Worse Reality

Chapter 1- Introductions

2 days.

It's been 2 days since I've started university.

I met most of my flat mates, there's 6 of us including me. They seem pretty lovely, from what I've seen so far. Jake in room 1 is a shy physics student, Alyssa from room 2 is this wonderful bubbly character who seems to have taken a degree in some kind of english literature thing. Room 3 holds Melanie who, seems nice enough, but hasn't spoken much to me yet. Room 4 is mine and room 6 belongs to Jin, who seems to be the comedian of the flat so far.

Although I study law, I can still count to 6, Flat 5 has remained empty since the day I moved in here. I can only assume either it's a free room or someone was unlucky enough to get the move in dates mixed up.

My 2 days here have been almost a whirlwind of blurry events, my experiences so far hold a dream-like quality. It has been incredible. We've had plenty of events to help us bond as first years and become accustomed to the campus- although my directional skills are awful and I've already asked for help 8 different times.
What I've learnt so far about myself is that I cannot remember names or faces to save my life. With the dozens and dozens of introductions at various events, it feels impossible to make any new friends. I haven't actually had a lecture yet so I suppose I should really be looking for some friends there, so we have more things in common naturally.

Someone knocks on my door and it startles me out of my internal monologue. I draw my eyes away from boring a hole in the ceiling to quickly get out of bed and throw on a robe.
"Who is it?"

"It's Alyssa, can I come in?" She asks.

Sliding on some fluffy socks, I head towards the door to unlock it for her. Alyssa swings it open and strolls into the middle of my room with a large smile on her face. A small smirk falls on my face as I feel her bubbly energy overcome the area.

"What's got you all happy clappy may I ask?", a playful tone lifting my voice. I close the door behind her and turn to see her brown eyes sparkle in the light. She clasps her hands together behind her back and grins at me even wider.

"Well, I'll be honest with you Amora!" She comedically widens her eyes and looks around the room suspiciously before putting her finger on her lips and lowering her voice to a whisper, "I think you and me will get on very well and, well, I was wondering if you-" I cut her off with a laugh.

"Let me guess, you want to spend our ONLY scheduled free day this week with me?"
She snatches her hands to her side and nods.

I didn't have much planned for today to be honest and Alyssa seems really nice. It would do me good to be friends with her and get to know her a little better. Besides, i'm sure that's the whole point of scheduling a free day into our freshers week.
"I was headed to your room to ask the exact same thing" I reply as I go open my wardrobe, "When you're finished getting ready, I'll meet you in the common room," I glance over at the clock. Good, it's only 9:15AM, plenty of time to do some exploring, "let's say in about 30 minutes-"

"That's perfect! I better run, it usually takes me an hour to get ready!" And with that, Alyssa zooms out the door.

And now, for my outfit. I almost groan in frustration. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE fashion and just love love love clothes. I mean, who doesn't love feeling confident and fashionable and sexy? I'm just the most indecisive person to exist. Most people have an aesthetic, or some kind of style right? Alyssa has had these cutest pink outfits so far, she really reminds me of barbie but minus the blonde hair, plus brunette hair and plus a LOT of bubblegum. She wore this super cute plaid, hot pink mini skirt yesterday with a cropped, pastel pink, off the shoulder cardigan. I mean, if I could pull pink off as well as her, I'd give her all the money in my bank for that outfit. Although, I don't think that £5 would suffice.

I'm not too sure what we'll be doing today so I suppose I'll have to go for a practical yet sexy outfit. I'm feeling a retro vibe maybe.
I push across my fluffy coat, it's simply way too hot outside to be anywhere near that. Black sweatpants? No, not vibing with it much. I push the hanger across and see my white satin flared trousers.
Simply yes. Cute, tight but airy enough to withstand the summer heat.

I grab the flared trousers and lay it on my extremely unmade bed. Pulling open the top drawer under my wardrobe, I search for a t-shirt I could tie off. I rummage through some pinks, greens and reds until I see blue catch my eye. A pastel blue shirt with graphic dark blue wave- like swirls.
Perfect. Summery, ocean vibes, I love this outfit. Some small white chunky hoops for my ears and a thick white headband for my hair.

After putting the outfit on, I head towards my makeup table. I think i'll stick to light makeup today.
I put on some mascara, concealer, a touch of gold glimmer eyeshadow, a little blush, highlighter and a coating of subtle red gloss for my lips. Smacking my lips, I smile in the mirror. Nearly done.
I open the plastic mini makeup organiser on my table and grab a hair tie. This outfit would definitely suit a tight high ponytail with a side parting, like Bella Hadid.

Now, just two more things.
I go towards the black velvet box at the end of my bed and search for-
there it is! My favourite black mini hand bag. I grab my gloss, phone, money, lanyard, room key, airpods and charger and quickly stuff them in my bag. I glance at the clock again. It's 9:40. Crap. I'm going to be late.

I run to the shoe rack to grab my chunky white trainers and slip them on. After one last check of my bag and it's contents, I put my lanyard around my neck and leave my room, heading towards the common room.

When I enter the room, Alyssa is standing next to the pool table with the most gorgeous outfit. A cute little pink mini dress with a white shirt underneath and some matching pink boots.
"Wow, I love your outfit" I admire with a smile.

"Aww, thanks Amora, I love yours too!" She takes a step towards me and gazes at my earrings, "You simply have to tell me where you got those hoops from girl, I absolutely adore them. Anyway,"
She glances at the clock and gasps,
"we need to get a move on! What do you want to do first?"

I feel my stomach growl
"Food. I am starving, why don't we go to that cute lunch room on Widmore Grove?"

Alyssa's eyes light up
"I'm so glad you asked, I'm in need of some food too. And that's a good choice, it's only a few minutes walk from here so I doubt we'll get lost," she grabs her pastel pink tote bag from the pool table and slings it over her shoulder,
"Let's go! We can eat and then come up with a little timetable for today's adventure!"

"Sounds perfect." I smile at the thought of some filling breakfast.
Alyssa opens the door for me and off we went.