It was chilly morning in Los Santos. It was around 7am and I was already late for school. I was attending ULSA and getting my masters degree in Forensics. On my way out the door, I grabbed my hoodie that said "ULSA PRIDE" on the front and she slipped it over her head. I was wearing ripped jeans and black canvas shoes. That hoodie was the very first thing I had bought when I moved from Liberty City. I had not been late to class since the beginning of the semester. I rushed out of my tiny apartment in Vespucci Canals and into my grey Bravado Gresely. I sped through the streets of Vespucci and up to Richman, where the college was. I hopped out of the car and grabbed my bag filled with books from the backseat. While walking towards campus I heard my car make a chirping noise as I locked it. I made my way into the first building and into the first class, Physics. After barging in the door the room fell silent and all eyes were on me.

"You're late, Miss Haines. Please take a seat. You will need to get the beginning of classes notes from someone." Said the professor, soon returning back to the presentation on the board.

The rest of the students resumed their work. And I made my way up the sixth row and next to my best friend, Adrienne Norton. We have been friends since childhood, since our dads had worked together.

"You're late Miss Haines." said Adrienne, mocking our professor.

"Very funny. I had a long night last night and im not in the mood." I barked back. She could feel the agitation in my voice and eased back. I realized she felt bad.

"Look, I'm sorry. I'll explain after class. Wanna go for coffee?" I asked her, hoping she would except my apology.

"Sure." Adrienne answered after a few moments of silence.

"You mind if I copy your notes?"

"Yeah. Just let me finish them first." said Adrienne keeping it quiet.

About 45 minutes later our class had ended and the day was over. I pulled out my phone and texted Adrienne because she wondered off after class. I typed "Hey, meet me at the flag pole if you're still up for coffee :)" I clicked send and a few minutes later Adrienne popped up and we headed towards my car.

"Bean Machine okay for you?" I asked.

She nodded her head. I could tell something was wrong. I just wanted to spend time with my best friend. Ever since she was doing volleyball for ULSA we had barely hung out. And on top of that she was moving up to Paleto Bay with her parents at the end of her semester. I just missed her so much. We pulled up to the front of the Bean Machine and both got out and took a seat on the outside patio.

"So how have you been?" I asked.

"Okay. How about you?"

I was terrible.

"Good! How's volleyball?" I answered instead.

"Fine. How's Mya and Lui?" Adrienne asked. Mya was my cat and Lui was my hamster.

"Fine. They miss you!"

We both let out a little chuckle. We chatted for about another hour sipping on our frappuchinos then we left for the car.

"Hey are you busy this weekend?" Adrienne asked me as we were pulling out onto Eclipse Boulevard.

"Um.. I don't think so. Why?"

"I was wondering if you would be up for a road trip. We can go up to Paleto Bay and see the new house. Go hiking and stuff like that. But just for three days." Adrienne informed me.

"Sure! I would love to!"

"Okay, good. I'll text you the details. Bye!" She said while hopping out of the car. She had lived a street down from me. I pulled into my car port and grabbed my bags and locked the door. While walking up the stairs, i was struggling to get my keys out of my purse. As soon as i thought i had them, my school bag dropped and all of my books spilled out. I was already done with today, and this was the icing on the cake.

"Here, let me help you with that!" I heard and unfamiliar voice call from behind me.

Without looking up i replied, "No thanks, I got it."

"Please I insist." The mans voice had said and just as he finished I looked up to see a very attractive man, probably in his early 20's bending down to help me pick up my books. He had dark caramel skin and a short buzzed haircut.

"Oh my god! Thank you so much! You really didn't have to." I said blushing.

"No, it's my pleasure. What's your name?" he asked me.

"Allison. Yours?"

"Franklin. Nice to meet you Allison. Is this your apartment?" he said with a smile in his face.

"Um.. yeah. Are you the new neighbor I had heard about?"

"Yes ma'am I am. I actually gotta run. I hope I can see you around! Here's my number in case you ever need anything." Franklin said while turning back into his apartment and handing me a piece of paper with his phone number on it. "I'll see you later!" he waved to me

"See ya." I said a little too late, mesmerized by his incredible good looks. I finally found my keys and walked in. I dropped my bags on the table and grabbed a Sprunk out of the fridge. As soon as I sat on the couch and turned the television on I switched the station and Fame or Shame was on. A few minutes later I got a text from Adrienne. It read "Hey, so we're gonna leave on Friday morning at 8 and we're staying until Sunday evening and leaving around 7pm." I replied "Okay. :) I can drive! You can stay the night on Thursday so we don't have to rush. See ya then!" I clicked send and a few seconds later she replied with "Okay, sounds like a date! 3" Not long after that i went to go get in the shower. Before hopping in, i untied my messy bun from the night before and my long, wavy red hair flowed down my back. I looked into the mirror and caught myself starring at the freckles covering my porcelain complection. I took a nice long bubble bath. I got on and put on my ULSA t-shirt and fuzzy pajama pants. I slipped into my full size bed and quickly fell asleep. I hoped tomorrow would go a lot more smoothly than it had today.