I finally arrived at college; the place I had been dreaming of going to for years. It was finally time, and now I had a whole week to settle in before my course would start, welcome week! Once I left the car and said my last goodbyes to my parents I walked in to the college and began to find my dorm. It didn’t take too long to get to it; room 132. To my surprise, my roommate had already started settling in. I opened the door and saw the person I’d soon be seeing daily.

“Hi!” I said.

“Hi.” She responded in a quieter voice.

“I’m Aspen and I’m taking an art course. What about you?” I stated after I walked in and set my bags down on the floor.

“My name’s Rosemary, I’m going to be starting a music course. By the way, I’ve claimed this bed as mine so I guess that’s automatically yours.”

“Yeah I don’t mind. Have you unpacked?”

“No, not really. I think I’ll get a start on it tomorrow.”

“You’re sure, you should start today we’ll have a bunch to do.”

“Meh. I’m too lazy.”

“As you wish.”

“So… what things are in your course exactly?”

“Ummm, I get to study anatomy, animation, mixed media, loads of stuff!”

“That sounds great. I chose music ‘cause I always liked it but I’m starting to doubt what I’ll be able to do with a degree.”

“I love playing music, but I’ve never tried to compose.”

“Really? What do you play?” She exclaimed.

“I can play the guitar. What do you play?”

“Oh I can play guitar, drums and piano.”

“That’s a lot.”

“I guess. So are you going to the activities they’re hosting for welcome week?”

“Yeah I think so. Are you?”

“Not sure. Don’t know if I’d enjoy it.”

“You should come!”

“I’ll decide later.”

She didn’t seem too excited by welcome week, but I was still hoping she’d show up. I didn’t have any friends who chose to come to this college, since it mainly offers arts. At least she seemed nice enough, she was a bit quiet but overall seemed like a good roommate.

I began to unpack my things, which wasn’t too much. I had packed my clothes, shoes, things for school, a few books, art supplies and some other things. After about an hour, I was pretty much done of unpacking so I decided to go explore the campus.

“Hey, I’m done packing so I think I’ll go explore the campus, not much else I can do for now. You can come with if you want to.”

“Nah I don’t really feel like I’d rather relax here for tonight.”

“Okay. See you later then.”

I left the room and began walking down the stairs to leave the dorm building. I walked around for a while looking at the different buildings or all the trees surrounding the campus. Some seemed to be as tall as some of the 4 story buildings, some were filled with colourful leaves and some were flowering. I just had to take some pictures, despite it almost being dark, the sun had already set. By the time I went back to my room it was about half nine and I chose to sleep a little earlier to get some rest for tomorrow.