The room inside has the appperance of a cozy sitting room with couches, armchairs, a coffee table and a bookshelf that rivals my Dad's for most books crammed into three shelves. To the side there is a small kitchenette that tells me that we'll be eating out most of the time. At the back of the room there is a corridor with five doors leading to our new rooms. Sharon gives us the tour, hands over our key cards and then tells us to have fun and that we'll see her tomorrow. I head with Jay down the corrridor where Sharon said our rooms are. Me and Jay aren't in the same room but our rooms are side by side with my room being the last one on the corridor. We were told before we arrived that we would have roommates but I'm still really nervous. Jay looks at his door and then back at me. Before he heads in he raises his hand in a mock salute. I giggle with nervous energy and return the favour. I then turn, inhale and open the door to my new room.

There are two bunk beds on either side of the room with a mirror on the wall in between them and storage compartments in a smaller room to the side. Two of my new roommates are already in the room, both having claimed the top bunks. A tan girl sits kneeling on her bed with a suitcase open beside her. She is the first to notice me standing in the door way. "Hello!" she says cheerfully waving "how are you?". The other is lying down, propped up by pillows and has one earphone in one ear. "What's up" she half-shouts. "Hey" I say waving "I'm good, thanks. A bit confused. How about yourselves?" "Confused is right" Earphone girl says. "I wish we could have asked questions" Kneeling girl sighs. "Same" I say stepping into the room. "I'm Ai, I'm a Physics major" kneeling girl says playing with her braid of black hair. "Hannah, Computer Science major" Earphone girl says pulling out the earphone "Sorry had to finish that song.". "No worries. I'm Amelia, Biomedical major." I reply. "Yay!" Ai exclaims with genuine excitement " Not only are we bunks mates but we're also name buddies." I smile, really happy to have met such friendly people and have things go so smoothly so far. I look around and I see a closed suitcase on the bed bellow Hannah's. "Have you met our other roommate yet?" I enquire. "Yeah" Hannah says "She seems kind of reserved." "Reserved?" Ai echoes. I feel bad for our absent roommate, I can relate. I set my bag down on my bed as Hannah says "I'm going to check out the other rooms and our new floormates. Do you guys want to join?" "Yeah" Ai says climbing down from her bunk. "I'll join you in a minute I say "I'll just start unpacking first."

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The other two leave as I begin to unpack. After rumaging through the clothes, books and toiletries in my carry on bag and suitcase I finally pull out my laptop. I quickly fire off a quick email to my parents telling them about the hassle at the airport and all the people I have met today. Closing the tab I see my screensaver which is a collage of photos of my friends and family back home. Tears well in my eyes but I refuse to cry. I am living out my dreams.

I close my laptop with a thud as I see the door opening. In the door way stands a tall, thin girl with mousy brown hair. My third roommate. "Hey, I'm Amelia" I say waving. "Hello, I'm Bridget." she says looking really uncomfortable. Understanding this I stand up, give what I hope was a friendly smile and say "I'm heading out to explore, do you want to come?" "No thanks" she says timidly. "Okay, see you later" I say heading out the door. Smiling genuinely now Bridget replies "See you".