Inside Room 3-0-2

In the Room

Present Day

I cannot believe that 2 months ago, I had to leave my best friend and my homie room to move in with a jungle freak. A wild boar! A horror story! My worst nightmare! My best friends boyfriend!!!

I was coming back from spending a summer full of fake ID's and drinking. I felt so different standing in the horrid yet modern dorm room home. Yes, it was actually called that.....

Anyway, I was standing in the long line of students getting ready to be given my keys from the front office and to confirm my existence. Yes, our principal was actually that serious with everything. Finally I made it to the front and I was called over by a fat, grumpy lady.

"Name please." She asked me.

"Audrey Hansel." She looked at her computer quickly typed something in and her mouth slowly started moving once again.

"Room 302 with Tyler Hoods. Next please!" She called out. They were definitely rushed today. I started walking towards the elevator and stopped when I met a hard chest. I looked up to see my one and only junior high school crush. Ryan Lans. He was.... just wow! He never knew I had liked him. He probably didn't even know I existed until now.

"Audrey?! From grade 8?!" So he did remember me then.

"Hey, ya, um me here!" I awkwardly phrased out of my mouth. He just stood their dumbfounded.

"Wow-- you look great! You really glowed up!"
He gingerly smiled at me.
He was right though. I was an ugly mess back then but no kidding I still am. I used to be chubby and have braces and glasses and I was always stupid enough to wear pigtails in my hair. I was a classic nerdy girl who got bullied everyday of her 3 years in that same damn school. I almost decided to commit suicide because of that but then rethought my thoughts. We've all been through it, right?

"Hey Audrey, Audrey!" I looked up from the floor to see Ryan still staring at me.

"Oh ya, hey! Sorry I zoned out for a sec." he let out a deep dead drop gorgeous laugh and I suddenly swooned over him.

"So I was thinking..." he reached his arm behind his neck and rubbed there. I love it when guys do that! I just find it so attractive.

"Do you want to grab dinner with me sometime?"
OMG! Did my school crush just as me on a date?! I am screaming inside but out here, I'm pretty chill...

"Oh yah of course!" I replied somewhat enthusiastically.

"Do you maybe want to catch up tomorrow night?" My eyes quickly widened at the suddenness of his words. He wanted to catch up, and soon!

"Uh ya sure.... do you have a specific time? Do you want me to come to your room or would you prefer coming to mine..." I awkwardly trailed off.

He stared at me amused again. "Why don't I come to your room at 7:30 and I am not going to say sharp because I tend to come later sometimes depending on my schedule."

I nodded my head up and down and told him my room was 3-0-2. He replied back with a nod and then he was off back to where he was headed to. I sighed to myself and started walking back to the elevator.

I had finally made it to my floor and I quickly peaked out to make sure. After I was positive it was my floor I started wandering the halls, checking every door to see if it was mine. I finally made it to 3-0-1 and knew that the next one was mine. I made a quick approval and slid my key carefully through the hole making sure to do an extra knock in case some one was in there. I opened the door to find that it had 2 separate rooms.

Thank God!! I was never going to approve of sharing a room with a guy.

I walked further into the room and saw that one rooms door was open and one of the room doors was open. I knew that Tyler was already here. I walked in the room, set down my suitcase and bags and walked out of the room to find Tyler standing there.

He. Just. Kept. Staring. At. Me.