A/N: Hello fellow Creampuffs and Hollstein shippers :)

So as I've been writing this, I've discovered that I'm working better with shorter chapters. Maybe it's because I'm accustomed to watching such short periods of time when it comes to this show? Lol, either way, some of the chapters will be pretty short (though always over 1k words because shorter than that shouldn't ever constitute a chapter), but I do see some chapters being longer.

If anyone has noticed (thought I doubt it because there have only been 3 followers but eh), I changed the summary for this story, because I finally set in stone what I want this story to be. ^.^

Sooooo

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Carmilla.

PLEASE enjoy, favorite, follow and REVIEW! :)

Laura was actually quite relieved when she got back to her dorm room, because Carmilla was nowhere in sight—she even checked the bathroom to be extra sure. So she closed the dorm room door and got on her computer. She was pretty unsure of what she was supposed to be doing until classes started. College for her had always felt like a faraway thing, and now that it was here, it felt like it should just be school. But the thing is, it wasn't just school. It was life. She lived in it, she would have to work in it, and she was schooled in it. This was her life for the next four years.

Before she could do anything on her computer, the door to her dorm opened suddenly, completely startling her. Laura spun around on her chair, and her eyes fell on Carmilla, who seemed completely unfazed by seeing Laura here.

As Carmilla closed the door behind her, going straight to her armoire and looking through her clothing, Laura just watched carefully. Finally, out of curiosity and the sliver of hope that she had that Carmilla wasn't going to turn out to be a terrible roommate, she questioned, "What are you looking for?"

Carmilla didn't answer.

"You know, if we're going to be living with each other for the next year, shouldn't we at least learn how to make conversation?" Laura demanded, raising her eyebrows and pushing some of her blonde hair out of her face.

"Oh, I know how to make conversation," Carmilla stated.

Laura rolled her eyes up in exasperation, but she wasn't giving up yet. "Look, I know I'm not the ideal roommate. I'm sort of talkative and I actually do like to have friends, but I'm trying to be pleasant. And in return, you're being pretty rude."

"Am I?" Carmilla drawled, still looking through her clothes. Laura huffed, giving up, and turned back to her computer, opening her browser and trying to do something to make herself look busy. Then, as Laura was about to start reading some AfterEllen article, Carmilla said, "I'm looking for a party outfit."

Laura slowly spun her chair around to face Carmilla who, in the meantime, was still looking only in her armoire. "For the end of summer party thing tonight?"

"Yeah, some guy named Kirsch invited me," Carmilla admitted, sounding bored. "He literally said 'Hey, scary hottie! Come to the Zetas party tonight!'"

Laura managed a small laugh, because she really wasn't sure what she was supposed to say in response. After awkwardly coughing, she said, "Yeah, I think my friends are going to that."

"So will I see you there then, cupcake?" Carmilla questioned, and if Laura hadn't known better, she would have said that Carmilla's tone was nothing but flirty.

"Oh, I don't know," Laura answered, shrugging bashfully. "I don't think that I'm really up for it."

"You'd rather spend your last free days before college on that computer?" Carmilla questioned, finally looking up and over at Laura, who suddenly felt her face flush.

"Ah…" Shyly, she brushed some hair out of her face. "I've never been to a frat party. The Zetas are all fraternity boys, aren't they?"

Not answering her question, which was fine since Laura already knew the answer, Carmilla asked, "You've really never been to a frat party?" As Laura shook her head slowly, the darker haired girl finally pulled some clothing out of her wardrobe, tossing it over and onto her bed. "Man, you are uptight."

"Hey, I just started college, okay?" Laura defended herself.

"So? You're obviously not an eighteen year old fresh out of high school," Carmilla reasoned. The way she stretched the word 'obviously' made Laura blush, although she was frustrated at herself for doing so.

"So, during my time between high school and coming to college, I was living with my extremely protective dad who would have a heart attack if I went to a frat party at all—especially if I had gone while I was living with him," Laura answered, crossing her arms and sitting up slightly straighter. "And I'm not uptight. I'm just…"

"Uptight," Carmilla finished for her, before walking over to the door and leaning against the wall. "You can't deny it, cutie. You should go to the party. That way you can officially become a college girl before starting college."

Before Laura could say anything else about it, Carmilla was out the door. Where she was going was lost to Laura, since the frat party wasn't starting for hours. Shaking her head, Laura looked back at her computer. She didn't do anything on it, however, instead finding herself thinking about her roommate. She thought that she should be more annoyed at the fact that Carmilla kept calling her food nicknames—anyone would get bothered by that—but she found that it wasn't actually making her very mad. It was almost like she was already sort of used to her weird roommate. She just hoped that it would stay that way, because she didn't want a bad relationship with Carmilla. That would make living on campus a complete and total nightmare.

She turned and glanced at Carmilla's bed, noting the outfit that she had selected to wear for the party that night. Black pants—they looked leather again—and a black crop top. It was predictable, even after knowing Carmilla for only less than twenty four hours. Despite the simplicity of it, though, Laura immediately visualized Carmilla in the outfit and… wow.

She shook the thought out of her head, though, because she knew that physical attraction meant nothing when two people were such polar opposites. Which, clearly they were. Carmilla was rude and messy and carefree. Laura was polite and neat and careful. Polar opposites.

But, that didn't change how attractive Laura found Carmilla, and therefore the fact that if she went to the party, Laura would not be able to stop staring. Shaking her head again and looking to her computer, she told herself, "Gosh, Laura. Just stop thinking like that. Just… no."

She finally started to read her AfterEllen article, and she successfully avoided thinking about Carmilla for about five minutes.

Laura could already tell that this was going to be a problem.

Carmilla was having a blast. Less than a day of being at this stupid, tiny, isolated little college, and she was already having a great time. Granted, that great time came from messing with her roommate's head, but so what?

And it wasn't like it was completely intentional—Carmilla just had that effect on people sometimes. And it wasn't Carmilla's fault that Laura was just super cute about it. She started off looking all angry, with this little scrunched up face that Carmilla had definitely not failed to notice. Then, once she gave up, she tried to look impartial, but she ended up just making a completely adorable face.

That face was the only reason why Carmilla even started talking to the girl—and that's where all games stopped with her. Carmilla hadn't dated anyone since her early high school career, and that wasn't something that she liked to talk about. Since then, however, she hadn't ever met someone that she immediately took a liking to.

Well, except for now—her tiny blonde roommate.

Sure, Carmilla didn't really know a whole lot about the girl, but she knew that she would end up finding out. Mostly because Laura seemed determined to force some sort of friendship—or at least friendliness—but also because Carmilla actually found herself wanting to know about her roommate.

Yeah, it was a bit out of the norm for her, but she didn't really care. Carmilla was pretty adamant about not letting other people's opinions of her sway her from following what she wanted to do. And right now, she wanted to get to know Laura.

That didn't mean that she wanted to turn all mushy around Laura, which she totally saw happened if they got in too long of a conversation. Was that a contributing factor to her walking out of the room when she really had no planned destination? Possibly.

She ended up just walking to the coffee shop to get some caffeine, but the whole time she was walking, she was thinking about Laura. Yeah, she sort of liked the girl, and yes she wanted to get to know her, but there was definitely a part of her that was hesitant to do either of those things.

Carmilla had a past that she hated to think about, let alone tell anyone about it. It was perhaps why she often came off of as so invulnerable. Walls were something that she had become accustomed to, but it wasn't like all those cheesy love stories where a girl builds her walls so high that she needs people to help her knock them down—Carmilla could get over her walls in a single leap. She had just become really good at avoiding that option.

Something about Laura though… it was like half of her walls disappeared of their own accord, making it much easier for Carmilla to slip up and get over them. And she knew that things like that could potentially be very problematic.

Which is why by the time she got to the coffee shop, she decided that she didn't need any caffeine at all. However, since she didn't want to walk back into her dorm with no legitimate alibi for leaving, she bought a hot chocolate instead. She almost considered buying one for Laura, but she immediately vetoed any idea like that. No, that was not her.

She almost started to feel nervous as she headed back to her dorm, too, but she forced any such nerves away.

What was happening to her?

Sooooo to anyone who is reading this - review maybe please? I did get one on the first chapter - and it was positive - so thanks for that :)

It's nearing midnight, and I'm suddenly getting the urge to exercise, so I guess that's what I'm going to go do after this.. random, but eh.

I've got most all of this story planned out to a T :) (hehe, T for Tana)... After this weekend, updates could be anywhere from daily to weekly. I have 3 other WIP stories, two of which I'm already really behind on, so I can't focus all of my attention over here.

Alrighty, so goodnight lovelies! :) Please review!