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Caleb Nichol started talking about what he wanted his oldest daughter to do before she even graduated highschool. She would attend the college he felt was best for her, majoring in business, and then take a job with her father's company, The Newport Group. She would eventually marry Jimmy Cooper, and the married couple would settle in the town they grew up in-Newport Beach-and continue the lifestyle they were used to, which was living in oceanview mansions in a gated community, along with perks such as only buying the most expensive, fancy, designer clothing. To many, that might seem like a perfect plan. College, a great job guaranteed that is sure to make big money, and a mansion that you and your husband reside in, located in the beautiful gated community of Newport Beach. But she was tired of Newport Beach. The constant pressure her father put on her over the years made her want to leave. He had no idea what she wanted, and had wanted to do all along, which was to study art history at Berkeley. She applied to Berkeley, got her acceptance letter, and one day just blurted it out at the dinner table. She was fed up with everything, and frankly didn't care what her father's reaction was, so she felt it would be best to just say it spur of the moment. Nonetheless her father was angry with her, and refused to pay her tuition. Determined to succeed paying her own way, she left for Berkeley, never knowing or expecting to meet someone so special to her who would change her life forever.

He grew up in the Bronx, NY. His father left his family for another woman, leaving his mother to raise him and his siblings alone. His mother looked to him to babysit his younger brother and sister. He took on a lot of responsibilities around the house, including cooking dinner a lot. While he had no contact with his father, he and his mother did not get along too well, mostly because he was angry she left him babysitting a lot while he wanted to spend time with friends. In school, he was phenomenal, both academically and in activities. He was at the top of his class and was the Vice President of the Honor Society. His intelligence paid off when a scholarship came along and prompted him to leave the Bronx and head west, to Berkeley, California. His mother was angry with him for leaving the family. She wanted him to do what she wanted him to do, which was stay home and set his siblings in his footsteps in school, and commute to a close school. He wanted to experience college life and living away from home, so he left for Berkeley, never knowing or expecting to meet someone so special to him who would change his life forever.

He was two years older than her. College was going great for him. He had made the dean's list every semester thus far. He got inducted into the honor society for students in the pre-law program. It was with those friends in in that honor society that he would keep a tight-knit bond with in his days at Berkeley. It was now the beginning of junior year, and today was freshman registration. Like last year, he and his friends were volunteering their time at freshman registration to assist the new students by giving them some information and tips on succeeding in college. Little did he know that she was only two registration tables away.

She didn't bring much with her to Berkeley, not even luxury spending money, she had to save her money for tuition. She only brought her bedding, some clothes, and a few pictures and stuffed animals. Stuff from home would remind her of the life she wanted to change. She wanted to start over and there was no room for Newport in Berkeley. Excited after first seeing the campus, she wandered around looking at what would be her home for the next four years. She smiled. It felt good to be starting over. She made her way into freshman registration. Little did she know that he was only two registration tables away.