It's Just College [ON HOLD]

Chapter 5

I've been sitting on the stool for a good hour. It's about two in the morning, and I'm pretty bored out of my mind waiting for them to say that we're leaving. I groaned, got up, and headed outside. When I reached the door, Ricardo was still there.

"Hello, new girl. Leaving so soon?"

I shrugged. "It's really not my thing."

"Ah, I see," he said, rubbing the stubble on his chin. I realized he had a thick, Russian accent, but it was easy to understand. Not Spanish or Italian.

The door opened. I internally groaned when I saw who it was. Logan gave me a confusing look.

"What are you doing out here?" he asks, exchanging glances between me and Ricardo.

"I was just leaving," I say.

"Alone? That's dangerous. Especially this hour."

I shrugged.

He let out a sigh. "Come on. I'll drive you home."

"You drank," I point out. I don't want to die in a drunk driving accident. I wonder what my mom would say if she found out that her daughter died in a car with a drunk driver who's a boy.

He led the way to the car and I followed him. We both climbed in the car, and he drove out of the parking lot. It was probably the most awkward car ride of my life, and I had to drive Monica and Collin home while they were making out in the back seat.

I looked out the window and leaned my head in my hand. I've always thought that it was way better driving in night than driving in daylight. To me, it was prettier. The lights of he cars, stoplights, buildings, and whatnot made me feel like I was living in the beauty of New York.

"You okay?" Logan asks. I can hear the hint of annoyance in his voice.

"I'm feeling dandy." I roll my eyes. "Why do you care?"

"I don't know. Why are you acting like that?"

I shrug.

"You don't remind me of other girls."

"Is that a bad thing?" I asked, arching an eyebrow.

"Nope," he shook his head,"Not at all, Peaches."

I gave him a look of confusion. Did he just call me peaches? It's probably the alcohol, or the lack of paying attention to my actual name. "Peaches?"

"Yeah. You smell like peaches," he shrugs like it's no big deal.

I frowned and pinched my eyebrows together, studying him. "Are you sure you should be driving?"

"I'm sure." He scowled. "I'm not letting a freshman drive me home."

"Really? You're treating me like I'm a child." I looked out the window, away from him so I wouldn't get even more mad.

"If I was treating you like a child, I wouldn't be letting you go into bars," he says, stopping at a stop light and glances over at me.

"Look, I don't know what you have against freshman, or the fact that you're only a year older than me, but you're being ridiculous. You were a freshman too, you know. Like, last year. Yes, you'll be graduating before I do, but that doesn't mean I'm a child. I'm just," I searched for a word to say,"younger."

He shook his head and pressed on the gas when the stoplight turned green. "Whatever you say. Are you done?"

"If you stop thinking you have more authority than me since you're a year older, then yeah," I say, rolling my eyes.

I hate it when people treat me like I'm an innocent child. One, I'm eighteen which means I'm a legal adult, two, it's like they have to restrain to tell me everything because I might get offended or uncomfortable (like with most kids), and three, it's annoying. I'm an adult so treat me like one.

"Fine. Now shut up. You're giving me a headache."

"I think that's just the alcohol, buddy," I say crossing my arms.

"I think it's just you." We stopped at another stoplight. He glanced over at me for a second before turning his attention back to the road. "You hot or cold? I can turn on the heater or AC on if you want."

"I'm fine," I say in a little nicer tone than the one I had a few seconds ago.

He didn't respond, but I saw the campus in the distance. When we pulled in the parking lot, I unbuckled my seat belt.

Unlike me, Logan wasted no time. Logan immediately unbuckled his seat belt, got out of the car, and slammed the car door.

I groaned since he left me all alone here. It couldn't be that bad, right? I mean, I don't know where to go and all, but most of all, I didn't want to get caught. I quickly fumbled with the seat belt, unbuckling myself, and got out of the car to catch up to Logan. "Why are you ditching me?" I whisper yell so that we won't get caught easily.

Logan seemed not so bothered that we might get caught. "I want to get away from you."

"I don't get why you hate me, but I have one last thing I need to ask you," I say, trying to catch up.

He stopped walking and turned around to face me. The light from the moon was shining a light silver in his hair, and giving a glint of light to his eyes. "What now?"

I clasped my hands together nervously and felt a slight blush creep its way onto my cheekbones. "I don't know where to go."

He rolled his eyes and continued walking.

I followed him, sort of recognizing my surroundings and memorizing where to go. It was easier to find my way back to the dorms in daylight, but it's pretty hard to do that at night. When I spotted the dorms, I turned to Logan. "Thanks for bringing me back, and well, taking me to the dorms." I forced a smile on my face to show that I was actually grateful.

"Just make sure you don't bother me," he says. He walked towards the boys' dorms.

I stood there, cracking my knuckles out of habit. Such a gentlemen. I rolled my eyes and made my way to the dorms. I looked at the numbers to find my dorm, and immediately recognized Paige's name on the whiteboard before I saw the number. Walking into room, I felt the slight breeze of cold air. Someone probably left the AC on. I shivered from the unexpected cold air and crawled into my bed for warmth.

Hopefully, Paige will show up tomorrow. I sort of felt bad for leaving them without a car or anything, but it's not like they can drive. I'm just happy and grateful that Logan didn't kill us both from a drunk driving accident before we even stepped foot onto the ground. Thank God.

I pulled the blankets up to my chin and sunk into the mattress once again. It was 3:34 in the morning. Closing my eyes, I felt the darkness take over and put me into my dream land.