Short stories

School's over

August 15, 2020

I was supposed to leave today, but my mother couldn't. Another one of her excuses! She still refuses to admit that I'm an adult! She doesn't want me to sign up there! At first, it was all about the money. Followed by a dwelling. And the schedule... All the reasons were good for her! There may not be something to be proud of, but I had to lie to her in order to register. And not in the program I told her! If she searched, she would see that I was right. The robotics program is not done elsewhere. But I signed up for biochemistry! Her last "idea" was to buy my a car so I could travel every day. No way! And I don't even have my licence! She forgot that BIG detail. She doesn't understand that I don't want to live here anymore. Lying to her is the only thing I found. I'm REALLY looking forward to leave...

I ran into Stephanie on the way to buy an energy drink for the road I thought I was doing later. She has been working at the gas station since the beginning of the summer. She barely looked at me when I smiled at her. She doesn't remember me, I think. Maybe I should have invited her to the prom, but she surely would have refused. Carlos already has invited her to our group. He wanted to include a girl, introduced her to DD. Derek didn't want to. He still was the DM! Stephanie wasn't interested. Too bad. I very well imagine her as a warrior princess, dressed in tight leather armor. It would have been great to have been great to have a girl with us.

August 16, 2020

And once again, my mother postpones my departure! Awesome. But I know she eventually will give in. She'll have no choice: my registration is paid. It's a lot of money. I know my father doesn't help her. We don't even know if he's still alive. I don't care. I don't even remember him. Maybe my mother would be less strict if he were there. Or not. I'll never know. Our life would surely be very different if he were there. I don't care. He surely would have taught me to talk to girls. I've never had any luck with them. There's no way I'm going to ask my mom!

I can't wait to move into my dorm room. I got the ground floor plan last week. My room is in the corner, to the left of the dormitory entrance. The common bathroom is on the right, at the end of the hallway from my room. That's the most embarrassing part. I never liked to shower in a public place, or even after gym class. As far as I know, I'll be one of the first. It's still early. The first two floors of the dorm are for the guys. The others two are for the girls. Girls... As if there was only one chance to get noticed! No girl has ever paid any attention to my presence! I can't wait to meet my roommate. I'm sure he'll be a great guy. We'll have many common interests. He'll have a lot of friends, including several girls, and he'll want to introduce ALL of them to me. He'll become my best friend and we'll be invited to all the best parties on campus!

It's going to be so awesome!

August 17, 2020

My mom just left. She didn't look great today. She's working too hard. Just fatigue because she's worrying too much for me. She shouldn't. But she's finally gone! I finally feel free to do what I want!

My roommate hasn't arrived yet. I'm all alone in my room with two beds, two desks with chair and two large dressers. I hesitate where to settle. Perhaps I could distribute the furniture evenly on either side of the window. That's what I'm going to do tonight: set up the room. Let's hope my roommate will be happy with my decision. For now, I don't care. It was a very long day and I'm very tired. The dorm manager doesn't know when my roommate will be here. And since I'm the first, I decide on our room. Anyway, I'm too tired to think. I set the bare minimum before going to sleep. I'll see tomorrow.

August 18, 2020

I didn't sleep very well. Since the dorm is quite unoccupied, it's quiet. I'm not used to that. I'm really on my own. It's weird. I don't have to go out. My mom literally filled the little fridge! Her fear that I miss anything, I guess. I'd have gone out to explore the campus, but it's raining. I'm sleepy. I have nothing else to do. I'm going to rest for a good part of the day. I'll install my computer later.