All about us

Friends

Irene peeked thoroughly from the wet kitchen in their apartment. She scanned through all the men entering through the door carrying large suitcases and a backpack. She dropped the plastic cup into the trashcan and stormed her way out to the living room.

"Hey hey hey, what are these boxes and the suitcases for? And do barging into someone's house sounds like a good thing to you? Especially this is a women dorm. Mens are not allowed." She nagged although no one was paying attention to her and continued moving in more boxes.

"This is getting more ridiculous. Does this person packed her whole household?" She questioned herself scratching her head. She glanced through the door and caught someone familiar. "Blake!" She shouted.

Blake flinched from the sudden call and stopped on his track. He turned her head to find a glimpse of a person but the hallway was empty except for the men who were obviously strangers to him. Just as he was about to take one step, someone gripped on his arm tightly. Too tight that it might left a finger prints.

"Blake? Are you okay?" Blake relaxed once he heard the voice. He turned his body towards the girl, bowing his head slightly to match with the girl's sight. "Irene you nearly gave me a heart attack. What do you need?" He asked curiously cause it was very rare for him to talk to Irene even though they were 'neighbours'.

Irene let go of his arm and cleared her throat. "Umm this men, do you know why are they here?" She asked pointing at the busy men behind her. Blake tilted his head to look at where she was pointing at. "Ahh, this dudes are here because someone is moving in." He smiled knowingly.

"Do you know the person? Her name or anything? By the way your smile is creepy." She giggled nervously averting her eyes somewhere else aside from Blake.

"Thanks for the compliment." He rolled his eyes. "You girl just need to wait for the new girl. I'm going now, bye." Before Irene could protest and blocked his way, Blake was already running to the open elevator. Irene sighed and wandered back into the dorm.

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"Are you sure my roommates are not a bunch of weirdos? Or perhaps the queen bee? Cause man, I can't handle annoying ass." Izzy asked again as if she didn't asked the exact same question throughout the whole elevator journey.

Blake sighed. "Izzy, for the millionth time, no, you're in good hands. I've met them before. They have been here since the last semester." Izzy pouted but nodded nonetheless. "Alright then, sorry for my bad words. I shouldn't be harsh to you." Izzy said feeling guilty all of a sudden.

"What? No, Izzy. I'm not mad at you. That's normal for someone who is not familiar with the outside world. You're not the only one who behaved like that. I swear I was worse." Blake tried to convince. Slowly the smile crept its way to Izzy's lip. She pinched his nose and chuckled after. "Blakey, I got it, okay? No need for you to feel sorry." She shook her head and continued finding her dorm number.

"This is it!" Izzy exclaimed and clapped her hand excitedly. Hesitantly she brought her fist in front of the wooden door and knocked 3 times. "Izzy, there's reason why a doorbell is created." He explained pointing at the switch-like button near the door. Izzy rolled her eyes and pressed the doorbell to satisfy him.

Loud footsteps were heard from the inside. The constant 'someone's at the door' echoed throughout the room. The door finally open revealing a girl with black hair tied in a loose bun wearing a cream sweater reaching her knees and polka dot socks. The girl pressed her almost slipped glasses back to the bridge of her nose, staring between Izzy and Blake continually.

"Hi," Izzy greeted awkwardly earning a monotone hello from the other girl which made her shivered a bit by the coldness.

"Who's that?" A more cheery voiced asked from the inside. She skipped her way through the door, pushing the first girl slightly to the side earning a groan. She made her way inside the dorm leaving them alone. "Hey! Blake? Who's this?" She asked giving a toothy grin. She eyed Izzy from head to toe before grabbing her by her arm leading her to the open living room and kitchen.

"You must be our new dormmate, right?" She asked. Izzy nodded and held out her hand. "Hi, I'm Izzy." She introduced. Irene smiled at the girl formality before engulfing her into a hug. Short and simple hug. "I'm Irene. I preferred to hug compare to a handshake." She giggled before pulling away. Izzy bit her lower lip and scratched her nape, embarrassed.

Irene laughed looking at the other girl. "Do you happen to know this boy?" Irene asked eyeing Blake who slowly entered their dorm. Izzy turned around and back to Irene. "Yeah, he's my childhood friend. Blakey!" She nodded excitedly. "W-what??" Irene laughed at the nickname. She couldn't believe the cold looking tanned guy was called Blakey.

"Hey hey hey, told ya not to call me like that!" Blake rushed towards Izzy and covered her mouth. "And you! I'm still the Blake everyone knows. I'm not soft." Irene continued laughing and nodded her head. She sighed and surrendered. "Whatever you want, 'Blakey'," she teased while the other whined and started to complain to Izzy.

"By the way," Izzy called out. "Who is the girl wearing cream shirt? She looks kinda cold." Izzy whispered while glancing around. "Oh, she." Irene started and looked around as well. She shorten the distance between them and slowly reached her mouth to Izzy's ear. "She-she's Bella..." Izzy grew more curious after the whispered. Her heart was pounding very hard all of a sudden. "She's cold because-" Irene stepped closer even more. The closer she get, the harder Izzy's heart pounded. "She- she is on period,"

"What?!! You scared me for no reason!" She bursted out with a disbelief face. Irene laughed again while muttering sorry a few times. "You guys are too serious, and you looked so scared since I greet you at the door. Loosen up, honey." She smiled apologetically.

Meanwhile, Blake groaned while rubbing his nose from the hit he got form Izzy's flying hand. "You're too scared until you almost broke my precious nose." Izzy turned swiftly towards him, checking out his nose while saying sorry although her face looked like she was trying to control her laughter.

"Hey you," a voice interrupted from the dry kitchen. "I'm sorry if I scared you," she chuckled. "I'm pretty bad at handling my emotion when it's the time of the month." She smiled gazing at Izzy. Izzy on the other hand took few steps closer to the girl. "Yeah I'm kinda scared." She laughed. "But you don't need to apologise cause I'm not mad." She smiled reassuringly holding out her hand. "I'm Izzy,"

Bella shook her hand and smiled sweetly, "Bella." She introduced.