Just a normal day!
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"Hey, I have seen you somewhere. But where?" Ignisia tried hard to remember but she couldn't, as she woke up to a loud thud at her door. She looked at Rimi, cursing the one behind the door, and going back to sleep again. Again a loud thud, Ignisia dragged herself out of her bed and opened the door.
It seems her roommate has finally arrived. She just went to the leftover corner of the room, kept her stuff there.
"Who's the roommate?" She asked looking at me and then at Rimi.
"It's me. She just slept-"
"Oh! Nevermind! You peeps can do whatever you want. Just don't disturb me." She interrupted me turning towards the other side.
"Well, I am Ignisia", She said hoping that her roommate would introduce herself.
"And I am stallia". Her roommate replied while unpacking her bags.
"If you need any help, just let me know". Ignisia said as she went back to her bed.
Ignisia tried hard to sleep again, to dive back to her dream from where she just left. But she failed miserably. She was a heavy sleeper and rarely did she dreamed. The first night at the hostel, she hardly slept for a few hours, and last night, she had some dream, which she was trying hard to remember. But the more she tried to recollect it, the farther she was getting lost in what she saw in her dream. She wanted to complete her dream but when she failed to go back to sleep or recollecting the dream, she went up to the washroom to get ready for the day.
She came back to find Rimi wasn't there in her bed and Stallia was arranging her stuff.
"Your friend asked you to meet for lunch in her room".
"Okay. Thanks."
It was still an hour before lunchtime and Ignisia knew that Rimi must be in the washroom. There was an awkward silence in the room.
"So, what is your major?"
"Economics. Yours?"
"Geography. "
"Are you going to bunk your classes?"
"No. I don't have any class for this week."
"Lucky you. I don't even feel like going to the classes. Maybe I will go from tomorrow. " Stallia murmured to herself and got lost in arranging her clothes in the wardrobe.
Ignisia didn't use her phone much since yesterday evening. She scrolled through the notification bar. A friend request from PJ. "Is this his name for real?" she thought, as she opened his profile.
"He looks better without the beard." She murmured to herself as she scrolled through his pics. He was a cute guy, she muttered to herself. She did notice his dimples trying to break through from his beard, but apart from that, she didn't remember much about him.
She could hear her stomach growling. She saw the time, it was almost one in the afternoon. They didn't have a proper dinner last night nor breakfast as they woke up late.
She accepted his request and went to Rimi's room.
"Do you really need to comb that little hair of yours?"
"Haha. Not funny."
Rimi looked like some model, always perfect. And then Ignisia looked at herself, her tummy was growing day by day. "I think, I need to start running. Do you wanna join?"
"I didn't know you are into running. I usually go running every morning but since I came here, I didn't."
"Okay then, tomorrow at 6 in the morning?"
"Yeah! I am okay with that."
They both headed towards the mess.
As they sat down for lunch, Rimi complained of a headache and left most of the food on the plate.
"You shouldn't be wasting food like that."
"I wouldn't. But my head is not letting me complete it. How are you feeling just fine after yesterday's exhaustive night?"
"I do have slight pain in my legs from all the jumping but it's okay."
"I was wrong. You are a party girl, who never gets tired."
"Maybe, I am," Ignisia said as she finished her plate.
"So what's next?" Inquired Ignisia, as they stood outside her room.
"Girl! You do have a lot of energy. I am in no mood to do anything else other than rest. And you better go and rest too." Rimi ordered Ignisia as she left for her room.
Ignisia didn't feel like resting and so she started scrolling her news feed when she received a text from PJ.
They exchanged formal greetings and started talking about the weather, the campus, the city, and Rimi. Their talk was endless. One question led to another, one answer led to the other.
By now, Ignisia knew that PJ had a year drop preparing for some med school, but still couldn't get in. He was in his first year, pursuing biology. He loved making friends and hanging out with them. He was really good at singing and playing the guitar. He loved animals and had a pet rabbit back at home, whom he called his baby.
PJ was staying in the boys' hostel just at the other end of the campus. PJ informed Ignisia that the girls were lucky as their hostel is near to the campus gate and for the boys, it takes almost twenty minutes of walk to reach the hostel gates.
"How was the party yesterday? did you and your friends enjoy it?" Inquired Ignisia.
"yes we did and we stayed around two in the night."
"Oh, that's quite late."
"Yeah, we guys lost track of time. Plus we didn't have girls around us to remind us of the time." PJ sent it with a winked emoji.
Can the day get any better? She thought to herself.
She never had conversed with someone online for hours, she was really discovering a new side of her. With Rimi and now with PJ, she felt like she could be her true self. She could tell them anything they want.
It was almost dinner time and so she called Rimi.
"Hey! Still sleeping?"
"No!" She replied grumpily.
"Dinner in ten?"
"Yes. But let's go out for dinner! I want to eat something good. I am really hungry!"
"Okay, then I will come to you in ten!"
"Fine!" She responded and hung up the call.
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