The Secret Struggle

The Meadow

I arrived at the school at about 7:45. I didn't know exactly where to go, or where to meet them. I drove around a few minutes and then decided to park by a field that I saw in the middle of the campus.

I got out and began looking around to see if I could see Seth anywhere.

The school looked a bit deserted. Most of the students were probably off doing something fun, and there were probably even a few who were studying or doing some school work.

I got out of my far and decided to take a walk a little ways out onto the field. I was there a bit early so I figured I should just pass the time. Also, I figured it would be the one place where they would actually be able to spot me. It seemed like a central place, so I hoped that they would come looking for me there.

"Hey." I heard a voice from behind me.

I turned around to see Seth. I breathed a sigh of relief. His voice sounded slightly different so I wasn't positive that it was his. I hoped that it was because I didn't really desire to run into any other people who I didn't know and have some awkward run in with them.

"Hey. I didn't know where exactly to go, so I figured this might be a good place. I'm glad you found me." I said with a nervous edge to my voice.

"Yeah. I was just sort of walking around hoping to notice you when you drove in. I guess you got here before I made it to this area, but it worked out that I found you at least." He smiled.

"Yeah." I didn't really know what to say. I was hoping that he would tell me what to do next because my brain was dead and couldn't think of anything.

"Well, let's go and meet up with the rest of my friends and then we'll drive over together." He started walking back out past my car and then over to a group of 3 story buildings that I could only assume were the dorm buildings. I followed like a scared little puppy dog because I was in great fear and didn't want to get separated from him.

We finally arrived outside of one of the dorm rooms with a group of what seemed like a million people. How the hell were we all supposed to fit into one car? Or at least that's what I assumed Seth meant when he said we were all going together.

"Hey guys. This is Promise. I told you earlier that she was going to join us."

"Hey." They all said back in unison, though half of them seemed rather uninterested.

"Well, we should get going," Seth said and then started walking toward a white van. And not a minivan, but one of those vans that could hold 12-16 people. The ones that could be dubbed, "car most likely to be used by a criminal."

I followed them and was motioned toward the back of the van. There were five rows in the van, though we would only be taking up four of them with the ten others, besides me, who were in the car. There were 5 guys and then 6 girls, including me.

Seth sat in the front with some guy. I hadn't been introduced to any of them yet so I didn't really know any of their names.

In the row behind them was a guy who had shaggy brown hair and brown eyes to match with a slightly tanned skin. Next to him were two girls, both blondes. One was quite tall while the other seemed extremely short. They both had blue eyes.

Behind them sat a man with extremely dark skin and even blacker hair that was in a slight afro. He had lovely brown eyes, and was extremely tall and probably weighed more than anyone else in the car. Next to him sat a brunette and a girl with black hair. The brunette had sparkling hazel eyes and quite large boobs that looked a little bit like they had implants. The girl with black hair was darker, some kind of Asian, but I wasn't quite sure from what part. She had blue eyes and was extremely flat chested.