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attend and which were better to skip. I got
the impression that they were all pretty social and very opinionated. They had
a lot to say about the different clubs on campus as well as the fraternities
and sororities. They seemed to be anti-pledging, but pro-partying with the
Greeks. Vi, Sadie’s friend, had pledged a sorority while she was here and said
she would put in a good word for me if I decided to pledge, but I hadn’t
decided yet.
    When they
started talking sports and about how good the lacrosse team was, I started to
mention Bas’ name, but then thought better of it. They would no doubt know who
he was, not only because he’d been the star of the lacrosse team when he went
here, but also because of his very famous brother, Christian – sexy rockstar,
drummer extraordinaire, and someone I was better off not thinking about,
something that on most days proved too difficult for me.
    Instead, I
kept my mouth shut and just listened to them prattle on about campus life, and
tried to navigate through their questions about me. They reminded me a lot of
some of the kids from my private high school. Jillian was actually a lot like
Lexi, my semi-best friend who’d been behind the wheel. That thought hurt for a
brief flash, but I reminded myself that this was all about second chances and
letting go of the past.
     At the end
of our meal, I was surprised when they invited me to tag along with them to a
party. I knew there were first year student activities and mixers going on in
each of the dorms, but Jillian insisted they were lame and I should skip them.
I was relieved and excited to have made some friends already, and didn’t want
to come off as a lame freshman, so I agreed to go with them. After all, college
parties were a part of college life. It didn’t mean I was going to mess up
again or turn into the party girl that I was before.
    I wasn’t
that girl anymore.

Chapter 2
    Mia
     
    The party
was off campus, at some house that belonged to friends of theirs. The girls
invited me to ride with them and I accepted, thinking it was better than
driving myself since I still didn’t know my way around the city very well. On
our way to their car, I looked down at my relaxed attire. Spending the day
unpacking hadn’t inspired me to put a lot of effort into my appearance, so I
was rocking a pair of simple, but designer jeans, a limited edition Ashes and
Embers t-shirt, from their very first tour, that Ace had hooked me up with when
I begged for one, and a pair of crocheted Toms. I didn’t know what kind of
party we were going to, but Jill, Heidi and Dawn were a little more glammed up
in heels, with their hair and make-up done to perfection.
    “Should I
change before we go?” I asked.
    “No, you
look fabulous. I wish I could get away with wearing jeans and a t-shirt and
look that hot,” Jill said, making me feel much better and more confident. I
wasn’t usually overly self conscious, but I knew I stood out next to them. I thought
of myself as pretty, but I’ll admit that I felt a little less so next to
Jillian, Heidi and Dawn.
    “I agree
that she looks hot,” Leland threw in his opinion, making my cheeks heat, but my
confidence rocketed up even more. At 5’7 I was taller than Heidi, making me the
tallest of the four of us girls, but that wasn’t Amazon tall. I was thin and my
boobs were a little, okay a lot, on the smallish side, unlike Jillian and
Dawn’s. They had serious boobage going on. My hair was naturally a light
strawberry blonde, and I loved that I didn’t have to use any product to get it
silky soft and straight. Keeping it short made it very low maintenance, without
looking low maintenance.
    We split up,
the girls climbing into Jillian’s sporty, but not brand new, BMW and the guys folding
themselves into Leland’s late model Mustang. Maybe they wouldn’t have impressed
some of my former classmates who would roll up in Porsches and Ferraris, like
the one Lexi had been driving, or the Benz that was