Chapter 1: First Time's Luck

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RRRRRRRIIIINNNNGGGGGG!!! The alarm went off by 6:00 A.M. on my very first morning to university. The blazing sun was rising on the month of September, and I felt nervous for my first time in the University of Kleinberg. By 7 o'clock, I left my apartment and grabbed my bike to head towards the University. On my way, I saw 2 other guys biking toward me and asked me a question. "Hey, do you know where the University is" the blonde haired guy asked. "Yeah, keep going straight and take a left at that second signal," I answered. "Thanks" they replied. They were taking the same route as I was and asked me, "Are you heading for the university as well?" I nodded as we continued to cycle by the sidewalk. The blonde hair guy introduced himself. "Hi, my name's Cruyiff Smith! Nice to meet you!" By then, I found that I've got an emotional friend. Then he patted his somewhat identical brother. "He is Rob Smith, my twin brother." Then, I introduced myself to them. "I'm John Detoro, and I'm also new here. I'm studying to become an astronomer, primarily." "Hey, I'm studying for that, too!" Cruyiff replied. And we continued talking as we headed for university.

We entered university, got out all my stuff and headed to work. Actually, we newbies had to start preparing for our first year in university as well as some theory practices to read about. After 4 hours, I headed into the cafeteria, to join Cruyiff and Rob. I've got a Subway sandwich with a 2-foot long bread. Inside had lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and all those delicious stuff. Cruyiff and Rob were enjoying some spaghetti and meatballs. They looked hot and fresh. Jeezuz. We talked about a lot of stuff, mostly about our past life in high school and stuff. They seem to have a good life back then since they were treated royally. For me, I was mostly bullied, but I stood up to it, and I usually end the fight as I walk away a happy as usual. We talked a lot, and we actually ended up studying in the same class but independently. I was very advanced at astronomy, so when my professor, Prof. Camel looked at my work, he was impressed and said he'll do something about it for me. He said that I might be suitable for a special course. He just made my brain as bright as gold.

After several hours of work, I left university by 6PM to return home. I haven't seen Cruyiff and Rob anywhere, but when I went past Taco Bell, I saw their bike parked and locked beside the restaurant. I head inside, to meet them, and found Cruyiff and Rob sitting by the corner, and enjoying their tacos. "Hey look, it's John!" Rob exclaimed. "Hey Rob, hey Cruyiff, nice to meet ya again." I left a smile on my face to find out that I'm not alone, again. " Aren't you hungry? You seem to work out your brain a lot." Cruyiff asked. "Oh yes, it was a lot harder than I expected. But it was still fun to find fascinating information. I actually learned a lot of surprising facts and studies, I think I may want to study more!" I replied. "Go help yourself a taco, we'll be waiting," said Rob. I can tell Rob was getting confident with me. After we ate, we headed outside to ride ou bikes home. "You can come over to our apartment and we can hang out, some time later, okay?" asked Cruyiff. I nodded and we headed home, for our next day at university.

Few days had passed, and I'm almost ready for my next exam. I started to see less of Cruyiff and Rob since the studies were getting tight by each day. I had a lot of things that I had studied, and I feel it's going to be one tough day and university. It was a lot harder here than in grade 12 high school. I do appreciate my professors because I believe they did most of the hard work. One of them was from London UK, another Australia and one another in America. I, on the other hand, am Canadian. It is lovely, to be Canadian, usually because it's a free country to live in. More days go by until the exam day was finally here. The exams were of course hard, and I skipped like nearly 10 questions. I got back to it at the end, and I was able to answer 9 of 10 questions. I didn't really know what to do with that remaining question, so I looked through my exam and written down what I think the answer was.

Another few days passed, and I had a very exciting phone call from my parents. They said they won Lotto 649, an ultimate jackpot of $11,000,000. I was very happy to see that my parents have managed to find their joy without me. They said they were ready for shopping, to buy so many things, they don't even know buying. They were happy about it and wished I was there. But I've got a lot of studies to do, that I won't have time to go and celebrate. They said they will save up a few million dollars in a high-security vault so that I get to spend the money on my things. I was very excited about that. I do have some time during dinner, so written down everything that I want to buy with my money, and then put that list in my tiny locker that I always have for emergencies like this. We decided we keep this as a secret because we'd be expecting rumors and thieves all over the country. So for now, we were settled with shopping and studying.

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