Disclaimer: Lurlene wrote those three awesome books, this creation, however, belongs to me! My precious…… (yes, I love Lord of the Rings)

It was three o'clock in the morning. The sky was painted in dark blue, pink and light yellow hues, and one can slightly hear the silent songs of the birds. However, amongst all this peace- none of it resided within Leah, who was wide awake.

For an hour after she had woken up from her dream, she couldn't sleep.

She silently got up and walked to the window. She looked outside and smiled.

Dawn is a beautiful time of the morning to get up, she thought.

Minutes passed like hours to Leah- time seemed to tantalize her by moving slowly.

What will college be like? I haven't decided what I want to do, what path I want to take…the only idea supporting me is the fact that Neal would have been happy.

She zigzagged through her many bags and suitcase (she was going to dorm in the new college), walked to her desk and leafed through various documents and papers that were piled up. Finally, she found the letter she was looking for: the reminder regarding the college orientation. It stated that the entire freshman class had to arrive at 8:00 a.m. sharp the next day.

Leah didn't know how to feel about college. It was something entirely new and different.

She walked to her bed and sat on it for a long time. Suddenly, a wave of exhaustion overcame her and she lay down and fell asleep.

"Leah! Get up! Your orientation is today!" Roberta Dutton shouted.

No response came from her daughter, Leah's room.

She walked into Leah's room and found her in a deep sleep. Roberta sat on her bed and began to caress Leah's face.

"Leah, honey," her mother said; "you're going to be late if you don't get up."

Leah's eyes slowly opened.

"What time is it?" Leah asked groggily. "fifteen to six." Her mother answered.

Leah's eyes remained slightly open, and then closed. She fell back into her bed.

"That's not late," Leah told her mother; "I'm going back to sleep."

"Oh no you're not!" her mother told her. She began to tickle Leah.

Leah began to giggle loudly and attempted to move away from her mother's hands.

"S-st-ooop!" Leah screamed while laughing madly.

"Okay, okay," Roberta said- and removed her hands.

"Pharaoh, I shall now go wash my face so I can serve you most faithfully." Leah said while bowing to her mother.

"Yes, you do that," Roberta answered, laughing.

Leah stared at her reflection in the mirror. She was wearing a beige, v-neck, fitted top and faded blue fitted jeans. She wore beige shoes with medium- sized heels, and a light blue kerchief tied around her waist.

Her make- up was lightly done, with light brown lipstick and a smudge of gold eye- shadow.

I look beautiful, she thought, while thinking that she sounded arrogant- event to herself.

She walked out of her room and down the stairs with a little more confidence than she had the night before.

Her and her mother loaded Leah's things into the car and they themselves got in.

"Leah," her mother said; "I want you to know that I'm extremely proud of you. You know how much I want you to succeed. I want you to get ahead in life- and now you have fulfilled the aspirations that I had established for you. I… I love you."

Leah felt a tear run down her cheek.

"Mom, I love you too. Never forget that." Leah told her.

They both hugged for several minutes.

"Mom," Leah said as they were hugging.

"Yeah"

"We're going to be late if we don't go now."

"Oh, right."her mother said. She sighed and let go.

The journey began.

"Incoming students of the university, the administration and I welcome you warmly. You will have found that…." Leah stopped listening and looked around her.

There were many, many people who occupied the seats around her.

They seem so confident, thought Leah.

Do I look that confident? She saved tat question for later, because those around her began to leaf through some sheets. She saw the person next to her pull out what resembled a schedule. The speaker must have instructed them to do so.

Leah leaned over to the person next to her and asked, "Did he tell us to do something?"

"Yes, he did. He just asked us to look at our schedules and see if we have any questions."

Thanks" said Leah. She opened up the folder she recently received and looked for her schedule. Upon finding it, she looked it over.

"Good, "she said to herself; "Now all I have to do is graduate."

As people began to leave the auditorium, Leah turned to the person she previously spoke to.

"Hi, again!" Leah told her.

The girl turned around and gave her a friendly smile.

"Hi!" she said.

"Hi. Thanks for your help- by the way."

"Sure, no problem. My name's Aurora Martin."

"Leah Lewis-Hall- nice to meet you"

"All right- I'll see you later." Aurora smiled at her.

As she was leaving, Leah studied the girl she had spoken to. She was a brunette, had blue eyes, and was tall.

The description in her mind reminded her of Nathan.

He was so handsome, Leah thought.

She got up and looked around the auditorium. Then, someone very familiar caught her eye…

It was Nathan!

Yet, he was not alone….he was walking arm- in- arm with …(drumroll…) …Aurora!