Unexpected News

Chapter 6

I hear a knock on my door and I go and open it to see Sarah and Amelia standing out there. 

“Hey Emily” they both say 

“Hey, come in. How did you lot find my dorm?” I say. They come and and close the door behind them.

“We’ve got our ways” Amelia responds 

“Yeah we’ve got our sources” Sarah says as well. I roll my eyes at them thinking they probably just asked the receptionist. 

“Your dorm is very nice and big” Sarah says 

“I was just going to say that. Looks a lot better than some of the ones I’ve seen” Amelia chimes in. 

“I know right I thought same thing when I got here. I was like this might make my stay here tolerable cause this is where I’m supposed be comfortable at”. 

“I’m just gonna finish my makeup off real quick then we can go” I continue to say. They both nod at me. Once I’m done we leave my dorm and head to the gathering. Which wasn’t far and weirdly enough it was hosted in building where the boys dorm is at, which had a huge hall beneath it. Once we get there, I see student’s on every corner you turn, friendship groups everywhere. Giving you barely any space to turn to. I scrutinise the area. There is a huge buffet of food at the far end of the hall with a drink section all being served. 

“Come on guys let’s go get some drinks shall we” Sarah asks but it was more of a statement as she makes her way towards the drinks section with me and Amelia following behind her. We get some drinks and chat amongst ourselves and other students occasionally. The night goes on and before I know it I’ve lost Sarah and Amelia and I’m alone. We kind of spread off to do our own thing along the night. I’m on my ones as I see the the boy who has me feeling things these past few days and I don’t know him  with his friends in the other end of the hall. His face remains uninterested in whatever the other boys are talking about. I guess he doesn’t have other facial expressions to express thoughts and emotions but that one. I see him  wandering off alone m. My eyes watch his movement closely. I see him look over at him, his eyes lingering there longer than it needs to be. I break the eye contact and walk out the hall. I end upstairs in an open spaced. I breathe in the fresh air feeling good being out of the hall with people clumped everywhere. I look up at the sky and let my thought run around in my head. I was into it so much I didn’t notice anyone come up here. I turn around thinking I’m alone to be faced by the mysterious boy. I gasp slightly bowed down while holding my chest from the scare. 

“I see you’ve found my spot” he says as I see him taking footsteps nearing me. His spot I think to myself. He must be here a lot then. What a weird coincidence I’m here. Or is it? 

“Hi” I respond back not knowing what to say. Shocked that he is talking to me because he looked unwilling at our last encounter. In my thoughts I don’t realise he’s moving towards me. My breathing stops for some seconds as I stare at him getting closer and closer. I take multiple steps backwards. 

“What are you doing” I ask him.

“What do you mean I’m just walking towards the to the edge of balcony” he responds back with a smirk on his face deflecting his reason of why he’s walking forward. I stare at him before turning back to the edge of the rails. He comes and stand next me. We stand there in silence for a minute or so. I decide to break the silence” 

“So what’s your name” I ask as I’ve been wanting to know his name since I bumped in to him. Not knowing how to refer to him but as the mysterious guy.

“Sylvester” he responds short and quick as he continues to look ahead. I nod hoping he saw from his peripheral vision. I continue to talk seeing he isn’t going to speak much. 

“Well my name is Emily” I say waiting for how he was going to respond but he doesn’t. Ok then he, rude much. He came up here and so me here but still approached me to end up not talking. The heck!  

“I come here to think, chill and just simply take in the beauty of its environment when things aren’t going so well for me” he speaks finally but it shocks me the words that just come out of his mouth. He’s opening up to someone he doesn’t know. ME. He spoke those words with a sense of sadness to his tone making me believe that he isn’t who he portrays himself to be. He has troubles that are getting in the way of his joy.

“I know your thinking, why am I telling you this. I don’t know myself. I feel as though I can open up to you” he says my heart races rapidly as he spoke these words. My mind doesn’t know how to process what he’s just said. I begin to tremble a bit due to being out here for long. He looks at me seeing me swing me shivering. 

“You cold?” He asks. I nod in response.

“Come with me” he says. I look at him confused as he starts to walk off. I stay stuck in my spot. He gets to the door and look behind him to see me still standing by the edge of the balcony.

“Are you coming or what?” He asks. I quickly walk over to him as me continues to walk. Where the hell is he taking me. I think to myself. We walk back downstairs and past the hall where the gathering is. We take a left turn. I can hold in the urge to ask where we’re going anymore.

“Where we going” I ask him but he doesn’t response. We’re back to no talking then. We near the boys dorm rooms and I think to myself he is not taking me to where I think he is. Uh huh. No way. We get to a door and I see him reach into his pocket and retrieving a key out. Next second the door is open and he walks in waiting for me to enter before closing the door. He really brought me to his dorm. Omg what the f**k. What am I going to be doing here with him alone. I stop myself from thinking into the direction my thoughts are going to. I look around and I’m shocked at how clean it is. I was expecting things scattered on the floor. An unmade bed, just in general a messy room as he’s a boy. I know I’m being stereotypical but it is what it is.

“Take a seat” he says gesturing to his bed. I go to sit down looking awkward and feeling uncomfortable in this situation. 

“Why am I in your dorm” I ask. 

“I thought you were cold so I brought you here” I look at him. 

“You could have just flight right back into the hall” I say back 

“It didn’t look like you were enjoying being there hence why I saw you at my spot. I assume to get away from that and clear you head. So I thought why not come here. This is a quite area while you’ll be warm as well”. I look at him shocked at how he has just read me like an opened book.