7

Warren and Edward were not far behind me. I was thinking about what to get for lunch as I headed down the stairs; we had a few options, but it depended on what I felt at the time.

When I got to the last step, my foot tripped over somebody's foot that was dangling from the stairs, causing me to drop everything and fall into the person in front of me.

A shriek escaped my lips and I gripped onto their arm to stabilise myself.

Someone's arm was placed around my waist, securing me. I looked up at the person once I had composed myself, my eyes meeting amber ones.

I sighed defeatedly and felt my face flush slightly; his arm let go of me almost abruptly, though he wrapped his fingers around my arm to keep me from falling.

"Thanks," I whisper, completely embarrassed.

I turned to see the person who had carelessly left their foot out and was met with a boy with glasses and a crimson face looking up at me.

"Sorry." He says sheepishly, I sigh and tell him it's fine.

I went to pick up my bag from the floor, only to notice it was gone. When I looked up, I frowned and saw the bag in someone's hand.

I took it from Dominic, who had it in one hand and was holding it out to me. I mumbled another thank you before throwing it over my shoulder.

I started heading towards the exit, and I could feel Dominic following closely behind me.

As they met my gaze, Edward and Warren stood just outside the exit with a little grin on their faces.

"You know, you could have helped me." I shake my head at them.

"Dominic helped you," Edward smirks.

Warren frowns a little before his gaze falls on something behind me.

When I looked around, I saw Dominic and Alex walking away in the opposite direction. His tall figure stared down at everyone, oblivious to the desperate college females, who were ogling him from every aspect, including myself.

The remainder of the day whizzed by, and before I knew it, all of my classes were over.

Adele and I were the only ones going to lunch because Edward and Warren were still in class. We decided to go to a cafe on campus, where we had eaten a couple of times the previous year and found the food to be pretty good.

Adele went to place our order as I secured a seat for us.

I chose the two-seater table closest to the window, we got a regular view of the front of the school while students passed by.

"Jesus, that lady was so rude," Adele mumbled slumping down in her seat.

I frowned and looked away from the window and towards her.

"What happened?" I ask.

She shrugs, "Cranky old lady."

I giggle and shake my head.

We easily began to converse, she told me about some new guy that had arrived in one of her classes he was flirting with her the entire time, though she wasn't complaining and gave him her number.

Our lunch arrived, and I couldn't have been more pleased. My go-to meal was fries and a regular cheeseburger.

Adele and I fell silent as we began to eat; we were generally quiet while we ate, and we both enormously had a love for food.

"Do you want to do something tonight with the boys?" Adele asked me.

I nod while I take a large bite of my juicy burger.

"Edward finishes practice at four, so we could all do something after that?" She suggests looking up at me.

"Sounds good, I'll let Warren know."

We spoke and ate for the remainder of the time until it was time to leave.

I said a quick goodbye to Adele and made my way to Warren.

He leaned against his car in the parking lot, his phone to his ear.

Just as I started heading over to him my steps came to a halt as someone had tapped my shoulder. When I turned around, I was greeted by a stunning blonde girl.

Her brown eyes stared sympathetically into mine "Hi, I'm sorry for bothering you. It's my first day here, and I just need some directions too," She pauses and looks down at her schedule and points to one of the classes, "Professor Mark's class,"

"Sure, if you walk through the front doors, there will be a set of stairs to your left, walk up those, and it's the first door on the right," I say with a smile.

"Thank you so much!"

"I tried asking this group and they just walked away from me." She gives me a half-smile as she returns her gaze to her paper.

"You'll find a lot of them here, simply a bunch of prissies," I mumble.

She laughs as she refolds the paper and stuffs it back into her jacket pocket.

"My name is Jessica by the way, and if you ever need anything, don't hesitate to ask me." I give her a warm smile.

"Thank you so much, I appreciate it, my name is Rose." She says holding her hand out and I shake it.

"Well, I'll get going, I'll see you around." She says this while clutching her backpack straps.

"See you, Rose." I smile gently and turn back to face my brother.

When I arrive at his car, he leans forward and opens the door for me.

"Who was that?" He asks looking at me through his ray bans.

"Some student that got lost." I shrug and settle into the seat.

He gets in on his side and starts the car almost immediately, pulling out of the parking lot.

"We're meeting with the group tonight," I tell him, looking out the window and watching the cars we fly past.

"Where at?"

I shrug, "Not sure. Adele will text the group chat, it'll be after Edward's finished practice."

He nods and we both start talking about our day for the rest of the ride.