sweet angel 💕 (ddlg)

One

Rosie Jae

I woke up with a yawn, pulling my stuffies close to me. It was going to be another boring day I'm sure. I made sure I said hi to pet turtle before opening the blinds in my small room. My roommates made a lot of noise at night so I had slept horribly. I made sure I put all of my little things in order before I got dressed.

I pulled my messy brown hair into a pony tail. I wasn't very good at combing it when I was feeling little, hence why this morning it's so tangled. I didn't have time anyways, so I just quickly got my things together.

I decided I wanted to wear a big oversized pink sweater and leggings. I put on my glasses and put a few hair clips in my hair to make it look nicer. I brushed my teeth and grabbed my bag and I was ready to go.

I was kind of nervous though.

It was the first day of the second semester. I didn't know where any of my new classes were and I felt my stomach tying itself in knots.

I looked across my room seeing Mr. Fluff sitting on my bed. He's a soft little unicorn and I had him for years. He's also tiny enough to go in my backpack. I grabbed him and quickly put him in my backpack just in case.

I then shut my door attempting to lock it when I heard someone yell my name, making me jump. "Rosie!" One of my roommates yelled.

I looked up seeing Josh and Tyler. They always messed with me, I didn't really know why. "Just checking to see if you're awake!" Josh shouted walking past me. He always did stupid things like that.

I rolled my eyes and grabbed my keys out of the door making my way down the hall and down the steps. I lived in a small dorm house near my university. It was a nice affordable university not far from my hometown in Illinois, more close to the city though. Bloomingdale University. Chicago was huge and scary, it was hard to do alone sometimes.

I walked onto campus seeing everyone talking and laughing with friends. I hugged my backpack straps tightly, I always felt scared coming into campus. It was a lot bigger and scarier than high school.

My first class was biology. I was going to school to be a nurse.

I had finally found B-24 in the Oak Building. It was free seating so I just sat myself in the back not wanting to be seen.

I silently prayed nobody would sit next to me.

"Welcome to Bio lab two. I'm sure that if you're in the second semester you should be in the second portion of this class, or maybe you've found yourself in the wrong room. If so, feel free to leave now," the professor said over his microphone. It was loud and it made a cringy noise that made me jump. I hated loud noises.

The professor went on to the syllabus and talking about class introductions, and of course, the books we needed to purchase from the bookstore. I started writing down what we needed, occasionally doodling hearts and stars on the top of my paper when I got distracted.

"Hey, what did I miss?" I heard someone sitting a few spots away ask. I kept writing, hoping they weren't talking to me. "Hey," They said again, waving and whispering in my direction discretely. I watched him from the corner of my eye feeling embarrassed.

I turned around and my mouth opened and closed a few times. He was very attractive and tall. He looked about my age, maybe older, Asian, thick black hair and nice skin. And he had perfect teeth.

I immediately looked down, embarrassed. "Um...I think we're just talking about the syllabus and-" I mumbled quietly.

"Hey, can you speak up, I can't hear you," He asked quietly, trying to make eye contact.

My heart skipped a few beats, "Um, the syllabus," I said a little louder. And then I just gave him my notes so he could copy them down.

"Thank you," He said nicely.

I sunk back in my chair, waiting for him to give me my paper back. He instead moved over so he was sitting next to me instead of a few seats away, and then he gave me the notes back.

"I'm Liam, but people call me Li. What's your name?" He asked politely. He seemed very confident. His voice was strong even when he was talking quietly.

"Rosie, erm, or Rosanna," I said awkwardly.

He smiled, he had dimples. "Okay Rosie, nice to meet you."

I nodded and forced a smile back feeling weird about it. Nobody really talks to me here.

The class time went on and we were supposed to bring out our books if we had already gotten them. "Can I see what your book looks like?" Liam asked me, I nodded and reached in my pink backpack pulling out the book and nervously handing it over.

His eyes weren't on the book though, he was looking down at my bag, and much to my surprise he reached inside revealing Mr. Fluff. "I think you have an intruder in your backpack. What's he doing in bio lab hm?" He laughed swinging it around a bit.

My heart dropped and I quickly grabbed it out of his hand. "I-I didn't mean to bring it. I-It's my sisters," I said quickly, panicking.

He laughed, "I'm just playing with you, it's cute that you brought it. Like how kids do when they're scared."

I felt uncomfortable. I wasn't a kid, I just liked my stuffies for comfort all my life. I didn't say anything back to him. I just put Mr. Fluff in my bag and zipped it back.

We didn't really talk to for the rest of the class. I was thankful for that.