𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕 𝙾𝚏 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙶𝚛𝚒𝚍

𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚞𝚎

~𝚈/𝙽~

"This year the university has a special surprise for the class of 2022!" Professor Williams announces and catches our attention very quickly. "What is it this time? Another 'star guest'?!" Felix whispers into my ear, which makes me chuckle. He's right the last time they had a surprise for us it became as boring as watching wall paint dry. They announced someone 'special' and the person that appeared was just a gradient from the past year.

"You guys will take part of an internship, in which you will show your skills and, as bonus, write your thesis about. The thesis will be your graduation exam. The details of everything are on the papers that you will get after the lecture." Professor Williams explains with a bright smile and a not so normal type of energy. I mean, yea sure, he is around 30 and nearly fresh out of University but still. How can someone have so much energy, especially with the depressing weather outside the building?

"Did you know that we would do an internship this year?" Felix asks me surprised. "Nope and I think it is a little strange to let us write a work report as graduation thesis but I think it's an one time..." I start to whisper back but I'm interrupted by a bad coughing fit. I got a bad cold some days ago and can't get rid of it. My throat is sore and I cough like I would die any second. That and the fact that I can't get any air through my nose. I hate colds.

"... a one time experience. We all should enjoy and take full advantage off!" I end my sentence after I could calm my coughing. Gosh I sound like a mom trying to convince her child to do something really boring but an internship isn't boring at all. The pep talk I just gave is probably more to convince me instead of the others. I hate strangers and unknown situations. "I think it's very cool. It's a chance to get away from this boring, freezing grounds!" Joshua cheers at my right. "Good point!" Felix smiles and wraps his jacket closer around his body, also pulling his Mercedes-AMG cap deeper into his face. I got the cap for his birthday. It's signed by Hamilton and Russell, his and Joshua's favourite drivers in the world. They both breathe and live for the black wearing team.

We are in a building and it is still freezing cold in here. I hate this fucking Nebraska weather! I mean like even after over three and a half years I can't get used to this weather changes. Felix, Joshua and I always have the heaters at home on to don't turn into ice cubes. The life here is anyway something else. Like the fact that the semesters are from March til October because you don't want to go outside the rest of the year. You are saver at home than in the university buildings or on the streets. But I found great ways to survive. Be it standing right in front of the heaters all the time or the three layers of clothes I often wear.

The first time my brother suggest that I could study in Nebraska I was excited and wanted to start my year as fast as I could. Seeing another part of the world, with a new culture and new rules, but it didn't turned out like it should have started. It didn't started like those typical American dream start. You know, where the whole family helps with moving into your dorm, or in my case the shared house. Where you go to a typical diner afterwards and eat together to thank your parents and siblings for their help and love. No. In my case it was something else, as always. My brother was away at that weekend. As well, like always. I think it was Saudi Arabia... or Australia? I don't really remember anymore. The only thing I know was that my parents were there and my brother and godfather not. Both of them occupied in their race weekend.

It was sad that my brother wasn't there again. Again he couldn't be by my side as I did a big step in my life. But on the other hand it was good because I could start my university life without attracting attention. And maybe, just maybe, I never told my friends and roommates who my brother and godfather are. I mean the idea of studying in Nebraska was to live a life without the constant attention and eyes of other people and Paparazzi on me. I always could hide before them and I want to stay it like that, which is why I also took the surname of my mother. It all sounds so ridicules and exaggerated but when you are stuck in it since you are little and you are introvert and hate attention you don't see it like that anymore.