"Cmon Rach, you have to get out of bed one day," Will said pulling the covers from me, "I am going to my class, I will not be responsible if you are late for yours". Will hung her bag on her left shoulder and put on her sneakers. Rachel heard the door shut and she got up. Her eyes were swollen from crying all night. She saw the wrappers of Oreos and an empty ice cream tub on the floor, a bottle of alcohol was hidden under her study table. 'She had to throw that out, she thought. Groaning she got up and checked the time. It was 9 am. Shit, she only had 30 minutes to get ready. Rachel did a quick shower, slipped on her clothes, and shoved books in her bag. She left her dorm and arrived at the class by 9:55. She sat in the middle of the class and put her head down. "Suicide? Really." The girl beside her chatted with her friend. "Yeah, black-haired girl. It's not suicide, she hunts every night".
"Wow, I am so scared." The girl said with a sarcastic tone. As she finished speaking, the professor entered the class, and Rachel promised herself to concentrate.
Black-haired girl. She thought. She had seen a black-haired girl last night. 'Oh god' was she committing suicide? Rachel stopped in her tracks. 'I could have helped her', the guilt started to build up. 'But how could I have known?' The other voice in her head spoke. "Hey", a male voice spoke from behind her, taking her out of her trance. She turned around and found herself staring at the most handsome guy she had ever seen, he looked like a modal. "Hi," she replied, smiling. "Are you in a study group?" the boy asked. She couldn't stop staring at his build, 'thank god he was wearing a plaid shirt, or else she would be ogling at him.' "Um no," she said, trying to make eye contact with him. "Would you like to join ours?" he smiled, and the dimples formed on his cheeks melted Rachel's heart. 'Him'. she thought, 'I want him. "Sure," she said. "Great see you in the next class, and introduce to the other group members'', he waved her bye and strode off towards a group of boys.
"Oh Will, he was just simply WOW". Rachel was sitting on her bed. Dreaming about the guy she had just met. "Wow, that was quick", Will replied, she was curling her hair on the study table. "What?", Rachel got up. "I meant, you are already over Nate, that was what only for a day," Will said with her back to Rachel. "Yeah, well he was just perfect. The man of my dreams if you must say," Rachel said, giggling. "Great, another guy". Will said, rolling her eyes.
The next day, Rachel waited for the boy outside class. He had said he would see me in class, but she could not find him anywhere. After 15 minutes, she saw the guy walking towards her with a girl and two guys. Rachel's eyes went straight to the girl, who had shoulder-length sky blue-dyed hair and wore a tight crop top. Her knees were visible from her jeans, and her large size jacket hugged her comfortably. As they neared her, Rachel was heartbroken. 'He has a girlfriend, of course, he has a girlfriend'. She thought. She was pretty, with light makeup and laden with jewelry. "Guys, this is Rachel, who gets top marks in economics". The guy introduced her to his friends. "Um hi", Rachel waved to them. She was the shortest of them all. It was awkward. "This is Zadie" he pointed to the girl, who popped her gum and waved. " This is Harvey," he pointed to the bald guy who smiled at me, "- and this is Finley," the guy with black curls just waved. " Right, I am sorry I did not introduce myself, my name is Hugo, I thought we could start our first meeting in the cafe outside the campus".
"Okay", Rachel said, and they all walked outside.
'Should I say something?' Rachel thought she was sitting at the head of the table while the four of them sat together. She noticed the girl sitting with Hugo and immediately felt jealous. 'He is not yours why are you jealous', the voice inside her spoke. "Right, any ideas?" Harvey said after finishing his drink. Three hours went by with them discussing ideas, strategy, and other stuff for the group project. Rachel would take a peek at Hugo whenever she could and would stare at him whenever he spoke. 'This is pathetic', she thought. 'Ask him out'. The voice inside her said. 'Sure, and ruin my chance to get out ever again, "Let's meet up on Thursday then" Hugo smiled at everyone and left first. "Hey, Rach" Rachel was packing her bag when she looked up to see Finley address her. "Yes?" she asked. "Do you have a boyfriend?" he asked casually. Rachel was taken aback. "Um, a little direct, but no, I don't," she replied. "Good", this was all he said when going out. Zadie looked at her with a raised eyebrow, and Rachel just shrugged. "Oh, we are heading out to a birthday party tonight, wanna join?" Zadie said, flinging her bag on her shoulder. Rachel hesitated. Zadie said, "everyone from the group will be there, you won't be alone, bring someone," Rachel said yes dreaming about Hugo.
"Will", Rachel came back to her dorm 15 minutes later and heard a groan from undercover, "here".
"Get up, get dressed, we are going to a party". She said putting her bag down and opening the closet. "Did the pretty boy ask you out?" Will chuckled, "No, not the pretty boy, but his very pretty girlfriend did, '' she said. "Why?" Will said, getting up. "I don't know, but he is going to be there, and she said to bring someone, so you are my plus one'' Rachel threw a pink short at Will.