A clean slate
Dear Diary,
It is the first day of the Freshman year! I am over the moon after a long while.
As you know, I lost my mother a couple of years ago and it was hard leaving home for college, as that meant leaving Dad and my brother behind.
However, it was worth it because I worked my ass off to get into Blue Ridge High. It is no less than a palace, all the towers dancing like spikes on top and the surrounding landscape covering the dense woods ever so untouched. A breathtaking sunset point at the lakeside where the boating and partying never stops. Isn't it fun?
I want to experience it all, know every damn place that exists here. Blue Ridge is a small town famous for its college. It's not a big city, but that's the charm I wanted after living in one since I was born. City life is exhilarating yet exhausting. I desperately needed a change after everything. I feel a little guilty leaving my family behind :(
"What the fuck are you writing at this hour?? Get ready unless you wanna be late for your first class!"
Mia shouted as she ran getting her things from one corner of the room to the other.
We had only met a day ago, but we became friends. She dragged my extrovert side out. She seemed sweet and a very talkative person.
I stacked my diary into my backpack and we were off to our first class.
Mia pulled a serious face and said, "We need some girl talk to do... coz you really need to dress better than this.
Anyway, my Econ 102 is on the right. See you at the cafeteria later. Don't miss me too much! "
Out of everything she said, I quickly glanced at my outfit.
I wore a simple beige dress with my white sneakers. And I had some lip balm on.
Well, it wasn't that I hated makeup, I was just too lazy to put it on like Mia.
I just smiled at that and made my way to Psych class to the left.
As soon as I opened the door, I bumped into a wall and was about to fall on my butt. "Great god...so not the kinda entry I was expecting...Why do I always make a fool of myself??" I was pulled out of my chain of thoughts when a pair of hands snaked onto my waist. It wasn't a wall. It all happened in a flash of a second. The wall of a person must be fast on his reflexes.
I looked up and got tingles from those sapphire eyes that reminded me of the lakeside. Whoever this guy was, his grip on my waist was tight yet gentle. His jawline was so sharp I imagined it could cut glass.
He looked down at me and was frozen for a long moment, it looked like he was deep in thought. Was he trying to find something in my eyes? Because all I felt was tingles.
He then let me go and cleared his throat.
"Apologies. I was in a rush."
And with that he left, leaving me in the spotlight of the whole class. Everyone was looking at me like suddenly, I grew horns.
I'm sure I missed something as I didn't attend the welcome week. I can always ask Mia the gossip queen later.
The bell rang and I came out being the happiest girl on the planet. We got assignments on the first day and everyone was pissed except me. I was a sucker for Psychology.
I entered the cafeteria to find Mia who was surrounded by many girls talking over some gossip.
I don't hate to socialize, but this crowd was not my scene. I got a deserted table at the back and sat there happily with my food tray.
As soon as I opened my mouth to eat, I saw the same wall guy sitting on the table right opposite mine. I swear there was no one there. Because that's what I do. I scan the room and find a deserted spot. Maybe I was too distracted to run away from Mia and her crowd.
Something changed in me when we made eye contact. This time, his eyes were grey! And I couldn't decipher what was going on.
My memory wasn't THAT bad! Especially when those sapphires were the ones that got me all worked up.
I took a bite and Mia walked to my table with some of her girls.
"Girls, this is Scarlet. A nerd and the best roommate ever!"
I don't know why she said that latter part as it had been only 2 days.
nevertheless, I smiled and waved at the 4 girls who started pulling out chairs.
"Oh, that's great! So you'll help us plan the party! I hear nerds are good at planning"
Said a blonde girl.
"That's rude Kat!
I hope you join the club and plan with us! It'll be so much fun! It's a Welcome party!"
Mia's classmate Chloe was a little better at conversing I guess.
"I don't have a problem helping you guys! But I can only do so much. I'll scan the area around the river if you want. And try to see where to put the tables and everything. I'll make a list of that.
You'll have to do the rest."
I said it only because I wanted to go to the lakeside since I came here.
The girls agreed. I figured that they were anyway trying to mingle as Mia told them to. They were just being nice so I didn't want to say a straight NO.
I decided that I'll "scan the area" as I go for a morning jog there tomorrow.
As the girls left, my eyes went straight to the wall guy's table. And voila! He wasn't there. He was there the whole time I was talking to the girls. A hot mystery guy.....I wasn't expecting my first day to go like this, but I wasn't disappointed.
The rest of the day was full of classes, library and paperwork. And I thoroughly enjoyed it. I think it's the habit of studying that makes you do it more and more and nothing else.
As soon as I hit the bed, I slept like a log. Mia wasn't there but I assumed it was either a guy or a night out.
