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Okay, so today at my new school was pretty dope. My dad decided to drive me, you know, being a goddamned faculty member and all. 

“You know, Jessica, if you’re a grad student, you’ll have to read a lot,” he told me, showing me a copy of a book.

But- get this- the book was Animal Farm. Yes, really.

“Sounds like a baby book,” I shrugged, putting it aside.

Dad gave me an annoyed look. Look, I know he’s a historian of animals or something like that.

I really wanted to keep a low profile. Not only was Dad a professor there, but after the whole incident where I transformed into some sort of apex predator to stop a bunch of guys from attacking me at my previous university, I just wanted to be a normal grad student and not try to attack anyone.

Before I knew it, I was there. There was this group of popular girls, who were probably in some sort of sorority, there to greet me.

“Bye, sweetheart! Have a lovely time!” Dad told me.

“Yeah, whatever,” I shrugged, walking up the stairs. This was my first day at school, but that didn’t mean he had to make a big fuss. In fact, he was kind of embarrassing me here. Thanks a lot, Dad.

My new friends there, though, handled it surprisingly fine. In fact, they were happy to see me. Their leader, a pretty blonde girl, approached me first. 

“Hey, Jess, welcome to Uni!” she told me.

“Um...hi?” I said, very awkwardly. They were being awfully nice with me, and I was only there for five minutes!

“Hey, you’re the new girl here, aren’t you? Jessica? Your dad is Dr. Jonathan Chase, isn’t he?” she said.

“Yeah?” I said even more awkwardly.

“I heard what happened at that party you went to,” she continued.  “You fought back all those guys without even breaking a sweat. You didn’t even get scratched or anything!” 

“Yeah, that was awesome!” said another girl.

“How did you guys even know?” I asked, baffled as to how the hell they even knew.

“It was all over the news,” said my new friend. “Grad Student Ferociously Attacks Rapists like an Apex Predator?” How could we miss that?”

“Okay...” I said. 

“My name is Ashley- Ashley Olsen,” said the girl. “My friends here are Felicia and Kristen.” “Hey, Jess!” said Felicia. Felicia did really resemble a cat with her feline face and fluffy curls. I should know- Dad had plenty of animals lying around his study. 

“So, what are you guys doing tonight?” I said, trying to continue the conversation. I was honestly pretty baffled as to why they were being so welcoming with me.

“I thought we’d get some ice cream after dinner,” said one of the girls. “Wanna come?”  “I guess,” I said. “So, see you around, I guess?” “Sure,” said the girls. 

“Anyways, here’s my number,” said Ashley, giving me a slip of paper. “Glad to see you!” 

Hello there. My name is Jessica Chase. I guess you wouldn’t care so much except for the fact that my father is Dr. Jonathan Chase, famed professor of animal behavioral sciences at NYU University. Since being a professor is not a real job, he also works as a police consultant at the local police station. Uncle Nick says he’s a real vital component in helping discover crimes. He also uses a lot of animals in his cases, such as a black panther and a hawk. I’m honestly not sure why, but to each his own.

My mom died shortly before I was born, and Dad raised me as a single Dad. Apparently, something happened in my birth process that killed Mom, but Dad doesn’t like to dwell on it. He misses her too much.