Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 23:23:24 -0000
From: Chad Dumont <sniperwolf145@hotmail.com>
Subject: The Rose Garden-1

Disclaimer: this story is about love between two teenage boys, if you're not
into this kind of nature then i advise you to leave, for those who are gonna
read it this is my first story and i hope you enjoy it my e-mail is
sniperwolf145@hotmail.com if you have any questions or comments, enjoy!

		   The Rose Garden
                Chapter 1: Beginnings

I sighed as I looked at the vast field beyond the window of the car, my eyes
inched up a bit higher to look at the odd shapes of the clouds in the blue
sky. I turned and I looked down on the pamphlet  that rested on my lap, the
pamphlet was about this school which is my destination, the schools  was
named Mayfield, sounded like a friendly school but i wasn't definitely sure
of course, I stared at the picture of the school building at the front of
the pamphlet ,  the school looked like an a enchanted mysterious castle, i
don't why but the school seemed to mesmerise  me perhaps it was so beautiful
and mysterious looking, I quickly snapped out of my trance as the car
stopped. I saw the chauffeur coming towards the door i was leaning on, i
quickly sat up straight waiting for him to open the door.

The chauffeur opened the door and politely informed me that i have arrived
at Mayfield. I stepped out of the car while the chauffeur was fetching my
bag full of my personal belongings. This place was more beautiful looking
than it looked in the pamphlet, it was  huge, way much bigger than  the old
school i  used to attend to, a few thoughts crossed in my mind about this
school, mostly about fitting in, you know how  students feel about going
into another school. the chauffeur finished placing my bag beside me, i
bent my knees at grabbed my bag as my eyes were still focused on the school,
i walked towards the school soon finding out the many wonders of this place.

"Ah, you must be Alex" The headmaster said with a cheerful tone in his voice
while he was shaking my hand with a firm grip, oh yeah, my name is Alex
forgot to tell you that. "Let me get your time schedule"  I let go of the
handshake and  watched him turn around and told the secretary to retrieve my
schedule, I let my eyes wander around the office, it was a nice looking
place,  beautiful artwork from students, obviously this school was more on
the artistic side.

"Alex, here is your time schedule" My heart quickly jumped and hastily
looked back at the headmaster "oh, thanks" i managed to stuttered out, the
headmaster gave me a welcoming smile and said "room 101 is just at the end
of this hall to the right" and pointed towards the door, i quickly grabbed
my schedule from his hand and looked at my schedule, scanning for the first
period class is located, yep room 101 alright   I    thought and  i slowly
headed towards the classroom.

As i walked down the hallway i looked at the other artwork from the
students, did they ever had a talent for art, it was very beautiful, i
finally arrived at room 101, Mr. Caforro was the name of the instructor of
this room, i nervously knocked on the door and a man about my height with
black hair and brown eyes, assuming this man was the instructor, he opened
the door.

I gulped and in a nervous tone i said " I'm Alex".

"Oh, come right on in" Mr. Caforro said in a deep voice, i nervously walked
in and looked at the students in the classroom, the classroom was small, the
number of students in the classroom was small also. Immediately i heard
whispers from the students , i hated this feeling of being the fresh meat
"ok class this is Alex"

"hello Alex!" the students said in unison

"hi" i quietly said and walked further up the classroom to look for an empty
spot in the classrom, then i heard a "psst" i turned my head quickly to find
who made the sound and I saw a boy, he was a bit shorter than me, he had
small brown eyes with a pair of  glasses that is rested  halfway on the
bridge of his nose, the glasses made him look sophisticated not geeky or
anything just sophisticated, he had spiked black hair with blonde tips "hey
come sit here" he said  in a boyish voice, i quickly found a empty seat
beside him and sat down "hi, my name is Ryan, nice to meet you"  he said
while he gave a quick wave of his right hand "my name is Alex"  i said still
nervous, Ryan introduced me to his friends, his friends seem very friendly
and i loosened up quite alot and the table were starting to laugh and talked
about small things in life, i just smiled and laughed along and before i
knew it class was over, the instructor walked up to Ryan and whispered
something to him.

"Okay, gotcha" Ryan said in a excited voice and Ryan walked up to me and
said "I'm gonna show you around the school and to your dorm",

"ok sure that will be great"  i said, Ryan gave me a smile and said "c'mon
let's go" he  quickly turned around and walked outside the classroom, myself
closely behind him.

School ended and i was still following Ryan, we were in a small hallway with
a bunch of doors like an apartment, he stopped at a door and turned around
and gave me a key "this is your dorm, mine is four doors down" he said with
a smile.

"thanks Ryan" i said and gave him a weak smile and watched him walked down
to his door, he was staring at me while he entered his room, i looked at
him in a funny way and faced my door and unlocked it with the key and
entered into my room, it was a medium sized room with a closet and a medium
size bed and a big drawer to place my clothes in, i closed the door and
dropped my bag and laid down on my bed and stared at the ceiling, very
tired from walking around the school, my eyes became heavy and I soon found
myself slowly falling asleep.

Continued...........