Media Demons

First Day

After hours and hours of driving, Kassie Carmen yawned as she pulled into the students parking lot. Her first day of college. She smiled to herself, softly singing, "Dorm 3, please see... We?"

She laughed at her silly lyrics, rolling her eyes at herself. If singing to herself didn't make it obvious that she was a music major, she wasn't sure what would.

She went to the backseat of her car, tugging a few bags onto her shoulder. Luckily, she didn't park too far. She took a quick look at her surroundings. The students of New York University were obviously busy with moving into their new homes for the year. The hot afternoon sun smiled down upon them. It seemed like a promising new year.

She carefully slid, ducked, and squeezed her way through students hugging and getting settled in to get to her dorm. "Room 6..." she mumbled to herself. She saw the golden number on her door. She sighed happily. 'One day, that 6 will be a gold star with my name on it.' she thought happily to herself. She dropped one of her bags and pushed her door open.

Only to find a plain, boring room. It was very spacious for a college room. It only contained one bed, so she didn't have a roommate from the looks of it. She dragged all of her bags into the room, plopping onto the bed. She groaned. She still had to get more bags from the car. 'But I can work with it. A few splashes of Kas in this room and it'll be amazing.' she thought to herself. Only to cheer herself up a bit. It also comforted her to know that the room was bigger than her room back home in Miami.

She got up and looked at her reflection in the window. Her brown hair was thrown into a ponytail, which needed to come down soon. She blinked at herself and smiled. She thought her hazel eyes were to die for. And she'd have to change soon. Her black tank top and denim blue shorts weren't very fitting for her first day of college. But just for the sake of driving, she'd deal with it. She looked down at her black Nike shoes, sighing. She couldn't wait to take them off. But she had exploring to do.

The 19 year old pulled out her phone, sending a quick text to her mom that she made it safely to college. And then to her favorite part: broadcasting. Kassie was a loyal broadcaster on an app named YouNow. What she was known for? Her beautiful singing voice, dance moves, and her bubbly personality. For the past 3 years, the female had accumulated over 20k fans. She called them KasKats. She turned on the camera and waited for the fans to start pouring in. The viewer count skyrocketed from 0 to 18,000.

She grinned. "Welcome back to the KasKat headquarters! What's up everyone? I just made it to my college. I'd be down for a meetup, if any of you are here." she said.

She quickly read through the comments. People were asking her to sing or to dance, or simply asking how was her day. And then she saw one specific question.

"What club did you choose?"

Kassie laughed. "Archery. I have to unleash the inner Katniss." she said with a slight chuckle. Recently, she had watched all the Hunger Games movies and was obsessed with them. "I mean, come on! She went through not one, not two, but three fucking Hunger Games. And one of them wasn't even planned! That's badass, don't you think?" she said.

While broadcasting, Kassie began to walk back outside of her dorm. On campus, there were many shops. Like Starbucks, or other fast food restaurants. "Anyway guys. My dorm room is amazing. I like it. It could use some redecorating, but I can work with it."

She continued walking. She was laughing at a comment when she bumped into a 6'3 guy. Almost a full foot taller than she. She gasped, looking up. "Oh my God, I'm so sorry!"

The males eyes widened in surprise to see the smaller girl. "No worries! I should've watched where I was going. Are you alright?" he asked. He had a slight Italian accent, which made Kassie smile. He looked down at her, his eyes showing concern. He held a coffee cup in his hand with the Starbucks logo on it.