It was 9:30 AM, and I was sitting in my first class, which was Music Appreciation. I sighed, taking a drink of my cappuccino. I sat there for the next hour and a half, listening to the instructor’s monotone voice go on about classical music. Finally class was over, and I walked to the common area, already starving and wanting lunch. I settled for a Gatorade and a bag of Chex Mix. I sat down to eat my snack, and sent Lily a quick text. “I hope you’re having a good day so far. My first class was music appreciation, the instructor’s voice was worse than Ms. O’Dell’s.” I cringed, thinking of our old math teacher, who was probably insane and her voice was like nails on a chalkboard. I quickly received a reply from Lil “Holy shit, Ms. Odel?! That’s freakin terrible dude. It’s not so bad over here. I had English Lit. I’m just ready to end the day so I can go home and see Zack!” I smiled, quickly sending a reply before I got up to walk to my next class. “I know exactly what you mean, I definitely miss Bri today.” I shoved my phone in my pocket, and walked toward my next class, which was Calculus. I’ve always been pretty good at math, so hopefully this won’t be too bad. As I was walking someone bumped into me. “Oh shit, I’m sorry, I guess I wasn’t paying attention.” I said, rubbing my shoulder. “Oh that’s okay, fancy running into you here.” My head snapped up at the sound of his voice, and I came face to face with Jamie. “What the hell are you doing here Jamie? I thought you got into UCLA.” I said angrily. “Well I did, but I heard you were coming here. I couldn’t resist coming here too so I could see you every day.” he said with a creepy smile on his face. “Leave me alone Jamie, I’m not fuckin kidding. I’ve punched you in the face before and I’ll damn sure do it again.” I said, storming off toward class. The rest of my day went by uneventful. After calculus I grabbed a salad from the café for lunch, then went to History class. As soon as class was over I darted out the door and toward my car. I decided to drive over to the studio to surprise Brian.

As I was getting out of the car the door to the studio swung open, revealing Zack and Brian. “Baby! What are you doing here?” Brian asked, walking over to give me a hug and kiss. “I had a long day, I wanted to see you sooner rather than later.” I sighed. “We were just gonna take a quick smoke break while Matt waas recording his vocals, but it can wait. Zack I’m gonna head back inside with her.” he said to the green eyed guitarist, who nodded as he lit his cigarette. I followed Brian inside, his hand in mine the whole way. We rounded the corner and Jimmy spotted me. “My college girl is here!” he said as he bounded over to give me a hug. “How was your first day sis?” “It was good, I like my classes, but ugh.” I huffed, stomping over to the couch to sit down, “you’ll never guess who I saw on campus today.” “Who baby? Do I need to kick someone’s ass?” Brian asked, sitting next to me and wrapping an arm around my shoulders. “Fucking Jamie. He told me that he heard I got into UCI and he decided that he wanted to go there too. How creepy is that shit? I told him to stay the hell away from me, I’m not scared to punch him in the face.” “What?! He really fucking told you that?” Jimmy asked outraged. “How the fuck are you supposed to learn if you have to watch out for creepster?” “I’m going to ignore him. If he talks to me I’ll deck him. Simple as that. He knows I’m not kidding either.” I said angrily, crossing my arms over my chest. “I’ll go to class with you Bean, I’ll be your bodyguard.” Johnny said from the his spot on the couch. “Really Christ? You’re like 5’5. You can’t do shit.” Brian joked. “Aw babe, leave him alone. He’s my best friend, he’s just looking out for me. Thanks JC” I said, giving him a small smile. “I have it covered though. So, whatcha working on?” I asked, clapping my hands together. “Oh no. No no no.” Jimmy said, pulling me up out of the couch. “You don’t get any sneak peeks. None of the other girls get them, so you don’t either.” “But JimJam please? I had a long day.” I whined, using the puppy dog eyes on my brother. “Oh no, don’t look at me like that. Gates, get your girl, she’s trying to use the puppy dog look.” he said, turning me around to face Brian. “Oh that shit gets me every time, come on babe. We’ll let you listen to some later.” he said, standing up to hug me. “You guys are a bunch of no fun bitches.” I pouted into Brian’s chest. “Fine. I’m gonna head home, have a glass of wine and call Leana. I’m sure she’ll want to hear all about my first day of class. I’ll see you tonight babe.” I gave Brian a quick kiss, hugged my brother, and said goodbye to the rest of the guys. I hopped in my car, turned Bullet For My Valentine on my radio, and started the drive home.

Once I got home I decided to pour a glass of wine and relax in the hot tub. I called Leana, who decided that she was coming over with more wine, and changed into my bikini. I let pinkly out into the back yard, and went into the kitchen to make a cheese and cracker tray for Lee and I to snack on. “I’m here Bea.” Leana shouted into the house when she arrived. “In the kitchen.” I said back to her, smiling at her when she walked in the door with a bottle of wine in one hand and her pool bag in the other. “You’re my kind of lady Lee. Especially after the day I’ve had.” I sighed. “Well you finish up that tray and I’ll pour us a glass of wine.” she suggested, walking over to the fridge to pull out the bottle I had already opened. I walked to the front door and made sure it was locked, before we grabbed our things and walked out into the back yard. We climbed into the hot tub, sitting our wine glasses on the sides. “Okay, tell me all about this day you’ve had.” Leana said as I launched into my story about running into Jamie on campus today. “He seriously said that? Fuckin creep.” she said “Who the hell does he think he is? He cheated on you, and you broke up with him, like you should have. He needs to leave you alone.” “Oh believe me Lee, I know. I’m so tired of him being super creepy and weird. I mean, he’s still dating Mallory, what the hell does he want with me?” I asked, getting frustrated. “Babe he knows you’re happy, and he’s going to try and sabotage that. He knows he screwed up and lost the best thing that could have ever happened to him, but that doesn’t mean he’s going to leave it alone. He’s a fucking weirdo.” she said cringing. “Okay, enough with talking about that freakazoid, how are things going with you and Brian?” “They’re great Lee. Really. I fall in love with him a little more every day. The night I moved in we turned off our phones and just had a night alone. We pushed the table out of the living room and danced for hours. He’s amazing. I’m so happy. Still nervous about tour though.” I chuckled, taking a sip of my wine. “I mean I trust him, it’s them I don’t trust.” “Well you don’t have to worry about him on tour, you said so yourself that you were going with him from now on, so you can keep the little fan girls off of him.” Leana said, grinning evilly.

We were still outside in the hot tub when Brian and Jimmy came home. “Hellooooo Brian” I slurred, grinning at my boyfriend. “How was the rest of your day?” “Uh, Brook, you guys just drank an entire bottle of wine.” he said, looking at the bottle. “Oh shit. Wait, what’s today. Jimmy? What day is today?” I asked anxiously, while Leana giggled. “It’s Monday Bea.” he said, grinning at me. “Oh. Whew. Good. I don’t have class on Tuesdays. Okay, it’s okay that we drank all the wine then. We had a lot to talk about” I said with a smile. “Okay baby girl, let’s get you out of the hot tub and feed you. Jim and I brought Chinese home.” Brian said, lifting me out of the hot tub. “Oh thank you baby! I’m pretty hungry now that I think about it.” Brian helped me wrap my towel around myself, and I walked upstairs to changed. I quickly stripped out of my bikini and pulled on a pair of sweats and a t shirt, along with my underwear. I walked back downstairs and threw my bikini into the laundry room. I sat down and had dinner with everyone, making sure I drank a ton of water. I was still pretty buzzed once we had finished dinner and Jimmy decided to take a drunk Leana home. “How are you not that drunk?” Brian asked amused. “I’m a Sullivan, it’s in my DNA.” I shrugged. “Come on baby, let’s get to bed.” he said, wrapping an arm around my shoulders. I nodded and walked beside him up the stairs, sleepy from all the wine I drank. I collapsed into the bed while Brian pulled off his shirt and jeans then climbed in the bed. I quickly snuggled into his side. I kissed his chest softly and said “I love you Bri, you’re the best boyfriend ever, thank you for always having my back.” I heard him chuckle softy and he kissed my head. “I love you too baby girl, I’ll always have your back, no matter what.” I smiled softly to myself and laid my head on his chest, drifting off to sleep.