Chapter 4: Chapter 4
"Alexandria Goldman." The relief that spreads across my chest is indescribable. The cool, refreshing sensation makes my whole body feel light. I get up quickly and walk down the steps carefully while giving the rest of our group supportive smiles.
I join Haechan and Jisung in the crowd behind the man.
"I told you." He smiles at me sweetly. I rub the back of my neck and Jisung gives me a shy nod in agreement.
Jaemin gets called and I see him slap his chest with his hand and walk directly to us. "That was a close one." He puts his arm on Jisung's shoulder, making him instantly uncomfortable.
Luckily, Valentina is also called. She practically runs down the steps.
"Oh my god, I actually nearly cried. I hope Zakiah gets called."
"Me too." We both look up at her in anticipation.
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"Ok, that's all of you. Now would you all now follow Mr Reynolds."
Oh god, she didn't make it to S class. My brow furrows and I wave to her, she smiles at us but I can see the sadness in her expression and body language as clear as day.
"I was so sure we all made it." I say in disappointment. I scan the room for somebody to take my anger out on. I see the fat girl from before waddling around like a lost sheep. "How the FUCK did this fat bitch get in?"
"I know right? They were just talking about standards but they let this 300lb cow in without question.
"So. Not. Ok." We whisper at each other so nobody can hear us chatting shit. But I know it's clear by the expression on my face that I am.
She is quickly joined by the brown-eyed girl and she puts a defensive arm around her. Great, she's a person who reckons herself a social justice warrior.
We all start moving down the corridor and I take one last look at Zakiah and wave at her. Then I follow the rest of them.
"On your right is the cafeteria where S and A students eat lunch together." He gestures towards a room where the most delicious scents seem to radiate from.
"That means as long as Zakiah is an A student we will be should be able to hang out with her." Valentina nods with a hopeful look in her eyes.
"When you enter the junior year you will have to use a shared kitchen in order to prepare you for real life, so this room will stop serving food and will just be used as a hangout spot."
All right, that makes sense. I should probably learn how to cook then, as last time I made cereal it practically set on fire.
We continue to follow him until he gestures to a huge concert hall to the right of him. He does this as an offhand gesture, truly stating how familiar he is with such grandeur. Everybody ran onto the stage and burst into several different songs. They use the excuse of 'testing the acoustics' but really I know they are trying to show and prove they belong here. Nevertheless, between all of the different melodies being blasted from everybody, you can tell there is real skill and talent being showcased. So if they are trying to intimidate us they are kind of succeeding
I notice the brown eyed girl singing quietly to herself in an isolated corner. At first, I feel a fleeting pity for her, but on further analysis of her body language, she is clearly confident in her ability. She looks around the room, trying to make eye contact with somebody. I guess she does this for attention but in a 'subtle' way. It actually turns out working for her as she starts to smile at a figure approaching her.
Of course, it's Haechan. She smiles at him and looks at the floor bashfully. I can't hear what they start saying to each other so I give her a quick stink eye and turn my attention somewhere else. Valentina excuses herself from me to have a closer look at the marble sculptures.
As I scan the room looking for something interesting to do I notice a brass instrument behind the stage. I look around to see if anybody is watching and slip behind the curtain to explore and maybe show off a little bit.
I seize the instrument and place it to my lips. I visualise the sheet music of 'Misty' and start to play it as well as I can. The curtain in front of me opens and people instantly look at me, even the girl from before. I close my eyes and allow myself to forget about everything else and get lost in my playing and soon the sheet music becomes only a vague guideline as I deviate from the original tune, playing trills and messing with the rhythm.
As I open my eyes I notice everybody still looking at me, so I give them a smug grin and a little bow. Scattered applause follows I guess some may be too proud to clap. I put down the instrument and walk back over to Valentina. She pats my shoulder playfully
"That was incredible! I have never heard anything like it in my life! No wonder you are in S class. Although I now feel like I have to prove myself as well."
"Ah, thank you. I am very sure that you will have the same skill level as me to be in S class, but I would still really like to see your artwork." Just as I say this a boy with black hair brushing at the top of his eyes, walks over to me confidently.
"Hello, my name is Jeno and I really like the way you play. What's your name?" He looks me steadily in the eyes and smiles nicely. I rub the back of my neck and Valentina giggles and excuses herself, giving me an awkward thumbs up.
"My name is Alexandria, thank you for saying that, it means a lot." I want to say more but my body stiffens and hesitates. I don't want to sound big-headed or anything like that. Even though I know I am.
"It's no problem, I like telling people the truth about their talents. "
"What's your talent? Can I see it?" I blurt out. I cover my mouth with my hands and my eyes widen. "Sorry if that sounded rude! You don't have to show me if you don't want to."
He chuckles and his eyes form perfect little smiles, making my heart rate increase, he is extremely handsome and he definitely knows it. "I don't mind at all, but I'll have to show you later because we don't have any music at the moment. But I guess you could call me an all rounder really."
"Oh is that so? That's really cool, being skilled at several things certainly sounds useful and impressive." I lay the compliments on thick because he is extremely cute. I also want him to be part of our forming friendship group. I feel like he would get on really well with the rest of the guys. I stand there for a while longer talking to Jeno, trying to get in good with him. Over his shoulder, I see that stupid little girl again. This time talking with Jisung. I mentally roll my eyes. If you want attention please act like it. Don't be fake for fuck's sake, it's pathetic.
I am brought back to reality suddenly with a warm arm being placed on my shoulder. I turn around to see who it is and I only see Jaemin's face about two inches from mine. OH MY GOD! I jump five feet in the air in surprise and let out a loud gasp.
Him and Jeno both start laughing at me, I join them even though I still feel the hot pink embarrassment running through my ears. They introduce themselves to each other and we all continue talking merrily, his arm still resting on me.
We have such a fun time we hardly notice when we are the last people in the room.
"Oh yeah~~ I came over here to tell you guys we are leaving to go to the dorms now." Jaemin grins and pats his head.
"You dickhead! I bet you forgot on purpose!" I say pinching his side playfully
"Ya! You are a lady don't use such language." Jeno smiles and tilts his head. I laugh and flip him off then run out of the room with the both of them to catch up with the others.
It turns out they aren't that far ahead of us and we regroup with them quickly. We are just in time as the man is separating us into our dorms. Every door in the dorms we are in is plastered with big golden S's. Valentina is talking to two small blonde boys and I walk up to her casually. She notices me and excuses herself from the conversation to talk to me.
"I was wondering where you could have gone. I thought I was going to have to make myself some new friends so I started talking to those two cuties over there." She waves at them and one responds with a dazzlingly bright smile while the other just gives a polite nod.
"Oh shit yeah! I forgot to mention they are about to put us into our dorm groups, I hope I get put with you."
"As do I." We stand in silent anticipation as we watch Mr Reynolds reads the groups off to each room.
Haechan and this boy with black hair, arched eyebrows and big eyes called Mark get put together and they instantly start having a conversation and start getting to know each other as they walk into their dorm.
Jisung, Jaemin and Jeno all get put together and I can't help but smile at the coincidence and get excited at what their dorm will be called. Jaemin shouts in excitement, wraps his arm around both of their shoulders and drags them into the dorm with them.
The two blonde boys get put together, I catch their names. Renjun and Chenle. They both smile at us and leave the corridor. Their smiles warm my chest and ease any anxiousness inside of my body. I don't know what it is about these boys and their refreshing auras.
"Alexandria, Valentina and Felicity in dorm 04."
Who is Felicity?
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CharismaticFiend Yeah this chapter doesn't have much going for it and I only edited it briefly so sorry for any grammatical errors. I will edit it properly later.
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