As I entered to the hall, the lecturer wasn't there. I heard whispers from people, chatting in a low tone within themselves. I was lucky no one among them gazed at me. I marched myself to the corner of the hall and found an empty seat. Seated alone like an orphan, i sat on it and began to study the faces of the rest, but unfortunately all were unfamiliar.
My eyes grew heavy because of the work they did. I buried my head on the desk and began sinking from one thoughts to another. I became blind and deaf at the moment, then I heard a soothing voice spreading its venom into my ears. At first I thought it was a dream, but the voice grew loud and rescued me from my meaningless thoughts. I lifted myself up to a sitting posture, and then I realised was an unfamiliar face, standing up straight like a tower. Her face glowing like the new moon, and her eyes twinkling like the stars. She wore jeans and shirt, well fitted on her silky skin. "Hello" she said. For the moment I was quiet, busy drinking her body from the sky to the earth. I composed myself and replied. " Hey, how are you doing?" I cried. Am good. My name is chelsea, but my friends call me chuchu. She held her hand and I raised mine. The two hands welded to each other. "Can I have a seat with you" she said. There was an empty seat by my left, desperately in need for someone to sit on it. "Yeah sure" I said, and she sat on it and began to arrange her books on the desk. "My name is Devon" I announced to her face. We started to exchange words in a comfortable way that took us to a world of friendship. We talked about ourselves and our families. At the midst of feast of words we were having, the lecturer emerged and made the conversation came to an end. Those that took a journey to some seats, return to theirs, and every chat in the hall dissolves into pieces of ashes. The hall went silent like an abandoned grave. The moment the lecturer started, all brains were lent to him, and we were all racing to catch his words. The lecture took us forever and we were all lost at the end.

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