Clarke sighed as she opened another box, starting to unpack its contents. She, Octavia, and Raven were just moving into their dorm room today at Polis University. While they had been bouncing with excitement at first, all smiles and laughs, they were now dragging around with tiny scowls on their faces, clearly tired of unpacking.

"I can't wait till we're done with this," Raven groaned.

"Same," Clarke said, setting the microwave up on the counter.

"Will both of you stop whining and come over here and help me with the TV?" Octavia asked.

"Yeah, I got it," Raven replied.

Raven moved over to begin hooking up the TV while Octavia moved to start taking out her school books and piling them on her desk. Clarke began to do the same, pulling book after book from one of the boxes. Then, she pulled out her pink desk lamp and her New York snow globe and arranged them on top of her desk. Clarke looked into the bottom of the box and pulled out the last item. She almost hadn't brought it, but she couldn't bear to leave it behind. It was a picture of her and Lexa from their trip to Disney when they were seven years old. It was nighttime in the photo, and they were standing together, huge smiles adorning their faces, in front of Cinderella's castle, which was lit up pink behind them. Clarke smiled at the thought of that trip as she set the picture in the center of the desk, remembering it like it was yesterday.

"Earth to Clarke," Raven said, snapping Clarke out of her memories.

"What?" Clarke asked, turning around.

"I asked if you wanted to go out to the club tonight for one last night of fun before school starts tomorrow," Raven repeated.

"Yeah, sure. That sounds fun," Clarke agreed, but Raven could tell she was distracted.

"Is that her?" Raven asked, noticing the picture on Clarke's desk. "Is that Lexa?"

"Yes. It's the picture of us at Disney. I'm sure you've seen it in my room a thousand times."

"I have. I just never commented on it because I didn't want to upset you. You were really sad after she left, and I didn't want to bring her up," Raven justified.

"Thank you. I just don't really like to talk about her. She's still really special to me, even though I haven't seen her in seven years. I almost left this at home, but I just couldn't do it. Those years I spent with her were the best years of my life," Clarke explained sadly.

"I understand. You guys were close. I don't know what I'd do if I ever lost Bellamy," Octavia said.

"I still really miss her," Clarke admitted.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have brought her up," Raven mumbled.

"No, it's okay. Can we please just talk about something else though?" Clarke asked. "Like the club? Will Bellamy be joining us?"

"Of course. Bell wouldn't miss out on a chance to have fun," Octavia said, before adding, "you should invite Finn as well."

"I will. I'm sure he'd love to come."

"Awesome," Raven said, "Then let's finish unpacking so we can go."

Her two roommates elicited a groan at the thought of everything they still had to unpack. Clarke moved to grab her bedding from another one of the boxes that were scattered all over the floor of the dorm room. She claimed the bed on the left side of the room, since Octavia and Raven had already decided they wanted the bunk bed. As she began to arrange her sleeping area, she found that she couldn't wait to be in the refreshing atmosphere of the club.

Later that night, Clarke was sitting in a booth with her friends and Finn, her boyfriend of two years. As Octavia and Raven talked about how they were dreading going to school tomorrow, Clarke relaxed into Finn, and he put his arm around her. While his hand ran soothingly up and down her arm, she zoned out of the conversation a bit. As crazy as it sounded, Clarke was actually looking forward to starting school this term, and she felt like she was a kid again, excited to go to school rather than dreading it like she had come to as a teenager. She didn't know why, but she had a good feeling about this year.

"What are you thinking about?" Finn asked, bringing her out of her thoughts.

"How I think I'm going to enjoy school this year. I'm actually looking forward to it," Clarke said.

"Nerd," Finn teased.

"You're looking forward to school?" Raven asked from across the table. "Why?"

"A little bit. I mean, college will be a completely new experience, and I think I'm ready for it."

"You won't be saying that when you have a bunch of tests and projects to do," Raven insisted.

"No, I probably won't," Clarke agreed.

"Plus, we'll have to get up so early," Octavia complained. "That's the worst part about school. We should be allowed to sleep in."

"Not all of us are taking eight o'clock classes, O," Clarke pointed out.

"Why am I taking eight o'clock classes?" Octavia groaned.

"I warned you not to," Bellamy said.

"I just wanted to get my classes done early, so I could have the rest of the day to myself," Octavia huffed.

"The rest of the day to do homework, you mean," Bellamy said.

"Don't worry, O. I have a night class, and that's probably just as bad," Clarke said.

"My schedule is perfect," Raven bragged. "I don't have a class earlier than ten, and my classes don't run later than five."

"Yeah, but you have Friday classes," Octavia pointed out.

Everyone shuddered at the thought of Friday classes, and Raven glared at them all.

"That's the only way they would fit into my schedule," Raven tried to defend herself.

"Sucks for you," Octavia said, before effectively changing the topic as she said, "That's enough sitting around. Let's dance."

Octavia led the way to the dance floor, and the other four were quick to follow. Clarke smiled as she danced with her friends to the fast beat of the song that was pouring out of the loudspeakers, glad to finally be at the club after a long day of moving in and unpacking. Raven grabbed her hand and twirled her over to Finn, who was dancing beside her. She laughed when she noticed him doing his usual crazy dance moves.

"You always dance like such a weirdo," Clarke laughed.

"Yeah, but you love it," Finn said.

"It is cute," Clarke admitted.

Finn pulled Clarke in for a kiss, keeping it chaste since they were in public. Once they pulled apart, the melody of a slow song started to play, and Clarke smiled as she took Finn's extended hand, and he pulled her into him. Her body melded perfectly against his as they swayed to the music. Clarke was so happy to have Finn in her life. She had a good two years with him in high school, and she knew that people often grew apart, but right now, she couldn't picture her life without Finn in it.

"I love you," he said, clearly having similar thoughts.

"Love you too," Clarke replied. "I feel like this year is going to be a good year."

"I hope it will be."

AN: I hope you liked the new chapter! Sorry it's a little short, but I promise the next one will be longer. Next chapter will be Clarke and Lexa's reunion, so stay tuned. Thanks for reading!