Chapter 2: Chapter-2
"Mia, thanks for dropping by," Nick said. Nick is a junior, he is usually in charge of organizing events on the campus.
"I was forced to remember?"I replied, finding the nearest chair and settling myself there. sophomores, like me, usually play a supporting role in the council. We simply go around the campus and check whether everything is processing well and cover-up for the absence of another member.
I look around the room and see Zoe, Noel working on some handouts, probably for the freshman. Zoe and Noel are the senior members of the council. Noel is the president also known as a perfectionist, he ranked 5th in a well know science national olympiad and had also won a lot of trophies in different sports including baseball and football. Zoe is a hardcore music lover she can play the piano, harp, guitars, and the violin professionally. She took part in many concertos she also excels in the studies. Talk about talent.
"Here is the speech, can you memorize it?" Nick questioned handing over a file with a few papers including the procedure and order of the orientation and a speech 2 pages long with about 7 paragraphs each consisting of about 5-6 lines.
"What about class?" I asked.
"All the professors are going to attend the orientation, Mia you seriously are a nerd, aren't you?" Zoe commented with Noel and Nick chuckling. I simply smiled at her and got back to revising the speech.
< An hour later>
"Freshman to the auditorium, sophomores to their respective class, Juniors divided by class to be sent to different rooms and seniors have a special class with Mr. Jones" Was announced through the campus intercom.
Nick, Noel, and Zoe started rearranging their desks and roughly gathering the required requirements and started walking towards the exit of the room.
"Mia, you coming?" Noel questioned, holding the door open.
"Be there in 5" I replied. glancing towards the sheets one last time in an attempt to revise important points on the speech. I took my bag and some necessary stuff and exited the room. The hallway was quiet. I saw a boy who at a distance, he probably noticed my presence too, he looked at me and smiled, he was fairly tall had green eyes and brown hair, he had a small face and looked like a ball of sunshine. I then noticed that he started to approach me.
"Hey," He said with one hand in his hair and the other holding a paper with looked like a schedule.
"Hello, are you a freshman, I don't think I have seen you around" I replied.
"No, I'm a junior, a transfer. I'm lost, to be honest" He said with a chuckle that showed that he was embarrassed.
"What's your major?" I questioned, The classes of juniors are divided by their respective majors. Fortunately, I had memorized all the room numbers and majors that Zoe was talking to Noel about.
"Literature" He replied.
"That's room no 220, I'm heading towards the same direction, pretty sure you're not used to surroundings yet, do you want to tag along?" I offered. before I could process what was going on, this person was already hugging me. I coughed awkwardly, in a way alerting the person to get off. After a few moments, he pulled away with a toothed grin on his face.
"Thank you...".
"Mia, that's my name, " I said.
"Hey, Mia I'm Jacob" He introduced extending his hand for a handshake. I obviously took it and he smiled.
"Let's go, " I said after letting go of his hand and walking towards the direction of the auditorium and he followed behind. The walk was pretty quiet sometimes Jacob would ask a question here and there and I would reply in either gestures or small replies.
"We're here", I said Jacob politely thanked me and both of us went on our separate ways. Again after a small walk, I reached the auditorium.
Once I entered the hall, let's just say, it was a mess. part of me felt very bad for the organizers. More than half of them were on their phones, a few boys looked like they were making themselves at home and some girls took this opportunity to start making friends. I continued scanning the room where my eyes met a pair of blue ones.
'Oh! the cliche boy' I thought.
Both of us looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds neither of us breaking the contact, More than I did not want to admit it, the more I looked at him the more attractive and charming he looked, I then signed and tried to find the council members, at the sidelines I saw Nick sitting with a file in his hands, I then made my way towards the empty seat next to him and occupied it.
"Hey, Nick what was the whole meaning behind this again?" I questioned
"Beats me." He replied followed by a chuckle.
"You're up in 5 by the way" he continued.
After a few moments, I made my way towards the podium and gave my speech, as predicted nobody gave a damn about the speech and also me, honestly I did not care either, all I had to do was to get this over with. I later finished the speech with a 'thank you'. The audience took a hint and started applauding. I got off the stage and started walking towards my previous seat while doing so, I accidentally brushed onto someone's shoulders.
"Watch where you're going." the blue-eyed boy said with a frown on his face.
'What a jerk' I thought, wanting to tell it on his face. I then muttered a small sorry and hurriedly started walking towards Nick. I suddenly started to regret thinking he was charming or even attractive.
"Good job," Nick said. I simply nodded and sat down next to him. I felt as if someone was staring daggers behind me. I could definitely feel a shiver down my spine.
"Hey, Mia looks like Mr. famous is staring at you" Nick whispered.
"More like Mr. 5 minutes of fame" I replied back, not even bothering to look in the direction of the blue-eyed boy. Nick simply laughed and got back to whatever he was doing.
After a hell of long sessions and reports, the orientation was finally over. Everyone started moving in the direction of the staircase and went towards their own specific destinations. I bid farewell to Nick and others and started walking to the staircase wanting to go to class.
"Hey, Mia." called someone, I turned around to see Mr.Charles, the campuses most respected Professor who teaches English Literature.
"Good Afternoon Mr. Charles."
"Do you think you would be interested in participating in the upcoming tour to the Emily Dickson Museum and some other places in Massachusettes there also might be an internship". He offered. Usually, seniors go on these types of tours. This seemed like a good opportunity, I could maybe try to get a recommendation or something.
"Thank you for the invite. I'll think about it" I thanked and politely excused myself and started walking towards my class.
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