JUST FOR YOU

《3》New Friends.

Monday morning, I woke up to the shrill sound of my alarm. It was five forty-five a.m., and I snoozed for another ten minutes. I wasn't ready to wake up. As I tried to return to bed, the room lights came on, stinging my eyes instantly. I shot an evil glare at the person who turned it on and hissed under my breath. I knew it was time to get off the bed. I got down, took off my nightwear, put on my towel, and took the slowest walk ever to the bathroom.

By the time I was done, it was twenty minutes past six. By that time, my eyes had become clear. I hurriedly got dressed, took my bag, and left the hostel. I got to the cab park, and the queue was as long as half a train. I groaned internally; I knew I was going to be late for my eight a.m. class.

Way to go, sleeping beauty! I chastised myself.

I joined the queue because there was no way I was going to walk from the hostel to the faculty, which was very impossible.

In case you haven't noticed, I'm that lazy.

After thirty agonising minutes, it was finally my turn to get a cab, and I got in. I reached down campus, where my faculty was quite fast, but not early enough, apparently.
Why did my hostel have to be far from the faculty? I hissed angrily.

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I got to the faculty and was confused. I realised I didn't know the exact venue for my class. If only I had gone to the orientation class last month, I would have known my coursemates and course rep. I looked around to see if I could find someone at a higher level or anyone that could help me.

I immediately spotted someone that I thought would be of help. “Hi,” I said as I approached him. He turned to look back at me. I was slightly thrown off balance. This guy had to be a god; his face was perfect, and his eyes were brown and dreamy. I just wanted to drown in the deep brown waters of his eyes. He had lush pink lips and a chiselled good look. He was tall and muscular, and he was also fair in complexion. He fit the description of my dream prince charming, except I didn't know if he was rich, but I already started imagining having his babies. In fact, my ovaries were leaping for joy, my eggs ready at any time to get fertilised. I think I even started drooling. I was not sure, but I think so.

He was so fine, but I knew I would probably not be his type, and he could even have a girlfriend already. So, I consoled and composed myself immediately, as I was never to be caught un-fresh, and asked, “Hi, do you know where year one students might be having their class?”

“Have you checked the NLT?” he asked.

“NLT? Sorry, I don't know where it is.” I replied, confused.

“Okay, I'll take you there,” he offered.

Yay! I inwardly screamed. Beaming widely, my eyes lit up like a child that was given a big lollipop. I dreamt of holding his hands while taking the nice romantic stroll that didn't take up to thirty seconds, and my countenance fell. As soon as it started, it came to an abrupt end. I was surprised and sad at the same time. I didn't even catch his name or his phone number, and he didn't ask for mine. so disappointing.  

He said and gestured with his hands, “Well, here's NLT; there's A on the right and B on the left. Do you have your timetable with you? Let me have a look.”

I nodded and searched my phone for the general timetable that was sent to the faculty group chat. Soon enough, I found the course I was taking during that period and its exact venue. “Thanks,” I said, still quite sad and didn't hand him the phone.

“Sure, no problem. See you around,” he turned and walked away. He did not even ask for my name!

I looked at his retreating figure until I couldn't see him any longer. I turned, said a quick prayer, and headed straight into one of the classes to check, which was for biological sciences. Luckily, I was in the right class, which was filled to the brim with freshmen standing, some seated, some squatting, while the rest chatted away, forgetting they were in a class that had a lecturer.