I could tell you, but I’d have to kill you

Early fall is my favorite time of year, or what I like to call it sweater weather. Waking up to my alarm this morning was no easy task as last night I stayed up reading all night trying to enjoy my last day of summer before the first day of being a college freshman. Quickly forcing myself up and out of bed, I head into the bathroom to take a shower. Without it there's no way id be fully awake. Me being quite the fastidious, I have to do things a certain way. So starting with turning the shower water on to the perfect balance of cold to hot ratio I take my silk nightgown off before slipping into the shower. While washing my hair with watermelon shampoo and conditioner, I couldn't help gushing at the smell. It's definitely my favorite. Finishing up I belted along to the various songs that played on pandora. Ah how I love pandora. When satisfied with how clean my body felt and turning the shower off. I feel around for my towel that was on the rack next to my shower. Wrapping it around myself I glance at the fogged mirror on the way out and turn in the direction of my bedroom. Passing by my best friend's, Shawn's, room I make sure to yell for him to wake up for the day. His response, of course, groaning like the man child he is. I knew he'd get up so I didn't press any further especially being stark naked apart from a towel. Going through the threshold of my bedroom door I looked back making sure it fully shut behind me as his room was directly across the hall from mine. Then making my way to my closet I try to decide what id be wearing today. Well it is supposed to be chilly. After rummaging around for what seemed to be a hundred hangers looking for my favorite over sized sweater I finally found it. I then drag myself over to my dresser to find some simple black jeans until I had the articles of clothing in my possession. Axiomatically not forgetting my underwear in the process. Me trying to throw them on quickly ended up in me tumbling over. Im always thinking that Im probably late one way or another. Well as late as I allow myself which really means 30 minutes early. I walked over to grab my phone to check the time the clock read 7:15 am, meaning I'm actually early by 45 minutes. Upon Seeing that I had more time than Id originally thought my face suddenly felt naked. Which led to a last second decision to throw on a bit of makeup before leaving the house today. Looking into my mirror I put on some winged eyeliner and filled my perfectly arched brows darker to look less sparse. Once I step out of my room and seeing Shawn already waiting for me out in the living room, I knew showering this morning must have not been too important to him. Also knowing I used all the hot water, which made me giggle to myself. We head out the elevator that was in our apartment down to the main floor and walked down the hall until we reached the garage, we slowly make our way out to his car. Hopping in the passenger of his white Honda Fit, as he turns the key his engine sputters to life and we start our voyage to town. Outside it looked overcast and wet from previous rain. I realize that Id made a good decision with my outfit and mentally high five myself. I love autumn. It never failed to cheer me up with the beautiful colors of reds, yellows and oranges that it produced onto the trees. It was nothing less than magical to me. I'm in my first year of college which Id mentioned before. I made sure to get as far from my family as possible. So here I am in a decent town trying to following my dreams. Back home I live a extraordinary life, if of course coming from a city where you're a small fish in a big pond is extraordinary to you. My parents are barely middle class so I often found myself working hard to get a scholarship. Which I did. It led me to the location of my school its not perfect but to me I wouldn't change a thing about it. My college is in a nearly desolate place. Theres a population of about 7,000 that consists of mostly college students. On the right side of town we’re surrounded by a forest that goes for miles which I’ve been dying to hike through. To the left its also wooded but the city on the left is fairly close. It's only about 30 miles, most people from here work there, as it's the closest 'big city’. Oh! I almost forgot to introduce myself Im Alana Ainsley. I'll be 20 in early February, its late august now so only half a year to go. Its actually the first chill of the year which Id been waiting for all year. Summer is so dreadful to me it's so terribly hot that you cant even let your hair down without it sticking to you. I shudder just thinking about how all the girls use it as a excuse to walk around nearly naked with their perfect summer bodies. Of course when I was a young teenager around 13 to 16 id been overweight. I now make sure to prevent that at all costs by barely allowing myself the simple pleasures. For example only eating cake on my birthday. This in my mind was completely necessary, if I want to avoid going back to that old me. As I was saying though, summer bodies. I do have one but that doesn't mean Im willing to show it off. In my mind I still see my body as it was in my teen years. My best friend here at college is called Shawn. Actually since before college. He lived in my old city. Wanting to be watchful he wanted to come here with me to make sure I had a familiar person taking care of me. insuring I didn't fall back into the same bad eating habits. It was very thoughtful of him considering this probably wasn't what he had in mind. Ultimately though, we both just wanted out of our hometown. The easiest way was to venture off with one another. Our pact to have each others backs has proven to not be in vain. So far we've kept each others word. Together we live in a decent sized two bedroom apartment not too far from campus. Not that you can get that far from it. The campus is dead center of the town, forest behind it. Shawn and I have been best friends practically our whole life, our parents knew each other from college and ended up living in the same town not too far apart. His family lived in the wealthier part, naturally, with them having better jobs than my parents. They also pay for our apartment so I scored big time with Shawn coming here with me. Living rent free in a nice apartment is definitely a plus, that I appreciate.