study abroad

you're not a dude

I Knew You Were Trouble - Spotify Singles - Sabrina Carpenter

"you're ricki?"

ricki was standing in the doorway of the loft she was supposed to be sharing with five other girls.

what was staring back at her was four different pairs of eyes that belonged to four different boys who were definitely not girls.

"you're not a dude."  one with long brown hair said.

"chris, obviously." another one with glasses said. oh, and they shared the same face. there's one more too with the same face. three boys with the same face.

the three with the same face began to argue with each other like siblings, which ricki assumed made sense since they all shared the same face. she couldn't quite think straight for some reason, her fight or flight turned off when she realized how embarrassing this is.

"you might have the wrong room, what number were you looking for?"

ricki looked up and was met with a boy with strawberry blonde hair, and constellations of freckles on his face. he was looking back down at her, his eyebrows furrowed just the slightest.

why are they all attractive. why couldn't she have barged into any other room with less attractive boys in it.

"um- 1622, i think."

"oh- well maybe there's another building? i assume you're from one of the study abroad programs, yes?" he asked, the other boys coming closer to listen after resolving whatever fight they had gotten into.

"yeah. psychology- this is the building for psych right?" she asked.

the boys all furrowed their brows.

"can i?" the blonde one with the different face said, gesturing toward her cell phone that had the room number email up.

she nodded, handing him the phone. he scrolled down the page slowly, before biting the inside of his lip, his brows still furrowed. ricki found it cute but a little silly how confused they all looked. ricki also just remembered how embarrassed she is right now and disregarded any other thought.

"1622, nick nelson, matthew sturniolo. those are our names- what's yours?"

"ricki thornhill."

"oh they done goofed that up." chris with the long hair said. glasses rolled his eyes.

"that must be a mistake..." nick said. "i can go with you to find someone to fix it?" he offered her.

in all honesty, she didn't want to walk another step. she was exhausted from trying to memorize the new london environment all day.

"hey- is this 1622?"

the room turned to look at two blonde boys that had walked in, ricki stepping aside.

"yeah, come on in, we think they accidentally put her in our room." nick said, gesturing toward ricki.

one of the blondes has much longer and fluffier hair than the other. he was wearing a baggy hoodie and docs.

"accident? sounds like the universe wants the girl to room with us." the fluffy haired blonde said.

"there's a girl in our room??"

a new voice was heard from the door, and a brown haired boy was revealed.

he looked around, until seeing the only girl in the room.

"hey." he nodded, winking at her. she gave him an awkward smile, before turning back to nick.

"it's okay i can figure it out. thanks for your help." she told the boy, before sighing and turning around, slightly pulling her suitcase, before the brown haired boy interjected.

"now wait hey- we can just call someone. cmon u can chill here for a minute." he said, he swooped his arm around her shoulder, walking her over to the living area made up in the middle of the suite.

glasses came over, furrowing his brows and grabbing rickis hand, pulling her away from the brown haired one.

"okay buckaroo, we're gonna bring her over here to 'chill'."

this made ricki laugh slightly, looking up at glasses who was rolling his eyes again. he tends to do this a lot, she notices.

"um- why don't we all figure out everyone's names?" strawberry blonde said.

the room began to talk, names being thrown around.

"hey thanks." ricki said, looking up at glasses.

"of course. i'm nick- but not nick nelson- im matt's brother. matt is the one with the black hoodie that hasn't said a word, and the other one with my face is chris." he said.

"you guys all do have the same face. did you know that?" ricki asked.

"that wasn't even remotely funny."

ricki laughed.

"i'm gonna go call and figure out the room situation, do you know where the bathroom is?" she asked. he nodded and lead her to the bathroom.

she pulled her phone out after shutting the door, immediately calling whoever she needed to.

she explained that her name was ricki, and that she was placed in an all boys room. the person on the other end could not understand a word she was trying to say. he sounded about 132 years old, and she was in a state of anxiousness that she couldn't slow her words down enough for him.

"is this something that is life or death or is it something that can wait three days until our next available space opens up? otherwise i can offer sharing with six girls, you will just have to figure out a bed situation."

how was she going to tell this group of boys that she'd be rooming with them for a couple days?

how are they going to react?