Bad Reputation - Shawn Mendes

6 - The Day After

Eleanor.

I woke up from my ringing alarm, and quickly swiped it off. "What time is it?" Aaliyah groans while trying to open her eyes. "It's 7am." I answer while slowly getting out of the covers. Last night party was quite eventful i would say, not too sure if i would ever go to one again though. I start grabbing my things and head to the communal showers. I took a nice warm shower, and washed up as well. I go back to my room and change into my outfit to prepare for my second day of college.

As i was about done, i heard shuffling coming from Aaliyah's bed. "Drink up, you drank a lot last night." I tell her and she thanks me. She gets out of bed, and also starts to get ready for school. I decided to go to the cafe first and grab some breakfast before heading to class. This time the cafe had a bunch of people, which i assume were here to grab their morning coffee. I ordered an iced vanilla latte, and decided to walk to class instead since i was still quite early. I earned a few stares from random people, and it made me a little self-conscious. Did Chloe spread rumours to them? I brisk walk to class and entered the lecture, for my general psychology class.

There weren't many people when i arrived so i decided to sit at the back of the class, so that people won't notice me. It was almost 9 and students were slowly coming in one by one. One of Aaliyah's friend, Emily, entered and saw me. She immediately walked up towards me, and sat down on the seat next to mine.

"Crazy party last night, huh?" She asks. "Y-yeah." I reply. "How are you feeling?" "I'm good, you?" "Lucky you, my head's throbbing." She says before drinking her water. I chuckle slightly, and the lecturer walks in. He introduces himself as Mr Lee and gives us an introduction on psychology, before diving into the topics that will be discussed in the module. Emily and I didn't talk much after, which I'm glad because i have a feeling she'll ask questions about my past which i didn't feel like explaining. The class ends half an hour early and everyone leaves. Emily and I didn't have the same class next, so we had to part ways too.

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My last class ends, and I'm dragging myself back to the dorms. It's only been the second day of college and i already have a thousand word essay due by this weekend. I'm kind of regretting my decision to walk to class today, since i had to walk back to dorm which would have taken 10 minutes if i drove. But I'm now lugging my backpack, and taking a 30 minutes walk back.

I arrive back at the dorm and I see Aaliyah sitting on the desk using her laptop. "Hey, you're back early." I greet her. "My professor didn't show up for my last class, so i decided to come back first." She says and i respond with an 'oh'. "Do you want to talk about last night?" She asks after turning around to face me. Although I'm pretty sure Aaliyah wouldn't judge me for the past, i know that her mom would, remembering what i overheard the day we met. "Not really." I reply while shrugging my shoulders. "If you're ready, I'm always here to listen." She says and i thank her.

"Are you free Friday?" She asks, quickly changing the mood. Quite bold of her to assume i would have any plans since i barely have any friends here in college. "Not sure, why?" I answer, keeping my options open. "My friends and I are going to the beach, you should come along!" She excitedly invites me. Like I've said, she's so sweet, and so are her friends. I genuinely enjoyed their company, but i didn't feel like i belonged with them. "Sounds fun, but count me out. I have a lot of work to do." I say while unpacking my bag. "Awe okay, next time then." She says before turning back to face her laptop. What's up with the Mendes' and their next time? Which speaking of, half of me hopes Shawn would forget but the other half of me hopes that we would be able to hang out. It's just something about him that makes feel excited and nervous at the same time.

I open my laptop, and start writing a to do list to complete by the end of this week. The college life isn't as amazing as i thought it would've been, and it's only been two days.

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