Aaliyah and Benedict, two polar opposites, begin their journey at Riverstone University as freshmen. When their eyes meet for the first time, Benedict is instantly captivated and becomes determined to know her beyond just a familiar face. Aaliyah, a...
"What if I screw up at the greeting part?" Sammy says walking around
"Sammy you passed the interview and the pre stuff you were talking about...but you're good...a 4.5 GPA at high school and a total nerd both at parties and in her dorm...I'm sure you will be fine" Aaliyah says looking up from her open laptop and work book.
"I know but...I know two girls who know some of the Hale brothers...one is dating one and the other has dated the other...and I know things that I should not be knowing...so saying 'Hi I'm Sammy Sato, 17 years old, in Riverstone University, you recently hired me and I know things that even your secretary doesn't know'...That would be weird" Sammy says fixing her suit
"Well you don't need to bring up the fact that you know the Hale brothers, just think like the Sammy who hates players and call it a day" Aaliyah replies
"I guess..."
"Cheer up...you'll do great..." Aaliyah says
"Yeah...yeah...I should leave now..." Sammy says grabbing her workbag and adjusting her desk space, before sleeping into a mid heel shoes
"Stay safe!" Aaliyah says
Sammy walks out the dorm and bumps into James who was swaying in the hallway, groaning and holding his head
"Where is the nerd going to this time?" James asked
"Internship...did you drink?...you smell like" Sammy questioned
"Well got invited to a dorm over, drank some beer...maybe like 5 and woke up you know with the most bad hangover..."
" Didn't you get wasted at Benedict's dorm like...two days ago?" Sammy asks as they walk down the end of the hallway "It's a Monday and you drank...don't you have class today?"
"No, professor canceled....looks like he got hammered during the weekend too"
"So rather than you doing...let say...doing your homework you thought hm...let's get hammered on a Sunday night and have a hangover on a Monday walking around my dormitory with a big headache" Sammy says looking at James
"Yeah...?"
"One day drinking is either going to end you up in a jail cell or my dorm...pick wisely because I won't be giving you any hangover medicine..." Sammy says
"Either way...have fun typing from 9 to 5 pm because you don't want to get wasted..."
"I like having to shower without puking" Sammy says before walking to the elevator
"Yeah yeah...good luck" James says waving to Sammy as the elevator door closes.
Sammy sighs scrolling on her phone and reading her university mail before her mother called as the elevator opens to the lobby floor
Sammy picks up leaving the dormitory lobby "Hi mom...how are you..."
"I'm good...and you love?"
"Just heading to my internship...it's about 30 minutes by car so I'm taking the bus there"
"How's Aaliyah? Still a nerd?"
Sammy chuckles "Nah...got a boyfriend now, the dude on the football team...she has tried alcohol and has gotten drunk once..."
"Not the nerd we saw when we moved in huh"
"Yeah...kinda funny...I have gotten intertwined into it too"
"You have? Like you have tasted alcohol?"
"No no ma...some guy I keep arguing with...Aliyah and her boyfriend think that we like each other...I mean I called him a walking STD and I met him having a hangover in my dormitory" Sammy says entering the empty bus and sitting at the front seat
"Just like how me and your father met each other"
"Yes the difference is that father left you for another woman when he became the professor of the same university you two met in"
"Sammy..."
"No...ma he used you, not once, not twice, not three time, nor four, nor five-"
"Sammy I get it...he's a player but you have to forgive him because he is your father!"
"No! After going through women in the university, he came back crying to you on his knees only for him to give you HIV! And then he left like the animal he is....he left you to rot while we had to waste our lives trying to save you!" Sammy says getting off the bus and walking the remaining way to her internship.
"I know...but I got three beautiful present from your dad"
"Ma...you need to stop saying that...your life...our lives was ruined because of pa! Elder sister has to overwork to earn more money so she can pay for your treatment...I'm a freshman in college and the only thing saving me is my scholarship and FAFSA...younger brother is a junior in high school working in the ROTC program so once he joins the air force he can help pay for your treatment...he stripped our childhood just to have sex and call it a day with multiple women!"
"Sammy, the actions of your dad should not change the love you deserve...yes he's a bastard and yes I had to depend on you three but...please do not let it change your perspective...there are good men out there...and the best place to find them is in college...so please don't hate every man just because of your father" Her mother says
Sammy scoffs as she enters the Hale building, swiping her id card in the kiosk and entering the elevator and clicking floor 18 "Fine...I won't but every man I like has to be on the highest standards...no he doesn't need to be virgin but he shouldn't lawn through women just because it's some kind of a price"
"Thank you...I should leave so I can bake some cookies, your sister is coming home today and I want to make it special" Her mom says sadly giggling
"Okay ma...talk to you later...love you"
"Love you too" Her mother says before cutting the call leaving Sammy in thought. The elevator door opens and Sammy walks out to an office.
A blonde man smiles at her "Sammy? Sammy Sato?"
Sammy nods with a smile "Yes...you are?"
"Oh I'm Simon Hale...I overlook our new employees and students in our internship program..." Simon says
"Nice to meet you...I attend Riverstone University...my friend is dating your brother..." Sammy says before covering her mouth
"Ah...Benny has a girlfriend? I guess I need to visit him soon..." Simon says, smiling before walking away and leading Sammy to his office
"Maybe I screwed up...big time" Sammy whispers to herself.
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