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Chapter 13: The first day!

It was seven in the morning and I just got everything unpacked. It was a nightmare. I didn't get home about midnight. I met my roomate and thank god it wasnt the guy that wouldn't shut up at the party. It was a quiet book lover guy named Arthur. He does look like a book worm.

I got out of bed and I told my roomate to get up.

He wouldn't move. I guess he was a heavy sleeper.

"Arthur! Get up." I said.

"Huh? Woah! WOah! Whats going on?" The college boy stood up, startled from the loud words that came out of his friend. He put on his glasses quickly. Arthur adjusted his spectacles. His dashing red hair and handsome facial features often scored him jokes of being a lady's man.

"Come on get up."

"Don't scare me like that." Arthur said.

"I don't have to get up. My class starts at ten. Thanks." He said annoyed and plobbed back down to bed. Boy he sure was mean today.

I already took a shower so all I did was get dressed and brush my teeth and do the other things I needed to do before class started.

I got all that done and I had five minutes left.

I wonder what I should do? Oh. I got that new book Darry bought me for my birthday.

So I read the book for five minutes and I had to leave for class. Once I got out of my dorm room, swarms of college students started walking everywhere. Jeez there are so many people.

I found my room unable to be the first one to sit down, I was unfortunately the last one. Embarrassed, I rushed to my seat.

"Hello, class. My name is Mr. Johnson. I will be teaching you this whole semester throughout the whole year. I hope all that traffic or delays from the air port made you guys sill have a good nights sleep." "I will be giving out this paper for reviewing the syllabus course outline.

"I hope you all brought in notebooks so you could take notes. I will be easy with you guys for the first through four days of school but after that, thats some serious talking we have to do. It's not high school, folks. So get used to it."

I am glad I got my notebook and books but notes on the first day? I thought that would be giving sheets about yourself but like Professor Johnson said, its not high school. I just have to get used to some things.

Our forty-five minute class ended and I took all the notes we needed to take. College is okay so far. I made my first friend here Arthur and that guy that would never shut up. I forgot his name. And I was talking to some guy named Jerome. He was sitting next to me.

The tall dark skinned boy Jerome with a yellow football jersey walked up beside me and said loud and proud, "Hey! Hows it goin? Your first day?" It was now the middle of the day and lunch just started.

"Nothing much. You?" I asked.

"Teachers are giving out homework already on the first day. But I am a junior so thats a big difference. Enjoy your time as a freshman because next year you will be given out two three pages of homework. So I am just warnin' ya." He laughed and walked off. "See ya later, Pony!" He jogged back to his dorm.

He is nice. I wish he was in my lunch. None of my friends are here with me right now. I got the money out of my pocket and went into the cafeteria. Some guy behind me poked me and asked, "Pony is that you?" The man that I talked to at the party was behind me and was talking to me. Oh shit! I thought. I would just hang out with him at lunch for one day. Oh yeah and his name is Stanley Hughes. I am now probably going to have that name etched in my mind forever. Great just great.

"So how was your first day? Was it awesome? Mine sure was! I already got a girlfriend! Boy, shes a looker!"

"Already?" I said startled. I didn't know he would get a girlfriend from all that talking he does. I followed Stanley to his lunch table where all his friends were enjoying their lunch.

"Guys, this is Pony. He graduated in high school with me." Stanley smiled.

The guys all said their heys and whats ups and we continued eating.

So later on that night, I talked and talked to Arthur bored as ever but just to waste time.

"My day was okay, but dont wake me up." He wouldn't stop complaining.

"Yeah, alright. I won't, I won't. Can we just forget about it?"

"Whatever. Anyway, I got this new psychology book my mother bought me last month! I promised her that I wouldn't read it until college."

"Yeah.. .Very nice, hold on."

I got out my notebook that is newly bought for college. I sighed and thought of a beginning for me to say. I grabbed my pen that was sitting next to me and started writing.

I wrote in my cursive handwriting:

Dear Soda,

Hey it's me! I promised I would write! I miss you a lot. Utah is way different from Oklahoma. But there is sure a lot of kind people around here. I made lots of friends. I hope you get to meet them. You won't believe who I met today for the second time since last year! Stanley Hughes! He's nice but I can't stand him. He never shuts up! I hope life is treating you good right now. Tell your girlfriend that I hope she feels better! Please write back whenever you can!

Love,

Ponyboy Curtis

P.S. Tell Cherry to write me! I miss her!

I read it several times making sure my grammar was correct. I guess it's pretty good. I put it up in the envelope and put two stamps onto the envelope and licked the envelope.

Once agan, I got out a new sheet of lined paper from my notebook and I began writing to my brother.

Dear Darry and the gang,

Hey it's me! Your brother Pony. I really miss you guys. I will try to call often. I gotta tell you this: Oklahoma is way different than Utah. Utah has way much more nicer people and its clean out here too. I mean by clean like no drinkers. Just normal people. I am glad that I chose this college. I couldn't have done it without you, Dar. If you never showed and nagged me about those brochures, I would have never found this amazing college. All thanks to you Dar. Anyway, I made lots of friends. They are really nice. I hope you have a good day and I will try calling and I will keep on writing! Tell everyone I said hi!

Love,

Ponyboy Curtis

I did the same thing like I did with the other letter. I put it in the envelope and I put two stamps onto it. I put them next to me on my nighstand but then I got up and decided to put it on my desk.

It was going around eleven and I was extremely tired. I yawned and told myself that I would mail the letters tomorrow after school.

I read a little of my new book and I slowly drifted to sleep.

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