I was switching my vision from the bunk beds to my luggage to the cupboard and then to the window.

I started talking to myself.
"Umm.. I'll be taking the lower bunk bed. She'll be climbing on the top one. I have a wide drawer underneath my bed, I'll stuff my snacks in it. Yes."

I emptied my small bag of snacks (which was obviously not small) and stuffed all the snacks in the drawer underneath. I pulled out my clothes from my bag and shoved them into the cupboard.

I swear, if my mom was here, she would have hated me for not organising my clothes nicely and instead, stuffing them up messily.

After setting up my belongings, I took my guitar and opened the window. As I said before, the window was big enough for a person to sneak out.

So, I took my guitar and made it stand with the support of the wall and I jumped off the window. Then, I leaned inside the window and pulled out my guitar out of the window.

I looked around. The view was even more beautiful than I had thought.

The tall grass trees stood strong in front of me. The mountains, which were far enough and seemed to be faded due to the clouds which were over the trees like a crown. The sky was a mixture of yellow, orange and blue colour; the sun was setting down and the night was rising.

Everything felt just right.

I sat on the grass with the guitar's curve body resting on my thigh.

I arranged my fingers on the guitar's frets in order to play my first chord- F Major. People say this is a tough chord to play but because of my hardwork, I'm good at it.

Since I am a right-handed person, I struck the strings with my right hand. The tune flowed, filling the environment with a beautiful sense of music.

As the tune when slightly echoing, I heard a voice behind me. It was coming from my dorm room.

Tttcchhhh..

I turned to see who was there.

I saw the door open and bang against the door.

"The heck! Welcome back to hell!" A voice said.

I saw a tall girl standing at the door with one bag hung on her shoulder and one bag kept on the ground.

I knew who she was. Catherine Hunt! I said to myself, "So, May Miller. Here's your roommate! Ready for the adventure?"

She came in and threw her small bag on 'my bunk bed'. Highlight 'my' because it was 'my'.

I hopped into the room through the window, along with my guitar.

As I jumped inside, she gave me some unusual stares.

"Hey, roomie." I greeted her.

"Oh, hi." Catherine gave me that look of ignorance.

"I— I'm May. May Miller."

"As if I care. Anyways, I'm Catherine Hunt. Nice to meet you, May."

I gave her some usual look and sat on my bunk bed.

"By the way, where are you from?" Catherine asked me.

"Oh. I'm from The Springs, NA. And you?"

"Oh, well. I'm from The Cath Islands. That's where I get my name from. Catherine." She said, while pulling out a beanbag from the corner.
Yes, we also had a beanbag in our room.

"By the way, I judge people very fast and quite accurately. And as per my judgement, you are not a bad person. At first I thought you'd be like my ex roommates; cruel and rude and what not. I'm sorry for being rude to you at first." She gave a cute little smile and sat down.

"Oh. I see." I did not understand a single word she said about roommates and rudeness and what not. But, I guess, she has had a bad past.

She opened up her bag and pulled out a small box. She tapped the box and two pill-like edibles came out. She ate one and tossed the other one towards me.

"Woah! What's this?" I asked, catching the pill she tossed.

"Have it. You'll feel fresh." She said, but did not tell me what it was.

I wondered if she was getting me drugged. Oh god! Is she going to kill me? I wondered.

I ate it. But at the back of my mind, I was getting that feeling that soon I'm going to fall down and die. But true, I felt kind of refreshed.

Suddenly, she got up and said, "Okay. Now, I'll leave."

Even before I couysay anything, she was already outside the room and shut the door behind.

I laid on my bed and again said to myself, "Congratulations, May. You and Catherine are going to rock it together!" (Sense the sarcasm here).

I closed my eyes for a while and soon, I had fallen asleep. Yes, I'm a good sleeper.

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Author's Note:

So, what do you think about Catherine? Anyways, here's Chapter-9. Yayyyyy!! First day at the boarding school. I hope you enjoyed it.

Something I'd like to assure, like 100%: rest of the chapters are insaneeeeee. Why? Because Catherine is here. Plus, the long lost squad is soon going to meet up!!!!! Yayyyyyyyyyyy!! Stay tuned!!!

All the love! ❤

Peace ✌️
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