CHAPTER THREE: MEET YOU NEW ROOMMATES
After what felt climbing a mountain of stairs i finally arrived at what seemed like an endless corridor. My eyes widened. Girls were running in and out of their rooms, screaming up and down the corridors, i could even hear music blasting from one of the rooms. I held onto my bags and began to search for my room, dodging girls as i walked. I pulled my keys out of my pocket and looked to see what room i was in. Room 29E. Great, i was standing outside number 9. I sighed and dropped my bags. How hard could it possibly be to find a room. I could feel stares digging into my back. I spun around to see the direction in which they were coming from. Girls everywhere were whispering and pointing in my direction. Great, that didn't take long. I picked up my bags and continued to walk down the corridor, ignoring the stares.
Soon enough i arrived at room 29E. I could hear laughter coming from inside so i did the polite thing and knocked. The laughter immediately stopped and i held my breath. I saw the door handle turn and was suddenly standing face to face with one of the girls. She looked surprised but suddenly smiled.
"Oh hello, you must be Summer, our new roomie, come on in" she smiled and gestured for me to enter the room. I smiled back and slowly walked into the room. It was a much bigger room than i expected. The room had light purple walls, black curtains with a black rug to match. There were three beds in different corners, each with their own desk. There was a couch up against the spare wall which was curently being occupied by another girl. She had long brown hair like myself and was average height from what i could tell. She looked up from the magazine she was reading as i entered the room and smiled.
"Hi there, Summer right? Hi, nice to meet you i'm Elenor, but my friends call me Ellie." she smiled and put out her hand for me to shake. I smiled and shook her hand.
"Hi, yeah im Summer, my friends call me Sum, it's nice to meet you too" i smiled. The other girl shut the door and came over to stand next to me.
"And i'm Danielle, but my friends call me Dani, whichever you prefer i don't really mind" she smiled and walked over to one of the beds. She had long, curly brown hair was fairly tall. Both girls were very pretty in their own ways. They seemed nice enough. I smiled and looked over to the empty bed. I made my way over and dumped my things ontop. I started to unpack my belongings, placing them where i wanted them. The girls had started chatting again, so i just kept to myself, listening in to their conversation. Soon however, they stopped and decided to include me. 'How thoughtful' i rolled my eyes, careful so they wouldn't see.
"So, what brings you to Rosewood?" Danielle asked. I turned around and looked at her. She was sitting on her bed, awaiting my full attention. Elenor had also dropped her magazine, curious to hear my story.
"Well, uh, it was actually my mums idea to move me here. She used to go here herself actually, and thought it would be a great opportunity for me to apply myself here. I'm, well i was, top of my class at my old school, and it wasn't much of a challenge for me" i started looking at them both. Danielle nodded her head and smiled, whilst Elenor looked more entrigued, urging me to continue. I smiled.
"So, anyways, one day i came home from school and mum had told me that i had been accepted to Rosewood Academy. I never even knew she had sent in an applicaton. It was all a bit of a shock, but as time went on, i got used to the idea of coming here. I've seen photos and stuff, the place looked absolutely beautiful."
"So, your mum never even told you, wow i'd be so pissed" Elenor laughed and Danielle shook her head and giggled. I smiled and looked at her.
"Yeah i was absolutely furious, we didn't speak for days, and when we did, all we did was argue. But in the end i realised, she only did what she thought was best for me. And now that i'm actually here, i dunno, i guess im really only doing it for her" i smiled and looked down at my hands.
"Wow, wish my mum cared about me as much as your mum cares about you" Elenor laughed and Danielle threw a pillow at her.
"Oh shut up you, your mother loves you, leave her alone" she laughed and Elenor rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever" she laughed and threw the pillow back. "So, what you like the best about the school so far?" asked Elenor, turning her attention back to Summer.
Summer thought about her question for a moment before responding.
"Well, the school itself is beautiful. I couldn't believe me eyes when mum and i drove up. Especially the scenery, it is such a beautiful place, the trees, the mountains, the lake, it's, i dunno, kinda magical" she smiled. Danielle smiled at her.
"Oh, so i guess you didn't noticed the other school then" smirked Elenor. I looked at her whilst Danielle raised her eyebrows.
"Elenor, really, your such a noisy girl, why must you bring that up" she sighed, shaking her head. Elenor smiled and looked at her innocently.
"Me! I don't know what your talking about, im just making conversation" she smiled and batted her eyelids innocently. Danielle shook her head and laughed, mumbling how Elenor always got what she wanted.
"Another school?" i piped up , looking interested now. Elenor turned her attention back to me and smiled, nodding her head.
"Ah huh, the boyssss school, across the lake, or as everyone here likes to call it, the 'forbidden' school' im suprised you didn't see it on the way, it's huge, but not as big as our school, aparently it's our 'brother' college or something" she grinned wiggaling her eyebrows. Danielle giggled and i remained silent. 'Another school, and a boys school at that, well this year just became more interesting'.
"Yeah, and little miss Ellie here, is breaking the rules and secretly dating one of the boys!" whispered Danielle and Elenor gasped.
"Dan, i can't believe you just said that! Some friend you are." she huffed. Danielle rolled her eyes
"Really, but won't you get into trouble? You could get expelled!" i exclaimed. How could a girl so lovely as Elenor break the rules?
"It's okay, we've been dating for almost 2 years now, and we haven't gotten caught yet, he's such an amazing guy, i mean, he's so thoughtful, and caring, he's incredibly funny, generous, and handsome and so dreamy and..."
"They're just so inlove" chimed in Danielle and Elenor smiled at her.
"Yes, we are in love, so please don't say anything" she said to me. I shook head and smiled. "I would never, he sounds perfect" and Elenor smiled back.
"He really is, thankyou heaps, i can't wait for you to meet him" she grinned. I smiled back at her and looked back to my suitcase. 'Wow, wish i had someone like that'
So Summer, do you need any help unpacking?" Elenor smiled getting up and coming over to investigate her belongings. I laughed and smiled at her.
"Ah yeah sure, why not, i need to read over my class schudule anyways" i smiled and sat down on my bed, whilst Elenor fiddled threw my clothes.
"I can help you with your schedule, here let me see" Danielle smiled, holding out her hand for my schedule. I walked over and handed it to her.
"Okay, lets see what we have here, oh look, you have so many classes with us, this is good" she smiled, grabbing a highlighter off her desk and highlighting our classes. I smiled. Thank goodness i would already know some people in my classes.
"Speaking of classes, we should probably be heading off to our soon, ey" mumbled Elenor whilst admiring one of my tops in front of the mirror.
"I like this, you'll have to let me borrow sometime hey Sum" she said, throwing it on her bed.
"Ah, yeah, i guess that's okay, i'd actually like to get to classes early if thats possible, so would you girls mind showing me around?" i asked looking up at them. Danielle smiled whilst Elenor laughed.
"Of course we will silly, you just stick with us girls and you'll be fine" she smiled and walked over to grab her bag. Danielle handed me back my schedule and smiled.
"Come on hun, we don't wanna be late, you have nothing to worry about" she smiled holding out her hand. I picked up my bag and grabbed her hand as we made our way out the door.
"Oh this year is going to be so fun!" Elenor grinned as she closed the door.
