Mon POV:

Less than a month after the start of the academic year, preparations began at the university for the acquaintance party that will be held at the university. This party is important for almost all university students, whether they are new students or even advanced students.

For new students, the purpose of attending this party is to get to know new friends, or at least to know the people whom they will spend the next  years with them during the study years .

unlike many of the new students, I don't find myself interested in such a party. I'm not a person who likes isolation, but the last time I attended an acquaintance party was in high school. It was boring and ended badly when I  bullied by one of the students. I cried when she pushed me and fell to the ground. The situation was not worth crying but I'm crybaby, my tears are ready to fall at any moment. Perhaps this experience is one of the reasons why I avoid such parties،
also I'm not interested in knowing anyone or making friends with anyone. I have Rose, my childhood friend, in addition to many friends from all over the world on social media and that's enough for me.

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The night before the party, I had dinner with my father after he back from work, and as usual he asked me about my day and how things went with me as he always did, because we used to tell each other what is going on with us at the end of every day. 
Our relationship is strong and we are very close to each other, in the absence of my mother who died when she gave birth to me, there was no one else but us, so we used to take care of each other and face the hardships of life together. Our small house was our own world where no one else was there, only me and My Father.

"How was your day... Are you getting used to university?"
My father said it while eating his food.

"it was a normal day, everyone is excited to attend the acquaintance party."

"What about you, are you excited too to attend it?"

"I don't know, I guess I won't go, I'm still hesitating."

"my baby girl, the decision is up to you in the end, but from my point of view
It will be better if you go.
Do not miss such occasions.
You will regret later because you missed an opportunity to make memories that will remain with you."

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What my father said made me think why I always expect the worst!
Am I a pessimistic person?

So the next morning, after I thought carefully about my father's words, I said to myself, "Why don't I have fun like my colleagues do, and stop overthinking, avoiding living a normal life because of my pessimism?"
Finally, after struggling with my thoughts, I grabbed my phone and called Rose and told her to take me with her when she goes to the party tonight. She was very happy, but she was not surprised by my decision, as if she knew that I would eventually change my mind.

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In the evening Rose and I prepared ourselves, we chose simple short dresses and sneakers because we really didn't know what to wear so we decided to chose something simple and comfortable.

when we arrived we were already late, Rose and I stood in the corridors of the second floor of the building watching  What is happening on the ground floor, which was the main hall where most of the attendees were present, the place where we were standing allowed us to see everything and from my observation, not everyone is enjoying their times and I do not blame them, I mean it was more like a party to get to know the popular students at the university.
What's disturbing is that some of them are famous for reasons and that don't make sense!!

After about half an hour, a girl greeted us and stood beside us She gently waved her hand to get our attention and introduced herself...

"Hi ... How are you girls?"

"H...hi!"

"Oooh, i'm Emily, We're in the same class, I've seen you both before"

"nice to meet you Emily, i think I saw you before and it's great to meet you ... By the way, I'm Rose and this is my best friend, Mon."

"Nice to meet you, Emily"
I said that and smiled at her

After we got to know each other, we started talking about the party and its atmosphere, which was somewhat normal.

Emily started talking about some of the students, she knew a lot about them as if they are well known celebrities!.

"This girl is the daughter of the dean of the college, She studies business administration. She recently broke up with her boyfriend, some say she broke up with him because he was cheating on her, no one knows if this is really the reason or not, but he looks like a womanizer so I think the rumors are true ... The one next to her is the daughter of a famous lawyer. Her father recently won a big case. As I heard, she seems to like one of the students in the computer Science department ... The one standing in the corner, the captain of the soccer team, has a girlfriend, and she's not very pretty ..........."

How could she know all this about these people and why she talks about things that are not certain and spread rumors!!!

After drinking two glasses of liquids because I like to distract myself by drinking or eating something when I feel stressed or bored, so I needed to go to the bathroom quickly, I looked at Rose who was enjoying talking with Emily and knowing information (Or rumors to be exact) about random people she didn't even know.
and i asked her to wait for me until I got back from the bathroom.  And she nodded in agreement to me.

The place was a little noisy due to the number of attendees, I went to the bathrooms and pushed the door of one of the bathrooms, and it seems that I came at the wrong time ... AGAIN !

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