Jim walked
to the window. The curtains waved him into his face.
“Oh Damn!”
he yelled and put them away from him. Then he looked out of the window. This
guy could have easily climbed into this tree.
“Hello? Is
anybody out of here?” he screamed. No answer. “Oh c’mon! I won’t climb in this
tree to find you! Come out now!” No
answer again. Jim wanted to give up. Maybe this guy was somewhere in the school
or found somebody to talk to. He turned around. Suddenly he heard a noise in
the branches.
“Hello?” he
screamed again. “Nosedive?”
“Who are
you?” asked a voice from somewhere in the tree.
“I’m Jim
Hawkins…your roommate! Please can ya come down?” Jim asked.
“Where d’ya
know my name from?” the voice asked again.
“You know,
it’s not difficult, if your bags are every where in my room! No come down or
I’ll close the window!”
“Okay okay!
Keep cool!”
He heard
rustle of leaves in the branches. He stepped away a little bit to let his
“guest” some room. Nosedive jumped into the room. Jim was surprised. He thought
his new roommate would be a human like him or even one of the aliens that
usually came to the Academy. But instead he found some kinda duck in his room.
A human-like duck with long blond hair. Okay! Why not?
“So, what
did ya want up there?” Jim asked while closing the window.
“Stay
alone!” the duck answered.
“Anyway…
I shall tell ya the rules of the
Academy” Jim said. He wasn’t really interested in this duck!
“I know
them! Your principal already told them to me” He answered.
“That’s
great!” said Jim sarcastically. “Okay…then I’ll tell ya the room rules! Number
one:
Your bags
can’t stand in the middle of the room. Somebody could stumble over them!”
“Did ya
stumble over them?” Nosedive grinned.
“Number
Two: You touch nothing in here, all right?” Jim went on.
“Woo! What
are you? Maid of the Academy or something like that? You should wear an apron
then, pal!”
“You think
that’s funny?” Jim got angry.
“Yeah! I
think this is funny. What are these rules for? Did you invent them?” Dive
asked.
“I just
want you to left my things alone! And if anything is different in here, I swear
I’ll cook ya , duck!” Jim was very angry now.
“Are you in
a bad mood or so? Man! You are very hospitable dude!”
“I’m not
your pal and I’m not your dude! Remember that!”
“What`s
wrong with you?”
“You ask
what’s wrong? I tell ya what’s wrong. I started the most boring vacations in my
whole life trying to search a stupid teen duck, who takes me to a physical
break down just the first ten minutes he is here!” Jim screamed. This duck was
getting on his nerves.
“Okay! I
got it! I’m sorry for ruining your life, master of all beings! Now I remember
why I can’t stand humans!” Dive also screamed.
“Then why
don’t ya leave me and return to your planet?”
“Because
the only fun in my life is to annoy stupid children of man!”
Nosedive
left and took his bags into his part of the room. Jim ran to the door.
“Fine! Then
try to come along here! Alone!” he went out and closed the door.
‘Great! My
first day with this plaque and I’m already at the end of my nerves! Why did his
stupid brother bring him to here?’ Jim thought while going to the library. He
often was here before he knew Dolphy. He didn’t read so much, but he loved the
silence. He could think about everything which kept him busy.
HELLO
DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND! I’VE COME TO TALK WITH YOU AGAIN!
He often
thought of this song he heard once when he was here. Jim sat down in a corner
far away from some other students. He didn’t wanna see one of them. In fact he
didn’t wanna see any one now…except Dolphy. He missed her right now. He thought
what she might do at the moment. Maybe she was already home, sitting between
her family, telling them about the Academy, about school…about him. Suddenly he
felt really lonely. Of course, he was lonely long before, but when you love
somebody who isn’t there, you feel like the only person in the galaxy. Jim
stared through the window. He couldn’t imagine that somebody else did the same
thing in the same moment.
Nosedive
stood at the window, either. And he also stared into space. He thought of his
planet and his brother.
“Wing? Why
did ya do this to me? I can’t be alone and you know that!” he thought. “I can’t
forgive ya that!”
He turned
around and took a look of the room. It was some kinda big room. He looked at
his bed. His eyes followed the wall from there. A cupboard with many books was
the next thing he saw, followed by some pictures on the wall, mostly of
dolphins and some kinda hand-drawn pics. Jim’s bed. He looked to the other
side. There was a third bed. He asked himself, if Jim had another roommate. But
the principal didn’t speak about somebody else. He only said: “You’ll live with
Jim Hawkins, who’s also alone at the moment. You’ll like him. He’s a kind boy!” Nosedive smiled.
“A kind
boy” he thought. “Oh yeah! I already love him. Think we’re gonna be the best
friends!”
He went to
his bed and opened his bag. He unpaged just a photo of his brother and him on
Puckworld, his planet. They looked so happy on that picture. But Dive returned
it into the bag.
“I hate you
for sending me here!” He laid down. “And I hate this human boy!”
to be continued…