legs falling off, stomach grumbling.. [Xavier]

[madison elena knight]

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The more of this place that Madi saw, the more she liked. It was so different, than Florida.. or maybe it was just college being so different than high school, the main thing obviously being that she was married now. Yes, married. It still felt crazy, even to her, but her parents had done the same thing and they'd stayed happy up until her father's passing just over a year ago. Why couldn't she and Olli make it work? Well, there was their less than spectacular dating track record, which was pretty much all her fault. She couldn't help but feel like she'd screw it up again and this time the fallout would be much bigger.

In any case, Madison was doing her best to adjust to life in a new town, registering for classes, buying books and that sort of thing. It was strangely exhausting (not to mention how expensive books were...) and after 5 hours on campus that day, she was feeling beat... and hungry, very hungry, Juggling her books in her arms, she reached into her purse and took out the map that she'd been given, trying to find the Canteen. It didn't take long and within seconds, she was heading through a crowd of students, trying to plan what to get.

She was used to crappy cafeteria food, coming from a boarding school where most kids just went off-campus or made their own food, so she prepared herself for disaster. But she was starving and in all honesty would have eaten some of the weird British food Oliver was always getting her to try with much protest. Crappy cafeteria food would work just fine.

Walking in the door, she saw that it was rather quiet in there and wondered if it was classes or something else that kept the kids out. Classes, she decided heading over and gazing up at the menu. They had the usual burgers and fries and salads and such, but nothing seemed too appealing. She kept walking catching sight of some muffins that looked decent and grabbed a chocolate chip one. Madison had always had a sweet tooth.

She paid, getting a coffee also, then headed to a table close by, dropping her books on the seat across from hers and feeling instant relief in her arms. So much better. she thought before sitting and taking a long drink of coffee before pulling out her phone to see if Oliver or someone else had called... Nope.

Setting the phone down on the table, she wondered what to do. She hated just sitting. It felt so awkward. Catching sight of her books, she grabbed the first from the stack and read the title. It was for some business class that had been mandatory and she was already dreading it. It wasn't like she planned on being in business.. Not that she did know what she wanted to do either. For all she knew, business was her forte. It was just bound to be boring as hell.

[xavier brayzen connelly]

Xavier's mind was a little more than out of focus today. It was coming up on another anniversary of her death. Uncommon for the young hearthrob however he was completely depressed and for once actually showing it. He had thought that as the years passed the easier things would get for him, however it almost appeared, that the more the years passed on the worse things got for him. Gripping his books close to his chest Xavier sighed heavily tossing his hair slightly hoping to get it out of his eyes only to make it fall right back into them, "For the god damn love of..." he said as he continued walking down the hall.

It almost appeared that things were only going to get worse for him as he almost tripped into a wall as he went to turn the corner towards the canteen. It always seemed to be a teen hideaway to eat and study, however during this time of the day it would hopefully be completely abandoned. It wasn't common during the day for anyone to be here especially when classes were going on. Happily the young junior had gotten a free period this semester which gave him time to slip away from any classes that he didn't want to deal with and just focus more on his singing and the classes he enjoyed, which sadly, wasn't many.

Finally making it to the canteen around ten minutes later Xavier leaned agains the door and opened it slowly. As it dropped shut he noticed one single female sitting in the room obviously not happy to be there that or maybe the book that she was staring at was annoying her, "You know... the easiest part comes after you open the book darling..." he said a small smirk playing itself onto his play boy lips. He was a tease, though he knew his darling in heaven wouldn't be happy with how he chose to live his life Xavier knew that there was no point in daveling to much anymore, for she was gone, and he was here, though that didn't mean that he had to stay with any one woman after all she had been his pride and joy, his one light and now, well now she was gone.

Sitting down carefully at the table he set his books down at looked at her, then to her own books, "business? So you thinking of a business major sweetheart?" Simple conversation, maybe that would help get the ice broken, whether it would be the easiest icebreaker was yet to be determined.

[madison elena knight]

Sighing in frustration, Madi placed the book down on the table and turned to her muffin. A sugar fix, that was what she needed, To say the woman didn't have a sweet tooth would have been a complete lie and luckily, she had the metabolism to cope with it. That being said, Madison wasn't the type to just sit at home and do nothing either, which probably burned a ton of calories too. She picked up the chocolately goodness and carefully unwrapped it, doing her best not to let it crumble into a million pieces as she found that muffins often did (much to her dislike). Overall, it was a success and soon she was breaking off a small piece and putting it into her mouth. Yu- Ew! Madison did her best not to be sick as she placed the muffin as far to the other side of the table as possible, Why was it salty? She'd never made muffins, but she assumed that something had gone horribly wrong with the recipe. She wondered if it was a simple off-day around here or if that sort of things happened more often than not. Well, it explained why she was sitting in the room alone right now.

At least she thought she was until a male voice, unfamiliar though pretty much all voices were around here, caught her attention. She looked over at him to see him standing not so far away. He looked older, not much so he wasn't a teacher, but she assumed he was a senior, or maybe a junior. Either way he knew more about this place than she did, so she embraced the conversation. Maybe he'd be full of "words of wisdom".. either that or he'd be a fun escape for a little while. Well the PG13 kind. She was married after all. "Opening it involves actually wanting to read it and I'd rather have the Coles notes version." she replied to him, matter of factly. She wasn't being rude, it just wasn't like her to bullshit anyone. Not that he probably even cared about the book, he was probably just bored and making small talk. Whatever floated his boat...

She watched as he then took a seat on the empty chair in front of her, without invite or asking first. It was something that surprised her, but that she liked. She'd always been a forward person too. "Actually I'm undeclared." she said to him when he asked if she planned on majoring in business. "Planning ahead isn't really my thing." She added with a shrug. "What about you? Interested in all things business?" Her tone was sarcastic and teasing. Sure, she was interested in what someone like him had found to be their life's greatest passion (or dread since, well, most people ended up in a job they hated after college.. it was a fact) but she didn't want to get into a big heavy conversation with someone she'd just met.