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Chapter 01

Alexis's pov

I took a deep breath, filling my lungs with the clean, cold air as I stepped through the school's main gate. I sighed and smiled contentedly at my surroundings. This is the only time one would ever get to feel this light and free of all the stress that comes with a university.

The first day of school should definitely be a national holiday or something because the next day will be the beginning of hell as we know it. The start of hard work and shit. Inadequate sleeping time, late night studying and last minute prep for presentations, and dealing with unreliable peer groups are all apart of this prison called uni. Luckily for me, I only had one year left; unfortunately not counting this one.

I said a chirpy good morning to the security guard as I passed the grumpy looking lady. She didn't even spare me a glance, but that was okay. It was a good day and I was happy. I waved hello to the landscaper as I passed the guy and he greeted me with a smile and a nod. I stuck a piece of gum in my mouth and threw the wrapper at him which he caught with an empty wastebasket next to his feet.

I told myself that nothing was going to spoil my mood today, and that was why I didn't scream in annoyance when some idiot bumped into me as I strolled through the school's hallway. I somehow managed to not pull the girl's hair out when I realized that a full cup of espresso was coating my earlier spotless white top.

I didn't realize that I had formed fists with my fingers, my teeth clenched tightly together and my body slightly shaking due to suppressed anger. I slowly forced myself to unglue my eyes from my top to look at the poor soul who was about the be at the receiving end of my temper tantrum.

I looked up and had to step back a bit to see her properly because she was really tall. I mean, if I wasn't so angry at the moment I would have probably felt intimidated by her height. She stood there staring at me with wide, surprised eyes and her mouth opened into the shape of the letter O.

"Ohmygosh!" She suddenly blurted out, pulling at the zipper of her backpack as she spoke. "I am so deeply sorry! I didn't mean to... I was in a hurry and I'm kinda sorta lost and late for class and I like wasn't looking where I was going...."

I studied the girl as she continued to ramble, not really paying attention to what she was doing. Her first few words kind of hit me and got me thinking and the sudden realization dawned on me. She was only a freshman. My anger disappeared and I found myself smiling again.

I stopped her as she pulled out a small bag of wipes. "It's okay, I have a spare top. It's just a blouse anyway."

She stopped suddenly at my words and I seriously thought her eyes couldn't get any wider but I was proven wrong. "Are you freaking serious right now!" She replied in a hushed voice.

"Sure." I shrugged my shoulders, "so you said you're lost, I think I can help you."

It took her some time for her to get over her shock and stopped rambling like an idiot. Then she started stammering instead. "I I am. I think so."

I rolled my eyes, a bit impatient and stretched out my hands as I spoke again. "Lemme see your timetable."

She handed me her phone and I started to walk once I took a look at her schedule. I headed straight to the biology department like I knew the place even though it was way out of my territory. She was silent all the way there and I was cool with that since I wasn't sure if I was going to still snap at her after what she did to my precious white top.

I delivered her safely to the lab that she was searching for and turned to return her phone. "Here we are."

"Thanks so much even though I don't deserve your kindness." She gushed in gratitude.

"It's nothing really," I said in a bored tone. I really wanted to get out of there and take the top off because it was starting to stick to my skin and make me feel all icky.

"I'm Christina Banks by the way." She said, offering me her hand to shake.

I looked at it for a second and then thought, hey what the f*ck, and took her hand smiling kindly. "Alexis Scott."

I began to walk away when Christina stopped me again. "Hey, I'm thinking it's going to take me a while to get used to this place. If it won't bother you, can we exchange numbers please?"

I sighed at her pleading tone of voice and complied. "Sure, why the heck not?"

We switched phones to type each other's digits and save it in the other's device and said a quick goodbye. I hurried out of the biochemistry department as fast as I possibly could because it strangely reminded me of hospitals, and I hated hospitals. As soon as I left the place I made a beeline for the nearest girl's bathroom.

I stepped inside the girl's room and was greeted with the familiar sight of the "high maintenance girls" busy putting on their faces in front of the mirrors. The bitches turned around as I pushed past them and regarded me with disgust at the look of my blouse. I just simply popped my gum at them, rolling my eyes as I imitated their usual extravagant flip of the hair. In their cases, false as f*ck hair extensions, but who cares huh?

I suddenly felt tired of the gum so I took it out and threw it at the mirror in front of one of the Barbie doll knock-offs. She shrieked loudly and I chuckled as I took off my top inside one of the bathroom stalls. Don't ask why I did that, those girls are royal pains in the ass. That was nothing compared to the torture they put me through during my first semester. And this year is going to be mine.