Change

Chapter Three

After an hour of my dad warning me against parties and boys, he finally makes his move to leave. He hugs and kisses me goodbye and tells Shawn he will meet him in the taxi.

I will miss having you around everyday love.." he says softly and pulls me into his arms. I inhale his cologne, the one I have baught him for his Birthday and I sigh. I will miss this smell.

"I will miss you too but we will talk everyday." I tell him as I hug him tighter. "I wish you were here this year.." I say and lay my head on his shoulder. Shawn is a few inches taller then me, but I like that he doesn't tower over me. He kisses me goodbye as we hear the taxi honk the horn. After they leave, I unpack my bags and lay across the bed. I already feel lonely and it doesn't help that my roommate is gone. I have a feeling she will be gone a lot. Why couldn't I get a roommate who loved to stay in and read or study. But I suppose it could be a good thing because I will have the small room to myself. Before climbing into bed I take out my planner and write in all my classes for the semester and my potential meetings for the music club I plan on joining. I pencil in a trip off campus tomrrow to get some more stuff for my dorm and new clothes. I don't have a car yet so it makes it a little difficult, maybe I should look for a car. I do have enough money from graduation  gifts, but I just don't want the hassle of owning a car right now. I am living on campus so there are plenty of buses that run through. Eventually, I feel my self drift off to sleep.

 The next morning Perrie is not in her bed. I would like to get to know her but I might as well not if she is the type of person who stays out all night. Maybe one of the two boys she was with was her boyfriend. I hope is was the blonde one for her sake. I grab my toiletry bag and make my way to the shower room. One of my least favorite things about dorm life so far is the showers, why can't each room have it's own instead of a shower room. It's awkward but at least it wont be co-ed. That's what I assumed until I reached the door, sure enough there was two figures on the sign one male and one female. Ugh. Boys in the shower room is going to be even more awkward. I will just have to set an alarm to take on extra early when it is hopefully empty.

The shower takes too long to get warm and I am paranoid some one will pull back the curtian and expose my naked body to the room filled with both sexes. Everyone seemed comfortable even though they shouldn't be. College life is really strange so far. The shower stall is really tiny, lined with a small rack to hang my clothes on while I shower. I find my mind drifting to Shawn and my friends back home. I am distracted as I turn around and hit my elbow on rack causing my clothes to fall on the soaked floor. The water continues to fall on them, completely soaking them "You've got to be kidding!" I groan to myself. I turn the water off and wrap the towl around myself grabbing my pile of wet clothes and rush down the hall, desperately hoping no one sees me. I reach my room and shove the key in, instantly relaxing, until I see the boy in the beanie laying across Perrie's bed.