Be Strong

Chapter 1

Im in the car on my way to the universtiy im attending for the next 4 years. My mom in the front of the car with me and my boyfriend in the back. Caleb is the only guy my mom approves of. "whats wrong?" whispers Caleb softly in my ear.

"Nothing, im just nervous." I smile.

"Dont be, were going to have the best time ever" he says with a chuckle.

I wish he was right, with me trying to major in English and him in basketball we wont have anytime alone. Its not like I can blame him though. He loves basketball, and what kind of girlfriend would I be if I held him back from what he wanted to do.

Caleb leans over and kisses me on my forehead and pulls me over into a hug.

"I love you" he says into my hair. "look Grace, there it is." he says with an excited tone.

I look over to find a huge building with the words 'Washington State University' on the building. It had copper colered bricks. Scatted students roam the campus in search of their dorms.

My mother pulls up to the curb of a sidewalk and stops.

"have fun you two. I love you Grace. Call me when you get settled." she says as she pulls away.

I look at Caleb and laugh.

"what?" he chuckles

"nothing" I say with a smile

He leans down and pecks my lips and smirks. He takes my hand in his and we start for the dorms.

"Here we are, Dorm 6. Call me once you get everyting set up and in place." he says then he walks away.

I walk into the large copper colored building. A girl with a pageboy hair cut walks by me with a smile. I hope I get a decent room mate.

I walk down a rather long and narrow hallway with dorms lining the walls on both sides. I pull out a paper that WSU sent me about a month ago with my schdual, dorm room and some other information. I unfold the paper. I have dorm 106.

I look at the dorm door to my left, 97 the dorm reads. I start to walk down the hallway with the dorm number going up as I walked. 106. I reached in my bag and pulled out my dorm key that the colleage also sent. I shoved it into the slot and turned until the knob would turn.

A bed sat in front of me with another one against the wall on the other side of the room. A large window separated the dorm into two parts. A still packed suitcase was laying on the bed close to the door.

"I guess the other bed is mine" I say to myself quietly as I walk over to the other bed and collapse on it.

The girl with the pageboy haircut walk in. I notice somthing I didnt before. Her black hair has blond streaks. She also a hefty amout of piercings. She has another but larger suitcase in her arms.

She looks at me and smacks her gum, and gets to work unpacking her clothes.

"are you going to the party tonight?" the girl asks.

"Party?" I question.

"Yeah my friend is haveing a party tonight. Ya know back-to-school party. Not that he cares that school is starting, it just gives him a reason to have a party."

"Oh well I dont think I should. I need to call some people and then I have to get unpacked"

"Come on you have four years to do that, live a little. Do you know anybody that goes here?"

"Caleb"

"Okay bring him. I hope he is cute." she says with a chuckle.

"I dont even have anything to wear. Im going back home over the weekend to get the rest of my clothes."

"Dont worry I have somthing that you can wear. We look like we wear about the same size." she says as she digs into her suitcase. "Im Drew by the way"