The Butterfly Effect

Hi, my name is Allison Mackenzie and for the first time in my life, the world is not against me. Currently, I'm a junior at Princeton University. On my first day here, I prayed for my college life would be better than my high school life. And God answered my prayer quickly. In my first year, I met this guy who I think is the handsomest guy I've ever seen in my life. My first time seeing him was when I was sitting by myself in our university library which is my favorite place to kill the time during free period. At that time, as I looked up and saw him sitting on a chair across me, it was love at first sight. Fast forward to today, now we've been together for nearly two years.

I'm Jessica Anderson and I'm totally confused right now. Two weeks ago, I accidentally met my ex-boyfriend again. Frankly, I really still can't move on from him despite the fact that we broke up two years ago and three months after the breakup, I moved to different state for starting college at Columbia University. It broke my heart when he recently told me that he has a new girlfriend now. But somehow, when we were talking again for the first time after what felt like forever, I still could see how he looked at me with the same soft, loving way like he used to.

Hi, I'm Ashley Morris and my best friend always says that most girls in our school are jealous of me because all guys here want to be with me. I have no idea why they could say such thing because I think it's an exaggeration. Everything only started two years ago when I was once chosen to be one of the new students for our self-portrait to be up on our university's social media in my freshman year. Seriously, it was, like, a long time ago. Aside from that, I don't even care about those guys because there's this one guy who's been haunting my mind since a couple months ago. He's my new neighbor in my apartment.

My name is Scarlett Krüger and I admit I'm a very shy girl. I just started my first year at Columbia University about two months ago. I hated it when my little group of friends in high school got accepted into different universities because it meant I had to part with them. I didn't want to lose my three friends, for all I knew I'd hardly get a new one since making friends is not in my nature. I'm just too shy to ask people if I can join their table at cafeteria. Moreover, people don't even bother to talk to me because they say I smile once in a blue moon. But then this junior guy came into my life two weeks ago and turned my black-and-white days around simply with his existence.

Hi, I'm Kirsten Davis and I've been in a relationship with my boyfriend for two years and still counting. I'm so lucky to have him in my life because he's always been there for me whenever I need him, even at my worst. For me, he's the best listener and adviser I've ever met. When I was devastated about my parents' divorce three years ago, he was there to hug me and whisper all the words that calmed me down. And when my Dad decided to marry my stepmom last year, my boyfriend convinced me that she would love me like her own daughter because I deserved it. My life would've been so messed up if I never met him.