~ Riley ~

I laid on my bed,my ears blocked by the sound from my airpod,I sighed as I listened to Scared to love by Juice World ,I wasn't aware that someone has been banging my door,the phone call interrupted everything.

"Hey mum."I answered the call.

"Open the door."She hung up.

"I have been knocking for long time now,why didn't you open?."She asked me as I opened the door.

"Airpods."She rolled her eyes and shook her head when she saw one of them in my ears.

"Have you checked your college application status?."She asked me for umpteenth time.

"No."

"Come on,go ahead and check it."She told me.

I grabbed my laptop to check,it showed updated.

I clicked it and the first thing we read was Congratulations!!!.

******

I stood at the airport as I waited for my chaffeur to pick me up,I scrolled through my phone to keep me busy.

I looked up to see a man in his late twenties standing to me.

"Riley?."He asked.

"Good afternoon,,yes,I'm."I replied him politely.

I'm not disrespectful to strangers unless they push me to it.

"Okay, welcome to New York city ."He smiled as he took one of my suitcases.

"Thank you."I passed a fake smile.

I have been to New York before,it wasn't the first time since my family travelled alot for different vacations.

I wasn't the one who talked much,I just like keeping to myself,I had only 3 friends in high school,one died,the other broke my heart in the worst possible way while the other is a terrible condition because of my anger issues.

We drove out of the airport and into the busy streets of the New York.

The city was beautiful,I liked the change of environment but I wasn't excited about it.

He dropped me off in my dad's house,yeah,my dad is a billionaire so instead of staying in the hostel,he decided that I would stay in one of our houses.

"Welcome."A female voice greeted me.

"Thanks."I replied her.

She had an hour glass that caught my attention.

"I'm Trisha."She stated as we walked into the house.

"Riley."I replied briefly.

Getting her won't be a problem after all she's works for me,I wasn't just in the mood for meaningless sexcapades but one will always be available when I want it.

She was attractive but it still didn't move me,after my last experience.

"I want to take a tour round the city,you wanna come for a drive."I asked her.

"You want to drive?."

"Yeah,you will give me directions,come on,let's go."I ordered and she followed.

"Wait,you aren't going out with this uniform right?,won't you change?."I inquired.

"Oh yeah,please give me a sec."She left to change.

****

Driving in the city didn't seem hard as Trisha thought,I bought the necessary things I needed from the mall

I glanced as Trisha,her eyes were focused on the road.

"Do you go to school?."

"Yeah."

"Are you a college student or you are still in high school?."I questioned.

"Just got into college."

"Nice, which one?."

"NYU."She told me.

"Oh,nice."

"So you work part-time or ?."

"I'm an orphan,your dad decided to sponsor my education if I work for him and here,I'm at your service."She smiled.

With that,I kept quiet,I'm not always in the mood to get social.

My iPhone rang,"Who the fuck is calling me?!,why can't you just leave me alone?!."I yelled and Trisha flinched.

"I'm sorry....."I apologized.

"It's okay."

They or she or he kept calling,I decided to pick because if I didn't,they won't stop,"What do you want?!."

"Hey....Riley...."Abby said.

"If you don't tell me what you want,I will hang up."I warned.

"Can I come over?,I want us to talk......"

"I'm not available."

"Please...."She begged.

"I'm in New York so that can't happen,bye."I hung up.

I kept my eyes on the road not fully though,I was tried to block the number and delete but it wasn't working,the moment I took my eyes off my phone,a girl all of a sudden popped out of nowhere into the street road,I held the break so I wouldn't hit her,I started sweating in fear,I hate fear,anger overshadowed it and I angrily got out of the car.

"You almost got killed."I yelled at the petite light skinned girl.

"You mean you almost killed me!."Her sharp tongue spat out.

~Ivy~

"Have you packed all your stuffs, everything you need?."My mum asked me.

"Yes."

She sighed,"Please,try and socialize with people when you get there,I don't want you to be lonely."Her voice held sadness.

"Mum,you don't need to worry about my social life,being alone is safe,trust me."I stated.

"But try and have one or two friends."

"I will try."I lied.

Right from childhood,I always kept to myself,I was the direct opposite of my identical twin sister,she was bubbly,energetic and social while I always had the "don't talk to me"look on my face aka bored look,although she was my bestfriend and we talked alot when it was just the two of us but everything changed when she died,I couldn't stand the shock,I automatically shut down everybody but the people who consoled me,I mistook them as friends and then they stabbed me not at back but at my front,ever since then,I want nothing to do with FRIENDS, there's a reason why it ends with ENDS and I understand that reason.

"I love you mum,I will miss you."I hugged her.

"Jordan,take care of mummy."I told my 17 year old brother.

"I will,take care,sis."

"Call me when you get there,please take care of yourself o."My mum shouted as I got into the car.

"I will."I waved them as we drove off.

I slept off in the car because it was a long journey,my driver woke me when we were in campus,he dropped me off at the hostel.

"There will surely be human snakes in here."I mumbled to myself as I used human snakes as a metaphor for snitches and betrayers.

I took my room number from the supervisor.

"Room 62b."

I looked at every room's number as I searched for mine,it was such a big hostel.

I got to room 61a and I noticed that was the last number for the block and room 62 was probably in another block that was at the other end.

"Seriously?."I was obviously frustrated,I had to climb stairs with my bags.

"Hi,good morning."A caramel skinned petite girl just like me greeted.

"Good morning."

"What's the problem?."She asked with concern.

"I'm looking for room 62."

"62a or b?."

"B."

"Wow,that's my room,that means you are my roommate,come on,I will help you,let's go."Her voice held excitement as she took one of my boxes and we rolled it to our room.

"So roomie,what's your name?."She grinned as she waited for my reply.

"Ivy."

"Nice name,I'm Kimora."

"Nice name."I passed her my signature fake smile that looked original.

"Layla!."Kimora shouted as we got to our room.

"What?."The sleepy girl asked as she got up from her bed.

"We have a new roomie!."Kimora screamed in excitement.

"Wow,she's so pretty,welcome,welcome,I'm Layla and you are?."She smiled.

"I'm Ivy."

Layla wasn't petite or big,she just had the right shape,she was more energetic than Kimora.

"Since everybody is so gorgeous,we might as well just name it as pretty girl's room."Layla joked.

"So that's your bed."Kimora pointed.

"Thanks"

"You are welcome."

"Let's help her set up her things."

I wanted to tell them not worry but I felt it will be rude for me to do that so I let them do it.

After setting up my things,I picked up my phone and called my mum.

"Hey mum."I greeted her.

"I hope you are okay?."

"Yes,mum, I'm and I called you to tell you that."

"Are your roommates nice?."

"Yes,they are."

"Okay,thank God,I will talk to you later sweetie,your dad is back,let me welcome him."

"Okay mum,bye."

"So what course are you here to study?."Layla asked.

"Law."

"What about you guys?."

"I'm in pharmacy."Layla replied.

"She's in accounting."

"Wow,that's nice."

"So we have a barrister in this room,the law!."She hailed.

Her behavior made me laugh,maybe these people weren't bad after all.

"Do you want to tour round?."Kimora questioned.

"Campus or city?."I inquired.

"Both."Layla answered.

"City will do."I agreed against my wish.

The girls and I went out and we had a nice time,I left them to get something from someone,I ordered some stuffs and I decided that whenever I resume school,I will get them.

I took a cab back after collecting the parcel,I crossed the road and my purse dropped on the road,it wasn't really an express where I will have to forget about it because I couldn't risk my life because of a purse,the road wasn't busy,just people walking here and there,I decided to go back and get it,as I bent down,a car came from nowhere and almost hit me,the driver held his break and got out of the car angrily.

I expected an elderly man but it was actually a guy in his late teens,he was a tall light skinned guy with 3c hair and babyish innocent face.

"You almost got killed!."He yelled as he walked up to me.

His eyes held both anger and fear.

"You mean you almost killed me because I don't know where you came out from all of a sudden."I fired back.

"You dumb wit,you are not aware of your surroundings, you can't just come of nowhere in a road,you are supposed to walk by the side and not the centre and if you wanted to cross,you should have looked left and right."He lectured me.

"I'm sorry,I wasn't expecting you to pull out of nowhere and I don't need some lecture from a toddler in a mature teen's body."I spat out.

He was cute but annoying and he was getting irritating.

"Ughh!!,I shouldn't have held that break."He vented out.

"You would have gone to jail,you idiot."I eyed him.

"Atleast,I would be alive and not dead."He pointed out.

"Just let it be."A girl came out of the car,maybe his girlfriend because it couldn't be the sister, there's no resemblance.

"Listen to your girlfriend and next time,make use of a horn to alert people that they are in the way."I stated.

"She's not my girlfriend,just fuck offf!!!."He walked out and got into his car.

He finally used his brain and horned for the girl to get back into the car,he gave me a deadly look before driving off.

So much for attitude.