College life turned out to be better than he expected. Cory was learning lots of things and meeting new people for a change, yet it still felt like it was too much. A little sensory overload from what he was used to. He thought it would be best to keep this new world at a distance until he had time to adjust, so he kept quiet and by himself.<br/><br/>He answered questions in class, he spoke when spoken to, but he always made excuses to not attend when people invited him out. He made some random excuse when a girl asked him out once and a very uncomfortable excuse when he was once asked out by another guy. He rarely said anything about himself so no one could read him or know what kind of person he was.<br/><br/>Then news of a camping trip came up. He decided to go, but again remained silent on the bus ride there. He was assigned to a group but instead of finding these people he didn't even know what they looked like, he somehow got roped into carrying camping gear for not one but several other groups. People were too busy talking or planning things to notice him, and he was good at going unnoticed. He would often make trips to the bus and campsites with two and three coolers full of ice and drinks at a time or carry four bags. He made one trip with ten tents in his arms and no one noticed him drop things off. After he was done, he made his way over to the barbeque and grabbed some hot dogs.<br/><br/>He figured it was about time to find his group. He wandered around the campsites with a list of names, trying to listen for one person calling another by someone on this list, when a professor stopped him.<br/><br/>"Cory Caldwell?" he asked.<br/><br/>"Yes."<br/><br/>"Sorry, but do you mind switching groups? I accidentally split up a pair of sisters who wasn't expecting to be separated. There's a medical issue involved or something. One has to make sure the other takes medication or whatever."<br/><br/>"Yeah sure." he muttered. He was given a new list and pointed in the right direction. As he neared the campsite, he saw they had already put up the tent and were talking.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">"Hey, girlie what's your name again? I'm not to good with names...." He sighed a bit.</span><br/><br/>"Candace?" Cory answered for her.<br/><br/>"Yes?" she replied, removing her earbud. The music she was listening to was rather loud and she was obviously not a part of the conversation the rest were having.<br/><br/>"You've been paired back up with your sister. I'm switching groups with you." he explained. The girl sighed in relief and scrambled to grab her bags.<br/><br/>"Thanks so much! I owe you one!." she exclaimed and ran off into the woods to find her new group. Cory simply scratched his head and shrugged.<br/><br/>"So, Hi." he said turning to the rest, "I guess you're stuck with me now. I'm Cory Caldwell. What have you guys been up to?"