Meeting new friends
It was a short drive from Uni to the restaurant. The restaurant didn't look very fancy, but it looked decent enough were a bunch of students.
We got out of the car and made our way into the restaurant. Raven looked around for a few seconds and pointed at a table when she saw her friends. When we got there, a fairly short man stood up, "there you are, Raven. I see you brought a friend." he said with a smile.
Raven smiled at me, "Hi, I'm Laura." I said with an honest smile. He introduced himself and the rest of the group. The man who stood up, seemed to be Charles.
Soon enough I got to know the rest of the group. Everyone seemed to liked me, and luckily I liked all of them as well. I finally chuckled when I realized what Raven meant when she said that Alex was a bit of a 'weirdo'.
Alex was as lovely as the rest of the group, but he can be a bit distracted sometimes, like he's in his own world; absent-minded. He just wasn't as talkative as the rest.
*
The evening went by in a flash and it was amazing. Only one day in England and I had already made new friends, one of them already being a good friend, Raven.
At 10:25pm I told Raven I was very tired so I'd be going home, but she insisted on driving me home, even though I told her I could just take a bus.
Raven and I said goodbye to the group, which took a bit longer than expected, because apparently Hank was a bit needy in their kissing. Which caused the rest to burst out in laughter.
Eventually Raven and I made it to my apartment. I thanked her for the night and wished her a good night.
Raven left and I went into my apartment. As soon as I got in, I closed the door and went into my bedroom. It took me about ten minutes to get ready for bed.
Just before falling asleep, I texted my parents; we had a groupchat.
Hey mam en pap. Vandaag was een drukke dag. Ik heb alles uitgepakt en heb me aangemeld op de universiteit. Ik mis jullie en we gaan binnenkort wel even facetimen!
Slaaplekker en groetjes uit Londen xx
I smiled at my phone and pressed 'send'. I just told them about my day and how we should facetime soon.
I didn't expect an answer, since it's an hour later in Holland and it's already 11:45pm here. My parents were always the ones to go into bed at 11pm-ish, leaving their phones downstairs, and just watch some tv.
As soon as I turned off my phone, I got comfortable in my new bed and thought about today before drifting off to sleep.
"Today was a good day."
*
The next day I woke up naturally, no alarm. It was Saturday. Today I'll do some grocery shopping and some regular 'week-end things'.
It was 10am when I got out of bed. I got in the shower and got ready. When I was ready I headed out to a café nearby to get some breakfast.
"Good morning, ma'am. How can I help you?" the employe asked, not really looking at me, because he was still writing a previous order down.
"Good morning, Alex." I chuckled and he looked up, "ah hey Laura." he smiled.
I ordered a sandwich and some orange juice before walking over to a table next to the window. This place looked nice; it wasn't too big, but not too small either.
Only minutes after I ordered, Alex came up to me with my food and drink. "Enjoy your breakfast," he said while handing it over to me. I thanked him and began eating my sandwich.
Before I left the café to go to the store I said goodbye to Alex and talked to him for a bit. He turns out to be very talkative when it's just the two of you.
The walk to the store was only a 10 minute walk. I never really used to be the type to walk very often, but since I don't really have a bike here and I don't want to spend money on the bus, I think walking isn't so bad..
When I got everything I needed, I payed and made my way back to my apartment. It was almost lunch time. Before having lunch, I decided to clean a bit and make it feel more like home. After doing that I prepared lunch and sat happily on my couch. Enjoying my lunch and thinking about how perfect this year will be.
After lunch I cleaned my dish and I was about to read my favorite book when my phone buzzed, it was a text from Raven.
"Hey girl, I just received my schedule, I think you should have it now as well. Check it out! Maybe we've got classes together.."
I smiled at her enthusiasm and immediately checked my mail; I indeed received an email with my schedule. After sending Raven a picture of my schedule, we found out that we shared some classes, one class being History..
Raven and I texted for a bit longer. In the meantime I had also received an answer from my parents. They told me how they missed me way too much already and how proud they were and all the parent-y stuff.
*
The rest of the Saturday and Sunday went by in an instant. I got ready for Uni and made sure I had everything I needed.
It was already Monday morning, 8am. I need to be in class in 30 minutes. I am already completely done; wearing black skinny jeans with white Vans underneath, a yellow t-shirt with a black blazer on top and my light brown hair wavy.
I made my way to Uni, with my shoulderbag. It used to be my mums, she gave it when I left to London.