In she stepped out of the icy cold in to the luke warm apartment like room she now called home.

Fisrt she set the shopping bags down and then she psuhed the hood with the fur rim back and down, she slowly took the jacket off and hung it neatly on one of the coat hooks in the room, then came her scarf and that was hung on the very same coat hook. Though she did struggle a little to get them up there since she wasn't very tall.

She was tiny...

Once she pulled her gloves off she pushed some of her hair back behind one of her ears and then she slowly slipped her boots off, sliding her feet in to her usual sandals, this was just so that she didn't tread snow everywhere and make the carpet all wet and horrible to walk on.

Now as she headed around the apartment she took note of how... Empty... It seemed.

She was supposed to have a room mate, but they hadn't arrived yet. Quickly she went back for the bags pushing the door to her room open (she'd made sure she took the smaller out of the two despite her claustrophobia) she set her bag down just inside the open door and proceeded to go and take everything else to the kitchen. Slowly she unpacked everything, the winds outside were starting to howl and she flinched ever so slightly when hailstones started pelting the windows.

"....I hope they're not caught out in that..." She mused as she clutched a tub of peanut butter in her hands, though with such petite hands the jar made them look like childs hands. Slowly she went back to putting everything away in the cupboards and fridge. With everything now stocked she took her supplies for the semester to her room and set the bag on her bed.

Sitting down beside them she sat with her hands on her knees, blue eyes on her bedroom door and then they shifted to the window. She... Really felt uncomfortable but she'd deal with it, she'd get used to it eventually, no matter how uncomfortable she felt it wasn't right to take the biggest room without at least consulting her room mate. It was rude and she didn't really want to put them out, if they wanted the smaller room however she wouldn't argue. That was why her suitcases... All of two... Were still packed. Just two. She left most of her belongings behind. Maybe one day she'd have enough munny to go shopping and actually buy herself some little things here and there to actually make this place feel more like a home than a place to simply sleep and eat.

As she sat there staring out the window her thoughts wandered. That was usually a bad thing for her, she felt... Guilty. Yet it was for something she felt she actually had to do and that was leave home to come here so she could make something of herself. Was that place even somewhere she could truly call home? After everything? Could she call those people her family? The answer was clear but it was a tough pill to swallow.

No, they weren't family.
No, that wasn't a true home.
...She was on her own now.

She had to be strong, stubborn and above all else she had to do what she needed to do regardless of the consequences to herself and those around her. Even though she would in the end feel bad for it later, if something had to be done, she'd have to grit her teeth and bare it.

Maybe in the future she would grow to become something a little less timid, a little less worried about everyone else, but that may be a bad thing. She'd just have to wait and see.

Letting out a heavy sigh she forced herself to her feet. She may as well do something, anything to keep her mind from wandering too far in to the darker sections of her mind. She wouldn't be much help to anyone if all she did was lament and constantly feel sorry for herself would she? So it was time to clean up.

The place was already spotless, she'd made sure of that, but that didn't matter.

It didn't take long to finish tidying up. If anything it took much less time than she'd wanted it too. So now she went through organizing ALL the food and drink. EVERYTHING, alphabetical from left to right. Then she went and sat down on the couch, flicked on the television and started flipping through the channels. She didn't bring any novels with her and she actually forgot to pick one up while she was out today. Perhaps she could run to the academy library and loan one for a few days to give her something to do?

That was when she heard the click of the lock on the door and she stood up flicking the television off as she edged closer and closer to the hall. Slowly half her face and pale fingers peeked around the corner. Curious and yet nervous to see who was there. What if someone had the wrong room? That could he horribly bad. Though if it was her room mate? Then what? She'd have to introduce herself obviously.

The silence was only pierced by the wind outside, something that caused a shiver to run down the young ladies spine.

"Hello?" Quiet and gentle she figured it may be best to speak up and say something that at least didn't sound hostile. Hopefully they'd understand that she wasn't exactly the most talkative person in the world.

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MUSIC:- Linkin Park - Roads Untravelled
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