Chapter One: First Encounter!

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I hear that Advanced Calculus does that to people.

I was sitting in a crowded classroom full of sweaty, smelly, frustrated college students. The college's air conditioning system broke, so for 3 unbearable days students have had to deal with the heat. People were blowing themselves with their notebooks instead of writing in them and pouring water on themselves instead of drinking it. The girl sitting to my right couldn't seem to move without her legs making a sticking sound with the chair while the guy on my left smelled like he bathed in B-O this morning.

So, to be frank, I found it a little cold-hearted that I had to deal with Advanced Calculus on top of all that.

Professor Valdez was clearly putting in the effort to capture the students' attention but it didn't seem to be working out for the poor guy. I was really trying to listen and write everything down, but it's hard when you haven't got the slightest clue as to what you're doing and are dying of heat.

"Psst...Chloe!" I heard a loud whisper from behind me. I turned around to see Micheal, a fellow classmate who was drenched in sweat and who's hair dripped with what I hoped to be water. "You got any water?" He whispered desperately.

I shook my head apologetically and turned back around to listen to Professor Valdez. I started writing down the remaining notes before Professor Valdez clasped his hands together and said, "Alright. Clearly, none of you have paid attention this class." He looked around the room with a frown on his face and closed the binder in front of him. "While that's understandable, I can assure you many of you will regret that decision. I will see you all on Thursday. Have a good day and for the love of god, some of you go home and take a shower." A couple people laughed and he took his bag off his chair and started packing up, queuing everyone's release.

Conversation immediately broke out and I did my best to pack up as quickly as I could in order to leave. I shoved everything in my bag and slung it over my shoulder, hurriedly walking out with the crowd. I very much needed the outside air and space.

I was in a bad mood this morning. Somehow I didn't hear my alarm clock go off and ended up being late for class 30 minutes. In the process I hit my knee on the corner of my dresser causing a bruise to surface and somehow managed to fall up the stairs in front of a bunch of people causing the jocks behind me to call out and laugh. Not to mention the fact that I didn't even have any coffee.

Clairissa, my roommate and good friend, normally would have woken me up if she saw I wasn't awake, but she had spent the night at her boyfriend's house.

"Yo Chloe!" I heard a deep voice call from behind me. A group of frat guys were walking behind me, and while I didn't know a single one of their names they all somehow knew mine. "You coming to the rager on Saturday?"

I blinked confusedly and shook my head, although I didn't stop walking away. "Um...not this time." My feet carried me a safe distance away from them so I turned my head around and rolled my eyes before walking outside.

It had become a routine for the frat boys to call my name after class to ask if I was going to whatever party's were being held over the weekend. I usually always said no, unless my friend from high school Hazel or roommate Clairissa managed to convince me every once in a blue moon. Really, the only reason those kind of guys knew my name was because of Clairissa or Hazel.

I felt the lack of caffeine in my system as I walked along the path. The college had a couple coffee shops on campus, and, I remembered happily, one of them just so happened to be 2 minutes away.

I hurried my way there, anxious for the comfort it usually brought. Coffee Buzz was the name of the shop, and as I entered it the pleasant smell of freshly brewed coffee filled my nostrils. I inhaled deeply, pleased to see that it wasn't busy, and went to order an iced coffee.

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