Waking up to a luxurious Saturday morning, Raynard had a nerve breakdown preparing for a very long journey to a school far far away from home. His dad, Ray had hurriedly made breakfast with excitement of taking his only son to Highschool.
Raynard was naturally forced to make his bed, take a bath and take breakfast to his satisfaction alongside his dad. After a few minutes had pasted, Ray called upon Raynard to put all his casual belongings in the back of his truck.
A while later, Raynard and his dad sat comfortably in the truck with a tune up of classical music. Ray started his old truck, a white colored Toyota. Raynard was still upset. he didn't know what to expect of the highschool after all it was a urban-rural highschool.
During the journey. Raynard was immersed in his thoughts. He recalled how hard and depressing courtship was especially after several trials that were all in vain at his previous school. Raynard glanced at his dad with mixed feelings of his best friends left behind, the hurt in his heart all in the name of love. It irritated him at a point that he needed to find a distraction.
"Dad, can we have a snack on the next stop? " asked Raynard. Ray nodded in acceptance since it was a very long voyage from the capital city which Raynard was used to.
"Don't worry too much, nothing is true, everything is permitted." Ray comforted his son. They all busted into laughter as it was a phrase of their favorite game. Assassins Creed.
Ray is proud of his son. A smart boy with a promising future. Sadly Ray has never seen Raynard having interest in girls. His is all focused on studies. He dreams of having great grandchildren.
With soft music playing in the background, Raynard was observing the different landscapes on the way. The more they got close to arriving at the destination, the more it turned slightly rural.
Trees along the main road gave Raynard a feeling of loneliness. In the back of his mind he thought hard of what he had left behind and expected less. It was seven o'clock when they reached the main gate of the school. Raynard got more nervous.
"Boy, are you alright there?" Ray asked Raynard carefully. "Yeah, sure. Never mind." Raynard shook his head with a plastic smile. Raynard was dancing on needles at this point. The gate keeper opening the gate as he well comes Ray and Raynard to the school.
"I can do this, nothing's new, besides am from the capital city which is more urbanised." Raynard muttered to himself. Daring faces looked over at Raymond and his dad as they stepped out of the truck. It was a very cool truck that gave off an urban vibe. "Hey look, a city boy is here too! " a typical village parent whispered to the other. Ray leaving Raynard standing aside his truck went directly for the administration block.
A few minutes later Ray cleared up with the school and all that was remaining was to check out Raynard belongings before being allowed into the boys' dormitories.
The upper section of the school has a basketball court close to the main gate fence with the administration block entrance facing the school gate. Two security gate keepers are assigned to be there at all time.
"May you as to please follow me." the supervisor requested Raynard after seeing out his dad from the school in misery. Raymond was checked-in first to clear all school requirements. This was done to prevent theft in the long run. Students who didn't fully meet the expectations during check up were sent back home.
"Welcome to Ssask Highschool. I have been asked to guide you to the boys' dormitories." a volunteering student waved to Raynard. "Of course, thank you." he replied. There was hardly enough time to have a proper greeting that names were not provided.
The stranger boy helped Raynard hurriedly to one of the dormitories courtyard were the warden exclusively took over. "For your advanced class level, your going to be placed in the adult wing dormitory in a room labeled F5A. Many of the new comers were located different spaces in different rooms referred they called cubicles.
Opening the door to the F5A cubicle, Raynard was welcomed by two innocent faces. "Hi am Raynard, a newcomer." he greeted them respectfully. "welcome to Ssask Highschool, we are newcomers too though we arrived earlier." Tim Code replied. "Yeah bro." Skyler signalled with a peace sign in agreement with Tim Code.
They helped him unpack his belongings, made his bed and warned him of what to keep on display since theft was a game in boarding schools. Raynard was new to boarding school life. They requested him to buy brand new padlocks for his suitcase. It was late in the evening that supper was on its way. "Isn't it best we go for supper as we get you the locks?" asked Skyler.
"Sure, shall we?" Raynard replied. The school has a canteen with most of the students' demanded products. The three new comers walked together as the discussed about their study combinations. Raynard was taking Physics, Mathematics, and Economics. "Am offered Physics, Biology and chemistry." Skyler emphasized with a smile. Tim, "for my case it's Physics, Art and Mathematics."
They were all excited to be in the same physics class expecting to see new faces. They arrived at the dinner. Sadly they had to line up to be served, looked for a perfect table to sit on had their meal peacefully. Skyler was over his head, making rounds at the table. He was eyeing out for new beautiful chicks. (cute girls that he could...)
They got done, washed their plates at a borehole near the kitchen. Raynard asked for soap and a dish washer in shock. Tim Code and Skyler died of laughter as they replied "in most boarding schools, this is how it's done." This made Raynard lose all hope in the envisioned life at the school, with fear of catching disease he made a suggestion that one of his new friends should join leadership and change the school ways for the better.
After, they walked back to the dormitory together with Raynard's new padlocks. It was night fall when they reached the dormitory reason being the school was quite large. "So dudes, please direct me to the showers." Raynard kindly asked. Tim Code replied that the school bathrooms for all levels have no showers that they had to use the buckets and basins brought from home.
Raynard initially thought the buckets were for only washing clothes as he was told a lot was to be manually done. Funny as it seemed, Raynard was straight. They fetched rusty water from the borehole which was located aside their dormitory building. This emotional disturb Raynard. He insisted to pump until he obtains clean water for bathing. They carried it to the bathrooms with their bathing equipment.
Only Raynard being new to boarding life, He felt it wasn't right to take a bathe while shouting at the top of their voices just to communicate to each other. Tim Code and Skyler didn't mind doing so as he was silent as grave. After the bathe, they got dressed up as fast as they could. No one was comfortable being seen naked by the other.
Most cubicles had eight beds having each bed with two. An upper and lower bed. Raynard preferred the upper one so as Tim Code. Skyler slept beneath Tim Code. Time was up that they all had to sleep early for tomorrow as they were no light provided yet by the warden. The day ended with Raynard having experienced a start of a new life style.