The 7 People You’ll Run Into Over Break

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For most of us the semester has come to an end and finals are right around the corner. After a week of sleeping two hours a night and living on Red Bulls and delivery food, we will all be sprinting home to nurse our under eye circles with homemade food and a queen-size bed.

By Brianna

Of course you will speed to your best friend’s doorstep the minute you’re in town and maul her with hugs and gossip. But you’ll need to catch up on your sleep (which may take the entire first week) before you’ll be ready to venture out into the town you once called home and reconnect with old high school buddies.

You might see them at a party, maybe at the mall, hopefully in the car next to you at the stoplight so you can make a quick getaway, but be prepared. Here are seven people from high school you will undoubtedly be running into over break.

1. The Girl Who Peaked in High School
She was hot sh*t and she knew it. She had all the football players drooling over her every move and all the girls wanted to be her. She owned the hallway with her posse trailing behind, and when she started wearing Ugg boots, every other girl in the school was wearing them come Monday. And then everyone else left town to go to college and she….didn’t. Now she’s living with the parentals and serving you dinner when you head out to your favorite restaurant with the family. Her hair isn’t quite as shiny, her face doesn’t look quite as beautiful and you awkwardly pretend not to know her as you chow down on that burger.

2. Band Nerd Turned Holy-Sh*t-Look-At-His-Abs
You wouldn’t be able to remember his name if you tried. The only times you ever really saw him in high school was behind a giant tuba and a music stand. He was quiet, nerdy and – you’re not going to lie – a little creepy. But, damn, look at him now. You didn’t recognize him at first without the band varsity jacket, but it suddenly clicks and – wowza – college has done band-boy good. Those abs. Those arms. The way his hair is all messy from that adorable winter hat. A winter break hookup, perhaps?

3. The Too-Cool-For-This-Small-Town City Girl
They went to NYU or Columbia or some other school in some other big city.  After spending months being “city girls,” sipping martinis at the hottest clubs, they are now way too cool for this small town where everything closes at 10. And nothing but Domino’s delivers. They’ll tell stories about how they hang out at café’s listening to jazz music and talking poetry into the wee hours of the morning, and drinking wine while discussing impressionism at art galleries. You’ll be able to see them coming from a mile away: their street-purchased pashminas, their perfectly distressed boots pulled up over their midnight black leggings, their noses in the air as they lecture on what’s “trendy” (independent coffee shops) and what’s “so small town” (Starbucks. Gross.).

4. The Activist
Most people go to college in hopes of finding something they are passionate about, and boy did these people succeed. They left town, saw the world, and realized all the injustice that needs to be fought for. Now they don’t wear shoes and only eat tofu, spreading their granola-crunching passion all over your town. They refuse to indulge in the “blatant capitalism” that is the holiday spirit and make it known to anyone within earshot how they feel about this new “cruel leather jacket trend,” and the evil empire that is Wal-mart.

5. The Stranger-Turned-BFFAEAEAE
You never spoke more than two words to each other in high school, but when you see her at a party she hugs you like you’re long lost best friends, gives you a double cheek-kiss and tells you how great you look. Then she corners you, asks about your life, your boys, your major, and then swears you two totes need to catch up over coffee. And talk about what, exactly? The one time you were in the same group and made a Power Point together?

6. The Super Sorostitute
Her sorority is her life and you’d be an idiot not to know it since she has her Greek letters plastered all over everything in her possession (her jacket, her keychain, her cell phone, her butt…). All she’ll talk about is her sorority house, her semi-formals and her amazing fraternity boyfriend.  She won’t be looking at you, of course, because she’ll be too busy BBMing her sisters, LOLing about their parents and telling each other how much they can’t wait to get back to the house. Then she’ll throw her sparkly Blackberry back into her giant $500 (knock-off) bag and hightail it to the mall.

7. The Reformed Druggie
You never saw him in high school. Ok, you did, but never actually in the actual school. He was usually out in his car surrounded by Cheetos bags, a skateboard and empty Visine bottles. And now? Wow, what happened to the long hair? The baggy pants? Are those….khakis? Boat shoes? Wait…you’re applying to law school?