A LEAP OF FATE

Chapter 3 - Arrival

Sydney's P.O.V
   I was in college, I was finally in college. I was still suffering from jet lag from the plane ride, but that didn't stop me from wanting to check out the beauty that was this campus. It was gigantic, there were people everywhere, and throughout the entire thirty minutes I'd been here, not one single person had given me a judgy look. I guess that was to be expected though, I was finally getting the fresh start I'd been dreaming of since the accident.

     Tomorrow, I was going to go for my first day at the Miami institute of contemporary dance, I was finally going to leave behind all the mockery. I was insanely lucky, most people didn't get chances like this. The car ride out of Rosecliff had been liberating, I'd felt like a bird, and when we finally got to the airport, I really had to pinch myself to make sure I wasn't dreaming, I definitely wasn't, because I didn't wake up.

     I was finally in a place where nobody knew me, where I could be myself and nobody would look at me and murmur "hey, isn't that the broken cheerleader", a place where I was invisible just like I always wanted to be. It was one of the main reasons I chose this school, I knew nobody from my neighbourhood would be coming here, not a lot of them at least, I could deal with two or three people, and even the possibilities of those numbers were almost nonexistent. Besides, we were in college, the greatest and most difficult time of all our lives, nobody had time for labels anymore.

     Everybody was their own person, and that was just how I liked it.

    I walked into the dorm building and around the corner that led to my dorm room, I'd located it almost immediately I was assigned the room, maybe it was because I was the stay inside type.

      The dorm building was beautiful, or should I say buildings, it was split in two, making it practically just two large houses beside each other with a narrow pathway in the middle. I'd been told the other building was for the boys. I wonder what kind of person decided to construct the male dorm exactly next to the female dorm, it didn't matter though, that wasn't my business. For now, I just wanted to sleep. I jumped on my bed immediately I was in the room, and before I knew it, I dozed off.

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     Apparently, I was more tired than I thought because when I awoke, it was already dark outside. I looked around and realised I wasn't alone.

     There was a girl on the bed that was opposite to mine, I was guessing she was my roommate, the dorm keeper had told me I'd be getting one today.

      "Hi". I said, when I realised she hadn't noticed me. She raised her head up from the book she was reading, and I noticed a pair of thick framed glasses around her eyes.

     "Hello" she replied. "I'm sorry, did I wake you?" She asked, I got the feeling she was a genuinely nice person, she would be easy to communicate with.

      "Oh, no, I woke up on my own" I replied, her rustling had jostled me from my sleep but it wasn't exactly what woke me up, the credit for that had to go to the same vision I kept relieving anytime I closed my eyes, at least, this time I'd managed to sleep for up to 4 hours.

      "Sorry I didn't make you aware when I came in but you were sleeping and I didn't want to wake you" I looked towards her as she said the sentence, she didn't have to be sorry.

      "You don't have to be sorry, this is your room too. I'm Sydney, by the way, nice to meet you" I stood up from the bed and extended my hand to her, she took it without hesitation.

        "Paige, the pleasure's all mine" I smiled at her, she had a really nice name.

       College was awesome, at Rosecliff, it was close to impossible for me to make a friend, the few people I did talk too were only other losers and unimportant people like me, and they couldn't be considered as friends, as they were all just people I talked to simply because of the necessity of human contact, and not because I wanted to get close to them.

      However, here I was, talking to someone casually and actually making a friend. I was happy, Paige seemed like the type that would be a good friend, I shouldn't judge her based on her character so far though. I still didn't know her at all. For all I knew, she could be one of those horrible college girls who laugh at others and place labels on everyone just like in high school. I wasn't judging yet however. I would room with her for awhile and see if anything changes. If it does, I'll ask for a replacement roommate or another dorm. I had the entire semester to decide, anyways. For now, I would just enjoy the feeling of having my very first friend.
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