Peyton sat in that one college pub she liked, expecting the night to end soon. When she stood next to her Professor at the bar they got talking and she saw an opportunity to make a lasting impression on a scholar, which in her mind was never a bad idea. After a couple of coincidental run-ins, a shared fondness for wine, cigarettes, coffee and some flirting she is fully caught up in a situation she would have never foreseen in her wildest dreams. This is only a very short story, not a short story in the sense of genres though.

Alexandrea Castillo enters her freshman year of college with one thought-the opportunity to completely reinvent herself. It doesn't take long to realize acquiescing to campus life with a small town mentality can potentially wreak more havoc than harmony. This recent acquired freedom has her trotting treacherous terrain, and not only into the arms of someone who majored in flirtation and Faulkner. Torn between an illicit relationship capable of diving into the depths of her emotional abyss, and ridding herself of the heartache presumed to have vanished in the rear view becomes impossible. Especially when life take an unexpected turn for the worse. best ranking: #2 in chicklit #2 in freshman #2 grief