Ryan stood outside her car in the parking lot of Spencer Academy in Ipswich, Massachusetts. She looked around and noticed it was just like her hometown of Lexington, Massachusetts located only thirty minutes from the academy. Ryan sighed and began to pick up what bags she could and make her way to the school's dormitories where she would be staying during the summer so she could catch up with the school's curriculum so she could graduate on time and attend Boston University like her older sisters have. Since Ryan took too much for her to handle on her own like usual, she was not paying attention to where she was going and who was around her until she came into contact with something rather hard. She looked up and saw bright blue eyes looking down at her.
Ryan starting rambling to the young man in front of her "I am so sorry about that. I definitely was not paying attention to where I was going or who was around me, but I am sure you could tell since I bumped into you and not someone else or even a wall. That would have been really embarrassing. Anyways I am lost and I was wondering if you could point me to the…." Ryan started to look at the papers in front of her and noticed that they were all crumpled.
Just great, I bumped into this gorgeous guy and I am rambling like an idiot and do not even know what dormitory I am staying at. He must think I am a complete idiot
"Hey no worries" said the man with the blue eyes. Let me just take these out of your hands and take a look to see what dormitory you will be staying in. I might be able to help you."
Ryan got lost in his eyes and finally snapped of her reverie and blushed. "I am so sorry about this. I am sure you have a lot to do with your time and definitely do not need to show the new girl around this spacious and sprawling campus.
"Like I said, I do not mind and you would be staying at the Munroe Dormitory. That is where I and my friends live. So I am sure you will be in good company and by the way my name is Tyler Simms." Unbelievable go to a new school and I am in the Munroe dorms, talk about coincidence or somehow my parents are not telling me what our family has to do with this school.
He reached out and shook Ryan's hand, but lingers for a little bit longer than one would expect. "What is your name?" "Oh, my name is Ryan Grace Munroe, but you can obviously call Ryan or Munroe. It seems a lot of people call me those two."
"Well how about I call you Grace" Tyler winked at her and Ryan blushed under his glaze.
"Well, I guess you could call me that. No one really calls me Grace and its better than being called Ryan or the chick who has the guy's name" Ryan started rambling and then blushed when she realized.
She looked over Tyler once again and realizes how handsome he was and if Spencer Academy had more men like this attending then she would be having a great time looking at them all. Tyler was 5'11 with dark brown hair that looked like he just ran his fingers through his hair every morning before going out. He had a friendly smile and a twinkle in his eyes that someone could mistake for being a mischievous glint. He was dressed in khakis shorts and a blue polo that seemed to match his eyes and bring them out even more. The polo seemed to hug his arms and his chest. On his feet where brand new white Adidas sneakers and on his head was a Ralph Lauren white baseball cap that all the boys seem to be wearing now.
Tyler smiled down at her, "Well I am heading that way right now and it would be no problem showing you the way and maybe helping you out with those bags."
"I am warning you these bags are ppppreetttyyy heavy and I would not want you to injure those arms of yours. You know because all girls should be able to admire those arms." Ryan winked at Tyler and notice his features turn a light hue of pink.
"Well I guess you could admire them while I am walking you to the dorm and you know I do not think a lot of girls admire these arms. I definitely do not have it like that with the ladies at this school."
Ryan looked around and noticed that some of the girls who were on campus were opening glaring at her and seem to be shooting jealous looks at her interaction with Tyler Simms.
"Oh Tyler I think you are definitely wrong in that category" pointing out all the girls that were openly staring at Tyler and opening glaring at Ryan. Tyler just shrugged and began walking towards a gloomy looking building
"Wow these buildings around here are so beautiful. I love the architect of colonial times especially these huge manors or even the way they built large schools in those days." Tyler smiled down at her as she looked at the beauty of the buildings they walked by.
"So I take it you are not from around here then? If you are going on about the way these buildings looked." Tyler looked up fast when Ryan looked back in his eyes. Ryan started to talk when someone came running up to them yelling "BABY BOY" "Oh boy" Tyler mumbled. That is my friend Reid and I apologize right now for him because he has a tendency to be an asshole" Ryan just laughed at what he said.
"Well look what we have here, Baby Boy manages to pick a girl up with his chivalrous personality and it looks like you are taking her back to the dorms" Reid said in a pretentious attitude.
"No…Reid. I am just merely helping a fellow student out. This is Ryan Munroe; she is actually new here at Spencer and is living in the same dormitory as us." Tyler had dropped Ryan's bags on the ground when Reid came up to them and started scratching the back of his head.
"You nervous baby boy, because usually you do that when you are nervous about something or talking to a girl." Reid had managed to blow up Tyler's spot right in front of a girl he just met and maybe, just maybe be interested in her.
Ryan just laughed at their antics, "Hi like Tyler said I am Ryan Munroe and I am new here to Spencer. I am just taking some summer classes before the fall session starts up again and Tyler here was helping me out with my luggage and leading me to the Munroe dorms."
"Did you know that your last name is the same name as the dorms you would be living in? Freaakkkyyyy." Reid took a step back and looked the girl up and down in front of Tyler to see if he would get a reaction out of him. Ryan was 5'6 he would have guessed with bright blue eyes and dark brown hair that hit to about her shoulder. She had a lean body and it seemed she was very athletic by the way she was built. She was light skinned and could really use a tan.
Tyler broke the awkward silence that hung around them, "Well I guess we are going to go to the dorms and check everything out….Reid I will see you later at Nicky's? "Yes, dude I will see you later and you should bring Ryan and let her meet the gang." Reid stepped closer to Ryan and licked his lips, "I am sure I will see you there at Nicky's and it was a pleasure to meet such a beauty like yourself."
As Reid walked away, he thought, "I think Baby boy has a crush on the new girl. I cannot wait to tell the guys so we could embarrass him a little bit more, but we all know that baby boy needs someone that could handle his shyness and bring him out of his shell without changing who he is. Maybe this chick would be the one." Reid shook his head and started whistling.
"Well... That is one of my best friends Reid. Excuse him, sometimes he could be a real jerk and well …very Reid like. There is no way to explain it." Tyler looked down and saw her bags on the ground. "We should probably get you to the dorms, wouldn't want anyone thinking some animal took you into the woods or anything" Tyler let out a nervous laugh.
"Don't worry about it. It was entertaining to say the least and it spices up the day." Ryan went to grab one of her bags but Tyler seemed to move faster than anyone she had ever seen.
"So what brings you to Spencer in the middle of the summer?" "My parents decided that I needed to be put in a private school and the summer school, well I would have loved to start during fall session like normal, but I am behind on the curriculum here and I have to take three classes in total to be where everyone is on their senior year. It sucks actually, but you got to do what you got to do right?"
"Yes I understand that, if you want something bad enough you got to do more work than others, but I think it is a good idea. If you are going into your senior year, like me and my best friends, you definitely do not want to be behind. It seems that the professors here at Spencer move in a fast pace to try to cover all of the things they think they need to teach us in order to become young genius in our own right and groomed to become upstanding citizens."
They finally reached a huge building that from the outside did not look like a dormitory at all. Ryan looked at the beauty of the building and mumbled underneath her breathe.
"What was that?" Tyler looked down at Ryan and notice her eyes were bright blue and he could not look away.
"I said this building is beautiful, it just I love old buildings like this and well it may look scary on the outside, but I could only imagine what the inside is going to look like." Ryan seemed to be amazed at the sight of this building and Tyler thought she must of went to public because no one gets this excited about buildings that have been here for hundreds of years.
"So where are you from?" Tyler asked.
"I am from Lexington, Massachusetts. You know the Battle of Lexington and Concord and all that good stuff. It is probably 20-30 minutes from here. I have been to Ipswich a few times, but it is generally just passing through to go to Crane Beach." Ryan started walking into the building with Tyler following her.
"And here I thought you weren't from around her. You have this little southern accent going on and you seemed pretty impressed by the architect of these buildings."
"Before I came to Spencer I was at Salem Academy in North Carolina and since it was in the south, I have managed to pick up an accent, but I assure you my Boston accent will return in full force the more time I am here. A lot of my friends back home made fun of me a lot because of the slight drawl and the random ya'lls that would make its way into my conversation. It was actually starting to get annoying. But Salem Academy was an all-girls boarding school with an all boys military academy down the street, so you know things were always happening between the two schools. It'll be nice to be at a co-ed academy and not have to sneak out of a window or into a window to see someone" Ryan started laughing at the face Tyler had made.
"No worries Tyler. I was a good girl had a reputation to maintain" Tyler blushed under Ryan's stare and moved towards the elevator.
He seems mighty interested in me, maybe it could be something more than friendship, but he does have girls pinning for him and it would definitely mean competition especially since I am new here
Tyler broke Ryan out of her thoughts and began to explain Munroe Dormitory
"Munroe Dormitory may look to be an old building on the outside, but for the people who live here we definitely got lucky. That just renovated the inside and equipped it with wireless internet, cable and all that good stuff that a lot of the newer academies seem to have."
Tyler began to explain the history behind Munroe Dormitory. 'William Munroe attended Spencer Academy back in the 1700's. His father as you might know was William Munroe of Lexington, Massachusetts who opened up a Tavern that was used as a meeting house during the Revolutionary War. William Munroe wanted something better for his family and started to send his sons to private schools all around Massachusetts to get a better education. So he gave an endowment to Spencer Academy in hopes that they would take his son in and they used that money to build this dormitory to house what was back then all the boys who attended… It is rumored that a descendant from that family will be on our swim team and is said to be a genius"
I knew it. I cannot go to a private school that somehow is not linked to my ancestors. But it seems that Tyler has not put together that I am a descendant of the Munroe Legacy.
Ryan sighed after Tyler explained. I hope I did not say anything wrong Tyler thought.
"Here we are at your dorm Ryan and it looks like you are in good company. I happen to be very good friends with the girl you are going to be sharing a dorm with this summer. Her name is Sarah Wenham. She is actually transferred from Boston at the beginning of fall session last year."
"Way to tell her my life story Tyler. You totally ruined my get to know my new roommate night. Thanks a lot" Ryan and Tyler looked up and saw a girl with blonde hair standing at the door with a big smile on her face. "Well at least I do not have introduce you to the guys tonight at Nicky's since you already met one and he is probably the nicest out of the four."
"Actually I met Reid, and he did not seem too bad of a guy. Just think he rules the world and all the females should bow down in front of him or get in line to take a ride on him whatever one comes first." Both Tyler and Sarah laughed at what Ryan said and knew she had Reid's personality down.
"Tyler thank you for bringing me my new roommate and you can go now and join the boys. I know Caleb has been looking for you since you guys got out of swimming practice. Something about meeting him at his house… I definitely was not paying attention to him." Ryan laughed at what Sarah was saying and Sarah quickly turned around "Caleb is my boyfriend and I love him to death, but sometimes he talks and talks and talks and I am like Okay, Caleb I have had enough but I am going to smile to make it seem like I am listening."
"I totally understand what you mean about that" Ryan said and Tyler jumped into the conversation, "Are you saying I am long winded and you just smiled and nodded at me to get me to shut up?" "Noooooo, I was just saying I have come into contact with boys like that"
Sarah stood back and observed the interaction between Tyler and Ryan. This is very interesting I haven't ever seen Tyler openly flirting with a girl since I have been here. This could be very interesting indeed.
"Tyler, you can go join the boys and I will see you tonight at Nicky's." Sarah dragged Ryan into her room and slammed the door. Ryan yelled thank you through the door in hopes that Tyler did not think she did not appreciate his efforts.
"Now down to the introductions, I am Sarah Wenham and I am sort of new like you since I transferred in last fall session and have to attend summer classes to catch up with everyone." Ryan just laughed at how excited Sarah looked
"I am Ryan Munroe and I just transferred here of course and I have summer classes because like you I would like to be a senior this upcoming fall session. I am from Lexington, Massachusetts…"
"No way" Sarah interrupted her. "I have cousins that live out there. Have you ever heard of the Prescotts?"
Ryan just laughed, "Yes, they are my neighbors. Our families grew up together and actually my oldest sister is marrying into that family."
"That is insane. I am going to have to let them know you are my new roommate. They will probably want to be up here even more now, but I do not think I want that to happen. They tend to be a little bit overprotective."
Ryan just laughed at how animated Sarah was. "Sorry about interrupting. I get like that when I get excited." "It is okay, I definitely get like that too." Ryan smiled back at Sarah
I think I am going to have a good time here as Sarah as my roommate