Red strings

Chapter 3: Nessa

Hi so I got sick yesterday and I'm still sick today.

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I open my dorm door after lecturing myself the whole way back and sigh as I close my door finally safe from the eyes and whispers. 

I shiver not 'cause I'm cold but when I'm not in the heat of the moment I hate being the center of attention. 

I drop my keys in the bowl on the counter and grabbed my schedule that I had left there. 

I quickly went over it, storing the information in my "memory bank". I put it back down on the counter and went to my room and to the connecting bathroom. I sat in the tub with water pouring over me from the shower head. I take a deep breath and stand up, I start washing my hair. After I'm dressed in my pajamas I go to the living room and check my phone. It says 9:30. I have to get ready for bed soon but first a snack then I'll brush my teeth.

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The next morning I get up and brush the tangles out of my hair then wet my hair down and add moisturizer, after I get dressed and brush my teeth and pack my bag it's 7:35. I leave the dorm room and lock the door. 

My hair is in a braid. I hear a door open down the hall and feel a tug in my heart but I ignore it and put on my headphones as I head towards the stairs. 

As I reach the dining hall and open the doors I feel everyone's eyes on me but it doesn't bother me as much now that I have my headphones. I took them off and back around my neck as I arrived at the breakfast food line. After getting breakfast I put my headphones back on and head toward the table I sat at yesterday but I decided to go through the tables instead of around the whole hall. 

As I pass by the table just to the left of the table in the center of the dining hall someone trips me and I'm too distracted to realize until it happens. 

I fall forward and my headphones jerk back from my impact with the floor and end up around my neck. 

I manage to stop any food from falling on the floor or spilling on myself, most of the lunch room bursts into laughter "Hey look at the klutz," Says the blonde harpy that tried to trip me yesterday. 

"Hey are you okay?" A guy walks up to me he has light mocha colored hair and eyes that remind me of some of the more pigmented red jasper stones. 

I've seen I only take a moment to look at him not bothering to take in too many details other than his hair his eyes and the fact that he's one of the guys from my recurring dream and keeps making my something in my heart tug towards him. 

I ignore the hand he offers to help me up. I stand up still holding my food tray without answering his question 'cause I'm getting really mad at this point I turn to the "princess" who are all gaping at the guy on my right. 

"Wyatt what the h*ll are you doing?!" the strawberry blonde screeches. The guy shrugs and walks off, the dining hall's laughter dies down and turns to look at me and the blonde one, she smirks at me as if she thinks she's won. 

I pour my breakfast over her then drop my tray on her head with a dead look in my eyes. 

"WHAT THE H*LL?!" she yells standing up. 

I bat my eyes and put a hand over my mouth "Oops you know I'm such a klutz," I say in the same sugary voice from yesterday I put a finger on the side of my cheek still batting my eyes with a pout on my lips. I drop the act "B*tch," I say as I flip her off and head out of the dining hall leaving everyone speechless. 

As I walk towards the dorms to grab a damn pop tart before class like I should have in the first place. I hear footsteps behind me. 

I immediately know who it is "Why are you following me?" I ask spinning around Jordyn and Daisy are standing behind me