Authors Note: For those reading this, I must say I really don't know that much about college so if things turn out wrong, I apologize. This is my first Fan Fiction so Enjoy! In addition, be sure to hit that little Review button on the end ^_^!

First Day of College

Holding only a suitcase full of clothes, I set out towards my dorm room, walking past all of the happy parents hugging their daughters and sons. Smiles plastered on every face as they surveyed the college they would be attending the next four years. Oh joy, I can hardly wait.

I caught sight of the section were my dorm would be, my heart slowly starting to grow excited as my brain just grumbled in its depression, refusing to be lifted by this happy sight. It's like my heart and brain has disconnected, growing different thoughts and desires. Unfortunately, for my heart, my brain has the command, so its desires are silent within seconds. I stride towards my dorm until my heart was overcome with a sudden painful icicle stabbing through its center, breaking its cold splinters throughout my entire body. The sight that made my heart groan with pain was when a couple walked past me, hands entwined tightly and each pair of eyes looking only at each other, bright smiles lit up their entire face, darkening the world around me as they stole light from other happy couples. I immediately stifled my gasp and stumbled into an empty hallway, blinded by my hearts desires, my brain temporarily dazed by the sudden pain.

What…the…hell…

When my brain calmed down it was immediately enraged, anger tearing through me, breaking past the careful cages I had locked them in. My fingers twitched into tight fists as I fought back the desire to scream, I was more of a mess than I have ever been in the last four years. I should be more careful with my heart; I hadn't even noticed my hearts secret yearning. My heart finally started to sink as the couple was out of my vision, disappearing from my brain, it calmed down and I reinforced my restraints, locking everything back into its designed place. When everything was calm and collected, I started walking towards my dorm, letting the smallest sigh of disappointment flitter out from my mouth.

I finally found my dorm room, opening my room and slipping inside. The room was small, two identical beds placed on either side of the room, a wooden desk placed in the middle with two identical lamps next to the beds. Four white walls surrounded me, cornering me with its blank expressions, bare and waiting for some sort of personality to color its emotionless walls. Yeah, well, found the wrong girl. Hopefully my roommate will be a small hermit that is just as socially crippled as me, and will leave me alone. At that moment, my door decided to open, showing a tall girl on the other side.

The girl had long, flowing, mahogany hair that ended at her elbow, big red lips twitched into a smile as I studied my new roommate. Her hazel eyes burst with emotions, showing flashes of different emotions that eventually ended with a bright welcoming look. Her face was beautiful, to say the least, creamy white skin that glided over her high cheekbones meeting full red lips. Her twitch of a smile now flowed into a large grin, taking about half her face, as she gracefully walked to my side, her long legs easily reaching me within seconds. This mystery girl was tall, her torso slender as she glided over to me, her arms long and thin, slender pale fingers embraced my tiny sun kissed hands. The girl shook hands with me; a small electric current flowing through me, hitting my heart by surprise a small blush filled my cheeks as she smiled sweetly at me.

"Hi" Her voice was somewhat musical; it had a calming affect like the soft pitter-patter of rain or wind chimes on a summer day…wait…what? When did I start having thoughts like these? "You must be Claire Bennet." She looked happy to see me, her smile lighting up her eyes sending small trembles down my spine. My body stiffened as the tremble finished, anger and confusion started to bubble within me, bowling over and leaking into my facial expression. The girl's smile faltered as she noticed my fierce scowl. "Um, Gretchen Berg." Gretchen now looked down in embarrassment, her musical voice a low mumble, a small blush painting her cheeks. I suddenly wanted to smile, my heart taking control of my brain for a moment, telling me to smile. I jerked my hand away from her grasp, surprised by the emotion. Gretchen's smiling face seemed to darken slightly, confusion flittering in her eyes before disappearing again.

We stood awkwardly like that for several long seconds before Gretchen snapped out of it, a bright smile taking her face, lighting up the room, giving my heart a small tremble. She moved away from me, sitting gracefully on her bed, her face still positioned to face me.

"Well, what classes are you taking?" I stood silently fighting the desire to smile back at this girl; her smile was just too contagious, always lighting up her eyes with strong emotions that swirled in her deep hazel eyes. I watched somewhat amazed as her blood red lips stretched over her white teeth to fill in another perfect smile. If I weren't staring at her lips like a creeper I wouldn't have noticed her lips twitch downward, in almost a form of a frown, not from anger but more from confusion…and now that I seem to be analyzing everything, why was she frowning?

Wait…didn't she ask me something?

I blushed realizing I have been staring intently at Gretchen's lips, totally avoiding her question that has been hanging in the air these last few seconds. I also don't have the decency to remember her question…great Claire…way to look smart. Great now you have to ask again. A blush already forming on my face I looked into Gretchen's intense gaze.

"…Wait what?" That seemed to startle her; she stayed like that for several seconds before blinking rapidly and bursting into laughter. I would have been annoyed if I didn't enjoy the musical sound so much. It made me want to join in…Gah! Not this again! I struggled with my heart and emotions that had decided to suddenly rebel against me. After a split second of fighting, my lips let out a small chuckle that filled the air, mixing with the laughter. Traitors.

Four long years of practically no emotion and I come to college and I already cracked. Gretchen smiled brightly at me creating the smallest tremble in my heart, warming through its many layers of ice.

"What classes are you taking?" She repeated the question and I forced my vision away from her lips, I studied a spot on the wall behind Gretchen's head. I had my schedule memorized; I reviewed it in my head again.

"Advanced Biology, Ceramics, Biotechnology, and Physics." Gretchen's smile widened and suspicion started to flicker inside of me. She looked down at the small yellow sheet of paper that held all of the orders of her classes, her smile turning electric as she looked over the page.

"Advanced Biology, Advanced Art, Biotechnology, and Physics." Her smile got larger, her eyes meeting mine. "Looks like we have a lot of the same classes together." Gretchen seemed pleased with this new information; I shrugged and turned to unpack my bag. After nearly seconds of unpacking, I fell on my bed, finished. I looked over at Gretchen's side; she was lying on her stomach, her legs in the air, and a distant smile on her lips. This girl is literally always smiling. Her body twisted slightly, changing to go into a more conformable position, her eyes looking through a sketchpad. Her eyes saddened a bit looking at a picture, a ghost of a frown danced on her lips before disappearing from sight, a happy mask taking its place. Its weird, I just met this girl and I can already tell when a smile is artificial or not. I looked for something to waste my time with, a picture to look at, anything. I wish I could talk to my mother.

Wait…what!

Well you burned that bridge Claire, already having some doubts. A cold, menacing laugh echoed throughout me, shaking my body as it the poisonous laugh left my body creating a shiver down my spine. It sounded scary even to me. Gretchen's head snapped up from her sketchpad, her eyebrows knitted together; worry starting to swirl in her deep hazel eyes.

"You okay?" Her voice sounded generally worried. I nodded solemnly and returned to staring blankly at the wall behind her head; Gretchen was not satisfied with my answer and made it known. She huffed slightly giving me an expecting look, her lower lip pushed out farther than the top one when I continued ignoring her. My lips twitched in a smile, unable to contain it that time. Gretchen sighed in defeat and returned to staring at her pictures.

Having absolutely nothing to do, I brushed my fingers through my soft golden hair, feeling its feathery softness all the way down to my shoulders. I used to run my hand through my hair whenever I felt stressed or nervous, that habit disappeared when the time went by, but somehow pushed itself back to the surface of my brain. I really have no reason to be nervous, just a girl going to college…hmm that's not right…just an indestructible, emotionless, girl going to college to learn how to kill an immortal killer man who assaulted her and made her life hell. Nope, no reason to be nervous at all, this is just the normal thing going through everyone's mind at this time.

How nice it would have been if I never woke up when he took that piece of brain out of my head, I never would have had to experience any of this heartbreak, just be dead and that is it. I could be happily rotting by now, deep in the dirt.

A small sigh caught my attention, shifting me from my thoughts to the present, my vision focusing on the tall brunette on the other side of the room, a small frown on her face as she looked at a picture. I walked behind her, sneaking up without a sound to glance over her shoulder. I contained a gasp; her drawings were beautiful, detailed to the smallest inch of the paper. The picture she had drawn had a side with light and happy colors while the other was shaded much darker. There was one face in the middle, both sides of the face equally put into the different shades. The face of the women was an elder woman, dark chestnut hair, brown hair that flowed down to her shoulders and jagged out in different areas framing her face in a pleasing but harsh way. One side of her face was bright and happy, a bright smile on her lips, her eyes containing happy emotions. The other side was an angry side of her, scowling women, her eyes lit in a different light, of anger and hatred.

Her picture had shocked me; it is beautiful, drawn with precise features that made the women look alive. It also shook with the emotion and hiding anger that coursed through the women. Who ever this woman was, she greatly affected Gretchen. For some reason my mouth had opened, my tongue releasing words that had not been planed to come out.

"That's amazing, Gretchen." The brunette froze, her head snapped to my face, a dark blush covering her milky white completion. I realized my mistake, this picture was personal to her and not meant for anyone to see this. "Oh, sorry." I ducked my head and walked over to my side of the bed, my heart in some strange pain. Silence settled between us, my heart refused to enlighten me why I was in pain.

"It's fine." Just two words, but it was enough to release the painful stabs in the heart. It was full with sincerity, soothing the worry that had started to blaze within me. She jumped from the bed, a bright smile already on her face; she faced me, her head nodding towards the door. "Our classes start soon, do you mind walking with me?" My brain said yes but my heart for once took control of the situation, letting the smallest of all smiles grace my lips. I nodded and jumped up to walk out of the door with my new roommate, completely confused with what is happening to me. I couldn't even dwell on that thought because Gretchen smiled down at me taking my breath and thoughts away.