𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬

XXIII

Raven Sanae Williams
9:30 am
* three months later *

Raven took a deep breath as she closed the door of her childhood home, her car packed to the brim with all the essentials for her first year of college. She then hops into the car waving her last bye to her mother father and her brother Julian.

After realizing she forgot to pack some snacks for the road, Raven made a quick stop at the grocery store before hitting the highway again for her long drive to college. For the rest of the hour, she was still on the road until finally, she reached her destination.

"Damn " she mumbles under her breath as she took a good look at the school. She drops her suitcase and unloads her things she placed inside the back of the car. After she was finished, she walks to her dorm room seeing a whole different girl in the room

She'd assume it would be Milan, but she was proven wrong, "oh hey you must be raven I'm Leilani I'm also a college freshmen here " she held out her hand waiting for raven to do the same, " nice to meet you too Leilani I'm raven.... Sorry I'm just uh kinda shy"

"Oh don't worry you not the only shy one here ! Lol I have a cousin who is also shy too. Do you wanna walk around the school? I already unpacked my things and a girl is boreddd "

"Sure why not "  As Raven and Leilani wandered around the campus, they were suddenly approached by two girls and a boy who eagerly introduced themselves as their new classmates. The two then did the same

"Hey you guys must be new here huh? We all siblings by the way heh my name is Kaysha, this is Rockelle and this is our brother Amarion, he's the rebel kind of sibling.." Kaysha looks Amarion up and down

"Girl no I'm not don't listen to her she's lying" Raven and Leilani watched in amusement as Samir and Kaysha playfully hit each other while joking around, making them feel more at ease in their new surroundings ,

"I know that bell did not just ring.... I know you fucking lying " Samir complained with his hands placed on his small hips.

The four Samir, Kaysha, Rockelle, Raven, and Leilani joined the rest of the students as they all headed to the auditorium together. Once the principal stood on the stage everyone got quiet quickly

"Thank you welcome class of 2022, it's so nice to meet you all and I am confident that this year will be a great year. With a bunch of activités included, clubs, tutorials and more and if you have any questions feel free to raise hand"

Many students were asking questions, meanwhile Raven turned around looking for Yasir. She had been looking upset all day but had to hide it because she was making new friends

"He lied to me" she had to use the restroom by crying in the stall, then her phone rings and Yasir's name was displayed

Raven: where are you? I thought you would be here
Yasir: I am lol
Raven: wait really where
Yasir; in the auditorium but in all the way in the back with two people
Raven: oh okay FaceTime cause yeah lol
Yasir: ight

Raven heads back to the auditorium looking for Yasir, after going through many people while saying "excuse me ", she finally found his presence sitting in the first seat in the back.

Raven and Yasir went out to the bookstore to buy sweaters for each other, then sitting to conversante for at least twenty minutes, and after completing their shopping, they headed back to their respective dorms.