I stood at the door to my dorm room, fumbling with my keys. I had to check my letter again just to make sure I had the right room.
Once I opened the door, I swiftly took all my belongings inside and hurried to close the door. I was so nervous about starting at Leeds University. Although, I was lucky enough to not have a roommate which made me slightly more confident.
I know a lot of people would moan about not having a roommate because it's less fun but I actually kind of liked it. I find sharing a room with someone you've only just met kind of awkward...
I sat on my bed on my laptop just scrolling through twitter and whatever else when I got a text message.
Messages: Ralph
Ralph: Hey mate, hope you're all settled. There's a party tonight in the basement that I think you should come too.
~I don't think so.
Ralph: Why not??? You love parties
~Fine I'll come.
Ralph: Wicked. Meet me at my room at 8. Room 209
~Alright.
I sighed at the thought of this party. Of course I loved partying and alcohol, but Ralph always said that University parties are crazy. There's always a bunch of girls that cling to anything that moves. I mean, I'm not gay or anything but that's not necessarily what I want to be spending my Saturday night doing. I decided to just go anyway for Ralph.
I made my way downstairs to find Ralphs room. He was on the floor bellow me as it's his second year here.
'Hey man!' I greeted as he opened the door. He gave me a huge hug that made me smile. I missed spending a lot of time with my best mate...
'So, you ready to go make some new friends?'
'Um...I guess.'
'Come on Danny, it'll be fun!'
'Alright, alright. Lets go then.'
We made our way down to the basement and things were already wild. There were so many people. I couldn't even tell who were in my year.
'You alright mate.' Someone came up to us and patted Ralph on the shoulder. He was quite tall and seemed muscly. He had a scruffy like beard, but it suited him a lot, and small eyes.
'Will! Dude hey, this is my mate Dan.'
'Hey man.' I nodded my head at him and he nodded back.
'Will is in my year. He studies history.'
'History? Really?' I shook my head and chuckled
He laughed slightly before replying. 'Yeah I know right. I wish I didn't take it. I'm way more into music, but I still help out there between classes.'
'Oh so you like music?'
'Yeah man, I play a few instruments. Bass, cello, basically anything with strings.'
'Dude that's awesome. I love music too!' At this point, Ralph had wandered off somewhere presumably to get drinks.
'Do you play any instruments?'
'Umm, I play piano and some percussion. I sometimes sing too but I'm not very good.'
'You sing?! Dude I bet you're awesome!'
'I'm really not...'
'Well, I'd love to hear you sometime! Anyway, you can chill with me if you like. I'll introduce you to some of my mates.'
