FORTIFIED

Chapter One

"Love you too Mum. Bye." Adriel had to break free from her Mum's tight embrace or they were never going to leave the sidewalk.

"One last kiss hon, I don't get to see you for another month. A whole month before I get to see my baby again." Adriel wanted to roll her eyes. Her mum was such a drama queen.

"Mum, it's really not that long. I have to go now, bye!" She unhooked her mum's arms from around her neck and quickly hurried into her dorm.

She unfortunately, chanced a look back.

"Oh, brother." Adriel sighed.

Sure enough, her Mum was still by the porshe Mercedes, crying.

Even the driver-Henry-looked a little sad she was leaving.

Adriel waved one final goodbye before disappearing into one of the dorms.

She got in and exhaled in relief.

All the dorms were built on the same side of campus, so it was like a community where students lived.

Each dorm in the community had its own name and the name of the dorm she'd been given wasn't at all creative, she thought.

It was called 'the blues'. Yeah seriously, not even joking.

Adriel checked the pamphlet again, making sure she got it right.

Yup, 'the blues' it is.

She took her time admiring the dorm's infrastructure.

"Whoah." Was the first thing she said as she took it all in.

The common room was very spacious. The flat-screen took nearly half the wall and the lounge looked befitting for a five-star hotel.

They really did get their money's worth. The school was private University slash Academy on an island just west of Europe. You literally need a boat or a helicopter to get here.

And what's more, it was located very close to the shore, so you can see the ocean in some parts of the school.

She was lucky, her family already lived on the island.

She checked her pamphlet again and the word R-10 stared boldly back at her.

Adriel sighed dragging her feet along with her boxes.

"Eight, Nine...Ten." She counted the number off each door, till she found the right door.

The hallway was unusually dark and eery and she could have sworn she felt someone touch her. Goosebumps rose up to her arms as she knocked on the door.

"Weird." She muttered rubbing her arms.

The door opened revealing the most beautiful girl she'd ever seen in her life.

There was something about her that was enchanting and just drew you in. The girl threw a smile her way.

"Hi, I'm Becky, you must be our fourth roommate." The girl said.

"Yeah." Adriel answered. She wasn't usually nervous around people but she always felt inadequate in the presence of much better-looking people than her, and everyone in the room was. Great.

Adriel closed the door and did a quick sweep of the room. It was very spacious so that each person had her own spot.

There were four desks all equipped with a computer each and everyone had their own bed and wardrobe. The only thing they did share was the bathroom.

"So what do you think?" Another girl with hair bleached blue asked typing away at her iPhone chewing a piece of bubble gum. Adriel shrugged.

"It's alright. I'm Adriel by the way." She introduced herself.