**After a few kind suggestions from a few redditors, I've decided to make a few changes to the story. For starters, that Blurb at the beginning is now in its own section, so if anyone is wondering where it is, just check for it there. Other than that, there are a few new sentences, and potentially a new chapter or two depicting in greater detail the building relationship between Eden and Jordan over time instead of it being so sudden and in such little detail. Anyway, Enjoy the newly revised story of, "The Runner."* She walked straight by me after going in the doors, putting her fingers through her pixie cut (boy length for those of you who don't know) blonde hair and glanced at me, gave me a sheepish little wave, and continued walking down the hall. She looked so beautiful that day. Just a simple white v-neck tee shirt, not cut too low, medium blue skinny jeans with bleach spots put there on purpose, and a sea foam green scarf. She, on her own, was also quite striking. She looked about 5'8", only three inches shorter than me, wonderfully slim, but still with enough weight on her that her bones didn't stick out, she was amazingly good-looking. I decided, after a few seconds of deep thought (which is quite rare for me), to say hello. So I did. "Hi." I said in a blank tone, obviously trying not to show that I was quite nervous. "Hi," she replied, waving again and slowing her fast walk by a slight amount allowing me to catch up. "I'm Jordan. I'm new. Just started today." Trying to spark conversation, I said the stereotypical thing that anyone would say. She seemed to ease off a little, because her shoulders relaxed as she said, "Me too. I- I'm Eden by the way. Nice to meet you." I'm still to this day not sure why she stuttered. I'm sure it was just a mistake. "Oh cool, we're both newbies." A little relieved that she wanted to continue conversation, I decided to find out more about her. "What do you plan to do for you major?" I asked, intrigued. Almost looking surprised I'd ask her about something like her major study, she replied with, "I was thinking my major would be computer science, mainly coding video game AI systems and stuff like that." To be honest, that blew my mind. That she, of all people, would be interested in computer science. She looked more like a contemporary artist when I first saw her. Guess I need to work on not judging people so quickly. In reply to this surprise, I said, "Really? That's awesome. I'm hoping to major in computer science too. I guess we're in the same class if we're both going this way." Looking down at my watch, I realized we were going to be late if we didn't hurry, to which I stated, "Crap! We're gonna be late. Come on, let's go!" Running as fast as our legs would permit, we got into classroom just in time. The professor began by saying how we were almost late (I hate it when people call me out on things), told us a bit about his past, and then we got started. There was one thing that struck me as interesting in that whole class: the fact that my professor used to work for the locally operated company called PUPiL Studios. The whole reason I wanted to join the computer science class was because I wanted the skills that the company was looking for. It was definitely going to be an interesting semester if he were to be my professor. After the class ended and I went through my minor class, it was about time for lunch. To my luck I saw Eden in the central courtyard and caught up with her. "Hey Eden. How's the day going?" "Pretty good. I'm going to look around for a good place to eat. Know anywhere?" "Well that depends. What do you like?" "Nothing specific, really." "Well then I could give you some directions to a McDonalds or an A&W if you want."