In front of the gate of north view high a black car stopped. Two people came out, a girl wearing red skirt named Lucy and a man in a black suit who owned what was in front of them. Those two were relative, neither by blood nor by appearance. The man wore a look that resembled an adventurer smiling proudly over the vast distance he had crossed while the girl had a gloomy look on her face. They entered the building together and walked in long corridors and suddenly the man, who was leading the way, stopped in front of a door no different than any other. He opened it.
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Lucy’s perspective
As I walked with my uncle I was having gloomy thoughts.
Me shouting at a dead body.
I quickly pushed it away.
Where was he leading me I thought I was going to stay with him, not like I want to stay with him but still it would have been better to live with him than total strangers?
With total stranger.
A thought came into my head
I am shouting at someone
Then a dead body on a stretcher
I shook it away instantly.
Then he suddenly stopped in front of a room.
“This is it” he said as he opened that door
The first thing I saw was two boys.
One was on a chair reading a book. He turned around and made a surprised expression when he saw us.
The second one was watching something on a laptop while lying on a bed on the right side of the room. Even though he was facing me he didn’t move a muscle.
He ignored me.
I don’t like being ignored.
Before I knew it I was subconsciously gritting my teeth and stopped it immediately stopped it.
The boy on the chair said something in another language and he put down his earpieces.
I was still confused, why did uncle J bring me here, to introduce me perhaps?
“This young girl here is going to be your new roommate so please is good to each other”
.......
“WHAT!!”
It wasn’t me who spoke that although that’s exactly what I thought.
The boy on bed shouted it.
“Uncle, what about staying with girls?”
“It seems the girl’s entire dorm is full and this is the only room which has free space”
“OH~”
I think that it’s fine. It’s not like it will be a big difference. As long as they keep their distance from me I think its fine.
“Principal J who is this girl?”The boy on the chair asked
“Her name is Lucy. She will be staying with you guys and joining the school from next week so be good to her”
“From which country is she?”the boy on bed asked
What kind of question is that do they not welcome foreigners here in India.
“America”
The boys now bore a surprised look as If they were shocked and happy as the same time
Before they could say another word my uncle left.
“Hello my name is Lucy stone nice to meet you”
I wait
“Hello my name is Eksh Sharma you can call me Miles”The boy on the chair said
After few seconds of akward silence the boy on the bed finally spoke
“My name is Aftab Ahmed. You can call me...Andy”
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Andy’s POV
I was peacefully watching my weekly episode of Dr. Slone and It was specially good this time. Now suddenly.
This girl
American of all
Was standing in front of me
She looked as confused as I am
We were practically strangers
Now what did Principal J thought this time
That clever fox
It’s no good
Like this
I hate it like this
I cant do anything nor can I be comfortable
This wont resolve to anything
This is illogical
So I speak
“ we don’t mind with being roommates with you if its fine by you”
“Yeah, Not like I have a choice”
“Wrong, it is true that there shouldn’t be rooms for a 10th standard girl but you could have easily stayed with other standards’ girls”
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Miles spoke, as expected
“but why would uncle lie”
The girl was stunningly beautiful and her blond hair with American accent only added to her beauty.
“He must be thinking something” was what Miles answered with
At this point I corrected my hair and stood up and offered her a nervous handshake
She awkwardly took it
Why is she smiling awkwardly
Is my palm sweaty
Did I make any make sudden moves
Was I holding too tightly
Man! I am bad around girls
At this point Miles stood up
“Which bed do you want?”
“What?”
He pointed to the upper level beds.
There were 2 bunk beds in the room
One was adjacent to the study table and the other had a port on its wall.
Miles used the study table to study and I used the port to charge my Laptop
Both of us were inseperable from our beds
Now the new girl has to choose between the two
Please take his! Pease take his!
....She pointed to mine
“That, I guess...no particular reason”
“ok”
I could see a smile on Miles’s face, I wonder if I would have a frown on mine
“He left in a hurry, huh?”
“Yeah he did” I responded
“Do you mind telling me where is the bathroom”
“Oh, right there”
I pointed to her left, It was obvious though. There was only one door other than the entrance
She put down her bag and went in
Then locked the door
....
“Who is she?”I asked
“Lucy stone”
“Isn’t that the name of mother of Abra stone in Doctor Sleep”
“Don’t show your nerdy side to her” He adviced as he returned to his book
I don’t know if it was meant as a advice or as a order to not to ruin her stay
Well I returned to my sweet laptop
~
Miles’s POV
I have done question 4 now on to question 5
~
Lucy’s POV
As I unpacked all my things
I was curious
I knew nothing about these two
So I asked to Andy
“What are you watching”
“Dr. Stone season 2 episode 9: humanity’s strongest tag team”
“He says things unconsciously when he is watching something, try blocking his view” Miles said without stopping to read that book
I placed my hand in front of the screen
As Miles suspected he looked towards me
“Yes”
“I asked what are you watching” I said giggling
“Its an Anime”
I had heard about it from one of my friends. It was a thing which nerds watch
I took a look at the screen and it was a ....
A Cartoon!
“Its a cartoon, huh?”
“Its technicaly a cartoon but more of a genre of cartoons”
“I thought only kids watched cartoon...I did’nt meant it in a wrong way” Ah! Embarrising
“Well this is the form of cartoon which adults watch, like have you heard of Naruto or dragon ball Z”
“ Yeah” I lit up, finally one thing that I know about
“Yeah those are Anime”
“Oh”
“I also watch Netflix ”
I giggled a little
“Yeah everybody does it”
“Hey I can’t stop thinking about it but why did you decided to join our school”
NO!
The conversation was going pleasant then why did he had to brought it up
~
Andy’s POV
I think I hit a nerve
I should quickly withdrew
“ Do you read books?” I asked pointing at a black/red coloured book I saw in her hand
What was supposed to make things less down for her ended up making her sad
“Yeah, I was learning how to bake but then I...”
“I can arrange an Oven for you”
“Really that would be so good”
“Although it won’t be until next week will you be able to use it. I have some friends who have a medium size but they are gone for now”
“Thanks, If it turns out well then I will definitely share some cupcakes with you guys”
“Then that’s a promise”
“Yeah”
She went on placing things on their places
What happened when I brought up her reason for being here
Generally if I wasn’t presented a reason then I would be angry but I am not this time
I guess sometimes your hunger for reason despite being completely rational should be suppressed because of someone’s insecurities
Ooh! That’s a good line I should write it somewhere