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I was awoken by the blaring of my alarm ringing all throughout my room. I slammed my hand on the table desperately looking for that damn phone. After what felt like years of searching I finally got that shifty phone in my grasp and turned the twelve different alarms off.
Hey, I don’t always wake up on the first one. Or the tenth one, but that's besides the point. I threw the strawberry colored blanket off me and reluctantly sat up.
“The suns not even up, this should be illegal.”. I muttered quietly as I stretched making sure to add that wonderful pterodactyl noise. Listen, if you don’t sound like some kind of demon is exiting your body, you’re not doing it right.
I swung my feet over my bed mentally preparing myself for the ice cold wood floors to completely devour my feet. As I walked towards the kitchen, the only sound that could be heard was the echoing of my feet hitting the old creaky floors. Sure my apartment wasn’t the biggest but at least I had somewhere to stay by myself. Living alone was always something I wanted to do and I’m so happy I did. I’m not great in social situations or any situations at all and moving in with someone you barely knew did not sound like something I could do. It took a while to save up but we’re here now.
When I got to the kitchen I thought about what I wanted to eat. There was an article somewhere about the best times to eat breakfast but time is a social construct so we ignore her for the time being. I soon decided on strawberries and some toast. It’s easy and I can eat it while getting ready.
I popped the bread in the toaster and grabbed some strawberries making my way back towards my room. I sat my plate down that contained only half my breakfast and made my way towards my closet. I shuffled through the clothing deciding on what I should wear. It was my first day back of my second semester in college so I figured I could maybe try a little bit. This was probably the fanciest I was gonna get all year so why not try. I absentmindedly ate strawberry after strawberry still browsing through my clothes.
I ended up picking a cream colored sweater with a white collar peeking out from the neck. I paired it with a brown flowy skirt and a trenchcoat. As it was autumn I wanted to go for a more dark academia look. I slipped on my brown shoes with white knee high socks. Hey it was gonna be cold but I still wanted to look cute.
I heard the bread from the toaster pop up so I walked back to the kitchen and made cinnamon toast. I quickly ate it and headed to the bathroom trying my god damn best to fix whatever in the hell was going on with my hair. I looked at the time realizing it was 7:00 meaning that I had 10 minutes to get to the subway station. I sighed hyping myself up to absolutely book it. I half assed brushed my teeth and threw on some deodorant and the nearest bottle of perfume. I grabbed my backpack and ran out the door locking it. I steadily jogged to the station somehow just making it. I quickly slid my card across the scanner and walked into the sweaty death machine that would take me straight to my college. I sat down out of breath.
“Jeez I need to workout more.” I thought to myself putting on my headphones and putting on my favorite playlist.
After 20 minutes I got off and headed towards my college. Since my class didn’t start till 8:00 and it was only 7:30 I walked to the nearest coffee shop and ordered my usual as I took out my laptop and notebook. I looked around at the familiar place that I had gone to almost everyday for the past semester. Man almost 75 days of going here and I never once got tired of the scenery. The coffee shop was on the corner of a long street that held many stores and restaurants. Due to its size most people walk right past it and think nothing of it. But oh my god it is so beautiful. The tan colored walls and the big windows felt like a second home. Plants hung everywhere leaving not one corner with empty space. The small lights that looked like lanterns were turned off as the sun was rising. The wooden tables covered the floor in all different soft colors. There was a small book shelf in the corner where people had donated their old books too. I was broken out of my trance as a familiar face greeted me with coffee.
“Here is your usual madam.” a woman with a light blue sweater said. Her apron hung over her body with only the top half tied and her hair looked like a fluffy mess. This was of course y/bf. She worked at the coffee shop and gave me my drink almost everyday. We have been best friends since elementary school and I honestly couldn’t imagine life without her. Sadly we didn’t go to the same colleges as she was a theater student and I most definitely was not.
“Thank you so much, madam.” I joked back to her causing her to laugh.
“Of course, anything for my favorite customer.” she replied, doing a little bow as she walked away making us both laugh.
I turned back to my computer finishing any homework assignments I was too lazy to do last night. Thankfully I only have to sit through two hour long lectures today. Seeing as it was the first day I was nervous about where I was gonna sit and what the professor was going to be like. I looked at the paper schedule I had tucked away in my backpack reminding myself of where I was going.
“Okay so Psychology is my first class and is in the 400 building.” I thought to myself as I shook my leg nervously. I turned back to my computer shoving the paper back in my backpack and continued to work on the last little bit of my assignment. After 20 minutes of being in the coffee shop I realized I should get going so I can get a good seat and actually find where the class was.
I packed everything up and grabbed my cup as I waved goodbye to y/bf as I got up to leave.
“Bye see you tomorrow favorite customer!” y/bf said smiling.
“I have a name you know.” I teased back at her laughing.
She gasped and replied, “WHAT! There's no way.”
I laughed and made a fake surprised face, “I know, I’m so sorry I didn’t tell you sooner.”
We both laughed pretty hard as I walked out the door. It was always nice to start off my day like that. I didn’t know many people here and it was so nice having a familiar face around.
A 5 minute walk later and I found the building where I would be spending my next semester in. Thankfully the lecture room was one of the first doors. I gripped my hand on the handle and turned it letting out a sigh. I was really nervous but also super excited. I always really loved psychology but dealing with a new teacher and a whole new batch of students was scary. I pushed open the door relieved to find out that not a lot of people were there yet. I looked around hoping that my favorite spot would be open. I don’t know what blessed me that day but it was and there was no one around. I quickly walked up the stairs and sat down content. I pulled out my laptop and the textbook I would be needing along with my notebook and pencil. Slowly more and more people were filling up the seats. I just then realized how packed this class was going to be. As seats were dwindling someone was gonna have to sit right next to me. I usually got really lucky and people would sit at least a whole seat away from me. I was always nervous when someone sat next to me because I didn't want to sit too close and I didnt want to accidentally make them uncomfortable and ugh it was so much to worry about.
As soon as I got my hopes up that no one was gonna sit there, I saw someone make eye contact with the seat next to me and my heart sank knowing they were heading this way. I didn’t look at who it was but I could see out of the corner of my eye that they pulled out the seat and sat down. Just then the professor walked in. Everyone immediately quieted down as no one really knew if he was chill or not. He spoke into his microphone and did that boring introduction that happens at the start of every new class. He seemed funny though and cracked jokes every now and then.
“I want to make this class as comfortable for everyone here as possible. If you ever need anything my door is open.” The professor said nearing the end of his introduction.
“Now for the start of this class I want everyone to get to know the people around them.”
“Oh no.” I thought hoping he wasn't going where I knew he was going.
“This is something you have probably done in every one of your classes but I think it's a great way to..break the ice.” he laughed at his own joke causing some of the students to laugh.
“Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no.” I thought over and over again.
“We get to all have the pleasure of doing an ice breaker!” He said excitedly.
“Fuuuuuuuuck” I thought. I hate doing these. I'm always so awkward.
“I want everyone to turn towards your nearest partner and introduce yourself. Say your name, your major, and an interest you have.” He said happily
Well at least I only had to share with one person instead of the whole class. Yeah, with this size of a class I probably would’ve instantly dropped out. I heard the person next to me shift towards me. I slowly turned towards him and smiled shyly trying my best to not look too nervous.
“Hi! My names y/n.” I said softly, barely making eye contact.
“Hi my name is Tech, nice to meet you.”