Chapter 1
(Completed. Will be PTR soon)
-Dakota POV-
*Beep* Beep* Beep*
Natalie's alarm sounds.
“Ahh!” I grunt.
*Beep* Beep* Beep* It continues to sound.
“Natalie!” I shout trying to cover my face and ears with my pillow.
“I’m up! I’m up!” She says frantically.
I sigh. Once I am awake, I know I won’t be able to go back to sleep. I sit up and, in a daze, I watch my roommate and recent best friend Natalie get ready for her day.
She is a weird one but I like her.
“Did you stay up late studying again?” I ask.
She puts her red hair up in a messy bun and fixes her glasses.
“Yea I had to make sure I knew everything for the test.” She says.
I have never seen anyone hit those books as she does. She is a complete perfectionist which is funny because her boyfriend is the complete opposite. They have this love-hate dynamic thing going on. It’s really weird. While she is more of a serious person, he is more of a jokester and so am I. That is probably why we get along so well.
“What are you going to do today?” She asks me as she puts her hoodie on.
“I am going to the café and getting a mocha triple chocolate expresso first thing. I am celebrating.” I say and she cringes.
“Celebrating what?” She asks.
“Surviving my first month of college.” I lie back on the bed with a sigh.
“You know, I am glad you ended up being my roommate this semester.” She says and cringes again and I know why.
She had told me that her last roommate was a s*x addict and would not stop doing the deed even if she was in the room studying. I was so shocked. Who even does that in front of others? Well, I mean, I get that there is that kink where some people like to watch... eww.
My thoughts are running to a place I don’t want them to, so I change the subject.
“So is Brenda really going to make us go to that party?”
Once again, she cringes and this time, so do I.
“Yeah, she probably is.”
I groan. “And Lil is going, right? Cause if we are suffering, then so should she.”
Natalie laughs. “Yes.”
Natalie is more of a geek while I am more of a nerd. She is the studious type and is very smart while I am the dorky type. I love my Lord of the rings, D&D, cosplay and Marvel kind of stuff. I am the kind of person that acts stupid and then gets embarrassed because I don’t think before I act and I am a good girl... for the most part.
Natalie grabs her things and starts to head out but when she opens the door, she is met with her blond hair, light brown-eyed boyfriend, Nathan. He looked like he was waiting there as he always does in the mornings.
“Morning.” He says to her and gives her a kiss.
“Morning.” She says and kisses him back. “How were things at home?” She asks.
“Everything is good.” He says. He looks at me and gives me a big smile. “Hey dog.”
I laugh. “Yo, dog.”
We throw fake gangster signs at each other and then we start laughing like idiots. We are so stupid when we are around each other.
Natalie rolls her eyes and walks out.
“See ya later!” He shouts as he rushes to catch up with her.
We all always get together in the courtyard at certain hours. It’s like our place to gather.
“Bye.” I say.
I get up, put my glasses on and take my toiletry bag with me. I head to our half bathroom that only has a small sink and a toilet. The showers are separated out in the hall and we have to share them with the rest of the dorm.
I wash my face and brush my teeth, then comb my dark brown wavy hair that reaches just under my shoulder. I take my glasses off and put on my contacts. I give myself a scrutinizing look with my blue eyes.
“I look like a child.” I mumble.
I’m exaggerating but I do look younger than I am. I am eighteen, almost nineteen but I still look like I am fifteen.
“...Though my boobs have grown.” I mumble as I turn to the side and squeeze them while looking in the mirror.
But even with bigger boobs I still look like a kid. I groan and head out to the room where I put on a white cropped t-shirt with short jean overalls, and white sneakers. We are still in September and it is still hot enough for me to wear something like this. I like comfort more than style but I still try to look presentable.
I take my bookbag and head out to the café.
We live in a college town, so everything here is within a walking distance though I have my beautiful baby, my two thousand and four silver Jeep Wrangler. I wanted one since I was a child and my mom and dad made it happen before I left home. I only live about forty minutes away from my parents but I wanted the full college experience. My family is not rich at all but my parents know how to properly manage their money. Like they did for my two older d**k brothers, they are paying for my dorm on the first semester and the second I have to do it myself or go back home. That was the deal and I am okay with that and very grateful to them because I still get to have this experience.
I head to the café that is just a minute away by foot and order my drink, then head out to my first class. I am studying wildlife biology. I love animals and always wanted to do something where I could help wild animals and protect endangered species.
I arrive at my classroom where there are a few students already waiting. My eyes immediately meet Aubrey Hayes, twin sister to Austin Hayes. They are two of the scariest people I have ever seen and heard of, along with a few others they hang around with. Aubrie has long brown hair, brown eyes, and a couple of tattoos, nothing too exaggerated, unlike her brother who is covered in them up to his neck. She always stares at me looking puzzled for some reason but has never really talked to me.
I have never interacted with them. Though Aubrey and I have this class together, we have never talked and as for Austin, I have only seen him from far away. People are either scared of them or want to f**k them. There is no in-between, of course, I am a special case because whenever I see Austin, I salivate myself but at the same time I am terrified of him. He is the hottest and scariest thing I have ever seen in my life.
(Speaking of the devil.)
As I sit on my chair, I look out to the window on my side and see him walking in the distance. All I know about him is that Aubrie is his sister, he plays football and he rides a motorcycle. Aubrey is known to be wild while her brother is more of the silent scary type, from what I have heard. Now he seems to have a girlfriend because there is a girl that hangs with him a lot. They sometimes look very close though most of the rumors are that he is single, not that it matters. What the hell am I going to do with that information, I am not his type of girl.
“Hey, where is your head today?” Lil’s voice brings me back to reality.
“Oh, hey.” I say and look towards the door where Hunter, her husband stands watching.
Apparently, they married right after high school.
Lil looks back and sighs.
“Go.” She mouths out and waves at him.
I chuckle but it is a little unsettling. He brings her to school and walks her all the way to class every single day. He even waits around. It’s cute but also not cute. I don’t think he is controlling but he never wants to leave her side and she seems to be okay with that. But then the same is for Natalie and Brenda. Their boyfriends are always with them as well.
(Eh, to each its own.)
It’s kind of depressing actually. It makes me want to have a boyfriend too when I hang out with all of them.
I only have had one boyfriend and it was in high school. My high school sweetheart. We broke up when school ended and he headed to a college miles away. He was my first for many things and the only guy that has ever touched me in that intimate kind of way.
“Earth to Dakota.” Lil says.
I smile. “Sorry.”
“It’s fine, so we are going out tonight.” She says, sitting next to me.
I groan. “Yea, do we have to?”
She giggles. “Oh, come on. We are in college, live a little and besides... Brenda is making us.”
“Meaning that we have no choice.” I say and she laughs.
Brenda is unique and also just as scary as the twins, Aubrey and Austin but I have gotten to know her and she is what I call a wild child.
Lil and I finish our class and then we head out. She and I have two classes together. The next one we take with Brenda and Nathan who also started this semester along with Lil.
We talk as we walk outside to go to the other building where our class is, but I suddenly hear something swiftly coming my way. When I turn my head, a football hits me on my eyebrow area and down I go.
“Uh! Not again!”
(Author: There is a book about Lil and Hunter that happens before this book but the plots are not connected so you do not have to read it if you don’t want to though I suggest you do. It is called Mated to a Werewolf.)