Young, Wild, & Free

Ch. 3

[Avery]

I walked to my next class which was my Korean language class, even though I was fluent, it was mandatory so I still took it. I found a seat near the back once again. I preferred sitting in the back away from people. More students started gathering inside the room. Surprisingly, no one sat beside me so I moved a seat over into the middle. Soon, another professor walked in, this time an elderly man about 40s/50s walked in with papers only. He cleared his throat and began talking.

"Hello, my name is Professor Choi, I am honored to be your Korean language teacher. Let's get started shall we." he proceeded with roll-call and everyone but three were present.

We proceeded with getting to know one another, I decided to go last. I stood up as everyone turned to face me.

"Hello, I'm Avery Smith from Los Angeles, California. I'm 23 years old. I'm here doing a foreign exchange program between UCLA and SNU. I'm a dancer, singer, martial artist and a pianist. I'm fluent in four languages. I have a 17-year-old sister back home. My parents are real estate agents and real estate business owners. I graduated high school with honors. My hobbies include dancing, singing, martial arts, volleyball, and basketball. Please take good care of me, thank you." I said bowing slightly and sitting down.

"Thank you Miss Smith." Professor Choi said grabbing a stack of papers. 

"This is your syllabus for the whole class time. Please look over it carefully and sign the last paper then give it back to me. It states that you went over the syllabus and you understand it." he said as passed papers out.

"Thank you." I said taking mine.

I grabbed a black pen out of my book bag, then I started reading over the syllabus word by word to make sure I understood it. It looked pretty easy but then again, this is a Korean Language class. I finished looking over it, pulled the last paper off and signed it.

Time was flying by in my classes; the next two classes after Korean Language was Mathematics (Professor Park) and Biology (Professor Rin). I made my way to a cafe near my apartment to grab something sweet. I was luckily inside when it started raining. I walked over to the counter and order a blueberry bagel with cream cheese and a Pumpkin Spice Latte with a bit of whipped cream. I decided to look through my syllabus again as I was eating my bagel. I finished my Pumpkin Spice Latte and then ordered a Caramel Macchiato to-go. I walked outside and opened my umbrella.

As I was walking, the rain got a little heavier and it made it harder to see. Before I knew it, I ran right into someone and fell, luckily whoever it was caught me before I hit the ground but my Caramel Macchiato spilled - just like in my dream but not over me or whoever this person was. I looked up at whoever it was and noticed it was a he wearing a mask. He quickly helped me up and picked up my umbrella.

"Thank you and I'm sorry for running into you." I said bowing.

"It's okay, the rain is pretty heavy." he said with a deep voice that made me jump a little.

"Again, I'm sorry. I best be going now." I said walking away from whoever that was.

I quickly made it up the stairs and into my apartment, I pulled off all the cold wet clothes and jumped into a warm bath. Nice and warm. After sitting in the bath for a while, I got out and dried myself off changing into my Hello Kitty pajamas. I slid into bed and was out like a light.