I'm sitting in my college dorm, books and papers stacked infront of me and my fan slowly blowing the sweat away from my forehead. Exam's were soon and i was doing anything in my power to try and pass them before going home to see my mom and siblings. I know my Mami is proud of me, following in her footsteps of being a teacher, It is the reason they adopted me, if it wasn't for me being in her class, I probably woulnd't be where i am today.
"Knock knock," My best friend, Hanna, smiled as she walked into our shared dorm after spending the night with her boyfriend, they had a very interesting realtionship, one minute they were on and the next they were off, but she still kept going back to him, something I would never understand.
"Wild night?" I teased, closing the last of my books, giving my brain a break, it was always nice to spend quality time wiht Hanna, she's adopted too, so we really bonded over that, and the rest was history.
"Eh, it was okay, we got into a fight, but made up, if you know what i mean," She laughed and i made my best gaging face, somethings i didn't need to know.
"Have you been nose deep in books all morning?" She asked, slipping off her clothes to change into something more comfortable, and i couldn't keep myself from staring, slowly dazing off before i realized what i was doing and hurried to answer her question.
"Pretty much, i just want to pass these and get home to my family, you know? I want my Mami to be proud, show my sister's that they can do anything." I smiled at the thought of my sister's growing up to be like me, off at college suceeding in something they love.
"They will be, you know that, plus, they're super awesome and your brother's are the cutest ever, I mean, seriously, how can they be that cute." Hanna laughed, I couldn't help but agree,
"I have no clue, they're litteraly adorable and they totally use it to their advantage, when they were two they got away with almost everything." It was true, they pretty much get away with everything, even still and they're almost six, it felt like time was flying by and i was getting old.
"Well hey, my parent's wont be back from their vacation for another few weeks, so after exams, if you want, i can come to your place. Spend some time there while my parents are away," I wanted to say yes, be selfish and have Hanna all to myself, but I couldn't, not yet.
"What about Collin? I'm sure he'd like to spend this break with you, dont you think?" I was subtile about it, not sounding too desperate or needy, but i really did want my best friend there.
"We talked about it... he's spending it with his buddies back home, 'no time for girls' he said," I could see the pain in her face, but watched it quickly wash away, Hanna never showed feelings, something about being adopted does that to a person.
"Well then yeah, you're more then welcome to join me for break," I smiled, thankful to spend it with my best friend.
My first exam of the day was easy, I was always a math wiz, I knew i passed it. My phone started to buzz in my pocket, thankfully i was already out in the hall when I answered it,
"Hello?" I answered with a smile on my face, it was always nice to hear from my Mama,
"Hey, baby girl, how was your first exam?" She asked, I could hear my brothers arguing in the background and Mami yelling at them in Spanish,
"It was good, really easy so I don't doubt I passed." I was happy to hear from my Mama, even though Mami and I had a close relationship, Mama was the one i went to when i was younger when things in my head got messy, she was the best person for me to vent to, and now Hanna because she knew the long known pain of being adopted.
"That's great, baby girl. I did have something to talk to you about," I swallowed the lump in my throat, that could mean one of two things, and I really hoped it was the lather of the two.
"O-okay, yeah sure, what's up?" I stuttered a little on my words, but she laughed, so I knew it wasn't something serious,
"Mami and I wanted to know if you planned on bringing Hanna with you over break? I know she's got her own family and everything." I smiled to myself a little bit, they loved Hanna, they have ever since I first brought her home.
"Oh, yeah. Her parents are out of town and her boyfriend is having a guys weekend I guess, so I offered her to come with me." I saw the time on the clock out of the corner of my eye and knew I needed to study for my exam soon,
"Great! We'll see you then baby girl." I smiled, starting to walk off to my dorm,
"I love you, Mama. Tell everyone I love them, and Mami to not blow a gasget," I giggled and hurried to finish the conversation when I saw Hanna in our dorm crying. It was complicated with us, I loved her, I knew I loved her, but she wasn't like that, and I wasn't going to ruin our friendship over some stupid crush.
"Han, what's wrong?" I sighed, dropping my backpack on the floor,
"Collin is such a douch bag!" She cried, and I knew something had happened.
"Alright, spill the beans, what happened now?" I asked, slipping behind her and wrapping my arms around her, letting her know I was there.
"Such a asshole, so worried about his guys break or whatever, can't even take time off to spend my birthday with me." I wanted to break his neck, or cut off his damn balls, either way, this poor girl has been though so much with this jerk, I just wish they would end it for good.
"I know, Han, I know. But hey, you'll be with me and my famliy, yeah? You know we love to have parties, I'm sure my mom's will throw you a banger. You're going to be twenty two! We're gonna get so drunk you won't even miss him." I knew it would make her laugh, I was happy to see her cheer up. I hugged her tight and kissed her cheek, making sure she would be okay before I stuck my nose into my books.
I took the rest of my exams, feeling very confident in my abilites and proud I studied as hard as I did. I have to admit, half the time my head was in the clouds, worring about Hanna, but I knew she would be fine, hopefully she would dump Collin and move on with her life. I pushed through exams and slowly sunk my way to bed, I needed to sleep, my brain hurt.
"Hanna?" I groaned, walking into the dark room. "Han, please, my brain hurts and I'm tired," I didn't get a responce, so it alarmed me. I flipped on the lights and saw her bed empty, I knew where she was, with Collin and I was livid. I whipped out my phone while stripping into something comfortable, "Hanna Grace, you better get your ass back home right now or I swear to god." I mumbled angrily at her voicemail, I wasn't going to chase after her, not tonight, I was tired, my brain hurt and I felt emotinally drained. I called her four times after that, finally giving up and sinking into bed, I sent her a text letting her know I loved her and our door was unlocked, I hoped she was safe and that I was going to bed. I drifted off to sleep finally and slept for almost three hours before I felt a warm body slid in next to me.
"I"m sorry," She whipered and I felt the tears on her cheeks.
"Just go to sleep, I'll kill you tomorrow," I mumbled, barley awake, she half laughed and we both fell asleep cuddled together.
My alarm woke us both up, scaring her more then me, I looked over and I could tell she had a rought night, before I yelled at her like a child I needed coffee in my system, I blamed my Mama for that, after Alice was born we both pratically lived on it.
"Need anything from the cafe? I'm going to get some coffee," I hummed, throwing my hair into a messy bun.
"No, I'm okay, thanks though," She smiled softly, knowing she had upset me by not calling me back last night.
"Okay, i'll be back then," I smiled back, letting her know I wasn't that mad. I made my way down to the cafe when i bumped into a tall, blonde girl who i had never seen before. "H-Hi," I stuttered, I looked awful and she was dressed in jeans and a hoddie, but god she looked amazing compared to my sweat pants and hoodie.
"Hey," She smiled, I almost melted right there.
"S-sorry, I-i didn't see you there, I can be a bit clumsy sometimes," I giggled nervously, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Don't be, I'm clumsy sometimes, too. I'm Parker," She extended her hand, I forced myself to look up into those green eyes, smile, and shake her hand.
"Nicole." I felt the lump in my throat, this girl was drop dead beautiful. "I'm actually heading to the cafe, If you want I can show you around, do you know where your dorm is?" I mentally slapped myself in the face, why did I just offer to show this girl around? Just smelling her perfume made me weak in the knees.
"Not really, I know it's close, but no clue where," She said with a nervous giggle.
"Okay, well the cafe is just here around the corner, I need my daily coffee and my best friend, even though she denys it, needs a banana and cereal," I laughed, pouring my coffee and adding the sugar before getting all the esentials for Hanna's breakfast. "It's a pretty nice campus, and these dorms are some of the best ones in the whole building, or at least I think so. Before this semester we lived all the way across campus and had to share a bed," I laughed, showing Parker all the other dorms, the gym and hang out area.
"It's cute and cozy, a lot better then my last college, total dump," We both laughed, we had the same sence of humor, I liked it. As we got closed to her dorm, I started to realize it was almost exactly down the hall from ours.
"So your dorm is here, and ours is actually down the hall, so if you ever need anything, you know where to find us," I smiled, slowly starting to walk away.
"Wait," She stopped me, grabbing me by the arm with the softest hands i've ever felt, "Here's my number, you know, in case i get lost," She winked, doddling her number on my arm. I honestly didn't know what to say, this beautiful woman just gave me her number and I was frozen.
"Great, I'll talk to you soon," I finally spoke after standing there for a solid five minutes trapped in those green eyes.
"I hope so," She smiled, and I hurried into our dorm, busting it open and slamming it shut behind me.
"You won't belive what the hell just happened to me," I panted as Hanna laughed at me, taking her cereal and banana.
"It looks like you just ran a marathon," She teased and I rolled my eyes.
"Trust me, my heart did. I just meet the most beautiful girl on the damn planet," I huffed, sliding down the door, showing Hanna the number on my arm.
"Damn, on the arm? She's a flirt," I rolled my eyes.
"I'm going to murder you. She's got the most beautiful green eyes and she's tall, I literally couldn't breath and looked like a doofus infront of her." I slammed my head agasint the door.
"What are you going to do?" Hanna asked with a month full of food.
"I have no fucking clue."