AN: Hello beautiful readers and welcome to "What the Future Holds". This first chapter starts almost right were "Here We Go Again" left off. The gang is starting university so look out. Hope you enjoy!

Lily's point of view

As I looked in my rear view mirror seeing New York City behind me I was glad I would be coming back this time. I was driving to Yale to help Bailey move in today. Her family farm is super busy around the end of summer so I offered to help. Thankfully it wasn't a long drive, around two hours, can't be too far away from my best friend.

Once I parked my car I followed Bailey's directions to the residence she would be staying in on campus.

"Lily!" I heard her yelled as she ran out of a tall brick building.

"Hi Bailey," I said pulling her into a hug. I haven't seen her since July; I went to visit her farm for a week.

"So this is it?" I asked with excitement.

"Yup," She said. "Welcome to Baker Hall."

"This is so cool," I said as we walked to Bailey's car to bring some of her things inside.

"So how are you doing?" I asked with a bit more concern.

"Good," She said with a small smile. "It's been a difficult day with all the goodbyes but I'm excited to start something new."

Not only did Bailey have to say goodbye to her family, she met up with Cody to see him for a few hours before they both went off to school.

"It's only a couple hours away," I reassured. "You guys will be fine."

"I know," She smiled then changed the subject. "So Cody said Zack is helping him move in today too."

"That he is," I said picking up a box and heading back to the residence.

"When do you two move in?" She asked as she led me to her dorm room.

"I'm helping him move two days from now and then I move into my place the next day." I explained.

"This is me!" Bailey said opening her door.

The room was really nice. It was somewhat small but I've known universities to have smaller. Bailey was lucky enough to get a single room (no roommate) which was uncommon.

Once we got all the boxes in we resumed talking as we set up the room.

"Is Zack excited to move into residence?" Bailey asked as she hung some photos on the wall.

"I think so," I said as I put her books on the shelf. "He's been talking to his roommate over the summer and he seems pretty cool."

"Cody has too," She laughed. "He needed to make sure he wasn't crazy."

"Not like he hasn't had a crazy roommate before," I laughed.

"I can't wait to come see your apartment," Bailey said excitedly.

"Please do," I smiled. "I would love it."

"Between you and Tessa you guys will have the most adorable place."

When I got home and found out Tessa (AN: just as a reminder this is Lily's good friend from home) would also be attending Columbia for a dermatology program I was ecstatic. We decided to find an apartment in the city close to campus and live together.

"Well my dear I think you all set!" I said looking around the room. It reminded me so much of when we shared a room together on the S.S Tipton.

"Thanks so much girl," Bailey said. "Want to go for lunch?"

"Absolutely!" I exclaimed running for the door.

Zack's point of view

"Man I feel smarter just being here!" I laughed as Cody and I walked around the Harvard campus.

"It does that," Cody laughed.

We got his keys and everything and we were just going in to check out his room before we moved everything inside.

"What's your roommates name again?" I asked as we wondered the halls.

"Michael," He said. "He's in the medical program here too."

"Nice," I said as we reached his dorm room.

When we opened the door Michael was already there unpacking his stuff. He was about 5'11, slim with short brown hair.

"Hey," he said looking up from his suitcase.

"Hey Michael," Cody said.

"I'm assuming your Cody but I can't be sure," He laughed shaking my hand.

"Yeah," He laughed. "This is my brother Zack."

"Hey man," I said.

"Hey nice you meet you guys," He smiled. "Are you going here too?"

"Nah," I laughed. "Just my genius brother, I'm going to NYU."

"Nice I love the city," He said.

"Me too, I agreed. "Well Codster lets go get your stuff."

"Alright we will be back," Cody said as we went back to the car.

As we walked through the building there was a group of four girls that stopped us.

"My my my…ladies it seems we have twins on our floor," One girl said in a heavy southern accent.

"Well you'll have one twin," I said patting Cody's back.

"Oh sugar you're not staying," One of the girls said pouting.

"No," I said.

"Shame," They said touching Cody's arm as they walked by. "We will see you later."

As soon as they walked away I started laughing.

"Oh have fun man," I joked as we walked to the car.

"Hey I have a girlfriend," Cody said defensively.

"I'm kidding," I said as I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. "Speaking of her."

"Hey babe how's the moving going?" I said when I answered.

"Good," Lily said on the other end of the phone. "We're done, were eating."

"Nice," I smiled looking over at Cody. "We're trying to start but the girls just keep falling all over us."

"Zack!" Cody whisper yelled at me.

"Oh really?" Lily laughed. "Bailey we may have to go down there."

"HE'S KIDDING HA-HA" Cody tried to yell into the phone.

"We'll let you get back to it," Lily said. "Don't get into too much trouble."

"We will try," I assured. "Bye"

"Bye Zack."

"Alright let's move you in," I laughed. "Don't worry I'll keep the girls away from you."

"Yeah yeah jus take a box," Cody teased.

_a few days later_

Lily texted me to say she was on her way to help me move in. I decided to go in and see if my roommate Jeremy had moved in yet. When I finally found my room sure enough he was there.

"Hey man," I said.

"Hey Zack!" He said excitedly shaking my hand.

He was a big guy, like 6ft tall, decently built and black hair a little longer than mine.

"How's it going?" I asked him.

"Awesome!" He smiled. "This place is great. Our floor has some really cool guys I'll introduce you to later and some smoking hot chicks."

"Cool," I said taking a seat on my bed.

"Seriously though I'm a great wingman," He laughed. "I'll hook you up."

"I'm okay man thanks," I laughed. "I have a girlfriend."

"Oh no," he teased. "Wifed up before you even got here."

"Yeah," I smiled knowing this would be a conversation we would have. "I'll be your wingman."

"Okay," He said shaking his head. "I hope she's worth it, once you see what we've got around here."

"Hey," Lily said with the most perfect timing.

"Hi," I said going over to kiss her.

Thankfully this summer I did get to see Lily a few times. Once when I came up for a tour of the school campus and she came down to Boston for a weekend.

"Sorry I'm late," She said once she pulled away. "It's New York."

"Understandable," I smiled.

I turned back to Jeremy to introduce him to Lily, his eye were so wide that I had to suppress my laughter.

"Hi," Lily said reaching her hand out and breaking his daze. "I'm Lily."

"Hi," he said shaking her hand. "Nice to meet you."

"You too," She said brightly then turned back to me. "Want to go get your stuff?"

"Yeah," I agreed as we both turned to leave.

"Zack," Jeremy called right before I left the room.

I turned around and he just looked at me and put his hands up. "I give, she's worth it"

I just laughed and went back to the car with Lily.

Jeremy went down to the lounge as we started bringing in my stuff.

"It's a nice room," Lily said starting to unpack some of my boxes.

"Yeah I think I can live here," I smiled. "I'll go get the last couple things from the car."

Lily nodded and as she took off her sweater and got to work.

Everyone had their doors open, either to get to know people or because of moving so I didn't even bother to close it as I left.

I grabbed my last box out of the car, locked it up and headed back into the dorm. When I turned the corner to my hallway I stopped. Jeremy and at least five other guys were all lingering around my room.

I was super confused as I walked closer to them. I thought at first they were talking to each other but they were looking into the room, not exchanging words. Most of them were smiling or had this weird pained expression on their face.

No one even turned once I quietly walked behind them to see what was happening. The music was still playing in my room from when Jeremy first put it on as we unpacked. Lily was lost in the music as she started putting away my textbooks but without knowing she was doing it in the most entertaining way possible.

I had to somewhat laugh at the situation. All these guys came to watch her lean over my desk since she was so short she had to stretch to reach the shelf for the books. She was wearing denim shorts that fit her perfectly, and her slightly cropped tank top flowed away from her as she leaned, slightly exposing her flat stomach.

"I love bring your hot girlfriend to school day," One of the guys in the front of the group whispered to the others.

"Me too," I smirked as I moved around them to walk into my room.

They all turned away, including Jeremy trying to act like they were talking or looking at something else.

I put the box down on my bed and went over to pull Lily towards me by her waist to kiss her.

I could tell I took her by surprise but after a second she responded to the kiss. I quickly lifted her and gently placed her on my desk without breaking the kiss. Out of my peripheral vision I saw the guys scatter from the doorway.

"You really know how to captivate an audience," I teased kissing down her neck.

"What?" She said asked confused then I nodded towards the door where they guys had been

"Sorry," She blushed. "I didn't even notice."

"It's okay," I laughed. "Sorry I took you by surprise, jealousy got the better of me, male dominance over other guys or something stupid like that."

"I understand," She smirked. "I kind of liked it."

"Oh yeah?" I teased running my hands over her legs. "When you come to visit I may have to keep you locked up in here with me so no one else gets any ideas."

"Hmmm I'd be okay with that," She sighed. "Come on we have more unpacking to do."

She jumped off of the desk and we began the process of setting up my room again.

_the next day at Nathan's Condo_

Nathan's point of view (first?!)

"It looks so weird in here," I said walking into Lily's almost empty bedroom.

"I know," She said putting tape over her last few boxes.

"The moving truck should be here soon," I said leaning against the doorway.

"Yeah Zack is on his way over now."

"How does he like the dorms?" I laughed at the memories of my own college experience.

"He likes it," She smiled. "They have fun there."

"You're going to have so much fun," I assured her. "I wish I could go back to college."

"Best leave it to me," She teased.

"Probably," I laughed. "I'll miss having you here Lily."

"Me too," She said with a sad smile. "But I am not too far, I'll be back."

"I know," I said pulling her into a quick hug.

"Hey hey!" Jenna called as she strolled down the hall towards us. "Moving truck is downstairs."

"I'll start brining stuff down," Lily said picking up a few things leaving the room.

"How are you doing?" Jenna asked softly.

"I'm okay," I smiled pulling her closer to me. "It's just so weird; I can't believe she's going to university."

"She's growing up," Jenna agreed. "She will do great, and she's not going too far."

"I know," I sighed as I thought about how happy dad would have been today.

"Well we better start getting everything there," I said snapping out of my thought.

AN: Start of a new adventure. Let me know what you think of this story so far. I'm also always up for suggestions! Thanks loves.