Chapter 2:
The taxi driver drops me off at a big furniture store. I walk in and I'm immediately amazed at how big it is. I walk into the young adult section and pick out a nice white, gray, and purple comforter with dark purple curtains. I get a nice blue comforter for the spare bedroom and black curtains. I walk to the bathroom section and get a pretty green shower curtain, some nice green rugs and some white towels. I decide to get some red rugs for the kitchen and a few throw blankets for the living room and some throw pillows.
I pay for my things and walk out back to my taxi. Everything was 175$ so I still have a lot for food.
The taxi driver drops me off at the local market; I thank him and give him 10$. I walk in and first start off by getting a buggy. I walk over to the fruit and grab some strawberries and blueberries. I absolutely love those. My dad would always make me a berry smoothies when I was little, I loved them. I grab some vanilla yogurt and continue shopping.
When im done, I pay for everything and go back to the taxi. While on the way home, my mind flashes back to that guy I bumped into. He was so rude, I hope he doesn't live here. I remember that Ashton gave me his number so I pull out my phone and I text him.
"Hey Ashton! It's Dylan, I was just wondering if you wanted to come over to my apartment tomorrow so we could hang out?" I type the message and hit send.
When I get to my apartment, I pay the taxi driver 25$ and somehow I manage to carry all of my bags until I get upstairs when I drop two of them.
"here let me help you" I hear someone say. I look up and see a girl who is about 3 inches taller than me with long brown hair and green eyes.
"Thank you" I say as we both kneel down picking up the food on the floor.
"Hi I'm Abby" she says holding out her hand for me to shake.
"I'm Dylan, nice to meet you Abby" I say shaking her hand.
When we get all the food off the ground, I pull out my key and walk in and she follows holding my bags.
"so are you from here?" I ask her because of her accent.
"no I'm originally from England, I just got here yesterday, I'm studying abroad." she says
what a coincidence.
"oh really, I just got here too, I'm from New York!" I say with a smile
"oh that's good because I was nervous I wouldn't know anybody." she admits with a laugh
"me too!" I say laughing.
"well hey, I have to go, but it was nice meeting you.. here's my cell number in case you want to hang out or something!" she says as she writes it down.
"alright! bye!" I say and she shuts the door.
I look at the clock and it's 9:30. It's hard to believe I'm finally here. I've been dreaming of this moment since I was seven. My dad would be so proud of me, I know it. His dream was the same as mine. He did attend NYU and he did study abroad here, but he was in the process of writing his first book when he was killed. I'm doing all this for him. Not that I don't love writing, I do. This isn't just my dream, it's his too. it's our dream.
I stop thinking and decide to make a sandwich for dinner because I'm not really that hungry right now, and I need to get some sleep. Once I'm done eating, I get all the new furniture and put everything where it is suppose to be. While I'm finishing up, I hear my phone vibrate. I walk over and see Ashton texted me
"Actually I'm going out tomorrow with my friend Luke, but you can come too if you like :)" he says
"alright :)" I say hitting send.
"where is your apartment?" he asks
"I live in the red ones by the McDonald's" I say unsure
"I know where that's at, alright, I'll be there at 10, goodnight love xx" I read and I decide to take a shower and go to bed.
The next morning I wake up at 9 to get ready. I pull out my make up and my curling iron. I let it heat up as I apply my make up. When my curling iron is heated, I curl the ends very loosely to give it an effortless look. Then I go to my wardrobe and pick out some black leggings, a white tank top, and a gray cardigan, and my gray boots. I spray some of my favorite perfume and walk into the kitchen and see it's 9:56. I text Ashton and say
"Hey, I'm ready"
He quickly replies and says "I'm here, what's your apartment number?"
"234" I say waiting for him to knock on the door. I use the bathroom once more before he arrives.
At what seems like forever, I hear him knock on the door.
"hey!" I say to him as he walks in with a guy who is really tall with blonde hair and blue eyes.
"hey Dylan, this is Luke, Luke this is Dylan" he says I smile and shake his hand
"Hi" I say shyly to him
"Hello" he says with his thick Australian accent.
"Alright, so where are we going?" I ask Ashton
"Well, we thought we would show you around the campus so you won't get lost on your first day" he says smiling at me.
"okay" I say smiling at them. I grab my purse and make sure that I have my money with my phone and key. I grab the key and we walk out.
"where's the taxi driver?" I ask them. They both look at each other and laugh.
"what?" I ask them
"I have a car" Ashton says to me
"Well well well, what do we have here?" I hear that familiar husky Australian voice that I heard yesterday.
"can we help you?" Luke says and I turn around to see him.
"I just find it funny how this girl just moved here not even 24 hours ago and you guys are already flirting with her, wow." he says rudely
"actually they were showing me around campus, there's a difference from flirting and being nice. and how do you know I just moved here?" I say putting my hand on my hip getting mad.
"because I live right beside you?" he says with a laugh "and you bumped into me yesterday" he says rudely.
"Look, Calum just leave her alone, okay?" Ashton says to him.
"I'll talk to whoever I want" Calum spats
"Whatever, lets go guys" Ashton says as they walk away, but I stay standing looking at Calum, looking into his brown eyes. I'm mesmerized by his eyes; the way the shine. I look at all of his tattoo's on his arms and his tan skin.
"Dylan, are you coming?" Ashton asks me
I drop my gaze at him and he smirks at me and I say "yeah.." walking away to the car.
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