Title : Confessions of the Soul
Summary : Lucy Camden goes off to college. She meets people who will affect her life forever..
Author : Cj (aka ruthierocks)
Note : I wrote this story a long time ago and posted it with another account, but then deleted it after thinking I'd never finish it. If you read it then, please don't think that I'm copying someone else's work. I'm also very proud of this story. It's one of my best work's yet and is nothing like any of my other 7th Heaven stories here.
(this story takes place in the 6th season before she met Kevin and she is not engaged to Jeremy)
Confessions Of The Soul
...
With a sigh of great relief, Lucy Camden woke up to the sound of her alarm clock telling her to get up and start the day. Life wasn't always easy, and Lucy had just experienced that in her horrible dream. In this dream, Lucy had been in a car accident and was in ICU. Luckily, she had been dreaming, and was now fully aware of her surroundings. Moving was not an easy task, especially when you quit college for a year and end up broke and living back at your parents house. Finally, Lucy had gotten her act back together and was now attending college at Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas. Her roommate seemed to be in the bathroom and Lucy wasn't in the mood to get up, especially on a Saturday. She looked at her clock and saw that it was nine-thirty. She rolled over, trying to wake herself up, fighting off fatigue. Her roommate came out of the bathroom.
"Lucy, are you awake?" Her roommate, Kinsey, asked.
"No," Lucy replied. Little did Lucy know, but her roommate was dingy.
"Are you sure?" Kinsey asked.
"Positive," Lucy replied.
"Ok," Kinsey said. Lucy sat up.
"Fine, you got my attention. What?" Lucy asked.
"Do you want to go to the Ice Cream Shoppe with me and my friends?" Kinsey asked. Lucy didn't bother to correct her grammar, that's what teachers were for.
"Sure," Lucy agreed, after much deliberation.
"Great! I'll tell Lily and Hannah," Kinsey replied.
"Are they your friends?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. They're really great," Kinsey said.
"Ok. I'm new around here and I don't know where everything is in town. Do you think maybe we could cruise around?" Lucy asked.
"You California natives use such big words. Sure we'll take a drive. We can drive around campus too. None of us know very much about that, we're all freshmen," Kinsey replied.
"I went to college in California for a year and then took a year off. Now I'm here. I can't believe I have to start all over again," Lucy explained.
"That stinks," Kinsey replied.
"Yeah, I know. It does," Lucy agreed. She finally pulled herself from her bed and opened her suitcase. She hadn't had time to unpack yet. She was dreading orientation on Monday. Monday would be a packed day. Getting classes, orientation, getting her books and the list goes on. Lucy's head was nearly spinning with questions about where stuff was, what to do, etc, etc. She got out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that said Varsity on it. She went into the bathroom to change. She looked at the bathroom. It was small. It had a shower, a toilet, a sink, a trashcan, and a laundry basket. As she changed, she looked at the toilet. It was clean. The shower was clean. The sink was clean. She hadn't expected her dorm to be this clean. She'd heard that college students behaved like pigs, and she decided that that wasn't true. She threw her pajamas into the laundry basket and looked at her hair. It was a mess. She smiled and her teeth were grimy. She still had bags under her eyes from the long trip. She realized that she looked horrible. Disgusted with her self-image, she walked out of the bathroom, went back to her suitcase and began to scramble around for her hairbrush, toothpaste, and toothbrush. She found her hairbrush and her toothbrush, but her toothpaste was nowhere to be found.
"Could I borrow your toothpaste?" Lucy asked.
"Sure, it's in the cabinet," Kinsey replied, as she did her make up. Kinsey was pretty, but a little overweight. She had straight, light-brown hair that fell several inches below her shoulder. Her big eyes were a hazel color that reflected her long, black eyelashes.
Lucy went into the bathroom and opened the cabinet. She got out the Aquafresh toothpaste and shuddered. She hated Aquafresh! Her favorite kind of toothpaste was Colgate, but the taste in her mouth was bitter and she couldn't stand dirty teeth, so she flipped the lid and put some on her toothbrush. She wet her toothbrush a little, so it wouldn't be too dry, and then began to brush. She walked out of the bathroom, still brushing and stepped on a tack. She jumped in pain and sat down, looking at her foot. She could see a little prick, but nothing more. She picked up the tack and put it on the desk, as she continued to brush. She went to the bathroom, spit out the toothpaste and rinsed her toothbrush, not to mention her mouth. She picked up her hairbrush and picked out the hair and began to brush her hair. Her hair seemed to be flat today, and very straight. She brushed it and decided that it couldn't look much better on a day like it had been so far. Kinsey walked in.
"You better do your make up," Kinsey said.
"I will. I just got up," Lucy replied. She went back to her suitcase and got her soft pink colored eye shadow, blush, light brown lipstick, foundation, powder, and black mascara. As she put on her foundation, she wondered why she was. She thought, "Why do I have to wear all this make up? Just to impress people?"
***
Within twenty minutes, Lucy had her make up on and was almost ready to go. There was a knock on the door. Kinsey opened the door to two girls. One of the girls had shoulder-length red hair with blond high-lights, brown eyes, and a shirt that said Diva clearly written across the chest. The other girl was a bit taller and thinner. She had long, straight, brown, brown eyes and a dark complexion.
"Lily, Hannah, this is Lucy Camden. She'll be coming with us," Kinsey said. Lucy was tying her shoes. The taller girl was Lily, and the red-haired one was Hannah.
"Hi," Lucy said, shyly.
"Hi Lucy," Lily replied.
"Where are we going?" Hannah asked.
"Why don't we go to the Ice Cream Shoppe?" Kinsey asked.
"Ok, sounds great," Lily replied.
"What do you say, Lucy?" Hannah asked.
"Fine with me," Lucy replied. She was up for a little ice cream.
Lucy grabbed her little bag and threw it on her back and followed them out the door. They got into Lily's Jeep and headed out. Lucy watched as they pulled off campus and headed on the street. They drove for several miles passing churches, restaurants, and even a school. They finally pulled into a little run-down ice cream place.
"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.
Summary : Lucy Camden goes off to college. She meets people who will affect her life forever..
Author : Cj (aka ruthierocks)
Note : I wrote this story a long time ago and posted it with another account, but then deleted it after thinking I'd never finish it. If you read it then, please don't think that I'm copying someone else's work. I'm also very proud of this story. It's one of my best work's yet and is nothing like any of my other 7th Heaven stories here.
(this story takes place in the 6th season before she met Kevin and she is not engaged to Jeremy)
Confessions Of The Soul
...
With a sigh of great relief, Lucy Camden woke up to the sound of her alarm clock telling her to get up and start the day. Life wasn't always easy, and Lucy had just experienced that in her horrible dream. In this dream, Lucy had been in a car accident and was in ICU. Luckily, she had been dreaming, and was now fully aware of her surroundings. Moving was not an easy task, especially when you quit college for a year and end up broke and living back at your parents house. Finally, Lucy had gotten her act back together and was now attending college at Christ for the Nations in Dallas, Texas. Her roommate seemed to be in the bathroom and Lucy wasn't in the mood to get up, especially on a Saturday. She looked at her clock and saw that it was nine-thirty. She rolled over, trying to wake herself up, fighting off fatigue. Her roommate came out of the bathroom.
"Lucy, are you awake?" Her roommate, Kinsey, asked.
"No," Lucy replied. Little did Lucy know, but her roommate was dingy.
"Are you sure?" Kinsey asked.
"Positive," Lucy replied.
"Ok," Kinsey said. Lucy sat up.
"Fine, you got my attention. What?" Lucy asked.
"Do you want to go to the Ice Cream Shoppe with me and my friends?" Kinsey asked. Lucy didn't bother to correct her grammar, that's what teachers were for.
"Sure," Lucy agreed, after much deliberation.
"Great! I'll tell Lily and Hannah," Kinsey replied.
"Are they your friends?" Lucy asked.
"Yeah. They're really great," Kinsey said.
"Ok. I'm new around here and I don't know where everything is in town. Do you think maybe we could cruise around?" Lucy asked.
"You California natives use such big words. Sure we'll take a drive. We can drive around campus too. None of us know very much about that, we're all freshmen," Kinsey replied.
"I went to college in California for a year and then took a year off. Now I'm here. I can't believe I have to start all over again," Lucy explained.
"That stinks," Kinsey replied.
"Yeah, I know. It does," Lucy agreed. She finally pulled herself from her bed and opened her suitcase. She hadn't had time to unpack yet. She was dreading orientation on Monday. Monday would be a packed day. Getting classes, orientation, getting her books and the list goes on. Lucy's head was nearly spinning with questions about where stuff was, what to do, etc, etc. She got out a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that said Varsity on it. She went into the bathroom to change. She looked at the bathroom. It was small. It had a shower, a toilet, a sink, a trashcan, and a laundry basket. As she changed, she looked at the toilet. It was clean. The shower was clean. The sink was clean. She hadn't expected her dorm to be this clean. She'd heard that college students behaved like pigs, and she decided that that wasn't true. She threw her pajamas into the laundry basket and looked at her hair. It was a mess. She smiled and her teeth were grimy. She still had bags under her eyes from the long trip. She realized that she looked horrible. Disgusted with her self-image, she walked out of the bathroom, went back to her suitcase and began to scramble around for her hairbrush, toothpaste, and toothbrush. She found her hairbrush and her toothbrush, but her toothpaste was nowhere to be found.
"Could I borrow your toothpaste?" Lucy asked.
"Sure, it's in the cabinet," Kinsey replied, as she did her make up. Kinsey was pretty, but a little overweight. She had straight, light-brown hair that fell several inches below her shoulder. Her big eyes were a hazel color that reflected her long, black eyelashes.
Lucy went into the bathroom and opened the cabinet. She got out the Aquafresh toothpaste and shuddered. She hated Aquafresh! Her favorite kind of toothpaste was Colgate, but the taste in her mouth was bitter and she couldn't stand dirty teeth, so she flipped the lid and put some on her toothbrush. She wet her toothbrush a little, so it wouldn't be too dry, and then began to brush. She walked out of the bathroom, still brushing and stepped on a tack. She jumped in pain and sat down, looking at her foot. She could see a little prick, but nothing more. She picked up the tack and put it on the desk, as she continued to brush. She went to the bathroom, spit out the toothpaste and rinsed her toothbrush, not to mention her mouth. She picked up her hairbrush and picked out the hair and began to brush her hair. Her hair seemed to be flat today, and very straight. She brushed it and decided that it couldn't look much better on a day like it had been so far. Kinsey walked in.
"You better do your make up," Kinsey said.
"I will. I just got up," Lucy replied. She went back to her suitcase and got her soft pink colored eye shadow, blush, light brown lipstick, foundation, powder, and black mascara. As she put on her foundation, she wondered why she was. She thought, "Why do I have to wear all this make up? Just to impress people?"
***
Within twenty minutes, Lucy had her make up on and was almost ready to go. There was a knock on the door. Kinsey opened the door to two girls. One of the girls had shoulder-length red hair with blond high-lights, brown eyes, and a shirt that said Diva clearly written across the chest. The other girl was a bit taller and thinner. She had long, straight, brown, brown eyes and a dark complexion.
"Lily, Hannah, this is Lucy Camden. She'll be coming with us," Kinsey said. Lucy was tying her shoes. The taller girl was Lily, and the red-haired one was Hannah.
"Hi," Lucy said, shyly.
"Hi Lucy," Lily replied.
"Where are we going?" Hannah asked.
"Why don't we go to the Ice Cream Shoppe?" Kinsey asked.
"Ok, sounds great," Lily replied.
"What do you say, Lucy?" Hannah asked.
"Fine with me," Lucy replied. She was up for a little ice cream.
Lucy grabbed her little bag and threw it on her back and followed them out the door. They got into Lily's Jeep and headed out. Lucy watched as they pulled off campus and headed on the street. They drove for several miles passing churches, restaurants, and even a school. They finally pulled into a little run-down ice cream place.
"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.