Living at the UN

Living at the UN

When they knew that they had been accepted to study at the National University of Colombia, they realized that there was necessary to find a suitable place to live while the academic life, because there was nobody that could accept them in their home. Mark had a cousin who had lived in a house near to the campus, which was comfortable and suitable to his necessities, it was Mrs. Cano’s house. She came from Tumaco, the hometown of Toto. It was the reason why Mrs. Cano gave him a special price for his room. With an announcement posted in a wall Sofia, Tupac and Diego knew that there were a good and a cheap opportunity of a room, because they had been looking for many other places with no success.

After one month, there was a friendlier environment. However some of them didn’t know some things about the life of the others. And that was the reason why Sofia had the idea to go out with them to a night party, one Friday after classes. Tupac and Diego didn’t agree with Sofia, because they rarely went out on Friday night to a party. But finally Mark convinced them saying that they won’t take them over midnight. That night all of them had a nice time, because everyone could know something about the others. Tupac knew that Diego came from Suesca, Boyacá. “I actually study Veterinary medicine” said Diego to him. He had been living in the countryside all his life, and Diego’s family were so excited that he could study especially what he liked to do.

They were very happy and after drink some vodka Mark and Sofia went to dancing, they didn´t speak anything but their eyes could say a lot of things, in that moment the DJ played the song “I don´t wanna miss a thing” Mark saw the beautiful Sofia and listening the song took strongly Sofia´s hands and kiss her, the kiss was short but for them it meant the begin of their relationship, after the kiss Sofia said “I love you” and mark respond “I love you too” but something were going wrong in the bar. Diego had been watching them and he was in love of the girl, that night Diego drunk a lot after the bad news. He was alone because Toto and Tupac go to home early and the loving couple was very fun in their pretty love story, but the worst thing wasn´t that Diego drink because when he was drunk a guys that were in the bar gave to him cannabis, it was first time that he saw a pot he was innocent and smoke it, sometime after he felling very bad go to home and finally in the morning Mark and Sofia arrived to home, so finished a Friday night party.

Two months after things were very bad because Diego fall in the drugs but not only that were sad either the native Tupac was depressed for the first Calculus test, he failed it and the qualification were 1.5, he had studied hardly but his teacher was Pecha  a guy that knew a lot about math and for this reason were difficult for him to approve the subject but Sofia saw the Tupac´s problem and decided to help him, she was very intelligent and knew how to study for the test of Pecha because she had approved the subject yet. For some Wednesday and Friday at the evening Tupac and Sofia went to the central library and studied for two or three hours after one month the young native was happy, he could develop exercises of high level and he thought that in the second test he could improve the things and approve the subject.

But in the Mr. Cano’s house there was more problems. Toto was in a group of music, she played the “gaita” and practice every day in the house, the nois was too loud and drive crazy at her partners, one night Mark went to Toto’s room and took the gaita, ran to his room and destroyed it, then he put the pieces into a bag and left it in front of the door of Toto’s room, when she arrived at home and saw her gaita in many pieces she screamed and cried for a long time, mark heard her, and he repented of his acts, then he walk through the hall and entered at toto´s room, he told her the true and Toto hit him with a book many times, he only said “Please excuse me, How may I help you?” when she stopped to hit him, she cried again and sat in the bed, then she told to mark that the gaita had been made for her grandfather and it was only in the world, Mark was very sorry and they decided to travel to her hometown in the Colombian coast, then the next weekend after the fight they was with the Toto´s family, when they arrived the mother of Toto was waiting them with a delicious plate of fish, they ate and talked for a long time, when they was leaving the town Mark gave to Toto a new gaita and said “I know that it didn´t made for your grandfather but I wanted to give you this gaita to show you that I´m really sorry” Toto embraced him and smile, after went back to Bogotá and the conflicts between they was solved.

The other problems were solved too, Diego and his addiction were controlled because after the travel Toto saw the situation and helped him, she followed Diego to the section of psychology of the university and there drove him to a good way, about Tupac and the second test all were good news, he approved the subject whit the help of Sofia. The five friends were happy and said that each of one could graduate and have a good job, Sofia and Mark got married and now they´re living in U.S.A.