"Every year, many, many stupid people graduate from college. And if they can do it, so can you."
― John Green
That's what Kori Anders told herself when she shyly stepped onto J.C.U.'s freshly mowed lawn. Red and brown leaves fluttered to the ground. Butterflies flew about, landing on the rose bushes that greeted anxious freshman. She bit her lip and tapped her foot against the pavement as she spotted brunette talking excitedly to other newcomers. She was holding up a packet filled with names, pointing to the the left of her.
'She may have information on where I'm supposed to go.' She thought.
She breathed in and walked to her. Brunette whipped her head around to her and instantly smiled. Her teeth was blinding white. "How may I help you!?" She asked.
"Uh, where do I go?" Kori asked her back.
"You are supposed to go to your dorms, then at 2:30 p.m., you go to the dining hall to have an Info Banquet!" Brunette confided in her.
"Okay," she said carefully. "Where do I reside?"
"Whats your name? Your full name." Brunette held up a thick packet of paper. "Kori Anders!" She cheerily answered.
"Kori Anders..." Brunette flipped through the papers. "Ahh, there you are!" She pointed her orange painted fingertip to a print of her name. "Your in building C, hall 3, room 148." She handed her a packet of stapled papers containing whom would be her dormmates, and schedule. "Use your schedule to get into the banquet, and you should get your J.C.U. I.D. tomorrow!" Brunette smiled. "Hope you have a good time!" She wished.
"Thank you!" She smiled back at her. "Uhhh.." She peered at Brunette's name tag. "Ezzie!" Ezzie nodded and helped the next clueless freshman.
She stepped into the elevator. It was a nice one with cinnamon floating in the air and relaxing music playing softly. She felt her stomach go down as the elevator went up to her floor. It dinged as it stopped and she walked out into the hallway. Other girls were pulling and pushing and socializing in their dorms.
She turned the copper key in the lock and opened the cream colored door. Her dorm had a large enough living room to suit 3-4 people. It already had a little t.v. and a couch under the window. The carpet was soft and light brown colored. There was a kitchen on the left of her. The refrigerator was empty. There was a little hallway where the bathroom was. All cabinets and drawers empty. Then there was the bedroom. The bedroom had two bunkbeds parallel to each other. The mattresses had plastic on them. There was a big wooden desk facing the beds. The window curtains flown in the air.
She shut the window and climbed on the top bunk on the right. She ripped and scratched at the plastic then put her purple sheets on it. The then draped her thick purple blanket and put her round pillow at the end of the bed for her feet.
Yes, the pillow was for her feet and not her head. She liked it that way. It was easier for her to go to sleep.
She hopped down and went to the living room and pulled out her crystal jar. She pulled out bags and bags of candy from her suitcase and mixed and poured them into the jar.
Ten minutes later her side of the room was plastered with posters of kittens and a pile of science books was in a pile on a corner of the wooden desk. It looked like "home" already. Of course she was generous enough to leave space for her roommates. Pop songs blasted through the dorm. She left her door ajar if visitors wanted to visit.
The door opened. A blonde boy entered and spotted her. He smiled. His teeth seemed really sharp. Almost like canines. He held up a notepad and a pencil. "Hey. What's your name? Would you mind writing your number-" Another boy entered. He had black hair that was gelled into spikes. Wearing sunglasses even though he was inside. He punched the blonde boy in the back, making blondie drop his notepad and pencil.
"Would you stop trying to pick up every girl you see?!" He asked impatiently.
Blondie frowned. "Dude, that was the only reason I went with you."
Glasses sighed. He then looked at her.
. *Kori Anders At A Glance* (Richard's P.O.V.) .
She had these enormous green eyes that seemed to take up her...whole eye.
She was tall. Maybe taller than him.
Gorgeous lips.
Long red hair and bangs.
She had really tan skin. To be honest he thought it was orange.
She had a really nice body.
She was wearing a purple belly showing T-shirt, purple mini skirt with knee high purple boots. (I'm guessing thats her favorite color?)
To him, she was beautiful.
"Hi! I'm Kori!" She smiled.
"Hi, I'm Richard." He smiled his charming smile on her. "How are you?"
The blonde just blurted out his name. "I'm Garfield." He looked at Kori and Richard who seemed to have forgotten about him.
"My god," he muttered. He spotted the candy jar. "Ooooh! Can I have some? Please?"
Kori nodded at him. "Yes! Take all you want, but leave enough for future visitors." Garfield took three and offered one to Richard. Richard shook his head.
Suddenly they heard the sounds of two other people coming in. Two girls holding suitcases and packets of paper with their names printed on looked up at them. They were quite short. Garfield made contact with one of these fascinating creatures.
. *Jen At A Glance* (Garfield's P.O.V.) .
She was a blonde judging by her eyebrows.
She had dyed her hair pink.
She was chewing gum. An expert at blowing bubbles.
She was wearing black capris with a grey T-shirt.
She looked like she didn't give a fuck. About anything.
He glanced at the second one.
. *Raven At A Glance* (Garfield's P.O.V.) .
She obviously hasn't been out much, judging by her skin tone.
She had short black hair with purple tints in it.
She had pretty purple eyes.
She was frowning at him and for some reason that made him a little scared of her.
She was wearing purple jean short shorts and long sleeved blue shirt.
"Hi!" Garfield threw away the candy wrappers in his hand and confidently strode to them. "How are you guys doing today?" Jen just walked to them bedroom. Raven was still staring at him.
"Okaay..." Raven stared at him. "Who are you?" She asked finally.
"I'm Garfield." He smiled at her and pulled out his notebook and pencil. "Wanna give me your number so we can "talk" later?"
Raven almost smirked at him. Almost. "No." She said with finality and picked her suitcase and walked into her new bedroom.
"Harsh..." Garfield frowned, then shrugged. "Always next time!" He smiled. "Come on, Dude," He tapped Richards shoulder. "I don't think we're even supposed to be here anyway."
Raven had immediately took a shower and new clothes on to get ready for the banquet. So far her experience at college was going...well. Her roommates were nice and she had managed to keep below the radar. Jen was in the bedroom nodding her head to music and Kori was making dinner for all of us later. The RA came in and introduced herself, and gave them sheet of rules. They even had their first house meeting.
A little something something about how the House Meeting went
Kori: You guys are most wonderful!
Jen: Calm down K, it hasn't even been a day yet.
Raven: Hey, if we're going to go to parties, you are not allowed to get shit-faced and come into our dorm and throw up and poop all over the apartment. If you do, you're cleaning it up. Of you don't, you have to do dishes and laundry for a month.
Jen: Ew.
Kori: Indeed, that is gross. I did not know people actually do that.
Raven: They do. And we stick together. If one of us is being taken advantage of, robbed, etc, we need to step in. Even if you hate them. Do it.
Jen: Yeah, I thought that was clear since the beginning. Is this over now, I wanna get some Starbucks.
Kori: Oh, May I come with? I find their coffee extra-
Jen: Yeah. Just don't talk too much.
Hopefully they covered all the bases. Empty cups of coffee were left abandoned on the countertops. Raven picked them up and put them in the trash. She looked at her watch. It was 1:40.
"Um, is everyone ready? We have to go." She informed.
"I'm ready!" Kori zipped out from her room to the front door while Jen just walked.
When they arrived at the dining hall, millions of people had already gotten most of the seats. People were gathering food, talking, some even just straight out making out. Overall, everyome was just having a good time. Raven excused herself from her roommates to look inside a room. About 15 freshman and a RA were playing crappy games. Garfield was there. Maybe it was the fact that there was a numerous amount of girls there. They were having some sort of racing game.
Garfield was talking to a big breasted indian girl when all of a sudden he went bleary eyed and coughing. Okay, maybe he had taken some pills earlier because college was already boring and he felt like he needed some fun. He had thought they would have kicked in a bit earlier, but they didn't so he came to the conclusion that the pills weren't worth his time. He threw them away.
The girl he was talking to looked at him weirdly and asked if he was okay. When he didn't answer, she awkwardly held her hand to his forehead when another boy stepped in between her and him. The guy told her he'd handle this and to go make some friends. The girl hesitantly obliged, but still shot Garfield looks when she started playing the game.
This guy was a big, black guy with light blue shirt and some khaki shorts. He pulled Garfield out the room running into a pale girl on the way out(Raven?) And apologised to her before stepping outside with dazed Garfield. He then turned around with a serious face. Uh-Oh. Maybe he worked here. Oh no, his college life was over before it even started. But then that dissaproving frown turned into a smile.
"Are you hungry?"
Garfield couldn't tell if the dude was mocking him or not. He nodded anyway. He was pretty hungry. The dude put Garfield into the passenger seats and set himself into the drivers seat of his car. This car had pretty comfy seats. WAY comfy.
"Do you want some Mcdonalds?" He asked him. Again, couldn't tell if he was mocking, said yes anyway.
The man nodded. "I'm Victor." He introduced himself.
"Hi Victor. I'm Garfield." Victor snickered. Garfield couldn't seem to get what was so funny.
"I'm getting us two cheeseburgers and a cola for me, a water for you. Is that okay?" He asked him.
"Im a vegetarian." Garfield told him.
"Vegetarian?!" Victor relayed with disbeleif. "Wow, how can you like, NOT eat meat?"
"When I eat meat I feel like I'm eating a part of me. Do you get that?" Garfield asked.
"No. Meat's awesome." Victor smirked.
"Whatever dude."
They pulled up to Mcdonalds and Victor ordered one cheeseburger, one Coca Cola, one veggieburger, and a cup of water. They sat in the almost full parking lot and ate in the car. Garfield was careful eating in there as Victor told him "If there was one ketchup stain on his seat/floor you should consider yourself dead."
They drove back to J.C.U. in comfortable quietness, letting Garfield sleep for a mere five minutes. "Thanks man, I owe ya one." Garfield thanked him as they walked back to the dining hall. "Hey, it's no problem. See ya later, okay?" Victor looked at him.
"Sure." Garfield smiled at him and made his way back to the game room. They were playing one last game. Staring contest while doing crazy things or something like that. He leaned against a wooden frame and closed his eyes. He heard girls laughing as they blinked their eyes. Boys laughing at some of the goofy things the RA's did.
He felt someone join him at his side. "Where were you?" Inquired Richards voice. When he slowly opened his eyes to see Richard looking at him curiously through his shades.
"Went to Mcdonald's." He answered blankly.
"Even though you're going to eat a full plate of who knows what in five minutes?" Richard looked at him perplexedly.
"I was really hungry, okay? Really. Hungry."
"I see." Then Richard eventually took interest in something else and left.
Every freshman was either sitting down on a chair or standing up. Some were picking at their plates, while others vaccumed it clean. The room smelled like fresh food with a mix of oak. The red floors were now stained with a variety of accidently spilled foods. The professors stood in a line next to the stand where they were waiting for the head pf the school. Banners hung high and tall, brandishing the school symbols.
The head finally popped out, he was in a snoozy tuxedo with a ready smile. He picked up the mike, looked at anxious freshman and boomed a big "Welcome!" While throwing his arms out.
He waited for some clapping to quiet down before continuing.
"Congratulations, students. You've made it this far. Hopefully, you'll make it farther." The professor's nodded. "You have stepped into a new life, now. A J.C.U. life. Now, it's all about you. Your life. You have the chance to mold and shape your life by the little choices you make. So choose wisely. Here at Jump City University, our students take pride in their profession. They love it. Now, here's a question for you guy's. "Do you love your classes? Your job? Everything? Life is what YOU make it. That is all." He put the make back and walked down the polished wooden steps.
Wow. Great speech. People awkwardly clapped and got back to eating their food.
Jen went back to her dorm after eating two plates and downed three drinks. She was full. She called Raven and Kori to inform them of her whereabouts. She plopped on her bed, set her alarm for 7:30 a.m., and went to sleep.
How's this for my first chapter? As you guys probably have assumed, I have been lurking here some time now. Anyway, I do not own anything, place, characters in this chapter. Everything in here is fictional. Now, I'm only in highschool so please excuse me if I make mistakes on how they do things. I'm searching stuff about college so hopefully this feels right.
Now, can anyone tell me some good stories on fanfiction for me? Recommend some good writers? Thank you!
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