Thankfully, cos 111 wasn't such a long class it only lasted for an hour 7:30-8:30 and it was just based on us coming to class signing up our attendance and listening to the professor preach on and on about his life's achievements as Nina and Penelope had briefed me during conversations last night
Immediately the class was over and I was done signing attendance I immediately left the class I was the first person to jump up from my seat and out the door of the class
I headed straight for the cafeteria to get breakfast because I did not eat in the morning while rushing out for the class
As i walked from the lecture hall to the cafeteria I sighted Nina and Penelope from afar with three other angel-like guys
I had agreed in my subconscious that D.H.U only admitted angels
Nina was the first to spot me from afar as they walked, turns out they where also headed towards the cafeteria
I ran towards Nina so I could meet-up with them and exchanged pleasantries with her, she then decided to do a formal introduction of me to the boys but before she could say my name, I was flustered to find out that they already knew my name
As Nina held my arm and walked toward the boys with her ever shining smile
"boys this is my new roommate she jxt entered yesterday and her name is..." Nina said
"ruby" they all said in unanimously
"come on how come you guys know that already" Penelope asked, them
"well she is smallie, Nini's new little pet or should we call her his student he did say he was supposed to tutor her" Andy said
Unlike the rest science geeks Andy was into writing he dreamed of becoming either a famous author or a renowned photographer and he did both he studied liberal arts and writing at D.H.U and he did photography as a hobby. While kayle and Luke were software engineering students just like Nini
The introduction went smoothly and it was fun too.
Nina was close to all three boys because they all went to the same high school and were friends of Nini's, but Penelope met them in the school or rather Nina introduced them to her, Andy and Penelope were dating so they mostly held hands and did lovey dovey stuff.
The conversation we were having at the front of the cafeteria was so intense that we had forgotten that we needed to get something to eat,we laughed and laughed and laughed on and on but suddenly a black sports car parked in front of us.
The driver had driven in full speed and had made a stop that was sensational, the driver let down the front seat window and we all looked down to see who it was and not to others but my surprise it was Nini
"you know that drinking during the day is bad and you could get into a serious accident or get into a lot of trouble" Nina said angrily with all the annoyance, standing really close to Luke's arms, who had caught her after she jumped from the road trying to avoid the car
"hey smallie, get in" nini said not even paying attention to his sister's tantrum
"uhmmm, I just entered college I don't think dieing early is in the to-do list so no thank you" I said staring at both Nini and the others
"hmmmmm,i don't have all day ok I need to take you to the departments heads and I have alot to do today" Nini replied
"just get in okay you won't die trust mi, he is very careful with ladies" Andy said sarcastically and with a smirk on his face
I looked around to see the faces of everyone Nina was still annoyed so she let out a huge grin and a sigh, Penelope was blank in her face and all the boys did was nod at me in assurance
"alright fine if you say so" I replied
As I got into the car
The first thing I did was put on my seat belt but before I could do that Nini had driven off with the speed of light.
I looked back and watched the others enter into the cafeteria and all I could think about was why I had entered the car, I felt my heart coming up into my mouth and me swallowing it back to its position.
The drive was very quiet and all I could do seated there was wonder when we would arrive and if I would get there in one piece.
We finally arrived and Nini parked the car, I got down from the car with the speed of light and felt really dizzy everything didn't seem clear to me.
As I tried getting back in order I noticed alot of stares and points, I could not picture or understand what was happening I had just resumed yesterday so how come I am now very famous and alot of people were staring and pointing, I looked round and watched the multiple eyes tearing me to shreds
"let's go, smallie" nini said to mi after getting down from the car
"yeah okay" I replied to him almost immediately
We walked together side by side into the building and the stares did not stop rather they increased, I started getting really shy and had a weird feeling, I stood and looked around and all I could see were the eyes of people in my high school, I reminisced when I got sick and how people would visit me in the hospital, the day I got discharged I had to get my things from my locker at school and alot of people started staring straight at me and would whisper to each other, others shook their heads and others just looked.
Those same look was what I was getting at that moment.
I got paralyzed in my legs fr a moment and Nini didnt notice as he walked right pass me, I got a hold of my feet and I immediately turned back and ran off from the building
I did not look back neither did I know where I was going i ran like i was prepared to win a marathon, I ran for what looked like forever
I stopped for a moment to catch my breathe but I could still see people I looked around and saw a near by forest path, I wasn't very sure of what I was doing and where I was going and what I was doing, the only words that filled my head was
"escape ruby escape from the stares escape frm people"
i turned straight facing the forest path and ran into it.
I ran for a long time and stopped and started walking to get my mind on track
I finally got my senses back buh it was already too late it was getting really late and about to get dark too I looked around and walked trying to find my way out I suddenly realized I was walking like a merry-go-round and I was heading deeper into the forest
I didnt have reception in my phone, I walked a little further and sat close to a tree and sobbed
I finally got little reception and tried calling Nina, I couldn't call Penelope because she was traveling with Andy today so she was in disposal, as I dialed her line I listened to her caller tune and waited anxiously for her to pick up i hoped and prayed in my heart that she would pick and I would be saved.
Finally she picked buh it was not her voice but that of Nini's
"where in heavens name are you, do you know how many classes u missed and what time it is, how could you run off like that" nini answered the call and all he did was scream in my ear
he preached on and on about me being irresponsible and how he was talking to Mrs Cynthia about this, but all of a sudden he stopped talking
I guess she noticed I wasn't talking and the background did not sound like a safe haven
"wait a minute ruby why aren't you talking back and why does it sound like your not in your room in the hostel" he asked in a more calmer tone
"am stuck in a forest I don't knw where I am after running away from you, I lost track of where i was going and got stranded" I finally talked back and I cried as I told him where I was, i was so scared and afraid
"what your stranded in a forest while running close to where exactly" he asked with fear and anxiety in his voice
"I really don't knw but it was close to the accounting block" I replied I could not talk anymore because the network had gone the last thing I heard was
"ruby, ruby, can you hear me, ruby answer me goddammit"
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