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A little note in this story Clara is only 2 years younger than Jess. Also Jess is only a year a head of Clara in college because in the two years he left he spent on of them retaking senior year and the other in his first year of college.


Clara Forester had always been a sweet girl; she was quiet, kept to herself and tried to be nice to everyone she met. That was until girl met boy.

Now Clara was standing in front of the notice board looking for a place to live. She had been living with her best friend but considering best friend had become her ex best friend for the same reason her boyfriend was her ex boyfriend she wanted out.

The problem now was that she couldn't choose where to live. Half the places were not her; on the contrary she didn't even know who she was anymore. Finally one of the ads caught her eye it was plain and simple. There was no mention of needing a party housemate or someone that never goes out and never talks. This was very unsuitable for Clara as all she did was talk.

All this add said was housemate wanted for a five bedroom house just of campus already four housemates living there. If interested contact Tristan Dugrey, Sam Smith, Alex Banes or Jess Mairano or call the number given below.

Clara was in such a rush she didn't stop to think about it, she just dialed the number giving it no thought at all.

"Hello this is Sam, how can I help you?" the voice on the phone asked.

"Yeah, erm I'm phoning about the add for the room" Clara said.

"First can I ask are you a robber, vandal or murderer?" Sam asked making Clara laugh if she was one of those things she wasn't going to say yes. But thankfully she wasn't so she did not have to lie. Lying was one thing Clara had always been hopeless at.

"Nope. Never have been, never will be" Clara told him.

"Well that's good then but you will have to come to the house for a formal interview." Sam gave her the direction's to the house luckily it wasn't far and Clara only had a bag of stuff to carry. She had more back at her old dorm but she didn't want to go back, not yet.

As she walked she thought about the add that was on the board. One of the names was Jess Mairano, she knew it from somewhere but she just couldn't put a face to the name.

Once she arrived at the house she knocked on the door and waited for a reply. It was not long until the door opened and she was greeted by a good looking boy wearing nothing but bright blue shorts.

"Sup, what can I do for you little lady?" The boy asked.

"Erm is Sam in?"

At first the boy gave her a funny look and didn't say anything but after a minute of studying her he reluctantly let her in.

"Samster some Kid here to see you. Didn't know you like them so….." Clara knew why he didn't finish that sentence. It wasn't that he had nothing to say, it was that he had a thousand things to say. Like so young, so different, so book nerdy, so well so lots of things. Clara was like ten people rolled into one. Happy. Fun. Miserable. Quiet. Loud. Shy. Jolly. Sure. Confused. Scared. Before her ex she knew exactly who she was and what she wanted. Now she didn't have a clue.

"Coming" said a boy walking down the stairs she guessed was Sam. Sam was a good looking boy who looked about nineteen or twenty. He was tall and had short dark brown hair. Guys like Sam were the type of guys to make most girls swoon but not Clara he was to pretty for her taste.

"Erm who are you? And what do you want?"

He's Friendly Clara thought.

"I'm Clara I just spoke to you on the phone. You gave me directions asked if I was a murderer, thief or vandal, remember? Honestly I'm hurt I thought we had a thing going on." Clara joked and guessed that she probably was not what he expected.

"That was you? I thought it as a boy on the phone, no offence"

"I'm use to it every one always thinks I'm my brother on the phone" Clara told him. This was true the amount of relatives and Dean's friends and even her friends who thought she was Dean was a lot. She didn't normally sound like a boy it was just on the phone some people thought she was a boy. To be fair this also happened to Dean. Some people use to think Dean was Clara. It made Clara chuckle at the thought of how mad Dean had got about it.

"Still sorry at least you sound like a girl face to face. And you look like a girl that's Erm…. Good." Sam said awkwardly.

"Yep it's always been the thing I as a girl enjoy the most." Before either of them could say anything else they were joined by whom Clara guessed to be another room mate, who came in and sat on the sofa.

"Anyway about the room" Sam paused and looked at Clara. Until then Clara had never cared about how she looked or about what clothes she had.

But at that moment she felt more self conscious than she ever had in her life. Sam was trying to work her out. He looked at her head to toe.

By the sound of things Sam was expecting Clara to be a boy and obviously she was not the type of girl that would hang usually around with guys like Sam. From her first impression Clara realised Sam was not a guy who's normally friends with the quirky book nerd type which was what Clara was always described to be.

As she waited for Sam to say something else she suddenly regretted her clothing choice of a denim shorts, knee high socks and a t-shirt with a picture of a gnome with a finishing rod on it.

"You don't want to give me the room do you, is it because I'm a girl or is it that I'm me? I know that I'm not the girlyist of girls. I won't swoon if I guy walks past and yes I am a bit of a nerd but I would of thought that in the twenty first century people would got past judging in people because of their gender, what they wear or how old they are."

Sam and the other two boys just stood there and stared at her. They were shocked as much as she was at her little outburst. It was not something Clara would do nor she did not look like the type of person who would normally act like that.

"Welcome to your new home" Sam said smiling "Wait we should Run this past Jess first he should be home anytime now. In the mean time let me formerly introduce myself and my friend's I'm Sam Smith, this is Tristan Dugrey" Sam pointed to the blond boy who had just come into the lounge before she started her little rant.

"And that thing over there is Alex Banes" Sam said referring to the boy in the blue shorts that had answered the door.

As they waited for Jess, Clara starting talking to the boy's. They seemed like nice guys and she really would be happy living with them. They told her about how much she would have to pay if she was going to live there, thankfully she could cover it.

The conversation was interrupted as the door opened and Jess walked in. At that very moment she knew exactly who Jess Mariano was.

Jess Mariano was Rory Gilmore's old boyfriend and Clara child hood crush. The first time Clara properly met him was when Jess was seventeen and Clara herself as only fifteen. He didn't even give her a second look.

That was because of two reasons; one because she was two years younger than him and two that she was annoying the hell out of him.

She wondered if he recognized her. Probably not.

It had been more than two years since he last saw her and she had changed a lot.

Judging by what Jess said next he hadn't changed one bit.

"Alex what did I tell you about bring strange girls into the house"

"Now Jess that's not a nice way to treat your new house mate" Alex smirked at Jess, who just looked startled.

"House mate? You can't be serous, Sam, Tristan back me up here"

"Sorry mate we are serous. All we need is your vote and she can stay" Sam joined in and smiled at Clara.

"Please can we keep her" Alex and Tristan said in unison.

"You make it sound like I'm a puppy" Clara said trying to smile at the boys enthusiasm.

"Fine you can stay on one condition, you stay the hell out my way" somebody's in a bad mood.

"You really don't remember me do you?" Clara asked quietly not meaning to say that old loud at all but for some reason she did.

"Why should I? Who are you?" A confused Jess asked.

"I will let you figure that out for your self." Clara walked away from Jess and over to Alex who explain her new house rules.


Hoped you liked it please review and tell me what you think.

Also I'm thinking about bring Rory back into this but I don't know who she should go with it's between Logan or Tristan or Finn and please review xxx