The sleep that I never got last night comes to me as soon as Seth leaves the room. He has changed into black jeans and a tight black T-shirt and I almost changed my mind about accompanying him the last minute. I know the beach will be flooded with people and I hope against hope that I won't show him just how jealous I am when he is with girls out there.
It's just a pity that he is too handsome to be ignored.
I text Pat before I drift to sleep, letting her know that I'm still breathing.
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I walk up the stairs carrying my heavy rucksack full of books and a few students grin at me. It must be easy to tell that I'm a freshman in college since I'm pretty sure that I look nervous and I have all those bags with me.
My step dad is a few steps behind me tugging the rest of my luggage al
