I take the bus for my university as I can't afford expensive transport, The Folk's University is a very big university with every kind of creature enrolled in it, the campus is gorgeous, once you enter through the big iron gates the first thing you see is this beautiful circular garden with a white fountain in the center of it, the garden is filled of every exquisite flower of the country. After the garden you can see the big dome shaped building, this is the old part of the university it consists of libraries and auditoriums. The new building is behind it where modern classes are made and it's where most of our classes takes place, a red brick path around the circular garden leads to the university building, when you enter through the glass gates you can see the beautiful interior of the old campus, you have to go through it to get to the new building, it's adorned with mesmerizing chandeliers and with coloured tinted glass windows. I quickly make my way towards my class.
Once I am there I sit in the front seat and start taking my notebooks out. Someone sits beside my chair and puts their arm around me when I look up it's Aaron.
Aaron is my best friend also my only friend here, as I am a human not a lot of people wants to be friends with me and I am not the type that goes out of their way to please someone to make them like me and be friends with me. I wasn't always a quiet kid. I was kind of a rebel where we lived before but after my mother getting sick and us coming here I kind of changed or you can say grew up now I speak when spoken to and mostly keep to myself and it isn't because I am shy or afraid of anyone I just don't care and I really don't have the stamina after everything I already do to fight and survive this brutal world. The only reason Aaron is my friend is because from the first time we have met he acted like a lifelong friend towards me . He is like that, a jolly guy but also very handsome. He is 6"4, with a lean body, brown hair, beautiful caramel colour eyes when he smiles he gets dimple on his cheeks I don't know what he likes about me but he always sits with me in the class and is a total chatter box, actually in the start it used to annoy me but then gradually I warmed up to him, I guess he acts like a friend to me because no one else does maybe he feels bad for me, and one more thing Aaron is a werewolf.
He is a warrior in his pack, the reason that he is so fit. I studied about that at my school in my town, where I lived before was a human town with half-bloods that weren't accepted by their kinds because they were half human, like my brother. we use to get some visits from other creatures at our town for business and stuff, we study about different kinds of species inhabiting our planet at our school but reading about them and interacting with them is different and believe me when I tell you I wish I could go back to just reading about them because they are not cool. I remember about werewolves that they lived in packs, and each pack had a leader called the Alpha, there was other ranks below him. I also remember that they have a King Alpha who is kind of like the Alpha of Alpha's.
"Hi Ameerah, how are you today?" Aaron asks me with grin on his face.
" I am fine " I say with a straight face.
I start writing on my notes not exactly in the mode for his cheerful teasing I just wanna go through my day and get home to mom I texted her a minute ago to call me when she wakes up. It's quite for a while so I look up and see that he is looking at me with squinted eyes.
"What is it Aaron? " I ask
" Do you have a death wish?" he asks me
" what .... no ... what do you mean? " I say to him in confusion.
" Well then why are you sitting at the front? did you forget its Mr Jill's class today? " he reminds me.
" I didn't forget." I tell him.
" Look Ameerah you are a very brave girl and a good student he never punishes you, but he considers me his nemesis ever since I pulled some innocent pranks on him, so what I am trying to say is that we cannot sit in the front in his class, he will chew me alive." he explains to me.
Mr Jill is an orc and he is scary to look at. He is tall and big, black eyes, big ears and his bottom incisors jut out of his mouth on his upper lip, he is actually a very sweet guy but everyone thinks of him as a scary person just because he is an orc. Most of the people here judge other on their looks and race.
Mr Jill helped me once in the start when I found myself in the wrong side of the campus and was being bullied by some spoiled fey students who thinks they own the university, I am a strong person but I never experienced hate like that it was my first experience to the injustice and inequality of this city to my specie. I'll forever be grateful to Mr Jill, when I was crying and hurt after I was bullied and was called names at, he sat down with me and told me that I shouldn't let other's opinion define me and that I should never show them that it hurts me because they don't matter the only opinions I should care about are from the people who love me, from that day on I have never cried in front of any of them. I have never showed them that I can hear their whispers about me. Their whispers don't matter anymore, they don't matter, the only people that matter love me for being me, they are not worth of any of my emotions.
Now Aaron's list of innocent pranks on teachers is quite a lot though.
" Aaron maybe that fact that I am sitting at the front in his class is because I want to be left alone." I tell him in a serious tone.
" I thought we were past that Ameerah, I thought we were friends now." he frowns now.
I feel bad to be rude to the only person who is a good friend to me. He starts to get up and I hold his arm to stop him.
" I am sorry Aaron I didn't mean it like that it's just that I am not in a good place right now and I don't feel like talking to anyone today." I tell him
Maybe he senses the sadness in my voice he sits back down.
" Ameerah you can always tell me what's wrong but if you don't wanna though I'll sit with you in silence." he says to me sincerely.
I smile a little at him. " You would really sit in the front in Mr Jill's class with me " I ask.
" Yes I will never leave you alone." he smiles at me.
" Thank you " This is the only thing I can say to him He doesn't know it but his words means a lot to me.
Mr Jill comes into the class looks at Aaron for a while maybe trying to figure out if he is sitting there to play another prank on him but when Aaron just greets him and start taking his stuff out from his bag Mr Jill relaxes and starts teaching his class. He also takes the assignment he gave us to make. He teaches us marketing.
My main goal is to study music here but in any degree you need to know how to market it so we have this subject in our last semester.
The class finishes and I start packing my bag I have to get home to my mom.
" Ameerah you leaving already come on let's have lunch together?" Aaron asks me.
" Some other time Aaron I am late." I tell him while rushing out the door.
I am about to take the bus home when my phone rings. It's my mom I quickly pick it up.
" Hello mom How are you, you aren't in pain or anything are you?" I ask in a haste.
" Calm down sweetheart I just called because I saw your message to call you when I wake up. Are you still at the university your shift at the restaurant must be starting right." she asks.
God I forgot about that I think to myself I have to go to the restaurant a little early today for the big dinner for all those political delegates today.
" Mom are you sure you feel okay I can take a leave from the restaurant today if you need me." I ask her.
" Nonsense I haven't felt better like this in a year. You don't need to take a leave Meerah." she assures me.
" Okay but if you need me you'll call me no hesitation whatsoever mom if this lunch at the restaurant wasn't important I wouldn't even be asking you." I tell her in a stern voice.
" You know meerah I feel like sometimes our roles are reversed and you are my mother, don't worry I'll call you if I had any problems and Gabe's gonna be home any minute now anyways." she says
"Okay", I tell her and she disconnects the call I really wanted to go home to her but I can't miss my shift today because of the big Dinner.
I get on the bus towards The Jaded Palace.