The Necklace That Protects Me novel Chapter 5

"Breakfast and supper are served in the cafeteria on the dorm house main floor everyday. It's optional though, thankfully. They also keep the groceries in our rooms stocked so we can make our own... which is what I prefer to do." She sighed then continued, "about half of the students live here, the others live... somewhere else." She paused and I laughed.

"Okay...." I responded and laughed. She ignored me and continued.

"There's several cliques but the main one I would avoid is Loren's. The boys that mingle with them aren't much better. I, myself, just avoid the entire lot of them. They like to poke their nose where it doesn't belong and frequently get themselves and others into trouble." Amy stated with a little bit of fire behind her words. I wondered if they had bullied her and felt sad for this shy girl.

Amy showed me which room was hers, on the same floor but quite a bit down the hall, and then led me back to my room. She seemed a little bit happier than when I first met her and truthfully I did too. I felt like we were becoming friends, which made me smile. She smiled back.

"It was nice meeting you Noel... maybe we can have lunch together again?... if you want to..." Amy ask, nervousness coating her voice.

"Of corse!" I replied immediately, it was so nice to have someone to sit with! "Maybe one day we'll brave the dorm's cafeteria together too!" I said with a wink before waving goodbye.

I walked into my bedroom and threw myself on my bed. I was drained, mentally and physically, and just ready for bed. I slowly closed my eyes, just waiting for sleep to come.

It felt like the second I closed my eyes I heard a long banging and some choice curse words coming from the living area. Guess it's finally time to meet my room mate.

I sighed and jumped off the bed, then rubbed the sleep from my eyes. I looked at the clock. 3:45 am. 3 freaking 45 in the morning! Groaning, I force myself out of the bed and out to the living area. All of the lights are still out.

I'm not a book worm by any means but I was determined to do well here. I had to so that I could make something of myself. This really was my only shot. I didn't have anyone to turn to or to lean on. Sure I had Thomas, but he couldn't just bring me in and support me. I had to succeed or fail on my own.

I dive into the book, all pretty standard, boring, and easy to memorize. I hear my coffee pot finish brewing so I make myself a cup and sit back down and continuing reading. A few moments late I hear Brie's door open.

Brie walks into the kitchen looking exhausted. I don't care who you are, unpacking is not fun. She clearly smelt the coffee and wanted some for herself. I watched her as she checked a few wrong cupboards for the coffee cups before I got up to help her.

"Oh thanks, probably going to take me a bit to figure out where everything is." Brie mumbled, clearly tired.