Happily

Happily - chapter 1

Beths P.O.V

It's Early Monday morning, I'm woken by the annoying sound of my alarm on my iphone. "Beth, wake up darling !" My mum yells up the stairs "yeah, I'm coming !" I yell back to her. I drag myself out of bed and stumble down the stairs into the kitchen. I join my mum at the table "are you excited ?" My mum ask me. It's my first day of college. Yay. Note my sarcasm, "yeah but I'm worried sick" I answered back to her "I've got no friends and it's like a million miles away" I said to her with stress in my voice, "you'll make lots of friends beth, you might even meet someone special" mum said nudging my elbow "someone special ? I highly doubt it mum. What kinda guy would be interested in me" I said walking to the cupboard to get out a bowl and some cereal "don't say that honey, your beautiful. I hope you always remember that" she said trying to encourage me. "Thanks, that means a lot coming from my mum" I said back rolling my eyes. I mean I know my mum thinks I'm beautiful, but when your doubtful about your appearance and your mums the one to tell you that your beautiful, well you never really know cause no ones mum is gonna tell their child that they are ugly are they. I sit down and eat my cereal while my mum clears her breakfast dishes off the table.

I go back upstairs, pick out a really cute outfit that consists of a floral above the knee dress with a cream coloured cardigan and some super cute brown ankle boots. I take a shower and get dressed. Then letting my hair flow free over my shoulders into it's natural beachy waves. I finish packing my essentials into my bag, like my makeup after I've done it of course. "Beth, come on your going to be late!" Mum calls up the stairs for the second time this morning. I take one last look at my bedroom, seems empty with nothing on the dressers.

I get to the bottom of the stairs dragging my suitcase behind me. I say goodbye to my sister and baby Marin. My mum and dad come out to the car with me, mum gets into the drivers seat while dad packs my bag into the boot of the car, then kisses me goodbye. As we start to drive away I think about all my friends, they are all going to college together but I didn't get in where they are going. After a few hours in the car with my mum, I see a massive sign that reads " welcome to California state university, long beach". "Ooohhhh here we are sweet heart" my mum says, I think she's more excited then I am. I see lots of freshman arriving with their parents, lots of bags being pulled along the concrete footpaths. Lost looking people stumbling around trying to find their way around campus. Mum parks the car and we both get out, I pull my bag out of the car and an organised looking lady came up to us and handed me a brochure "welcome to college, here is a campus map. Go to the hall at block C to get your timetable and dorm number and keys" she said way to happily, "thanks" I say as we both walk separate ways.

"Where is the hall ?" We've been looking for ages so i asked mum out of frustration "I've got no clue, if anything you know more then me because you spent all your free time studying the map at home" she said while laughing at my weirdness. I their are loads of people but they all look lost, then I saw a boy (man) who looked like he knew the layout here, he started walking in our direction, "umm excuse me, do you know where the hall near block C is ?" I ask him a little embarrassed because as soon as I opened my mouth I saw a big building with the words "hall C" across the front, "it's right over their" the boy said pointing at the building. I feel so stupid now. "Oh right. Thanks" I say starting to walk towards it "that's alright... Oh and I'm Niall" he said calling out to me "cool, I'm Beth" I said walking away with my mum. "He seems nice, see you've already made a friend" mum said to me, probably trying to lift my spirits about college "oh please he probably thinks I'm a total idiot, the building was right in front of me" I say. We enter the building and join the line to get my timetable because that lines shorter. We finally reach the front, "name please" said the old lady behind the desk "Bethany Mota" I said as she searched for my timetable, once she found it she handed it to me. It looked alright I'm only doing two courses so I have a lot of free time, aka study time. We then joined the line to get my dorm number and key, I've got to admit this is probably the most exciting yet nerve wracking thing about today, I just hope I'm not stuck with some rude snobby bitch who will make my life living hell. "Name please" the lady behind the desk said, this lady was a lot younger and nicer "Bethany Mota" I replied "ah Bethany your dorm is number 137, in the girls building which is marked as building GD on your map, and here is your key" she said handing me the key "thank you" I said back nervously "oh and if you happen to misplace your key just come to the front office and we will give you a new one" she informed me while smiling sweetly "oh sounds good, thanks" I replied this time walking out of the hall with mum.

"Now do you want me to help you find your dorm ? Or would that be embarrassing" mum asked me, "ummmmmm can you wait near the car or just walk around, I'll go find the room drop my stuff then come back to you. Is that ok ?" I asked, because if I met some friends I know she will embarrass me in front of them and scare them away. "That's fine, I'll be wondering around here. I'll grab a coffee. See you soon" she replied "thanks, bye" I said back to her turning so that I could walk away. I found the GD building with no problem. It said that rooms 130-155 are in level 2 so I hoped into the elevator and pressed number 2. Another girl walked in with me. "Hey, I'm Sarah" the girl said, she also had a suitcase to which meant it was also her first day here, "hi, I'm beth" I said back to her "what dorm are you going to ?" I asked out of curiosity "Ive been assigned room 137" she said back, "so have I !" I said with excitement "well hey roomie" she said back. The elevator finally stopped, we both got out and talked and got to know each other while looking for room 137. "Here it is" Sarah said pointing to the door "ooohhhhhh I hope it's nice" I said, I hope it's big. We went in, it's a decent size has a bathroom and a shower, even though there are shower blocks downstairs. There were two beds on opposite sides of the rooms "I dibs this one" Sarah said running to the bed closest to the bathroom door "good cause I want this one anyway" I said back so she wouldn't feel bossy. I dumped my stuff and told her that I've got to go say goodbye to my mum. "I'm going to miss you so much" mum said tearing up a little "my baby girl off to college" she added "I'm going to miss you to, but you promised you wouldn't cry" I said back feeling a little embarrassed "oh ok well I better be off or it will be midnight before I get home" mum said both of us walking towards the car "ok then mum. Oh I made a friend, Sarah she's my roomie" I said back so she would be less worried "oh that's wonderful sweet pea. Anyway goodbye" she said kissing my forehead "bye" I waved as she turned out of the car park.

On my way back to the dorm, I bumped into Niall again, literally I turned around from waving and bashed into him, smooth I know. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry" I said with concern in my voice "it's fine, don't worry about it. I was coming to talk to you anyway" he said. I'm very surprised that he wants to talk to me "I was wondering if you wanted to come and join me and the lads for dinner in the cafeteria tonight?" He asked kinda nervously "yeah. I'd love to. But can I bring my friend Sarah ?" I asked "yeah, meet you there at 7. Bye" he said running back to his friends, I'm assuming that's who 'the lads' are. I walked back up to the dorm, this was a perfect chance for Sarah and I to get more friends because we both only have each other. "Sarah, guess what ?!" I said to her excitedly "what !!!" She said back "a guy named Niall and his friends asked us to have dinner with them !!!" I said, well kinda yelled "OMG no way ! Hopefully they're nice" she said looking nervous "Niall is really nice, I met him earlier on today. His friends look nice to. Plus Niall is pretty cute, so are his friends" I said giving her the eyebrows. "Well come on let's get ready, we are meeting the, in the cafeteria at 7" I said to her.