Misconception

Dante never really expected to end up in Berkeley of all colleges. He used to be content going to school with Omar, and leaving whenever he pleased to go backpacking across the world. But time was ticking, and he figured maybe he needed to finally buckle down and get a degree. At the same time he was torn because he was still young, and he wanted to do everything that he ever dreamed of doing, but he comforted himself with the thought that there would be time for everything. There was also the need to get away from his brother, and everything else in Valley Glen. Of course his life there wasn't bad, but everything was turned upside down when he came back from his trip in Europe only to find out that his brother had committed a robbery.

In other words, he was pursuing the same girl that Dante had slept with.

Adrian Lee, a pretty Latina with a sexy attitude.

Dante knew that he should have never left her, but he expected her to be another fling. He was known for being a player, even in his high-school years, and he didn't expect this girl to be any different, but the whole time that he was in Europe he couldn't stop thinking about her.

Then again he didn't know if it was just because she was good in bed, or if it was because he actually felt something for her. He shrugged the thought out of his head, it couldn't be the latter because they only talked for a few moments anyway.

As he took a seat in an empty desk he noticed that the students were piling in just before the late bell rang. He almost chuckled at this. It reminded him of a high-school. The professor was a rather plump man, with a bald head and spectacles that weren't hard to spot. He scratched his head a little before frantically jotting a few things on the board before everyone came in.

When he was finished he turned around to face his students. He already looked out of breath and Dante had to stop himself from chuckling.

"Ok class, welcome to General Chemistry! My name is Mr. Potter. Most of this stuff will be things that you have already learned in high-school. This semester we'll be covering stoichiometry, inter molecular force and phase changes. You'll analyze the properties of liquids, solids, and gasses and a bunch of other really cool things that I'm sure none of you care about, other wise you'd be in a much higher level of Chemistry by now."

A few of the students chuckled at this, but for the most part the class remained silent. It was always like that on the first day though.

Before Mr. Potter could continue talking, the door opened and a girl walked in that was most likely a college freshman. Dante turned his head and noticed the girl and for a second his eyes widened, and then returned back to normal.

She was pretty.

"You're late," the teacher tossed her a playful glare but she hadn't caught on.

She looked nervous almost, "I know I'm sorry. I got lost and...Is this room 101, are you Mr. Potter?"

"Yes, I am," he chuckled, "And relax. The first days are always the easiest, just make sure it doesn't happen again."

She tossed him a smile, "Of course."

"Why don't you go ahead and take a seat right over," Mr. Potter scanned the room and his eyes locked onto Dante's for a second, "Right next to the gentleman over there." He pointed his finger at Dante and for some reason Dante felt nerves that he had never really felt before kick in as the girl took a seat next to him.

Mr. Potter kept talking, but he was barely listening. He was glancing over at the girl in hopes that she wouldn't notice.

She had coffee colored skin and long black hair, and her smile was eye-catching.

His eyes involuntarily glanced down at her body. She was stacked nicely, with small curves and...

"Excuse me?"

Dante looked up and realized that she was talking to him. Her voice was serious, yet it still managed to be soft-spoken.

He realized that he still hadn't said anything when she continued talking, "...We're supposed to be doing the lab together? You were paying attention right?"

He chuckled at this as he looked at the girl and in a playful tone he answered, "No, not really. I guess I was a little distracted."

He smirked at her, and he expected a laugh, or a blush, or something to show that she was at least a little interested in him. But he didn't get any of those signs. Instead she just rolled her eyes, "He said this lab is summative, so if you could maybe stop being distracted, that would be really helpful to our grade right now."

He was taken aback by this, but he tried to play it off as he read through the lab. It was pretty easy. It was one that he had done in high-school before, and somehow he remembered it clearly.

When he finished reading it, he noticed the shocked expression on the girls face as he grabbed the tubes and prepared everything.

"Well are you going to help or not?" he teased.

At this she tossed him a small smile, and the two began setting up the lab together. The lab was easy really, all they had to do was put together a saturated solution. Dante watched as the girl busied herself with the lab. He'd never really seen someone so involved in a simple lab experiment before, "Wow you must really like Chemistry."

She chuckled, "Hardly. It's never been my favorite subject. But what I do like, is an easy A. Can you hand me the seed crystal?"

He grabbed the seed crystal from the table and handed it to her and she began to work with it. He noticed the way she dug deeper into the work when his eyes on her became more intense. It took a few minutes for her to finally say something about it, "What are you looking at?"

"You," he chuckled, "You're really attractive you know that?"

She scoffed, but he could see the tiny curves of her lips moving upward, "And how many girls have you used that line on exactly?"

"Would that really be of any interest to you?" he challenged.

She laughed at this as she finished up the last part of the project. She didn't answer him however.

When they were finally done with the lab experiment, the teacher came by each row and checked on them.

"Great work you two! Now just finish up the written portion and you should be set." He handed the two of them another paper and the girl began writing.

"I'm Dante by the way."

She bit her bottom lip as she looked up from her paper, "I'm Lauren."

"Lauren," he smiled, testing the name out on his own lips, "It's been a pleasure meeting you."

She laughed, "You too...I guess."

The bell rang and he tossed his backpack over his shoulder, "You guess? I mean it's not everyday that you meet a handsome stranger in a chemistry class."

Lauren giggled at this, "Well Dante...I think you think way too highly of yourself."

"What can I say, I have a big ego."

"I bet," she smiled as she grabbed her backpack and started to make her way out the classroom.

"Hey wait up," he said as he matched her pace and they walked out of the class, "I can't even get a number?"

She rolled her eyes at this, "I don't just give out numbers to strangers-"

"Handsome strangers," he added.

"Yeah well, not even handsome strangers."

"I have to admit you're a tough one. It's gonna take a lot to win you over," he smirked.

"Yup, and it only gets harder. I'm not at all what you think Dante."

And before he could even ask what that meant she was walking away from him. He watched her walk away as he shook his head and laughed. This girl was definitely something different. His thoughts of Adrian were suddenly whisked away and his plans of how to win this Lauren girl over filled his brain.

A/N: Ahh! I just couldn't resist it. They're my crack pairing at the moment lol. Thanks for reading!