College. Fucking finally.

It's not that Daphne doesn't love her mom, or that her life was miserable, or anything, but it's so nice to get away from the people who've known her her whole life, who've got expectations of her, who restrict her just by being around. She'd say she has plans for college, but she doesn't--well, she has academic plans, she's not one of those girls who goes to college for her MRS degree or just to goof off and neglect her studies, but as long as she gets her shit done she plans to do whatever she wants, and hasn't had that freedom long enough to figure out what that is yet.

She checks the room number on the door against her New Student Orientation packet. Yep, that's the right one, looks like her roommate got there first. She knows a little about the other girl--also a biology major, has a weird name. Hopefully they'll get along. Maybe she'll be cute.

"Idaia Zavari-Lessnerai?" she asks, pushing the door the rest of the way open.