Stealing Your Innocence •Styles Twins•

Chapter 1

"Did you pack your wool sweaters just in case it gets cold?"

"I doubt it'll be cold in August but yes I packed them."

"What about your running shoes? You'll be at the gym a lot."

"Yes they're in my black suitcase."

"Oh! What about your laptop?"

I grab onto my mom's shoulders and say "Mom I have everything. Can we go now before I get more anxiety?"

She sighs, then grabs her car keys. The drive up to The University of Maryland is short but filled with rules my mom has given me.

After getting to the campus and finding our way through to the main office, I receive my dorm number and key. We load my suitcases onto a roller and start for my dorm.

"Are you sure it's down this hall? I thought it was C337."

"No mom, D hall."

I anxiously scan over my papers to find that my mom was right.

"Oh. It is C."

My mom rolls her ryes and we turn around then walk out of the D hall and down the C.

"333. 335. Ah. 337." My mom stands beside me as I open the door. We walk through and my mom gasps.

Half of the room is cluttered with someone's stuff. I look on the walls and see band's I know my mom wouldn't approve of if I listened to them. It is basically a complete mess.

"Um, Hello?"

I look around as my mom starts to set bags on the empty side of the room.

"Guess nobody cared to meet their new roommate. "

My mom shrugs and says "Well you can meet your roommate later. Lets get back to the office. I signed you up for with a Sophomore guide. They will show you around."

I follow my mom out of the room, and to the main office.

"Hi welcome to UMD. You must be Jessica Preston. I'm Bailey Holder I'll be your tour guide."

"Hi Bailey. Call me Jess. How did you know my name?" I say to the girl with dark brown hair and glasses.

"Well your the only freshman that's signed up for this little program."

I glance at my approving mom then say "Oh."

"So I assume you have already visited your dorm if I can see your class schedules I can show you around."

I hand her my classes then say "So mom I've got it from here now."

My mom looks at me like she didn't want to leave so soon but I really did have it from here.

She smiles then pulls me into a hug and says "You be safe and remember everything I said."

I nod and say "I will. Goodbye."

She pulls away and says "Goodbye dear."

Once she's out of the office Bailey says "Okay so your first class art history is in hall 2, downstairs. The hallways for the dorms are a, b, c, and d. While the hallways for lecture rooms are 1, 2, 3, 4 downstairs. 5, 6, 7, 8 upstairs. All dorms are downstairs so there shouldn't be any problems with footsteps on your ceiling. Um girls dorms are odd number on the left side and boys dorms are even on the right side, so if you see a guy on your hall don't freak out."

I laugh as we walk around campus and she shows me the route I should take for my classes.

We get outside and follow the sidewalk to my last class.