The first thing that Noah did after arriving in his room was to take a shower. While he was taking his bath, he kept on replaying the match in his head.
Thinking of things that he could have attempted.
His thoughts only made him more eager to play ball. He shook his head and tried to think of something else.
Noah began recalling the spots that he chose to sell his products.
"Alternate spots after 2 days. With the number of spots that I have marked I wouldn't have to repeat a spot in a month unless it's necessary. This should make it harder for anyone to track me. I should also think of a way to deliver the drugs without the buyer seeing me." Noah whispered all of this as he was busy drying his hair with a towel.
When Noah was done drying his body, he cleaned the ball that he brought back to his room.
He couldn't just leave a dirty ball laying around in his place.
"Ahh," Noah sighed as he laid on his bed with the now clean ball in his hands.
Somehow, his thoughts kept on drifting to the match that he played today. 'Why did I think football wouldn't be interesting?' Noah wondered.
He admitted to himself that he was wrong…
-Ding!!
While he was in his thoughts, his phone made a sound and vibrated. A message had just come in.
Noah picked his phone and checked who the message came from. "Fabian?"
'You fucker! I asked you to inform me when you've arrived at La Scala. Where are you now!?'
Noah read the message and dropped his phone to the side, ignoring his friend.
'He has the mind to insult me only over the phone.' Noah thought, making a mental note to punch Fabian again the next time that they meet.
-Ding!!
Another message came in from Fabian again.
'I swear Noah if you are going to ignore me I'll go and ask your sister to date me.' Fabian threatened in his text…
Noah read the text and decided to respond.
'I dare you…'
A simple and short reply.
-Ding!!
'Haha, I knew that you would say something if I spoke about your sister.' Fabian added several smirk emojis in his text.
-Ding!!
'When do you want the products?' Fabian added.
'In 2 days, send them in batches…' Noah replied. Caution is his priority while in La Scala.
-Ding!!
'Yes sir, in 2 days it is then.'
Noah's phone remained silent for over 2 minutes before a notification sound filled his ears again.
'So, what are the girls over there like?' Fabian asked, adding an emoji drooling.
'I don't know, I didn't pay attention to any of them.' Noah replied.
-Ding!
'What!!!?? Sometimes I wonder if your dick works at all. You can't be impotent, are you?'
'…' Noah texted three dots to Fabian.
'Well if you're impotent I'm not. Hook me up with a rich, pretty girl. I know that with your looks getting their numbers wouldn't be anything to you.'
'If you text me again, I'll block your number!!'
That was Noah's reply.
'Haa!! I dare you to.' Fabian's response came in seconds.
Noah shook his head and put his phone on silent. He knew that Fabian wasn't going to stop texting him so he chose to ignore him completely.
Not long after that, Noah fell asleep with the ball in his arms…
…
In a flash a week had gone by, Noah spent most of his time in the school's library and touring the La Scala's campuses.
Noah had tried to return the cleats that he borrowed from Anisa, when he was done cleaning it, he texted her, asking her where they could meet so that he could return the cleats.
Anisa told him to hold on to it for now because she had gone back home and it wasn't convenient for her to go anywhere at that moment. She said that they could meet on the day of resumption…
Noah was starting to think that he wasn't going to share his apartment with another student since he had been there for a week and no one had arrived.
Room 1 and 2 on the fourth had been occupied. And they were all females, from what he had seen.
Noah had crossed paths with them, but he didn't say a word to any of them, even with how much they stared.
Today is the day of resumption that the university announced, and also it was also orientation day in his department.
He received his departmental uniform a few days ago. 3 white lab coats with the university's department of medicine's logo sewn on the breast pocket of the lab coat.
He took his bath and got dressed, putting on his lab coat and his ID card hanging on his neck. Noah made sure to take his wallet with him. He picked his bag pack and stepped out of his room.
One thing that he had noticed is that the price of food in his dormitory and the school's campus isn't something he could afford while sharing his scholarship allowance with his family.
Noah decided to cook for him, and since he was running out of groceries, he decided to get some by the end of the day.
Stepping out of the Cage dormitory, Noah noticed how full and busy the road was. Suddenly there were more people in the university than they were yesterday.
"It really is resumption day." He mumbled to himself as he glanced at his old, classic Casio wristwatch.
'8:17, 13 minutes before orientation in my department starts.' Noah thought as he began to quickly walk towards his department.
As Noah walked to his department, he noticed that there weren't many people walking, most of them had their own means of transportation.
"Quite intimidating." He sighed. He wasn't actually disturbed or pressured by this. Noah wasn't that easy to get to. He is just being sarcastic by saying that it was intimidating.
With 2 minutes left to spare, Noah arrived at the front of his department. He saw quite a number of people heading towards a direction, a wide double door that had 'Main Hall' writing over it.
This is where his department's orientation for new medical students is going to hold.
Without wasting much time, Noah went towards the hall.
By the time he got into the hall, Noah was once again, impressed by the size and grandeur of a structure in La Scala.
Entering the hall, from the main door, the first thing that comes to sight is the podium and projector screen hanging from a high position on the wall behind the podium. Illuminated by several lights, the podium drew the attention of everyone that stepped in.
Looking to the sides, left and right, chairs could be seen, so many chairs that covered two stories of height. It looked like this hall alone could contain over 1000 people.
Noah made his way to the top and choose a free seat there. While seated, he tried listening to what the person on the podium was saying, but his mind drifted elsewhere.
He wasn't worried that he would miss anything important by not listening, everything that they are talking about is in the student handbook.
'I need to find buyers, I can't hold on to my stash for too long. Only after they are sold will I feel at ease. Where do I find them?' Noah kept on thinking.
If it was back at home, in his area, he wouldn't have to stress this much to look for buyers. This hasn't been an issue for him since he started selling drugs.
After the orientation ended, they announced that classes would be starting the next day and encouraged everyone to get their timetables and make sure that they have registered the right courses on their student portals.
While Noah was still thinking over his problem, some girls approached him, they had lab coats on too and had tied their hair up into a bun.
They had flirtatious smiles on their faces as they came closer to Noah.
As usual, Noah ignored them until something unexpected happened. One of the girls put her hand into the pocket of his lab coat and left something in it.
This annoyed Noah. He placed his hand in his pocket and removed what she placed in it. He was about to snap at the lady but held his peace when he saw what she kept in his pocket.
It was an invite to a party on campus.
'A party? That should be a good place to start, why didn't this come to my mind earlier?' He wondered as the frown on his face slowly disappeared.
"We hope to see you there." The girl that placed the invite in his pocket winked at Noah at the end of her sentence. She and her friends then left.
Noah chuckled, "I hope to see me there too." He mumbled and left for his dormitory to get for the party tonight…