The Campus Encounter

ch 2 - Unexpected Encounters

As I enter the classroom , I look around. The room is beautifully decorated with bewildering paintings .

This is so pretty I'm blessed to be here, I think to myself.

I take my seat , next to me is a pretty girl very energetic , she is already making friends and here I'm all shy and nervous.

"Hi , I'm Alida Ahuja, I'm from India . Are you a native ?" , the pretty girl suddenly talks to me .

"Hi, I'm Brynleigh Anderson , yes I'm a native ." I think I could have said that in a better way but somehow

Alida looks excited

"That's one of the most thoughtful names I've heard since I shifted here" , she says .

"What does it mean" she asks

"Umm.. it means Meadows on the hill..." I say still shy from the unexpected greeting

"Wow, its cute , you are very pretty btw , I like you"
She says , she's very charming.

I am surprised and I don't think my face hides it . Alida is very pretty and definitely smart and outgoing too , I wouldn't mind being her friend ...

"Ohh, thank you , you are a beauty yourself." I say smiling

She says , "alright so we are friends"

And we both laugh .

The lecturer enters the room and asks us about ourselves and I get to know a little about everyone in the room .
I like the environment , everyone has a story . No one here is boring . I like them all .

After an hour's worth of lecture on college ethics the class ends .
Alida and I exchange numbers and she made me promise to stay is touch. She is such an outgoing person , she might just become my favourite person here

I find my way to my car because I have yet to unload my stuff into the dorm . I thought I'll do it after my first orientation , that's very unorganised of me , but I just didn't want to get into the dorm before I was sure I belonged here .

And my family lives like 13 miles from here so it's not even that far .

As I unload the car and find my room number, it says "108" .

As I make my way to the room with a carton full of my clothes and hangers I see Alida talking on the phone with someone and on the verge of tears . She looks at me and gives me a faint smile .

I smile back , wanting to ask her if she wants me to comfort her but before that she enters her room , surprisingly it's "108" .... So she will be my roommate?

I am relieved...