Set when Alan is a freshman at Wharton, I want to see people's reaction to it :)
(How? It will become more apparent later on)
The story is currently rated T, but will be changed when the time arises :D
Alan Tracy walked into the grounds of Wharton Academy and felt his throat seize up. Oh god, he couldn't do this. Leaving all his family...Well, most of his family, Fermat was here too, but still, he was going to miss his brothers so much. And his Dad. Probably his Dad more actually. How had Gordon done it? Gordon has graduated last year and was thrilled to not have to be away from the island, and ultimately, the action. And to think Alan had been looking forward to coming here! His shirt felt to tight around his neck, like he was chocking as he walked up the pathway, a few steps ahead of everyone. Stopping abruptly, he turned to his father, pleading not to be left here with his eyes.
"Oh come on Alan, you've been wanting to come here for years! You'll be fine." Jeff said as he walked past his son, dragging Fermat's suitcase along, as the boy struggled with his laptop bag. "Where are we supposed to be? What dorm are you in?"
"Um, I think Dorado this year, isn't that the freshman dorm?"
"That one?" Alan looked up, relieved to see his Dad was pointing to a building not that far of a walk.
"Yeah, thats it, the notorious freshman dorms"
The small group made their way over and joined the rest of the people, parents and students alike, waiting to be admitted to the dorm. Alan looked around, surveying his new year group. A dark-haired boy with his iPod in, looking like he would rather be sleeping, a boy with braces, struggling to hold a saxophone case and his bag, a bigger boy with hollow eyes laughing at him, a pair of twins, one with lighter hair, sitting on the floor playing thumb wars, a short boy with big eyes looking around nervously, like he was expecting someone to materialise from the air. As a group, they all looked quite nervous and Alan was relived to not be the only one who was scared.
Jeff grumbled impatiently, "Hurry up, some people have natural disasters to get back to"
Alan's head shot up and he glanced around quickly, seeing if anyone had noticed his Dad give the slightest hint away, but everyone was too busy complaining themselves to notice "Dad!" He hissed, "Don't say anything, I want to keep a really low profile here, you can go if you want, it looks like some other parents have left already"
"I'm not going, I told Brains I was going to make sure Fermat got settled while he was busy, I'm going to at least do that"
The father and son glared at each other for a moment then both quickly broke eye contact as a voice called their attention.
The voice was coming from a well dressed woman, a grey skirt and pale cream blouse, her hair pulled back neatly and pinned into place, her stance and mannerisms radiating authority.
"We apologise profusely for the delay, but there have been a few issues regarding the rooming, if you would all like to leave your bags here in neat piles with your name tags showing, and make your way to Hew's Hall, it would be much appreciated" The woman called, everyone deathly silent at her words. She nodded her dismiss and murmurs spread through the small crowd and people began shuffling bags around.
All the freshman parents and students were packed like sardines in the ridiculously small Hew's Hall, resenting how the rest of the school and their parents were now in the spacious Auditorium, being given a "Welcome back" briefing.
There was the sound of someone tapping on a microphone and then the dreaded screeching of audio feedback.
"Yes, everybody please settle down, this meeting can be quick and painless if you cooperate." the woman who had addressed them outside the dorms was back and on the microphone, "Again, we are sorry about the delays in your sons settling in. Due to certain incidents last year, there will be some changes to the way the boys are being accommodated this year, with the most drastic change being that instead of two to a dorm, as in previous years, the dorms have been expanded, and there will now be four." She paused, allowing frantic whisperings to go around the hall. Alan looked at Fermat, even if they did get in the same room, how were they supposed to talk about IR with two other boys living there as well? Fermat nodded slightly and sighed, this year was going to be difficult.
"Also, each of the four wings of Dorado house has been expanded to include a common room for the 12 boys sharing that wing, thus eliminating a lot of the mess usually left in the main common room, which is also supposed to be used for visitors and guests. Boys are now asked to, unless a full house meeting is called, refrain from using the main common room." More whisperings around the room.
"And lastly, there will also be a 7.30am inspection of each dorm daily. Unless the house, as a whole, is up to scratch, no-one will be going to breakfast. The boys will need to work together to make sure everything is in a clean condition. Failure to keep the common room of your wing neat and tidy may result in leave privileges being taken away for that wing." Some mothers were looking around at each other, grinning at the thoughts of their sons being forced to clean up.
"Now when I call your name, follow your councillior with the rest of your group and they will show you to your dorms," She gestured to where a large group of student councillors now stood, the main assembly being finished, "Right, in the east wing, Dorm 1, Vito Trimboli, Trent Barker, Alex Robbins and Josh Sabin. Please follow Marcus. East wing, Dorm 2, Isaac English, Fermat Hackenbacker, Echo Hart and Alan Tracy. Please follow Julian."
The boys and Jeff stood up and started walking out as the woman began naming the next dorms.
"We'll call or something soon as we can.." Alan started
"And tell everyone we said Hi back home" Fermat added, "Especially my Dad"
Jeff nodded and gave both boys a quick hug before the prefect lead them out.
Thats my little boy, all grown up.
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