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Really quick: MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE DATES AT THE TOP OF EACH CHAPTER. I cannot stress this enough, because the chapters aren't in chronological order.

Enjoy!

August 26, 2009: The Day Their Paths Crossed

Admit it, we went to school together for four years and you didn't even know me.

-Annie

11:47 A.M.

"Annie Edison." Annie said to the woman behind the 'A-E' (they were organized by last names) registration table.

"Here you go, Miss Edison. Enjoy your time at Greendale Community College." The woman said in a monotone voice while she handed Annie her papers.

"Thank you." Annie said, walking away while looking at her schedule. The first class listed (but not necessarily the class she had first) was Spanish 101 in Room 113.

113, that's past the East Stairwell, so... Annie frowned as she realized she was going in the wrong direction. She quickly spun on her heel and bumped into someone.

"Oh! I'm sorry!" Annie uttered in surprise.

"It's cool."

Annie raised her eyebrows slightly in shock and delight. It was Troy!

"So, you're the girl who asked me what classes I was taking last week, right?"

Annie nodded eagerly. She had asked him last week on Registration Day (today was Orientation) what classes he was taking and she was taking all but two of them (while he was taking football as a Physical Education Credit she was taking martial arts, and while he was taking Biology as a science credit she was taking Advanced Physics).

"You have Spanish 101 in Room 113 listed first, right?" He asked, pointing at her and raising one eyebrow.

"Yeah, um, I just realized I was going the wrong way. Uh, I can help you find your way there, if you want. Like, if you need my help or something." Annie sputtered.

"That'd be great, thanks."

They started walking together towards the Spanish classroom and Annie could barely surpress her excitement. She was walking with Troy Barnes! She'd never walked with him before. In fact, she'd thought that he'd never even noticed she'd existed in high school, but luckily, she was wrong. He actually knew who she was! This was like a fantasy world where everything was perfect.

"So what's your name again?"

And here comes reality, there to come crush the fantasy world like an ant under its shoe. But that's okay; he hadn't heard her name for a whole two months. She hadn't told him what it was at Registration Day. He'd just forgotten. He still knew her.

"Annie."

"It's cool meeting you, Annie. I'm Troy."

Annie frowned. He didn't know her at all! But that could be a good thing. Annie always saw the silver lining in everything, and the silver lining here was that he didn't know that she was Little Annie Adderall. So this was a fresh start; a second chance to make a first impression.

And who knows, maybe this time he'll notice her.

Annie held out her hand to shake and Troy held out a fist. Annie looked at him in confusion.

Troy rolled his eyes at her. "No, like this. Make a fist." Annie did as she was told. "Now bump it." Troy said, holding out his own. Annie gingerly touched her fist to his, feeling his knuckles against her fingers. Annie smiled. "Okay, now blow it up." Troy explained, pulling back and opening his fist. Annie did the same. "Bring it back in." He made a fist again and punched hers so hard it hurt a little.

"Sloppy, but that's okay. You'll get there." He said, patting her on the back and letting his hand rest there a few seconds before bringing it back down to his side. Annie blushed.

"You know, I was actually following you back there. I saw on your schedule that you had the same Spanish class as me, and I assumed that you knew where you were going 'cause you look really smart and stuff." Troy admitted, smiling sheepishly.

Annie blushed even more. Sure, maybe 'you look really smart and stuff' wasn't much of a compliment, but it was the first comment on her appearance in a long time that wasn't along the lines of 'She looks really fat in that shirt' or 'she looks uglier than a rat' or 'she looks really high right now'.

Annie smiled. "Thank you."

Troy shrugged. "No problem."

They reached the Spanish room, and Troy held the door open for her. Annie muttered another 'thank you' and hurried inside. They arrived a little bit later than everyone else, so they had to sit on opposite sides of the classroom.

She missed him already.

12:26 P.M.

At the end of that Orientation period, Annie left the Spanish room, hoping to catch up with Troy (meanwhile passing by an old man who was making a racist joke about how they were at Orientation Day and their Spanish teacher was oriental) but he was already walking in the direction of the Biology Lab with a skinny Arab guy who was comparing Senor Chang to Michael Scott from the Office.