Today is the first day back to college. My roommates still hate me from last year, but they can kiss my ass because I don't care. I just care about becoming a surgeon... My friends, on the other hand, that's a completely different story. They want to be surgeons, but they also want to party and get drunk 24/7. I am sitting on the couch in the lobby when a woman walks in front of me. My eyes stare as she passes and I don't look away until Teddy elbows me.

"Nu uh. Off limits."

"Why's that?"

"I know by just looking at her that you wouldn't be able to handle all that."

"You wanna bet."

"Go for it, but I'ma say 'I told you so' when she turns you down." I get up and fast walk towards the caramel-skinned beauty.

"Hi, excuse me." She turns around and let's me catch up to her

"Hi."

"My name's Arizona. I just wanted to let you know that you're really pretty. And tha-that you're hair is gorgeous."

"Ar-are you hitting on me?" She stops walking

"Would it be so bad if I was?"

"Look, I'm very flattered, but yes, yes, it actually would." She starts to walk again

"Why's that?" I ask as I catch up to her

"I'm a new professor here."

"Oh." I stop walking and watch her walk off, not looking back. I slump my shoulders and walk back to the couch where my friends are

"I told you so." I plop down next to Teddy. "Oh, Zona. She turned you down hard, didn't she?"

"I've never been turned down so hard before."

"Did she say why?" I don't want to tell her the truth so I just shrug my shoulders.

It is lunch time and I see that professor from earlier. I start to hide from her behind Meredith, but it's too late. She already saw me.

"Hi, nice to see you again," she says as she passes by, but I just watch her walk off

"Look away, Zona."

"I can't." Christina grabs my chin and forces me to look away.

"What class do you have next?"

"I have anatomy. You?"

"I have anatomy too. Who's the professor?"

"Ms. Torres."

"Oh, really. I have her two."

"Good, at least we have one class together." We finish our lunches and start to walk back to our next class. We get in there fairly early so we get good seats. We go ahead and start doing the bell ringer. The board says 'Answer the bell ringer then email it to me at STorres . Contrast epithelial tissues and connective tissues in relation to function, arrangement, and where they get their nutrients.'

Arizona Robbins

Professor Torres

9/15/16

Epithelial Tissues and Connective Tissues

Epithelial tissue forms the external and internal surface of the organs. This tissue acts as a barrier that regulates the substances that enters and exits the surfaces, but connective tissues bind, protect and support other tissues and organs. Cells in the epithelial tissue are arranged in a single or multiple layers while the cells in the connective tissue are scattered in the matrix. There are no blood capillaries surrounding the epithelial tissue so they get their nutrients from the basement membrane, but connective tissues are surrounded by blood capillaries which is where they get their nutrients from.

I email it to her and wait as people start to flood into the classroom. Probably one of the cutest girls in this class sits next to me. I about die when the professor walks in... The professor I hit on. I scrunch down in my chair, hoping she doesn't see me

"Oh, you again. You seem to be following me today." I scrunch further down in my chair because everyone is staring at me. "I'm just joking around. Good Morning class. I am Ms. Torres. You can call me that, Ms. T, Professor, Professor T, Professor Torres. I'll answer to pretty much anything."

"What about Hottie McHot Pants?" I whisper towards Christina

"No, I will not answer to that." I feel my cheeks get warm. I can't believe she could hear me! I'm so embarrassed. "Anyway, first things first. We are getting assigned seats. Everybody stand up and come down here. Starting off is Lucille Garner, Kelley Thornton, Phillip Phillips, Timothy Roberts." Christina looks at me as that name is said... A tear falls down my cheek and I run out of the room. It sounds so much like my brother's name; Timothy Robert Robbins. He died in service. An army ranger, serving his country and he died. He's dead now. He's been dead, but I'm bad with coping. When I'm finally done crying, I start to fix my make up and walk back to class. It's almost over. I walk back in the room and everyone is too focused on the paper and laughing with their friends to look up at me when I walk in. The only two people that do are Ms. Torres and Christina

"You're seat's right here, next to me!" Christina shouts. I walk over to her slowly. I can feel Ms. Torres' eyes burning holes into my face. She hands me an ice breaker paper that asks me questions

1. Tell me about your family.

We are a military family. My dad is a retired Colonel of the United States Marine Corps and my brother died an Army Ranger.

2. What is a fond memory of yours?

When my brother and I would wrestle as little kids

3. Who do you admire and why?

My brother, Tim, because he lost his life serving for our country

4. Favorite color?

Blue

5. What is one of the craziest things you've ever done?

Hit on a stranger that I thought was cute

6. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go, and why?

The Bahamas because I love the beach and I love sunshine

7. What's one thing that makes you happy?

My friends

8. Any pets?

Nope, but I used to have a dog

9. Where are you from?

Columbus, Missouri

10. Any additional things you would like for me to know about you.

I honestly do think you're really pretty

The bell rings before I can get completely done so I finish the last two questions before I leave. I hand my paper to Ms. Torres who is sitting down at her desk

"Arizona, are you alright?"

"Oh, yeah. I'm fine. Just had a moment, you know."

"Okay, well, if you ever need to talk about anything, I'm here. Also, I'm holding interviews for my new assistant at 6 tomorrow afternoon, you should be there. I would love for you to help me with papers."

"I'll see." I walk outside to Christina and Meredith waiting for me

"Where's Teddy?"

"She has ten more minutes left of class and then we can go home and party."

"I think I'm just going to go to bed when we get home."

"No, you gotta party. You know, celebrate because we made it through a day of college."

"No, I'm not in the mood."

"Why not?"

"I got turned down by probably the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life."

"Zona, trust me, if she weren't your teacher, she would be all over you. I saw the way she was looking at you during class."

"She was probably just wondering why I ran out of the room crying like a baby."

"No, she was probably wondering what's underneath all those clothes." I smack her as Teddy walks up to us

"You ready?"

"Yep," Christina, Meredith, and I all say in unison

It's an hour until 6 and I can't decide if I want to go. I guess I'm staring at one thing because Meredith walks up to me and asks

"Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I just can't decide if I want to go get interviewed to be Ms. Torres' assistant."

"Oh, definitely." She smirks

"What?"

"You like her and if she chooses you to be her assistant then you'll spend more time with her."

"Okay, yeah, but what do I wear?"

"Let me pick out your outfit." We walk into my room and she walks into my closet, looks around for a couple minutes, and walks out with an outfit

"Those shorts are a bit short, don't you think?"

"You gotta show off those long, sexy legs of yours." I laugh before putting the outfit on. I start to get into my car.

"Wait! You gotta take a picture, showing that you survived the first day."

"Fine, okay." I give her my phone and she takes a picture

I tweet it saying

Well, I survived my first day back at college

When I get back to the college, I automatically spot Ms. Torres and she smiles at me. I smile back. She waves me over

"Glad to see you could make it."

"You know, I was cutting it close. I almost didn't make it."

"That would've been a bummer." She opens the door to her office and I walk in; she shuts the door behind us. "Please, have a seat." I sit down in the seat that she gestured towards.

"You're office is very nice, very neat."

"Thank you. I try to be organized, but I'm not the most organized person."

"You can ask any of my friends, I am a Nazi when it comes to organization."

"Maybe, you could help me get things organized in here."

"I would love to."

"Look, I already know that I want you to be my assistant, but I have to let everything think they, at least, have a chance to be it."

"Well, thank you. I'm flattered." She opens the door and watches me walk off before calling another students name. I could almost feel her eyes burning holes through me as I walked off.