I finally turned my back on the scene in the parking lot and followed Julia to the dorm. Our dorm was in building A, which was absolutely huge. There were about 12 dorms per building and about 6 buildings. I noticed that the plaque on our building said "girls". When we opened the door it opened up into a common room, it was huge! There were about 5 computers scattered around the room and one 46' inch TV. Not only were there 3 huge leather sofas but also 10 assorted-colored beanbag chairs. I noticed a juice/ snack bar in the corner of the room. The whole room was painted a bright blue with different murals and design in many different colors on every wall.
"This is the Faure, or basically common room. Every dorm has a TV, computer, and fridge, Oh, also a microwave." Julia said while guiding us along. Suddenly a girl that looked almost just like her, only maybe a year younger came over to us.
"Are these the ones?" she asked Julia. Julia smiled and nodded. She turned to us.
"This is my sister, Alexis Hope Myers. She will be living with you, Liz. Or at least share the same bedroom as you." she turned to Alexis. "This is Amanda Marie Bennett and her sister Elizabeth Taylor Bennett. You can probably get away with Mandy or Liz though." she smiled as we shook hands and hugged. I felt like I had known them all my life rather than 20 minutes. I took a better look at Alexis and realized that both her and her sister had the same hazel green eyes. She had almost the same color black hair as Conner, but hers was down to her shoulders and the total opposite of her sister's curly hair. Alexis and Elizabeth seemed to act like old friends or something. They were inseparable.

After about 20 minutes talking with the girls in the common room, Lex and Jules (Julia's nickname) showed us our dorm. We walked down the hall and stopped in front of a door with "Amanda, Julia, Elizabeth, and Alexis" painted all over the door. First they were in big bright colored letters in the middle of the door, and there were also mini names all over the door. It was pretty cool looking. I looked at Alexis and she nodded. I reached out and grabbed the door handle. I pushed the door open and peered into the room. The living room was as big as maybe two living rooms. There was a 32' inch flat screen sitting on a mahogany wood entertainment center. In the middle of the room were two sofas, one blue and the other lilac suede. 4 beanbag chairs were scattered around the big room. The floors opened up to a sea blue color with the walls a nice neutral brown. I personally did not agree with the floor color. There was a huge old-time blue fridge in the corner next to the computer desk with a microwave on top. I looked across from the desk and out the window and saw a huge field with guys throwing footballs. I dropped my bags and slowly walked to the window. I was looking past the guys and the people with dogs at the woods. They were the exact woods as in my dream, except they had all of their leaves. I heard a whistle coming from below the window. I looked down and saw Conner waving from below. I smiled and waved back, looking for anyone else. All the guys were yelling at him to bring the ball back to the game that he had in his hands. He turned around and yelled something back, but immediately gazed back at me. I looked at the girls looking over my shoulders and they all raised their eyes at me.
"Hey," he yelled up to me. I laughed and looked back down.
"Hey," I called back.
"Conner right?" I asked smiling still.
"Yep, Conner Turner at your service." He replied bowing and dropping the football.
"I'll remember that." I said while laughing in a teasing voice. I looked back at Julia who was still sitting in the chair beside me and stuck out my tongue.
"Amanda, right?" he asked ignoring the yelling behind him. I could feel the color come to my cheeks.
"You can call me Mandy," I replied. He finally responded to the yelling by throwing the ball and hitting the loudest one, Matthew in the gut. Yet still he stayed planted under our living room window.
"Mandy? I'll remember that." He said more serious than I was but still teasing. He smiled a breath taking smile and winked, and then he disappeared. I finally met my match, he ran as fast as I did. That must have been his power or one of them. When I finally found him again he was back in the football game. He saw me looking and smiled the same smile that took my breath away and still managed to catch the football without looking. I begrudgingly looked away and decided it was time to face the girls.
"That was so sweet that nothing could ever be as sweet." Julia said as I looked at her and flashed my pearly whites. Elizabeth was gawking at me while Alexis who was sitting next to her was almost crying.
"Wow is all I can say." She said still looking shocked. Julia looked at me and made a pout face.
"William never did anything like that for me." She said while looking out the window at her "man" throwing the football. She sighed and looked back at me. "Lucky."
"I love this school." I breathed looking at the ceiling. I heard a lot of laughter but never looked around to see who it was.
"OK time to see your room." Julia finally said. She pointed towards the two doors across from the window. On one door was a sign that said "Mandy & Julia" the other said "Elizabeth & Alexis". Our sign was in purple and theirs' was in blue. Julia led me and Alexis led Elizabeth. Julia opened the door to a purple room that was in-between lilac and a medium purple color with one blue wall with a window. The bedding was purple and blue. The sheets were a pretty teal color and the comforter was a deep purple with blue flowers on it. We each had a full sized bed that was next to each other. Mine was nearest the window. The beds had intricate white headboards and there was a big white desk on the wall. In between the beds was a medium sized nightstand big enough for the both of us. On the walls was some of my photography. For example some of the scenery pieces and some pictures of Elizabeth from far away so you could also see the scenery, but there were also pictures of Julia on the walls as well. There was a big mural on the back wall of a crescent moon design. It was white and had a lot of blue detail around it. I thought it was beautiful. I took a closer look and saw Alexis's signature meaning that she painted it, I was very impressed. I looked at Julia.
"Wow, it's perfect. I love the mural." I said pointing to it. She just smiled. I went over to the big window and took a seat on the light purple and blue window seat. I looked out the window and saw that the guys had stopped playing football and were heading to their dorm. William waved to Julia and Conner turned around to see who it was. He smiled and waved, and I waved back. Matthew waved to somebody too. I looked to the next window and saw Elizabeth. She was beaming at Matthew. I knew something was there between them. So for that one moment the universe was in check. If only it were more than a moment.
When we finally made it to bed after everything was settled it was about 11:00 p.m. I looked at the clock on the nightstand to make sure, 11:15 p.m. I was lying in my bed looking at all the stuff we put up in so little time. There was a 3-foot tall bulletin board on one wall, and a lot of pictures of us on it. All 4 of us did up the bathroom. It was a … well it was one bathroom that both bedrooms connected to. It was huge though. There were two showers and two bathtubs. Also three sinks with one huge mirror and counter. We did the design French style. There was already wallpaper on the wall with the Eiffel tower and "Paris" on it, so we added a bunch of matching accessories. A lot happened in one day. I got into a "fight" with the stuck up girl, I met a guy, and we still had time to fix up the dorm. After a lot of thinking I redirected my gaze to out the window. I just stared up at the stars, and that worked because the next thing I remember was the clock waking me up.