Paige Michalchuck opened her eyes to the glaring sun beaming through her window. She glanced at the alarm clock and as always, she woke up 15 minutes before it was due to go off. She sat up and looked over at her roommates bed, which merely looked like a huge pile of pillows and blankets except for the long red hair streaming out. She tiptoed out of their room and walked into the common room and as she suspected, the rest of the suitemates had gone on their ways to wherever it was they were going on spring break. She got along well enough with the other four girls who lived there but it would be nice to have the place to themselves for the next week. She briefly considered going home but when she was there over winter break it quickly became lonely and summer would be here soon enough so she decided to tough it out. Besides that, her roommate had some video project to finish and Paige figured she may as well keep her company. She walked into their bedroom, lifted the largest pillow that was covering her roommates face and lightly tapped her on her nose. Over the last few months that became their way of waking each other up, although it was more often than not Paige doing the waking.

"Ellie"

"Fivemoreminutes"

"Well, you in fact have five more minutes during which I will get ready. By the time I come out the alarm will be blaring in your eye and you will regret not allowing yourself to awaken to my comparably soothing voice. Come on, we have to meet Marco for breakfast, he wanted to be on the road by 11 and you know we'll never hear the end of it if we make him miss the pancakes".

"fivemoreminutes"

"Fine"

Paige quickly washed her face and pulled her hair back in a messy bun. She grabbed yesterday's jeans and a hoodie and walked back into her room. She plopped herself back on her bed, waiting for the alarm to go off and watch Ellie jump out of her skin.

"Morning hun"

"Ughhh, this is so not what spring break is about".

"Well, this is the last morning you'll have to endure for a week so come on".

Ellie dragged herself into the bathroom. If somebody would have told her a year ago that she would be sharing a room with Paige Michaelchuck at Banting University she would have thought they were crazy. She spent her senior year of Degrassi very unsure of what she was doing and where she was going, and embarrassingly enough, left it somewhat dependant of what a certain boy was doing. Well, that hadn't worked out and she realized she needed a plan. Banting had both an amazing journalism and media program so she applied late, but with her grades and a glowing recommendation from Caitlin Ryan she had been accepted. Paige was the one who came to her asking her to dorm together. Ellie was hesitant at first, her and Paige weren't exactly best friends but she knew she couldn't be choosey and she would rather stay home with her mother than have to live alone again

Paige initially planned to pledge a sorority but that quickly changed. She started going through the motions until she finally questioned herself if this was really what she wanted? Spending a good amount of energy worrying about what other people think for four more years? She decided to throw herself into her schoolwork and besides, she had Marco and Ellie. The three of them had forged a very tight bond and for now, they were all Paige needed or wanted.

Ellie walked out of the bathroom in pajama pants and a t-shirt, the exact outfit she had gone in. She starting lacing up her black converse sneaker.

"So, did Ms Michalchuck have a fabulous date with Ryan last night"? Ellie asked, noticing a dvd of The Notebook lying on the floor.

"Harhar, it was probably just as good as your date with Stephen" Paige said, throwing Ellie's other sneaker at her.

"He's sort of growing on me...when he comes back from spring break he wants to double with you and his friend Chris. He's a nice guy, I'm not sure he's your type though" Ellie said.

"Hun, clearly I don't have a type. Let's see-there was Matt, my yoga teacher turned hippie pothead, Alex, my former enemy turned co-worker, who, hello, was a girl and...Spinner." Paige said, hoping Ellie didn't catch the slight strain it took to speak the last name.

Ellie rolled her eyes at the slightly higher, nervous tone Paige got on the rare occasions when Spinner came up. "Well, it could be fun. I really don't think Stephen is a long-term thing for me but its college, you know, meet new people and all that".

"Ready?" Paige asked, wanting to end this conversation without mentioning the C word and giving Ellie the same kind of butterflies she was not battling.

"Ready" Ellie said.

The two girls left to meet Marco, bickering along the way.