Cora made her way to sit beside some group of girls when one rudely kept her hand bag on it. The girl gave her a scrutinised gaze, checking out her dress before pretending not to have seen her. She wore a baggy jean and a purple hooded jacket because of how cold the ship was . She was really not into fashion and just slips on whatever she finds in her closet . She felt bad for what the girl did but didn't hold it to heart since she had anticipated all these. She walked to another seat at the back there and settled in . A blonde haired girl walked in not long after and sat beside her . The girl first took out her phone and checked herself in it before taking out her lip gloss and applying more to it. "I'm Edith Finch , what about you?" The girl said and Cora replied "Cora Mercedes". Edith smiled and nodded.
"Are you on scholarship?"she asked and Cora nodded. ' Is it that obvious 'she thought.
Miss Hurdeton walked in again, this time around with a man behind her with a lot of folders in his hand . The hall was filled to the brim with the new year students, due to this the microphone had to be used.
"Good morning and welcome once again into Oscars' Island University "Miss Hurdeton chimed and continued''Well as everyone knows already, Oscars' is one of the reputable Universities in the world therefore you should be glad you're here"she paused taking one of the sheets from the man he came with and signalled him to start sharing it . Not long after some students entered and joined in the sharing of the sheets until everyone received one.
Cora received and frowned as she went through, 'this wasn't on the internet 'she thought staring at the few rules.``Wtf!"Edith cursed glancing through the papers.``These are no rules!, these are like keeping us here in prison!"Edith objected loudly which caught everyone's attention. Miss Hurdeton arched her brow already expecting this reaction. "As I said earlier , Oscars' is one of the reputable Universities in the World and so we don't beg anyone to stay , you're free to leave if you don't like the school it's not too late", She cleared skimming through the crowd . Even though a lot of people had many objections, no one dared to say anything because you would look stupid if you did. Edith gritted her teeth and sat down. She was right because even though her father was rich it didn't mean people would not ridicule her for getting out of Oscars' the first day she stepped there.
"Good"Miss Hurdeton mumbled ."Now let's go through these rules together"
#Rule number One
Everybody must get to their classroom at exactly 6:00 both am and pm on the day you have lectures.
#Rule number two
No one is allowed to use his/her electronic device after 7:00pm
#Rule number three
The curfew time for every student to get to their dormitory is 9:00pm.
After this there was a pause because a lot of the students started murmuring. Miss Hurdeton sighed before saying "If anyone at all is seen outside after 9:00 that person will be expelled".
Cora couldn't concentrate anymore due to the number of curses Edith was howling at Miss Hurdeton. The rules continued on and on and finally they were asked to sign and fill the form to give their consent. Cora quickly sighed because she didn't have a problem with the rules even though it was weird. Everyone finally left the hall and Cora didn't even notice when Edith vanished from her view. Each was assigned to their respective room. When Cora entered, there was already a girl in there who had started unpacking. The girl turned and smiled as she introduced."Hi you might be Cora, I'm lily". Cora smiled and nodded before dragging her suitcase in. The room was huge for a hostel , it was a two bedroom with a living room and a bathroom."Are we going to sleep in different rooms?"Cora queried and lily nodded."I've already taken the room on the left you can take the one on the right ". Cora nodded once again and was about to enter her room when she heard"Won't you take off your mask , I haven't even seen your face yet". Cora swallowed, this was the question she dreaded the most. 'How was she supposed to respond to this?' she thought turning around."I-I …..um" she paused and blurted"I've gotten some cold and it's very infectious that's why "she lied and entered her room. 'This should do for now' she thought, closing the door well. There was a bed already in the room that could contain two people , a wardrobe , a dressing mirror ,some nice curtains, a study table and some small racks to pack her books in.