"This is it?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. It may not look like much, but it has really great ice cream," Hannah replied. Lily turned down the CD called "Roaring Lambs" that was playing "Headstrong" by Jars Of Clay. Lucy tried to listen to the lyrics and they went like this: I don't know what you've been told but it's wrong. I can't hold you when you fall so headstrong, headstrong....
"Should you be listening to this music?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. It's Christian music," Lily replied.
"It is?" Lucy asked.
"You're used to those old hymns aren't you?" Kinsey asked.
"Well, isn't everyone?" Lucy asked.
"No, this is just an upbeat version of Christian music. We refer to it as Christian Hip-Hop," Lily replied.
"Ok," Lucy said.
"Here's another song," Hannah said, skipping to Track number 3. She turned it up. The music came on and it said: I talk to you, you talk to me. We speak our own language. These common truths that we believe are like a warm, inviting fire we gather 'round. But there's a danger lurking here, inside our place of comfort, We've got to go out in the dark, 'cause there's a hungry heart that's longing just to know that someone cares enough to go, out there, someone needs a friend, who'll walk against the wind to a place that's strange and unfamiliar, out there, where all of us have been, until love brings us in, so who'll dare to go and be a friend? 'cause someone really needs a friend out there.....
As the song went into the second verse, Lucy listened and realized that hymns aren't the only kind of Christian music. Then, her stomach wondered why they weren't inside eating ice cream. After the song, they finally went in and to Lucy's surprise, it was relatively clean. They went up to the counter and saw the menu. It was huge.
"We'll have the usual, and what do you want, Lucy?" Kinsey asked.
"Oh gosh, I guess I'll have the butterscotch sundae. A medium, please," Lucy replied. She got out her money as the cashier totaled the amount.
"$3.25," The cashier said. Lucy got out 75¢ and thought about how cheap the ice cream was. She gave them the money plus a little tax and they counted it. Then they got their ice cream and sat at a table.
"Do you like it?" Lily asked.
"It's great," Lucy replied. She couldn't get over how nice these girls were.
"What's it like in California?" Kinsey asked.
"It's more, not really civilized, but the businesses are less spread out and everybody is always in each others business," Lucy replied.
"I can imagine that," Hannah said.
"So, is there anything I need to know about the school?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, you need to know that we're all freshmen, and we don't know anything about it either," Hannah replied.
"Oh, I forgot. Sorry," Lucy said.
"It's no problem. People forget stuff, I know that I sure do," Lily said. Lucy smiled.
By Monday, Lucy had gotten to know Kinsey and her friends a little better and was ready to start classes. She woke up and did her now normal routine of getting ready for the day. She had to go to orientation and get her books today. She had her class schedule and the list of books that she needed to buy. She knew that she would have to charge some of them because she just didn't have all that much money.
"Lucy, when are you going out to buy your books?" Kinsey asked.
"I'm going at about noon so that I'll have them all by orientation," Lucy replied as she put on her mascara.
"I'll go with you," Kinsey said.
"I need a car," Lucy replied.
"You need a job to get a car, and you don't have a job," Kinsey said.
"I know, but we're going to have to have food here sometime," Lucy replied.
"That's why we have a Student Union where you can buy snacks, a cafeteria where you can buy food, and a restaurant to eat at," Kinsey said.
"I don't know if I can live like that," Lucy confessed.
"Most of the students do that," Kinsey informed.
"If they can, I can," Lucy replied.
"That's the spirit," Kinsey said. Lucy smiled. She knew that she had to pick up her books soon and her roommate was worried about food.
"I wonder if there are any cute boys around," Kinsey said.
"I'm not going to worry about guys right now. I've been known to be boy crazy for years and I don't want that reputation at this school," Lucy replied.
"I just like guys," Kinsey said.
"Well, I just broke up with my fiancé and it was a long and horrible goodbye and long and horrible flight here and I'm not even adjusted yet," Lucy replied. She knew what it felt like to be rejected and lonely.
"Yeah. It may not look like much, but it has really great ice cream," Hannah replied. Lily turned down the CD called "Roaring Lambs" that was playing "Headstrong" by Jars Of Clay. Lucy tried to listen to the lyrics and they went like this: I don't know what you've been told but it's wrong. I can't hold you when you fall so headstrong, headstrong....
"Should you be listening to this music?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. It's Christian music," Lily replied.
"It is?" Lucy asked.
"You're used to those old hymns aren't you?" Kinsey asked.
"Well, isn't everyone?" Lucy asked.
"No, this is just an upbeat version of Christian music. We refer to it as Christian Hip-Hop," Lily replied.
"Ok," Lucy said.
"Here's another song," Hannah said, skipping to Track number 3. She turned it up. The music came on and it said: I talk to you, you talk to me. We speak our own language. These common truths that we believe are like a warm, inviting fire we gather 'round. But there's a danger lurking here, inside our place of comfort, We've got to go out in the dark, 'cause there's a hungry heart that's longing just to know that someone cares enough to go, out there, someone needs a friend, who'll walk against the wind to a place that's strange and unfamiliar, out there, where all of us have been, until love brings us in, so who'll dare to go and be a friend? 'cause someone really needs a friend out there.....
As the song went into the second verse, Lucy listened and realized that hymns aren't the only kind of Christian music. Then, her stomach wondered why they weren't inside eating ice cream. After the song, they finally went in and to Lucy's surprise, it was relatively clean. They went up to the counter and saw the menu. It was huge.
"We'll have the usual, and what do you want, Lucy?" Kinsey asked.
"Oh gosh, I guess I'll have the butterscotch sundae. A medium, please," Lucy replied. She got out her money as the cashier totaled the amount.
"$3.25," The cashier said. Lucy got out 75¢ and thought about how cheap the ice cream was. She gave them the money plus a little tax and they counted it. Then they got their ice cream and sat at a table.
"Do you like it?" Lily asked.
"It's great," Lucy replied. She couldn't get over how nice these girls were.
"What's it like in California?" Kinsey asked.
"It's more, not really civilized, but the businesses are less spread out and everybody is always in each others business," Lucy replied.
"I can imagine that," Hannah said.
"So, is there anything I need to know about the school?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah, you need to know that we're all freshmen, and we don't know anything about it either," Hannah replied.
"Oh, I forgot. Sorry," Lucy said.
"It's no problem. People forget stuff, I know that I sure do," Lily said. Lucy smiled.
By Monday, Lucy had gotten to know Kinsey and her friends a little better and was ready to start classes. She woke up and did her now normal routine of getting ready for the day. She had to go to orientation and get her books today. She had her class schedule and the list of books that she needed to buy. She knew that she would have to charge some of them because she just didn't have all that much money.
"Lucy, when are you going out to buy your books?" Kinsey asked.
"I'm going at about noon so that I'll have them all by orientation," Lucy replied as she put on her mascara.
"I'll go with you," Kinsey said.
"I need a car," Lucy replied.
"You need a job to get a car, and you don't have a job," Kinsey said.
"I know, but we're going to have to have food here sometime," Lucy replied.
"That's why we have a Student Union where you can buy snacks, a cafeteria where you can buy food, and a restaurant to eat at," Kinsey said.
"I don't know if I can live like that," Lucy confessed.
"Most of the students do that," Kinsey informed.
"If they can, I can," Lucy replied.
"That's the spirit," Kinsey said. Lucy smiled. She knew that she had to pick up her books soon and her roommate was worried about food.
"I wonder if there are any cute boys around," Kinsey said.
"I'm not going to worry about guys right now. I've been known to be boy crazy for years and I don't want that reputation at this school," Lucy replied.
"I just like guys," Kinsey said.
"Well, I just broke up with my fiancé and it was a long and horrible goodbye and long and horrible flight here and I'm not even adjusted yet," Lucy replied. She knew what it felt like to be rejected and lonely.