A/N: Alrighty, I made a SLIGHT change in the summery, at first I had the Dean's name as Dean Anderson and her roommate was just some random guy that she won't really know and is in no relation to the Dean but then I thought, maybe it would be cool if her roommate was the Dean's grandson, that would put a lot of pressure on her roommate and add to the drama of the story. So if you see anything that says, Dean Anderson instead of Dean Baldwin just please ignore it. I think I changed everything but yeah, there still may be some mistakes. Anyways I guess I pretty much ruined the surprise on who was going to be Amy's roommate although it wasn't a big surprise to begin with, most people already knew who it was but of course it wasn't that hard to figure out especially since this IS an Amy/Ty story. But…whatever, I guess it wasn't a surprise after all. Lol. Anyways here is the first official chapter for the story. I hope you all like it, oh and one more thing: thank you so, so, so much for your wonderful reviews, I feel so loved! Seriously I'm glad you guys like the story so far! Also I am working on making some drawings and finding pictures of the campus, Amy's room, the school's uniforms and some of the characters but it may be a couple weeks before I get them all up but keep a lookout on my profile and on my authors notes for any news regarding that subject. Wow, I always have super long author's notes. Oh well, I will shut up now and stop rambling so you can get on with the story! Hope you like the next chapter and you know what you need to do when you get done with it, REVIEW!
-musicormisery4105
Chapter 1 – Eastern Bay
"You ready?" Nick asked softly.
Amy nodded wordlessly.
"Come in." said a deep male voice from the other side of the door.
Nick reached forward and turned the decorative brass knob of the door and then pushed open the heavy door with ease. Then Nick walked in and Amy tentatively followed.
There was a large, dark wooden desk at the center of the room and an older man with dark brown hair with a mixture of grey sat in a leather desk chair with his hands folded on his desk. He looked up and smiled warmly as Nick and Amy entered the room. His bright green eyes lit up. Amy had never seen green eyes so bright and of that particular shade before. He stood up from his chair and made his way over to Nick.
"Good to see you again Nick." The Dean said.
Nick grinned and shook the Dean's hand, "It's a pleasure Dean Baldwin." Nick said putting on his best formal smile but still trying to be friendly at the same time.
'So that's the Dean's name, Dean Baldwin.' Amy thought.
"And you must be Amy." Dean Baldwin said as he turned his attention to Amy.
Amy smiled softly as the Dean offered her a hand shake. Amy shook his hand and then Dean Baldwin walked back to his desk and motioned to two leather chairs sitting in front of his desk.
"Please, take a seat." Dean Baldwin said.
Nick and Amy took a seat in the chairs and then focused their attention to Dean Baldwin.
"It's a pleasure having you at the Academy Amy." Dean Baldwin said.
Amy grinned, "It's wonderful from what I've seen so far." She said truthfully, at first she wasn't so sure about the whole boarding school but after seeing the campus and then seeing all the hott guys her doubt was starting to fade.
"Well that's good news, how you like the campus? It's beautiful isn't it?" Dean Baldwin stated.
Amy nodded, "It's gorgeous." She agreed.
"I bet you have seen a lot of our student in the hallways and out in the courtyard correct?" he asked.
"Yes I have. I noticed that there are a lot of boys here." Amy said.
Nick and Dean Baldwin laughed loudly at her observation and Amy wondered what she had said that was so funny.
"Well of course there are a lot of boys here, until this year this school was an all boy's school." Dean Baldwin explained.
Amy's mouth formed an 'o' shaped circle, "Well that explains a lot." She laughed.
Dean Baldwin smiled warmly, "You and four other lucky ladies are the first to except into the school for this school year." Amy had been listening intently but when she heard this piece of information her jaw dropped.
"What—what?" she asked in shock.
"I said that you are four other ladies are the first to be accepted." Dean Baldwin said and he frowned slightly. "Are you okay Amy?"
Amy nodded speechlessly, "So there are only going to be five girls here?" Amy asked softly.
Dean Baldwin nodded, "Yes."
"How many boys live and go to school here?" Amy asked.
"Four hundred and Ninety-five." He answered.
"Oh. Wow, that's—I…that is—" Amy wasn't sure exactly what to say.
"You are extremely lucky Amy. You were picked out of thousands of girls all over the world to attend this school, you should be proud." Dean Baldwin said.
Amy nodded, "I am." She answered. "Thank you so much." She said gratefully.
Dean Baldwin turned to Nick who was sitting quietly while Amy and the Dean had been talking, "It will be great to have Amy here at EBA." He said sincerely.
Nick smiled warmly, "Amy is a great kid. I'm sure she will love it here." He said.
The Dean stood and grabbed two files from his desk and handed one to Amy and another to Nick. He then he motioned for the three of them to start walking to the door.
"In this file are a list of all your classes and a map of the school and other information that you may need about the school: numbers to contact, addresses, rules and regulations, the works, excreta." The Dean explained. He then handed Amy a key. "This is your dorm key, you and your dorm mate each have a copy of this key but if you ever lose it feel free to come and talk to me and we can get you another copy."
"Who is my dorm mate anyways?" Amy asked curiously.
"Well…about that." Dean Baldwin said as he scratched the back of his head. "This year we have a full campus and didn't have any extra dorm rooms and since you were the last girl to be accepted we had to pair you with a male roommate." The Dean said apologetically.
Nick raised his eyebrows, "She is sharing her room with a guy?" he asked.
Dean Baldwin nodded, "I'm so sorry about the inconvenience but we couldn't get around this, we have no other separate rooms available and the other girls have already been paired with a roommate. Amy was the last to be accepted so she was going to be the one paired with a male." He said. "Again, I'm very sorry for the inconvenience but her roommate is a very good kid, he is actually my grandson." Dean Baldwin smiled proudly. Amy raised her eyebrows as the Dean started to babble on, "He is the captain of the basketball, baseball and football teams and does well in all of his classes. He is a good kid and there will be no trouble. I have already warned him that funny business will not be tolerable."
Nick nodded but Amy could tell he was a little reluctant, "Are you okay with all of this Amy?" Nick asked.
Amy shrugged, "It's fine with me." She said.
Nick turned back to Dean Baldwin, "Thank you Dean." He said.
"It's no problem. Now your dorm number is 144 and is located in the dorm house 'A' on the right side of the campus and is on the second floor. Your roommate should be in classes now so you will have a few hours to get everything unpacked and get relaxed. We do not have classes on Saturday's or Sunday's and you are free to go to town or hang out around campus during the weekends from 8 o'clock in the morning until around 11 o'clock at night. Light's out is at 10:30 on weeknights and midnight on weekends. Breakfast is served from 6 o'clock until 8 o'clock, lunch is from 11 o'clock until 12:30 and dinner is from 5 o'clock until 7 o'clock. I know the layout of the campus might be a little confusing so for the first week of school you won't be counted tardy to your classes but after that first week you will be counted." Dean Baldwin explained. "Any questions?" he asked.
Amy shook her head, "I think I have it all down but if I do any I'll ask my roommate or someone." She said with a smile.
"You can come to me anytime you ever have any questions." Dean Baldwin smiled.
Amy nodded, "Okay."
Dean Baldwin turned to Nick once more, "Good seeing you Nick." He said.
"You too." Nick answered and shook the Dean's hand one final time before Nick and Amy felt the office.
"So what do you think?" Nick asked.
Amy thought a moment, "So far it sounds pretty cool. I'm actually a little excited to look around." She said happily.
Nick laughed, "Just make sure you don't get lost. We don't want that happening." He chuckled.
Amy laughed along with him, "I'll try not to."
"I can come with you to your dorm and show you where that is out and then I have to get going." Nick said.
"Okay, sounds good." Amy said.
Nick nodded and they walked in silence to her room. They walked on a paved sidewalk passed the main buildings with most of her classes, cafeteria, theater, and gymnasium. Amy made mental notes on where some of the buildings were located as she walked. Amy checked out more of the scenery around the campus. Everything was so beautiful and up kept. There were large oak, redbud and pine trees in the rolling green lawns of the campus. Amy saw a large garden with beautiful flowers, plants and trees with park benches and pathways leading into and in it. As they walked around Amy didn't see many people in the hallways or in the courtyard when they walked to her dorm.
'It must have been lunch time or passing periods when we first got here, everyone must be in class now.' Amy thought.
They were nearing three large buildings that were built similarly to the other buildings in the area. Above each other the entrances there was a letter. Nick led her to the one with a large letter 'A' above the door and opened the door for her. Amy stepped inside and saw a little sitting room with some single and handicap bathrooms and that branched off into two hallways with wooden doors with golden numbers on them. It looked like a large, fancy hotel to Amy. Amy followed Nick as he walked over towards a set of stairs that led up to the second floor and then turned left after they got up on the second story.
"Georgiou took your stuff to your dorm while we were in the office with the Dean so all of your stuff should already be inside your room." Nick told her.
"That's good. I really wouldn't want to carry everything around on my own." Amy said. "Tell Georgiou I said thank you." She told Nick.
Nick nodded, "Will do."
They finally stopped in front of a door that had the golden numbers '144' on it. Amy took her key and stuck it in the lock and turned it. She opened the door and found herself looking in a dark room. She reached over beside her and turned on the light switch by the door. She and Nick stepped into the room. Amy gasped as she saw the room. It was relatively clean and she didn't see anything that looked to messy yet.
There was a small sitting room with a light brown colored couch, two arm chairs the same color that were situated around a flat screened TV on the wall. There was a computer in the middle of the desk with two ends. One side was filled with random things like pens, pencils, books, papers, notebooks and other random things while the other side was completely empty. Amy walked over to the desk and sat her file down on the empty side of the desk that she presumed was hers. All of Amy's luggage was in a neat pile next to the couch and the coffee table that was in front of it.
"Wow, this is really nice." Nick said with a low whistle.
"I know!" Amy said excitedly. "I wonder what the rest of the dorm is like." She said happily.
On the opposite side of the sitting room was a door that led to the bathroom. Amy crept toward and door and peaked inside. She found a switch by the door and turned it on. She then stepped inside. There were two built in sinks with a set of four drawers underneath them. A large mirror stretched across the whole wall where the sinks were. Amy walked up to the sinks and then looked in the mirror. She could see that behind her was the shower area and other normal things found in a bathroom were located. Things like a towel racks, toilet, shelves for towels and other personal things.
Like the desk part of the sinks was filled with things that a boy would use in the bathroom while the other was untouched. Amy was pretty sure that the drawers were the same way.
Nick was waiting for her as she stepped out of the bathroom. He was checking out the TV.
"Like the TV Nick?" Amy joked.
Nick nodded, "Yeah. This suite is great Amy." He said.
Amy laughed, "I know!" she said happily.
"Well, I hate to leave now but I really have to get back and you need to get unpacked before your roommate gets back." Nick said sadly.
Amy frowned, "Okay." She said softly.
Nick reached forward and pulled Amy into a hug, "Everything will turn out great Amy. You'll do fine." He said encouragingly.
"I know." Amy sighed softly.
Nick pulled away from the hug and put his hand on her shoulder comfortingly. "Sarah will probably insist of calling you tonight so I'll talk to you tonight. Okay." Nick said.
Amy nodded, "Okay, I'll leave my cell on." She said.
Nick nodded, "Sarah and I—we're really going to miss you at home." He said. "Lucky will too."
"Make sure you give Lucky a big hug for me." Amy giggled.
"I'll see what I can do." Nick laughed. "I'll see you later sweetheart." He said as he hugged Amy once more and then he left. Amy was left alone in her suite.
"And then there was one…" Amy muttered quietly.
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At first Amy looked around the sitting room and the bathroom some more before she decided to go check out her room. She wasn't sure if they had separate rooms for all of their stuff or if they just combined everything into one room. It would have made sense to have both of the roommates in one room if it was just two guys together or two girls together but Amy wasn't so sure about a girl and a guy. How weird would that be?
There was a single door that separated the sitting room from the rest of the dorm. Amy took two of her black suitcases and made her way over to the other side of the room where the door stood. The door was currently shut and so Amy walked ahead and slowly turned the knob of the door and pushed the door open.
A lamp was left on one of the bedside tables so Amy could see a little bit of the room. To her disappointment there were two beds in the large room.
'Great, I really AM sharing a room with a guy.' Amy grumbled to herself. 'I can't believe I am rooming with the Dean's grandson, how sucky is that. He is probably some dork or something that follows all the rules and everything…' Amy thought.
The beds were both full sized and had a simple oak bedside table beside each of them. There was a lamp on each of them. One of the beds had dark green colored sheets with a matching dark green comforter and a pillow laying on it. There was an assortment of CDs thrown on the bed and on the floor. Books and notebooks were scattered across her roommate's bedside table. There were a couple of sports posters hung up on the wall and an assortment of medals and trophies that lined the walls.
"Wow, Dean Baldwin defiantly wasn't lying when he was talking about my roommate being the captain of all those teams. Sports fanatic." Amy muttered to herself.
Her roommate had the right bed, the one closest to the door, so Amy walked over to the plain bed without anything on it. Amy remembered her sheets were in her duffle bag so she sat her suitcases down and went into the sitting room, grabbed her hot pink duffle bag and then brought it into the bedroom and sat it down on the floor. She unzipped the bag and took out her blood red sheets and pillow cases and her black and red striped comforter and fuzzy black pillow and made her bed.
After that was taken care of she looked around the room some more for a closet. There were two doors that had golden letters on them. One had 'T.B.' and the other had 'A.F.' Amy assumed 'T.B.' was her roommates.
'T. Baldwin," she thought, "I wonder what his first name is…'
Instead of looking in T. Baldwin's closet she opened up the second door and found it empty. It was a closet with a small dresser in the back. Amy took her suitcases and unpacked them quickly and organized everything on her shelves and put other clothes on the hangers and then finally filled her dresser with other clothes. She put her two empty suitcases in the corner of the small closet and then went into the sitting room one last time to get her two traveling bags and toiletry bag.
Amy had packed all of her books, CDs, notebooks, magazines, her IPod and her cell phone in her traveling bags. She arranged her things around her side of the room and set up her toiletries in the bathroom. She finally finished about thirty minutes later. She plopped down on her bed and looked at her alarm clock that she had put on her nightstand. It said, '3:27.'
'Hmm…T. Baldwin should be getting out of classes soon.' She thought to herself.
She sat up and suddenly remembered her file that she had put on the desk in the sitting room. She grabbed her IPod off the table and then left the bedroom but kept the light on and the door open. Amy walked over to the computer desk in the sitting room. The file was right where she left it and after picking it up, Amy took it with her over to the beige couch and plopped down on it. She kicked off her converse and crossed her feet underneath her and sat Indian style on the couch. She then opened her file and started going through her papers.
The first thing she saw was her schedule. She turned her IPod on, put her earphones in and switched to a random song. She then glued her eyes to the papers in front of her.
'Okay, first I have English, then Math, Chemistry, and then there is lunch, History, Spanish, Art and finally Study Hall. That schedule I can deal with.' Amy smiled as she read her schedule off in her head.
Amy heard a loud bang on her door and then the sound of people laughing before she heard someone slip a key into the keyhole of her door. Amy suddenly felt nervous. She averted her eyes and quickly turned her IPod up louder and focused back on the papers in her file as the door slowly opened.
'Guess T. Baldwin is back.' Amy thought as she saw a tall shadow block the bright light that had been streaming in the room from hallway.
Ah-haha I am being evil again, I always leave people at cliff hangers because if I don't I have chapters that are about 7000 words long and everything and then it's like, AHHH omg that is a lot and then I get through the story faster and then the story is over in no time…besides cliffies add to the suspense (I know what you are thinking, they just suck and hey I hate them too but as I writer I find them necessary at times although I hate them whenever I read someone else's story but I guess that is just normal!) and I already have the next chapter almost finished so you won't have to wait long for an update, that is if you review. If you don't then you may not get another chapter. Lol, sorry but I have to draw the line somewhere…lol. So go make me extra happy and review, review, review!
NEXT CHAPTER:Amy and her roommate meet and they talk a little bit and get to know each other a bit, Amy's explores the campus and meets some new friends and has a few run-ins with some pretty 'interesting' people and some other people who, well let's just face it, aren't very nice.
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