Free
Free. Those words seemed so far from where she had once been. But here she was finally free at the college, away from her home, away from him. She longed for the day she could just do what she wanted to do without him following and judging her every waking moment. She felt at home being at Beacon University there was just this feeling that she was meant to be here.
The semester would begin in a week which gave Blake time to move into her dorm and get to know her roommate. Which she was a little about but she was prepared for anything. But when she opened the door to the dorm she was shocked to see that it was empty. She didn’t think too much of it cuz she knew her roommate would probably show up later that day. Blake took the time to get her side of the dorm situated. She hung up her posters, put away her clothes, made her bed, and organized her desk. By the time she finished, it was about time for her to go to a meeting with her new boss as they would be showing Blake the ropes of the library and going over her schedule.
The meeting had been shorter than Blake expected, leaving her some time to explore the campus a little more. She ended up finding a little path that led to a small garden in which they had a small cafe set-up. Blake made a mental note that this could be a very nice study place or even a place for her to catch up on some reading as not many people were here and it was isolated from the rest of the campus. She continued exploring the campus ending up back at her dorm only to find the other side of the room empty except for a few books that had been placed on the desk. She glanced at the books to find them listing off the general classes everyone took, some she realized she was also taking. A mechanics major. This will be interesting, she thought to herself. And with that Blake grabbed a book and began to read as she had to be up early the next day to begin her first shift at the library. Classes would not start until the following week giving everyone some campus time to get situated in the university.
Blake had woken up at 6:00 AM, although she didn’t have work until later that morning, waking up at 6 was something she was used to so to kill some time she continued her book from where she left off the previous night. An hour later she began her day by changing into a plain t-shirt, light-washed jeans, and of course her favorite purple sweater. She had just a little bit of time before her first day at work would begin so she grabbed a cup of tea and headed to clock in. Her first couple of hours went by quickly. She had made some small talk with some of her co-workers, finding out that most of them were first-years like her and she even met someone who was from her city, Ilia. She had briefly known Ilia from high school but they never really interacted as she couldn’t really interact with anyone but him. But he was long gone and she was in control of who she interacted with. Her day was going well until there was a disturbance coming from one of the study rooms. Blake went upstairs to investigate to find a room of five people battling in a game of finger football. Blake chuckled to herself she honestly expected something worse as she had heard from the stories of her co-workers. She walked up to the door and knocked 3 times. The door quickly opened only for her eyes to meet Lilac. They stared at each other for a few moments before she finally spoke.
Do I know you? Lilac asked, never once breaking eye contact.
Probably not... Blake mumbled. Blake cleared her throat. I'm here because we are getting some noise complaints so can you please use your inside voices or take it outside.
I’d love to hear you make some noise Lilac said winking.
In your dreams blondie. Now please quiet it down and don’t make me come back here with another complaint. Because I will gladly show you where the exit is. Blake responded. Lilac might’ve been cute but Blake wasn’t just going to rush into anything she wasn't ready for.
Cute and feisty. Lilac responded. We’ll quiet down.
Thank you. Blake said before heading back downstairs. Blake continued her workday and watched as people came in and came out. The blonde and her group soon headed out and Blake had watched her from a distance as the blonde walked up to Blake and handed her a note before exiting. Blake opened the note to find
Call me 😜 xxx-xxx-xxxx
-Yang
This semester would be interesting and Blake had come to the conclusion that this probably won’t be the only number she would receive. She finally clocked out and headed back to her dorm finding a familiar face hanging up some posters.