Jim sat through the admission ceremony long enough to stay awake and receive his dorm number. Joshua and Jim had been separated during the ceremony due to them being in alphabetical order, so Jim was trying his best to find his room. All Jim knew was that he was on the right floor. Jim looked up from the paper with his room number to see the girl that had come out of the girl's uniform room, her untidy braid hanging down far past her shoulders.
She looked like she had lost something because she was searching frantically through her bag. There was something interesting about this girl. It was almost as if she wasn't supposed to be here at the academy. Jim approached her from behind and asked "What's the matter? Don't you have your room key?" The girl jumped a little bit and turned around to greet Jim with a smile. "Uh, no I actually lost my room key. I think it was when the crowd left the hall after the ceremony. Now I can't get in until my roommate gets here." She said trying not to seem discouraged as she fiddled with her braid.
Normally, Jim would have wished her luck and left without another word, but something compelled him to take action. "Just give me a minute, ok?" Jim responded with his crooked smile. The girl stepped back to let him through, while also shaking her hair in front of her face to hide her shy blush.
Jim patted his pocket, in turn waking the molten blob that was sleeping in it. Morph stirred and flew out of Jim's pocket, excited to be in new surroundings. The girl giggled when she saw the pink blob circle Jim and then incessantly lick his face. "Okay, Morph! Come on, we need your help." Jim said in between laughs. Morph chattered in agreement and turned into a lock pick. Jim moved the pick around in the lock until he heard a click.
"There, that should do it." Jim said, holding the door open for her.
"Thanks so much." The girl said entering her room.
Before she set down her stuff he turned around and smiled brightly at Jim.
"My name is Sarah, and again, I can't thank you enough."
"My names Jim and it's really no big deal."
"Umm, well I guess I'll see you tomorrow, Jim." Sarah said with a friendly tone.
Jim nodded and gave her a crooked smile and went off to find his room. It was just around the corner and Jim entered calmly. "Hey, look who it is." Joshua said. "Wow. Aren't we lucky? At least neither of us ended up with Tristan." Jim said, happy he ended up with someone he knows. "About that…" Joshua said rather awkwardly. "What is it?" Jim said regret he had even asked. "He's right across the hall from us." Joshua said wishing he had just kept quiet.
Jim sighed in disgust and threw his luggage on his bed. "Let me guess we have classes with him too." Jim said sitting down on his bed. "Sadly enough, yes, everyone has too take flight class as a requirement. He's taking galactic politics so we won't have to worry while we're in space tech. Then you will have to see him again in space combat after school. That sucks for you." Joshua said summing up their schedule.
Jim sighed trying to think of something else other than having that detestable guy in his classes. Morph was flying around the room, adapting to the new atmosphere. He started circling Jim who was leaning on the head of the bed. Morph stopped in front of Jim, turned into a mini version of Sarah, and started skipping around in the air. "Morph?" Jim interjected trying to catch the small figure of the girl.
"Who's that, Jim?" Joshua said, pointing to the skipping figure of Sarah that turned back into Morph. "It's no one, really." Jim said grabbing Morph and tickling him to keep him quiet. Morph escaped and parroted "Sarah! Sarah!" As Jim chased Morph around the room, Joshua said "Hey, that's the girl that we saw after we got our uniforms. You're lucky you were able to snag one of the few girls going to this academy."
"What do you mean 'one of the few?'?" Jim said as he stopped chasing the pink blob who then settled on his shoulder.
"What I mean is that not many girls are accepted to the academy, let alone apply to attend it. That's why every girl here is like a treasure that you only have a chance in a lifetime of finding." Joshua said putting an emphasis on word lifetime.
Jim took the time to think about his statement, and was wondering what a girl like Sarah was doing at the academy. She seemed a little out of place and looked like someone who wouldn't last a day in space with the pirates and other such dangers. But hey, who was he to judge what she could do. Whatever her skills were he was sure he's find out what they were eventually.