After a dinner with his new friends at the cafeteria, Raisel headed back to the dorm room. He wanted to run into Marielle again, he hoped for it, anyway. All through dinner he looked out over the crowd for the petite girl with striking hair. Never once did he catch a glance though and half way through his second helping of pizza and too much talk about hot girls, Josh was already done with him. It was a poor ending to a good day, but still, he tried not to let it bring him down too much as he headed back to the dorm. If he was lucky, Ian wouldn't be there.

As luck would have it, Raisel found himself alone in the room. the line of tape he made stood out starkly against the floor and for a minute, he stared at it, lost. How did things come to this? He wanted to enjoy college. All he came to do was have fun, but then that nerd guy went and ruined it. Well, he lost his temper first. "Damn..." Grinding the heel of his hand against his forehead, Raisel cursed as much at himself as at Ian or whatever cruel circumstances led to this. It wasn't like he meant to get angry or make enemies like this. Every time he opened his mouth though, it just happened.

Settling on his bed, he looked through papers for a while. He was quick to put aside things he didn't want to work on though. Only for photography did he settle into his work. He needed to start a series, all themed around one object, different sizes, paper, and equipment though. He knew in an instant what he would photograph. Hawks nested just off of campus in an abandoned power line pole and he'd seen them flying in the morning. No doubt he would see them again.

His work done, Raisel turned off the lights and just started to settle into bed at 9:30, for a minute, forgetting that his roommate had yet to come home. It must sounded so peaceful he couldn't help but listen to the call of sleep. Classes started early he still wanted to wake with dawn, at least, if he could help it.