Another Go

"Are you implying that I can’t walk that far?"

It's really hot outside, so I thought maybe a cab considerately cooler. 

No way. I mean, I’ve been approached by one but I don’t know if I’m comfortable with the concept of hazing. I started classes this week, I think I picked the right field.

Maybe its better than it used to be? I know there's been a huge anti-hazing movement the past few years. What did you end up choosing to study?

We are like Humpty Dumpty and all these king’s horses and all these king’s men cannot put us back together again.

"Yeah, I definitely have time, let’s go. I’m not going to lie, I’m anxious to know what this is all about."

Just warning you, we'll be heading to Beverly Hills. Should I call a cab?

And her name was Fiona too, similar name even. Are you rushing a sorority, by chance? I know that this area is Greek row, and I have zero idea what I’m doing here.

I was actually running up to a small store behind all of the frat houses and sorority houses. Did you join one?

"Well, I hope you continue to have good fortune when running into people. A fresh start, for sure."

You too, Reed. I should probably get going, though. 

"Entirely. So far, I haven’t run into anyone that I’m disappointed in seeing. I seem to have left most of the shit back in Deering. So that’s nice."

Same here. It's good to see everyone I've run into.

"I’m sure the conversation is riveting," she teased, Nora couldn’t help but adapt a big sister role with Faye, it came naturally. 

[Faye chuckled, glancing down.] 

"I agree. There was a bunch of crap that we don’t need here."

It would kind of negate the whole "fresh start" thing. 

Okay, the sunlight is really deceiving. It made your hair look dirty blonde, I thought that you were an old friend of mine at first. A friend from back in Massachusetts, one who was pretty hellbent on attending MIT. Sorry about that, Faye.

I was going to be offended, Nate. [She teased him lightly.] 

"I know you and Anna were close, I was asking if you and Nate are good friends."

Oh. Well, we're decent friends. Not very close, but I feel pretty comfortable around him and enjoy his company. 

"It’s like someone is playing a weird joke on us all."

I just hope the bad luck from Deering hasn't followed us here. 

"I believe you…Were the two of you good friends?"

Annabel and I? We were. She was my best friend until I left for Boston. I hadn't talked to her for a few years, though. 

Sorry, I know this is awkward, but I’m partaking in some freshman ice breaker activity called a date dash and well… I need a date within the next 15 minutes.

Oh, Nate, hey. 

"Isn’t it, though? I mean, it’s so big and crowded that even though we all moved to the same city, who would have ever thought we’d run into each other? I mean, it’s the second most populated city in the world with 3.8 million people. What are the chances that we’d run into someone we know by accident?"

I would think astronomical, yet here we are.