A week has gone by since the party happened. Today is officially my first day at Florida State and I’m a bit nervous. After everything that happened at the party I feel as if I already have a bad reputation when it comes to meeting people. On upside I’ve at least made two new friends, Giovanni and I guess Lucas.
I wake up to my alarm buzzing over and over. I turn over hitting silent on the alarm. I look at the time and it’s 8:15am, oh shit I have thirty minutes to get ready to leave. I sprint out my bed and into the hallway swinging Kams door open. “Kambrie, Kam! Wake up we have to leave in thirty minutes, we over slept!” I scream while shaking her until her eyes fly open. She gets up scrambling to the bathroom as I run back to my room doing the same. I turn my hair straighter on to heat up while I brush my hair and teeth. I take the straightener to my hair and then apply subtle makeup. Now comes the dreadful part, picking out an outfit.
i dig through my closet for at least fifteen minutes straight before finally deciding on a white spaghetti strap crop top and some baggy jeans with a pair of white converse. I grab my bag shoving a notebook, my laptop and a few pens in it.
I walk down stairs screaming at Kam “Kambrie come on before we’re late”. She then darts down the stairs and we leave the house headed to the school. Kambrie is wearing a oversized T-shirt with some black tight fit sweats.
We make our way to the school and go out separate ways “I’ll see you in English Kam” I say while sprinting the opposite way to my first class which is History. To my surprise I’ve actually made it to class ten minutes early. I walk in choosing my seat in the far right corner. I pull out my laptop, notebook and pens getting ready for the start of class. My professor introduces himself “good morning young lady I’m professor hicks, and you are?” He questions me. “Saige, Saige Romero” I say giving him a warm smile. The idea is to get most of my professors on my good side. Looks like I’m off to a good start.
ten minutes later the class room starts to fill up, Giovanni walks in and spots me, taking the empty seat to my left. “Hey Saige, looks like we have a class together after all !” He exclaims. I give him a smile “thank god, I was so nervous for the first class and not knowing anyone”.
Class starts shortly after everyone has made it in the class. The professor goes on to introduce himself to everyone “Good morning class as some of you already know I’m professor Hicks, also known as your history professor” he explains gesturing to the class. He earns a quiet “good morning from the whole class”. Most people in college aren’t really morning people being that they mostly stay up all night partying.
professor hicks goes on to give his first lesson when he’s rudely interrupted by the door opening. A tall figure appears and then I realize who it is. Kaden. You’ve got to me kidding me. “Well thanks for finally joining us Mr. Miller, maybe next time be on time, please take your seat” he retorts adjusting his glasses. Kaden scans the room look to choose where he’s gonna sit and who he will torment today. A group of girls in the back is whispering, which they don’t realize but the whole class can probably hear them. As he scans the room he spots me and looks to my left noticing Giovanni next to me. His jaw tightens the same way it did at the party when Gio sat next to me.
he stalls for a few seconds and then makes his way towards me taking the empty seat to the right of me. Great, real fantastic I’m sure my day is going to be ruined now.
I try my best to ignore him by making small talk with Gio when the professor isn’t teaching a lesson and I’m not jotting down notes. That’s when I accidentally look over and catch him staring at me writing notes. Weird but okay. “Saige” he whispers and I ignore him. I honestly don’t care for what he has to say. That’s when he reaches of snagging one of my pens. He didn’t even ask how rude. I shoot him a death stare, while snatching my pen back from him “you could’ve asked” I gritted through my teeth. He takes a deep breath before replying “well Bella I tried but you ignored me” he smirks.
he knows, he absolutely knows that I hate being called Bella, which is my middle name. He does it to piss me off, this has been an ongoing thing since I was six and he was eight. “Stop calling me that Kaden” I demand as I toss him my spare pen back. Maybe he’ll make himself useful and write some notes. The first class is going by very slow, as we come to the end the professor gives us our first assignment. “Okay class, your first assignment of the semester is going to be to write a essay on your favorite historic event.” He explains. He goes on to tell us the due date which is next week.
The first class is finally over, everyone gathers there stuff making their way to the exit. “Saige wanna maybe grab some dinner tonight” Gio smiles at me before my answer is interrupted once again my Kaden “she’s busy tonight, my sister needs her help” he interrupts while pulling me out of the classroom. I look back giving Gio an apologetic look before snapping at Kaden “what is your problem why are you acting like an overprotective brother” I yell at him in the hall. “Bella lower your voice” he says looking around the hall at the people who is know staring at us as they walk by.
The high pitch wretched voice that I absolutely cannot stands can be heard from down the hallway “Kaden? Babe what’s going on” she says snobbishly while walking up to us. He stares at me for a few seconds before acknowledging her “nothing.” I take that as my que to leave so I make my way down the hallway.
i mean really, has he lost his mind, dragging me away from my friend twice now, taking my stuff without asking and the worst of all he’s still calling me Bella. I grab my phone out of my pocket to send Gio a text “sorry about Kaden he can be a bit over the top sometimes”. He reads it but no reply.
I don’t really think on it much, so I make my away across campus to my other class which thankfully Kambrie is in. I make it in the door just on time, scanning the room I find kam at a table with.. who? Oh Lucas. I swear every where I turn is just reminders of him. Kam waves me down gesturing to the empty seat in front of her, I walk over there greeting the both of them “hey kam, and hi again Lucas” while setting my stuff out kam goes on to tell me how she was late to her class this morning because she went to the wrong side of campus. Just be a sibling thing.
just as my first class the professor introduces herself, her name is professor Dutton, she’s a small petite older lady with dark brown hair, she honestly seems nice. I hate that I wasn’t able to make a first impression like I did with my first professor but, I have time. She goes on lecturing us and I write down everything she says. I look over to see Lucas falling asleep and Kam not really paying attention. I know she’s definitely gonna ask for my notes or even take them for herself.
I hear a group of girls to the side of me laughing and I just so happen to hear a voice I recognize “that’s the girl Kaden stormed off with at the party” ember whispers to the girls surrounding her. Well, my day couldn’t have gotten any worse. I decide to just ignore them and not make it obvious that it bothers me. I mean I really don’t see why she has it out to get me, I’m no threat to her relationship whatsoever, unfortunately he just happens to be my best friends brother.
After class kam and I decide to grab a quick bite to eat from the cafe being that we had to skip out on breakfast, kam gets a egg and cheese bagel with a boba tea, I settle for a croissant with a smoothie. We sit at a table and Kam goes on about some guy in her first class of the day. I wasn’t really paying attention, I had better things on my mind. Wait, what? Better things? No, absolutely not. Kaden is no where’s near better things to think about. I instantly snap out of my thoughts of him tuning back into all the drama Kam is raving about “yeah and he asked me for my number and has been texting my all day Saige!” She shouts across the table. I just nod my head acting like I know who she’s taking about but in reality I don’t.
our lunch break unfortunately comes to a quick end when I notice the time, to the next class I go. “Bye kam I’ll see you towards the end of our day” I smile throwing my smoothie in the bin. My last class of the day is with kam and then we plan to walk back to the beach house together, maybe this next class will be somewhat decent.
