Phoebe Grey's Life: College Edition

by Greyfamily6179

Hi you guys! This is the second part of my story Phoebe Grey's Life. You will have to read Phoebe Grey's Life to understand this part. Thank you all for your support!

2. Chapter 2

Chapter 2

(Y'all have the patience of saints! I am not one to make excuses, but the reason this chapter took so long is because when I got to 15,000 words my computer crashed. That was two weeks ago. I was so frustrated that I had to take a bit of a break then rewrite it. To be honest I like this one better! Thank you all for understanding! XOXO)

(The PINTEREST is updated if you all want to look at that:)

JANUARY

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Also known as the annual Grey party. Nathan's family is invited this year. Nathan said they are coming and I am very nervous but also excited.

Right now, we are on his way to visit his baby cousin who was born yesterday. Nathan is driving and he has his hand on my thigh. I look over and put my hand on his and he gives me his beautiful smile.

"Gosh," I say.

"What's wrong," he asks.

"You are so fucking hot," I say he shakes his head laughing.

"I could say the same thing about you, my love," he says making me blush.

We get to the hospital and head up to the maternity ward. We are holding hands and Nathan swings our hands making me laugh. He is so cute sometimes.

We get our badges and go to Elise's room. Nathan knocks and peeks his head in. She gets so excited and tells us to come in. She is holding a pink little bundle.

"Look who's here to see you," Elise says. We walk over and the sweetest baby girl is in her arms. She is so tiny.

"Here babe, help Nate hold her," she says to her husband. She props herself up more and gives me a hug.

"I've missed you too," she says.

"We've missed you, how are you feeling?" I ask her.

"Like I gave birth yesterday, but am on cloud nine," she says and I smile. I look down at the little bundle Nathan is holding.

"Do we have a name?" Nathan asks. I smile looking up at them.

"Yes, this is Monroe Olivia, she was 5 lbs 13 oz," I smile down at the baby.

"She is so sweet," I say.

"Thank you, Nathan let Phoebe hold her," I sit down and Nathan passes me, Monroe. She is asleep and so sweet. Nathan gets a bunch of pictures of me holding her.

She wakes up and yawns looking at me. Oh my gosh, how precious. I can't wait to have a little baby to hold. Wait. Yes, I can, but I do love holding sweet little Monroe.

"So what are your guy's plans for New Years?" Elise asks.

"We are going to Phoebe's house. Her parents always threw a huge party," Nathan says and I smile.

"I'm jealous, I wanted Ms. Monroe to be a New Year's Eve baby, but she had plans of her own," Elise says smiling.

After Nathan and I take a picture with her we bid Elise goodbye. We walk out both having our newborn fill and both smelling like a baby. We walk out to the car and get in.

"What now sweets?" Nathan asks.

"Wanna go pick up my dress with me?" I ask him.

"Of course. Show me the way," he says. I had to get my dress shortened because they don't make long dresses for short people. The color scheme last year was gold, this year it is black and silver.

We go to Maria's Tailoring and I get out. I run inside and pay for my dress. After I come out and get into the car. "Good?" He asks and I nod smiling.

After Nathan takes me home and kisses me goodbye. He is so sweet. I spend the rest of the night prepping for tomorrow. I go to bed fairly early because I know it's going to be a late one tomorrow.

New Year's Eve before the party is a blur of getting the house ready. Then going to the salon and getting myself ready. Franco does my hair in Long beach waves. Then his assistant does my makeup. All while I am getting my nails painted. I do all black nails to go with my dress.

Two hours later I am pampered and ready to go. I head to the house. It is like a circus over here. The party is about to start and I have to get dressed. When I get there Nathan's car is there. I smile and walk inside. He is sitting talking to Gail.

"Look how gorgeous you look," he says coming over and kissing me. I get lipstick on his lips and wipe it off.

"Wanna come help me get dressed?" I ask him.

"Nothing would make me happier, but your parents," he says looking around.

"They are running around like chickens with their heads cut off," I say taking his hand we go upstairs to my room and I lock the door. Nathan is in his black tux looking amazing. I put on my nude thong and Nathan helps me out on my dress.

It is a black long dress with silver beading. It is tight to my body until about my knees then it flows out. It is absolutely beautiful. Nathan zips it up then kisses my back.

"This looks so good on you, you look absolutely stunning," he says watching me put my jewelry on. I smile and shake my head.

"What you don't believe me?" He asks. I shake my head. I don't even know what to say. I look fine, but he makes it seem like I am a whole new woman.

He comes behind me and wraps his arms around my waist in front of the mirror. He kisses my neck and I watch him. He presses himself against me and I can feel his hard member.

"You did that, you look so beautiful," he says and I blush looking at him through the mirror.

"Thank you, you flatter me too much," I say.

"I do not, look how beautiful you are," he says and tickles my stomach making me laugh.

"Let's go down there, your family should be here soon," I say and he nods. He takes my hand and we walk downstairs. We head outside to the tent and go inside. The whole tent is black and silver. It is so elegant.

Nathan and I spot his family. We walk over and I give his mom a hug. His dad and I shake hands. Berkeley is not with them tonight.

"Phoebe, you look beautiful," his mother says.

"Oh thank you, ma'am, so do you," I smile.

"Oh stop that, I wish Berkeley was here to see all of this. She wasn't feeling well tonight," I frown and see Nathan sigh and frown.

"Oh no, give her my best," I say.

"We will do that, now we are going to get a drink, you two have so much fun. Nathan, be good," she says. I smirk and hide my laughter. After Nathan and I walk over to Teddy.

"Hey Ted," Nathan says and shakes his hand.

"Hey man, how are you?" Teddy says giving him a bro hug.

"I'm great, it's good to see you. How are you?" Nathan asks.

"Lonely tonight without a date, you're lucky you have a pretty cute one," Ted says. I laugh and Nathan wraps an arm around me.

"I am very lucky, I have a stunning date tonight," he says and I smile.

"Better treat her right, Moore," my brother says and Nathan holds me close.

"Trust me, I wouldn't dream of not," he says. Teddy sees one of his friends and walks over to them. Nathan gets us both drinks. He gets a coke and I get a club soda. Everyone thinks it is so gross drinking it plain, but I love it.

"Thanks for being here tonight," I say kissing him. He smiles and cups my cheek.

"What's wrong?" I ask. I can see it in his eyes he is worried about something.

"Oh nothing," he says and smiles. That means there is something wrong.

"Is that a learned behavior from me? Lying about nothing being wrong," I ask and he laughs.

"Must be, you are quite contagious. I just am not up for talking about it right now," he says and I nod. Even though it is killing me I respect that.

"Okay, I am here if you need me," I say and he smiles. It doesn't quite reach his eyes though. All of a sudden we are hit with the storm that is Ava Grey.

"Oh my gosh, holy shit, Phoebe," she says.

"What? What's wrong?" I ask.

"You look amazing, I thought you were someone else. I didn't even recognize you, have you lost weight? Your body is amazing," she says. I blush looking down. Nathan frowns at the weight loss comment.

"Umm no I haven't tried to, but thank you. You look beautiful too," I say and she smiles.

"Thanks, Tyler said this dress makes me look tan, but that could also be the spray tan," she says and I laugh.

"Where is Tyler?" I ask.

"Talking to my dad about basketball," she says and I smile.

"I should go find him, I just saw you and had to tell you. Nathan, you look great too. More muscular if it's possible," Ava says and if it were anyone else I would think they were flirting, but Ava is just being Ava.

"Well that was something," Nathan says as she walks away.

"That's Ava for you," I say and he laughs. He puts his hand on the small of my back taking a sip of his drink.

As the night goes on I can tell Nathan is checking his phone a lot and looking more worried. I have no clue what's going on in that brain of his. At around 11, he gets a call. He kisses my head and tells me to wait while he takes it.

I watch as he walks over to the edge of the tent. It is short and I can see something is very wrong. He rushes over to me and my stomach drops.

"I have to go really quick, baby. I will be back," he says and I get up grabbing his hand and walking out of the tent.

"Phoebe, I really have to go," he says. What could possibly be wrong?

"Then I am going with you," I say. Nathan sighs rubbing his head.

"Baby stay here," he says and I can tell he is losing patience.

"Nathan, you would never let me leave my house alone. Come on please," I say. He sighs and I know he knows I am right.

"Fine, but we need to go now. Go tell your parents," he says.

"They are so busy, they won't even know we left," I say.

"Come on," he says and we walk out. We go through my house. We start walking to his car. There are so many cars here.

"I parked far down," he says holding my hand. He is walking so fast. I am running in my heels to keep up with him. It is freezing out. The tent was so warm. He turns and sees me. He stops and takes off his suit jacket putting it in me. After we continue speed walking.

"Thank you," I say. We get to his car and I snuggle into his jacket. I am so stressed out.

"Can you tell me what's happening?" I ask quietly.

"Berkeley decided to get super drunk at a party. Her friend called me and said they are worried," he says. Oh no. Overprotective brother. Nathan speeds off.

We arrive at a house about 10 minutes away from mine. We park and Nathan opens the door for me. He puts his hand at the small of my back and we start walking, well me running him fast walking into the house. We knock on the door and a bunch of eyes peek out the window. Oh to be a sophomore again. I didn't drink until my junior year.

Finally, a girl answers the door. "Hi Nathan," she says shyly. I can tell she is scared. She is in a sparkly shirt and black jeans. She definitely has been drinking.

"Where is she?" Nathan asks. I can tell he is pissed.

"Woah Woah Woah who are these people and why are they in my house?" A kid their age asks talking about Nathan and me.

"Jack, they are here to get Berkeley stop?" The girl who opened the door shyly says. The vein in Nathan's neck is popping. He is mad. We probably look insane being in a long designer dress and a tuxedo in their party.

"She's fine, Quinn is taking care of her," he laughs. Before I can stop him Nathan slams the kid against the wall. Everyone goes silent.

"Where the fuck is my sister? You have two seconds before I punch you in the fucking face," Nathan spits out. I go up to Nathan and try to pull him back but he shakes me off. I lose balance on my heel and fall on my butt.

"She's upstairs, the first room to the left," he says and his voice shakes. Nathan drops him as soon as he hears me fall.

"Oh my god, Phoebe," he says feeling horrible for knocking me over.

"No, let's go get Berkeley," I say sliding my heels off. I feel like a movie with all the kids watching me.

We run upstairs and go into the bathroom. Nathan barges in almost breaking the door. He says "fuck" as he sees. I move him to the side and come in. Berkeley is in a tiny silver dress with it hiked up to her hips as she is vomiting into the toilet. A guy stands behind looking more at her exposed butt than helping her.

"You have one second to get the fuck out of here," Nathan says.

"Chill bro, she's sloppy tonight," he laughs walking out. If Berkeley wasn't in such bad shape I am sure Nathan would have run after him and thrown him out a window.

I rush to Berkeley and bend down. I am still in my dress so I can only bend so low. She looks at me and I can see in her eyes she is very drunk. "Phoebe," she slurs out confused.

"Yes I am here, how much have you had to drink?" I ask her. She points to the bottle of vodka with three-quarters of the liquid gone. Oh no.

"Berkeley, what the hell were you thinking? You could have been hurt. Now Phoebe and I are missing our New Year's Eve to come save your ass," Nathan says with his hands on his hips. He is pissed. Berkeley immediately starts to cry.

"I'm I'm I'm sor sor sorry," she tries to slur out. I know for a fact him yelling at her will make this so much worse.

"Nathan, let's get her out of here. Yelling will do no good," I say. I slip off Nathan's jacket and put it around her. All of a sudden she starts vomiting again. I am quick to hold her hair and Nathan cones rubbing her back.

"Are you done?" Nathan asks. She nods and we start to try and help her up. I pull her dress down. We start trying to walk with her and see it's no use.

"I'll carry her," Nathan says and I grab her phone and bag as he lifts her into his arms. We walk downstairs and the girls all try to come and see her. Some friends they are.

"Guys she's fine, go downstairs," I say as we walk out. I get in the back and Nathan lays her down with me. Her head goes in my lap. He passes me a bag in case she throws up.

He starts driving. Every so often I feel his eyes look at mine through the rearview mirror. As I look at him our eyes meet and then his go back to the road.

After 15 minutes and Berkeley throwing up once, we get to his house. "I'll pick her up," Nathan says. Berkeley tries to talk but is crying too hard.

"Shh Berk, you're okay," I say. We walk inside and go up to her room. Nathan puts her on her bed. She looks rough.

"Berkeley, where did you even get such a dress," Nathan rubs his temples.

"Why don't I get her changed. You go get some water and crackers, maybe a bucket," I say. Nathan sighs and looks at her.

"I got her baby," I say. He kisses my head not saying anything and walking out.

I grab a pair of her sweatpants and a T-shirt. Here goes nothing. "Berk, I am going to help you change," I say.

"I I can do it," she says. Oh lord. She sits up and I have to hold her up while I unzip her dress. I slip on her T-shirt and then pull down her dress. It is so tight and tiny.

"Stop, I got it," she slurs out. I can barely understand her.

"Berk, let me help you," I sigh. She tries to feed her legs through her sweats put is doing it wrong. I have to put each leg in a pant leg than pull it up. Once she is dressed she starts to cry.

"What's going on?" I ask her as I wrap an arm around her.

"Nathan hates me," she cries. I know she is drunk, but I can't help but believe she has been worried about her and Nathan's relationship.

"Berk, Nathan loves you so much. More than me, more than anything in this entire world. Why would you say that?" I ask her.

"No, he doesn't, you you took my spot. He never calls me, he never visits me, only you," she says crying. I know she is drunk, but I still feel so bad.

Nathan walks in and sees her crying. He has ice water and a bunch of crackers with a bucket in his arms. I help him set the stuff down.

"Would you mind if I talked to Berk?" Nathan asks. I think he heard the end of our conversation.

"Of course," I say kissing him then walking out. I go to Nathan's room. I sit on his bed and look at the picture of us from junior year he has hanging in his room. We are at dinner that was our 6-month anniversary date. We both look so young. It is so crazy how fast time moves.

After waiting a while I lay back on Nathan's bed. Soon after he walks in he has his suit jacket off and bow tie off. His dress shirt has the first two buttons undone and his sleeves are rolled up to his elbows. He looks distraught but so sexy.

"She's asleep, I had her take some Advil so the hangover isn't as bad tomorrow," he says and sits down next to me.

"You're such a good big brother to her," I say and rub his bare arm.

"She told me I left her, and that she has never felt so alone," he says. "That I never come home to visit her, and you took her spot," he says. I frown and look at him.

"Baby, you had to leave for college. And with basketball season there is no way that you could have visited. You are so good to her, don't worry," I say. Nathan nods and holds my hand.

"I was so angry, I pushed you off me and you fell. Fuck, Phoebe, I touched you in a way I promised I would never," he says.

"Nathan, don't even do that to yourself," I say and he shakes his head.

"No, none of that. I lost my balance and fell. It was not your fault, you didn't lay a hand on me," I say. He rubs his face in his hands and looks at me.

"You are such a good brother, boyfriend, son and every other hat you wear. You need to stop worrying," I say and he nods. This poor boy.

"I love you so much," he says and I smile. I take his face in my hands and kiss him.

"I'm not ready to leave you," he says.

"Neither am I, but let's not talk about that right now," I say. My dress is so uncomfortable and I want out. I move a little bit to give me comfort.

"You looked absolutely stunning tonight," Nathan says rubbing circles on my back. "This dress looked like it was made for you," he says. I decide to be cheeky in spite of the situation.

"You know where the dress would look better?" I ask him. He shrugs looking at me.

"The floor," I say. Nathan looks at me shocked for one second before he is behind me unzipping my dress. He leaves the trail of the zipper with small kisses down my back. I take a big breath that I was holding once it is unzipped.

"Can I take this off?" Nathan asks. I nod and slices it down my front. My nipples harden at the cold air that hits them.

I smile and lay down on the bed. Nathan crawls on top of me and starts kissing me hard. My panties have been wet all night because of how hot he has looked.

Nathan hooks his fingers in my panties and slides them down. He kisses the inside of both of my thighs before getting where I need him to be.

He starts sucking and licking and kissing. I am a withering mess on the bed. He puts his fingers in me and starts pumping them in and out. I bite my hand trying to keep myself from screaming.

I feel him watching me and I look at him. His eyes and face are filled with lust. My hips start to buck and he holds them down. It is so forceful and hot. Before I can finish because I am so close Nathan climbs on me and replaces his fingers with his dick.

"Oh my gosh," I grip onto him. I am building and all sensations. Every little movement I can feel.

"Nathan," I cry out.

"Feel it, baby," he says and my eyes close as I moan out.

Nathan changes his paces and it brings me closer to the edge every single time. I'm so close. My nails are digging into his back and I am moaning his name.

"Please," I cry out.

"Just let go," Nathan says. And on his command, I am falling over the edge. This is one of the strongest orgasms I have ever had. Nathan finishes with me soon after.

I am a panting and sticky mess as I lay on his bed. I smile and turn to look at the clock. "It's midnight," I laugh.

"What a damn good way to start the new year," he says and kisses me.

—-

I am back at school this week and so excited to see everyone. I walk into my dorm room for the first time and drop my suitcase when Olivia, Maisy, Regan, and Kendra all pile on top of me hugging me. I was the last one back.

"Phoebe, how was break," Kendra asks as I set my bag down on my bed to unpack.

"Amazing, but it is so good to be back. How were you guys?" I ask them.

"I got laid once a day and drank my own weight in alcohol," Maisy says. I turn around and see if she's joking. Low and behold she's not. I start laughing.

"You would," Olivia says.

"So where are we going tonight?" Regan asks.

"Hmm theta chi is having a party, we could pregame at Kora's," Kendra says. Kora is her big.

"Yeah for sure, let's do that," Olivia says.

"I wanna wear my new shirt," I say and Olivia smiles.

"Is that the shirt that Nathan bought you?" Liv asks.

"Maybe," I smirk.

"You are so whipped, Phoebe," Regan jokes.

"If I am then I am happy to be it," I say and they all laugh.

"Okay ladies everyone gets ready and meet back here at 8, then we'll walk to Kora's," Olivia says.

I head to shower and get ready for tonight. I get in the shower and wash my hair and shave. I get out and go into my room. I put on my bathrobe and begin to do my hair. I am curling it for tonight.

Olivia comes in and sits next to me. We turn up our speaker and do our makeup next to each other. This is what I have missed most. We jam out to our favorite songs and get ready.

I finish my makeup and hair and put on the shirt that Nathan bought me. I wanted it so bad but didn't end up buying it because I thought I didn't need it. When I came home it was on my bed with a note that said you deserve the world. My sweet boy.

I put on the army green silk camisole and black high waisted jeans. I put on my Gucci belt and pair it with black booties.

"Damn you look good, PG," Olivia says.

"So do you, those jeans are adorable," I say. She is in a white crop top and high waisted blue jeans. They are so cute.

"We need to get pictures tonight so we can hang one on our door," Olivia says.

"Yes for sure, let's do it before we go out," I say.

Maisy, Regan, and Kendra all come over. We take a bunch of pictures before we head out to go to Kora's apartment. It is a short walk to get to the tall apartment buildings. We head up the elevator to the 11th floor where she lives. You hear the loud music before you get to the room.

When we walk in there is a bunch of girls from my sorority and from Olivia's. I grab a drink and walk up to Taylor who is Caroline's roommate. Caroline hasn't really talked about the whole Teddy situation so I am hoping to avoid it. I'm not mad at her anymore, I just want it to blow over.

"Grey, how are you?" Taylor asks giving me the biggest hug.

"I am amazing, how was your break?" I ask her.

"Caroline and I were together almost the whole time," she laughs.

"Sounds so fun," I say.

"Speak of the Devil," Taylor says and from behind me, Caroline walks up.

"Oh my little," she says and wraps me in a big hug spinning me around.

"Caroline, how are you oh my gosh," I ask her.

"So good and so drunk. I am always so happy to see you," she says.

"Are you going to theta chi's party after this, who am I kidding of course you are," she says and I laugh.

"You have a birthday next week?" She asks and I nod smiling.

"January 23rd," I say and she claps her hands smiling.

"Oh, I am throwing you the best party ever. You won't even know what hit you," she says and that makes me nervous.

"Birthday drinks and sex," she says and I raise my eyebrows.

"Okay birthday drinks," she says and I smile laughing.

"You don't have to throw me a party," I say.

"Don't even try that with me, Grey. After what I put you through we are throwing you a party," she says.

"About that, you really don't have to worry about it," I say.

"Well, I do because I upset you. I really liked your brother, I mean I really do like him still, but I wouldn't want to do that to you again," oh no. Tell me it was just a one-time thing.

"Have you guys talked since?" I ask.

"No, but I've thought about him. What is it with you Grey's and being freaking heart breakers," she says laughing. I know she is serious though. I don't want to be the one stopping them, but that's my brother.

"You should text him or something, just please no sex without a door locked," I say.

"Technically it was locked you just walked in," she says.

"Shut it," I smirk.

We keep drinking until I am drunk. We all walk over to Theta Chi together. Caroline has one of my elbows and Olivia is on the other side. When we walk in there is thumping techno music playing. I've never been to this house before.

Caroline leads us to where the drinks are and we all make ourselves some. I grab a mike's hard lemonade for myself. It's in a huge black can. I pour some in a cup then leave the can.

As I walk away a guy walks up and grabs my arm. I turn to see Josh the guys Caroline introduced me to at our first frat party. He is the president of his frat. He was the one that was trying to flirt with me. Ew.

"Phoebe Grey, it has been a while," he says.

"Josh Shipley," I say as I take a sip of my drink.

"How have you been?" He asks as he gives me a hug. It goes on a little longer than necessary.

"I have been good, I got back from Seattle a couple of hours ago," I say and he smiles.

"How was your break?" He asks.

"It was good, yours?" I ask.

"Great, I missed this though," he says looking around at all the partying college kids.

"So when are you going to take me up on my offer of dinner?" He asks. Oh yeah, the last party before break he asked me to dinner. Not in a way that Andrew did but in a let's go out on a date way. Speaking of Andrew, where is he?

"Let me get settled in before jumping down my throat, Shipley," I say making him laugh. I hope that takes him down a few notches.

"Fine fine, Grey, but when you are ready you know where to find me," he says and I nod smiling.

When I walk away with him I come face to face with no other than my best friend, Andrew Thomas. He smiles when he sees me and wraps his arms around me.

"Phoebe, holy shit. How are you?" He asks.

"So good, I missed you," I say.

"I missed you too, kid. You are very drunk," he says.

"How do you know?" I ask him.

"Because whenever you're drunk you don't talk you scream," he says. I start laughing and take a sip of my drink.

"I'm walking you home tonight, deal?" He asks.

"Of course," I smile.

"Okay go find Maisy she was looking for you, but don't forget to grab me before you leave," he says and I nod. I push my way through the crowd to Maisy. She stands there smiling and talking to a class act frat boy.

"You wanted me?" I ask her.

"Yeah, I was talking to Reed and he had said he'd never met you, I wanted to introduce you guys," she says. Maisy will never understand I have a boyfriend.

"Oh well, umm hi I'm Phoebe Grey," I smile.

"Reed Rander, you look great tonight," he says. Oh wow, we are just going in for the kill. I look to Maisy and her face is bright red. She pretends she sees someone she knows and walks off. She knows I will kill her when we are alone.

"Thank you, where are you from?" I ask him. I take a big gulp of my drink.

"I'm from Park City in Utah. What about you?" He asks.

"Seattle," I tell him.

"Wait a second, you aren't Phoebe grey as in Grey Enterprises," he says. Oh lord help me.

"Yep," I say. He laughs and looks around.

"Shit, holy shit," he says. "We just looked at one of your dad's business deals in class," he says.

"Oh cool," I say.

"Can I get you a drink?" He asks. I look down at my almost empty drink.

"Umm, sure yeah. Thank you," I say handing him my cup. He goes off and I am left with my cup.

From across the room, I see Andrew. My vision is a little bit blurry because I am so drunk. I didn't even realize how low my tolerance has gotten. That's what I get for not drinking for almost 3 weeks.

Reed comes back with my drink in his hand. I take it and thank him. We keep talking about my dad and he is boring me to tears. As I go to take a sip my drink is pushed out of my hand and falls to the floor. I look up to see the culprit and it is Andrew. Confused doesn't even begin.

"We need to go," he says. I look at him and am confused. What the fuck? I mean I'll go to not have to talk to him.

"Okay nice meeting you, Reed," I say and he looks less than happy for me to be leaving. I say goodbye to all my friends and Andrew and I walk out.

"What was that about?" I ask.

"Phoebe, are you crazy?" He asks.

"Not that I know of no," I say. I can tell he is trying not to laugh.

"You can't take drinks from strangers. Especially kids like Reed. He is creepy and definitely was trying to take you home," he says.

"I didn't even think about that, I am so stupid," I say. Especially after what happened in Florida.

"Don't make me have to watch your every move, Grey," he says and I laugh.

"I won't I promise, I have already had an experience with that, it won't happen again," I say.

"What do you mean had an experience like that?" He says. Oh boy, I don't want to get into this I am too drunk.

"Did someone drug you?" He asks. We are at my dorm and I am tempted to just run inside.

"Yeah, but it was my fault," I say. Tears well in my eyes and Andrew takes my key and scans us in the building.

"Come on, kid," he says and wraps an arm around me. When we get to my room he opens the door. He puts my key back in my bag and sits on the couch as I lay in my bed.

"Phoebe, are you okay?" He asks as he walks over and sees my teary eyes.

"I'm fine, just thinking about bad memories," I say.

"Do you want to talk about it?" He asks and I shake my head. He brings me in a tight hug and kisses my head.

"I'm always here for you, Grey," he says and I nod.

"Thank you, for being here," I say and he rubs my back.

—-

"Shhh shh don't wake her up," I hear. All of a sudden a confetti popper is shot and I about jump through the ceiling.

"Happy birthday to you," I hear people singing. When I open my eyes I look to see all my friends singing to me. Caroline, Maisy, Regan, Olivia, Emily, Kendra, and Ellen are all singing.

"Oh my gosh guys," I laugh. "Thank you," I say as they pass me a coffee and a donut from my favorite place.

"Happy birthday, you bitch," Olivia says jumping on me and hugging me.

"You are going to be so wasted tonight," she says and I shake my head.

"First I have to have lunch with my parents," I say and she rolls her eyes.

"Then we are doing cake and presents then we are getting you fucked up," she says and I laugh.

"Half of you have class to get to so don't be late but, thank you guys really," I say smiling. They all give me hugs and head out. After drinking my coffee and eating my donut with Olivia, I head to shower.

My parents are coming down today to have lunch with me. They originally weren't then my dad refused to not see me on my birthday. After I shower I get out and put on a cute bralette, a big sweater, and jeans.

Olivia is gone by the time I am back in my room and I do my makeup and hair. After I am done I have 10 minutes till I need to meet my parents. I check down at my phone to see if Nathan has texted me. When I don't see a text or call I am a little hurt. Maybe he isn't up yet.

I head downstairs and walk outside to see my parent's car pull up. I smile as my dad rushes out and speeds over to me. "My birthday Bubs," he says and hugs me tightly. It's been two weeks since we have seen each other. Even though it doesn't sound like a lot it is.

"Happy birthday, my sweet girl," my mom says.

"Thank you so much," I say.

After lots of hugs, we get into the car and head out to the Heathman Hotel. At the top the nice restaurant that we are going to. We ride up the elevator and get seated.

"How has your birthday been so far?" My mom asks smiling.

"It has been great, my friends woke me up with a donut and coffee from The Brew, which is my favorite coffee shop on campus, then I showered and got ready to go," I say. My mom smiles and nods.

"That's great, Bubs. What are you guys doing tonight?" My dad asks.

"We are going to my Big's apartment and then going out," I say smiling. We order our drinks as the guy comes over. I get an unsweetened iced tea.

"Iced tea? That's new," my mom says.

"I love it, Olivia drinks it all the time," I say and she nods.

"How is everything with school?" My dad asks.

"It's great, I love all my classes. They are fascinating," I say. My dad smiles.

"I am so glad you love them, Bubs," he says. He comes back with our drinks and I take a big sip. After we order our food. I get the lobster bisque with a Caesar salad.

"Oh I forgot to tell you, Dad, I met a guy who is in the business school here and he said he studied one of your deals," he says.

"Really? Must have been the carbon disclosure project," My dad says and my mom looks over at me shrugging.

"Yeah, he was shocked to meet me. You are like a celebrity to the kids in business school," I say and he laughs shaking his head.

"That's funny to hear, Bubs," he says.

"How is everything at home?" I ask them.

"Pretty boring. We both work, then come home and eat dinner together," my mom says.

"Gosh, you make it sound like a prison," my dad says and I laugh.

"Oh don't get your panties in a twist, you know what I mean. Much less lively without you and Theodore there," she says and I nod.

"She is right, how is Nathan? Have you heard from him today?" My mom asks. I check my phone to make sure.

"Um actually no, he hasn't called yet, but I am sure he will when he wakes up," I say.

"Wakes up? It's 1:30," my dad says.

"He is on college time, honey. Don't worry sweets," my mom says. Nathan doesn't sleep in ever. But I pretend he does and nod.

"Oh, I totally forgot I have this for you," my mom says and goes in her purse. She pulls out an envelope and hands it to me. I look on the back and smile. I instantly know who it is from. In scribbled letters, it says "Bee Bee"

I open the letter to find a handwritten note from the Cruz kids. Mrs. Cruz wrote the note, but the kid's sweet signatures are below.

Bee Bee,

Happy birthday we miss you so so so so so much. Drew took his first steps last week! He still seems to think that crawling is a better mode of transportation though. Spencer knows how to spell her name which you can see below and wants to tell you she loves you. Quinn is working on reading bigger books now and wants to tell you that he thought you looked pretty. Not really sure what that means, but it's Quinn. Charlie started basketball practice and absolutely loves it. He says he is going to be like Nathan one day. Happy birthday, Phoebe! We miss you so much.

Love, the Cruz's

Inside is a check for $200 and a picture of the kids. That is so sweet of them to do for me. I will have to call and thank them. I study the picture. Drew is placed in Charlie's lap who has his arms around him. Quinn has an arm around Charlie and Spencer who is laid across the front. Crazy kids. They all look so much bigger. I miss them.

"Oh my gosh," I say and smile down at it.

"Thank you for bringing this," I say as our food gets delivered.

"No problem, they came over for dinner last weekend and Spencer was your dad's shadow," my mom says showing me a picture. Spencer is on my dad's hip with her head rested on his shoulder while he talks to Mrs. Cruz.

"She loves Dad so much," I laugh.

We eat our food and talk more about school and life. It is so good to have them here. After we eat our lunch they take me back to my dorm. I invite them in because I know Olivia is in class right now.

"It's pretty clean in here," my mom says and I laugh. They both sit on the couch. My mom hands me a wrapped present and I thank her.

I open it and find four plane tickets all to California. I am confused and look up. "For spring break we want you to bring 3 people to our house in California," my dad says.

"Oh my gosh, thank you so much, I don't even know what to say," I say as I hug them both. I am so excited.

"You guys didn't have to do that," I say.

After I open the rest of my presents my parents head out. It was a hard goodbye, but I know I will see them soon. I lay on my bed and check my phone still no Nathan. I sigh and decide to call him.

It rings all the way through with no response. I text him again. If he forgot I'll be sad, but I do just want him to be okay. I lay in bed upset. He would never forget my birthday I don't think.

—-

"Come on Pheebs, we are going out after cake and presents it's your birthday and you got already," Olivia says. It's official Nathan forgot my birthday. I just don't feel like going out after this. We've been dating for two years now. How does he forget?

"Okay my present first," Maisy says. She hands me a wrapped gift and I smile thanking her. I open it to find the cutest picture of us framed in what looks like a Tiffany frame.

"Oh my gosh, Mase, thank you so much," I say and hug her.

"Now mine now mine, Regan says," I smile thanking her. I open it to find the cutest ring. It is an opal ring with a rose gold band. So freaking cute. I slide it on my finger and hug her.

After Kendra gets me a makeup palette and Ella gets me a keychain with a P on it for my car keys, everyone looks to Olivia. Oh, this should be good.

"Okay my present isn't wrapped, Pheebs I'm sorry," she says.

"Do not even apologize you butt face," I say and she laughs.

"Okay my present is behind our door," she says. I look to our door confused.

"Is it an animal, please don't say you got us a lizard. I was drunk not being serious," I say and she laughs.

"You wished I loved you enough to get you a lizard," she says making me laugh.

"Fine… okay," I say

"On 3, 1….2...3," I open the door and my mouth drops open.

"Hi Bee," I hear out of his mouth. I am in shock. I look to Olivia and she takes a picture of me. Everyone in the room is laughing. I look up at Nathan and he is laughing.

I rush to Olivia and hug her but playfully slap her arm. "I can't believe you, I thought he forgot my birthday," I say and wipe the tears from my eyes.

"Well I hope you enjoy this and the fact that I am sleeping at Cara's apartment," she says and winks. I am in shock. I can't believe this.

"Well, are you going to say hi to him?" She asks and I turn looking at Nathan standing there watching me. I start tearing up and nod.

I walk up to him and he smiles wrapping his arms around me. "Happy birthday, my girl," he says and kisses my head. I listen as the girls sneak out while we have a moment.

"I thought you forgot," I cry as I look up at him. He cups my face and wipes my tears with his thumbs.

"Phoebe Grace, you must think very lowly of me to forget my favorite day of the year," he says and I laugh going back to hugging him. I look up at him and kiss him. He smiles at me.

"I probably look a mess now," I say and look in the mirror. I wipe under my eyes and clean myself up.

"Quite the opposite, birthday girl," he says. His hands run over my top. I am wearing a two-piece outfit with a crop top and a tight skirt. It is a black and white checkered pattern. I have a black fuzzy jacket over it. Outfit credits going to Kendra. She always knows what to wear.

"I like this outfit," he says and kisses my neck.

"Thank you, I can't believe you are here," I say.

"Nowhere else I would be, now let's go celebrate you," he says and kisses me.

We walk out and all 6 of them are sitting there waiting. "You guys good?" Maisy asks. We both nod and Nathan takes my hand. We get lots of pictures together. I post one of Nathan and me.

We walk to Caroline's apartment. As I walk in confetti poppers and champagne is popped. I laugh and look to Nathan who kisses my head.

"Happy birthday, little," Caroline screams and about jumps on me hugging me.

"Thank you so much," I smile laughing. There is champagne and margaritas flowing.

"Now who is this?" She asks looking at Nathan.

"This is my boyfriend, Nathan. You know the one you try to get me to cheat on every once and a while," I whisper the second part to her and it sends her laughing.

"Oh my gosh, you picked a funny one Nathan. Nice to meet you, I am Caroline Phoebe's big," she says and I smile.

"Nice to meet you, Caroline. I did pick a great one," he says wrapping an arm around my stomach. She looks at me and smiles.

"We'll drink and enjoy. Grey, you have 19 minutes to get drunk before I force feed you alcohol," she says and I laugh.

"Sounds good, thank you again, Caroline. It means a lot," I say and she smiles. Nathan and I both grab margaritas and drink them. They are so good, I don't know how Caroline pulled this off so well.

"Grey," I hear and I smile at the voice. It's Andrew and he is here.

"Andrew," I say and put my drink down so I can hug him.

"Happy birthday," he says as he hugs me.

"Thank you, I have someone you might want to meet," I say. "This is Nathan Moore the one I cry to when I am drunk," I joke and they both laugh remembering one of our first encounters.

"Hey man, nice to meet in person," Andrew says as they do their dude greeting thing.

"Nice to meet you too, thanks for keeping this a surprise," Nathan says.

"Anytime man," he says. Wait what? Did he know?

"You knew he was coming?" I turn to Andrew and ask.

"Of course I did, and don't even try to be angry at me," he says. Nathan laughs and I glare at him.

"I was just complaining to you about how much I missed him," I say.

"And that's what makes the surprise even better, now have another margarita," he says and grabs me one. I smirk and drink the margarita finishing it and handing him the glass.

"Jesus, at least I'm not on walking home duty," he says and Nathan looks down at me.

"Should be an interesting night for me," Nathan teases. Andrew gets whisked away by a girl and we are left talking.

"Can I say happy birthday to the woman of the hour," I hear a familiar voices. Shit.

"Hi Josh," I say.

"Happy birthday little Grey," he says wrapping an arm around me. I see Nathan's jaw click.

"Thank you, Josh," I say.

"So who is this?" He asks looking at Nathan.

"I'm Nathan Moore, Phoebe's boyfriend," he says and I smirk at territorial Nathan coming out. Josh's arm stays around me until he shakes Nathan's hand. I take that as my opportunity to sneak away from him and go over to Nathan who yanks me closer to him.

"Nice to meet you, I am Josh. I supply Phoebe with lots of alcohol and parties. I am the president of my frat," he says as it makes him a big shot.

"Well I'm glad you keep her entertained," Nathan says and it takes everything in me not to laugh.

"Yeah, well hey nice meeting you man. I got a girl over there," he says and walks off.

"Jeez you might as well get me a tattoo that says taken," I say and he shakes his head.

"You are mine," he says and leans down kissing me. I smirk and look up at him.

"That's very presumptuous, Mr. Moore," I say.

"Watch it, birthday girl," he smiles and I laugh.

We keep drinking and dancing. It is so much fun and I end up getting more drunk than I should. I am having trouble standing without swaying so Nathan has an arm wrapped tightly around me.

"Yes that's my little," Caroline says as she walks by. I giggle as Nathan takes a big sip of his beer.

"PG, look at you," Olivia says coming up to me. I laugh and hug her tightly.

"Oh gosh, you really are hammered," she says and I laugh.

"I just want to thank you for him," I say and point to Nathan who smiles.

"Anytime, Grey. And besides, if I heard you say you missed him one more time I would have had to walk to New Jersey to get him," she says making me laugh. I guess I really did miss him a lot.

"I love you," I say and she laughs. I walk over to Nathan and grip his wrist so I can see the time.

"3 am, wow," I say and laugh. "I need another drink," I say. Nathan grabs my waist.

"No more drinks for you, my sweet girl," he says and I pout.

"I know you if you have one more I will be holding your hair all night," he says and I smirk.

"You are right," I say and yawn.

"We should head back," he says and I smile.

"To have sex?" I ask.

"We'll see, come on," he smirks.

After many goodbye hugs, we are out walking. Nathan is holding my hand and we are laughing about how I cried when I saw him. This is perfect.

When we get to my dorm I lay on my bed. "Come have sex with me," I say fumbling with my skirt button trying to get it off. Nathan is standing over me laughing.

"Can I help you there?" Nathan asks and I nod smiling. He helps me take off my jacket, top, and skirt. I am left in my panties and I smile up at Nathan.

"Now can we have sex?" I ask opening my legs.

"When you are sober you won't let me watch you change, you are brazen when you are drunk," he says.

"Uh huh, less talking more sex," I laugh.

"No sex tonight, but I am going to make you orgasm," he says as he crawls on top of me. He starts kissing my neck and my panties dampen.

"Mmm," I moan and squirm under him. He goes to my boobs and sucks and teases them. I giggle as it tickles a little bit.

"Shhh feel it, baby," he says as he sucks and nips down my stomach. My panties are soaked by the time he puts his nose there and inhales.

"You smell good enough to eat," he says and I laugh. He pulls off my panties and opens my thighs to him. I stare up at the ceiling as he teases me running a finger up and down the slit.

"Ahhh," I cry out.

"Watch me," he says and I put my head on my pillow and watch as his mouth connects with the most sensitive part of my body.

"Nathan," I cry out.

It feels so good. Watching him makes it all the more intense. My hips start to buck so he holds them down and I am left just getting so much pleasure.

"Nathan," I cry out. He adds a finger and I about convulse on the spot.

"Come for me," He says and his words are my undoing. My hips shoot up and I am hit with a powerful orgasm.

After Nathan cleans me up and puts a big T-shirt on me. He takes off my makeup and puts my hair in a bun. After he climbs in bed in his PJs and holds me.

This was the best birthday ever. I am so lucky to live this life. I put my face in the crook of Nathan's shoulder and he holds me tightly. This is my favorite place.

FEBRUARY

Nathan stayed to my surprise for 2 more days. The amount of sex that has been had is crazy. I am so tired but so happy. Who knew two weeks away from someone is enough to go mad.

We are laying in bed it is 9 am. His flight leaves at 9 tonight, so I have a couple of hours today with my boy. I decided we are going to go into town and hang out.

We are both naked and he has an arm around me tightly. My head is on his chest and it raises and lowers as he breathes. He strokes my hair and kisses my head occasionally.

"I don't want you to go," I admit. He laughs and rubs my back.

"I don't want to go," he says.

"Then don't," I say already knowing the answer I am going to get.

"Bee, I have classes and basketball. Trust me if I could stay here all year I would," he says.

"I know, I know," I say.

"Mmm why don't we enjoy this day together," he says lifting me up more so I am on him.

"I need a shower," I say.

"You still look beautiful," he says and I smirk.

"Yeah, nice try. I'll be back, you can use Olivia coffee machine if you want," I say and he smiles.

I walk out with my towel and my shower stuff. I head down to the showers and get in. I wash my hair and body. After I shave and rinse myself off. When I am done I dry off and put my robe on.

When I come back in my room Nathan is dressed and drinking a cup of coffee. "Look at you making yourself at home," I smirk and he laughs.

"This coffee is amazing," he says making me smile. I shake my head and sit down at my desk. I start blowing dry my hair and I feel a pair of eyes watching me. I look over to Nathan and he is smiling watching. I stick my tongue out at him and keep drying my hair.

After I am finished I put it up in a high ponytail. I put on some mascara leave it at that. Nathan always says I look the most beautiful with no makeup, so I'll go by his words today. After I throw on a colorful sweater and jeans that are ripped at the knee. Nathan watches my every move and it makes me laugh.

"Okay ready?" I ask and he nods. We are having Sawyer drive us to town. I put on my coat and we walk out.

Once we get in the car we buckle up. Sawyer and Nathan talk about basketball and all that jazz. I on the other hand just listen along. I love watching Nathan, but that is where my love for the sport ends.

It is a short drive and I hear both of our stomachs rumbling by the end of it. We head to a little breakfast place called Besa. It has all types of omelets, pancakes, and breakfast foods. Olivia and I go here sometimes on Sundays.

"This place is so cool," he says as he looks around at the decorations. It has big grey stone walls and dark wood tables. Very pretty inside.

"I know, the food is nothing short of amazing too," I say and he smiles.

"What are you going to get?" He asks reading over the menu.

"I think the Greek yogurt parfait and fruit platter," I say.

"That's all? What about getting an omelet or something more filling," he suggests. Oh no, not this again.

"No I am okay, the Greek yogurt is huge too," I say. Nathan looks up at me then down at his menu. Pick your battles, Phoebe.

We order our food and I look out the window. Downtown Vancouver is beautiful. I love it here. Nathan takes my hand from across the table and rubs it. "You look beautiful," he says and I smile.

"Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself," I smile.

"What's on tap for when I leave?" He asks.

"Well, we have Valentine's Day party coming up. We do it with our brother frat. Andrew and I are going together. I am so glad you got to meet him in person. Your online bromance wasn't doing it," I smirk. They text all the time about basketball and lord knows what else.

"Shut up," Nathan laughs. "I am glad we got to meet, he is a really cool guy, and he watches over you while I am not here," Nathan says.

"Uh huh, what about you? What's going on at Princeton?" I ask him.

"Basketball, school work, and more basketball," I laugh. He is a very busy guy at school.

"So no partying and doing drugs?" I tease. He shakes his head.

"Not during the season unless we are told otherwise by the team captains," Nathan says.

"I am going to miss you sleeping in my bed with me," I say and he smiles.

"Hey it's already February, summer will be here in what 3 months?" He asks and I nod.

"I know, I am excited. I am nannying the Cruz's again," I smile.

"That's exciting," he says as our food gets put down. I smile at my Greek yogurt and fruit. Nathan got me an extra side of toast and eggs. So protective. I dig into my food and Nathan watches me smiling.

"So how is the pre-med track treating you?" I ask him.

"It's hard, but I like it a lot. We are learning so much fascinating stuff. I'm looking into the future a bit and seeing where I want this to take me," he says.

"Yeah, what are you thinking?" I ask him.

"Well at first I went in thinking orthopedics, and I am still thinking that but I am now leaning towards pediatric orthopedics," he says and I feel the biggest smile creep up on my face.

"Really?" I ask. Nathan is so good with kids. He just has a natural touch to him.

"Yes, I was just thinking about how much I enjoy being around kids and I don't know," he shrugs.

"I am so happy you decided to work with kids. I have always told you how good you are with them," I say. He shrugs and I shake my head.

"I am proud of you," I say and he smiles.

"I love you," he says.

We finish up eating and head out. Vancouver has a bunch of cute stores so we start walking around. We go into a cool outdoor type of store. They have the type of T-shirt's Nathan loves so I look at the rack of them.

"I like this one," I say. I hold up a light blue shirt with a mountain logo on the pocket of the shirt.

"I like that, but I also like this one," he holds up a red long sleeve with the logo on the back.

"Okay I'll buy you this one, and you buy that one," I say. The look on his face is priceless.

"Absolutely not. You are not buying me anything," oh Nathan Moore this is payback for all the times you have bought me clothes I didn't need.

"Yeah okay," I say. When he looks away I walk right up to the cashier and check out. Best 35 dollars I have ever spent.

I pass him the bag and he looks in it. He takes a deep breath and looks at the ceiling. "Thank you, Bee," he says. Not what I was expecting. He must have sensed the look of shock on my face.

"Picking our battles," he says and I smile. We had a talk about that a while ago.

"Well I am glad you like it, now what are you getting?" I ask him.

"This one and a hat," he says. He holds up his items and we head over to the cashier. She checks him out and puts the items in the bag I have. We walk out and head into another store.

I look around and grab a couple of things. I try them on and give Nathan a fashion show. He laughs as I twirl around in the clothes I am trying on. "You are so cute," he says and I smile.

I end up buying two pairs of jeans and a jacket from that store. I am on a hunt for a Valentine's Day party dress. We go into a bunch of cute little boutiques until we find one that has some good stuff.

Dress after dress I hate all of them. I have two more left and I put on one. I come out and am shocked to find out I love it. It is a bodycon red dress. The sleeves are off the shoulder.

"Holy shit," Nathan says and comes up behind me.

"Do you like it?" I ask him.

"You look stunning, red looks so good on you," he says and I smile.

"Thank you, sugar," I say and he laughs at my nickname. I end up getting the dress.

After we shop for a bit we head back to school. Nathan and I get in my room and I put the clothes I bought away.

"I should pack my stuff up," he says looking at his boxers and shirts on the floor.

"I'll help you," I say and start picking up and folding his stuff. He just throws it in his suitcase. Such a boy. I help him fold and put away all his stuff.

Finally, we are done and he has to head off to the airport. I am so sad to see him go. But I need to get back to my routine of not waking up every morning and having sex.

"Okay let's get you to the airport," I say. I help carry his carry on backpack downstairs.

When we are standing outside I know it's time to say goodbye. I smile up at him and he wraps both arms tightly around me. "I love you so much," I say and he looks down at me and smiles.

"I love you too, my girl. Be good while I am gone," he says. This is such a hard goodbye because I know I won't see him till April.

"I will text me as soon as you land," I say and he smiles. He hugs me and kisses my head. We kiss before he gets in the car. He waves goodbye to me and heads out. Man, I love that boy.

—-

Today is Valentine's Day and that means it is my first sigma kappa Valentine's day. From what I have heard it is a huge party. Everyone wears red and drinks.

Andrew and I are going together, so I am very excited. His frat and our sorority are together for this party. Maisy and John, a sophomore here, are going together.

This morning, Nathan had flowers delivered to my dorm. We called and FaceTimed and got our daily dose of each other. This was our first valentines without each other.

I look over at Olivia and she looks not good. Last night she went out and came home early saying she didn't feel good. She says she has a migraine and feels nauseous. I go to the bathroom and come back with a cold washcloth for her.

"Thank you," she says and I frown.

"Can I get you any medicine or anything to eat?" I ask her. I feel so bad she looks like she is in a lot of pain. She shakes her head no.

"Would you mind getting ready in Maisy's room? I just don't know if I could deal with the lights being turned on," she says and I nod.

"Of course, I am actually going to head over there now," I say and rub her shoulder. I pack up all my makeup and take my curling iron. I replace the cold washcloth before I head over to Maisy's room.

"Hey bitch, what's up?" She asks as I set my stuff down.

"Not much Olivia is sick, so I am getting ready in here today," I say and she smiles.

"Yay, wanna curl my hair for me," She asks and I knew that one was coming.

"Of course, let me do my makeup first then I will," I say and she thanks me. I sit at her desk as she plays music and does my makeup. I decide to do a red lip because it is Valentine's day.

After I am finished I have Maisy sit down in front of me. I section off her hair and start to curl it. "How is Nathan?" She asks.

"So good, he sent me flowers this morning," I say and she smiles.

"Such a good boyfriend," she says and I nod. He truly is.

I keep curling her hair until I am happy with the results. She, of course, loves it and prances around the room. She puts on her dress and shows me the final look.

"Okay now look," she says. It is so her it makes me smile. She is in a bodycon red sparkly dress and tall red shoes.

"Damn girl," I say. "You look so good," I smile.

"Good enough to have John hook up with me?" She asks.

"If he doesn't he is stupid," I laugh and she smiles.

"Okay you go get dressed the males will be here soon," she says. I leave my stuff and sneak into my room. When I walk in Olivia is on her side holding her head. I feel so bad.

"Liv, can I get you anything?" I ask.

"No, but have so much fun tonight," she says and I smile.

"Call me if you need anything," I say as I slip on my dress. I put on nude lace-up heels and apply a little more lipstick. I remind Olivia to call before I head out.

When I walk out to Maisy's room, John and Andrew are standing there. They both have their red shirts on and it makes me smile. "Dang Grey, you clean up nicely," he says and I smile.

"You do too, are we going straight to the frat?" I ask. They both nod and I grab my body cross bag for my phone.

We walk outside and Nathan loops his elbow in mine. We walk in front of Maisy and John who are laughing behind us. Maisy is doing her signature flirty giggle as she flips her hair behind her back.

"How was having the kid here?" Andrew asks me.

"amazing, it was so good to see him. I can't believe you knew he was coming and didn't tell me," I say and he shakes his head.

"Why would I, it was such a good surprise I would never ruin that for you," he says being sweet as usual.

"I'll get you back for that," I smirk.

"I hope you do," he says and I laugh.

We walk up to the frat and there are red balloons and red solo cups everywhere. Andrew gets us both drinks and we walk around talking to everyone. We talk to Olivia's boy toy named Tj who is the funniest kid ever. He also is pretty cute. Nothing compared to my Nathan.

"How was Liv when you left?" He asks.

"She was feeling pretty bad. She refused to let me get her anything though. Truthfully, I think she wanted me out so she could sleep," I say and he smiles.

"That's Olivia for you," I say and he laughs nodding.

We head over to the dance floor and Andrew and I dance to the remixes of songs all mashed together. The heat and alcohol is making me feel pretty buzzed. Maisy and I dance together to when she comes over.

"Holy shit, this is so fun," Maisy says chugging the rest of her drink and handing the cup to John to refill. She has him in line.

I get another drink and walk over to Caroline. "Hey girl," she says hugging me.

"Hey what's up?" I smile.

"Not much, how is everything?" She asks me.

"Pretty good, how are you?" I ask her.

"Good, how is your family?" I know exactly what she is asking. She never will just come out and ask me how teddy is. I have gotten used to the fact that they do text and talk. I don't know exactly what's going on with it though.

"Pretty good, Teddy has been busy," I say.

"Oh my gosh I know," she says then pauses realizing what she has just said. "I mean… I bet law school is hard," she says. I laugh at her trying to cover up.

"Caroline, I know you guys talk, it's fine," I say.

"You do?" She asks.

"Ted learned his lesson and told me. Just like you should. As long as I am not walking in on you two doing the dirty and aware of what's going on I am fine with you two seeing each other," I say. She smiles and wraps her arms around me.

"Phoebe Grey, I think I love you," she says and I laugh.

"Uh huh, okay I have to go find my date, bye," I say and walk off to find Andrew. I feel my phone buzz and grab it from my bag. I see a text from Olivia.

*I think I need to go to ER. If I am not in the dorm, assume I went there. Don't worry about me, PG!*

Oh lord. I run and find Andrew. "We need to go now," I say. He looks concerned but doesn't question it. I take off my shoes and run out of the frat.

"Olivia says she is going to the ER," I say quickly. He says shit and gets on his phone.

"we need to go to my dorm," I say. He takes my hand and runs with me there. After the quick run, I see Olivia. She is laying on a bench outside our dorm.

"Olivia, what are you doing?" I ask.

"Waiting for my Uber to the hospital, Phoebe I told you not to come," she says. She looks ghostly pale and very sick.

"No, none of that. We are coming," I say. She tries to protest, but Andrew and I get her in the uber successfully. She lays down in the back behind us. I feel so bad.

"Almost there, Olivia," Andrew says. I rub her back and Andrew is texting TJ I assume.

Once we get there it is a whirlwind of explaining to doctors and nurses what is going on and getting her in a room. My phone is buzzing like crazy and I ignore it because I assume it is Maisy.

Olivia is laying down on the exam bed and Andrew and I are sitting waiting for the doctors. Finally, a young woman walks in carrying a clipboard.

"Hi there, I am Nurse Tina and I am here to check you out. I hear you are having a migraine and vomiting," she says and Olivia just nods.

"Okay, I am going to stick this under your tongue and check your temperature," she says and she nods. She takes it in her mouth keeping her eyes closed.

"You have a fever, okay we are going to get you on an IV, you are very dehydrated," she says and Olivia nods.

Olivia winces as the nurse sets up her IV. Olivia is squeamish when it comes to medical stuff. She about fainted when she watched me throw up. my phone keeps going off an insane amount. I ignore it as Olivia grab my hand holding it.

"Liv, we should call your parents," I say.

"No, I am fine. I'll be fine," she says weakly. I look to Andrew and he signals to leave it. Olivia keeps her eyes closed and ends up falling asleep.

Andrew's phone starts to ring and he quickly silences it. He looks to see who it is and holds it up to me. Fuck why is Nathan calling him?

I take the phone and walk outside the room. I know Olivia is good with Andrew in there. "Hello," I say.

"Phoebe? Phoebe, are you okay?" He asks. He sounds panicked.

"Yes, I am fine. Nathan, what is going on?" I ask him.

"I should be asking you that, I get a call from your dad saying Sawyer watched you get in an Uber and it took you to the hospital and before he could grab you, you ran in. Now he is sitting in the lobby and they won't let him back," he says. Oh, my word. Sawyer. I wasn't even thinking.

"I'm so stupid. Olivia is super sick, and when she called saying she was ubering to the hospital alone I ran to her," I say.

"Phoebe, your parents are worried sick. We will talk later you need to call them," he says.

"Okay, I am sorry," I say. Shit, I really screwed up.

"I love you, keep me updated," he says.

"I will, I love you too," I say. We hang up and I immediately take my phone out of my bag. Shit. 8 missed calls from my dad, 3 from Nathan, 2 from Teddy, 4 from Sawyer, and 1 from my mom. Bless her heart. I call my dad back. It takes no more than two rings to get him on the line.

"Phoebe Grace, where are you? What is happening?" He says and I can hear in his voice he is pissed.

"Dad, listen I am so sorry for not calling you or telling Sawyer, but it was an emergency. I was at a party and Olivia called me saying she was taking herself to the hospital. I couldn't let her do that, so I hoped in the car she was going and went to the hospital with her. I am fine, I am not hurt just being here to support Liv," I say. I hear my dad sigh.

He takes the phone away from his ear and is talking. Assuming he is telling the seven bodyguards he has hired in the last 30 seconds that they are free to go. I can imagine him running his hands through his hair.

"Phoebe, I am glad you are there for Olivia. You can't just run away though. We were worried sick about you. We didn't know what was going on with you. Please remember we need to be in the loop," he says sighing.

"I am sorry, Dad. I will I promise. I love you so much," I say.

"I love you most, Bubs," he says. It feels so good to hear that. After we hang up I head back into the room. Olivia got a shot from the nurse that is supposed to help her feel better. For now, Andrew and I are sitting in two wooden chairs leaning on each other.

After a couple of hours, she starts to feel better. The doctors said she was severely dehydrated which causes migraines and nausea. They said it was good she came here because she was about to be really sick.

They discharge her around 4 in the morning. Sawyer drives us home and the whole way I get to hear about how mad he is at me. I apologize then just let him go on his tangent.

I kiss Sawyer's cheek before heading inside with Olivia and tucking her in. She will be out for the count for a while now and I am thinking I may just join her.

—

This weekend is mom's weekend. I am so excited, it is going to be so much fun. We rented out a club for it, so it'll be crazy. My mom gets here in an hour. I have been at the sorority house all morning prepping our moms day stuff.

I made my mom a cute picture frame, so when we get our picture taken she can put it in it. I also helped paint the mom's day banner. I am covered in paint and glue. I head back to my dorm to shower.

"Yikes," Olivia says as I come in and grab my towel and robe.

"Shut up," I laugh. I head into the bathroom and scrub myself clean. I have glue and paint all over. I wash my hair and my body and then get out.

I dry and curl my hair and start my makeup. My mom is coming soon, so I have to hurry. I do some pretty natural makeup and call it a day. For right now, I put on a WSU shirt and jeans.

I get a text from my mom that she is almost here, I head downstairs and wait by the door. It is chilly out here right now. Soon I see an Audi pull up and I run out. She gets out of the car looking perfectly polished as usual.

"Phoebe girl," she says hugging me. I smile and hug her back tightly. I have missed her.

"How are you?" She asks me as she checks over me.

"I am great, super excited for this weekend," I say.

"Oh me too, I am excited to have you all to myself. I never get that," she says and I smile.

"I know, it will be so fun. Let's put your stuff in the hotel and then we can get lunch. Where do you want to go?" I ask her.

"Hmm, what's your favorite place here?" She asks.

"The Soup Spoon, it has every type of soup you could ever want," I say and she smiles.

"Soupspoon it is then," she smiles. We walk out together. We head to the hotel and she puts her stuff in her room quickly. After she walks out and we head over to soup spoon.

"This place is so cute," she smiles looking around.

"I know, I took Nathan here and he wanted to come back every day he was here," I say smiling.

"How is Nathan?" She asks as we get seated.

"He is great, Princeton's team is doing great they have only lost once," I say and she smiles.

"You said he is interested in peds now?" She asks and I look up from my menu.

"Yes, he is," I say.

"Wow, that's a difficult major," she says.

"How so?" I ask.

"You'll have to see kids in pain. I could never do it," she says.

"But you're helping them," I say. She shakes her head.

"After you have kids of your own it's different. Seeing you guys hurt, hurt me," she says and I nod. "I applaud him for being able to do that," she says and I nod.

We order our food and my mom holds up her phone taking a picture of me. I laugh and shake my head. "What your dad asked for one," she says. I shake my head laughing.

"You are such a Mom," I say.

"Thank you, I take that as a compliment," she says making me laugh.

"How is everything at home," I ask her.

"It's good, we had dinner with the Team's last night," she says talking about our family friends.

"Oh cool, how were they?" I ask her.

"Good, their daughter, Ally, is graduating from Duke next year," she says and I nod.

"Impressive," I say.

"How has school been? How is Olivia?" She asks.

"A lot better. Olivia gets ocular migraines and so when she had a regular migraine she didn't think anything of it and went to class and so she was super dehydrated," I say and she shakes her head.

"Sounds like something you would do," she teases me.

"I am pretty injury prone," I shrug and she nods.

"You got that from me, we are both accident and injury prone," she says and I smile.

"You never show it though," I say and she laughs.

"Oh my gosh, are you kidding? Did I ever tell you the story about our first trip away from Teddy?" She asks. I shake my head no as our food gets delivered. We both thank the waiter and dig in.

"Teddy was seven months old. It was our first time being away from him for longer than a night. Elliot had just redone the cabin in Ellensburg for the first time, and they offered to let us stay while they watched Ted. So we go and everything is great. We decide to take a hike. I am in front of your dad on a downward hill and all of a sudden I miss a step and am sliding down the hill feet first. I ended up fracturing my wrist and we had to go to the ER," she says and I am dying laughing.

"That's horrible Dad was probably freaking out," I say and she nods laughing.

"Oh yeah, big time. When the nurses took me to get an X-ray and they told him he couldn't come it was about to be world war three," she says and I laugh at that.

"Sounds like Dad," I say.

"Exactly like him, how is your soup?" She asks. I got the broccoli cheddar soup and she got French onion. We both got side salads.

"Amazing, how is yours?" I ask.

"So good try some," she says and I take a bite. It is so good.

"So who am I meeting this weekend?" She asks.

"Maisy, Regan, Caroline, Kendra, Lyla, and Olivia are the big ones," I say.

"Which one started the drama with a Teddy?" She asks and I smile.

"My big, Caroline, I think they are talking," I say and my mom raises her eyebrows.

"Wow, are you okay with that?" She asks.

"I am because they told me and I know not to walk in on them anymore," I say making her smile.

"Oh sweet girl," she says smiling.

"Anyway, do you want to head out? We can go walk around campus for a bit," I suggest.

"That sounds amazing, let's do it," my mom smiles.

She takes me to her and Kate's apartment together. "This is where I lived when I met you, dad," she says and I smile.

"That's so funny, I bet dad had a heart attack when he saw this compared to Escala," I say.

"No, but when he saw my car that him in," she says and I laugh.

"Wanda?" I say and she laughs.

"Yes, Wanda. She was a great car," my mom says.

My mom walks around the campus showing me all her favorite spots. Some are gone and replaced, but most of the stuff is still here. She is the funniest tour guide.

We head back to my mom's hotel and I agree that after I get ready I will come back here. I just have to go to my dorm and shower. I also have to pick an outfit, do my hair, and makeup.

I head home and hop in the shower quickly. I dry my hair but decide I want my mom to curl it. I love it when she does it. I do my makeup like I normally do it and throw on a little lip gloss. Now picking something to wear is going to be hard.

We have to be conservative enough to not offend any moms, but still, dress up. I decide on my black and white striped pants. I put on a black crop top so only a little bit on my stomach is showing and my black shoes.

When I am finally happy with my out, I head towards the hotel. When I walk in I go up to the top floor and head into her room. She is sitting in her robe doing her hair. "You look so pretty," she says.

"Thank you, will you do my hair," I ask and she nods. She finishes up hers first and then I sit down in front of her and she starts mine.

"What do you think I should wear?" She asks.

"What did you bring?" I ask her.

"A little bit of everything, my dear," she says and I smile.

"What are we doing tonight?" She asks.

"We rented out a club and there's going to be a photo booth cause we all made you guys these little gifts," I say and she smiles.

"I'm so excited to meet some moms," she says and I smile. She is so cute.

"How are your classes?" She asks.

"They are good, kind of stressful right now. It's nothing I can't handle though," I say and she nods.

"Don't be afraid to ask for help," she says being such a mom.

"I know, I will and I do," I say and she smiles.

"Well Okay you are done, now come help me pick an outfit," she says and I smile.

We go in her closet and end up picking out a red Prada sweater and her new jeans. She looks absolutely adorable.

"I love that sweater," I say.

"Your dad picked this out. He said red is my color," she shrugs. My dad would say every color is her color. He worships the ground she walks on.

"Okay I am ready," she says smiling.

"Let's go then," I say. We head out and start towards the sorority house. It is a quick drive and we are there. When we walk out I see Maisy and her mom.

"Maisy," I call out for her. She sees me and smiles running towards me.

"PG, what the hell you never said your mom was your clone," she says making my mom and I both laugh.

"Hi nice to meet you, I am Maisy," she says and gives my mom a hug.

"Hi I am Ana, Phoebe's mom," she says smiling.

"This is my mom, Janice," she says. She introduces her mom who looks nothing like her.

"I know it doesn't look like it, she is all her dad," Maisy's mom laughs.

"Nice to meet you," I say as we greet each other.

"So what do you girls have planned for us?" She asks.

"Lots of fun stuff and beverages," Maisy says. Her mom shakes her head laughing.

"I hope you mean water," my mom says making us laugh.

We walk in the club and they have oldies playing for all the moms. We get drinks, my mom and I get white claws. I think back to the first time I drank these which was on Nathan's friend's boat in Florida.

Our president tells us all get in line for the photo booth. We did picture frames for all of the moms and we are giving them a picture to go with it. My mom and I are up and we get a couple of pictures.

After I give her the frame and the picture. "Phoebe girl, this is so cute," she says.

"I'm glad you think so, it wasn't my best work," I shrug and she smiles.

"I love your paintings and art. The painting that you gave me is still my favorite," she says and I smile.

"That makes me so happy, well let's go talk to the moms," I say and she nods.

I see Caroline and her mom. We walk up to them and Caroline runs and gives me a huge hug. "Grey," she says. She turns to my mom then to me.

"Wow, you two look so much alike. Hi, Mrs. Grey, I am Caroline," she says and shakes my mom's hand.

"Hi Caroline, I am Ana Grey," she says smiling.

"Hi, Mrs. Grey. It's nice to meet you, this is my mom Amy," she says. I have never seen Caroline be so polite and put together. Is she trying to impress my mom?

"Is Phoebe your only child?" Amy asks. Oh no not a good question, Amy.

"No, I have a son who is a year above Caroline. He goes to Harvard," My mom says and Caroline's mom raises her eyebrows. I can see Caroline wanting to crawl into a hole.

"Harvard, that is amazing," she says and we smile.

"So Caroline what's your major?" My mom asks averting the conversation away from Teddy Grey.

"Business," she says and my mom nods her head.

"That's what my husband works in, mergers and acquisitions," she says and Caroline nods smiling.

"I know, we study a lot of your husband's deals here at school," she says and my mom smiles.

"Doesn't surprise me. He is a very hard worker," she says smiling at the thought of my dad.

"Well we need more drinks, we will see you guys around tonight," Caroline says and hugs my mother and me before walking away.

The rest of the night is spent talking and socializing. It is so much fun to have my mom here. She keeps staring at someone and I can't help but look too. I think that is Caitlyn's mom.

"Do you know her?" I ask.

"No," my mom says quickly. That means she 100% does know them.

"Oh, then why are you staring?" I ask.

"Because I- she just looks familiar," my mom says. There is something going on here.

As we talk to Lyla and her mom the lady starts walking over towards us. "Anastasia Steele?" The woman asks. I knew they knew each other.

"Susan, What are you doing here?" That's a weird question, Mom. She is acting so weird.

"My daughter Caitlyn goes here and is a sigma kappa," she says and my mom nods. What the hell is happening?

"Oh that's great, you got married?" My mom asks and she nods.

"A man named Jim, he is great and is so kind to me. No being an asshole or controlling," she says and my mom's face goes whiter.

"Well I am happy for you," my mom says sarcastically. Yikes. What is happening?

"Give Mr. Grey my best," she says. Why did she call my mom Anastasia and my dad Mr. Grey?

"What was all that?" I ask.

"I don't know," she says and I can tell she is lying. Who was that Susan girl? She had similar features to my mom. Dark brown hair and blue eyes. What is going on?

"You obviously knew her, she knew your name and called Dad Mr. Grey," I say. She sighs and looks to me.

"Your father had a relationship with her before he met me," she says and I am shocked. What are the odds that they meet here?

"Jeez, then how do you know her?" I ask. If their relationship was before why would my mom know of her?

"Not here, Phoebe," she says and looks around. I nod and accept that. I get it I wouldn't want to talk about my past either.

"Hey well, why don't we go dance," I say and she smiles.

The rest of the night is spent jamming out to all of our mom's favorite oldies. My mom meets a ton of other moms as she wanted to. I love having her here with me. It almost makes me miss living at home.

At around one in the morning, we head back to the hotel. My mom convinces me to just stay with her for the night. She gives me her extra set of pjs and we lay in the big bed.

"Mom?" I ask.

"Mhmm," She says.

"How did you know that lady?" I ask her. She sighs and turns to me.

"You my child," she says.

"What I'm curious," I say.

"Curiosity killed the cat," she says and I shake my head.

"Fine, after your dad and I got married she came to my office and asked for a meeting. I let her in because I didn't know what she wanted. She ended up trying to tell me bad things about your father," she says.

"What did you do?" I ask.

"Politely asked her to leave," she says and I smile. So my mom.

"Thanks for telling me," I say and she smiles.

"I love you, now go to bed," she says making me smile. I love this woman.

—

"Okay, you're sure it's okay we go?" Olivia asks me for the fifth time. Spring break is next week and she is freaking out about my dad paying for us to go to California.

"Olivia, don't worry about it. It was my birthday present you are fine," I say and she nods.

"I mean, I just can't believe that he did that. I haven't even met him," she says.

"You will when we have dad's weekend," I say.

"Well I need to get ready for spring break," she says.

"What do you have to do besides pack?" I ask.

"Packing takes me forever and a day. And I have to go get some stuff from the drug store. I don't even know what I want to pack. I am so excited," she says and I smile.

"Well I have to get to class, you should make a packing list," I say and she nods.

"You're brilliant, have fun in class," she says and I smile.

I walk outside heading to class. It is a little bit chilly, so I have my big coat on. When I get to class I sit at my usual table. I wait for Lyla and Charley. They are my psych friends.

When they sit down we chit chat before the professor starts her lecture on bystanders. It is quite fascinating. I take diligent notes while Lyla types on her computer and Charley draws. She always takes pictures of my notes anyway.

The lecture goes on for two hours. I write down all the things I need to study before our exam this week. We have exams before we leave on spring break. I don't think mine will be too bad I just have to make sure I study.

After class, I head to the library to study. As I sit down and sip the coffee I bought myself I hear my phone ring. I pull out my phone and see Nathan calling me.

"Hey Nate," I say as I answer. I am cradling the phone between my head and shoulder as I write.

"Hey Bee, you have a minute?" He asks.

"Always for you, what's up?" I ask.

"You are going to be in California next week right?" He asks.

"Yeah, why?" I ask.

"Well, we have a game at USC next weekend so I will be there from Thursday to Saturday," he says. What? Is he kidding?

"Are you screwing with me?" I ask.

"Why would I screw with you about that? You don't have to come to the game, but I would love to get to take you to lunch or something. I don't want to barge in on your spring break," he says and I smile.

"Are you kidding? I'm buying tickets now, the girls will be so excited to get to go to USC, Regan almost went there," I say.

"Are you sure, I don't want to interfere," he says and I roll my eyes.

"Shut up, we are coming, I am so excited. You and some guys will have to come over and hang out with us," I say and he laughs.

"I'm sure your friends would love that," he teases.

"I know I would," I smirk.

"Uh huh. Watch it, Grey," he says.

"Well, now I am so excited for spring break. I have to go tell the girls they will be so excited," I say and he laughs.

"Okay, I love you," he says.

"Love you too," we bid each other goodbye and I finish up studying. After I am done, I go back to my room and call the girls in.

"What's up?" Maisy asks.

"Well, Nathan called me today and said they are playing at USC next week," I say and they smile.

"Does that mean we get tickets?" Maisy asks and I nod.

"And if you guys were okay with it maybe one day after the game they could come and hang with us," I say.

"The Princeton basketball team in swimsuits with us? Oh count me in," Olivia says.

"Olivia aren't you and TJ dating?" Regan laughs.

"Hey gawking isn't cheating," she says and I laugh.

"Sure, you can gawk all you want. But really is everyone okay with that?" I ask.

"Phoebe it is your beach house, even if we weren't all absolutely stoked it wouldn't matter," Liv says and they both nod.

"I love you guys. I am so fucking excited," I smile.

"PG thank you for picking us to come to your house, this is going to be so crazy," Olivia says and I smile.

"I know, ahhhh and this is my first time on a private jet," Regan says and we all laugh.

"What do you do on a private jet? Can I stand up and scream and dance?" She asks making me laugh.

"If that's your cup of tea sure," I say and she smiles hugging me.

"I can't wait to be in warm weather," Maisy says.

"And get drunk with warm weather," Liv adds making us all laugh.

"Oh hell yeah, ladies get ready for the week of your life," Maisy says and we all smile.

March

We leave for California today. Meaning I get to see Nathan in 3 days. Meaning I am done with exams for another 2 months. I am so excited. I can't even contain it.

We are on our way to the private airport right now. It is seven am and we all have coffees and are in sweats. When we get there we board the plane and sit down. I am next to Olivia and across from Regan and Maisy.

"Take off will be in 10 minutes, if you need anything my name is Katie please do not be afraid to ask," the flight attendant says. We thank her and snuggle into our seats.

"I can't believe this is how you traveled all throughout your life," Maisy says.

"It was the only thing I knew," I shrug and she nods looking around.

"Is that a bedroom back there?" Regan asks.

"Yep," I nod.

"Didn't you take your cousin and Nathan to California once?" Olivia asks.

"Yeah when we were seniors," I say.

"Oh my god," Maisy says.

"What?" I ask.

"You are totally a member of the mile high club," my face turns bright red giving me away.

"What?" I feign innocence.

"You and Nathan have totally fucked in there," Liv says.

"Maybe," I say and they all start dying laughing.

"Grey, who thought you had it in you?" Regan says making me blush.

"Was it good?" Maisy asks.

"It's always good," I say and they all start oohing and laughing.

"Don't make me jealous, Grey," Maisy says.

"What was Mike, Nick, Joe, or John not good enough for you?" Regan teases her.

"Joe and Mike were excellent if you must know," she says and I laugh.

We take off and I put on my headphones to watch a movie. Regan does class work and Maisy and Liv sleep. I end up falling asleep for the majority of my movie and the plane ride.

I get slapped on the arm by a twizzler and I don't even have to open my eyes to know who did it. "Maisy piss off," I say and I hear her laugh.

"Come on, Grey. We are landing soon," she says and passes me a bottle of water from her bag. I take it thankfully and take a large sip. Holy fuck.

"Maisy, what the fuck?" I say and she laughs.

"Come on, Grey," she says.

"What happened to a warning," I ask. Her bottle of water is full of vodka. I pour a little in my cranberry juice I was drinking and put it in my bag.

"There is a lot more where that came from," Maisy says. Liv and Regan have their own water bottles too.

When we get off the plane we are all buzzed. We get in Sawyer's car and he looks back at us. "What's up?" I ask.

"You all wreak of alcohol," he says and shakes his head.

"Sorry Sawyer, you want some?" Olivia asks.

"I'll kick you out of the car, Johnson," Sawyer teases and we all start laughing.

The ride to the house is quick and painless. We all get our own rooms. The girls are shocked and will not stop thanking me. "Phoebe, it is so nice here," Liv says.

"Thank you guys for coming, now let's all get our swimsuits and Maisy approved water bottles and head to the pool," I say and they start laughing.

I put on my pinstriped bikini with the cut outs and grab my sun hat. I put on sunscreen and grab my water bottle heading downstairs. I grab the lounge chair next to Liv and sit down.

"I love that suit," she says and I thank her.

"Gosh Grey, this is amazing," she says.

"I know I am so glad you guys are here," I say.

I drink a little bit of my drink and lounge in the sun. This is life, it is so great not having to worry about anything or anyone. I yawn and put down my sunglasses.

"Party's here," I hear Maisy's voice and Regan's laugh.

"We wanna go to the beach, are you guys coming?" Regan asks.

"Eh I'll stay here and come down later," Liv says and I nod my head agreeing with her.

I am so exhausted from flying so I start to nod off. I end up falling asleep in the sun. Luckily, I have Liv who continuously sprays me with sunscreen so I don't burn in my sleep. I dry asleep for about an hour.

When I wake up I feel hot and crispy, but very good. I jump in the pool and get out. "Thanks for making sure I didn't burn," I say to Liv and she smiles.

"You are the only person I know who would sleep in the sun like that," she says.

"Shit, Phoebe you are so tan already," Maisy says as they come up from the beach.

"Oh thank you," I say and smile.

"Let's swim for a while and then head up to shower and get ready for dinner," I say.

"Sounds perfect," Liv says and they nod.

We swim for a couple more hours until heading upstairs. I hop in the shower and realize how much color I actually did get. My tan lines are sharp and I am loving being this color.

I curl my hair in long waves and put on makeup. I put on my matching two-piece set. It is a cropped tube top and a skirt. I love this outfit. I put on nude wedges and head downstairs.

"Damn," I hear Regan say.

"Oh my gosh, Pg. I am borrowing that one night," Maisy says.

"You guys are too sweet," I laugh. We take lots of pictures to post and send to our parents.

We go to dinner at a restaurant near our house. It is an Italian place and has the best pasta in the world. The conversation ranges from boys to school to partying.

We go to Nathan and my favorite ice cream place after dinner. I get mint chocolate chip in honor of Nathan and send him a picture. We sit on the patio eating our ice cream and enjoying the warm weather.

"This week is going to be perfect I can already tell," Maisy says and we smile.

"Oh I know," Regan says.

"Let's head back and do a bonfire on the beach," Olivia says. Must be her Florida roots itching to get on the beach.

"Sounds good," I smile.

We head back to the house and do just that having a bonfire together. The next 3 days are spent just like the first one. Relaxing and being with my girls.

—-

Tonight is the game at USC. We all have our Princeton gear on. I had to lend all 3 of them shirts, but thankfully I steal a lot of Nathan's clothes. Maisy is braiding my hair right now to the side.

We are getting ready and jamming to the playlist we created for this trip. I am doing my makeup while Mase does my hair. She is so good at braiding she makes it look so cute.

"Okay you are done," she says and my hair is braided to the side. I will never understand how she does it. It is like perfectly messy and styled.

"You are a miracle worker," I smile.

We all finish getting ready and get lots of pics. I am practically bouncing on the edge of my seat as we drive there. I am so excited to see my boy. I haven't seen him since my birthday.

We arrive in the arena and I pass the girls their tickets. We scan in and go through security one by one. We get sodas and sit down at our seats. They are very close to courtside.

There is a bunch of fun music and interactive games before the teams run out on the court. I spot him very quickly. If it's possible he looks even better than usual. He looks even more muscular.

"Dang Grey, I call dibs if you two ever end it," Maisy says and I start laughing.

"I'll remember that," I say and she smiles.

The game starts and the boys are doing pretty well. USC scores, but the boy's defense is looking very good. We cheer and yell for Princeton. I think all the people around us would love to kill us.

Nathan gets a free throw and makes it. I jump up clapping and going crazy for him. I'm such a proud girlfriend. The girls are loving their lives getting to watch these boys.

Princeton is up and we are winning when we go into half time. Maisy and I tackle the bathroom line before heading back to our seats. Regan and Liv are taking pictures.

I sit and think of how good it is to be able to be here. It is so good to watch him play. I miss being able to go to all his games like I did when we were in high school. This is only my second game.

We are in our seats and the game starts back up. It is a shorter half and the Princeton boys are doing amazing. They end up winning the game after Nathan makes a shot. Everyone stands up screaming and cheering.

After the game, the girls and I go and wait where Nathan said to meet him. It doesn't take long before he walks out and I run to him. He smiles his biggest smile when he sees me. I jump in his arms and we hug.

"Hi Bee," he says and those are the two most comforting words.

"I'm so proud of you," I say and he laughs.

"I'm sweaty," he says as we hug.

"I don't care," I say.

"Hey Nathan," I hear Olivia say. We walk up to them and Nathan greets each of them.

"Are you coming back to our place?" I ask him.

"Technically, I am supposed to be at the hotel. Tomorrow is when we can go roam around wherever. I would love to have you come to the hotel, but I don't think you want to room with Zach," he says and I smirk.

"Okay, well what time are you coming over tomorrow?" I ask him.

"I'll come over right when I wake up, but the guys will come over around noon. There is 3 of them is that okay?" He asks and I nod smiling.

"Okay, the bus is leaving so I have to go, but I love you and will see you so soon," he says and kisses me. He says goodbye to the girls and heads off.

"He is so dreamy," Maisy says and I laugh.

"Shut up, let's get home so I can sleep and wake up to Nathan," I say.

"Where? Between your legs?" Maisy says and I cover my face as they laugh.

"You're disgusting," I laugh. We head home and as promised I get to bed. It doesn't take me long to fall asleep.

I wake up around 10 to feel a lump next to me. I push it away thinking it is one of the stupid decor pillows that we have on the beds. It turns out to be way more solid and warm than a pillow.

"That's no way to greet your boyfriend," I hear his voice and smile. I open my eyes and rub them

seeing Nathan's smiling face.

"Hi," I smile. He laughs and leans down kissing me.

"Hi yourself," he says and I giggle. This boy makes my heart so happy.

"I missed you," I say as I prop myself up more. I am in his T-shirt and panties.

"Do you ever wear your own clothes?" He asks examining my outfit. I shake my head laughing. His hand creeps up my thigh and rests on it.

"You're killing me," I say and he smiles leaning down kissing me.

The kiss turns passionate and he lifts me up so I am straddling him. I run my hands through his hair as we make out. I grind my butt against him and I can feel him getting harder beneath me.

"You little minx," he says and I laugh. He pulls off my shirt leaving me in just my panties. His eyes wander over my body and I begin to feel self-conscious.

"Stop that," he says. "You are so beautiful," he says before going in and kissing my neck. How does he do that?

I unbuckle his pants and pull down his boxers. I wrap my hand around him and start stroking him. He breathes against my neck and his lips find my boobs.

"Oh my fuck," he says. I smile and go faster teasing the tip with my thumb.

"I need you," he says. He lifts my hips up and rips my panties off. Well, I guess I didn't need those anyway. His fingers dip inside of me without warning and I jump a bit.

"You are so wet for me," he says and I blush. He keeps fingering me until he replaces his fingers with his dick. I start riding him as I am on top.

My hands are on his chest and I am bouncing up and down. I do long strokes on him and it feels so deep. I grip his shoulders tightly as I bounce on him.

Nathan's hands go from my boobs to that little ball of pleasure. I moan as he rubs me. It makes me arch my back a bit. Sweat drips down from me as I ride it out.

"You are so close," he moans and I call out yes. How does he always know before I finish? I really should ask him that one day.

"Ahh, Nathan I'm-" my words get cut off by my orgasm as I ride it out on him. It is so intense and so good. He comes right along with me. I fall forward onto him with my face in the crook on his neck. His hands find my naked back rubbing it.

"Damn Bee," he says and I smile.

We both clean up and decide we are hungry heading downstairs. Nathan's friends should be here soon. We make breakfast and sit enjoying each other's company before the storm that is my friends come downstairs.

We sit on the patio eating cereal. Nathan wanted to make me something better, but I was craving Honey Nut Cheerios and bananas. I am sitting Indian style on the patio furniture listening to the sound of the ocean and Nathan talk about school.

The girls come outside in their swimsuits. They see us and all come over. "Hey, we totally thought you guys were fucking so we didn't come get you," Maisy says. Well, at least she is honest.

"Nope just eating cereal, the guys are coming at noon, so you all can relax until then," I say.

"Nate, are anyone of them hot?" Olivia asks.

"Don't you have a boyfriend?" Nathan asks.

"Gosh, you sound like Phoebe," she says making us laugh.

Nathan and I go inside to change into swimsuits. I put on my cute colorful striped bikini. It makes me look very tan. I braid my hair to the back and grab two of Maisy's "water" bottles. Nathan puts on his army green swim trunks and looks good enough to eat.

"You ready?" I ask him. He looks me up and done and smirks.

"As I'll ever be, you look so good, baby," he says.

"Mmm thank you, are you going to stay here tonight?" I ask with big doe eyes.

"We'll see what I can do, is this for me?" He asks pointing to the water bottle.

"Yeah, but it is vodka," I smirk and pass it to him.

"Jesus, it's almost noon let's head down," he says. We go to the pool deck and lay on the big outdoor daybed we have and tan. The girls are all on pool rafts floating.

All of a sudden we hear laughing and whooping. Must be Nathan's friends. I stand up and go with him to open the back gate. Three huge guys walk in. They are all Nathan's height making me feel tiny.

"Phoebe, this is Zach, Jake, and Cooper," he says.

"Hi guys, I am Phoebe Grey," I say greeting all of them. They are all pretty attractive. Nothing compared to Nathan, but still, they are lookers. The girls come over and I can see they like what is here.

"Guys this is Regan, Maisy, and Olivia. Girls, this is Zach, Jake, and Cooper," I say introducing them. They all mingle and come inside. They brought alcohol here for them. We turn on some music.

I have a vodka lemonade and am sitting with Nathan's arm around me on the side of the pool. We are all learning about each other. Zach and Cooper are both business and marketing majors like Olivia. Jake is a political science major.

They tell stories about going out with the basketball guys. Some Nathan hasn't even told me. I can tell Maisy and Cooper are hitting it off. Regan has stuck close to Jake and Liv and Zach are talking.

I get buzzed and when I jump in the pool Nathan insists on being right next to me. The guys are so fun and play basketball against us. It is so funny because we can barely make a shot and this is kid stuff to them. But to be fair we are a little tipsy.

By the time the boys have to head back, we have done all sorts of stuff. We went jet skiing and played beach volleyball. It was so fun having them here. When I look over I see cooper and Maisy exchanging numbers. That girl.

Nathan stays here instead of heading home and that makes me one happy girl. "Thank you for staying," I say.

"Where else would I be?" He asks and I smile. We lay on my bed talking and he rubs small circles on my back.

"You'll have to come visit soon," he says and I nod.

"I know, tell me when and I am there," I say.

"Hmm well in April there is Princeton founders day. It is like the biggest party of the year. Everyone is drinking and partying all day and night. I would love for you to come to that," He says and I smile.

"I'll book my flight tomorrow," I say and he smiles leaning down to kiss me.

"You are so perfect. How did I ever get so lucky?" He asks. I can ask myself the same thing, Nathan Moore.

—

We are back home from spring break. It was so nice to have Nathan with me for two days. Even a short amount of time with him just makes me feel so much better. But now that I am back things are in full swing.

I am waiting at the hotel for my dad to arrive for dad's day. We rented out a Top Golf floor for the dads. Top golf is a place where you can play golf and it keeps track of your scores automatically. It is on a rooftop so you shoot down onto a lit up course. It is so much fun.

I get a coffee and sit at a table on my laptop doing my homework. I look up to see my dad walking towards me and I run towards him giving him a huge hug.

"Bubs, you look great," he says making me smile.

"You do too. How was the drive?" I ask as we head upstairs to his room.

"Not bad at all, how are you?" He asks.

"I'm great, spring break was so fun. Thank you again for letting us go," I say.

"Of course. I heard You saw Nathan," he says. I nod smiling.

"We got to go to his game at USC it was super fun and the day after he came over with some of his friends," I say and he smiles.

"I'm glad you had fun, Bubs. It looked super fun by the pictures you were sending," he says. We walk into his suite and I sit down on the couch.

"It was so much fun. How is mom?" I ask him.

"She is great, working on two books right now with Rose Cruz. She came by with the kids the other day. Spencer and I got to hang out," he says and I laugh.

"I was working in my office and heard the door open and when I looked up I saw her standing there with her blanket," he says and I laugh.

"Sounds exactly like Spence," I say.

"When she saw the picture of you on my desk she asked if I could put a picture of her on my desk too," he says and that sets me off laughing.

"She is so funny, I love that girl to bits. How were the boys?" I ask.

"Drew is so cute. He has everyone wrapped around his chunky finger. The older boys are great and rambunctious," he says. Sounds exactly like when I left.

"So cute. You must be hungry, we can go get some food if you would like. I made us a reservation for tonight in about 15 minutes at the top of the hotel," I say.

"You are so smart, my dear. I am starving, let me change then we can go," he says. He is still in his suit I assume he worked before he drove down.

When he comes out he is in his casual attire and we head out. We go to the top floor and get seated at a table near a window overlooking Vancouver. I love this restaurant at the hotel.

"Tell me about everything, I haven't seen you since your birthday," he says as I look at my menu.

"I mean since you left, we had mom's day. That was fun and eventful. Then we had date parties and lots of sorority stuff. I passed all my exams before spring break. I don't know what else do you want to know?" I ask.

"Mom said she had fun on mom's day. Have you started planning for next year at all?" He asks.

"Yes, now that I did my mandatory year in a dorm I think Maisy, Olivia, and I are going to get an apartment," I say.

"You want an apartment?" He says as he looks over his menu.

"I mean if it's okay with you," I say realizing he'll be finding this apartment.

"I didn't mean it like that, I am happy to do whatever your heart desires. As long as you are working hard at school and being safe," he says and I nod.

"Yeah it would be nice because the three of us could have our own rooms and we are all best friends so it would be fun," I say and he smiles.

"Just the three of you?" He asks.

"Yeah Regan is moving into a house with some people from her major," I say and he nods.

"What is her major?" He asks.

"Photojournalism," I say and he raises his eyebrows. The waitress comes over and asks if we are ready. I nod and get the pesto pasta with chicken. My dad gets the salmon.

"I actually did have something I wanted to talk to you about now that we are discussing majors," he says and I over at him as the waitress takes my menu.

"The department chair of the business school here reached out to me," he says.

"About what?" I ask.

"They asked me if I would be interested in opening up an internship program with the university. It would be very exclusive only one or two kids would be taken every year. But the goal would be to let kids see what is it like to work at a prestigious company," he says and I nod.

"That sounds pretty cool, are you going to do it?" I ask.

"Well, that is what I wanted to ask you. Are you comfortable with me embarking on a project like that?" He asks. I am shocked that he is asking me. Actually no shocked doesn't even cover it.

"What?" I ask him. He senses my confusion.

"I know I don't usually ask you before I do things that are work-related, but I don't want to overstep my welcome here. I would be coming up at least once every month or two to work with the school on the program. Then when it is announced next year I will be coming to make a speech in September," he says and I nod.

That is so nice of him to ask me before he just does something. I would love for him to do this and I think it would be a cool opportunity for business school kids. Of course, I want him to do it.

"I think that is a super cool idea. I am totally on board if you guys end up doing that," I say and he smiles.

"Your support means the world, Phoebe Grace," he says and I smile.

"I have friends in the business school, I bet they will think it's amazing. They already worship the ground you walk on," I say and he laughs.

We get our food and eat talking more about the program. It sounds like an awesome idea the more I hear about it. My dad works so hard for everything he does.

After dinner, my dad drives me to my dorm. We are meeting at 10 to get breakfast before the Top Golf excursion. I am so excited to golf with my dad and my friends. It'll be so funny.

"Sleep tight, Bubs. I love you," he says as we hug.

"I love you too," I say and he heads out. I wash my face and go to bed. Olivia should be back later. She went out with TJ tonight.

When I wake up in the morning Olivia has the trash can by her bed. Rough night I am guessing. I laugh and shake my head. I put on my dad's day shirt and a pair of jeans. I grab my dad's shirt. I can't wait to tell him he has to wear this. He is going to be less than thrilled.

I head out to the hotel. Sawyer takes me and it is a short car ride. When I walk in I go up to the top floor and head to his suite. I knock on the door and within seconds I open it to him. He is in jeans and a T-shirt. He is showered and his hair is still wet.

"Bubs, you look so cute," he says giving me a hug. I walk in the suite and see a breakfast buffet. Oh, dad.

"Did you eat?" He asks.

"I grabbed a granola bar, but I think I'll have some pancakes instead," I laugh holding up my cliff bar.

We sit down and open the patio doors. "It is getting nicer out," I say.

"It has been pretty nice. Closer we get to April the better," he says and I smile.

"What day do you get home for summer?" He asks.

"May 5th which is super early," I say and he smiles.

"We get you for May, June, July, and part of August?" He asks and I nod. He looks as if he won the lottery.

"That is so exciting," he says and I smile.

"Okay, well I have to break the news. You have to wear this shirt today," I say and pass him his shirt. I am not a huge fan of the matching shirts, but apparently, it's tradition and who am I to stop it.

"Oh," he says and picks up the shirt unfolding it. "This is a nice shirt. I wear this today?" He asks and I laugh. He is such a bad liar.

"Yeah, well get a group picture in it and you and I can get one," I say and he smiles.

"Well, okay. Let me go change and you finish your pancakes," he says and kisses my head. I do as he says to compromise for the shirt.

"Okay ready," he says. He comes out in his jeans and shirt. I can't believe I am 19 wearing a matching shirt with my dad.

We head out to top golf. When we get there we walk in and get our picture taken. We head over to the table with Lyla and Amy two girls from the sorority.

"Grey," Amy comes around and hugs me. She is a junior.

"You never told me your dad was sexy," she says and I about choke.

"Okay you two are at 8, with Maisy, Natalie, and Jess," she says. I love all 3 of those girls.

We head over to where the 8th section and there is a couch, a cooler full of beers, and putters for us. They did such a good job with this. I wasn't involved in really anything I did mom's day.

I sit with Maisy and Natalie as the dad's all talk. I start and type all of our names in the system. I am first and take my club. I go up to the thing I have no clue what it is called and swing. My ball goes straight out and stops not going in a hole. Golf isn't my thing.

All the dad's are drinking beers and talking. It is weird seeing my dad this relaxed and chill. When he is up he, of course, gets his in the farthest hole. The dad's drink and we all play golf.

I can see my dad and Maisy's talking. We go over and talk to them. "Yeah, Phoebe kept us on her toes as a kid," he says and I laugh. Maisy laughs too.

"Maisy… well, she was just Maisy. You could always expect something to be going on with this child," Maisy's dad says. We all laugh at that. I can only imagine Maisy as a kid.

"Hey, I wasn't that bad," Maisy says.

"You crashed your tricycle into your mother's car so hard that is scratched the whole back," he says and we laugh.

"Pheebs, you're up," Jess calls out. I go up and swing. Of course, I miss the easiest hole and my ball stops in the grass. Well, I'm good at other things.

After we play and we finish my dad ends up winning followed by Jessica's dad, Natalie's dad, Natalie, Jess, then me. Oh well. I am not too heartbroken over it.

"You're lucky you are pretty, Grey," Maisy teases making me laugh.

"Shut up," I say.

We all say goodbye and head our separate ways. Dad's day was so much fun. It was so good having my dad here too. He heads home tonight because he goes to Taiwan tomorrow for work.

Saying goodbye is always hard, but knowing that I get to see him in a month makes it easier.

—-

Yesterday was Andrew's birthday. And we went hard. We went to the easiest bar on campus to get into underage and drank a lot. The hangover this morning almost wasn't worth all the fun we had last night.

Andrew ended up sleeping on our floor and when we woke up this morning we had 5 people sleeping in our room. Maisy and Regan couldn't make it back to there's. To say this day has consisted of a lot of Pedialyte, crackers, and vomiting is putting it lightly.

Tonight I am taking Andrew to dinner just the two of us. He took me to dinner for my birthday, so I am keeping the tradition going. We are going to a Mexican restaurant called Burrito Loco. It is so yummy and I am very excited to have real food.

I put on a silk camisole top, jeans, and a sweater. It is simple yet flattering. I put my hair in a messy yet styled low bun and put on some light makeup. "How you are getting out of bed is beyond me," I hear Olivia say. She is still in sweatpants and a T-shirt. Her wet hair pulled into a bun.

"It's the best cure to a hangover," I say.

"I thought that was a Bloody Mary," she says making me laugh.

"That too, anyway I am leaving. Call if you need anything," I say putting on lipstick.

"If you want to bring me guac and chips be my guest," she says and I smirk walking out.

When I get to the front I see Andrew waiting for me. "You look nice," he says and we lock elbows.

"I look better than I feel, I need real food," I say and he laughs.

"I have never been so hungover," he says shaking his head.

"I know, Olivia still is in bed," I say and he laughs.

"pour Liv, I don't think she knew her own name last night," he says and I laugh.

"Lord help that girl," I say.

We finish walking to the restaurant and go in getting seated. We are on the patio and get chips and salsa. I eat a couple of chips and chug the water that gets set down. I need to rehydrate myself.

"What are you going to get?" He asks as we look over the menu.

"I think the burrito Verde," I say and he nods.

"I think I am getting the burrito grande with chicken," he says.

"That sounds good too," I say.

"So how is Nathan?" He asks.

"He is good, now that basketball season is done he has a lot more free time," I say.

"I saw, that was a tough loss to Georgia," he says and I nod.

"Very tough. Nathan was not a happy camper," I say making him laugh.

"I wouldn't have been either. I wasn't just watching it," he says.

"But he does have so much more time now to go out and focus on school," I say and he nods.

"I get it, speaking of how is psychology," he asks.

"So great, we are learning about child development right now. It is so fascinating," I say.

"Only you, Phoebe Grey, would find that fascinating," he says. I stick my tongue out at him.

"Whatever, how is business?" I ask him.

"Pretty good, the rumor going around is that they are redoing the program and making it so much better," he says. I wonder if that has anything to do with my dad.

"How so?" I ask.

"Apparently, a girl heard something about making kids get internships before they graduate and changing the course work," he says and I nod. Well, it isn't a rumor. I don't know if I am allowed to say anything, so I play dumb.

"That is pretty cool. Where would you intern?" I ask.

"I am guessing businesses around Washington. Maybe you could tell your dad about me," he says jokingly. Little does he know.

"Maybe I should," I say. The waiter comes over and takes our order.

"So did you hear about Todd Smith and Leanna Blackburn?" He asks. I know Leanna from rush. She is a delta gamma here.

"No what about them?" I ask.

"They got caught doing coke in a bathroom at Easy's by a security guard. They both got arrested and taken into custody," he says. My mouth drops open. Leanna seemed like the most innocent and well-rounded girl. I didn't even know she drank.

"Jeez, are they out now?" I ask.

"Yeah, their parents paid bail. Just a reminder to never go to Easy's unless you are 21," he says. Easy's is a bar on campus that is super strict. I don't even know how they got in.

"I wouldn't even try," I say and he nods.

"I wouldn't either. But on the topic of bars I have a question," he says.

"Hopefully I will have an answer," I say.

"Did you see Lindsey Hunt last night?" He asks. Oh yes, I did. Lindsey is what one may call a whore. She hooks up with anything that moves. Usually, I wouldn't talk this bad about a person, but on my birthday she tried to sink her claws into Nathan.

"Yeah, I saw her. She was barely wearing clothing," I say and he rolls his eyes.

"She was flirting with me the entire night. And then when I got home she added me on snap," he says.

"Aw she needs a new fuck," I say and he shakes his head.

"You are missing the point, she is into me," he says.

"So is half the population of this school," I say.

"Like who?" He asks.

"Lyla, Maisy for the longest time, Julia, Elizabeth, Maddie, Christina, so I need to name more?" I ask. Our food gets delivered and he is shaking his head.

"None of them actually wanted anything except sex," he says.

"And what do you think Lindsey wants?" I ask him. He is stumped at my question.

"And Maisy wanted way more than sex, but you friend zoned her," I say and he rolls his eyes.

"If we dated it would have ended so badly," he says and I shake my head.

"Not the point. You can't get with Lindsey she probably has like five STDs," I say and he laughs.

"Okay Grey, whatever we are dropping this conversation," he says and I nod.

"How is the big burrito?"

"Pretty good, how is your green burrito?"

"Unbelievable," I smirk.

We finish up eating and decide to get dessert. We get him a flan cake and they come and sing happy birthday in Spanish. It is very funny because he turns bright red. I video him and post it to my story.

"I hate you," he laughs.

"No, you don't," I smirk.

"I know," he says. We share the yummy cake and end up finishing it. I order a to go order of chips and guac for my very hungover roommate.

We walk back to my dorm and I give Andrew a hug goodbye. "You don't need to settle for Lindsey," I tell him and he smiles down at me.

"You kill me, Grey. Thank you for dinner," he says and I smile.

"No problem, I'll see you this weekend?" I ask him.

"Of course, take care of yourself and Olivia," he says before we bid each other goodbye.

"Chips and guac for the walking zombie," I tease Olivia. She takes the bag and laughs.

"Grey, I owe you a life," she says and I laugh.

I finish up my night by watching a movie with Olivia. I love my friends at school so much. They all bring so much freaking joy into my life.

APRIL

April showers bring stress. This week I am so busy. School has been kicking my ass recently. I am trying to figure out next year while finishing out this year.

The girls and I are apartment hunting today. After that, I am meeting a study group at the library. Busy is an understatement. I have on a pair of shorts and a T-shirt. We have three apartments to look at all in our price range.

We walk up to the first one. Its location is ideal for my classes and just college life in general. There is the drug store just down the street and it's near the sorority house.

"I like the location of this one," I say.

"Yes, it is super nice to be close to the frats and sororities," Liv says.

We walk in and there is a big kitchen and living space. "This is so nice. Phoebe can cook us dinner while we watch tv," Maisy says.

"Keep dreaming," I say making them laugh. We walk through the bedrooms which are the same size. I can already think about what I want to do to mine. If we pick this one.

There are two bathrooms both with showers which I doubt will become an issue. We are pretty good about respecting each others time and space.

"I like this one a lot, there is enough space for all of us," Liv says.

"Yes this was a very good start, let's go to the next two and then we can narrow down our decision," I suggest.

We head over to the next one. The location of this one isn't ideal. It is quite far from campus life. Going to class would be a 15-minute walk and if I have an 8 am then that would be hell.

"This is 20 minutes from my business building," Olivia says.

"Yeah the location kind of sucks," I say.

"I already don't walk to class when I know it is cold out. This would be a whole new game," she says making us laugh.

We walk up to the apartment and go in. It is the same size as the other one. The kitchen has a little more room. The bedrooms are also bigger.

"The room sizes are nice, but we only have one bathroom with a shower," Maisy says.

"That's true. The bedrooms are big," Liv says.

We head over to the third. I am really doubting we pick the second. Even though it was bigger it still was too far. When we get to the third I can tell the girls are not into it.

It is close to campus, but it is over the sub shop. There is a separate entrance but still. I would gain 20 pounds living over this. Not good for me.

"I am not living over a sub shop," Maisy says.

"It's not ideal," I say trying to not throw it away before we even see it.

It is a tiny little thing. The rooms are the size of my closet back at home. Maisy and Olivia both hate the place. "No, this isn't it," Olivia says.

"Yeah no way," Maisy says.

"Okay so if it's not this one which one are you guys thinking?" I ask.

"The first," they say at the same time. I laugh and nod. That one was the best location and room situation. It also had a balcony.

"The first it is then. Let's put our bid in tomorrow night," I suggest. They both agree.

"Let's go drink to this," Maisy says as we walk out.

"I can't I have to study," I say and they look at me like I'm crazy.

"What?" I ask.

"We just got our apartment, come on PG," Olivia says.

"I can't two tests tomorrow. You guys go and have fun. If I finish early I will meet you," I tell them.

"Deal, have fun studying, Grey," Maisy says and hugs me. I hug Liv before we bid each other goodbye.

I head to the library after I grab my backpack. I go to the third floor which is the quiet floor. I grab myself a coffee and sit down. I review all my notes for calc and start redoing some of the problems.

After an hour of doing it, I am still struggling. I can't figure out how to solve the problems. I am getting so frustrated. Taking a deep breath, I move on to psych. I open my notes and start studying them.

It is so easy for me to review these. Math makes me feel so dumb. I hate it so much. I continue studying my psych terms and reviewing for that test.

When I am all psyched out I have to go back to math. I open my binder and sigh. Slowly, I start working my way through the problems. Frustration builds as I keep going. After what feels like hours, I still am struggling with one type of the problems.

I really do feel like crying as I check the time. I see it is one thirty in the morning. I have been here for six hours. That's when the dam breaks. I am just so frustrated and tired.

I decide to head home. Maybe Nathan is awake. I hit his number and hold the phone up to my ear.

"Bee? Hello?" I hear loud club music and a very drunk Nathan. Shit.

"Hey I'll call you back tomorrow, I'm sorry for calling," I say.

"No Bee, Bee hey," oh lord he is drunk.

"Nathan, I got to go," I say and just hang up.

I wipe my eyes as I head towards my dorm. I know I can't be mad at him for going out and drinking. Basketball season is over and I do it all the time. I really just wish he was sober right now.

As I walk into my dorm I'm getting drunk text bombed from Nathan. He is so sweet for wanting to check in, but I need sleep. I turn my phone off and crawl into bed. I can't deal with this right now.

—

I am on my way home right now because Easter is this Sunday. I am so excited to get to spend time with my family. Especially after how stressed I was last week.

It's finally starting to warm up, so as Sawyer and I drive through our neighborhood we have the windows down. When we get to our house, I walk inside. I put my suitcase down and both my parents rush over to hug me.

"Hi baby," my mom says as she kisses my head.

"Hi mom, how are you guys?" I ask.

"Glad to have you home," my dad says as he hugs me.

We sit down at the kitchen table and my mom passes me a cut up orange. "Can you believe it's already Easter?" I ask.

"Not at all, I'm glad it is though. I love Easter," my mom says.

"I do too, it's a great holiday," I say.

"Do you remember the Easter where we went to the Easter egg hunt and you cut your chin open? My dad asks. My mom starts shaking her head.

"I have no memory of this," I say.

"Oh my lord, were you an accident-prone child," my dad says laughing.

(Flashback Phoebe 4 Christian's POV)

I am helping my son button up his dress shirt. Ana has him in a green striped dress shirt and white dress shorts. I know that they are going to get ruined in 5 seconds with my almost 7-year-olds play habits.

"Do I have to wear this Dad?" Teddy asks sighing. "I feel stupid," he says.

"Hey we don't use that word in this house, you look very handsome," I say.

"Uh huh," he says and crosses his arms. He really is my mini-me. I tickle his belly and flip him upside down making him break down in giggles. His laugh is the most contagious thing.

"Come on let's go find your sister and Mom so we can head over to grandma graces for the Easter egg hunt," I say and he nods. I take his hand in mine and we walk downstairs. I see Ana dressed and ready to go bent down putting Phoebe's shoes on.

"You look beautiful," I say to Ana and I give her a kiss.

"Daddy, look at my Easter Dress," Phoebe says and twirls.

We have had to keep this dress hidden from Phoebe for the past week because every time she sees it she says to put it on. It is a white dress with pink roses. The reason she loves it so much is because there is tool underneath to give it a little poof. Which she says makes her a princess.

"You look beautiful, Bubs," I say and pick her up kissing her cheek. Ana fusses over how handsome Ted looks.

Gail takes an abundance of family photos before we head out to my parents. They do a huge Easter egg hunt every year the day before Easter. There are always so many kids and families there.

This is the first year Phoebe can do the hunt without one of us with her. I will still be keeping a close eye on her though. Phoebe is so excited to show off her dress to everyone. Even though right when we get there she will become shy.

When we get to my parents we park the car and walk in. I have Phoebe on my hip and she is talking to me about her dream she had last night. "And then you tolds the mean man he's not allowed to take my popsicle," she says.

"Wow sounds like a crazy dream," I say and she nods.

"Hi guys," my mom greets us. She dotes over the kid's outfits. Phoebe refuses to get put down even when my mom tries to take her.

"Give her some time to warm up," I tell my mom.

"Grandma has some special treats for you when you want them come find me okay?" She tells Phoebe giving her a kiss.

The backyard is decked out. There is a bounce house, a ball pit, and an Easter bunny to take pictures with. Ted runs off instantly to go find friends. He makes friends whenever we go.

Ana and I get glasses of water. We sit down at a table with Elliot and Kate. I set my Bubs down on a chair next to me and pass her water. Ava walks over to Phoebe in her blue Easter dress. Ava is a darling girl.

"Hi Beebs," Ava says. Kate calls Phoebe Pheebs and Ava tries to too, but it comes out more like Beebs. Very cute.

"Hi Ava," Phoebe says waving.

"Want to come to play with me?" Ava asks. I love eavesdropping on their conversations.

"Mhmm I have to tell my daddy though," Phoebe says.

"Daddy, I go play with Ava," she says.

"Okay be careful. Mommy and I will be right here if you need us," I say and she smiles. Ava and she held hands and run towards the bounce house.

I talk to Elliot about baseball while I glance over at the girls in the bounce house. Phoebe and Ava are dying laughing while holding hands and bouncing. It is so cute to watch. They bounce with the other kids having a great time.

"Wanna go grab a beer?" Elliot asks. I nod to him and we head inside the house. My mom has a whole buffet of food set up. We both grab a beer and pick at the buffet.

It's only a matter of time before my mom finds us and kicks us out of the buffet. Some things never change. This is obviously one of them. We walk outside to find the girls getting their faces painted.

Elliot and I head over. "Daddy daddy daddy," I hear and I know exactly who is calling for me.

"Where'd my Bubs go?" I ask. Phoebe starts laughing.

"I right here, daddy I am a fairy princess," she says. It looks like pink and purple threw up on her face.

"I see that you look pretty," I say and she smiles. I take a bunch of pictures of her.

It is announced that the Easter egg hunt will start soon so the kids need to get their baskets. Phoebe grabs hers and i take pictures of her and Ted with theirs. They are so cute.

"On your marks… get set… go," I hear. All the kids go off running. Phoebe and Ava hold hands laughing and running around the yard.

About five minutes in I am watching the girls run around. All of a sudden I see the Phoebe fall. Not just on her knees but slam onto the corner of the patio stairs. Before I know it I am on my feet running to her.

I pick her up and she is sobbing. Blood is all over her mouth and chin. Shit. I run her inside while she is sobbing. She sees the blood and starts freaking out.

"Daddy, help, daddy," she sobs.

"Shhh, I got you, baby. You are okay," I say trying to be calm. Ana was with Teddy last I saw, I know she didn't see her fall.

"Gretchen, will you get my mother please?" I ask urgently. I have Phoebe on the counter holding her little arms down as I hold pressure against her lip and chin.

"Baby, I know you are scared, but you have to let daddy help you okay?" I say. She is still just a hysterical mess. Her chin is really bleeding.

Ana and my mom both run in at the same time. "Let me get my bag, take her to the master bathroom," my mom says.

I pick her up with Ana hot on my trail. We run to the master bedroom. I set her on the counter as my mom comes in. "Mommy Daddy it it i hurts," she cries.

"I know baby, you have to let grandma help

You okay," Ana says holding her hands.

"Daddy holds me" Phoebe sobs. I feel so bad for this little girl. Why did I let her go off without me holding her hand?

"Okay baby, Daddy will hold you," I put her on my lap and sit on the counter. My mom is at eye level with Phoebe now.

"Shhh," Ana rubs Phoebe's back.

"Okay her chin is cut open. I am going to have to glue it shut," my mom says. Shit.

"Phoebe, you hurt your chin pretty bad okay? Grandma is going to have to fix it, can you be a big girl and help grandma?" Ana asks. She is so good when the kids are hurt. Phoebe shakes her head. I am holding the towel against her chin so she doesn't see the blood.

"I can do a numbing cream to try and help

ease the pain," my mom says and we both nod.

I hold Phoebe's arms down as she puts the cream on. "See that wasn't so bad," my mom says.

"Daddy, I scared," Phoebe says.

"I know baby, but you are so brave and daddy will be here the whole time holding you," I say. She nods and wipes her nose.

"Okay Phoebe, this may sting a little. Hold daddy's hand," Ana holds Phoebe's chin up and I hold her arms down while holding her hands. She screams and sobs as my mom glued her chin shut.

We have to hold it like that for what feels like forever. Finally, we can let her go and Phoebe sobs. I turn her into my chest and she sobs into my shirt. This poor girl.

"It's all done, you did so good baby," I try to comfort her but I know it is no use.

I take her to the room with the glider chair and sit on it rocking her back and forth. Ana comes in and sings quietly to her. Phoebe loves when Ana sings.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine," Ana sings to her. I rub Phoebe's back as she sobs.

Before we know it Phoebe is asleep sitting astride me. I keep her like this and I look to Ana who leans over and kisses me.

"There is no other person in the world that I would rather do this parenting thing with," she says and kisses me. This woman.

(End flashback)

I am dying laughing. "Well let's hope this weekend goes better than that, I was so accident prone," I say. Both my parents laugh.

"Let's hope it goes better too," my dad says.

"I hope it will, that was a wild weekend," my mom jokes.

—

Easter weekend was so much fun. On Saturday I went to Nathan's family brunch and on Sunday I spent the whole day at grandma graces. But it is now back to school for me. Which isn't a bad thing at all. I am actually excited to be back.

My friends and I are going to a concert tonight. It's a band that Maisy loves and I like some of their music too. We are all in Maisy's room getting ready. She did my hair in two French braids.

"Phoebe your hair is so long it can be used to strangle someone," Maisy says and I laugh.

"Shut up," I say as I do my makeup.

Since it is finally warm out again, I wear an outfit my father would beat me if he saw. I put on a floral mesh shirt. It is completely see-through so I pair it with a cute bralette and jean skirt.

"Hot damn, Grey," I hear Olivia say.

"Shut up," I laugh.

Once we have taken a fair amount of pictures we head out. On the way there in the Uber, we pass around a water bottle full of vodka. It is enough to get us all buzzed before we go.

We walk into the venue. It is general admission only so there are no seats. It is just one big open space in front of the stage. Let's just say I wasn't completely honest when I said to my dad that it was a small little venue with assigned seats.

Sawyer is waiting in the car because he doesn't really know how big this concert is going to get either. I'll take the rath from that later. The opening act starts and we shove our way to pretty close to the front.

"This is fucking awesome," Maisy says over the loud music.

We jump up and down to the beat of the song. This is my first time at a concert like this. There are people on every side of me I feel so hot and sweaty. But this is so fun. I guess this is what I missed from my sheltered life.

The person behind me keeps getting super close, but I think it's just because there is almost no room here. When I say almost no room I mean no room. The main act comes on and everyone goes nuts.

Maisy is about to cry she is so happy. They play their opening song and the hand behind my creeps around my wait as I dance. What the fuck? I push the hand away, but don't look back. Maybe they thought I was someone they knew.

We keep dancing around. I have people on every single side of me. It is insane in the mosh pit. Everyone is dancing and being buzzed makes it better.

The person behind me presses up against me. Okay seriously? I say it in Olivia's ear and she turns around. "Get off her," I hear Olivia yell over the music.

Suddenly a hand comes up and under my skirt and grabs my ass. I turn around and see a guy way older than us. Maybe in his 40s standing there. I slap him across the face.

"Don't ducking touch me," I yell. Maisy and Olivia both grab my hand and pull me away.

We go to the side in the back. "Phoebe, holy fuck what was that?" Olivia asks.

"He grabbed my ass," I say.

"So you slapped him?" She asks.

"Well yeah," they both look at each other and start laughing.

"Jesus Grey, it's like you want to die," she says and I smile.

The concert is so much fun. Even after the pervert tried to grab my ass. I am glad I smacked him. I am sure my mom would appreciate that story. We all 3 grab waters on the way out.

We get in Sawyer's car and he turns to me. "100 people maximum?" He says. "Really Phoebe?" Uh oh. He is not happy.

"Sawyer come on, it was like 300 max I was a little off," I say.

"Phoebe, are you crazy? That was almost 800 people. You can't lie to me like that. I could have lost you. What would have happened if you got hurt?" He asks.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't want security in the pit with me," I say and he sighs.

"I get that, please just tell me next time. When do I not let you do whatever you want?" He asks.

"Good point, I'm sorry Sawyer," I say and hug him. My friends laugh from the back.

He drives us 4 home and when we go upstairs we all shower. After we go into the common room and turn on the bachelor. "Phoebe, has anyone told you Sawyer is kinda hot?" Maisy asks.

"I tell her every day," Olivia says.

"Me too," Regan says.

"Ew guys that's like my second dad," I say.

"Daddy," Olivia and Maisy both say at the same time.

"Ew oh my lord. You two are fucked up," I say. They both laugh and high five each other.

Next week is exams then summer. I can't believe how fast this year is going by. I love it so much, but I am also ready for summer and to see Ava and Nathan. It will be so good to be home.

Exam week also known as hell week. I have never been so stressed out in my life. I am running on 6 hours of sleep between the past 3 days. The barista at the brew knows me by name.

I have lived at the library these past couple days. I take my psychology exam tomorrow and that is the most important one I take all year. I have been studying for 5 hours for it. I am on my third coffee.

At 3 in the morning, I head back to my dorm. My exam tomorrow isn't til 9 tomorrow. That means I can get around 5 hours of sleep. Olivia is dead asleep as I walk in so I climb up on my bed and pass out.

I wake up to my alarm and feel dead. This is my last exam and I can come home and sleep after. I am so excited. I put on my backpack and stay in my clothes from yesterday and head out.

I sit in my assigned seat and get out my pencils. The test takes forever to be distributed and finally, I can start taking it. I remember what Nathan told me. Breathe and focus you can do this.

As time is called I feel really good about it. About to pass out, but still very good. I walk back to my dorm. Olivia has an exam right now so I turn off my lights and head to bed.

"Phoebe, Phoebe," I slowly wake up. I sit up and rub my eyes. It is dark out and I am so confused.

"What happened?" I ask. Olivia is standing there in her robe.

"It is 8 you have been asleep since noon. Go shower we are going out," she says.

"We are?" I ask.

"We just finished hell week of course we are. Now go," she says ripping my sheets off me. A shower does sound kind of nice.

I head to the showers and take my time showering. I still feel pretty groggy, but nothing a good shower won't fix. After I shower I head back to the room. Olivia is doing her makeup.

I sit in my bathrobe and start drying my hair. "Where are we going?" I ask.

"Sigma Chi, they are having a final party," she says and I nod.

We get ready listening to our playlist. It's sad to think this is the last time we will do this in our dorm room. It has been such a good year it blows my mind.

We get dressed and get Regan and Maisy. We head out towards the frat. When we get there I see Andrew on the porch. "Andrew," I yell and run up to him.

"Pheebs you look good, I am surprised to see you out," he says.

"Eight-hour nap," I say and he laughs.

"Yeah let's get you a drink," he says and I laugh.

Andrew makes me a drink and passes it to me. I thank him and we walk out to the dance floor. We dance and he goes off making me laugh. He is such a bad dancer.

"Andrew," I hear a girl say. I turn to see Lindsey Hutchinson walking towards him.

"Ew, find me later okay. Use protection lord knows what she has," I say and Andrew laughs.

I go up to Caroline who practically tackled me. "Phoebe Grey," She says.

"Why haven't I seen you in years," she says.

"I saw you in the library two days ago," I laugh.

"I was two Adderall and 4 coffees in. Exams are a blur," she says making me laugh.

"Sounds like you had a death wish. Anyway, when do you go home?" I ask her.

"Uhm like 10 hours," she says.

"Tomorrow?" I ask her.

"Yeah I hope to still be drunk," she says.

"Uh huh, how is my brother?" I ask her. She smirks and playfully pushes me.

"The best thing on the planet," she says and I laugh. They have both been trying to keep from me that they are talking. But whenever Caroline is drunk she tells me how amazing he is.

"Are you going to come visit me this summer?" I ask her.

"Yep and you and me and Teddy can hang out," she says and I laugh.

"Uh huh," I smirk.

"Oh shut up, Grey," she says and I laugh.

After I talk to Caroline for awhile I head back to Olivia and Maisy. They are talking to Josh the sigma chi president.

"Hey Grey," he says.

"Oh hey, Josh, what's up?" I ask him.

"Just living life, Grey," he smirks. I have never really talked to Josh. I'm surprised he knows my name.

"Pheebs, you need many more drinks," Maisy says and drags me to the table.

We do shots for every hour of sleep we lost. Which maybe wasn't a good idea for me saying that I got 6 hours of sleep between 3 nights. After many many shots, I am shot. No pun intended.

I am drunk, to say the least. All of a sudden I see Andrew and he looks at me. "Damn Grey, did you chug a bottle of vodka?" He asks.

"Something like that, how was Lindsey?" I ask.

"She's great, are you okay there, Grey?" He asks.

"More than okay just very drunk," I say.

"I'll walk you home for old times sake tonight," he says and I smile. I would love nothing more.

After a few more drinks and lots of dancing, Andrew and I lock elbows. We set off for my dorm. "Can you believe it? I leave tomorrow," he says and I shake my head.

"It's crazy, like crazy," I say. He laughs and I can tell I am slurring my words. When we get to my dorm, Andrew comes up with me. I lay in my bed and pat the spot next to me.

"Grey, thanks for being a good friend this year," he says and I smile.

"Thanks for walking me home," I say.

"Aww, I wanna join," I laugh as Maisy and Olivia walk in. They both crawl on my bed. These people make me so happy.

We all cuddle in on my bed. It's a tight squeeze and I can barely move, but this makes my heart so happy. "I love you guys," Olivia says.

"I love you so much," I say and we have a group hug. I know these next 3 years won't be easy but with these people by my side it should be