Explore! Experiment!

You grin. "I think Britt's got the right idea. Why rush into anything? We've got four whole years here. At least, we're supposed to," you chuckle. The others mostly laugh, but Leah shakes her head.

"Don't even say that. I've got to get out of here in four years...my parents are stressed enough about paying for this as it is," she mutters.

"Yeah, but you've also got to learn to be your own person," you say with a smile. "Like yes, do the work and so on, but...why lock yourself into a course of study right now? Live a little first. Take weird classes! Explore yourself!"

"How very liberal," Makenzie says dryly. You shoot her a look and she smirks. You'd forgotten for a moment that this place was so conservative, though you can't quite figure out what Makenzie's relationship to what she just said is. Is she calling you out, or recognizing a kindred spirit? Hard to tell.

"Oh, I'm sure Luke's not any kind of godless liberal," Judy says brusquely. "I don't mind the idea of experimenting a little bit in my first semesters, I just...I know what I like!"

"And I know what I like!" Britt says with a laugh. "I like messing around and doing weird things." Rosa just chuckles and shakes her head.

Judy glances at her watch and frowns. "Oh shit, guys, that mandatory orientation meeting is starting in like five minutes...we should get going." All of you sigh and grumble as you stand up. Still, as you fall in step with the girls, you smile. You like all of them, and...it feels good to already have friends.