A Journey Unexpected
A Journey Unexpected: Chapter 1
-SAMUEL-
A new day, a new beginning. Those were the words that popped into Samuel's mind when he woke up from his deep slumber. It's the same routine every day; waking up to a blaring alarm clock, the battle of getting out of bed, washing up, fixing his hair and picking out what to wear. He settles with a pair of salmon shorts, a white pocket tee and his black vans. He looks in the mirror and see's this confident looking young man staring back at him. But that is not the case; Samuel is the shy, quiet and serious type. He doesn't come off as being a nerd as he liked to keep fit and participates in sport, but he is just really quiet and often kept to himself. Sam plays tennis and volleyball and has been for as long as he could remember. He just loves the thrill and adrenaline that gets pumped into his body system as he runs around the court and tries to save every point he could. But that aside, he often tries to just blend in with the background trying not to catch any attention on him. As Samuel breaths in the fresh spring air, he sighs; it's my first day of University. Samuel finished high school 3 months ago and has been on vacation since. With backpack in tow he left the comfort of his room and made his way to University. Trains in the morning are often packed which meant he either has to catch an earlier train or risk being shoved around by the dispersing crowds trying to board and alight the crammed train. Samuel finally arrives at the station he is meant to get off and started the 5 minute walk to the University Campus. "Good thing I went to the Open Day and signed up for the tour on campus" Samuel thought to himself as whist he was walking down the busy street he noticed all the confused new students who were obviously lost trying to find or ask directions on how to get to campus. Sam arrives in student administration and patiently waited in the queue to get his timetables and program for the day.
-TRAVIS-
"SHIT SHIT SHIT I am going to be late for my first day of University!" Travis swore. He had a late night out with his mates even though he knew he had to be up and early the next day. He got up, brushed his teeth, wet his hair hoping it would fix his bed hair and actually makes him look presentable. He picked a plain black shirt from his wardrobe, red shorts and slipped on his red vans. He didn't even have time to eat breakfast, yelled "BYE!" to his mum and was out the door in a flash. Travis started running because he knew the bus would be pulling in at the stop in a matter of minutes and just his luck, he managed to get there on time before the last passenger got on the bus. He was puffed out and was trying hard to catch his breath. It isn't that Travis is not fit, he actually goes to the gym 3 times a week to keep his fitness up, but this morning was just one of those days. He had a little hangover from drinking too much than he anticipated and he definitely started to feel the throbbing of his head and slight nausea when he took his seat. It was a 15 minute bus ride from Travis' stop to the University Campus but he still had to walk a good 10 minutes to get to student admin. He checked his phone for the time. "CRAP! I'm seriously going be late! I got to double my pace". Travis picked up his pace and started to run once again. "Ok straight up here, turn left at the end of the road and it should be the yellow building with the school crest in it. Ah there it is!! I still have 5 more minutes until my first class starts! Ok I'm here! I'll just open the door and..." before he even knows it, Travis fell on top of someone. His face literally just centimeters away from the other person. The other person was starting to say something but Travis couldn't make it out. When the other person opened their eyes to get a look at the person responsible for this debacle, they just laid there stunned. Travis shook his head and opened his eyes and to his surprise, a set of brilliant brown-crimson eyes were piercing his gaze. Still in shock of what just happened he just laid there, trying to process what just happened in his mind.
-SAMUEL-
"Great! All my classes are in the morning! I don't have to stay late in the City" Samuel thought to himself. He said his thanks to the lady at the receptionist and was about to exit through the door when he found himself fall to the ground under this guy he's never met or even seen before. "What stupid retard doesn't look before..." Sam said aloud whilst trying to recover from the fall but he was stopped mid-sentence when he opens his eyes and saw a pair of shimmering cerulean blue eyes staring right into him. Sam was dumbstruck. He didn't know what to say or what to do he just laid there. No words would come out of his mouth; he couldn't move anywhere because this other person got him pinned down on the floor. Their gaze held onto each other for what felt like hours but was broken when the receptionist came running to the door concerned something serious has just happened. "Are you boys ok?" She asked. I broke our gaze and started to get up. "Uh sorry mate, I really should've looked before I opened that door." Sam started as Travis was getting up. "Nah bro it's my fault for being in such a rush. I'm running late and I got to admit a little hungover haha." Travis chuckles and for the first time he hears Sam giggle quietly. "Oh thank god nothing bad happened" the receptionist said. "Or this would've been a terrible first day for you" she said to Sam. "Ok now that it's been clarified that both of you are ok, would you boys mind if I go back to the desk? The queue is starting to get long and I'd hate for anyone to be late on their first day." Sam nodded and smiled at her. Sam was still sitting on the floor and Travis notices this. Travis puts out his hand and smiles at Sam "Let me help you up" Travis said. Sam timidly took Travis' hand. "Wow what a strong grip this guy has" Sam thought to himself. "Thank you" Sam said. "It's the least I could do, I did kind of bulldozed you to the ground" Travis replied. Sam just smiled and giggled quietly once again. "Damn this boy is so damn cute" Travis thought to himself. "Anyways, I gotta go. My class starts in 5 minutes" Sam said. "Ok bro, I'll see you around yea?! Sorry again" Travis replied. As soon as Sam got out of the door, he took a deep breath in. "Well that was unexpected" he thought to himself.
This is my first time writing a story so I would love some feedback! Any other corrections or ideas are also appreciated! This story is somewhat based on my life experience and what's going on in my life at the moment so I really hope you guys would find this quite interesting as it is quite personal to me!! Any suggestions or comments could be sent to miguelm1993@icloud.com I look forward to hearing from you guys!
Cheers!
Miguel