1: Laura

Laura believed the only chance she could get back on Samuel was to get better results on their next assignment and rub it on his face. She was ready to outshine him and their entire batch if it was not for their major history teacher.

Both of them were on their last year of university, their rivalry was known to the entire history major. Who would get the first place spot, her or Samuel Lambert.

Their history teacher, Professor Gina, who is known for being the matchmaker put us on the same group assignment. She doesn't only enjoy giving a lot of exams and assignments, she decided the organization of the glass seats as she sees fit and the same for the group projects.

That was precisely why Laura found herself in the same group as Samuel more than she cared to count.

Their rivalry didn't start because of grades, in fact they were friends once. Since their first year in university, the two of them became friends thanks to their own friends who started dated. Celine and Theodore.

The four of them were inseparable, they always did things together, from studying to shopping to preparing their dorm rooms etc. and after Celine and Theodore broke up, naturally Laura and Samuel grew apart and everything turned into unconditional hatred.

"Cannot believe Professor Gina!" Laura complained from her dirty, messed side of the dorm room. "Did she have to put us with the boys?"

"I feel like we should start to get used to this." Celine sighed as she began packing her bag.

This was the nth time the four of them had been forced into one group, at some point their group chat remained intact just in case they were forced into another assignment together.

"This is the last year, we should hold it in for the next couple of months." Laura scratched her exposed belly as she scrolled through reels.

"Will you get up and do your laundry?" Celine frowned "we have to go tomorrow to the airport at 9AM, I can't stand the guys dismissive attitude if we are late."

"Don't want to." Laura rolled over. "Too. Lazy!"

"Laura, please, go do your laundry!" Celine pinched Laura back "do you realize how packed the laundromat will be now? Everyone will be there because of the traveling schedule tomorrow so hurry up!"

"Ugh! Fine!" Laura jumped to her foot and grabbed her dirty cloth basket "I am tired, and I hate Professor Gina, and she has a way to get on my nerves, and I am hungry. I will stop by the store and buy some stuff, do you need anything?"

"Get me some bugs spray." Celine waved to her to leave quickly and Laura did.

Laura put on her airpods, started her Taylor swift playlist, and went to the laundromat across their dorm building while humming to Love Story song and feeling like a total social reject as people looked at her like she was drunk on the broad daylight.

The laundromat was filled to max, there was no empty washing machine, so she had to wait, she scrolled through her phone, texting her brother and keeping an eye on a certain machine she was ready to fight everyone for.

She zoomed toward it the second the person left, someone groaned to her side since she had beaten him to the machine. She stuck out her tongue to him and opened the machine.

"How childish." Someone to her side said.

Laura turned around and found Samuel, he was putting his cloth into the machine next to her while glaring at her.

"Shut up!" She put in her cloth with more anger than necessary, then started the machine while they both were glaring at each other. She timed it for 45 minutes and decided to go to the grocery store next to the laundromat and get some toiletries and travel stuff.

She stepped out and Samuel was a step behind. She ignored him and opened the door to the store, he was there, of course everyone would need supplements before their travels, so she ignored him again. She picked her stuff quickly, stood in the line, still ignoring Samuel standing in the front of the line.

Finally, she went to pick her cloth, halfway expecting someone waiting for her to finish. She put her bag on her basket and started emptying the machine from her cloth. Samuel was doing the same.

"Don't you dare be late tomorrow." He told her.

"Say this to yourself." She gave him the middle finger.

"You are the one with the habit of being late." He snapped.

"Wake early, princess." Laura walked away still giving him the finger. And he was ready to murder her with his glare.

She returned to her dorm room frowning angrily, Celine was cleaning her bag and organizing things on her bed. "I met Samuel at the laundromat, he just had to be an ass!" Laura growled. "When was I ever late?"

"Every time, Laura, every time." Celine chuckled. "Did you get the spray?"

"Yes, here." Laura flipped the basket on her bed and didn't see her shopping bags. "Where is it?" She flipped her cloth around and still couldn't find it.

"You didn't buy it?" Celine picked Laura scattered cloth.

"Of course I did." Laura hissed, "I even got some toiletries, did I forget it at the laundromat? But I am sure I put it on the basket."

She looked at her basket and gasped, this basket had been with her since her first year here, she went shopping with Celine and the guys once they were friends and Samuel and her bought the same color. Did she accidentally put it on his basket?

"Okay, girl, we have got trouble." Laura turned to Celine "I think I accidentally put the stuff on his basket and I will forever hate myself if I got indebted to him. "

"Calm down, I am sure he will find it and text you to return it."

"What if he didn't? I have got a lot of snacks as well."

"You know Samuel isn't like that." She chuckled "he will bring them."

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