The boys dorm?

Is that all you have?" Rach asks me her perfect brows furrowing and I'm not sure if the look on her face is concern, disgust, or pity. 

"No these are just some bits of mine, my grandparents had my room done before I got here, they didn't want to send anything to my parent's house. Long story for another time." I reply and smile at her. 

We walk towards my dorm when Rach stops abruptly, a look of confusion on her face, and says "Two minutes, I just need to check something. This is the dorm it says on your paperwork but this is the boys' dorm."

She pulls out her phone and makes a call, I am too busy admiring the building from inside to hear what she's saying and to who but no doubt she will sort whatever it is that needs sorting.

"Um Hello! Earth to Cierra." Rach says pulling me back to the now. I didn't even realize I had zoned out. 

" Oh, sorry. Everything OK?" I ask her.

"Yes, I said I just spoke to Mrs. Matthews and she said she has spoken to your grandparents and explained the only empty room the size they requested is just inside the boy's dorm, they told her that's fine." She explains. "Is that OK with you?" 

"What? So our rooms won't be near each other?" I say back to Rach disappointment of not being close to my potential friend evident in my tone. I was hoping I and the ginger would become friends, she seems nice so far and it's not like I know anyone else.

Rach shakes her head at me "No we won't but, your grandparents saved you a huge room so we can have sleepovers on weekends when we're allowed to room share and it'll also be the first time I've stayed over in the boy's dorm even if it is In a girls room." 

Rach grins at me, an excited look on her face. We both burst out in fits of giggles, she pulls me down a long corridor past door after door and stops in front of number 316B. Rach flicks her luscious copper curls over her shoulder out of her face and opens the little file she has, takes out a blue card, and hands it to me.

"Welcome to your home away from home." She announces as she pats the card lock on the door.

I touch the card to the pad on the side of the door as Rach gestures and push the door open by the handle when I hear the click.

As soon as the door opens and I step in my jaw drops. 

The room is decorated in pale blue and greys, as I walk in the door there is a sofa and two matching cozy chairs in grey, adorned with pale pink cushions. A coffee table sits in the middle of the seats, as I walk past and turn the corner, a big king-size bed stands in the center of the far wall with a white bedside cabinet on either side. To the left of the bed are two white doors, I open the first and step into a ridiculously oversized walk-in closet with all new clothes and shoes already hanging waiting for me. Nanna and grandpa will have gotten a stylist to pick out all the latest trends to my taste and make up the outfits for me ready for me to just throw them on.

My Grandparents fund everything for me, though they refuse to help my parents now. After my grandparents helped mum and dad out of the thousands in debt... the first four times, they cut them off and offered to take me in. Mum wasn't happy about that, she wouldn't sign me over to my grandparents' care. I went to stay with them as often as I could, but mum made sure to call the police and ruin that and say they had kidnapped me, so they set up an account to use just for me but the money was never mine. Mum and Dad made sure to spend everything that rolled into that account. 

Being an adolescent there was nothing anyone could do about it so instead, they started to pay things directly for me such as my phone bill, driving license, car, and anything else I needed, but I was still unfortunately stuck with my parents. 

I've never been so happy to be able to get away from them and boarding school was the compromise.

I walk out of the closet and make a mental note to call my grandparents later on to thank them. 

I move to the next door which is the bathroom, it is a basic room bath, shower, toilet, and sink. I notice a door on the other side and try to open it but it's locked.

I didn't notice Rach walk in behind me until I hear her say. "Oh you share a bathroom with the twins next door, you'll need to remember to lock both doors when you use the bathroom. Your closet is amazing by the way, I will sooooo have to lend some of these cute outfits. Anyway, it's lunchtime we should head to the canteen then we can come back and get you settled in. 

I can't wait for everyone to meet you!." She babbles on excitedly. 

We make our way to the dining hall the way we came, we come to the large stairs at the main entrance and turn down the opposite side and instead of going to what would be under the stairs, we turn off into the right-wing of the enormous building and enter through double doors. The canteen is so busy there are so many teens in here. Rows of tables with seats attached line the hall, chatter, and laughter filling the sizeable space.

"Hey Rach, come on girl you are late." A tall girl with short brown hair and olive skin shouts in our direction, she's sitting with a group made up of both girls and boys. Rach links our arms again and bounds over dragging me with her, she sits down next to the brunette and all eyes at the table are on me. I gulp and feel like a deer in the headlights, ugh I hate the making new friends part of High School.

"Guys this is Cierra Cardle, Cici this is Natalie," she points to the brunette that shouted to her when we walked in, she gives a small wave and nods her head towards me. "This is Tasha, Nicole, Manda, and Kay." They all say hello with bright smiles on their faces and I can tell these are the popular gang, they all seem pretty friendly on first impression. 

Rach moves on to the guys at the table. "This is Ryan, Cain, Titan, and Tiny." I look to the guy she just called Tiny and have to suppress a laugh, the guy is like a human mountain, I mean they're all big but this guy, this guy is beyond that. Tiny notices my gaze lingering on him and says, "You know because I'm so small?." He says cocking his head to the side a silly grin plastered on his face. He is so handsome they all are strangely good-looking.

Rach snaps my gaze from Tiny by continuing to speak. " The twins are away for a few days they should be back Sunday so you can meet them here Sunday evening with us all. So Cici you want a sandwich? I'm going to grab one." Rach says as she stands from the table. 

"Huh sure, I'll take any thanks I'm not fussy," I say to her before I turn back around to the group.

Titan gets up out of his seat and comes around the table to sit in the seat Rach just vacated. I look at him and look away trying not to show my surprise at his change in seats. My heart! the guy is hot, as the quiet, brooding mysterious kind of hot. I'll bet girls are falling over themselves to get to him.

Rach comes back to the table and looks at Titan and pouts.

"Titan no you are not taking her from me." Titan flashes her a toothy smile his brown eyes sparkling and turning to me, he puts his arm around my shoulders and looks back at Rach who plonks herself down in the seat he vacated shooting him daggers with her bright green eyes from across the table.

I stiffen at Titan's touch not expecting it whilst also giggling under my breath at the little banter these two have going on. They all seem so close and I think I'm just expected to fall into the group right now. I've known them for all of 10 minutes and already feel comfortable around them. The guys tell me funny stories about each other from in and out of school, it seems all these guys live pretty close together too, from all the stories, I gather that Titan is quiet and brooding, Ryan and Tiny are outgoing in a class clown kind of way, Cain is a ladies man, the girls can all hold their own and think of the guys as brothers. The twins, who I've yet to meet seem to be the leaders of the group, the super popular kids.

The girls are all into fashion and can handle themselves by the sounds of it. They all see each other as siblings than friends or anything more, which explains why Titan and the other guys might be showing me a little interest, you know me being new and not a part of the group. Ryan has a girlfriend back home and Cain has a girlfriend just about anywhere and everywhere and changes them more than his socks. I laugh when Kay tells me this. This first day may well be a good one!