A/N: Hey guys! This is my very first Trolls fanfiction. This is an AU but I tried to keep the characters as true as possible. Please let me know what you think so I can keep writing.

Thanks!

Chapter 1 - First Day

"Oh no I'm gonna be late!" The pink haired girl yelled out loud. I can't believe I'm going to be late on my first day, she thought to herself whilst sprinting across the campus where she had just recently started college. Her bright pink jacket was billowing out behind her as she ran as fast she could without slipping on the sidewalk that still held some of the morning's condensation. Not paying attention as she rounded a corner of one of the many brick buildings on the massive campus she ran right smack into something and fell to the ground. As her butt hit the cool cobblestone sidewalk she felt some hot liquid splash onto her arm. After catching herself with her arms on either side of her, she looked up and realized she hadn't run into something but rather someone. Her gaze first fell onto the black boots that were just below her eye level, then slowly made her way up the black jeans and up the black leather jacket until she found sky blue eyes where she finally stopped. She gulped loudly, they were the most beautiful blue eyes she had ever seen. Black hair entered her peripheral, but she couldn't look away from those eyes.

What seemed like minutes were only seconds before she finally blinked and looked back down blushing. "I'm so sorry!" She blurted out. Shyly Poppy looked back up at the guy's face, he was tall and very good looking but had one of the meanest scowls on his face she had ever seen. She then noticed that the liquid that had hit her was from his coffee, which was also on his jacket and on the ground.

"Watch where you're going freshman!" He yelled at her. Poppy cringed in fear knowing she had probably just made an enemy. Then he stepped around her and walked away. She swore she could have heard him growl and him muttering something like "Damn kids" and "Spilled my freaking coffee" as he walked around the corner and disappeared from her sight.

Other students walked around her, giving her funny looks as they passed but her mind was still fixed on the boy she had just encountered. After a minute she shook her head and got up, wiping the dirt off the back of her jeans. Who was that? She thought to herself.

Then out loud she gasped, "Oh no! Now I AM going to be late!" She took off in a sprint, thankful she had already ventured around campus the day before and knew exactly where her first class was. Her feet pounded the ground and she breathed hard, trying to get as much air in her lungs as possible so she could keep going. All the other students didn't help at all as she kept having stop to dodge them.

Finally, she made it to the correct building. She yanked the door open as fast as she could and ran down the hallway until she came to the big wooden double doors she was looking for. Very quietly she opened one of the doors and stepped in, letting the door shut without as much sound as possible. The room was huge, more like an auditorium than a classroom with lots of seating and a huge screen at the front for the professor to teach from. Currently it displayed the room number, class subject (Art 101), and the professor's name.

Luckily it was dark and only a handful of students had even noticed her come in. The professor had already begun talking, so she looked to either side of her hoping to quickly find a seat. It happened to be her lucky day, even though it had not started so well, since there was an open seat at a table near her. There were two girls already sitting at the table, but Poppy didn't want to make a scene by trying to sit any farther into the classroom. As quietly as she could she walked over and whispered to the girl closest to the empty seat, "Is this seat taken?"

The girl turned to her and smiled "No go ahead" she said as she gestured to the chair.

"Thank you." Poppy said sitting down and set her bag on the floor.

Slowly her breathing went back to normal and she could finally relax a little as she kind of listened to the professor as he explained what he would be going over during the semester and what would be expected of the students. As she looked around the classroom her eyes stopped on a certain student that was sitting down front, closer to the professor. Though it was mostly dark in the room, the students close to the front were illuminated from the light of the screen projected onto the huge marker board. It was the SAME boy she had run into earlier! She could only see his profile from this angle, but he was just as good looking as she remembered from the brief time she had looked at him. He seemed to be very interested in what the professor had to say but it was at that moment he decided to look around the room. His eyes landed on her and she looked away as quickly as she could. I can't believe he just caught me staring! Poppy thought to herself as she felt her face flush with embarrassment. She refused to look in his direction for fear she might meet his eyes again.

"Here." The girl sitting next to hear was holding a stack of papers in her hand gesturing them towards her.

Poppy looked at them "Class Syllabus" the papers said. "Oh sorry" She said to the girl and took them from her. She placed one on the table in front of her, then stood up and walked as quietly as she could to another table about ten feet away and handed them to another student. As she sat back down she grabbed up the syllabus and flipped through the three pages which explained what the class would cover, the grading process, test and assignment dates, and supplemental instruction (tutoring) if a student needed it.

Even though it had only been ten minutes the professor flipped on the lights and told the students they could go for the day.

Poppy looked around confused. She looked to the girl next to her who was packing her bag, "What's going on?" she asked.

Now that Poppy could finally see clearly, she noticed the girl sitting next to her had blonde hair with blue streaks in it. She was very pretty, but what surprised her was the girl sitting on the other side of her. They looked just alike except this girl had pink highlights in her hair.

The girl looked up at her and smiled "Freshman huh?" Poppy nodded. "The first day of almost any class lets out after the professor introduces themselves and goes over the syllabus. We almost never take notes and get to leave early."

"Oh." Poppy said.

"You'll get used to it and expect it after the first few classes." The girl said.

"What really messes with you is when they don't let you out early and you actually have to take notes on the first day." The other girl behind her said crossing her arms.

"Oh, by the way I'm Chenille," the girl with the blue highlights said extending a hand towards Poppy, "and this is my twin sister Satin."

Poppy shook her hand, "Nice to meet you both. I'm Poppy." She replied smiling.

"So, when's your next class?" Chenille asked the pink haired girl.

"Uh…. let me check." Poppy turned and bent slightly to pick up her bag from the floor, but as luck would have it the one person she didn't want to make eye contact with passed by right as she turned. She froze, and her breath caught in her throat as he stared at her. The eye contact only lasted a second but seemed to last hours. He walked away from her still with scowl on his face shaking his head. Poppy finally remembered to breathe and shook her head to get out of the stupor. She picked up her bag and turned to faced Satin and Chenille again, who were both smiling at her.

"What?" She asked, looking confused.

The twins looked at each other, almost as if having a mental conversation.

Satin spoke first, "Girl don't even look at that boy."

"He is not going to give you the time of day. I have never even seen him with a girl, and you so wouldn't be his type. You're a little too…. pink for him." Chenille stated.

Poppy looked at both girls, "It's not like that, I ran into him literally this morning and accidentally spilled his coffee on both of us. He yelled at me and walked off."

Satin and Chenille just started laughing. "Oh, I would have loved to see that! I can just imagine his reaction," Chenille said.

"So, you guys know him?" Poppy asked, smiling at their reaction.

"Yeah, we know who he is. Our friend Guy was like best friends with him in high school." Satin replied.

"He's a pretty grumpy guy, keeps to himself, we've met him a few times when he hangs out with Guy, but he doesn't talk much. But he's really smart, and from what we've heard from Guy that he can sing and play guitar." Chenille said.

Poppy mulled this over in her head before asking her next question, "What's his name?"

"Branch." The twins said at the same time.

This surprised Poppy, "Branch? Is that a nickname or something?"

"No, his parents weren't exactly in their right minds when he was born. But the name fits him." Chenille replied.

"So next class?" Satin asked Poppy.

"Oh yeah," Poppy opened her bag and pulled out her schedule. "I've got a few hours."

"Do you wanna get coffee with us? We were gonna hit Starbucks, and this was our only class today." Chenille asked.

Poppy smiled, "Sure, that'd be great."

The trio then walked out of the class room together, and after walking down the hallway they exited the building. It was now bright and shiny outside, a little warmer than before but still chilly considering it was still early. There were also a lot less students now which made the walk much nicer so the three could talk. Poppy learned the twins were majoring in Apparel Design, but had minor in Music since both girls apparently could sing.

"So, what's your major?" Satin asked Poppy.

Poppy replied," Music, I love to sing. I'm not good at much else but I might find something here I can minor in."

"Cool, maybe we can meet up in the music hall at some point and sing together," Chenille piped in.

This made Poppy smile, "Yeah that sounds like fun."

The three continued their walk chatting about their classes this semester, their jobs, and various other topics that had to do with their college lives. Before they knew it, they were at the coffee shop. They entered and ordered their coffees. The girls then sat at table next to a huge window where they could see students walking about outside. They continued their conversation while drinking their coffee, it was mostly small talk just getting to know each other. After an hour Poppy realized she needed to get going so she could get to her next class early hopefully without running into anybody.

"I'm sorry girls but I have to go, I would like to make it to my next without running," Poppy laughed.

The twins smiled at her. "What's your number? I'm gonna text you later so we can meet up for dinner." Chenille said handing Poppy her phone.

Poppy entered her number into the phone and handed it back. "I should be done with classes by 5 so anytime after that will be fine."

"Sounds good." Satin replied.

"Well see you guys later." Poppy said while giving a small wave and walking away.

The twins grinned at her and gave small waves back. "I like this girl." Chenille said to her sister

Satin looked back at her, "Me too, for being a freshman she's not terribly annoying. I just hope she doesn't chase after Branch. We both know how that will end."

Chenille simply nodded, she knew what Branch was capable of. A girl like Poppy had no chance with that grump-ass.