Chapter 1

College may seem like a community filled with young adults parting all night and having fun. But let's face reality, that's only one portion of college.

"Excuse me miss, what's your name?" I was dosing off thinking and planning about how my college would be I didn't pay attention what was right in front of me. Literally. "Hello?"

"Sorry, uhm what was that again?" I asked quiet embarrassed and not making a good first impression. "I asked you what you're name was?" The lady with a heck of an attitude behind the desk stared right at me. "Vanessa" I said timidly.

"Vanessa what?" Wow. This lady is so rude. She should of just asked me politely she obviously knows everyone is nervous! "Vanessa Woodward" I said loud and clear. "Finally! Well, Vanessa you're dorm is in building C and your dorm number is 24" she said looking for keys. WOA. My own keys to my own dorm! This just happened so fast I can't believe I'm in Juilliard the school of my dreams! This moment finally has come, I take the keys from the lady's desk and kindly thank her.

I head back to get my bags from the car and I see that everyone has there parents and families around them and I have nothing! Just me and my old car. My mom Eliot Woodward, and dad Caleb Woodward were too busy at a stock market meeting in India that they couldn't even come on the day I headed off to college. They were always too busy for every single moment of my life! I practically grew up with my grandma and when she passed I became independent. My parents would only be home for half the year, not the important half though. They would always be gone whenever I had a show or some sort of ceremony. They didn't even come for my high school graduation! Yes, everyone wants to have parents like mine so they could go off and party, but they don't know how sad it is to not be raised like everyone else or not have a mom or dad to be taken care of. They call me every once in a while, and send me a ton of money on special events, but I barely wasted it. I wanted to save up for the best four years of my life and I did and it's a decision I'm proud of.

I almost forgot to mention that I'm a dancer, a competitive dancer. I've been dancing ever since I was 3 years old. I would consider myself a well rounded dancer because as I've been told that I can nail any dance genre from ballet to contemporary, from tap to hip hop. So that's why I wanted to pursue my career here in Juilliard School of the Arts, in New York.

I wanted this moment to be special but instead I'm all alone, well with my car in the parking lot of Juilliard School of the Arts. I take a deep breath and start walking towards building C. Once I finally find my way in the crowd of people I find dorm 24. I'm the second one there and I see that it's not a dorm, it's an apartment. With it's own bathroom and kitchen! I'm amazed. I thought I was going to be cramped up in a room with no personal space at all. 3 small rooms, a small living room, medium sized kitchen, and 4 bathrooms. I couldn't be more excited than I already am.

"Hi I'm Normani, Normani Kordei one of your room mates" says the gorgeous girl wearing minimal makeup, shorts and a Beyoncé shirt that actually look really nice on her. "Hi I'm Vanessa, uhm Woodward, Vanessa Woodward" I say with a smile. "Well I guess now we are roommates!" She's says with a laugh. I like her she seems nice. "Here this is my bed and that's yours" she says pointing at the empty bed with a desk next to it. "Thanks" I say while looking to her side of the room. It's covered in Beyoncé posters, black and white bead spreads, and a fashionably organized desk with an open Bible on top. "I like your sense of style" I tell her wishing I had never said that! "Thanks girl, do you need hep unpacking?" "No no it's fine but thanks anyways" I lie. I do need help a lot of help, but I want to do this on my own and think to myself about everything in my life right now.

Just as I finish my side of the room I hear a knock at the door. "Come in"

"Hey girl" Normani says while staring at my wall and the side of my room. "It's so gorgeous, you say I have a great sense of style, but uhm you clearly have gorgeous sense of style!"

"Hahaha, thanks I guess!" She's staring at my one poster of Demi, Demi Lovato my warrior. "I love Demi too, she's amazing!" I'm relieved to hear her say that because we finally have something in common, well I do love Beyoncé. "Anyways the other girls are here, they already finished there rooms and now we are all in the living room talking and having a good time."

"Oh okay I'll be right there, tell them to wait a minute" I say and she immediately has a huge smile on her face. I let out a deep breath and walk out of the room. I see 4 other beautiful girls dressed all the same in jeans and a sweatshirt, or shorts and a shirt. "Hi I'm Camila, Cabello" when I go to just smile at her she hugs me and I hug her back. She's really cute, she has a really cute bow in her hair and high waisted jeans with a sweatshirt. "Hi I'm Lauren Jauregui" she does the same and hugs me. She's so pretty, she's more of a hot pretty than I cute pretty. Her green eyes are gorgeous and her outfit is so casual yet it looks so good on her. I see she's wearing spike bracelets and earrings. "Hi I'm Dianh Jane, Hansen" she hugs me also and she's so pretty wearing high waisted shorts and a Juilliard Schhol of the Arts sweatshirt. "Hey I'm Ally Brooke, nice to finally meet you I have heard that you are a fabulous dancer" she leans in for a hug and she's gorgeous too, this might sound creepy but she has the perfect legs. She's wearing neon clothing that doesn't look good on her but amazing on her. "Wow, you guys are all huggers!" I joke around and they all laugh. "I'm Vanessa, Vanessa Woodward, it's nice to meet all of you" I say with a big smile. After a while of girl talk and getting to know each other, we decide to go watch a movie right across the street. We are all complete strangers that just met each other A few hours ago, and yet we bond like sisters! It's incredible. When we get to the theater we see a huge banner that says welcome Juilliard students what a pleasure to have you, please enjoy the movie of your choice. "Hi miss is this theater just filled with the new Juilliard students attending the school this year?" Ally asks the old lady behind the counter. "Yes ma'am, now go on and meet new people" once the old lady says that we all start laughing, including the lady. "Well, thank you miss god bless ya!" Says ally being religious as she is. Camila and I stay behind while Dinah and Normani go to but popcorn and while Ally and Lauren buy the tickets. "Oh my gosh there so hot act natural act natural act natural" I say to Camila and we both immediately start acting awkward and posing not naturally! 5 hot guys walk towards us, and just in time Ally, Lauren, Dinah, and Normani are all back. "Oh my" says Lauren

There literally perfection. Every single girl in that room had there eyes right at them, I tried to act not interested in them when I actually really was. "Dinah no staring you have a guy!" Normani says in a playful tone.