It's Monday, it's still early in the morning. Five-twenty five a.m. Beatrice was jogging around the track field, she was not running or jogging really that fast to sweat. It was just a minimal type of speed, it was her thing to relax herself with the thoughts inside her head.

She had a nightmare when she fell asleep on her bed after she came back from her training, as usual. Ava wasn't around and Lea did not come over and so she happened to get the bed this time but the usual situation she experienced.

Beatrice gets nightmares that wake her up in the middle of the night sometimes which scares her to go back to sleep, she usually sleeps on her desk whenever she does her homeworks and studies.

The same nightmare that haunts her since she was fourteen and ever since, she finds herself wide awake most of the time and rarely gets a good sleep. Beatrice continued her jog while her earplugs blasting songs from her Spotify.

Her jog lasted until six-thirty, Beatrice heading back to her dorm room. The sun was rising and it was time for Beatrice to prepare for the first day of school, Beatrice walked through the hallways. Wiping off her sweats from her forehead, then down to her neck.

A few students were already walking out of their rooms, some of them got 7 am classes, some got 8 or 9 depending on their class schedule that was assigned to them. They greeted Beatrice to which she only gave them a nod, her usual image and expression.

Beatrice just isolated herself with people because she didn't want to attach herself to people that will only be temporary, nobody will know the reason because she already placed the walls around her.

As she grew up in the university, she lost so many friends at the same time because of being distant to them, Beatrice just knew that what she was doing was better.

But now that Ava is here, Beatrice thought that it will be harder for her to keep up these walls, her feelings for Ava didn't fade and will be possible for it to fade knowing that she's near her. She's her roommate. Beatrice continued walking through the hallway and entering the elevator of the building to get to her floor. She pressed the button of the elevator and waited for it to open.

When it opened, a girl who was shorter than her stood there. Focused on her phone not really minding for Beatrice entering the elevator. Beatrice was confused whether this girl would get off the elevator or was she heading up to the floor of her dorm.

As soon as the elevator doors closed, Beatrice calmly pressed the number of the floor. "Which floor is your dorm, miss?" Beatrice questioned.

"Why? Are you some stalker or something?" The girl responded, Beatrice felt a little rage but calm her pace down. She cleared her throat and the girl glanced in her direction, she immediately lowered her head down and apologized quickly.

"I-I'm sorry. Beatrice I didn't realize it was you." She said, stuttering. Beatrice stared at her blankly and focused her eyes on the elevator doors.

The atmosphere was awkward and the girl just wished for the elevator doors to open, the elevator made a ding sound indicating that the elevator had stopped on the certain floor where it is supposed to stop.

The doors opened and the girl was about to leave when Beatrice gently grabbed her arm, the girl gazed at Beatrice who was already staring at her.

"This is my floor, Ms. Clinton." Beatrice spoke. Her eyes were darker brown and looked really a little pissed for what happened earlier. She loosen her gentle grip on the girl and calmly walked out of the elevator.

Beatrice wondered why some people would prefer to be an asshole, Beatrice hates it when people assume things nor become a complete asshole unless it is a useless question or sayings. Beatrice let out a heavy sigh as she walked on one of the hallways.

She finally reached the dorm door, unlocking it. She swung the door open, removing her black hoodie she put on earlier, leaving her half naked as she only had her black sports bra. She directly went to grab a bottle of water on the small fridge, drinking up until she finished it.

Beatrice turned around and saw Ava standing there with messy hair, her cheeks were puffy from sleeping. Beatrice stared at her blank, tilting her head on the side.

"Oh wow. I'm sorry. I, I was. Are you going to take a shower first?" Ava asked.

"Looks like it. I'm sweating all the way down." Beatrice replied.

"Oh, o-okay. I'm just going to prepare what I'm going to wear. Yeah!" Ava said awkwardly.

"We wear uniforms, Ava." Beatrice replied.

"Oh. Oh?" Ava asked. Beatrice scoffs at Ava and directly head towards the bathroom.

Ava was caught off guard, she will admit to herself that her eyes travel up and down on Beatrice's torso. Ava found this really rude of her but she was just surprised as she was too.

She opened her cabinet and saw the uniform she saw before when she was unpacking, the school uniform was perfectly ironed well. She grabbed it and hung it on the handle of the cabinet while she waited for Beatrice to finish her shower.

Her phone suddenly made a ping sound, Ava quickly grabbed her phone and excitedly opened it. She saw a text message from JC, her smile instantly formed on her lips.

JC: see you at the cafeteria? I'll buy you these.

JC inserted a picture on the text showing the delicious, mouth watering breakfast which made Ava's stomach growl at her. She placed her left hand on her stomach and then responded to JC.

Ava: You don't have too, baby. The breakfast is on me today, you already paid for my snacks for the whole two days of our dates around the campus.

Ava pressed send and waited for another text coming from JC, she decided to go through the small fridge that can only be used for the beverages. She took the water bottle out of the fridge and took a sip, she will have to wait til she gets to the cafeteria and get something to eat.

JC: baby no. It's alright, I just love spoiling my little princess.

Ava couldn't help but smile at her boyfriend's response to her, she sent him the monkey emoji who is covering the eyes. Within a second, JC sent her an emoji, a heart eyes emoji.

Ava just knew she's in love with this boy who has her whole heart, this young man is surely the type of person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.

Ava: I'll see you in the cafeteria babe. I gotta go take a shower.

JC: can I come?

Ava: haha, JC. See you later. Love you.

Ava set her phone down on her desk that she recently designed really neatly, then Ava started hearing a phone ringing. Ava ignored the phone ringing, although the phone kept ringing and ringing, Ava guessed it was really important.

Ava stood up and quickly headed to the other side of the room where she found Beatrice's phone ringing. Ava listened to the phone ringing twice, she put on her headphones on just so she would not listen to it ringing and ringing.

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"Try this, their open sandwich meal is really, really delicious." JC said, handing Ava the food.

"I brought you these, you keep eyeing it earlier." Ava replied. JC smiled genuinely at Ava, gently taking the food from her hand.

"I'll be at practice today, are you going to come by and watch?" JC asked.

"Hmm if I don't do anything today. I am a hundred percent sure that some professors will give out activities on the first day. And you said you have a surprise for me?" Ava replied.

"Oh yeah! I remember that too. So I do hope you'll come to my practice? Just text me, okay?" JC softly said to her. JC is so gentle with her and Ava really liked it, this is one of the characteristics of JC that she really really loved about him.

"Hello guys! Sorry for coming really late, this little one gives me a hard time to get her ass up." Luna said, sitting down as she placed her tray down. Camila approached Ava and hugged her sister.

"Hey dumb dumb." Ava said.

"Hello simp." Camila replied.

"Simp? Simp?" Ava asked, glaring at her twin sister.

"Luna teached me the word and now I'm calling you that." Camila replied.

"Luna what the hell?" JC asked.

"Come on. It's not like it's a bad thing anyway! Now let me eat in peace." Luna replied as she started eating.

"Hey! Silva! I heard you're the ice queen's roommate, is it true?" One of JC's friends, Hale said.

"Ice queen?" Ava asked.

"Beatrice Hansen." Hale replied.

"Um yes. She is my roommate." Ava replied with a smile.

"Is she really a rude roommate? A lot of rumors are spreading about it since you know, Quinton happened." Hale said.

"Who's Quinton?" Ava asked.

"Oh so you don't know." Hale replied.

"Hale. Please let's not talk about it, okay? Just forget about Quinton, Beatrice is still Beatrice. Same old her." JC spoke this time. Ava was left confused and filled with questions in her mind.

Ava wanted to ask JC but what will she ask him, is she going to ask directly who is Quinton? Why was Hale asking if Beatrice was a rude roommate?

"Did Beatrice have a roommate before?" Camila asked. Ava gazed at her twin sister who was stuffing her mouth with food.

The rest fell in silence but the school bell saved them all from that awkward silence, Ava and Camila looked at each other. Both shrugged their shoulders and stood up from their seats.

"I'll see you later okay? Text me when your class is done." JC whispered to Ava, Ava just nodded her head and gave JC a kiss on his cheek.

Ava hugged her twin sister before they went separate ways, Ava was so glad she could easily memorize the rooms and where exactly to go. JC helped her to go around the campus and showed her the rooms based on her school schedule.

Fixed her blazer that is buttoned all the way up, hugging her small torso. She was nervous for her first day of school, she didn't know what to do first. A new environment, new faces that she will eventually would not know all of them like she will walk around the university and still see new other faces as well.

Ava finally reached the classroom, she entered the room just like everyone else, she sat at the very back where she felt more comfortable than sitting in the middle, or in front. Ava likes staying at the back, she gets the best view from there, she could observe everyone at the same time.

"Hello!" A ginger-haired boy spoke to her.

"HI!" Ava greeted him with the same energy he had given her.

"I'm Samuel Jones but you can call me Sam. And you are JC's girlfriend, right?" Sam said.

"Oh yeah. I am, I'm Ava Silva. How did you know about that?" Ava awkwardly asked.

"Oh please don't be too surprised princess, you are dating one of the hottest guy. Everyone talks about it and I'm deadass sure they know who you are and what you look like." A dark-haired girl spoke, sitting down in front of Ava.

"This is Dana, Dana this is Ava." Sam said.

"If I were you, I'd keep my pretty boy closer. Every girl in here wants him and I am sure that they'll hate you down for it." Dana spoke.

"And I suppose to take your word? How can I be so sure that you are not one of those people who wants him?" Ava asked. She was obviously curious and at the same time nervous, she got so much competition around here.

Ava is certain because she had seen a lot of women around the campus who are beyond beautiful, they were perfectly given so much as a human being.

"She's a lesbian Ava and she got a fat crush on the ice queen, she despise men so much." Sam said.

"Shut up, Jones." Dana replied to Sam, glaring at the boy who just smiled innocently at her.

"Oh. So you have a crush on Beatrice?" Ava asked.

"Crush. Just crush. Liking her is a whole different story." Dana replied.

"It's alright. I mean, Beatrice did grow beautifully." Ava said with a proud smile on her lips.

"You know about Beatrice Hansen?" Sam asked, Ava noticed Dana getting interested with the topic. Ava couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle, before she replied.

"She's my roommate." Ava replied.

"Wait. Since when did she allow anyone to be her roommate?" Dana questioned, her voice

"She did not allow anybody to share her room… Since Quinton. That's new." Sam said, his face says it all, the surprising facial expression.

"I'm wondering why and who is Quinton?" Ava asked.

Right before any of the two could speak, the bell rang again. This was the second time it was disrupted when she is close to finding out what's really going on. She is curious about her best friend, curious about her life when she decided not to come visit for vacation for the next six years.

The class went by slowly and it already started to make Ava feel bored and sleepy, Ava started to make doodles on the pages of her notebook every time she finished writing down some important details.

The clock goes by and the session ended before Ava could even notice that she had fallen asleep during the remaining lecture, the bell started ringing throughout the whole school and Ava thought of it as a relief. She could feel the boredom strike in her, she had physical education next as her minor subject which she would be taking 2 hours from now. Another question in mind. Why was she taking this again?

As she was heading out of the room, her new friend Sam called her which she gave a quick response.

"Ava." Sam said.

"Yeah?" Ava asked.

"Do you have a next class?" Sam asked, swinging his backpack around his shoulder.

"I got physical education which is weird because I already took the subject but yeah that's my next subject. 2 hours from now." Ava replied.

"That's great then! Let's go watch Dana do her practice then? Or are you going somewhere else?" Sam asked.

Ava usually would just go to the library and do her assignments since walking back to the dorm usually takes her 45 minutes from walking back and forth.

"Hmm that would be nice to see the swimming team. I have seen the football team and they are pretty… Strong." Ava replied.

Sam giggled shortly at Ava's statement and Dana just gave her a smirk. "Well come on now then." Sam said.

"So Dana, why do you have a crush on Beatrice? What is it about her?" Ava asked. Dana was surprised by the sudden question but just kept her calm.

"First of all. It was her British accent. It sounds so sexy, I could listen to her all day talking about anything while I just admire her exotic beauty." Dana replied.

Ava nodded her head, Beatrice is indeed beautiful. Her beauty is quite different which made it more interesting about her, her features are much more different from the usual beauties itself.

"She's like the version of JC but more mysterious, no offense. Beatrice and JC are always the leaders of their own clans here, sometimes the two would battle during the Question Quest Games that are held during the end of December. The two are really competitive and intelligent people which had admired them so much. Beatrice may be cold most of the time, I know she's soft inside." Dana continued. They continued walking until they got to the pool area.

"I just know she's something else but she'd rather keep it inside. I'll go get change and you guys can sit wherever you like to watch. See you guys in a bit." Dana spoke as she bid farewell to the two and walked away.

"She suddenly softened herself. That's new." Sam said to Ava.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Ava asked.

"She is usually not talkative to a stranger, I mean we just met you today. I guess maybe because you have the face of an angel? She's got a weak spot for cute girls. Typical lesbians." Sam replied.

Ava couldn't help but feel herself blush at what Sam had said. She couldn't help but smile to herself after hearing those, so the homosexuality people finds her attractive as well? Ava had never thought about them as she was okay with them but never personally met one but now she met one. Dana.

"How did you know Beatrice again?" Sam asked.

"Beatrice and I are childhood friends, she and I have the same date of birthday but different years. But we stopped communicating when we're thirteen." Ava replied.

"Oh why is that?" Sam asked.

"I actually don't remember the reason nor any clues but I'm just glad that fate brought us together again in one place. Although, she's changed a lot. She used to have these cute chubby cheeks." Ava blurted out, giggling at the memory she had with Beatrice where she used to squeeze her cheeks because she finds them adorable.

"Oh how I wish I met the young Betarice." Sam said.

"I used to remember how her brown eyes would turn lighter than the usual dark brown whenever she would smile after receiving something from me or from my parents or her or even her friends." Ava replied. The smile on her lips spread wide whenever the memory in her head would keep repeating those days.

"Hmm. I guess everyone really change throughout the years." Sam said.

"Maybe they do, maybe they don't. We really don't know people and what really goes in their heads." Ava replied.

"I guess so. You got a point, maybe of all the people in here. You are the only person who really knows what's really running in her head. After all, you're her best friend." Sam said to Ava.

Beatrice is her best friend, was she? She's been hearing rumors since this morning but she set them aside because she wanted to know it from Beatrice, she will see for herself. Beatrice wasn't really a cold person not unless for any reasons, Ava thought about what were the possibilities but none of it may seem to fit.

She suddenly remembered Quinton. Sam mentioned Quinton and Hale did too, JC's friend. Is this Quinton used to be Beatrice's lover? Not to mention they were roommates, Ava wondered what happened to Beatrice all throughout these years.

A loud voice echoed throughout the gym, it was the coach. Ava and Sam focused their eyes to the coach walking in while talking to the students that were seem to be the members of the swimming team.

"Why do they train so early though?" Ava asked.

"I don't think it's training, I think they are recruiting new members for the team since our seniors have graduated." Sam replied, wondering if his theory was right. He observed the students, most of them were new faces.

The doors suddenly opened again, new faces to Ava's eyes came in, walking in, bright smiles were formed in their lips as they greeted the coach. But then one of them was the most familiar face that she had known for so long, Ava could feel herself breathing so heavy as she watches those brown eyes looking straight at the students and then to their coach.

"It's good to finally see you again coach. We thought you'd stop training after us." One of the alumnis spoke.

"Have you met Beatrice Hansen? Cole I'm sure we weren't the last batch to be the one coach would handle." The other young man said and they started giggling.

Beatrice stood there with her usual cold composure, she waited for them to speak up to her. She noticed some of the students that weren't familiar to her, whispering and smiling at her.

Not the type of jealousy smile nor hating and making rumors, it was more of admiration. Beatrice didn't mind other people from their thoughts about her, however this type of actions of people towards her boosts her confidence and her pride as well.