She entered her room. It was well furnished, walls painted in white with sliding door balcony, two beds with bookshelves at each of its corner and a big side table with lamp at the middle in front of the beds, at corner there were two big study tables with big green pin up Boards.
Amaira kept her bags on the left bed and checked out her room. There was a bathroom and two closets, she came back and laid on her bed smiling.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door, she stood up and opened the door to the same rude girl with spectacles who was standing out of the door whom she met at the main hall." Hi, I am Anuradha Goswami, your new roommate", said the girl but this time with a smile. She came in and kept her bags on the bed and sat down.
"I am Amaira, we met in the main hall today."Amaira said with an angry tone. We did? I am sorry if I didn't treat you well . I actually get very angsty when anyone interrupts me during book reading. " Anuradha said.
"It's ok I understand, by the way we should get ready, our first class should start soon right?" Amaira asked." Oh relax, it's just our first day and there are no classes today, all classes start tomorrow." Anuradha said.
" Ok then so tell me about your first day in college." Amaira asked. "Well, I can't remember actually I was reading a book in my car and then I directly ended up here." Anuradha laughed.
"Let me tell you mine, when I was coming towards the main hall I was gonna get ragged by a girl named Emily.." then Anuradha interrupted " YOU MET EMILY JOHNSON !" "Uh..yeah until a boy named Karan Bhatt saved me from getting ragged." Amaira said. "YOU MET KARAN BHATT! Oh my god your first day was way more interesting than my novel." Anuradha laughed.
"Ok, but what happened?"Amaira asked. "Emily Johnson is the most popular and rich girl of our campus and Karan Bhatt is the most popular boy in our campus, he is teacher's favorite and the president of our Student Council and the list goes on.." Anuradha said.
Anuradha and Amaira chatted for long time discussing about their lives, career until it was time for dinner. Both of them got ready and went towards the college mess hall.
"I can't believe it! I am going to see a real college mess hall. You know I have seen many teen fiction movies, almost like 30. Always wanted to see a real mess hall and here I am walking towards ." Amaira said excitedly.
The mess hall was very huge. It could fit almost 500 students in it. Both of them went towards the counter in the waiting line. There were many options: Pizza, Idli, Dosa and plain rice with dal. Anuradha took 7 idlis with 2 dosas and sambhar whereas Amaira took plain rice and dal.
They got settled on the seats towards the corner of the hall. And that's when Emily and her gang came with their plates.
"Well newbies, let's see plain rice and dal, idli, dosa tell's me you're gonna end up looking like Mrs. Chatterjee our human resources teacher, fat and boring." said Emily smirking while the other girls were laughing.
"Yeah well at least we are not going to look like malnutritional girls like you hiding our sunken face with makeup." said Anuradha snapped.
Emily got furious and threw her yogurt on Anuradha's face. By then all the students were looking at them.
Suddenly someone shouted "Emily Johnson you are so busted!." It was Dean Jade. She came in, her heels clinging "You young lady, you are in so much trouble, let's get you to principal's office and detention for you and your gang for two weeks, Follow me. Emily stormed off with Dean Jade.
"Hey, who called Dean Jade here?"Amaira asked. "Don't know but she came in and saved us, that Emily was really out of her line." Anuradha said while wiping out the yogurt from her face. Amaira took a bite of her dinner when she caught someone's eye.
It was Karan Bhatt, he looked at her and smiled, giving a thumb's up. Amaira then realized that it was Karan who called Dean Jade. She mouthed "Thank you" and in response he bowed.
After dinner both the girls went back to their room and changed into their pajamas. Amaira got ready for bed. That's when she remembered the necklace that her mom gave.
There was a small envelope in it with a pendant. A dark green colored oval shape necklace, It was very shiny. Amaira wore the pendant and opened the envelope which had a letter inside it.
Dear Amaira,
You have now entered a new phase of life, there will be difficulties, Emotional situations, fearful incidents, hard working days and years and shocking news.
But I want you to know that you should remain strong no matter what happens. If you ever feel weak or feel like giving up, just hold the pendant and take a deep breath, you will feel better.
It helped me a lot to go through life and face difficulties bravely. It was given to me by someone who was very close to me. And now I am passing it to you. Use it well.
Your Mother,
Anagha.
Amaira embraced the letter to her heart and wiped her tears. She then folded the letter, kept it in her bag and layed down on her bed. She smiled thinking about what's to come next and drifted off to sleep.
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The Lyceum Life Of Amaira
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