Loves, Departures, Returns - LDR The Series

Part 4 : The Proposition

HE took a glance on his watch. 5.50pm, the meeting with the Representative would start in 10 minutes. He glimpsed to the roommate who was napping on the bedside of the room since they returned from their respective faculties. Hesitant, he moved from his chair, took a few steps to the roommate whom by now had travelled through time zones, shook his body to wake him, no response but a middle finger shown to him. The roommate was all conscious, he opened his eyes, staring straight to the roommate who startled his beauty sleep.

"Stephenson, come on, are you my RA now?" He snapped, annoyed.

"Nah, but if you don't show up to the meeting on time, the Representative will ask me so I am not gonna let that to happen. Get ready, we are heading there!"

"Yes sir!" Said Nicholas De Cruz, getting up from his bed, fixing his hairs in front of the mirror.

Julian returned to his desk, about to turn off his laptop, but the wallpaper on his MacBook was just tearing his heart apart, he hadn't changed the wallpaper for over a year, it remained there undisturbed, untouched. The picture itself told thousand untold stories, part of it though broke his heart into pieces, and out of the blue he recalled the one he wrote,

My name is Ishmael,

I was far down below the surface

I was the second love of the heart

I was torn, I broke, I cried, I screamed

Love has no eyes, it made me sick

My name is Ishmael,

I was the second choice of the heart

My lover has gone unnoticed

My creator has given me love affairs

My heart sank down the ocean

I was suffocating

My name is Ishmael,

I need the love I deserved

I need the love I afraid never

I need the love my heart craved

I need the love of loves.

My name is Ishmael,

Listen to what I said

I loved you but I love you ..

"You all are late!" Damien Wilson yelled. Jacob Carlson was seen standing behind him, crossing his hands.

"But we understood you spent the entire day in your faculties, so you are all forgiven for now.." He continued, toning down his voice.

"The Resident Advisors will be joining us this evening .. "

" And I am sure all of you know who your RA are, you can find them shortly " He concluded, made a move backwards.

A second later, a group of individuals wearing casual attires entering the hall. Some of them had never been seen around, some looked incredibly familiar. Julian learnt those group was the Resident Advisors Damien had just mentioned, he scanned each of the individuals, making his own assumption on his head, would he be able to swap his resident advisor to one of those.?

Far from his expectation, the freshmen started getting up from their seats, and drew themselves closer to the group, searching for respective resident advisors. Julian was despaired realising he would spend the entire evening with Jacob Carlson. He noticed Nicholas De Cruz had disappeared into the crowd as well, leaving him there standing alone witnessing the hundred freshmen mingling around with their resident advisors. Julian, though he was not ready for it, made a first step, approaching the familiar face on the corner. He sighed but he made his heart a stone, unbreakable, untouchable. Lucky enough for him, he would share RA Code 005 with another 4 of his fellow first years. He exhaled a relief breathe knowing he was not going to spend the entire evening with Jacob Carlson alone.