The Socialite [Completed]

The Socialite [14] Sarah Lawrence

Chapter Fourteen

Sarah Lawrence

“This is your room dear” said the kindly wispy-caramel haired women. She held the door open for Edmund as he carried Nora’s bags through the door, Nora slumping behind him. Edmund dropped the bags on the empty bed to the right of the door and turned around. Nora drooped on the hard bed screwing her face in discomfort. The bed was as hard as rock. It was going to be a long three years.

“Well” Edmund said “your roommate seems to be almost set up” he examined the other side of the room the bed by the window was doused in pink material, a suitcase lay half empty by the end of the bed and the overhead shelf covered in different books some of which Nora recognised and some that looked like textbooks.

Nora moaned

“Oh I wonder who she is” Edmund said as an attempt to start conversation. He wasn’t happy at the situation and loathed his wife for doing this.

Just then Ethel walked through the door slamming it behind her blocking out the sound of many excited girls squealing in the hallways.

“Isn’t this place just lovely” she said in a tone that she was saving for Nora. It annoyed her. Ethel tossed something at Nora and it landed with a thud next to her head. “I got your books for you”-she said in cold tone-“and your timetable...you start classes at nine tomorrow morning”

Edmund opened her suitcase, then received a hard jab in the ribs from Ethel. He huffed and grimaced at Ethel aware that Nora saw the transaction “oh right...” – he said trying to sound innocent but his voice was bitter -“we have to go” Nora sat up looking at her parents but her eyes told them that she wasn’t surprised. “You have the address?” Edmund asked, Nora nodded. He bent down and kissed her on the forehead.

“Okay... see you soon hopefully, the house isn’t to far away but I wouldn’t walk New York isn’t the safest place”

Ethel didn’t kiss Nora she edged slowly to the door, still facing Nora and opened it behind her, the sound of a hundred different voices talking at once filled the room. Nora jumped slightly due to shock.

“Fine” she said quietly, she knew that her mother didn’t want to stay. In fact Nora didn’t want to her stay.

“See you soon” Edmund said then walked to the door were Ethel looked around her at the passing girls through curious eyes.

“I’ll write to you” Nora said to Edmund who was now standing at the door holding Ethel’s hand.

“Honey” he smiled “That‘s good but you live like seven blocks away” Nora smiled to but there was no sincerity in it. She was doing it out of reflex rather then courtesy “But that would be great” Edmund said “Jack too?”

Nora smiled instantly faded when her father mentioned Jacks name. He didn’t mean for it to slip out of his lips Ethel was smirking to herself.

“No” Nora said, she didn’t blink, she looked away from her farther out the window across the room.

“Sorry…” he muttered quietly “Goodbye dear”

Edmund disappeared from sight Ethel close behind him, and Nora was alone. She didn’t hear the door swing close and got a fright when it closed. She focussed back in and looked around the room again.

She was finally here, Sarah Lawrence. And Nora didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

This place was both more amazing and more miserable then she had imagined. Amazing because it was every everything that she had every hoped for. It was what she had whished for nine years of her life.