In Omnia Paratus (AU) - Book 2

Back to school

"Fuck me, we're finally back." Lily groaned walking into dorm and throwing her bag on the floor of the dorm. We had the same dorm as last year and we'd actually been allowed to leave a lot of stuff here, but we also took a lot of stuff home.

"Don't sound too happy, this year is hard." I laughed throwing a pillow at her face.

"Nothing. And I mean nothing is as hard as being home with my parents." Lily frowned throwing the pillow back at me before collapsing on the sofa.

"Are you going to study at all this year?" I laughed at her.

"Maybe but only because you're going to make me." She rolled her eyes.

"Hey I don't force you." I mumbled.

"No but you hang around dorm, reading books and writing essays. Not only that but you litter our walls with revision posters, it's hard not to revise when you're sat on the loo looking at a highlighted extract from the bloody chamber." Lily groaned.

"I try." I smiled across at her before going to my room and putting my suitcases inside the door. "Uh Lily did you leave anything in my room?" I asked glancing across at the bed.

"No, why would I bother you'd only keep it anyway." Lily laughed laying down in the sofa and closing her eyes.

"Oh alright." I said looking across and seeing something by my bed.

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"I'm going out for a bit. I'll see you in an hour." I said leaving dorm and saying bye to Lily.

"Alright, meet for dinner yeah?" She called half asleep from the sofa. She'd had a rough day. Her parents always gave her a tough time coming back to school but this year was worse God knows why.

"Yeah bye." I called before heading off campus and walking for about 5 minutes until I reached the university campus. It was really nice here, but very daunting.

"So I'm here." I said picking up the phone to Richard that second he'd called me.

"You are? What do you think?" He asked.

"It's weird, but good weird." I laughed looking up for the student accommodation buildings. "Where are you?"

"Uh I'm making my way towards you." Richard laughed down the phone and noticed in the distance that he was coming out from behind a building. The place was crazy and people were running everywhere to meet people and find out where they were living.

"How did you know where I am?" I frowned seeing him gradually getting closer.

"I knew you'd come in this way from Ashford." He smiled.

"Ah well aren't you smart?" I joked.

"Well, I am a university student." He mocked as now I could make out his facial expressions and I started walking towards him also.

I didn't say anything to him other than wrap my arms around his neck and leant up to kiss him.

"Hey to you too." He laughed kissing me back gently.

"Hi." I smiled hugging him.

"So are we allowed to hug in public?" Richard asked raising his eyebrows.

"Yes, we're here. Nobody knows us here and even if they did they wouldn't go gossiping to everyone else at my school so we're good." I grinned and I couldn't stop because I was so damn glad to see him.

"Come here then." Richard laughed before pulling me for a deep kiss. "Want to see my dorm?" He asked.

"There's such a thing as too eager." I mocked.

"Jenna." He pouted not even contemplating the idea before I put it into his head. "I mean it's not as good as last year because I'm sharing a kitchen with 5 other people but hey we won't think about that."

"I shouldn't be too long." I mumbled.

"You won't be long. Just come and meet everyone and then I'll take you back to school in time for dinner." He suggested and I followed him to his dorm.

He had a mixture of boys and girls. So him and two other guys who were really nice. One was a bit geeky but not overly and the other was the complete opposite, he couldn't care less about being there, though he was very good looking.

The girls were okay, one was the year older than Richard so I had nothing to worry about there because she had no interest in speaking to anyone really.

The other was doing a sports degree and that worried me a tiny bit because when I met her she was doing squats and I could see Richard warming to her by the second. She had a boyfriend who was a massive piece of muscle basically and grunted when you spoke to him and spent all his time in her room.

The other girl I didn't really speak to other than finding out she was doing combined psychology and English and seeing her with one of her friends who didn't live there. She kept to herself and I thought that was pretty perfect.

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"And this is my room." Richard smiled holding my hand as he pulled in to the box of a room. It just had a bed, a wardrobe and a desk in one corner and bookcase and the door to the toilet in the other corner.

"Very nice." I smiled.

"It's not bad, better than first year dorms at your place." He smirked.

"Oh I do not miss the bunk beds." I groaned siting down on his bed and laughed.

"Neither do I, I much prefer these." He laughed kissing me gently as I laid back on the bed with him towering over me.

"Oh I can see why." I giggled before he pressed me into the bed with a soft kiss.

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"I'm meant to meet Lily in ten minutes. I'm already going to be late." I scoffed as I got dressed while Richard moaned at me to stay a little longer.

"Ah this sucks. It's dark outside do you want me to walk you back?" He asked me stirring finally.

"I'm okay, it's not far." I hummed.

"Let me walk you back, you're being stubborn." He grunted getting out of bed and putting some clothes on himself.

"I don't need to be chaperoned." I scoffed as we left the dorms together.

"Yes you do or you'll be grumpy with me for a week." He laughed as held my hand tightly.

"Okay maybe." I smiled as we walked off of his campus and towards the road that lead to the back of the alley.