School of the Arts
Chapter 2
"Attention passengers of flight 28k from London to Sydney: We will be landing in approximately 45 minutes. Thank you and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight," the captain's voice wakes me from my light slumber. I sleepily open my eyes and am blinded almost instantly.
"Oh I am sorry lovie, I opened the window, thinking you might have wanted to see the view," the elderly woman next to me says.
"Oh no, not a problem," I smile and she turns back to the window. I blink my eyes a few times until my vision is back to normal and take a look out the window myself.
Wow. Excitement once again stirs in my stomach as I look out the window. I can see all of Sydney; The Opera House, The Bridge, the beautiful architecture, and School of the Arts. I hold back my squeals as I admire it. This is real...oh my fucking god.
The captain is true to his word and we touch down 45 minutes later. I make my way quickly of the plane and to the baggage claim. I wait impatiently for about 30 minutes before my bag finally comes. I can never get lucky with those things. I get through customs quickly and step outside of the airport. The warm sun hits my face and I inhale the sweet air. God this is perfect.
"Excuse me miss, are you Katrina Karamakov?" a middle aged man asks me
"Yes, that's me."
"Ah well, my name is Bentley. I'm a driver for SOTA. Your car is waiting this way. Please follow me," he says. I practically skip after him, the excitement is too much to handle. He takes my bags and opens the back door for me. I thank him and step inside the car, only to be greeted by non other than Lucille Rain, head of the dance department.
"Katrina! It's wonderful to finally meet you," she says and I smile.
"You have no idea how wonderful it is to meet you. I'm such a fan of your previous work in the ballet, as well as your current work with the dance department," I say and she smiles brightly.
For the rest of the car ride she tells me about my living arrangements, schedule, class locations, and expectations. It all sounds fair enough and I know I'm going to burst with excitement soon. The car comes to a stop and I look out my window to see the dorms.
"The dorm directly in front of us is where you will be. Junior's Dance Dorms. The dorm to the left is Junior's Music Dorms, to the right is Junior's Acting Dorms, and directly behind you is the Junior's Fashion Design Dorms. Dorms have boys and girls but your roommate will be the same gender. Your dorms are within a 10 minute walk from all classes, as well as the other grade's dorms. Any questions?" Mrs. Rain asks.
"Um, no, thank you," I say.
"Alright then follow me to your dorm," she says getting out of the car. Bentley carries my bags as I follow h up the steps. I see kids hanging out on the grass areas around the dorms, talking, eating, dancing, meditating, and more. This is like my dream. This is my dream. I follow her inside and she leads me down a hall way and stops in front of a white door. She turns the nob and opens it reveal a medium sized room with two beds, two desks, two chest of drawers, and a couch. This is nicer than I expected. On the already furnished bed there two people, a boy and a girl.
"Miss Olden! What are the rules about having boys in your room?" Mrs. Rain asks the girl.
"Keep the door open," she mumbles. "Sorry Mrs. Rain, won't happen again."
"It better not. Mr. Peters if you would please leave the room now," she says. The boy stands up and walks to the door, giving me a smile before leaving. "Jamie, this is your new roommate, Katrina."
"Hi Katrina, I'm Jamie," she smiles sand I smile back.
"Nice to meet you. You can call me Kat," I say.
"Well, I'll leave you girls to talk. If you need anything Katrina, feel free to come see me in my office. Be ready for classes to start on monday. Enjoy the rest of your friday," Mrs. Rain says and then walks out of the room.
"So do you need help unpacking?" Jamie asks with a smile.
"That would actually be really great," I say.
For the next hour Jamie and I unpack my things. We get along really well and are laughing a lot. I'm glad I have a nice roommate. When we finish I fall back onto my now furnished bed.
"So I have quite a few friends in the music department and they are doing some rehearsals right now. Do you wanna come? I can introduce you," Jamie asks.
"That sounds great, thanks," I say standing up. We put on our shoes and I follow her in the direction of their rehearsals.
After about 5 minutes of walking we stop in front of a small warehouse looking building. Jamie slides open the door to reveal a large room with a stage and some booths for seating. The stage is set up with microphones, drums, numerous guitars, and some tech equipment. I follow her inside and she leads me over to a group of about 12 people.
"Jamie!" a boy with light brown hair and blue eyes yells, tackling Jamie is a hug..
"Easy Louis, easy," she laughs patting his back.
"Who's this?" Louis asks, pulling away and looking over at me.
"This is my new roommate Kat," Jamie says.
"Hi everyone," I say with a smile. I get a mix of "Hi" and "what's up".
"So this is Louis, Liam, Zayn, Niall, and Harry. They're all in a band called One Direction," Jamie says, gesturing to a group of boys. Are all the boys here this attractive?
"Hey," I say and they all give me smiles.
"And that's Luke, Michael, Ashton, and Calum. They're all in 5 Seconds of Summer," she points to another group of boys who all give me cute little waves. "And that's Perrie, Leigh-Anne, Jesy, and Jade," she says nodding to a group of girls.
"It's nice to meet you guys," I say.
"You too. So can we practice first?" a boy, who I think was named Michael, asks the others.
"Yeah, go ahead, we'll watch," Harry says.
All of the bands rehearsals last about an hour an total and they were all phenomenal. It's crazy that they have so much talent as seventeen-year-olds.
"You guys were amazing!" I say as the One Direction boys all sit down at the booth with the rest of us.
"Thanks!" Niall says taking a seat next to me and wiping his forehead with his shirt. Damn, he's good looking.
"So Kat, where are you from?" Perrie asks, taking a sip from her water bottle.
"London," I say.
"Oh that's so cool I've always wanted to go to London," Michael says.
"Yeah, I like it but I've always wanted to live here," I reply.
"You must be pretty amazing at dancing if they let you start as a junior," Liam says.
"I'm not that good," I say with a blush.
"Aww look, she's blushing!" Niall laughs, poking my cheek. I give him a playful glare and he pretends to be scared before laughing again. I like his laugh, it's cute. Wow, I'm being kinda weird.
"So we don't know you at all. 20 questions?" Luke asks. Jesus, these guys are all so damn good looking! Luke smiles and it makes my insides melt. Keep it cool Kat.
"Yeah alright, shoot," I say with a shrug.
"Let's start off simple...what's your full name?" Jesy asks.
"Katrina Claire Karamakov."
"That's a catchy name," Harry says. "What's your favorite color?"
"Green," Niall smiles and gives me a high five.
"Me too!"
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Jamie asks with a playful wink and I sigh.
"I did. We uh, we broke up before I came here because of the distance," I say sadly.
"I'm sorry. How long were you together?" Leigh-Anne asks with a sympathetic look.
"2 years."
"Woah. Must be a great in bed if your willing to stick with him that long," Harry says and Perrie smacks his head.
"Relationships aren't purely sex you wanker. Sorry about him he's a little horny bastard," she says and I laugh.
"You got a picture of him?" Niall asks. I pull out my phone and scroll through my photos.
"Here," I say showing them the picture.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7d6dm1v2K1qlfh3to1_1280.jpg
"Ooh, he's cute," Leigh-Anne says and I giggle.
"He's really cute," Perrie says making Zayn give her a glare.
"Hey!" he says.
"What? Am I not allowed to find other guys attractive?" she asks with a smirk.
"Whatever," he mumbles. "Let's just finish the damn game."
"What about you guys? Boyfriends? Girlfriends?" I ask.
"Well obviously Zayn and Perrie are dating. Liam's dating a girl in the dance program named Danielle. Louis is dating a girl in the Fashion Design Department named Eleanor and Niall is dating Grace," Harry says, making a disgusted face when he says Grace. For some reason I'm disappointed when Harry says Niall has a girlfriend.
"Why'd you say Grace like it's a disease or something?" I ask and the group groans.
"We don't like Grace," Jade says and the whole group nods.
"Come on guys, I thought we were over this!" Niall whines.
"Mate she tried to break Perrie's arm because she thought she was flirting with you!" Zayn says.
"She's protective, so what? It shows she cares about me," Niall argues and everyone rolls their eyes.
"She doesn't like us either, it's not like the feeling aren't mutual," Harry says.
"I don't get what you see in her. She's demonic. If she were an animal she would be goose. Purely evil. I've known Kat for two hours and already like her one thousand times more than Grace," Calum says. Well at least they like me.
"Whatever. I thought you guys were my mates," Niall snaps and storms out. Theres a short silence before Louis breaks it.
"So have you got any siblings Kat?"
"Oh I am sorry lovie, I opened the window, thinking you might have wanted to see the view," the elderly woman next to me says.
"Oh no, not a problem," I smile and she turns back to the window. I blink my eyes a few times until my vision is back to normal and take a look out the window myself.
Wow. Excitement once again stirs in my stomach as I look out the window. I can see all of Sydney; The Opera House, The Bridge, the beautiful architecture, and School of the Arts. I hold back my squeals as I admire it. This is real...oh my fucking god.
The captain is true to his word and we touch down 45 minutes later. I make my way quickly of the plane and to the baggage claim. I wait impatiently for about 30 minutes before my bag finally comes. I can never get lucky with those things. I get through customs quickly and step outside of the airport. The warm sun hits my face and I inhale the sweet air. God this is perfect.
"Excuse me miss, are you Katrina Karamakov?" a middle aged man asks me
"Yes, that's me."
"Ah well, my name is Bentley. I'm a driver for SOTA. Your car is waiting this way. Please follow me," he says. I practically skip after him, the excitement is too much to handle. He takes my bags and opens the back door for me. I thank him and step inside the car, only to be greeted by non other than Lucille Rain, head of the dance department.
"Katrina! It's wonderful to finally meet you," she says and I smile.
"You have no idea how wonderful it is to meet you. I'm such a fan of your previous work in the ballet, as well as your current work with the dance department," I say and she smiles brightly.
For the rest of the car ride she tells me about my living arrangements, schedule, class locations, and expectations. It all sounds fair enough and I know I'm going to burst with excitement soon. The car comes to a stop and I look out my window to see the dorms.
"The dorm directly in front of us is where you will be. Junior's Dance Dorms. The dorm to the left is Junior's Music Dorms, to the right is Junior's Acting Dorms, and directly behind you is the Junior's Fashion Design Dorms. Dorms have boys and girls but your roommate will be the same gender. Your dorms are within a 10 minute walk from all classes, as well as the other grade's dorms. Any questions?" Mrs. Rain asks.
"Um, no, thank you," I say.
"Alright then follow me to your dorm," she says getting out of the car. Bentley carries my bags as I follow h up the steps. I see kids hanging out on the grass areas around the dorms, talking, eating, dancing, meditating, and more. This is like my dream. This is my dream. I follow her inside and she leads me down a hall way and stops in front of a white door. She turns the nob and opens it reveal a medium sized room with two beds, two desks, two chest of drawers, and a couch. This is nicer than I expected. On the already furnished bed there two people, a boy and a girl.
"Miss Olden! What are the rules about having boys in your room?" Mrs. Rain asks the girl.
"Keep the door open," she mumbles. "Sorry Mrs. Rain, won't happen again."
"It better not. Mr. Peters if you would please leave the room now," she says. The boy stands up and walks to the door, giving me a smile before leaving. "Jamie, this is your new roommate, Katrina."
"Hi Katrina, I'm Jamie," she smiles sand I smile back.
"Nice to meet you. You can call me Kat," I say.
"Well, I'll leave you girls to talk. If you need anything Katrina, feel free to come see me in my office. Be ready for classes to start on monday. Enjoy the rest of your friday," Mrs. Rain says and then walks out of the room.
"So do you need help unpacking?" Jamie asks with a smile.
"That would actually be really great," I say.
For the next hour Jamie and I unpack my things. We get along really well and are laughing a lot. I'm glad I have a nice roommate. When we finish I fall back onto my now furnished bed.
"So I have quite a few friends in the music department and they are doing some rehearsals right now. Do you wanna come? I can introduce you," Jamie asks.
"That sounds great, thanks," I say standing up. We put on our shoes and I follow her in the direction of their rehearsals.
After about 5 minutes of walking we stop in front of a small warehouse looking building. Jamie slides open the door to reveal a large room with a stage and some booths for seating. The stage is set up with microphones, drums, numerous guitars, and some tech equipment. I follow her inside and she leads me over to a group of about 12 people.
"Jamie!" a boy with light brown hair and blue eyes yells, tackling Jamie is a hug..
"Easy Louis, easy," she laughs patting his back.
"Who's this?" Louis asks, pulling away and looking over at me.
"This is my new roommate Kat," Jamie says.
"Hi everyone," I say with a smile. I get a mix of "Hi" and "what's up".
"So this is Louis, Liam, Zayn, Niall, and Harry. They're all in a band called One Direction," Jamie says, gesturing to a group of boys. Are all the boys here this attractive?
"Hey," I say and they all give me smiles.
"And that's Luke, Michael, Ashton, and Calum. They're all in 5 Seconds of Summer," she points to another group of boys who all give me cute little waves. "And that's Perrie, Leigh-Anne, Jesy, and Jade," she says nodding to a group of girls.
"It's nice to meet you guys," I say.
"You too. So can we practice first?" a boy, who I think was named Michael, asks the others.
"Yeah, go ahead, we'll watch," Harry says.
All of the bands rehearsals last about an hour an total and they were all phenomenal. It's crazy that they have so much talent as seventeen-year-olds.
"You guys were amazing!" I say as the One Direction boys all sit down at the booth with the rest of us.
"Thanks!" Niall says taking a seat next to me and wiping his forehead with his shirt. Damn, he's good looking.
"So Kat, where are you from?" Perrie asks, taking a sip from her water bottle.
"London," I say.
"Oh that's so cool I've always wanted to go to London," Michael says.
"Yeah, I like it but I've always wanted to live here," I reply.
"You must be pretty amazing at dancing if they let you start as a junior," Liam says.
"I'm not that good," I say with a blush.
"Aww look, she's blushing!" Niall laughs, poking my cheek. I give him a playful glare and he pretends to be scared before laughing again. I like his laugh, it's cute. Wow, I'm being kinda weird.
"So we don't know you at all. 20 questions?" Luke asks. Jesus, these guys are all so damn good looking! Luke smiles and it makes my insides melt. Keep it cool Kat.
"Yeah alright, shoot," I say with a shrug.
"Let's start off simple...what's your full name?" Jesy asks.
"Katrina Claire Karamakov."
"That's a catchy name," Harry says. "What's your favorite color?"
"Green," Niall smiles and gives me a high five.
"Me too!"
"Do you have a boyfriend?" Jamie asks with a playful wink and I sigh.
"I did. We uh, we broke up before I came here because of the distance," I say sadly.
"I'm sorry. How long were you together?" Leigh-Anne asks with a sympathetic look.
"2 years."
"Woah. Must be a great in bed if your willing to stick with him that long," Harry says and Perrie smacks his head.
"Relationships aren't purely sex you wanker. Sorry about him he's a little horny bastard," she says and I laugh.
"You got a picture of him?" Niall asks. I pull out my phone and scroll through my photos.
"Here," I say showing them the picture.
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7d6dm1v2K1qlfh3to1_1280.jpg
"Ooh, he's cute," Leigh-Anne says and I giggle.
"He's really cute," Perrie says making Zayn give her a glare.
"Hey!" he says.
"What? Am I not allowed to find other guys attractive?" she asks with a smirk.
"Whatever," he mumbles. "Let's just finish the damn game."
"What about you guys? Boyfriends? Girlfriends?" I ask.
"Well obviously Zayn and Perrie are dating. Liam's dating a girl in the dance program named Danielle. Louis is dating a girl in the Fashion Design Department named Eleanor and Niall is dating Grace," Harry says, making a disgusted face when he says Grace. For some reason I'm disappointed when Harry says Niall has a girlfriend.
"Why'd you say Grace like it's a disease or something?" I ask and the group groans.
"We don't like Grace," Jade says and the whole group nods.
"Come on guys, I thought we were over this!" Niall whines.
"Mate she tried to break Perrie's arm because she thought she was flirting with you!" Zayn says.
"She's protective, so what? It shows she cares about me," Niall argues and everyone rolls their eyes.
"She doesn't like us either, it's not like the feeling aren't mutual," Harry says.
"I don't get what you see in her. She's demonic. If she were an animal she would be goose. Purely evil. I've known Kat for two hours and already like her one thousand times more than Grace," Calum says. Well at least they like me.
"Whatever. I thought you guys were my mates," Niall snaps and storms out. Theres a short silence before Louis breaks it.
"So have you got any siblings Kat?"
BEN WAS. COOL WHY KILL BEN plzzzzzzz update
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