scholarship

Azael was born in lise a small rural area in southern Holland,his father works as a laborer in the construction side while his mother runs a small cafe where azeal works whenever he is free.The family owns a small outdated house in the rural area,the house which is the only inheritance his father inherited from his grand parents is completely old and outdated , because of his t

family not being financially stable, azael had vow to himself that he must achieve his 5 greatest goals in life which are study hard ,get a noble job, open his father a business,buy a good caffe for his mom to manage and send his sister to a better school. Despite been poor ,the family share a strong bund ,they love are care for one another ,their home is always lifely and warm.love and warm thus keeps them going .his parents despite been financially incapable will always prioritize the needs of their kids as they have two kids him and his sister Marie and he is the oldest . His father makes sure he pays their fees on time and his mom will always make sure they had a decent meal in a warm atmosphere.azeal is a born genius,he was discovered in the kindergarten and this let to him skipping some classes through out his primary and high school leading him to graduate in highschool as the youngest but the top student in his school.on the day of the graduation ,he was busy taking some pictures with his parents when his school principal walked to him and congratulated him,

Thank you sir he responded with that big innocent smile

the principal looked at his parents before asking to have a conversation with his dad which he agreed immediately.

with a smile on his face he asked Azael's father .now that he has finish with high school do you have any plans ,which university will he be attending??

Ummm he has decided to attend the public university in our neighboring town ,his mother and I are already making necessary arrangements for that , replied Azael's dad

Ohh I see but what if I propose a better option,I know he is young and it might bother you but trust me this is for his best , azeal deserve the best you know

Ok let me here your proposal sir

There is a scholarship program in one of the most prestigious university in our country,i was thinking we could make him apply for the scholarship I am certain he will keep it ,you know I admire your son alot ,at this age he is so responsible and hard working ,when I heard of this opportunity some few weeks back ,the only person I thought of is him .Azael is a genius and he can bring a plus to our country and this community that's why I think we should encourage him to do this

His dad's face lit up as he was pleasantly surprised,he didn't expect to learn of such a big opportunity extending his hands he bow and thank the principal

ohh thank you sir , thank you very much .Azael's father didn't go to college but he wished his kids could study and have noble jobs and live a better life in the future . having known the the principal of this public school for years he knew he could help his son so he agreed and thanked him .

It's been weeks after Azael's graduation and he has been waiting to hear from the principal as he had promised to communicate him the date on which he was going to be tested for the selection for the scholarship and what he had to do but all this while the principal didn't pass by ,when he went to his house to check on him ,he was told the principal had travel to amstardam ,he visited his house couple of times but didnt meet him , feeling disappointed he gave up on that idea and decided to push through with his plans of attending the public university in the neighboring town.his parents who had always supported him agreed to his decision ,his parents raised some money for his tuition,dorm and some allowance he could use within the first month of school as they will make sure they sebs him monthly allowance everything was almost set but one afternoon while he was busy helping his mom at the eatery , a familiar figure walked into the Small shop ,it was his principal . with a sincere smile on his face azael immediately ran to him and greeted him with all humility

Good afternoon sir and you are Welcome

The principal patted his head , how are you doing??

He smiled politely am fine sir

His mom who didn't failed to recognized the principal walked from the kitchen to come greet ,she offered him coffee and the chatted for a while before she regained her duty post .after chatting with azeal for a while the principal presented a brown envelope to him and asked him to open it,he accepted the envelope with confusion written all over his face only for him to be shocked to see an admission letter into the prestigious university the principal had told him about but .....how did this ....mom,marie come right here ,come and take a look Azael's eyes almost popped out of the sucked as he read it out loud to his mother and sister .that evening the family of 4 celebrated the success over a warm meal in their small house.his parents immidiately started trying to get more money as what they had kept was nit enough since he had to get a passport and pay for the flight .their poor financial situation dint help the situation as chool was resuming in a werk but they were yet to habe the money ,azeal became frustrated but his parents kept comforting and just when he was about to lost hope completely ,his father suceeded to get the money needed for his passport abd flight .his father who has an idea of how rich people are like as most of his employers are rich people wanted to be able to get his son a new computer ,some new clothes,a phone and a box so he won't look out of place in that school which is originally not his place but he wasn't able toget enough money so he apologized to his son

I wish I could get some more money for your shopping and to get you a phone but father wasn't able please forgive me ,I will send you some money to shop ok

Azeal hugged his father,thank you dad ,you don't have to bother,this is already enough

,after getting his passport ready and paying his flight the money was almost finished,he didn't want to go with the desktop for it belongs to him and his sister but she insited he takes it as he needed it ,he hugged his sister tight

I promise you one day I will buy you a better computer and it will be brand new . he used his old school bag to park the old faded clothes .on the departure day azael wore a pair of jeans and a black tshirt which now looks brownish due to the fact that it was completely faded and old,he picked his only pair of sneakers which was the gift he received from his parents on the day of his graduation and put them on ,his parents send him off at the airport before leaving his family he hugged his crying mother and sister

Take care of yourself ok said his sister Marie

I promise I will,you too study hard and don't play too much

Good bye

After landing at the airport,with his bag on his back he held the box containing his old desktop computer in his hand .he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and checked the address then he stopped a taxi , watching the beautiful city through the glass made him so excited so much so that when he dropped in school he forgot to get his deesktop from the boot,after assigning him to his dorm the woman asked if he had no luggage thats when he remembered his desk top ,he exited the office and hurried to the parking but unfortunately the car was no where to be found ,his heart started beating as tears form in his eyes ,he remembered how dirty his dad looked the day he came back from the construction side holding that brand new computer ,he worked hard for it,he could have gotten soke new clothes but.....his tears fell how do ibget it back ,ehat do i tell marie ,she sacrifised and how i misplaced it ,how careless how do i research now ,how can i missplace this father worked so hard to buy it ,how...tears kept falling as he repeatedly blamed himself ,he decided to sit at the school entrance praying the driver should bring back his desktop and fortunately for him the driver discovered his desktop when he was about loading a passenger bag and decided to bing it back .It was already a little late and azael sat down beside the flower shedding tears silently when he sighted the , after taking his desktop he thanked him wholeheartedly before finally going to search for his dorm , he found his room and when he entered he noticed the other bed was already occupied meaning his room mate had already arrived so he dropped his old black bag on the bed ,took out his desk top from the box and placed it on his table carefully ,he took out his few clothes from his bag and placed them inside the wordrobe .,hhe entire dorm was death silent he nknew from his program that it was diner time ,he was hungry but didnt want to go the refectory and get scolded on the first day for been late so he took his bath,changed into one of his old t shirst and shorts ,he took out some snacks which he got from the plane ,he was eating them silently when he heard some movements from outside when he looked at the door he immidiately understood someone was trying to open the door but couldn't because of his key which he forgot to pull out of the door ,his heart started beating fast ,his greatest fear was to have issues with his room mate ,he had thought that he will do everything he can to maintain a good relationship even if he had to clean the room single handedly he will do it as long as he will have peace in the place where he lays his head but looking at the situation he thought today might be a dark day ,he stepped forward ,opened the door with fear in his eyes and was so terrified especially when he say the person infront of him looking so clean and tall ,he had even forgot to leave the road until he was reminded to do so