ANASTASIA WAS NEVER one for giving herself an empty plate. she may look calm, cool and collected but inside her head was a complete racetrack, everything running a mile a minute. on top of grad school applications, apply for internships, keeping on top of all things in the democratic primary and trying to force herself to at least smile once a day -- she just had to add something else to her plate. the vintage store in the city had a piece of her heart ever since she had started at northshore. if she could find the time then she would center her entire day around roaming the findings of the wonderfully eccentric woman that owned it. like a lost gem, the brunette had discovered the most insanely beautiful cabinet -- it may of been old and worn but it was french in design, delicate and in need of some tender loving care and she had always loved a project. that was how she had found herself sitting on the bottom steps of kappa, covered in paint as she put her diy skills to the test. she had got some weird looks, some hollering from the neighboring fraternities but nothing that couldn’t be met with a middle finger and a scowl. walking past, she noticed the familiar mop of blonde hair, this was klyde and even he deserved more than a middle finger. “ come any closer and i will think about that restraining order again. ”