2 A new friend and a new enemy

JANUARY 1, 2077

It was a new year and a new beginning for me. I had one goal and that was to earn enough money so that my parents could stop tiring their bones carrying weights in the construction sites, and I was taking the first step towards that very goal. I passed the high school with a pretty good marks and my application for full scholarship had been accepted into the most prestigious university in our country (International Academy of Engineering). It was the most promising college that accepted the most talented students or the most richest.

When I got the mail that my application was accepted I almost jumped with joy. That night we had a family party at our home. After how many years had dad brought meat and various vegetables. It had been simply too long since I had seen this much food entering our home at once. Mother was simply crying all over while cooking, afraid that her son will leave her tomorrow and at the same time laughing with glee that her son didn't have to live like his parents anymore.

The food was cooked and the spicy aroma livened the atmosphere in the house even more. "My son is now big eh? Going to leave this old man alone, are you?" father said with a wide grin on his face. Mom began sobbing "son don't stay up late night studying, just work enough to give your children a happy life" mom said with a sad smile. Looking at the sad smile on his mom's face Alex promised himself that he will not let his family live like this anymore.

And so came the day of departure, his father had asked his boss yesterday to give him some extra money. When the boss asked he told him that his son was going in a prestigious university. The boss congratulated him and gave him the money. James' father gave hugged him and gave him a thousand credits. It was enough for a month of noodles. Without looking back anymore he set off in his first step towards his goal. He went to the cab station and booked a cab. It was the first time he took a cab in his entire life. Sitting inside he couldn't help but wonder who invented this ingenious flying machine.

It was a distance of 600km from his home to his university. The cab was flying at a whopping speed of 200 km/hr. He was thrilled and excited about the exciting and new wonders he would soon experience. He soon reached the university it was cluster of buildings lying close to each other. Various people of all ages and colors were scattered here and there.

"202..202…202….ohh there it is!" I went and knocked on the door of my dorm room. The door opened and a slightly chubby boy with glasses greeted me at the door. "oh you must be my roommate, come come why are you standing at the door" He greeted me with glee. I went inside began unpacking my stuff and mark(the chubby boy) started helping me. He began asking me what my name was, where I came from, what subject was I going to take. God help me that boy never stopped talking, nevertheless it was a nice feeling having a friend in new environment.

The next day we went in the class. It was the beginning of unforgettable 5 months of my life. Soon a beautiful girl with a shy expression, little bit of makeup, pretty blue eyes and smile on her face entered the classroom and man I couldn't help but take my eyes off her. The whole time I was just staring at her unable to look anywhere else. Mark seeing my expression began to chuckle and said "hey buddy you like that girl?" I became red at the thought. I quickly turned away and stared at the teacher.

After the classes were over I went to the library to study. Soon I felt a tuck at my arm. It was the same girl from the class. I was startled. "c..can you please help me with my math problem" she said shyly. I was so shocked that I began stuttering "o.oh o..of course I can help". That day was the best day in my life. It was first time in my life a girl started a conversation with me. I was just mesmerized by her beauty, her voice, her shyness and everything else felt like an illusion. I taught her we talked and when the day began darkening, we got out of the library. As she began walking to her own dorm room, I asked her, "hello can you tell me your name?" she turned around and said smiling "it's june"

As I absentmindedly began walking towards my dorm room. I bumped into a group of guys. They were smoking cigarettes inside the campus premises. As I was happy with what happened at the library I said smiling "brother it's bad for your health, think about your parents and stop smoking". As soon as I said that the already annoyed guy's face turned into a scowl. "what the fuck did you say bastard?, at first you bump into me and without even saying sorry you are trying to lecture me". The boy nearer to him punched me in the face and said "the fuck are you dazing about? Didn't you hear what young master said lick his shoes and beg for mercy bastard"

He began pushing my head down the ground and I randomly started spinning my hands I accidently hit the so called young master right in the nose as I did that everybody look at me in shock and at the young master in fear. When everybody was surprised I began running to my dorm room. As the shocked group finally came to senses I was already inside my room. Mark was studying in his bed when he saw me running over with an exhausted face he came to me and asked "what happened James you nose is bleeding?" I told him everything that happened. Mark advised me to go to the dean to ask for help. I did as so, we went to the dean's office and told him everything that happened. Seeing my bloodied state he soon called the boy over and started scolding him. That boy didn't say anything and just glared at me thick killing intent.

As we got out of the office he came to me and said in my ear "fucker you messed with the wrong person, I was trying to not create any trouble. Just.you.wait.bastard"