Opening the door Alex found the dorm inside to be large and lavish. Her eyes tracing about the room she saw that in one corner sat an older looking student, laying on the couch and currently reading a book. She had raven black colored hair she kept in one long stylish braid down her back, and, as the girl gazed up from her book, Alex saw she also had a pair of dazzlingly bright blue eyes. Said eyes fell upon Alex in the doorway, and the girls jaw dropped just for a second. Alex knew what was most likely going through the older girls mind…Alex’s weight…
Quickly though the couch bound student stood up, a good half foot taller than Alex, and greeted Alex with a smile. “Hi, I’m Dora Winifred Dayzin, but you can call me Dee dee or D.W, or just D! Whatever’s fine.”
“Oh, okay…” said Alex caught off guard by such jovial greeting, and was still expecting the fat insults to fly any second now… “I’m Alex…Alex Gre-“
“Hmmm no uniform yet…wait…oh my gosh…that means…Are you a freshman?” Dora asked, all while walking a small circle around Alex.
“...Yeah…Why?” asked Alex.
“Ahhh!” The teenager gave a girlish squeal and giggle. “I get my very own new-bee roomie!”
To Alex, Dora seemed to be hopped up like a hummingbird on sugar as she tittered about the room, now talking a mile a minute. “Sorry! I mean you’re going to love it here! I get to be like a big sister…I can show you around campus, and we can get lunch together and…”
“Sounds great…but can I sit for a bit?”Alex really did need to take a load of her feet, and she was sure that if she hadn’t said anything Dora would be walking and talking through the rest of the night.
“Oh sure! Um, I already have that room over here, so why don’t you go set your stuff over there…and Oh! And there’s a gift basket in there for you too!” said Dora as she motioned to the unlit bedroom.
Lugging her luggage into the room Alex sat down and found the bed to be quite spongy and comfy. Beside the bed she saw a bountiful looking gift basket and a golden color letter addressed to Alex G. on the front. Even wrapped in thin plastic, the sweet smell wafting from the gift basket was too much to resist, Alex unwrapped it and found a small feast of treats awaiting her including a chocolate chip muffin which she started to munch on while she moved on to the letter.
Dora appeared in the doorway, leaning against the frame. “So Alex, you want to chat for a bit?”
“Whaf?…*smack…smack…gulp*..Sure!” said Alex wanting to talk, but definitely to engrossed in this delicious muffin to actually stop eating it.
“Well, I’m a senior here…” began DD placing a hand to her chest as she mentioned herself. “My family actually owns a chain of hotels nearby, but I’m studying to be a nurse. Everyone’s always asks why aren’t I studying to be a doctor, and I always say I like working WITH people more than operating on them. Have you thought about what you want to do yet?”
“*HmmpH?... chomp*” Dora did seem very welcoming to Alex, so she could certainly see her as an attentive nurse. As for her own career Alex really hadn’t thought about it too much, she was just starting high school after all! “Not really…”
“Well you’ll have plenty of time, I…didn’t mean to pressure you or anything...”
“No *gulp* it’s fine…” Alex feeling a bit emboldened by how the conversation was going so far decided to speak up a bit. “In fact my family happens to own the Glacé de Greese ice cream company…but I’m pretty sure that’s not what I want to do.” Alex had once done everything she could to keep her schoolmates from knowing she was from the Greese family, with hardly any success of course. Now here she was almost bragging about it! How quickly things could change…
“Really, I’ve never heard of the brand. But that’s super cool though! You’ll have to tell me all about it! Or see if you can get some sent here…”
“Sure…*gulp* Hey D” said Alex finishing the last bite of the large muffin, “What’s this note?” Alex held up the letter, she’d yet to open.
“Oh! I completely forgot the welcoming dinner!” said DD her eyes bulging for a bit at the realization. “They do that for Freshman here the first night! How could I forget? Ten minutes in and I…”
“Umm…and what about this?” asked Alex, who now had opened the envelope, and found a blue pamphlet alongside the dinner invitation.
“Hmmm” said DD taking two long strides and began peering over Alex’s meaty shoulders. “Looks like that’s for…the SSS introductory meeting later this week…”
“….oh…” said Alex quietly, and turning red. Things had been going so well, and Alex’s own big fat belly had to go and ruin things!
An awkward pause filled the room, with DD sensing Alex’s discomfort. DD waited another second before continuing on “Well..I don’t know too much about it…other than my roommate last year was on it. She said it helped her out a lot, so I say go for it! I mean It’s literally why they have it in the first place right? For support!”
“I guess going to the meeting couldn’t hurt…you're right!” Alex shifted her weight, and got up from the bed, finding Dora’s enthusiasm for just about everything was rubbing off on her.
“Hey, that’s exactly why they pair us wise seniors with you poor clueless freshman.” Teased DD.
“You’re like what? Three years older than me?”
“Three years is a lot of time to learn from your senior sensei…Now before you go to the feast, come here and hug it out new-bee roomie!”
Alex matched DD’s wide brimming smile, so glad to have hit things off so well with her roommate for the year!
“Mmmph!” Said Dora giving a cute grunt as she finished the hug. “We’re going to have the best year ever girl! Oh, uh better try your new uniform by the way, they kind of expect you to look formal for this thing.” Added Dora pointing towards Alex’s closet, and with that she scooted herself out of the room.
Alex, taking Dora’s advice, found that the uniform waiting for her in the closet was…snug…but fit as well as most of her own older clothes did. Not perfect, but not unbearably tight either. “It’ll fit even better this time next month.” Alex reminded herself, imagining how many new fashion options would be open to her if she lost even just ten pounds from around her middle. Back home the idea of her trying to lose weight seemed doubtful, but here, It was possible! In fact with this positivity buzz surrounding her at the moment, it felt like almost anything was possible!
Alex left her room in her new uniform, feeling rather good about almost everything this school had to offer now, now most notably the idea of this Freshman feast. Alex was on such a roll of positivity she could hardly let her belly’s own rolls get in the way of her making another new friend! Maybe she’d actually try this SSS thing out, even if it was Yeng sponsored…
With a thumbs up of approval from DD and a quick wave goodbye, Alex left the dorm room feeling better than ever!
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