Slow build up and long first chapter. Always from Elizabeth's POV unless stated.
I know nothing about university, correct me if I'm wrong about something. Though somethings will be changed for the story
For S , I hope you enjoy ~
Everything around her was chaotic, though this was to be expected on the first day of students moving in. The halls were filled with students, some of whom had already began socialising, trying to make friends as soon as possible. Though there was those who were too busy looking for their dorms or new roommates to even stop to say hi. And then there was the handful of people who preferred to hide behind their boxes and keep to the side lines, just to avoid any kind of communication.
I stood there, staring at the hallway in awe, there was so many people and I didn't have a clue with what to do with myself. Another minute passed and I finally decided to try to talk to some people, grabbing my bags I began to walk towards a group of girls that looked friendly enough. But before I even had to chance to say any greetings I heard someone shout "Move!" from behind me, on instinct I quickly jumped to the side and watched as a guy ran down the hallway pushing another guy on what looked like a suitcase. Everyone watched them in annoyance, some guys even began making their way towards them after the two crashed on a corner and began rolling around on the floor unable to control their laughter, they quickly recovered and decided to run from the group of boys who were now shouting at them.
I sighed, this is going to be an eventful day.., I decided to give up on socialising and to go find my dorm room instead. After half hour of looking around I finally realised my dorm was in a different building, this one was smaller than the one previous but still fairly large. I found my room on the second floor and opened it with my key. There was about 10 rooms on both floors and they were shared between two people, though I hadn't seen anyone in the hallways.
Looks like my roommate already unpacked, I thought to myself while looking at their side of the room. It was clean, neat and nicely laid out, everything looked as though it was placed perfectly.
I began unpacking my stuff, I didn't bring much, just what I know I needed. There was a single bed, desk and a set of drawers on both sides of the room, everything had been mirrored precisely.
It took me around two hours to unpack everything, leaving me feeling worn out and tired. I collapsed onto my bed and looked at the time, the clock flashed 13:18. My belly rumbled and I only now just realised how hungry I was, Guess I should head to the canteen.
I grabbed my backpack and was about to leave when the door opened and a tall brown haired girl walked in. She had her hair up in pig tails and wore a thick wool, pink dress with a small backpack on her back.
After looking me over the girl said, with a smile, "Hi, my name's Diane. You're my roommate right?"
"Yea... I'm Elizabeth Liones, It's nice to meet you." I replied, trying to sound confident.
"You too, was you about to head out?" Diane said, moving away from the door.
"Yea, I was going to go to the canteen."
"Cool, I'll see you later then." She waved as I walked into the hall way and returned the gesture.
Closing the door behind me I smiled and began walking to the canteen.
Thankfully it was quiet, even at just over an hour after noon and only few people were sitting down and eating. I grabbed some food and sat down on a table on my own, I've always preferred sitting on my own so I wasn't bothered by it. I turned on my phone to see a message from my sisters:
"Good luck with moving in. We hope you make some friends and enjoy yourself!" - Love Margaret & Veronica
I smiled to myself and replied, stating my day had been good so far.
It was now around half two, I put my rubbish in the bin and went to the restroom. I was about to finish my business when a group of girls entered and began chatting about their roommates. I decided to stay in my cubical when I heard Diane's voice, I wasn't someone to eavesdrop on people's conversations but I couldn't help be interested in what Diane thought about me.
"I met mine in our dorm, her name's Elizabeth Liones." Diane said.
"Liones? As in the daughter of our Headmaster?" Another girl said, sounding dumbfounded.
"Yea, we didn't talk much but she seemed really stuck up. I'm surprised she's even sharing a room with someone not in her social class." Everyone laughed in response.
The girl who replied to Diane before spoke again, "Come on, we should go check out the rest of the campus." And With that they all left, obviously unaware of me over hearing.
I walked out of the cubical after making sure they had all left and looked at my reflection. My eyes were red and damp along with my cheeks. I didn't expect people I've never talked to before to join in on judging me, especially when they know nothing about me. Using some tissue I dried my eyes and tidied myself up, Can't be caught crying on the first day.
It was coming up around 4pm when I had finished looking around the campus and I was about to enter the canteen again when I heard someone shouting out in pain. I quickly walked towards the sound and found a group of girls surrounding a smaller girl that looked around 2 years younger than me.
A girl, with long black hair wearing a light pink jumpsuit, said something and the rest started laughing. I was nearing them and I heard the black haired girl speak this time, "What's wrong? Don't you think what I said was funny? These guys do. I guess you're not as smart as they say." I recognised her voice to be the girl's from the bathroom. Diane wasn't with their group this time. She pushed the younger girl who then tripped on something behind her and fell to the ground.
I rushed to help the girl up, ignoring the glares I was receiving and asked if she was okay. She nodded, despite tears forming in her eyes. I turned to the group, after helping the young girl stand, and said "What's your problem? She's clearly younger than you and you're all picking on her."
The same girl who pushed her, who I'm guessing is the 'leader' of the group, snarled at me "How about you mind your own business, rich bitch."
I was about to say something back but another girl, with silver hair tied up in a ponytail, said "Guila, maybe we should leave this. She is the Headmaster's daughter."
The leader, Guila, did nothing to hide her annoyance but said, "Fine, I'll let this go for now.", before giving me one more dirty look and walking off with her group of friends.
I looked at the younger girl again, "Are you sure you're okay? We can go see someone if you want."
She wiped her tears away, "No, I'm fine honestly, they just frightened me a bit."
"Well at least come and sit with me for a bit, I don't want them coming back and finding you alone." I tried giving her a reassuring smile.
"Okay.. My name's Elaine, by the way and thanks for helping me" She said smiling back.
I replied with "Mine's Elizabeth and no problem." We walked to the canteen and found a place to sit at the back of the hall, away from all the loud groups of people. "So I was wondering, how old are you? You look way too young to be in university." I asked, trying to make conversation.
Elaine who had been checking her phone looked up and replied with, "I'm 16 but I was allowed to enrol since my IQ rating was so high. My family could afford to put me in the highest schools along with having the highest tutors for all my subjects so I passed the exams rather easily." I must have looked shocked because she added, "It isn't that impressive really, I've only gotten this far because my family had the money."
I smiled, "You're only two years younger than me then. And it was still you who was able to get into this Uni, the money and the tutors only played a small part." I said, trying to make her feel a bit more confident about herself.
"I suppose so..." Elaine said, more to herself than I, with a small smile on her face.
We continued to talk for a while longer, until it was coming up to around 6pm when we then decided to head back to our dorms. The sun had already begun to set and it was starting to get cold outside. I insisted on walking Elaine to her dorm, despite her protests, to make sure she didn't have another run-in with the group of girls. We were almost to her dorm building, according to Elaine, when I asked, "So who was that group of girls? You'd think they'd be a bit more nice on the first day."
"I know"- she sighed in agreement-"There's more of them and they're all in the year above us. They all used to be part of the same group in their old school or something, so they're all pretty close. They're kind of known to be mean to people they don't take a liking to, I guess that includes you now. Though this is all rumour that I've heard so don't take it too seriously."
I replied with, "Oh right..."
"I wouldn't worry too much about them, they'll all have school work to worry about soon enough."
We walked for a few more minutes before we stopped outside of a building and Elaine told me this was where her dorm was. We gave each other our phone numbers and said goodbye. I began walking to my dorm only to find it empty when I arrived, which was surprising since it was now dark out and pretty much everyone had retired for the day.
I was sitting on my bed, awhile after getting into my PJs, going through social media on my laptop when the door opened and Diane walked in. Neither of us said anything to each other causing an awkward silence to fill the room. A few minutes passed and I decided to try and break the science "So... um..." I trailed off, not actually having anything worthwhile to say.
Diane sighed and sat down on her bed facing me, "I know you was in the bathroom when I said what I said... And, to be honest, I kinda meant it at the time. But that was before I knew what kind of person you are, I mean, after I seen you stick up for Elaine I knew that what I said was completely wrong. I'm really sorry about it.
I guess I was trying my best to get on their good side, since our groups have always clashed with each other. I just didn't want that to happen here so I tried to fit in with them, acting like a bitch and all, though I found out making people feel like shit isn't really my thing."
I looked at Diane, not sure of what to say. "Oh okay... Thanks for being honest with me"
"It's okay, I'm really sorry, I just hope we can still become friends after this?" She smiled, and I could tell her words were genuine.
Smiling back, I replied, "Yea, I'd like that and don't worry about it, I forgive you."
"Thank God for that, I didn't want you thinking I was really like those girls. Honestly, you forgiving me means a lot. So anyways, with that out of the way how about we get to know each other? Since we're going to be roommates and all we should try to."
"Sure, what'd you want to talk about first?"
The next chapters will be a bit more interesting than this.
Ty for reading ~
