Dreamer { Book 2 }

Chapter 5 - The First Day

I woke up at six to my stupid alarm and reluctantly got out of bed. I pick out my first-day outfit which Care had selected. It included an orange sweater, black jeans, an ochre scarf, and brown boots. I took a short shower and got dressed before making some coffee and some pancakes. I finish eating quickly and start packing a small bag with my books and pencils and colors. I check the time to see its 7 o'clock so I quickly check all my things and leave the apartment. I lock my apartment and then start towards the academy, I had memorized the way there since it was very simple and started to walk. I could feel my nerves building the closer I got. I reach there and am actually shocked at how huge it is. The academy is not only for artists; it's like a skill learning school. There are a variety of courses offered from basic classes in languages to graduate-level courses. I walk in and look around to see a woman who seems to be waiting for someone and so I take my chance and go towards her. "Excuse me?" I say as I tap the woman on her arm. She turns and looks at me up and down. "Yes?" She asks and I mentally prepare for what to say. "Hi, I'm Arielle Gilbert. I'm looking for the Fine Arts department." I tell her and she smiles, "Ms.Gilbert, I'm Ruby Williams the head of the Fine Arts department." She tells me with a smile and I feel a bit relieved. "I see you're quite punctual, unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the other students. There are still five more minutes left so if you have any questions I would be happy to answer." She tells me and all I can think about is that I will be joined by 19 more students seeing as at one time they take in 20 students.

I turn my attention back to Mrs.Williams so that I don't have to deal with my social anxiety. "I remember reading that there will be theory classes as well, I wanted to know what they would be about." I tell her and she smiles before answering, "Well that will be included in the tour today. Your classes will start at 7 from tomorrow onwards while today will only be a seminar of about an hour where you will be introduced to your teachers and given basic kits." She informs and I nod my head and smile. After waiting for about ten minutes everyone is here and I can see that there are only five girls including me. We start the tour and Mrs.Williams shows us the classes which are thankfully not that far from each other. She tells us that we will have only five classes, three of which will be theory while two will be practical. The classes will all be an hour long and the theory classes include Aesthetics, History, And Appreciation Of Arts; and Methods And Material. While practical would vary every week and there would be an assignment on the same every week. After the tour, we were told the order in which our classes would be. First would be Aesthetics, then History And Appreciation Of Arts, after which would be a practical class and a little break of 10 minutes. After the break Methods And Material and finally another practical class. So every day I would be free by 12:30. After the tour, we are led to a classroom where we all sit down. The teachers are already there and after a few minutes our names are called and the kits are distributed which include a sketchbook, a drawing book for basic outlines of our paintings, a color palette, paint brushes, pencils; colored and black, chalks, books about the theory classes and a logbook; which is for our attendance and grades. We are introduced to all our teachers who give little information about their subject. After the teachers are done we are told to each sketch something on a sheet of paper that is provided, so that they can determine who needs to be worked on more.

We are given half an hour and no theme is given. I stare at the paper for a good five minutes before deciding to sketch my apartment complex and a few buildings surrounding it and the street with the outline of a few people. I start the sketch starting with the street and the outline of buildings and people before adding detail to the whole sketch. As I'm about to start the sky and adding street lamps and such it is declared that the time is over. We all hand over our sketches and then we're told that we can leave. I check the time and see its almost 10. I walk back to my apartment complex and see someone standing outside my apartment. "Hi, can I help you?" I ask the man as I reach him. "Yes. I'm here to deliver the dresses." He tells me and I recognize him from the boutique. "Oh. Thank you." I tell him and take the dresses before unlocking the door to go in. I turn around to ask if he wants water or anything else, to see he's already gone. Okay then. I enter and immediately put my dress in the closet and go change into some leggings and shoes instead of jeans and boots. Then I open my laptop to find nearby courier services. After finding one only ten minutes away I take both the dress and the book to send to Mystic Falls. Since I don't know when Miss Mystic Falls is I don't want to take a chance. I head out with the dress, book and my bag. I reach there in 15 minutes since I once lost my way. I give them the dress and the book and pay them the fees. I take out my phone and call Caroline. She answers just as I was about to cut the call because I remembered that she would be in school.