“Whoa, look at how big the school is” Oliver thought as he stepped into the gate of Diamond high All boys' academy. It was his dream school or perhaps the dream school of all the high schooler boys in the world but not every dick and Harry can afford to go there, you can only attend the school in two ways, It's either you are very rich to pay the tuition fee or you are very intelligent to get a scholarship which the school provides every year. Either ways, you have to be very….. To go there.
Oliver is a boy from a middle class family, so he had to depend on scholarship to be admitted to his dream high school. He had studied and hustled very hard before he sat for the scholarship exams. Words couldn’t describe how he felt when he saw the results and found out that he had passed, with the highest score at that.
As he entered the school compound, he kept gawking in amazement at how big and elegant the school is. His dreams finally came true, he couldn’t believe it, he was finally here. He was still mesmerized by the school elegance and plush when he bumped into someone.
“are you blind?, do you know who I am? how dare you loser bump into me?, are your eyes for decoration” the person Oliver bumped into growled at him,
“um, am sorry, I was too busy checking out the school just now that I got distracted and didn’t notice you were in front of me” Oliver begged timidly.
“tsk, can't blame you, that’s the problem with lowlifes” one of the guy’s lackeys snickered,
“should we teach him? boss” another one said,
“no, don’t infect your hand with this rodent, let's go” the guy Oliver bumped into said,
“yeah, let's leave the pest” another lackeys said and pushed Oliver hard with his shoulder making him tumble to the ground
“weakling” another one spat and the rest giggled as they left.
Now that wasn’t a good experience for Oliver, he knew this was bound to happen, he had heard about how the elite students liked to bully and make life miserable for the lower class students. He felt sad as a lone teardrop fell from his eye, when had admiring things became an offense?
“no. I must be strong, okay take a deep breath and, you are not a weakling, it would be fine” Oliver assured himself.
“you don’t want to continue sitting on the floor, do you?” Oliver heard a smooth voice but all he could see was a beautiful hand stretched out to him so he raised his head to look at the person, holy moly, his mouth widened as he gawked at the red haired and green-eyed beauty in front of him.
“uh-hum” the guy cleared his throat making Oliver snap out of his trance blushing furiously with embarrassment as he took the guy's hand, the guys then raised him off the floor.
“t-thank you” Oliver stammered shyly,
“you are welcome, how can I help you please?”,
“no, no, its okay really”, “I see you are a fresher, come on, let me at least help you with your baggage and also show you to the principal’s office, you can’t say no to that” the guy offered,
“fine, you got me, thank you very much” Oliver said happily. He found help at last. The guy carried his baggage and took him to the principal’s office, Oliver thanked him again before going into the office and the guy just smiled at him.
“Good morning sir” Oliver greeted the principal, “good morning, how may I help you?” the principal asked scanning him from head to toe.
“I am the new scholarship student sir, I called in to report my attendance”,
“oh, so you are, Oliver. S Lanchester, the top 1 student from the scholarship entrance examination”,
“yes sir”,
“but you were supposed to be here last week”,
“well about that sir, I already called and explain to the school manager that I had an emergency situation”,
“okay. Its so good to see you, take this letter and go to the welfare manager, he’ll tell you your class and your dormitory. I wish you the best of your luck in your academic adventure at our school”,
“yes, thank you very much sir” Oliver said collecting the letter from the principal, he bowed his head in respect and walked out of the office thinking “best of luck? I’ll need it”.
“I bet the principal asked you to go to the dormitory management” a voice said out of nowhere and he jumped in fright screaming
“damn, you totally frightened me, don’t sneak up on me like that”.
“oh, I didn’t mean to scare you, but am not sorry, you reaction was priceless, you should see your face” the guy laughed and Oliver joined in too.
“lets go”, “okay” the guy led Oliver to an entirely different building and took him to the entrance of the welfare management who was in charge of assigning dormitories and classes to all new students and also all equipment that they would be needing for their academics and social life.
“you can go in, I won't be waiting for you this time because I have a class now, but I would be back soon” the guy said,
“okay” Oliver said dejectedly, the guy stretched his hand out for a handshake
“friends?” he asked with a broad smile,
“yea friends” Oliver said, shaking his hands.
“alright, gotta go, don’t miss me too much” the guy said and left, Oliver smiled sadly, he was totally getting used to his company, was he being selfish for not wanting him to leave, darn it, he would see him soon anyway, wait he forgot to ask for his name. he turned back to look for the guy, but he was long gone, dude literally flew to class since he was getting late.
“I’ll ask him when I see him later” he thought.
“Good morning sir, I’m Oliver. S Lanchester, the principal has sent me to you with this letter.” Oliver said handing
the letter to the welfare management
“good morning Oliver, I presume you are the new scholarship student, have your sit.”
“yes, thank you sir”
“firstly, I’ll be giving you a G.P.S for the school. On it, you can find the location of wherever you want to go. secondly, I would give you 3 cards. One is for an electronic bike to ease your movements, the second is your identity card and the third is a card like a key to unlock any equipment assigned to you, like your locker, wardrobe, and the rest. your equipment number is 10142, it's on your I.D card. You would find all your school materials in your locker, your hostel is Dormitory 01, lucky you, the things you would be needing are there already, you just need to arrange your other stuffs.”
“alright sir” Oliver said while thinking man I can't remember a thing.
“you would be in class 1a, It's okay to settle in today and then start class tomorrow, but make sure you meet with
your class teacher today.”
“yes sir” of all what the manager has been saying, the last sentence pleased Oliver the most
“you can go, meet me whenever you have issue related to settling in, I wish you the best”
“thank you sir.” Oliver thanked the teacher and went out of his office.
“arm, excuse me, can you show me how to get an electronic bike” he asked a boy walking close by
“kindly refer that question to your G.P.S” the boy snorted and left
The G.P.S, he has been trying that stuff, but he just doesn’t seem to figure out how it works, he totally wished the green haired dude would appear at that moment. Talking about the green haired dude, Olive realized he didn’t even know his name. he wandered around for a while trying to locate a bicycle or his dormitory, but it was fruitless. The size of the school no more amazed Oliver now he really is begging for a smaller school, so he can find his way around. He was about to give up on finding the dormitory when he saw a feminine looking boy, “he looks nice” he thought. he gathered courage and decided to try his luck.
“could you please help me with finding a bike or Dormitory one, anyone would be appreciated”
“oh, you are going to F.L.A.M.E dormitory, follow me, I’ll take you where you can get a bike” the boy said. Oliver was so happy, finally!
“thank you very much, thank you” he thanked him gratefully
“it’s okay, are you a new student?”
“yes”
“I figured, am Ashley from class 1a, nice to meet you and you?”
“am Oliver from class 1a too, nice to meet you too”
“looks like we are classmates, great, you are quite lucky to be in the F.L.A.M.E dorm”
“why?”
“you don’t know?, they are the top one of diamond high, the most popular, cutest and richest”
“oh, I don’t know, you know this is my first time here”
“yeah, that explains”
Oliver’s big smile shrank when Ashley brought him back to where he started and turned left, there they find a bike. He seriously felt like crying, he’s been wandering around and where he wanted to locate was right behind him.
“we are here, I need to go, bye Oliver, see ya”
“ yea, bye and thank you”
“you are welcome.”
Oliver picked up his luggage and started heading for his dormitory on a bike. 10 minutes later, he finally got there after so much stress
“God, why is this school so damn big” Oliver complained, he looked at the dormitory and his jaws dropped. This was a dormitory? It was 100* more elegant than his house and even most house in his community, he was awestruck as he looked at the design of the dormitory, he walked in further, and he could see the word F.L.A.M.E written with gold in the most beautiful calligraphy he’d ever seen. He entered the dormitory with a swipe of his card and facial recognition. “Top security” Oliver thought. He was even more astonished with the interior design. there was a living room, a dinning room, a kitchen, and a room with three royal bunks. At this point, Oliver started thinking he had entered the wrong place.
“I should probably run out now, before I get caught” he told himself. He was about leaving when he caught sight of the number 10142 carved on a wardrobe in the room, and underneath it was his name. it really was his dorm. The school is really worthy of being every boys' no:1 dream school. Oliver felt sorry for not being able to admire his dorm. He arranged his belongings, changed his clothes, went to find his class teacher and locker so he could get his things ready for class the next day. By the time he was done with that, he was very famished, so he used his G.P.S to find the cafeteria [he can now use it now, the teacher taught him how to]. When he got to the school Cafeteria, he never failed to be amazed, the cafeteria looks like a five-star restaurant or something, the cafeteria was filled with students.
“they must have come for their dinner” he thought and minded his own business. He felt very nervous and insecure.
The moment Oliver stepped into the café, he realized his clothes were so out of place. All the students there were dressed in their elegant school uniform, but he was only dressed in an oversized hoodie and a pair of baggy pants, he quickly pulled his hoodie over his heads in such a way that it was covering his face and walked to the men at the counter.
“what’s on the menu?” Oliver asked
“anything you can think of, from local cuisine to Chinese food to Italian, even dessert, anything, you should know that or are you new? what do you want?” one of the waiter replied. As expected, this school never fails to amaze me. A school where you can order anything you want, COOL!
“two hot burgers, fries and a cup of coke would do”
“coming up”
“it really is true” Oliver thought.
“how much would that cost?” Oliver asked
“how much? You sure got no idea how things run, you get meals with your card”
“oh, oh, am so gonna starve to death” Oliver mumbled since he left his card in his dormitory
“I am new here, I didn’t know I had to be served my meal with my card, so I left it in the dormitory, can I get my meal and bring my card later please” he begged
“sorry, but you can't eat here without your student card” the man explained to him apologetically
“alright, I understand” Oliver said while thinking “I don’t understand at all”.
He walked dejectedly back to get a bike. It's one thing to be tired and another to be hungry, Oliver was both. He grumbled all the way.
“hey, Uhm, I still don’t know your name” He heard that familiar, he’s been praying to see that person, looks like God answered his prayer
“hi, am Oliver”
“wow Oliver, nice name, I’ll keep that in mind”
“I presume, you have found your dormitory and settled in already”
“yes”
“what are you doing here, then?, sightseeing?”
“no, not really, I went to the cafeteria for a meal”
“from the look of it, you didn’t bring your card and wasn’t allowed a meal”
“how do you know?”
“you should look at yourself, you are totally sulking right now”
“no am not, I’m not even that hungry” but Oliver’s stomach isn’t gonna have more of the delay, it chooses that particular moment to show his displeasure. His face went red with embarrassment as his stomach grumbled loudly.
“looks like your stomach doesn’t agree with you, unfortunately my card isn’t with me either”
“but we can order, can you?”
“no, I don’t know how”
“what is your dormitory name or number, I’ll order for you”
“Dormitory 01”
“F.L.A.M.E dormitory?”
“yea, don’t tell me you wanna start counting how lucky I am or how famous my dormitory”
“well yeah, I wanna tell you how lucky you are…..”
“cut it, I’ve heard that so many times today, it bores me”
“it’s my dormitory”
“yeah, yeah, I know…… wait, what?”
“it’s my dormitory too”
“wow, then I really am lucky, but why does everyone keeps shouting F.L.A.M.E dormitory like its one big deal anyways”
“I don’t know but have you seen my brothers, wait till you meet them.”
“ordered, let's go. We should get to the dorm in time with the delivery” the guy said and started walking, Oliver followed him.
“finally, we are here”
“here?, we are in the middle of nowhere”
The guy pressed a remote Oliver never noticed he had with him and a super bike came riding on its own out of nowhere
“whoa, is this yours?” Oliver gasped
“yeah”
“but it’s quite expensive, you must be very rich”
“maybe, whadya think, I attend diamond high and I pay tuition fees, hop on” the guy said and gave Oliver a helmet.
He couldn’t be more thankful the guy had offered to take him on his bike, he couldn’t imagine himself pedaling a bicycle that long distance with his exhaustion and hunger. He was also happy he was lucky enough to be the roommate of the first friendly person to him in the school. Soon, they got to the dormitory
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