1 I'm Average

I thought I'd never find love. I wasn't really particularly pretty. My eyes were too far apart, I had big ears, and I was very short. I just didn't meet the criteria of the word "pretty". I took an online beauty test and they rated me a 6/10 which is average. That basically describes my life: average. I'm an average girl with average grades, average friends, and an average family. Wow, even my name is average: Jessica Melton.

In high school, I wasn't really known for much. I got invited to all the parties with the popular kids, stoners, jocks, ect. But no one really knew my name or talked to me. If I was in a movie, I would be the background character that you see every once in a while at the main character's locker.

Well I'm not in high school anymore. I'm in college now. I obviously didn't make it into some fancy school like Yale or Harvard; not with my B average. I go to Alabama State University. The acceptance rate is 98% with a 27% graduation rate. I got this. Today's my first day, and I'm going to make it count.

"Marketing 1, Room 274" I look over at the room I'm next to: "Room 193". Well shoot, I have no idea where I'm going. I see a blonde girl who seems to know what she's doing, I decide to ask her if she knows where my class is. As I'm walking towards her, I notice how freaking beautiful she is. She has long blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and is at least 5'7. She's also extremely tan. She saw me walking towards her and she smiled at me. Woah, her teeth and smile are perfect.

"Howdy!" she basically screams at me.

I jump back a little, I wasn't expecting her to be this loud.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Did I scare you? I seem to do that quite a bit. I'm just very nervous for today. It's my first day, I'm a freshman. Are you a freshman too? You look sorta lost, so you must be! I'm Allison Larsen! What's your name?"

Wow, she sure is friendly. I like her . I smile at the beautiful girl and say, "Hi, yes I am a freshman and very lost. I'm Jessica."

"Jessica what? Sorry I just have to know last names, its sorta my thing." She says while laughing. She's a very loud laugher.

"Jessica Melton," I say.

"Oh my gosh!! That is such a pretty name. A pretty name for a pretty girl! Honestly, I would kill to have your brown hair. It looks so healthy, you need to give me your skincare routine! Woah, and your eyes. Hazel right? They're gorgeous. Ugh, can't relate. I have boring blue ones. And you're so cute and short. How tall are you like 5'2? I'm good at guessing heights haha. I wish I was that short. Just knock 5 inches off me and then I would be. Oh my gosh, I'm rambling! Im sorry, is there something you needed?" Allison said to me while practically jumping up and down.

She thinks I'm pretty? Huh. And dang, she is so insecure when she has no reason to be. She is probably the prettiest girl I have ever seen. "Room 274" I say, "Do you know where that is?"

"I do actually! When I was a senior in high school, I took a tour here so now i basically know this place up and down! Follow me!"

So I followed Allison through the campus. Huh, I guess I made my first friend. I'm off to a decent start.