When the Sun Falls (BTVS)

Chapter 13: Too Young For This (E)

Season 4: Episode 1

I clutch the manual close to my chest, keeping all of my classes safe. The campus was bustling with people, all wanting you to sign up for clubs and sort. I had the same girl as me three times if I was Christian, which I politely declined.

When we burned the school down last year, it hadn't struck me that I wouldn't have a school for my senior year of high school. Luckly, the college campus reached out and said I had good enough grades to start at UC Sunnydale, so I'd be a freshman rather than a senior.

I agreed, and that puts us here, to college. I look around hopelessly, where was I supposed to go?

There is a hand on my shoulder and I turn to Willow, who was beaming from ear to ear, "Hey Aurora!"

I smile back," Hey. How are you enjoying college life?"

She lets out a knowing smile, " It's so cool. I mean, look at everything that's going on!"

I glance around to the hundreds of people, followed by just as many different clubs and crowds, "It's definitely different."

Willow takes my schedule from my hand, looking it over, " Hey, we have psych together!"

I nod spotting Buffy in the crowd. She looks confused as we go over to her, Willow in her happy mood again, "Isn't this amazing!"

"It's strange. There's a lot going on." Buffy mumbles.

" Have you met your roommate yet?"

"No," Buffy grumbles, examining her papers.

I look over to a large building that I was supposed to go to. There was supposed to be a person I could go to so that I could get situated, and I was supposed to meet him in the library. Saying goodbye to my friends, I weave through the crowd and go into the large building, taking a left at the sign that said library.

I go into the lit room, looking around at the arrangement of books, stacked from the floor to the ceiling in some places. Going over to a table, I sit down and wait for my helper to come. Flipping through the countless amounts of papers, I look over the topics. In the fifteen that I had, I'd probably only keep the one about the jello shots, and a creative writing club.

I look up to someone calling my name. It was an older boy, with blondish brown hair, and green eyes with a large nose. I smile, " Can I help you?"

The boy extends a hand, " You're Aurora right? I'm Riley Finn, I'll be helping you today."

I scoop up the papers on the table and stand up, " Great. So what's first?"

Riley motions around him, " Books. You do still need some right?"

I nod, " I need the one for psych, and film class, and that anatomy one."

" Great." Riley says, leading me to a section where all the books were stored. He bends down to look at some book, right before a large stack falls on his head. He falls backwards as I hear Buffy's voice apologize. Riley stands up, bracing himself. " It's okay."

Buffy winces, "I'm sorry... the books were just too high and then everything was bad.."

She leans down to pick up the book, and Riley helps. He puts the books back on a lower shelf, so that shorter people would be able to reach them and no one else would get hit in the head.

" You, are you girl's taking intro psych or do you just want me dead?"

I chuckle under my breath as I grab one of the psych books, listening to Buffy stutter through another sentence.