Knock knock.

"Nicole? Are you alright?"

Shannon's soft voice made it's way to Nicole, now sitting on the edge of the bath. Nicole snapped the laptop shut and slid it back to where it belonged. She flushed the toilet, even though she hadn't gone, and washed her hands for good measure. When she opened the door, Shannon was standing, hands clasped at her chest and smiling sweetly.

"Issues?" She whispered with a 'knowing' giggle before bounding back into the room.

What is she on?

Nicole followed her.

"Sorry I couldn't find your…" she paused and searched her mind rapidly, "toilet paper."

Wow Nicole. You've truly out idiot-ed yourself.

Shannon was sliding on her expensive looking blazer jacket and Lisa-Something was already wearing her bomber.

"We're just going to go," Shannon explained, "do you want to walk with us to Butler Hall?"

"Sure," Nicole shrugged, wishing she'd worn a jacket so she could put it on as opposed to standing and waiting. Shannon bent down and gave Harry a peck on the cheek.

"Message me, okay?" She asked rhetorically, walking over to Nicole. The three girls waved goodbye and left.

"It's so cute!" Shannon marveled, once the door was closed, "You and Natie!"

Natie?

"Oh…uh…yeah, I suppose so," she agreed, flicking a wave out of her face. She wasn't sure how Rebecca could deal with all those waves. They were annoying Nicole already and Rebecca had about thrice as many.

"So you and Harry?" Lisa-Something asked, wrapping her jacket tightly around her.

"Yeah, he's so cute. He just came up and asked me out," Shannon sighed dreamily, "it totally doesn't matter he's only like, a year younger or something. He's so fit though. I love his hair."

Nicole watched Shannon as she continued talking. She flitted her had about in the air and occasionally clasped them both together like a flower girl at a wedding. Not once did her wavy blonde hair get in her face. She was a walking Barbie doll.

That's the kind of girl Nate should go out with. A beautiful girl. Not just a pretty girl like me.

"Oh no, honey," Shannon began cooing, wrapping an arm around Nicole's shoulders suddenly, "you look sad. What's buggin' ya?"

Buggin'? Ya? God this girl is preppy. I hope I'm not like her.

But what was bothering Nicole? She couldn't say to Shannon Sewell or Lisa-Something. The point was, she didn't kiss Nate at the end of the night, after all the panic she arose in the bathroom.

There was a bang behind them. Nicole, Shannon and Lisa-Something kept walking.

Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud…

The thuds were getting louder.

"Jesus Natie," Shannon rolled her eyes, "you're soooo heavy on your feet."

But Nate was listening to Shannon's protests. He grabbed Nicole's shoulders and pulled her around.

"Uh…hi!" She whispered, attempting a wave but failing as soon as she looked into his eyes. Sparkling emerald. Like a jewel.

"Harry'd kill me if I didn't," he panted, still leaving Nicole in a state of confusion.

"What?"

She was answered by his soft lips touching hers.

Oh. My. Good. Giddy. God! Don't gasp, whatever you do. Just…just follow his lead. What did Rebecca say?

'wink wink.'

Okay not helping. What else did she say?

Um…

When Nate kissed her, Nicole felt like she was floating towards the heavens. She felt as though she was worth a million dollars and the most beautiful girl in the world. He pulled away.

"I have to get back," he smiled, causing Nicole's knees to buckle. She grabbed onto Shannon's arm for support. He did a 'Harry' wave and jogged back to the room. When the door shut, Shannon, Nicole and Lisa-Something began squealing excitedly.

"That's was so cute!" Lisa-Something clapped, bouncing up and down.

"Aw…it's so adorable! He totally digs you!" Shannon squealed, hugging Nicole tightly.

Nicole didn't know what to think.

Except she had to tell someone.

Kristen sauntered into the student lounge at around 12 pm. She was way beyond curfew but she had permission from her art teacher, the one she so drastically hated, the one that made her do extra term credit paintings of grapefruits and eggs.

The table still had the empty sushi platters from their little meeting that afternoon. She trudged past it, and through to the staircase.

One floor.

Two floors.

Three floors.

Four floors.

Upon reaching the fifth floor, she dragged herself down the corridor and stopped outside room 498 and turned the key in the lock. It was dark, and because Kristen had been absent from the room most of the day, Dana had left it in a total mess, judging by the unidentifiable lumps all over the floor.
God woman. It's called cleaning. Learn it.

She heard scuffling. Assuming it was just mice, ("not surprising, considering the mess this room is in.") she picked her way through pile after pile of clothes, narrowly missing falling on the floor as she skid on a stray book or two to her bed at the other end of the room.

Ah. Bed. My bed. My nice, clean bed.

Not even bothering to stop, she collapsed onto the duvet and spread her limbs out so her toes touched the footboard and her fingers hung off the edge.

"Goodnight Kristen."

Kristen's eyes flicked open.

"What?"

"I said goodnight," Dana's voice carried across the room. It seemed oddly innocent and sweet.

Something's up.

Immediately, she flicked on her bedside lamp. Dana sat up in her bed.

"What? What is it?" She asked quickly.

Way too quickly.

Senses told Kristen to snoop. She sat on her knees, placed both hands on the edge of the bed for support and flipped her head over, staring underneath the bed.

She smirked.

"Hello Logan. Here for a nice midnight stroll, are we?"

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