Paper Airplane [s.m]

Forty-Four

"Ana! Your dirty clothes are on my bed!" I yell at my messy roommate.

She seemed very organized and neat on the first week of school but I soon learned that she's probably the messiest person I know. Her clothes are strung all over the floor and our beds. Papers are scattered all over her desk. Even a cup of ramen noodles is sitting on my night stand. I don't even like ramen noodles.

"You need to clean this room." I tell her as she throws her clothes from my bed to the floor.

"I know. I get disorganized when I'm stressed." She says and runs her fingers through her hair. Now that it's out of its usual bun, I can see that her hair is extremely long. It's almost down to her hips.

"Why are you stressed? The year has barely began." I ask.

"I don't know! I'm always stressed! Agghh!" She groans and throws herself backwards onto my bed. I place my hand on her forehead to see if she's sick.

"I'm not sick! I feel fine." She swats my hand away from her face.

"You need to calm down and clean this room, in going out and when I get back, this place will be clean." I tell her. I hate to go all mom on her but she needs to get it together.

"Where are you going?" She whines. Of course she thought I'd help her clean her own mess.

"I'm going out with my friend Jade." I say. "Her dorm is downstairs." I add.

"Okay." Ana frowns.

"Have fun!" She calls as I leave the dorm room.

"You too!" I call back.

"As if." She scoffs. I laugh and walk downstairs to Jade's dorm room. We're meeting up with Aaron at the coffee shop right outside of campus. He decided to take a year off because of all the stuff doing on in his life.

The college that he has always wanted to go to declined him because of his sexual orientation. His boyfriend recently ended things with him because he was convinced that Aaron cheated. Aaron said that he feels a bit over whelmed and would like to settle down for a while. He got an apartment and is currently living with a roommate. He says his room mate is cute but he doesn't want to like anyone right after a break up.

"Hey Jade." I greet her as she lets me into her room.

"Hey."

Alex decided last minute that she wanted to go to college over seas. She's currently in England for schooling. Jade was upset with her but they decided long distance would work for a while. It has worked very well for them. They text everyday and video chat often.

"Did you hear about Thalia?" Jade asks me suddenly.

"No she said she's been busy so we haven't talked much."

"Oh well Reggie told me her roommate tried to commit suicide on the second day of school." Jade frowns at her words.

"How did Thalia find out?" I ask.

"Thalia was the one who took her to the hospital. She found her in the bathroom with an empty pill bottle." Jade shakes her head sadly.

"How is Thalia taking it?" I ask her.

"Reggie said she's been a little distant but she's fine. She's just a little shook up I guess." Jade grabs her phone and closes the door behind us.

We walk down the hall and jump into the elevator.

"So many things are happening. Collin broke up with Aaron, Alex moved to England, Thalia went through an awful experience.." I trail off. It seems like me and Shawn are the only ones that are doing fine. Of course he is on tour but he'll be moving here soon.