The next morning, October was awoken by the sunrise and the bedroom slipper that has been thrown to her. Still eyes closed, she could hear Charlie's voice.
"Wake up! We're going to be late for our first day," she yelled.
October slowly rise from her bed and stretched. It has been a tiring day yesterday. For one, she, Kathryn and Gianna had spent most of the night with Kendall and Carlos. She had to admit, she has a major crush on Kendall. He's just so funny and sweet and totally down-to-earth. But she can't help but notice that Kathryn might be crushing on Kendall too because Kathryn is as outgoing as him while October is just plain and quiet.
"Do you mind? Some of us didn't ditch the rest of us and came home late you know," Kathryn whined with her face in her pillow.
"Well that is so not my problem. What's important is that we're going to be late for breakfast on our first day of school ever," Charlie replied.
"You girls go ahead. I don't eat breakfast," Gianna said while still lying in bed.
Everything turned to Gianna and exchanged looks, "You sure?" Kathryn asked.
"Yeah, it's not my thing. I'll see you in dance class," Gianna said.
October couldn't help but flinch. She didn't even know eating breakfast is even "a thing". She figured that breakfast is what people normally do in the morning. Not "a thing". She shrugged it off and walked to her closet to pick out what to wear. Luckily, her outfit is already chosen for her thanks to the closet system that was set up.
After getting ready, October and her roommates (except for Gianna) were on their way to the auditorium slash cafeteria. October adjusted her blazer of her uniform uneasily. Today the closet had chosen something that felt quite restricting for October. The outfits that was chosen for her roommates seem easier going.
"You can take off the blazer if you're not comfortable with it, October," Melanie suggested.
"But it was picked out for me," she responded.
"Actually there is nothing in the school rules that say that we can't modify our uniforms. Everyone has a different looking outfit anyways so you might as well wear it as how you feel comfortable," Charlie encouraged.
"Did you actually read the entire guideline rules?" Kathryn asked Charlie.
"Of course. It's important to know what the school rules are to avoid breaking them," Charlie pointed out.
"Weird…" Kathryn mumbled as she tied her hair into a ponytail to which Charlie heard.
Few minutes later, the girls have arrived and walked immediately to their table. Already there were some students and the boys who were fooling around with their food, totally oblivious to the girls admiring and talking about how cute they were.
"So, tell me again why both of you ditched us last night?" Kathryn asked as she dives into her breakfast that was prepared for them at their assigned tables.
Charlie was about to speak but Melanie spoke up, "It was my fault. I didn't bring along my sweater and it was getting cold, so I asked Charlie to follow me back to our room and we couldn't go back without Meredith checking up on us."
"Oh, that's too bad. We had a great time with Kendall and Carlos, didn't we October?" Kathryn asked.
"Yeah, it was definitely a lot of fun," October replied.
"Aaaanndddd...I manage to have a secret on my hand too," Kathryn teased.
"Really? Spill!" Melanie urged, while dropping her fork to hear what the secret was.
"I don't know. If I tell you, it won't be a secret anymore," Kathryn replied coyly but then she put her utensil down and signal the girls to move closer. "Carlos told me James has a crush on one of us."
"Who?" Melanie urged again.
"Do you really want to know?"
"No," Charlie replied.
"YES!" October and Melanie replied at the same time, louder.
Kathryn smiled and said, "It's Charlie!"
"WHAT?" Charlie, October and Melanie yelled, causing everyone to turn heads. Once everyone turned back to what they're doing, the girls continued to talk.
"Are you serious?" Melanie inquired.
"Dead serious! Isn't this great Charlie?" Kathryn asked.
"No, it's not. We are not supposed to even think of the boys. We're here to study not to date," Charlie reminded them.
"Oh, come on Charlie. It's not every day that a hot boy band member has a crush on you!" Kathryn tried.
"Good. Then I hope he doesn't have a crush on me today or tomorrow or even ever. I came here so I can have a bright and successful future. Not worry if I look cute in front of a boy," Charlie explained. "Besides, I bet Carlos is just saying that to mess with you."
"Why would he do that?" Kathryn asked.
"Because, boys like to confuse girls. It's what they do," Charlie said.
"You have to give boys a little more credit than that, Charlie," Melanie giggled at the comment. "Besides, it seems fate has brought you and James here together. Can you imagine falling in love in a foreign land and both of you just embracing one another by the beach?"
Charlie shoved Melanie's shoulder lightly and scoffed, "This has nothing to do with fate. I got admitted into Girlantis Academy on my own merit. End of discussion."
"Oh, come on. I bet you that James will try to hit on you any chance he gets. I hear he can be quite the flirt," Kathryn said. "I say go for it!"
"And I said end of discussion!" Charlie declared.
While her roommates are still arguing whether James has a crush on Charlie or not, October couldn't help but notice how cute Kendall looks. She could've sworn Kendall turned around and smiled at her. She felt her heart skipped a beat.
"October? October!" Melanie called while Kathryn threw her apple at her.
"Hey! What was that for?" she said.
"You were drooling," Charlie replied.
"The question is, which one is she drooling at?" Kathryn said while playing with her chin.
"Oh no, don't tell me you're crushing on one of them too," Charlie pleaded.
"I didn't say I am," October defended herself.
"So, who do you have your drool on?" Kathryn asked.
"Um, who she has her drool on?" Melanie echoed Kathryn's weird question.
"Guys, I rather not talk about this and Charlie's right, the boys are off limits. Unless we want to be expelled, I don't think we should see them anymore," October said.
"Yay! October's on my side," Charlie cheered.
"I'm not in anyone's side. If I do have a side, I would be in DiDi's side. At least that way I'll be safe," October said.
"Suit yourself girls. That leaves more for me," Kathryn said while taking a bite of her breakfast.
