19 year old Yolanda Khan is lucky to be going into her 2nd year of the college she's dreamed of: Princeton University with her twin sister. After she gets a spot in her Zoology class, Yolanda is determined and would do anything to keep her spot and...
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I wake up in a dark room, nothing but the small lamp on Camryn's desk. I let out a big yawn as I stretch my legs and check my phone. There's a text from him saying he went to a late night class. I send a thumbs up emoji before my head begins to pound. It feels like it's about to burst. I groan as I pull the covers off of me and go to the community kitchen to pour a cup of cold water.
I barely manage to get there without my legs wobbling. I'm sure people noticed. There's a few sitting in the kitchen, eating, studying, and sleeping. I feel weak and my hands are sweaty. As I'm sipping my drink, I begin to think about last night, and how I saw her. Yet, I couldn't read the look on her face.
Maybe she knew I was drunk or had seen me spit up blood in the grass. Whatever it wss, I didn't like the way she looked at me.
I snap out of my trance when one of my friends walks up to me. I'm sitting on the window ledge, looking out at all of the lights from the other dorms across from us, and people out walking around. It reminds me of the times I used to have back home, whenever my mom took me out to the city and I couldn't stop looking out of the window the whole ride. "Aye, bro," says Logan. He's a few inches shorter than me, with a man bun and tattoos on his arm.
I heard he sells drugs and vapes around the school, but I don't want to assume. But let's just say he smells like he sleeps in, showers in, and eats cigarettes. He's cool.
I dab him up. "Hey man," I say. "What you been up to?" He sits down at the table in front of me. "Nothing, I was just walking around. I didn't expect to see you out at this time of night." I look at the time. It's 9:30 PM, but I'm usually out or in my dorm playing the game with Camyrn. I slept the whole night and day away. I lean my head back onto the wall. "Yeah. I've got a lot on my mind with the playoffs and everything."
Logan nods. He's on the soccer team, and they had they're playoffs a few days ago but didn't win. "Good luck. Our team didn't do so good with ours, but at least we made it to the playoffs. That's something." "Yeah, it is."
We finish talking about playoffs and girls. He isn't very lucky with the ladies, so I promised to put someone onto him or help him find one because he's got the looks and plays the part. I feel distant from the conversation. My mind is somewhere else. I can hear him talking to me, but it's so I end it and go out for a walk before checks come around. The lady doesn't do it every night, but every once in some time but i'll be back before just in case.
I shiver as I pull my beanie down to cover my forehead and ears. This is probably the coldest it's been so far this fall. People are rushing back to their dorms. I don't know where I'm going, but I just need to move. My head is dizzy still, I shouldn't be walking this much. I need more rest but I'm wide awake.
I'm turning the corner of the sidewalk, when I run into a girl. We almost bump heads before she drops a black and white polka dot bag, dropping stuff on the floor. It looks familiar but I can't tell in the dim lighting. Without looking at her, I bend down to pick up the fallen notebooks. I come across an Id. I can't read the name, but I for sure do recognize the face I immediately look up. It's Yolanda. I tried to hide the smile creeping up on my face with a cough.
