Clary POV:

Today is my first day of college and I'm very nervous. I can't believe how fast this Summer flew by. High school graduation was amazing. I spent the day with my best friend Simon, my mom and step-dad luke. I got into San Francisco State University. I'm going to major in Art. All Summer I have been practicing drawing in my sketchbook.

This Summer was the best Summer I've had in a long time. Simon, my mom, and Luke went to Great America, Discovery Kingdom and Disneyland. I've never been to any of these places, so it was a fantastic time. Simon and I rode every ride at least twice. We took tons of pictures together and I kept stealing food off his plate. Simon always gets annoyed that I don't order enough food for myself and eat his. He never stays mad at me long though.

When we were at Discovery Kingdom we sat front row at the whale show and go soaked by the whale. We laughed so hard that I almost peed my pants. Spending time with Simon was always fun and he always knew how to make me laugh.

Going off to college in San Francisco with Simon is going to be a lot of fun. We are going to live in the dorms. My parents live in Stockton, Ca so they won't be that far away if I need them. Simon is going to major in music producing. Since we are both Freshmen we are taking all the same core classes this semester expect one. I'm taking an English course instead and Simon is take a math course. I'm taking Political Science 004, English 001A, History 17B, and Computer Science 1000. No art classes this semester, but I can't wait till next semester when I get to take two art classes.

Simon and I are riding together to campus. I don't have a car so Simon volunteered to take me to campus with him. We are staying in the dorms called the Towers at Centennial Square. We are on the same floor, but he's on the male side and I'm on the female side of the floor.

Simon and I pull up the university and it's breathtaking. I didn't get the chance to go to New Student Orientation since Simon and I were in Disneyland, so this is my first time seeing the campus. It's huge. I set out of the car and take in the smell. It smells like salt water and there's a cool breeze. I feel excited to finally be here with Simon.

The dorms come fully furnished here, so we didn't have to bring much. I brought two suitcase worth of clothes and shoes. My toiletries and my art supplies. Simon brought his laptop, music equipment and one suitcase with everything else he brought to school. We walk into the dorms and we greeted immediately. The girl ask what floor we are on and our names. She checks her list and grabs out keys to our dorms. She hands them to us and points to where the elevator is.

Simon and I smile at each other and head up to the fifth floor. When I get off the elevator I look for my dorm. It's 507. Simon is in room 530. We get to my room first.

Simon "Here's your room Clary."

I get a huge smile on my face because I've always wanted to go to college here and it's surreal that i'm actually here. "Will you go in with me?"

Simon "Of course."

I put the key in the door and enter. There's a small kitchen with a stove and refrigerator. There's a small counter space and three barstools on the other side of the counter. The living room is connected to the kitchen and has a couch and two chairs with a coffee table in the middle. To the left is where I see four doors. Three of the doors have two peoples name on them and the fourth door is the bathroom. I immediately get kind of annoyed that I don't get to pick my room, but oh well I'm here. I see my name on a door along with Isabelle. I nervously look and Simon and he smiles at me.

I've never been good with meeting new people. I'm very shy and Simon is my only friend. I don't even know what to talk to other people about. I'm very awkward in most situations.

I turn the door and see a girl who is about the same height at me with long black curly hair down her back. She's wearing a white mini dress and a ton of make-up.

"Hi Isabelle."

"Clary and this is Simon."

She looks at Simon and get a big smile on her face. "Hey Simon."

Simon blushed and try to say hi back, but it seemed no sound would come out when he moved his lips.

"Welcome. I picked the bed on the right. I hope you don't mind."

"No I don't mind."

I go to put my stuff down on my bed and look around the room. It's pretty small in here. There's two twin beds and two desk. There's two small closets and a window with a view of the building next to us. What's the point of putting a window on a building that has no view of anything but another building.

"Simon do you want me to go with you to your dorm room?"

"No. I can manage."

He gives me a hug and walks out of the dorm.

I start to unpack and Isabelle comes over to me and starts going thru my things. I'm getting annoyed that she's just touching my stuff.

Isabelle "Is everything you own black?"

"Yes."

Isabelle "We are going to have to go shopping to get you some new clothing."

"I don't even know you. You could be an ax murder."

Isabelle "No not a ax murder. I'm a gymnast. I'm majoring in Biology."

"That's cool. I'm an artist. I'm majoring in Art."

Isabelle "That explains all of the art supplies."

"Yeah."

We make small talk while she helps me unpack and hang my clothes in the closet. I don't mind the help and Isabelle seems nice.

Isabelle "I hope you don't mind that I used half of your closet mine is already full."

"It's fine. I don't own much anyways."

Isabelle "I can tell."

We both laugh. "What classes are you taking?"

Isabelle "I'm taking three classes this semester because I have gymnastics practice that takes up a lot of my time. I'm taking Political science, english, and computer science."

"Me too. I mean I have four classes, but I'm taking those other three classes this semester too."

Isabelle "Let me see your class schedule."

I get out my schedule and Isabelle looks over it with me. We have the same classes Monday thru Friday from 9am to noon. Each one of our classes are a hour long. I have one more class than her so I don't get out of class till one. I'm looking forward to going to class early and getting to spend the rest of the day doing whatever I want. Isabelle and I talk some more getting to know each other. Isabelle has three brothers and moved here from Chicago, IL. She moved here because her two older brothers go to school here. Her third brother is only ten so he's still in Chicago with her parents. Isabelle goes by Izzy and prefers Izzy over Isabelle. She is doing most of the talking and it seems like we are going to get along well.

Izzy "Do you want to go to the main part of campus and check out all the clubs? They are doing some kind of club rush day. It sounded like it could be fun when my brother explained it to me."

"Sure. Let me go see if Simon wants to come with us."

Izzy "Are you and Simon like dating?"

I laugh a little "No. Simon is my best friend."

Izzy "Okay. Let's go get Simon."

She puts on 3 inch white high heels. Checks her make-up and we are walking down the hall towards Simon's dorms. A couple of guys whistle. They must be checking Izzy out. She's very pretty and is definitely flaunting what she has.

We get to Simon's dorm and I knock on the door. Some guys opens the doors and starts checking us out.

"Hey. What brings you two beautiful ladies to my door?"

I blush and look towards the ground.

Izzy "Hey handsome. We're here to collect Simon."

The man yells Simon's name. I few seconds later Simon comes to the door.

Simon "Hey Clary and….. Isabelle."

Izzy "Did you forget my name."

Simon "No. Definitely couldn't forget your name even if I tried."

I let out a small chuckle as Simon is starting at Izzy. "We are going to the main campus to check out some clubs. Do you want to come with us?"

Simon "Yeah let me grab my shoes. Be right back."

We all head down to the main campus together. Simon tells me how his dorm is set-up the same way and mine. He's roomed with a guy named Jordan. Simon said they didn't say much to each other so he just unpacked and set up his music equipment.

We get to the main campus and there's a ton of clubs. We start walking down the rows of clubs and there seems to be a club for everything. There's even a club for basket weaving.

Izzy "I see my brother. I will catch up with you guys later."

Simon and I have been so wrapped up in each other's conversation that we forget Izzy was even with us. "Alright see you later."

Simon and I just talk and share a few jokes and look at joining some clubs, but decide to not join any because we want to check out the city and take in college life. We wandered around looking for the cafeteria to get lunch.

I have a meal card that my mom is paying for. So, the cafeteria is the best bet to grab food. Simon and I get burgers and fries and bottles of water. We sit at one of the tables and just chat some more. Before we know it four hours have gone by and it was getting dark. We walk back to the dorms and Simon hugs me goodbye. I go into my room and chat with Izzy for a while getting to know her more. Man this girl can talk. I eventually feel very feel very tired. I fall asleep and I think Izzy was still talking, but I must have tuned her out.

I wake up to my alarm clock going off at 8am. I grab some clothes and jump in the shower. I throw my long red curly hair in a bun, brush my teeth and put on my black skinny jeans and a black tank top. I go back into the room and Izzy is finishing putting on her make-up. She looks at me and says "Are you wearing that?"

"Yes. Why?"

Izzy "We have to go shopping after my gymnastics practice."

"Sure."

Izzy "I will be out of practice at 3. We can go then."

I shrug my shoulders and agree to go. I text Simon to see if he's ready to go to class. He texts me back and says he's waiting for me in the hallway. I ask Izzy if she wants to walk with us and she agrees. We all walk to class together.

My first day of class is pretty boring. It seems like all I did today was listen to the teachers talk about their syllabus and when my research papers are due. They talked about their grading systems, the midterm and final and when all of the assignments are due.

After my last class I head back to dorm. I'm not paying attention to where I'm going because I'm looking around the campus. It's so beautiful here. I love the smell of the salt water. I can't wait to actually go to the beach someday. The smell coming off the ocean is intoxicating.

I'm almost to my dorm when I see a blue bird fly by. I watch the bird fly off while I continue walking when I run into something. I look up and I see the deepest blue eyes I've ever seen. We stare at each other for a minute. I snap out of it and blush "Excuse me." I step to the side and go inside my dorm. I head up to my room and collapse on my bed.

That guy I ran into was good looking. He had blonde hair and deep blue eyes. I've seen the ocean from the car and his eyes reminded me of how beautiful the ocean. I think about the ocean and drift off to sleep.

I wake up to Izzy go thru closet. She must of just gotten back from her gymnastics practice.

Izzy "Hey. Sorry to wake you. I'm going to shower and then we can go shopping."

"Alright."

I completely forgot we were going to go shopping today. I hate shopping and I really don't want to go though. I grab my phone and text Simon.

Clary: Want to go shopping?

Simon: Sure. When do you want to go?

Clary: Come over in thirty minutes.

Simon: Alright. Is your roommate going?

Clary: Yep.

Izzy comes in the room and gets dressed. She tells me all about the mall and how we have to go to the Michael Kors store.

We end up going to the Westfield mall. This mall has three floors. It's amazing that there's so many store in one place. I just wish I liked shopping.

Izzy takes us to a few different stores and she tries to get me try on skin tight clothing. I refuse to try them on. She tries a few outfits on and ask Simon what he thinks. He just shakes his head yes and is looking at her like he's admiring her. She went back in the dressing room to put her own clothes back on.

Simon "Your roommate is hot."

I just shake my head and laugh.

Izzy buy a few things and we down to the food court. I just realized I haven't eaten all day and I'm starving. We get some food and find a place to hit. We're sitting down eating and making small talk.

Izzy "You guys should come with me to my brothers Fraternity party this Saturday."

Clary "I don't think so. Parties aren't my thing."

Izzy "Come on Clary you have to go with me. It's the welcome back party. It's one of the biggest parties they through…. Simon will you go?"

Simon "Yes."

Izzy "Simon is going. Come on Clary come with us."

Clary "Fine."

Izzy "We have to find you something to wear."

I just roll my eyes at her. We finish eating and go to a few more stores. Izzy talks me into buying a skintight black mini dress with a sweetheart neckline. It's pretty but to short for my liking. She somehow convinces me to buy it. We finish walking around the mall and buy a few more things and head back to the University.

We get back and it's almost 10. I put the bags with my new items on the floor in the room. I grab my pajamas and change. Izzy and I talk a little bit about what she bought and what she bought it for. I must of been tired because I fell asleep listening to Izzy talk and talk.

Author's Note- I plan on making this a long story with many chapters. If you like the story go ahead and follow it so you know when I update it. Thanks for reading Everyone!