Ch.4: After School

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On the Eastern Side of the Hemisphere
Ch.4

Classes where already over for the day and now I was sitting on the
sidewalk by the school's entrance, waiting for my luggages to arrive.  
I knew what dorm room I got assigned to, but I haven't gone to check.  
So I have no idea who my roommates are.

A truck slowly enters the gates and parks in front of me. The driver
rolls open the window, "Are you Elena Alvarado?"

"Yes." I helped the driver take my luggages and boxes out and when
everything was set on the concrete floor, the driver left. I took off
my blazer, rolled my sleeves up, and picked up a few of the boxes out
first.

Ugh, maybe I should have picked them up one by one because I wasn't even
near the dorms yet and already I was having trouble balancing it. Then
three things happened at the same time when I was almost at the top of
the stairs.  I missed a step and was slipping backwards, someone shouted
my name a few feet away, and someone stopped me from falling.  It all
happened so quick that I was confused and speechless.

"What were you thinking!" It was Lovino who saved me and now he was
standing with his arms crossed. He then snatched a few of the boxes I
was holding.

"Everything alright now?" Antonio had finally caught up and he took the
rest of the boxes. "I called your name but was too far to help out."

I finally found my voice back. "Thanks." I reached to grab the boxes
that Lovino was holding, but he moved them out of my reach.

"Idiot! You should have been more careful!"

Antonio smiled, "Don't worry Elena. Lovino here is just worried." He
passed me two of the smallest boxes. "In fact, you should have seen him
when he ran like the wind to save you."

"I was closer!" Lovino shouted out in protest. "Now are we going to stand
here and chat all day or are we going to get some work done."  He started
walking away.

"Wait! You don't know my dorm room yet."

Lovino froze. He turned towards me but wasn't looking at me. "Oh..I-I...
uh... kind of read it when you passed us your schedule in the morning."

Antonio laughed, "Isn't he cute?"

Lovino hid his slight blush with the boxes and continued leading the
way. Antonio and I followed not far behind. We ended up talking about
whether a tomato was a fruit or vegetable. Soon we reached my dorm room
and I fumbled through my bag looking for the keys. When I opened the door,
I was so surprised that I dropped the boxes that I was holding. Luckily
I didn't had anything inside that would break. The dorm room included a
small kitchen and a small living room! It even had a hallway with the
restroom on the end, and three bedrooms.

Antonio and Lovino entered setting the boxes down. Since I was still
gazing at the room and not moving,they walked into the hallway and
disappeared from my sight.

"This bedroom must be taken."

"This one too."

"Ah. Here's your room Elena."

In a few minutes I was besides them. "Wow." I really didn't knew what
else to say. The wooden floor was oak, the closet was bigger than I
imagined, and the view from my window was a garden. A huge garden it
looked like, that I was sure that one of my roommates could see it from
their window too. They brought the boxes into my room. "Thanks for your
help."

"No problem, but we still have to retrieve the rest of your belongings."

Right, I still had more boxes outside and some suitcases. We heard a
voice behind us. "That won't be necessary. We brought your belongings
with us."

"Tino?" I swirled around but only saw a tall guy with an intimidating
aurora standing by the door. Tino peeked through an open gap between the
door and the tall guy. "Hi Elena. Oh and you too Antonio and Lovino."

Both greeted back. He really did mean it when he mentioned he would
help.

"Heyyyy. Aren't we going inside. Ow!"

"Behave yourself."

I guess there were more people back there. Oh right, they must be waiting
for permission. I ran towards the entrance. "Hi Tino. Come in, all of you
and-"  well I was going to say and sit, but there weren't enough seats by
the table and the couch was missing. Why was the couch missing?

The tall one walked in followed by Tino, then a boy with a clip on his
hair and another boy with spiky hair walked in.  Tino spoke first.

"Hope you don't mind. By the way this is Berwald, Lukas, and Mathias."

"Hi. Nice to meet all of you." Berwald just nodded, Mathias waved, and
Lukas, well I couldn't read his expression.

Tino continued the conversation, "There's one more but he's with his
friends right now."

The boy with the clip on his hair finally spoke, "My little brother,
Emil."

Antonio stood next to me, but Lovino stayed where he was. "Emil is in
the same grade as you, perhaps you have seen him."

Mathias added, "He's about this size and has silver-white hair."

I tried to remember. Then I recalled seeing a boy who fits the
description. I saw him twice in-between classes, and he was in my last
class of the day. Before I could answer, a girl with long brown hair
walked in.

"Why is it so crowded in here?" Her eyes immediately darted towards me.
"Oh. You must be the new transfer student. I'm Elizaveta Héderváry.
There's another roommate but she's at a club meeting."

"Hi. I'm Elena Alvarado. Sorry about the mess, I'll soon transfer my
belongings to the bedroom."

As soon as I said that, everyone picked up the boxes and suitcases and
piled it neatly inside the bedroom. I hardly knew them, yet they were
willing to help.

Elizaveta just laughed. "Alright, everyone out now. It's too crowded."

Mathias crossed his arm like a 5-year old child. "But I wanted to help
out-" Lukas elbowed him.

"Bye Elena. Bye Elizaveta." Tino lead the way out followed by his group
of friends.

Oh no! I forgot to thank them. I ran out the door, "Thank you very much
for helping!"

"Anytime. See you around!"

I turned back and almost crashed into Antonio and Lovino. "Sorry. Oh
and thanks for the help."

"Anytime. Hey we'll be back later for a visit. We're going to report
the missing couch first." Antonio stated as he walked of with Lovino
following at the same pace.

When I walked into my bedroom I found that Elizaveta has started
unpacking my stuffs. She turned to me, "Now we can start organizing!"