I sighed looking at my schedule of classes. I had gotten to school early for my first day of classes in order to have a shot of actually making my first class on time once I found it. The abbreviations for the building names were pretty confusing. I was just hoping the map of the school would do its justice here at Mystic University. I was too busy walking with my head down in my map when I bumped into someone.

"Oh I'm sorry!" I said quickly looking up into the sweetest most unique shade of blue eyes I'd ever seen on the most handsome pale face. The handsome stranger smiled and picked up my schedule I'd dropped handing it to me. "Thanks" I said putting my hair behind my ear, a nervous habit I'd had ever since I was a little girl whenever I was shy or embarrassed. I was probably giving one of those too big friendly 'Elena' grins my best friend Bonnie called it. He smiled nodding and then heading off.

I sighed watching the handsome stranger disappear thinking maybe I should have at least introduced myself. But it would be time for that later. I didn't need to focus on guys but on finding my class. This was a fresh start after everything with my parents passing away last summer and the big move and adjustment with me and Jeremy and moving in with Aunt Jenna. It was time to focus on me and surviving my first day of college, not the handsome stranger with the striking blue eyes.

My first day was going pretty okay. Everyone was nice I liked all of my professors. The only real difficulty came when I had my hour break I spent twenty of those minutes searching for a building I could find nowhere in sight. Even some juniors weren't able to tell me where I could find it. I sighed wondering 'what now' deciding to take a seat on a nearby bench just to sit and enjoy the weather for a bit when I saw him again. My handsome blue eyed stranger. I smiled at the nickname I'd given him. I decided to at least go over and introduce myself to him since out of all odds I saw him again out of a student populace of at least 25,000 students. Who knew? Maybe he would be able to help me find my next class. He was sitting against a tree by himself his full head of dark brown almost black hair, with his bangs slightly in his eyes hovered over a notebook. I stood putting on a warm smile and heading over to him before talking a deep breath and thinking to myself. Here goes nothing. I stopped dead in my tracks because he looked at his watch and got up and hurried off into the opposite direction, most likely going to his next class.

I sighed thinking oh well. I wasn't going to very well go after him seeming like a stalker saying 'Hey! Hey wait. I just wanted to say hi because I didn't the first time. I don't know but to me…that seemed just a bit creepy.

I eventually found my class and then headed home. Of course I got the famous Jenna interrogation, with questions like 'How was college?' Meet anyone interesting?' A hot college guy perhaps? 'Ooo and older one?' Were there a bunch of hot college guys?'

I loved Jenna she was super funny and I could always talk to her because she was just that easy to talk to. Even Jeremy had to laugh at her onslaught of questions. You would think she was the college freshman instead of me I thought amused.

The next day of school went pretty well. I felt as if I was already getting into the swing of things. Sadly I didn't see my handsome blued stranger until I decided to go out on a limb and find the tree I had seen him at before and just my luck he was there.

Okay Elena I said to myself encouragingly and headed over to him. His head was buried in his notebook again and when I got closer I could see it was a sketch book and he had the most beautiful scenic most detailed drawing of the campus in front of him with the bustling students crowding each other to boot, although they weren't as detailed as the rest of his sketch.

"Hey I'm Elena" I said giving a big grin. It slowly started to fade when he never looked up from his picture. I begin to feel pretty embarrassed thinking it was a bad idea and he seemed to really not want to be bothered. Maybe he was really into his drawing, I thought to myself.

I was about to just walk away when he looked up from his drawing his expression a bit startled like I had surprised him and then recognition and warmth filled those startling blue eyes of his as he smiled up at me. I smiled back feeling a bit at ease.

"Hi. I'm Elena" I said again. "Sorry if I scared you" I continued smiling a bit embarrassed, putting my hair behind my ear.

His smile faded and then he looked troubled and then a bit perplexed. I felt confused and a bit sad by the deep pain and sadness I saw in his eyes as he looked down for a moment. He opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something and I waited. Instead he motioned to his ears shaking his head. I wasn't really sure what he was trying to tell me by doing that and then he started making motions with his hands.

He abruptly stopped when he saw my own perplexed expression and then he picked up his pencil writing something on the beautiful picture he'd been working on before I came. I knelt beside him and read the words and didn't know what to say from there. On the paper it read…

I'm deaf

I looked back to him about to say something else but stopped myself not quite sure what to do at the moment. He frowned ever so slightly his expression still a bit troubled and sad and then he smiled at me with what I would call apologetic and understanding and then he wrote something else on the paper and I looked down to read it.

I'm sorry I have to get to class now. Bye

He smiled again at me and waved his goodbye and gathered his things and headed off leaving me there. For some reason I felt instantly bad. I felt like I should have said something. Anything…..