Emily stood in front of the mirror, putting the last touches to her makeup. She had been up for an hour now, intent on making a good impression on her first day of University. She wore a light, white cardigan over a black tank top and skinny jeans. The top showed plenty of cleavage, but the cardigan gave the ensemble a veneer of respectability.
Satisfied with how she looked, she checked her watch. It was 8.15 am. Time to get some breakfast and then the short walk into campus. She left her room and, with a smile on her face, she opened the door to the living room of her apartment, to be greeted by three girls sitting around the table chatting over coffee.
She recognised Constance from last night. Tall, skinny and pretty with her black hair in a ponytail, wearing a faded black band t-shirt and pyjama pants.
The girl on Constance's left was also wearing pyjamas. Shorter and curvier than Constance, with blond straight hair, a round face that seemed to bear a look of annoyance.
The other girl had her back to Emily, but turned around to look when the door opened. Emily was struck by how gorgeous she was. Taller than Emily, but shorter than Constance, she was stunningly pretty, perfectly toned with big round tits and a tight ass, her skin was smoothly tanned and unblemished. Her straight Brunette hair was pulled back in a ponytail. She was wearing a tight t-shirt and yoga pants.
Constance smiled widely "Emily, good morning. This is my girlfriend Hermione," she said, indicating the blonde girl on her left, "And this is Sienna," indicating the brunette.
Sienna leapt out of her chair and threw her arms around Emily, pulling her into a hug. "So nice to meet you Emily."
Emily hugged her back, grinning stupidly to herself as she enjoyed the attention of such a stunning creature. Sienna broke the embrace and stood back to give Emily space.
"Aaron told me about last night, I'm so sorry, he's such an idiot."
Emily grinned "It's OK, it was an easy mistake to make. He seems like a nice guy, he's your boyfriend?"
"More like a friend." Sienna responded with a twinkle in her eyes "He's an arsehole really, but he was useful last night," Sienna said with a wink.
Emily's stomach felt like it did a somersault. Aaron was single? Would Sienna mind if Emily dated him?
Emily turned and held out her hand to Hermione. She looked at it for a moment, before offering a weak handshake.
"Your parents must have been Harry Potter fans I guess?" Emily asked innocently.
Hermione rolled her eyes "God, if I have to hear about that fucking wizard every time I meet someone new I think I'm going to shoot up the uni by the end of Freshers week."
"Babe, be nice," Constance said soothingly, patting Hermione's arm.
Hermione sighed, stood up and took Constance by the hand. "Let's go back to bed."
Constance grinned widely as she was led away, telling Emily, "So nice to meet you again!" as the door closed behind them, leaving Emily and Sienna alone.
Sienna handed Emily a fresh cup of coffee and grinned, "I met Constance and Hermione yesterday. Constance is cool, but I'm not sure about her taste in women.
"So, is your orientation day today?"
"Yes."
"Mine was yesterday. It's all a big waste of time if you ask me, they take all day in that lecture hall to run through stuff they could knock out in an hour. Still, we all have to go. Do you know anyone else starting today, or flying solo?"
"Uh, no, just going to head in by myself. I don't know anyone else at this university, I'm from Cornwall, so it's a bit of a distance. That's kind of the reason I came up here actually."
Sienna smiled and nodded "New phase, new start? Very cool. I want to throw a bit of a party tonight, if that's cool with you?"
"That would be great," Emily responded brightly, excited by the prospect of a social event in her home.
"Great! If you make any new friends today, tell them to come along. See you later roomie." Sienna hugged Emily again and left the room.
Emily ate a quick breakfast and left for her first day of university.
Later that evening, Emily sat on the couch in the apartment, with a glass of wine, chatting to her new friend Alexa.
Alexa was pretty, with a short, petite figure, straight red hair past her shoulders and glass. She was the most dressed up person in the apartment, wearing a black strapless top, miniskirt and heels. All the other girls wore jeans and tops. Emily had met her at orientation and she felt like they had hit it off. Alexa was from near enough Emily, and like Emily had come to Manchester for uni knowing no one.
"What time did Ryan say he'd get here?" Alexa asked.
"Around eight they said, so another half hour or so?" The two girls had been put in a group with Jake and Ryan, who were already friends, for orientation, and Emily had invited them along too. Alexa had been smitten with Ryan the moment she met him this morning, and had spent the day laughing at every other thing he'd said, going out of her way to touch his arm, just stopping short of physically launching herself at him. In fairness, Ryan seemed to enjoy the attention.
Jake, on the other hand, had set Emily's stomach a flutter. He was handsome, smart, funny, he liked the same bands Emily did - Emily was really impressed listening to his tales of a week spent camping at a music festival over the summer. She was trying to be cooler about it than Alexa was and she just hoped she was succeeding in that.
"Do you think Ryan will like my outfit?"
"Definitely, he was all over you today." Emily reassured her.
"I just hope he asks me out. Doesn't have to be tonight I suppose, but I'd be so happy if I could have him as my college boyfriend."
Emily took a sip from her wine and stared pensively, prompting Alexa to ask.
"What about you and Jake? If you date him, we could be couple-friends, go on dates together, wouldn't that be fun?"
Emily shrugged "Jake seems nice, but, I don't know. I don't think I want a boyfriend just yet? I want to have some fun for a while, you know. Keep my options open."
Alexa smirked at her. "Oh god, that sounds so cool, I don't know if I could do that though. It's just, before I came to college, I dreamed of meeting a guy like Ryan, you know? And we'd date throughout college, get married, have kids. Am I being ridiculous?"
"You do you babe," came Sienna's voice as she sat down next to Alexa, "If that makes you happy, go for it... Just, don't be disappointed if it doesn't work out like you planned. Men are bastards, trust me."
"Ryan isn't" replied Alexa smiling "He's lovely, wait til you meet him!"
Emily took the opportunity to leave Alexa with Sienna, and went to refill her glass. Constance was doing the same and Emily stopped to chat.
"Hey, how was your day."
"Good." Replied Constance, who was beaming, "Our orientation was yesterday, so Hermionie and I took advantage of the day off and spent it in bed." She admitted.
"Ohhhh, you guys are the cutest couple. How long have you been together?"
"About a year. Well, kind of." Constance looked around and leaned in, and admitted "I'm from a small village in Yorkshire. There weren't any other girls my age who, you know, liked girls. I was lonely, and I met Hermionie online. We only actually met in person the other day, for the first time, so we've been making the most of it, if you know what I mean," she said with a giggle.
"It sounds like you were meant to be." Emily said warmly. "You found the love of your life?"
"Yeah, I suppose. Yeah." Constance replied hesitantly.
