College. The one place where every young adult dreams about. It's the one place where you can study and party at the same time. It's the one place where you can freely pick out your classes and time and hookup with anybody you want. It's the one place that's in between being a high schooler and a fully grown adult. When I think about college, I think about how much freedom I get to be away from my parents and being able to spend lots of time with my high school boyfriend, Nathan Young.

Me and Nathan met just a few months after I transferred to his high school. One night, I went to this club to meet someone from school who turned out to be a huge jerk and instead of just going home like a loser, I decided to spend the rest of my evening at a bowling alley and that's where I met Nathan, the love of my life. It wasn't really love at first sight, if you're wondering. At the time, I was actually trying to distance myself FROM Nathan since I wasn't interested in having a friend, but Nathan being Nathan, kept pushing and pushing until we ended up in the same bed together at a motel and that was a huge wake up call for me because that was the first time I ever slept with someone.

Ever since that day, I've spent every waking moment with Nathan. Of course we've had our arguments and had to deal with people trying to split us up or make either one of us jealous, but we managed to stay strong through it all. Now, we're both attending the same college together. I don't really expect our four years at college to be peaches and cream, lollipops and rainbows because it's college and I've heard that relationships don't exist in college cause it's all about hooking up, but I'm confident in our relationship that we won't let anything like that effect us. Hell, we've dealt with people like Alex before. Alex was supposedly Nathan's friend who liked him and wanted to take him away from me, but Nathan's love for me was strong enough to push Alex away and come closer to me, but enough about my past. I want to introduce you to my future.

"Are you excited about going away to college?" My mom asked me as she drove the car.

I nodded a little.

"I'm more nervous, though. I don't know what to expect."

My mom nodded, understanding my predicament.

"It's okay to be nervous, sweetie. I was nervous when I went off to college."

I looked at my mom, my eyes widen.

"Really?"

I couldn't really believe my mom's words considering that she's not the type of person to be nervous about anything and even if she DOES feel nervous, she doesn't show it. Ever.

"Of course I was nervous. Back then, I wasn't the most popular girl who stepped into the school and I always isolated myself in my room, but that's until I made my first friend there and of course your father."

I sighed and looked away, not wanting to hear the rest of the story. It was the typical, 'we met at college, fell in love, got married and had you', kind of story, but I know to my mom, it was the time of her life where everything changed.

I had planned on staying silent until we got to University of Alexander Hamilton or UAH for short. It's not the school that my mom and dad went to in their college days and I'm glad about it because I didn't want any of my professors to favor me because they had my mom in the past or hate me because I'm the son of the student they had in the past. From what I learned from all the times I've ever had to switch schools is that starting at a new school meant starting fresh and making a name for yourself without someone doing that for you.

"Looks like we've arrived." My mom suddenly said as I felt the car slowly stop.

I looked out my window to see the huge building right in front of me. It looked pretty old and amazing and all the trees that stood around the school complimented it too. I got out the car and started stretching my body since we had to ride in the car for two hours to get here.

"Come on. Let's start unloading the car and get your room key." My mom said as she started unloading the back seat and I quickly jumped in to help her.

...

When we got inside the building, I saw a bunch of students lined up at the secretary's office, presumbly getting their class schedule and room key. I waited in line with my mom and once it was my turn, I told the secretary my name and she quickly give me my class schedule and room key.

"You're in Brinner Hall. Here's the map of the school in case you get lost. Brinner hall is to the left of you and past the courtyard." She explained and I thanked her before me and my mom set out to find my dorm.

On our way to the boy's dorm rooms, I passed a bunch of students getting their things out the car, saying goodbye to their families and happily greeting their friends/lovers. I smiled softly at the sight before quickly growing anxious at wanting to see Nathan now.

...

Once we finally reached the dorms, I managed to find my dorm room and I unlocked it with the key. I pushed the door open and looked around. The room was really clean and empty. There were two empty beds that sat far apart in front of each other and there were two computer desks that sat next to both beds. There was also two seperate closets that stood in the corner next to each other and right in front of you when you enter the room, you could see the huge windows that bright up the room.

"The room looks nice. Shall we unpack?" My mom said as she brought in my stuff and looked around the room.

"Sure." I said and then proceeded to unpack my things.

Once I finished unpacking all my stuff, my closet was filled with my clothes and shoes and my side of the room looked more lively and lived in, but once I laid eyes on the empty side of the room, it quickly made me wonder when my roommate is gonna come and what his personality will be.

"Do you want to take a look around campus?" Mom quickly spoke up, breaking my thoughts.

"Huh? Oh..."

To be honest, I loved my mom and I'll hate saying goodbye to her too, but now that I'm officially a college student, I'm ready to become independent. I just wasn't sure how to break it to her.

"Um...to be honest...I."

"I understand, sweetie. You're wanting me to hurry up and leave so you can freely do whatever you want." She said with a small sad smile.

I sighed and nodded.

"I'm sorry, but..."

Just then, my mom walked up to me and pulled me into her arms.

"Don't be sorry okay? I felt the same way when I went off to college. I was nervous, but I was ready to become independent and do things on my own."

She then pulled away from me and smiled at me.

"And I'm ready for you to become independent too. Just remember to call whenever you want to talk and if you need some money, don't hesitate to ask either alright?"

I nodded then hugged my mom for what might be the last time before we both seperated and she left the room. I sighed sadly then I walked over to the window and looked down at the people below, reality finally settling in.

"You're finally in college, Simon. You're finally...independent..."

"GAAAAAAH! HEEEEEEEEELP!"

Suddenly, there was a loud crash outside the door and a voice screaming so loud that it sounded like they were in pain.

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