Violet
"Alright, freshman, gather around. Please, fill up the seats. Front to back. We don't have all day, come on, come on."
I follow Zayn into the auditorium, moving against all the other students. He takes a seat in one of the rows and I sit down beside him, my thighs pressed against his. At the front of the room is an IT setup and I notice Zayn's roommate connecting wires and checking connections. A small group of elder college students stand behind a lectern and I recognise a few of the professors and headmasters sitting in chairs behind them.
"He teaches Chem." Zayn's voice draws my attention to him. I follow his pointed index finger to the mid fifties looking man dressed in a green dress shirt and beige pants with round glasses perched on his nose.
"How do you know?"
Zayn shrugs. "Looks the part, doesn't he?"
I roll my eyes. "So you don't actually know?"
"Oh come on, the guy looks exactly like Walter fucking White. Bet there's a crack head kid here he's cooking crystal meth with."
I hit him softly, trying not to laugh at his stupidity.
"Hey, you okay?" His tone changes and I feel his eyes seriously on me.
I rub my palms against my pants. "Kind of nervous."
He grabs my sweaty hand and holds it in his, and doesn't say anything. Immediately I'm relaxed.
"Alright, hello everyone!" The bright eyed girl at the front grabs our attention. She has her hair in two pigtails and holds a clipboard that looks very official.
"My name is Alicia and to my right I have Zach, Marie and Kyle. We're seniors here at King's and are apart of the student committee. And we'd like to give you a huge big welcome to King's College."
Zach takes over the microphone. "Yeah, hey guys. I know some of you are probably nervous with it being your first day and all, but let me just say that although this year might be challenging at times, and you might get seriously homesick, but it will be the best year of your life."
A few students in the crowd cheer.
"This place is incredible. It's the perfect opportunity to experience everything you want to. And I just wish you all a totally awesome time here. We have a quick presentation to show you made by Neil, a member of our IT committee. This presentation will tell you, and show you, much more than we can. So, to stop you from getting bored and wasting your time, we'll get started. Neil?" Kyle turns towards Neil who seems to be having great issues hooking up his laptop to the big screen.
The others all move to help him and they huddle around each other, hushing whispers. We all just sit patiently.
Walter White stands up to the lectern and clears his throat. "While the others work on setting up the system, I'm going to say a few words. My name is Professor James and I teach Chemistry."
Zayn slaps my arm, multiple times, and I just shake my head, smiling.
"I'll be looking forward to teaching some of you this year, as I hope you are about learning. I can't express enough how much of a wonderful place King's is, and if I can give you one bit of advice it'll be to take everything in." He grips the edges of the lectern and pauses, scanning the room. "Now I know I don't look very young, and this might surprise some of you but I'm not. But if I have learnt anything in my entire life it's that knowledge is power. It's the greatest gift you could ever own. College is the place to learn it all. You are here for a reason, don't waste your time. Enjoy your year, thank you."
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When Worlds Combine - A WWC Sequel
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