Roseanne
"Roseanne Park. Paging Roseanne Park," a voice boomed over the intercom. I opened one eye, then slowly opened the other, as I continued to hear my name being called. Realizing it wasn't going to stop, I hopped out of bed and made my way down the hallway.
Once in our living room, I glared at my roommate, Jungkook. "What do you want?" I groaned. "It's not even 8:00 yet."
Jungkook brushed me off with a shake of his hand. "I'm still on school time. I've been up for hours. Plus, I love using our new intercom system. It's so cool that we live somewhere big enough to have one of these."
I rolled my eyes at his excitement. "It's not that big. It's just not the sardine can we shared in the city." A few weeks ago, Jungkook and I had moved from the apartment that we'd shared in the city to a New Jersey town about 25 minutes outside of New York. It had been a tough decision to give up living in the city, but we both agreed this way we could save money, while not completely losing the city experience. It also gave us the chance to move from a small one bedroom to a significantly bigger two bedroom.
Jungkook pouted. "Don't rain on my parade. It's still exciting."
I picked up the box of cereal he had sitting out on the counter and poured myself a bowl. "So, is that the only reason you interrupted my precious beauty sleep?"
"You're already beautiful, darling. No more sleep is needed," Jungkook joked. "But I also wanted to talk to you about my trip next week."
I pushed my bottom lip out at the mention of his trip. He was going back to his hometown for five weeks, and I honestly wasn't sure what I was going to do without him. He might drive me nuts most of the time, but he was still my best friend in the whole world. "I thought we agreed not to talk about that. It's too sad to think about spending over a month apart."
"That's exactly why I brought it up," Jungkook said excitedly, but something about his tone told me that I should probably be worried. He hesitated a beat before adding, "I was kind of hoping you would come with me."
I laughed at his suggestion. "To your family reunion?"
Jungkook brought his hands together in a praying motion, giving me his best puppy dog eyes. "Please. You work from home so it's perfect. And it solves the issue of us being apart." I was confused by his suggestion. Why would he want me to come home with him so badly? He had never told me a ton about his family. I knew they were super conservative, hence the reason he had yet to come out to them. Did he want me there as some sort of buffer? Would it make him feel more comfortable to have the presence of his liberal lesbian bestie?
"I'm confused why you want me to go so badly and why you are just asking me now. You've been talking about this trip for a year." I raised an eyebrow at him to show that I was questioning his motives.
Jungkook smiled at me in return. "I want to spend some time away with my bestie. Is that so hard to believe? And I'm asking now, because I just thought of it. My mom suggested that I bring you actually."
I let out a hearty laugh. "Your super conservative mother with a super conservative family suggested you bring along your lesbian roommate to the big family reunion?"
Jungkook ran a hand through his short black hair. "She did actually. Of course, she doesn't know you're a lesbian. That's the funny part. I think you might laugh," he said nervously. "She actually thinks you're..." He turned away from me and spoke the last part of his sentence into his hands, making it impossible for me to hear.
"She thinks I'm what, Jungkook?" I asked, leaning forward to hear better. His demeanor had me worried. What could he possibly say that I wouldn't want to hear?
