Love is Louder (Sequel to Addiction) A Jemi fanfic

Chapter 3: Roommate

Joe's POV

I pace back and forth in my bedroom waiting for her text, she should already be there by now. So why hasn't she text me yet, I'm starting to get really worried. When I worry, I start to shake, specially when its worrying about her. What if she didn't get to the treatment safely? I squeeze that thought out of my head, shes fine. I know she is.

I turn on my stereo hoping that music can calm me down, it usually does. I turn it down low though so I can still hear my phone ring for her text or call. After a while of just staring at my phone, my mom knocks on the door and lets herself halfway in.

" Joe, Demi's on the phone. " She says holding out our home phone towards me, I hurry and get up from my bed and take the phone from her. I give her an apologetic smile then put the phone to my ear. My mom then leaves giving me some privacy.

" Hey Dems. " I say running my free hand through my hair feeling the weight on my shoulders lift, I was getting scared before. 

" Hey Joe. " She replies softly, I can almost hear the smile on her face. 

" How are you? Did you get there all right? " I ask wondering why she called the house phone instead of my cell.

" I'm fine, and yes I got here all right. Sorry that I didn't text or call you earlier, it's just that they took away my phone. " She informs me, why would they do that?

" That's alright, is there a no phone policy? " I ask a little worried, that means that we won't get to talk as much.

" Yeah, they took it away. I'm pretty bummed about that, but they have phones here that I can use on my free hours. " She says making me somewhat happy, hearing her voice seems to make everything better.

" That's too bad, at least we can talk a little bit. " I say wishing we could just be together, I miss her so much.

" Yeah...Joe i'm scared. " She says making me feel guilty, the sadness in her voice makes me just want to drive to Florida and get her myself.

" I know Dems, everything is gonna be ok though. Once you get better, we can be together forever. " I say hoping it will comfort her, everything about the idea of spending forever with her makes me grin.

" Sounds good to me. " She replies, this time, I'm certain shes smiling.

" So does the place seem like a cool place? " I ask wanting to start a long conversation making up for the lost time today.

Demi's POV

I hang the phone back on the  hook, I smile feeling a thousand times better. I wish we could have talked longer but with the time limit on the phones, we couldn't. The other reason is that lights out is in twenty minutes, which reminds me that I'm going to have to meet my new roommate. I just hope I like her and shes not some jerk.

When walking back towards the stairs, my mind races at the thought of this roommate. What if she's gonna hate me, what if I hate her? What if shes like Ashley? I get really nervous at that thought, my life is going to be really miserable if she's like Ashley.

When I reach my door, I grab my key from my pocket and slowly open the door. When I walk in, there's a girl with short blond hair reading a book on her bed. She looks up at me when I walk in and smiles.

" Hey, you must be Demi. " She says getting up from the bed and putting her book down, then coming over to me with a hand stretched out. I take it and shake her hand, she seems nice.

" Yup that's me...and your name? " I ask curiously, we both release our handshake before she replies. 

" I'm Miley. " She says with the hint of a country accent, its hard to catch though. She has a blond pixie cut, soft sky blue eyes, and plush lips. Shes very beautiful which makes me feel a little insecure. 

" It's nice to meet you. " I say feeling my awkward side start to creep its way into me, we both walk back to our beds and sit on them.

" So...what you in for? " She asks suddenly, I look down at my fingers feeling a little nervous. I don't want her to think i'm a freak with all the problems I have.

" Um. " I say not really wanting to, she looks at me with a sympathetic smile.

" You don't have to tell me yet, it's just that everyone's curious. " She says grabbing her book once again and leaning back against her pillow.

" Wait, what do you mean everyone's curious? " I ask feeling weird inside, is everyone already talking about me?

" Well we don't get too many new comers in our age group this time of year, so everyone is curious. " She says looking at me with an interested expression.

" I'm in for...self-harm, eating disorders, and depression. " I say looking down with no confidence, I pull my sleeves over my wrist not wanting her to look there.

" Really? Damn it. There goes my desert for a week. " She says making me confused, what the heck is she talking about. She then looks back at me seeing my confused expression, then says " Sorry, Sterling and I made a bet. He said you were in for eating disorders, I said alcohol. So now he gets my desert for the rest of the week."

I nod my head feeling a little weird, they used me as a bet? I get up and walk to the closet to change into my pj's, I change in the bathroom feeling insecure. I look at my stomach wondering if it was a good or bad thing that her friend knew that I'm dealing with eating disorders. I then walk back out and find her in her pj's too, I get in my bed pulling the covers close to me wanting to feel safe in this foreign place.

" You never told me why you're in here. " I said turning my head to look at her, she raises her eyebrows as she turns a page in her book.

" Well let's just say...I like alcohol...a lot...and I deal with self-harm issues as well. It looks like we have something in common. " She says slowly, she looks at me and gives me a " What can you do" shrug. I nod and fluff my pillow before saying goodnight, five minutes later, the lights go off automatically. 

Miley seems like a nice girl, but is different. I think I will be able to get along with her though, she's better than I thought she was going to be. The one thing that scares me the most though, that today hasn't even been a full day here and I'm not too into it. It's going to take me forever, I can already guarantee that.