"Akira..." muttered Mia, looking at her in disgust. Akira looked a bit hurt. I immediately stepped in.
"Hey guys, why don't we go look for our dorm now? I have a map to our dorm," I butted in.
"Who are you?" snarled Mia. Woah, anger issues here...
"I am Jessica Arana, your new dorm mate. Now, it seems like our dorm is quite far from here so if we want to reach there quick, we have to get a move on now," I explained. Mia seemed to calm down and stomped off. I shot Akira a concerned glance then proceeded to chase after Mia. She turned right.
"Hey, wait up! I know a shortcut to walk to our dorm!" I yelled.
"Are you serious? Don't you know that there are golf carts that can bring us to our dorm?" she said with a clipped tone, pointing to a golf cart station.
I mentally slapped myself.
"Sorry, it's just that I don't really know much about the school... I registered late," I added. I got ignored.
"No point talking to her," said Akira, patting my shoulder and walking ahead. I ran to catch up with her. We climbed into the buggy. Immediately, the buggy zoomed off. That's when I noticed something. There was no driver.
"Cool! Auto-pilot?" I mouthed to Akira. She nodded.
A few minutes later, we reached a building. It was like an apartment. It was white with many floors and windows. It looked really majestic. I looked at it in awe.
"Come on now, Jess!!!" yelled Akira, dragging me inside. I allowed her to drag me. Inside, everything looked like a movie. Chandeliers, swimming pools, gyms....
Following Akira and Mia, I climbed up the grand marble staircase to the second floor. There was a series of rooms. Following the directory, we reached our room. It was at the end of the corridor. B-25 was our room number. I opened it and had the surprise of my life. When I came in, the first view I saw was a huge comfortable sofa with a glass table. There was a wall-mounted flat screen TV too. At the sides were the bathrooms. There was a platform at the end and there were 3 4-poster beds against the wall. They looked heavenly. Apparently, we can customize our room anyway we want and order furniture from the IKEA store nearby. I excitedly called dibs on my bed(the one that is by the Window) and pounced on me. I moaned in delight. It was heavenly. I think I stayed there for like 10 minutes. Then I fell into Dream Land.
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"Oi!" I heard a shrill scream. I immediately opened my eyes and looked around. It was already dark and by my side was a pissed Mia.
"Can you hurry up? I want to go dinner and we must come together. Akira is already in the shower. Please get a move on. I think I am gonna die of starvation," she snapped.
I was going to say she probably would not die of starvation even if she waits for another 1 hour but looking at her face, I jumped out off my bed and sprinted to the bathroom. Each of us has our own bathroom so we don't need to wait for the other. I took a quick shower and towelled myself dry. That's when I realized I don't have any clean clothes.
"Oh, crap..." I muttered to myself. Then I heard Akira's voice from the thin wall beside me.
"Jess? Are you ok? Did you fall or something?" asked Akira, concerned.
"No, it's just that I didn't bring any luggage so I don't have any clean clothes," I responded weakly.
She chuckled on the other side.
"Oh, JESS YOU'RE SO FREAKING CUTE... You do know that near the sink there is a wardrobe that contains all the latest fashion line from Urban Outfitters?"
I raced to the wardrobe and opened it. Sure enough, it was bursting with many trendy clothes that I could have never dreamed of. I grabbed a sapphire blue dress with some really cute lace embroidery at the back and some Keds that had a faded print of the American flag. I checked myself in the mirror.
"Awesome," I breathed.
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A/N: Did you like it? :-D The next chapter will talk about her dinner experience with all the freshmen. How will she cope? Sadly, I won't be uploading that often because my exams are just in a few weeks time. And I am not prepared. Oops. :-P
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