There's no sunlight to force me into consciousness like the books say because I don't like bright places, only my intuition gets me too wake up at odd hours but just early enough to not be late for class. So my room in a ghastly shade of blocked sunshine when my eyes blink open to another day.
I try to go back to sleep but my brain won't allow me, so I finally sit up in bed and stretch the tiredness out of my bones. I rub my eyes and stare around the room; my roommate is still strewn aross her bed like she's trying to prove a point that it's hers. Her head is hanging off the edge and I'm very sure that's going to hurt when she wakes up.
I snicker quietly to myself and grab my phone from my reading desk beside the bed. I take a picture of her for future blackmail before making a move to get out of the bed deciding that I would wake her up when I'm done taking a shower.
While I wash up, I'm silently glad that the community bathroom is quiet empty with not much people and their awful singing this morning. Not to brag, I have a better taste in music and better voice than most of them so I sing mildly to myself.
I'm in the middle of a random song chorus when a knock on my bathroom cubicle startles me. I probably jump three feets in the air and nearly drop my soap. I would have just left it on the floor if that'd happened.
"You have a nice voice" the voice animously says and I shrunch my face and confusedly reply her
"Thank you?..."
"Can you sing Fooling Myself, Dana Williams" she perks up suddenly and I feel really weird at the moment
"What is this, request music friday?" I murmur to myself
"I can hear you" she says. I can hear the playfulness in her voice so I laugh it off
"Joke....it's a joke" I tease and begin singing the song she asked about. I head out of the bathroom when I'm done having my bath, throwning a quick 'bye' to my anonymous audience
Muna is awake by the time I get back to the room and she is throwing me a murderous glare when I walk in
"The least you could do was wake me up, you sly" she yawns dangerously and runs a hand through her dyed blue hair
"I was going to do that but since you're awake now, you've saved me the stress" I walk to my dresser and begin to get prepared. She mumbles before dumping herself back on her bed unceremoniously
"I even became an mp3 player for someone" I laugh at that to myself
She perks up interested, laughing at me "Who?"
"I don't know. Just someone in the stall beside mine" I shrug lightly as I pull a hoodie over my hair
She bursts out laughing like I have made the funniest joke, wheezing away like a dying horse. Loneliness makes a person sad, especially in her case
"When you'll be singing everywhere and everytime like you're practicing for a talent show" I just roll my eyes at her
When I've dressed for my first class, I grab for my phone and remember the picture I'd just taken of Muna. It spreads a wide grin on my face. I glance over at her
She looks at me skeptically with her eyes in narrowed slits "What have you done?". She makes to get off her bed when I squeal and run out of the room. I'm still smiling when I walk out of the female residential area onto campus ground.
There are trees everywhere and very few people on the streets. The sun is shinning bright enough to make me squint which, if I must add makes me look weird, so I pull on my sunglasses before making the rest of my walk to my class
Interesting fact, which may most probably be the same for 85% of students around the world, I hate studying. Classes are bearable but such a drag since I need to walk there. But I HATE STUDYING. With that being said, let's move on
The most annoying part of a routine is the way you just manage to breeze through it like the way my morning classes have suddenly disappeared and I'm sitted in a cafe, actively trying to avoid the heat outside while attempting to finish up an article I've been putting off for too long.
"Funny seeing you here" A voice startles me out of quest to remember how to spell a word, which is literally one of the most annoying things to happen but that's hardly the point right now
"Arghh" I yell and jump in my seat. I also manage to startle a lot of people in the shop so silently apologizing to them and turning to glare at Jace who has an amused look on his face. He takes a seat at my table, still smiling happily at himself
"Seriously? Are you a ninja? You can’t just sneak up on people like that" I whisper-yell at him
"Sneak? You call that sneaking? I literally just walked up to you" he looks at me like I've grown a second head - a reference for crazy people
"Excuses, excuses. Just apologize already" I state, my eyes back to my laptop screen
"Never. Are you in a cult or something?" He asks and its my turn to admire his second head
"Are you crazy? Why would you say that?" I stare at him wide eyed but he only looks at me innocently
"I'm just wondering why you would be so startled like you're casting for a role in a reality tv show" he states
I always knew that I attract only stupid or mad people. But this one, this boy right here, is an epitome of madness
"You look like you're insulting me in your head" he chuckles softly
"And I will not even deny it" I deliver an obvious fake smile "Why are you here?"
"To get a drink, when I noticed my first and only friend in the whole of Berkeley Uni. I decided to stop by" he ends his narration with a way too friendly smile and slight flutter of his eyelashes
I glance around the room to check if someone else is noticing the absurdity of what is going on here. But the only other people that are noticing us are girls that are blushing at the sight of him or trying to catch his eye
"Stop trying to get on my good side, it's not working" I roll my eyes at him before shutting down my laptop. I closed it, stuffing it into my bag
"Do you have anything to do after now? I need a tour of the grounds" he says
"Didn't the registration office take care of that already?" I stare at him, confused
"Yeah, but I insisted on finding my friend who I'm sure will do the job just right" he flashes me a smile that he thinks is adorable which I can see right through
"How in the world did you think you would find me today?" I ask him, genuinely interested in his answer
"I believe in luck and coincidences, just like right now" he twirls his drink with a straw before drinking from it. His eyes fleet around the room for the first time since he sat at my table, acknowledging all the eyes on him with a warm smile
I roll my eyes. Luck my ass. I knew I should have just endured doing my work with Muna around, now I'm stuck with crazy-boy
I get up from my seat with my drink in hand and tote bag on my shoulder, walking towards the exit of the shop. Jace's eyes dart to my sudden movement and he falls in step with me
"Are you not doing it?" he asks from beside me
I push open the shop door and step out into the street "For friendship sake, welcome to Berkeley University" I gesture ahead of myself.
YOU ARE READING
Green Hearts
Teen FictionAutumn is finding new roads to love despite watching her father crumble after her mother left their lives, but love happens, and it happens when it needs to. So although she expects her college experience in Berkeley Uni to go plain as ever, she fi...
