Roommates & Soulmates

Ch195: Maia's Chaos

Maia looked at the paper in her hand then turned her eyes to the place on the table where it was supposed to go. It was silly to be so nervous. The worst case scenario here was that nothing would change, right? So what did it hurt to try? She just needed to get a grip.

Forcing her hand forward Maia put down the paper, turned and fled from the room. By the time she left the building Maia was just glad she'd done it. It was out of her hands now and she could relax. Readjusting her bag on her shoulder, Maia headed to the bus stop.

By the time the bus arrived Maia had made a promise to herself that she wouldn't so much as think about it until she came back to work. For now she had the next two days off and she was going to enjoy them, or at least not stress about things beyond her control.

What she did have control over was whether or not she continued to live with bridezilla. Since getting engaged Izzy had become a force of nature. When she wasn't working at Alicante she was on the phone with her mother or some wedding themed store arguing over center pieces or whatever other wedding issue she was having. Maia didn't know how Simon put up with it. Love really must make you blind.

Then again she could hardly talk as she was dating one of the messiest men she knew. Though Jordan was trying to be better. He even put his dishes by the sink now, and kept this laundry off the floor. There was still room for improvement, however, and once they moved out she was going to make sure he knew it. After all, moving out of Izzy and Simon's place meant no more maid, and no more maid meant Jordan would have to learn to clean up after himself like an adult. These Lightwood kids were hella spoiled if you asked her, though despite that they weren't nearly as entitled as her brother. Maybe she was too hard on them, and she had to admit it had been nice having the maid come once a week. Maia hadn't cleaned a toilet since moving in with Izzy!

Reaching her front door, Maia turned the key in the lock and walked inside. The first thing she heard was Izzy's raised voice. Maia could tell at once she was on the phone again with a wedding related problem. She looked around and saw Simon sitting on the couch with his noise canceling headphones on playing a video game. She had to hold back a laugh.

She knew Jordan wasn't home yet since his last class of the day didn't get out for another forty minutes. So far Jordan seemed to be really enjoying the master's program. Even if it meant more debt for him, she was happy he liked it. In theory the more education he got the better paying job he'd be able to get, and his debt wasn't as large as some of her friends. Maia knew Jordan had gotten a few scholarships that had taken some of it off, though he hadn't gotten a full ride. It seemed they reserved those mostly for sports. Despite the fact it had meant four extra years of being beholden to her parents, now that it was over Maia was beyond glad that she'd put up with it. She had her degree and was debt free. Best of all now she never had to suck up to her parents ever again.

The next step in adulting was moving out of the crazy cheap Lightwood apartment before bridezilla actually exploded. The thought made her chuckle.

Taking off her boots, Maia went over to her room to dump her bag by her computer desk. Even though it was March now there was still too much half melted snow on the ground to give up on her waterproof winter boots. Sitting down at her desk Maia opened an internet browser, and got back to the apartment hunt she'd started a few days ago.

She'd been at it well over an hour when she heard the front door open. Jordan was home. Deciding she needed a break anyway, Maia got up off her chair to go and greet him.

"How was class today?" she asked, after giving him a kiss hello.

"Interesting," Jordan replied. "The lecture was on machine learning today."