Chapter 2

As their eyes met, Gordo found his breath caught in this throat as he stared into her big emerald green eyes. They were shockingly beautiful. The girl's jaw dropped, and she looked alarmed and a bit frightened. Gordo was finally brought back reality where he was a creep watching a half naked girl in a dorm room.

As Gordo tried to stutter an apology and explanation, the girl fumbled with her headphones, accidentally yanking out the cord from her stereo. A loud blare came out of the speakers, and Gordo recognized it as AC/DC's "Back in Black". His stuttering wasn't heard over the noise, and he averted his gaze as the girl found the volume control. Peeking through his brown curls, the girl was staring at him expectantly with her hands on her hips.

"I am so sorry, I was just walking past and I saw the door was slightly open, so I pushed it and you didn't hear me and I swear I'm a student here, I'm not actually a creep and…" Gordo spoke this all quite quickly, he wasn't sure if she understood him or not.

"Whoa there, it's okay. I believe you. I just wasn't expecting anyone would be here yet, classes don't start for a little over a week." She retorted, moving a piece of her hair out of her face.

Gordo couldn't help but melt at her voice; it was slightly deeper for a female, with a bit of a husky quality. It was incredibly alluring. He was also surprised that she didn't seem to rush to cover herself; she exuded an amount of confidence that actually calmed Gordo. She didn't seem to care that her black lacey bra didn't leave a whole lot up to the imagination. She made her way over to a chest of drawers, and pulled out a pair of jean shorts. As she slipped into them, she spoke again.

"So, now that you've seen me practically naked, what's your name?" she smirked.

"Gor… David. David Gordon." Gordo replied. He figured that now he was in university, he should probably stop going by his childhood name.

"Well David Gordon, it's a pleasure to meet you. My name is Thea Eaton" Her voice was slightly muffled as she was pulling a tank top over her head that said "The Runaways" on it.

As she pulled her hair out the back of her tank top, she slid her arm through a white sheer laced top. The effect was quite pretty, Gordo thought she looked like a porcelain doll. Thea sighed as she finished dressing, and turned to Gordo.

"So, David. Since we're pretty much the only ones on campus right now, did you want to grab some coffee and wander around a bit?" she was even more beautiful looking directly into her face. She had more of a round, heart shaped face, with a straight nose and soft chin. Her hair was in relaxed, sandy brown waves that outlined her face. She took two steps closer to Gordo and looked him in the eyes with her electric green ones, poking out from long, thick, dark lashes.

"Oh, yeah that would be great. I was actually hoping to find a place to eat, my food card doesn't kick in until September." Gordo was making coherent sentences, for now.

"I'm sure we can find something together." Thea responded, grabbing a brown leather shoulder bag and slinging it over her body.

They exited Thea's dorm room and started down the hallway together. Now that she was closer, Gordo noticed that she was quite petite, standing at about 5'3. Her smell was intoxicating.

"So where are you originally from? I take it you're not a native New Yorker." Thea asked as they pushed the building doors open to go outside.

"I'm from California, my parents still live there now" Gordo responded, "I don't know much about New York, but I've heard of Eaton, New York. I take it since that's your last name that you're from here?" Gordo asked.

Thea squinted in the sunlight, looking around Washington Square street before she answered, "I'm from all over, no where specifically." Thea said in her raspy voice as she turned south on Washington Square. "And no," she giggled, "my last name has no connection to Eaton, as far as I know anyways."

Gordo followed her, watching as her long sandy brown curls flowed behind her in the light breeze. They turned right on LaGuardia, and were soon entering a building with the sign "Tre Giovani" over the door.

"Are you in the mood for pizza?" Thea asked as she turned around and looked Gordo in the face.

Looking into those emerald eyes, Gordo was in the mood for anything she suggested.

As they sat and ate their pizza, they chatted about school and their programs. As it turned out, Thea was in the film program too, but she was majoring in acting and was on a partial scholarship for music. Gordo spoke about how film had been his passion since he could remember, and his aspirations to become a film director. Thea asked some intriguing questions, and Gordo found is surprisingly easy to talk to her. She asked Gordo if she might be able to see some of the things he'd filmed throughout the years, and Gordo asked if he could hear some of her music sometime. Overall, it was a great lunch. Although Gordo still thought Thea was quite stunning, he was becoming more comfortable with her every second, and he could really see them becoming great friends.