Room Mates

chapter 1

"Fuck. Olivia look at this house. It's for rent and it's perfect," I say.

"We can't get it though, Rose. That's way too much for us to afford." she says looking at the computer screen. I sigh.

"What if we get more room mates?" my face lights up.

"Little bit of a stretch. It just depends on who rooms with us babe," she looks at me. "and if someone rooms with us, I don't want more than two people. It would be too much if we jad anymore than that." she pats my back and walks away. I stare at the computer screen and think. Who the fuck would wanna room with us? Where would I find someone to room with us? What if I can't find anyone?

"Hey, Rose! We're going to meet Charlotte at a café in 30 minutes. Please get ready! She's bringing a few friends that're new in town." Olivia called.

"Yeah, okay!" I reply. As I shut down my laptop, I think what if they're looking for a place to stay? If they are, we could get the house.

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"You've never gotten dressed and put on makeup quicker than that before. Are you excited or something?" Olivia asked.

"Little bit. Since her friends are new in town, they might need somewhere to stay. If they do, we can get the house."

She looks at me and nods.

"Smart." is all she replies with.

As we pull into the parking lot, I notice a small blonde walking towards our car.

"Hey!" she says.

"Hey, Char. Where are your friends?" Olivia asked.

"Oh, they're back at the café," She says walking over to hug me. "hey Rosie! How 'ya doin'?"
"Ah, I'm fine." I smile and ask her the same question.

"I'm fantastic, thank you."

We walk back to the café and Charlotte leads us to a table. Two boys, a blonde and a brunette with curly hair, sit waiting. They look up from their phones and smile. Charlotte points at the blonde one and says, "this is Luke. The one next to him is Calum." They wave and smile again, muttering a quiet hello.

"I'm Rose." I smile and reach my hand out for Luke to shake. He takes my hand and shakes it, then I reach my hand to Calum. He takes it as well, and shakes it.

"Well aren't you a beauty?" he says. He's fucking Australian. My eyes widen and I reply with a thank you and he smiles. He releases my hand and I walk back next to Olivia.

"I'm Olivia. Nice to meet you boys!" She shakes their hands as well, but this time, Luke says something.

"How come your friends are so hot, Charlotte?" he smiles back at Olivia.

"Haven't quite figured that out yet." she says laughing as she sits down. We follow her and Olivia sits next to Charlotte, and I sit next to Olivia and Calum. The waiter comes and takes our orders, and while we wait, we talk about the stupidest things possible.

'What's your favorite color?'

'When is your birthday?'

'How old are you now?'

So, I decided to spice things up a bit and ask if they had girlfriends back home and if they were excited to move here. Their responses to the questions were both a no. A few more questions were asked, along with some laughs and stories. Apparently Calum has an older sister named Mali-Koa and Luke has two older brothers named Jack and Ben. Olivia told some stories about her and some things about her life and I have never seen such light in a boys eyes looking at her. Luke seemed to be so fascinated with her and it was absolutely adorable.

"Yeah, so Rose and I have been friends for 7 years. We planned to room together when we were younger and planned to have that happen until we married. We don't even have boyfriends, so marriage isn't coming anytime soon. We love each other too much to move away anyways. It's not like a lesbian love though. More like a sisterly love." she looks at me and smiles and I smile back. The boys smile a bit too, and Charlotte does as well. Luke looked a little relieved that Olivia doesn't have a boyfriend. He smiled a bit bigger than everyone else when she said that.

"What about you, Rose? What's your life like?" Calum asked. I smile and start rambling, like the idiot I am, and share a few stories.

"I have a younger brother named Grant. He's weird as fuck but he's cool. And yeah, Olivia and I have known each other for years and we know so much about it each other. I love her to bits. I could never replace her, like ever. I have a tendency to talk about how we're best friends to everyone, so sorry in advance." I giggle.
"Do you like any bands?" Luke asked.

"Yeah, actually. My music taste is super fucking weird but I like Green Day, Little Mix, Fifth Harmony, One Direction, Halsey, Chris Brown, Sabrina Carpenter, Madison Beer, and all kinds of other people. It's a hella lot to keep up with though." I say. Calum looks at me, ashtonished that I like those people.

"What? Is it bad I like them?" I ask. He looks at me again, and replies with, "No. I like some of those artists too. Especially Green Day. Damn. Your music taste only makes you more attractive than you already are." I blush and smile. Olivia leans over and whispers in my ear.

"I think he likes you, Rose. I wouldn't blame him either, babe." she says. I giggle and shake my head looking at her.

"Anyways," I say. "since y'all are new in town, do you have a place to stay yet?" I asked.

"Nah. Not yet." Calum replied. I think, thank god.

"So, uh, Olivia and I were looking for new places to live and we found a place we really love, and it has 6 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms. It also has a-"

"Cut to the chase, Rose." Olivia cut in.
"Well, we were wondering if y'all wanted to room with us?"

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yo hi i kept forgetting to update and sorry its short(?)

its like past 2 am i think and im bored

also sorry for making it rushed in the beginning. i wanted to get to the good parts.

ALSO

im probably not gonna describe outfits unless ive seen one recently and really fucking like it because i want yall to think of whatever u wanna wear in this story yay

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