. Suddenly someone opened the door. It was a blond girl, in a tank top and shorts. The girl had tanned skin, green eyes, a thin figure with large endowments.

"Hey, fellow Freshmen, why aren't you guys at the Student Orientation at the Student Union?" the blond girl asked.

"Sorry, Tara, those thingsz 're way too mainstream for me." my roommate replied, not bothering to look at her.

Tara pouted, "Gosh Lelia, what's with you and your fear of the "mainstream"? What's wrong with liking something that everyone else likes?". She then noticed me, "Well, at least one of you come with me. Lelia is obvious too good for the Stu Orient, so, do you want to go?" she asked.

"Umm…I don't know." I answered.

"C'mon, you won't regret it, I promise!" she promised, as she grabbed my hand.

She dragged me out to the quad, not letting go of my hand. She had blond hair in a ponytail, with a green tank top and faded blue denim shorts with pink sandals. I couldn't tell if she was a Jock, or just one of those popular girls. Tara led me to the Student Union, a large building near the center of the quad. Inside the Student Union looked just like my high school, minus all of the stands set up. Right away Tara was called by several other students,

"Hey, I got to go, you take care, and don't be afraid to make some friends!" she cried as she ran off towards her friends.

I let out a sigh of relief, and looked around. The Student Union was bustling with, well, students. I started walking around, just glancing over at all of the various activities going on. Just then, someone jumped in front of me.

"Hey, hey you! You're new, right?" he asked.

I was struck. Is it that obvious? But still, I nodded.

"I'm trying to form a Study Group, you wanna join?" he asked.

"Umm…"

"Please! I just need one more person to join! Please, please!" he pleaded.

Annoyed, I sighed, "Sure.".

The boy cheered. He was obviously a Nerd, with his small, thin circular glasses, a faded t-shirt that said Bazinga! in comic font under a yellow plaid button-down, beige khakis, and sneakers. He had short, neat black hair, milky skin, and brown eyes.

"Thanks so much. We'll be meeting everyday at my place, starting today, here's the address." he then whipped out his Smartphone and blurped a text and shoved it back into his pocket. I then heard my Smartphone ring. I awkwardly took it out, still stunned by how fast he did that. The text was from a person named Prescott, who's icon was a picture of Domo. The text had an address on it, as promised. So, I assume the guy's name is Prescott. I looked up from my phone, and saw that Prescott had disappeared. Odd, oh well. I was about to leave the Student Orientation, when suddenly, I was hit in the head with a small, round white ball. I hit the hard wooden ground, my vision became a little blurry, and the world seemed to tilt just a bit, or maybe that was just my head.

"Hey, are you ok?" I heard a male voice ask.

I felt myself being pulled up by a soft hand. My vision straightened again, and I saw that the Sim who'd helped me up was muscular, very muscular. He had light skin, shining bright green eyes and stylish, wavy hair. He was wearing the University letter jacket, and basketball shorts with sneakers. It was obvious he was a Jock.

"Yeah, thanks." I thanked him.

Immediately, the Jock was called by Tara,

"Hey, Jax! Come on, we're heading over to B's Bowl!".

Jax turned to his friends, but looked back to glance at me,

"Hey, we're going to B's Bowlarama, you wanna come?".

"Oh, umm…ok." I replied.

I followed Jax, Tara, and a group of the other Jocks. They were talking about sports, professional sports games, sports video games, sports gear, sports, sports, and more sports. I didn't try joining in on their conversation, I don't think I could even if I wanted to. I guess Tara noticed that I wasn't talking to anyone, because she came over to me,

"Hey, so where are you from?" she asked.

"Bridgeport." I replied.

"Oh my gosh, city gurl! What's it like in the city? I myself am from Aurora Skies, pretty night sky, but it's so boring." she told me.

"It's ok." I told her.

Tara scrunched her eyebrows, but then she popped up again, "Hey, do you have, you know, a BF?" she asked.

I was confused. "A what?".

"In case you haven't noticed, Tara here likes to abbreviate words. It can get, like, really annoying." Jax explained. "She means a boyfriend.".

"Oh…no." I replied.

Tara perked up, clapping her hands together and "eeeeeeeeeeeing" excitedly. Why was she so excited?

We arrived at B's Bowlarama. Jax and the guys immediately started a game of bowling, while Tara, a Jock girl and I went to the pool table and started playing pool.

"Did you see that Nerd back at the Student Union?" the Jock girl, Vicky asked.

"The one who was trying to recruit people for his Study Group? Yeah, so?" Tara asked.

They must have been talking about Prescott. Oh god, did they see me talking to him? I know that the social groups don't usually mix, would they exclude me for talking to a Nerd?

"I heard that he actually got two Sims to join his group! Can you believe it?" she asked.

I froze for a second. Two Sims? Maybe they were talking about someone else, I'm sure there're other Nerds around. We played pool some more, Vicky easily won the game, having an incredibly steady pool shot. The guys even came over to watch, mostly because Vicky was wearing a short skirt, and she had to bend to take her shots. Boys…

"Hey guys, I gotta go, got someplace to be." Jax told the group.

"Where ya gotta go?" one of the Jocks asked.

"I've got a part-time job I gotta go to." he explained.

I looked at my Smartphone. It was almost time for me to go to Prescott's Study Group.

"Hey, I gotta go too." I told Tara.

"Alright. See ya la-8-er." she said.

I waved goodbye to her, but she abruptly grabbed my arm,

"Oh wait, hold on! Oh my gosh, I can't believe I haven't asked you this, totally spaced out there, but what's your name?".

I was surprised, as many people as I'd met today, nobody had asked me that question until now,

"Diana." I replied.

Author's Note: I was pumped for the University Life Expansion Pack the minute it was announced. Having never attended university/college myself, the idea of attending college/a university seems very glamorous to me, probably much more glamorous than to someone who has actually attended college/university. I hope you guys enjoy this story, but this story will be much shorter than say, The Green PlumbBob, as it is just a celebration of the new expansion pack.