These stories were made by students for their JRN 101H class. They are reported stories about the lives of other students on campus.
She stares in the mirror while her roommate touches up the curls in her hair.
She looks good.
She feels good.
Tonight is her night.
She hopes that tonight she will finally be able to let loose and find someone who can make her forget about the boy she grew up with.
She is used to scrolling through her phone awaiting a message from him. She is used to her friends saying “You could totally do better.”
She finds herself missing his deep brown eyes that somehow make her feel as if she is the only one in the room. She missed his sweet smell, his soft touch and the brown locks that fell just above his ear.
As she follows the lights and enters the bar scene, she is overwhelmed by the amount of people.
Someone touches her back and spins her around. He has blonde hair, not brown hair. He has light eyes, not dark eyes. He’s different, but something in her system and about the night makes it easier for her to talk to him and give him the time.
She dances with him, he dances with her. They laugh and slowly come to make eye contact. Although he has beautiful eyes, they are not the eyes she knows. They are not the eyes she loves.
She feels a rush of heat go from her head to her toes and she whispers to her friend that it is time to go. She slowly makes her way out of the bar and back to Morris Hall.
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As she takes off her makeup and looks in the mirror, she knows that nothing could ever change the way she feels about the boy back home.
He is simply unforgettable.
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