French Girl

Chapter 2: NYU

"Beep! Beep!"

I groan at the sound of my alarm, I turn it of and slowly peel off my duvet, walk into the kitchen, grab some pancakes and stuff them into a lunchbox. Back in my room, I get ready while I rummage through my luggage for my college stuff. My first day at NYU. May already left for work, I sigh hoping my first day won't be as bad as they say.  

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Whispers flood through the hall as I walk to my locker. 

"Hey, youre the new girl right?" An Asian looking guy said to me

"Oui, je m'appelle Anabelle, mais tu peux m'appeler Ana. Et qui êtes-vous?"

"Uhh, sorry I dont speak French..."

"Ahh, right. I said I'm Anabelle, but you can give me a nickname if you want. How do you knew I'm the new girl? I mean this university is pretty big."

"You're right but we don't get a girl from Paris everyday, and especially not so a beautiful one." He chuckles and I let out a small laughter.

"Let me see your timetable" He snatches it out of my hand. "Youre studying 'Creative Writing'?"

"Yeah, what about you?" He seemed like a guy who studied something irrelevant 

"Uhh, 'Photography' by the way my name is Kai" he said passing me a smile. I smile back as he cuts me off .

"You have to meet the others!" I grabs my hand and drags me through the halls. After at least 5 minutes he lets go. "Now we just have to find them" We're in a big room which seems like the break room.

"Who do we have to find?" I ask not knowing who he wants me to meet or what they look like.

"There!" He yells in my ear and I feel like I'm deaf now. He grabs my hand again and pulls me towards a wall. As we get nearer I see two girls leaning on the wall.

"Who have you brought back Kai? Another new one?" I stare at the floor in shame. Who are these girls? They look pretty nice though. The blonde girl gets down on her knees to look face me. "You're the new one right? I'm Sarah Lewis" she smiles then gets up again and lifts my chin back into its original position. "You already know Kai and this is Jana" shegestures to a black haired girl as she continues. I think it's not as bad as May remembers it. "My full name is actually Jana Acuña-Cacares, but Jana is enough" she says all this with such a casual grin that makes me lean against the wall as well. "I'm Anabelle Dubois, I'm studying 'Creative Writing' what do you study?" I try to engage them in a conversation which seems to work because the blonde, I think her name is Sarah, erupts in a flurry of speech.

"I'm also studying 'Creative Writing' Jana is studying 'Journalism' and you probably already know what Kai is studying!" I have this feeling she won't stop talking anztime soon! Now she grabs my schedule from Kai's hand with the words "You're in the same class as me! Good thing you didn't end up with the other one, theyre all weird. Today we are free-" She gets interrupted by the bell as Kai and Jana say goodbye to us and make their way to their lectures. I thought she had finally stopped talking but no. "What do we do now?!" With the words she grabs my hand and pulls me outside into the parking lot. She clutches in her trouser pocket and pulls out her key. In vain she tries to get her car to run. Finally she gives up and takes me by the hand. "Then let's just walk"

A short time later, I find myself wih Sarah's hand in downtown New York, with the goal of adapting to the American style of dress. We found some things that fit me, according to Sarah. 4 bags of clothes and drugstore products Later, we sit in the break room of NYU and wait for Kai and Jana. Sarah insists on presenting them with the clothes and makeup.

In the middle of my catwalk show, a boy comes up to me and Sarah squeals. "Hey, I'm Tony," he smiles. "Anabelle," I smile and shake his hand. "See you again?" he asks. "Sure," I smile. "Oh my God!" Sarah squals. "What?" I seem really confused. "The coolest boy in university just walked up to you! You don't know how many girls dream of this!"

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My phone rings. "Hello?" 

"Bonjour Anabelle, mon enfant. Comment allez-vous ? Comment va l'Amérique ? May est gentille avec toi ? Je te ramène à la maison ? Vous avez des amis ? Est-ce qu'ils vous harcèlent ? Mon enfant dit quelque chose!" ("Hello Anabelle, my child. How are you? How is America? Is May nice to you? Do I have to take you home? Do you have friends? Do they harass you? My child say something!") Ma grand-mère.

"Yes grand-mère I'm alright"

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A/N: Thats it for today. I'm tired after a long day at school, so goodnight! I'll upload to orrow before school, at leastI'll try to.

Lots of Love 

Summer💙