3: A New Beginning

Samarah

“Davis! It’s Samarah, I called to let you know that I finally made it! I just got the key to my dorm apartment at TSU!”

“It’s an actual apartment?” Davis’s voice sounded on the line. 

I laughed. “More like a kitchenette from what I understand.”

“I should move in with you!” His voice was cheery.

“Besides the fact that I will have a roommate, mom and dad would never let you. Besides, I’m pretty sure that it is a girls only dorm silly.” 

He sighed on the other end. “Yeah, they are driving me nuts, I can’t wait to be 18 and get out of here.”

His voice changed drastically, showing his discomfort at being the prized child. Although they doted on him, they also ensured to teach him the ins and outs of being from an alpha family. Things they never bothered teaching me, even though I was next in line after they gave up their position. 

“Why don’t you come visit me before the holidays? I got the ability to work remotely at Wulverson’s Tech, they even gave me a raise. They said that moving four hours away won’t be the reason they lose me.” I giggled. I loved working at the tech company, and I was their best IT person, not to mention the only girl. “We will spend a couple days at a hotel here.” I really wanted to cheer him up.

“Yeah! That would be awesome!” Davis’s earlier disappointment changed into a more joyful mood. He was always quick to change moods, and I was happy that I was able to get him out of his head, at least for a moment.

“Great!” I smiled into my cell phone. “I have to go, I am almost to the dorm. Love you little brother!”

“Love you too sister.” He made silly kissy noises before hanging up.

I unlocked the door to room 329 and walked in with my two bags. I didn’t have much, I tried to keep a simple lifestyle. After the fiasco with Riley a month ago, I was determined to live as simply as I could to save every cent to cover tuition. It was a hefty bill. I did plan to apply for more scholarships, it was unheard of for someone of an alpha line to need money for such things but my parents claimed to be using it for Davis’s future.

It was just as well, I wanted Davis to have the absolute best of everything, and I was smart enough to make it on my own.

A beautiful blond girl was in the room folding some clothes on her bed. She gave me a bright smile as I set my bags next to the unclaimed bed.

“Hi!” She bounced over to me in her heels while clapping her hands. She reached an arm out for the formal werewolf greeting where you each grab the other’s forearm. It’s a bit more intimate than that of the human handshake. “I’m Allison Blackhair, Ironfall is my pack. It is so nice to meet you! It’s my first year here also, and my brother’s, Carlton, he’s my twin.”

I smiled and pushed up my glasses. “I’m Samarah Lynxmoon, from Moonriver Pack.”

“Wow! That pack is located like ten hours away!”

I smiled again. “Five actually. But I didn’t come from there, I was living in neutral territory, family drama.” I shrugged. “It was four hours to get here.”

“Oh girl I totally get it, family can be so overbearing sometimes! Gosh your eyes are so pretty! Have they always been such a vibrant green?”

“Yes, thank you. So what is your major?” I asked sitting on the bed behind me. She joined me on the bed.

“I’m here for business and fashion, two majors will be a lot of work but I want to run my own fashion company.” She beamed. “Fashion is my thing!”

I gave her a once over and had to agree with her. The material of her clothing was definitely brand name, she wore a blue skirt with a blue shirt, and a long black a-line lapel cinched coat that was sleeveless. It was gorgeous.

“That’s great. I’ve never been able to coordinate an outfit in my entire life.” I laughed and she laughed with me.

“Well you have the perfect roomie then! I will help you with your fashion sense, have you ever thought about using contacts by the way? The frame of your face should be shown off, you totally rock it! Oh I would just love to give you a makeover!” She gushed. “What are you majoring in?”

“I am doing courses for technology and computer science.”

Her eyes widened. “Ohmygosh!! You must be like super smart! Oh this is perfect! I love having smart friends, I mean, I’m not exactly a dumb blond, but computer science? No way!”

I smiled at the thought of making a friend so quickly. I felt like this was really going to be amazing, I didn’t think I would end up with friends while doing college, I thought maybe it would be like high school where I was seen as nerdy and invisible. I decided that I really did want to be Allison’s friend, and the warmth in my heart spread.

“You know, I think I would really be interested in that makeover, I won’t need to worry about the contacts though.” I smiled. “I scheduled an eye surgery, it happens tomorrow. Since classes don’t officially start for two weeks I wanted to have it done.” And I knew that Riley would be attending this college as well, so not wearing glasses and having a makeover made me feel like maybe I could be more beautiful. I always hated my glasses, some girls looked gorgeous in them, me? Not so much. I looked and felt like a dork.

She bobbed her head. “Awesome! Oh we can go shopping after your appointment for a new wardrobe, and some make up, and good hair products! I can’t wait!” She squealed in delight while jumping up from the bed.

“Do you think you could teach me how to walk in heels?” I asked awkwardly.

Her eyes brightened in satisfaction. “Absolutely! We will start small ok?”

I didn’t think that I was a girl who cared about how she looked, but after what Riley pulled, my transformation was going to be more than just getting to the top. I needed to look it too, and after seeing Allison I really wanted to look good. I wanted to look good for me.