I woke up feeling like I'd been hit by a train. Luckily classes didn't start for another week, so I didn't have to worry about going anywhere like this. I'd already put a pretty good plan together, though. I wanted to be a criminal profiler. I know, not what you'd expect from Barbie right? But for as long as I could remember, catching criminals was my dream job, and being a profiler fed into my curious nature. I just needed to get my classes sorted this week, plan everything out, get my student ID, and then sign up for track. Payton and I were supposed to be signing up for classes together, but she didn’t sleep here again last night. She also wanted us to rush, so we needed to be together to pick the right Sorority. I picked up my phone and even though it was on the charger, I'd forgotten to turn the thing on. Sitting up in bed, I turned it on. As soon as it powered up, it went crazy with notifications, messages, and missed calls. There were a bun

“Yeah, sure. I'd love to join Zeta Beta Chi. Thank you so much for the opportunity," I replied with a fake smile plastered on my face. I have a feeling I’m going to regret saying that. In the short time I took to think about it, I knew that Payton would be over the moon, and that was all that mattered to me. She had always been there for me, and she even cut all ties with the friends who bullied me after what Kyle did to me. She chose me, so it was only fair that I did this for her. Also, I did not want to be dealing with a pissy best friend for four years of college."Oh my God! You won't regret it, I swear. You're going to have such a blast here," she squealed and then pulled me in for a hug. I know the girl was fit, but damn, that hug almost made me pass out. She squeezed me so hard I could barely breathe. Once she realized how tight of a hold, she had on me, she let me go, her cheeks stained pinker. Jumping off the couch, she put her finger and thum

After my shower, I got ready, then Payton and I walked downstairs to find Arabella. Once we descended, we found her already waiting for us by the door."Are you ready?" she asked, a huge smile lighting up her face."Yeah, I'm excited to see what stores you guys have here," Payton replied."You'll be surprised. We have some really nice clothing stores. And how about you, Aubrey?" She opened the door for us to leave."I'm just excited to eat," I said honestly. Payton laughed nervously, and then said, "Don't mind her, she's always hungry.""It's okay, so am I. It must be a track thing," she replied, sending me a huge smile that showed off her dimples, and immediately I thought of Chase. It was going to take some time to separate her face and his because they looked so much alike, but she was a nice girl, so I was going to make every effort to stop comparing her to Chase. I didn't need the thought of him ruining the friendship we mig

Jesse got out of the car and made his way to my door, opening it and holding his hand out for me to take. As soon as I got out of the car, I tugged my dress down, and then nervously folded my arms across my exposed boobs."Are you cold, Darlin’? Would you like my jacket?" Jesse asked me, starting to remove his tuxedo jacket."Huh? Oh, no, I'm fine. It's just..." I paused, not really wanting to tell him the real reason."It's just what?" He leaned forward, and then jokingly scanned the area, looking for people that could be watching. I slapped his arm, and he chuckled. Lowering my head, I stared at the ground. "I think I'm a little underdressed for a fancy restaurant like that."I pointed towards the boat, and he ducked so his gaze met mine. With the brighter lights shining onto his face, I could see his eyes were a lighter emerald green. I gasped, my eyes moving down to find two very slight dimples.Shocked, my eyes followed him as he straig

We quickly pulled away, and I sat in the backseat of the car, touching my lips and grinning after Jesse's kiss. I didn't expect to see him, let alone share a mind-blowing. To be honest, it was incredible and left me wanting more, but I would have preferred to have been alone and let the passion flow. He left me tingling everywhere and unable to think of anything other than unfastening my seatbelt and ripping his clothes off. Letting my mind go there made my heartbeat fly to unreasonable rates. Breathe, Aubrey, I thought to myself. Yes. It would be good to just take a few deep breaths. Maybe then I could calm myself down.But Jesse didn’t help at all. While trying to unruffle my proverbial feathers, his hand found my leg, sliding up it ever so slowly. Goosebumps danced down my arms. Taking my hand into his, he intertwined our fingers.Glancing at our joined hands and then angling my head to look at him, his smile was infectious, and I found myself grinning rig