This is the first time I am publishing something; the overview has been stuck in my head for about a week and I thought that I might as well get it on paper. Not really going to be any sex in this chapter, more for setting the scene, this will probably be a long story. Constructive criticism is appreciated, as well as tips for my future writing. The name of the song is inspired by the song by Emerson, Lake & Palmer and partially inspires the story.
Thanks,
SilentRomantic.
All sexual activity takes place between adults.
Nathan tried to place the fob against the sensor next to the door, a difficult feat considering the heavy rain and the fact that he was holding a large, and very heavy, box in his hand. Managing to get the door unlocked he stepped into the entrance of his home for the next nine months. At least, it was the entrance to the entrance of his home. He was going to be living in a ground-floor flat with four other students. Now he was inside, he dropped the box on the floor outside his flat door and put his key-card into the slot above the door handle. Hearing the click he opened the door, picked up the box and brought it inside. As he turned left to where he knew his room was, he heard a door open behind him.
"Hey Nathan! Nice to finally meet you in person." a feminine voice called out to him.
Placing the box by his room door, he turned around to see which of his flatmates were greeting him. "Hi, Katrina, right? Great to meet you too, how are you?" Nathan replied, able to put a voice to one of the profiles in one of the university groupchats.
Katrina was a brunette that was about a head shorter than he was, looking her up and down he could tell that she had a good body, she clearly did some form of exercise, but wasn't super slim.
"I'm doing great, just excited to be here to be honest, just finishing with my unpacking."
"Well, you're way ahead of me then, I've barely started unloading the car." Nathan laughed.
"You're not the only one, Richard and Chloe only just got here as well, they just went back to get more stuff."
"I probably passed them walking down here then, I'll make sure I introduce myself later."
"Yeah, probably a good idea, anyway you better get unloaded, once everyone is done maybe we can go shopping?"
"I'm up for it, see you later." Nathan said, unlocking his door and picking up the box as Katrina retreated back to her room.
As he walked into his room, Nathan couldn't help but stop and admire his new space. To his left was a door that led to his en-suite, whilst directly ahead of him was his bed, against in the corner connecting the back and right walls. There was also a desk and chair, in the corner connecting the back and left walls, with some shelves above them. Finally, there was a wardrobe up against the wall of the en-suite. Putting the box down, Nathan walked up to the window between the desk and bed, looking out he saw a path running down the central part of campus, as well as some greenery and some of the research buildings.
"This is going to be fun." He thought to himself as he went back to his car to get more of his belongings.
Grabbing the last box out of the cab of his truck, he locked the door he swept his sweaty hand through his hair and thought about how lucky he was to have the truck. It was about 20 years old and on the more expensive side to run, but it was worth every penny. It had been a gift from his uncle Tim on his 17
th
birthday. "Easier for me to give you the truck than pick you up and drop you off for every job" he had joked at the time. Nathan could afford to run it since he had worked with his uncle, who owned his own construction company, since he was 13 years old, and had saved almost all of his pay from those five years. In fact, he already had a job near the university he was studying at, due to his uncles glowing referrals.
Walking down a set of stairs, he saw a beautiful brunette woman trying to keep the door next to his apartment block open whilst balancing a box on her thigh. Rushing over he grabbed the door so she could focus on the box.
"Thanks, nearly dropped the ball there, well the box but you get what I mean." The woman giggled as she looked him in the eye.
Nathan smiled as he replied, "No problem, glad I could help."
He left quickly before the woman could reply.
The woman looked on curiously as he unlocked the door to the block next to her. "I guess he isn't interested." She thought.
After Nathan entered his apartment block, he paused and took a deep breath. He didn't consider himself to be attractive, as a virgin with brown hair that was short on the sides and long on up, combed up and slightly to the side, patchy beard when he allowed it to grow, and he felt skinny at 5'10", weighing 65kg. His complexion was okay, but the stunner he had just helped was way out of his league. He had made a quick escape, so it didn't seem like he was hitting on her, and in truth he wasn't, he was the type of person to help, without question or reward, if he saw someone that needed it.
When he opened the door to his flat, he noticed all of his flatmates were in the kitchen. He waved and signalled that he would join them in a minute and took his box to his room. This box contained some his most important, and fragile, items. In the box were a significant number of pen inks, as well as an array of fountain and dip pens. Nathan loved his different pens and inks, mainly using them to journal and write short stories when one came to him. He had over 30 different types of inks, ranging in price from £7 to £35, most of which were in the higher price range, and a variety of pens, from his £27 Pilot fountain pen to his £730 Mont Blanc fountain pen.
After making sure he put the box down gently on his desk, where nothing else would disturb it, he left his room and entered the kitchen, where Katrina was sitting on the counter talking with the two flatmates he hadn't met yet, Richard and Chloe. Richard was around 6'3" and had a solid build. From talking in the groupchat, Nathan knew that he played rugby for most of his life. His muscle combined with blonde hair and blue eyes meant he was seen as very attractive to almost all the women that had seen him at university so far. Chloe, on the other hand, was around 5'5", and a bit chubby. Not overweight but had yet to lose all of her baby fat. She was also blonde but had brown eyes. Nathan knew that Richard would be in some of his classes, as they were both studying history. Chloe was studying politics, and Katrina was studying law, so both of them would also share at least one class.
"Hey everyone, nice to meet you all, I'm Nathan, Richard and Chloe I'm guessing?" Nathan asked as he introduced himself.
"Nice to meet you too Nathan, and no, before you ask you can't call me Dick." Richard joked as he moved from leaning on the counter to shake Nathans hand.
Nathan laughed and replied, "Fine by me, the only time I'll mention you being Dick is when I tell people I'm living with one."
They all laughed and then Chloe introduced herself.
"Glad to be able to put a name to a face Nathan." Chloe smiled as she also shook his hand.
"As am I."
At this point Katrina stepped in, "Now that introductions are out of the way, what does everyone plan to do for food?"
"I can just about make eggs and bacon, so I have no idea." Richard laughed.
"Typical gammon headed rugby player." Chloe ribbed.
"You told me you can't cook either." Katrina replied, also laughing, "Guess I'll have to teach you both, what about you Nathan?"
"I can cook, I don't think I'm great at it, but I haven't killed anyone yet, looks like we'll have to take it in turns until they both learn enough."
"Looks like we need to go shopping then, if we all make a list of likes and dislikes, we can make a plan from there." Katherine stated.
"I need to unpack some things then we can go to Tesco, my truck has 4 seats." Nathan agreed.
