The Dorm situation [#wattys2014]

Chapter IV : Neighbours

Julia

I was exhausted. I had just finished my vocal lessons and decided that I would skip  dinner and just go straight to the dorm  to take a shower. I stepped into my room and almost jumped when I saw a tall blonde  girl starring at me.

Well I guess this was my new roommate!

She extended her perfectly manicured hand to me

“Hi I'm Anya your new roommate.” her  thick accent which I guessed was probably Russian or Polish was the first thing that hit me and then I took a longer look.

Her hair was straight, shoulder length and  platinum blonde . Her eyes were a very light green. She was thin but she still had  very “generous” assets which I found to be kind of suspicious but who was I to judge?

She was all dressed up and ready to go. She looked really hot though in her red sleeveless blouse and tight leather pants  but she kind of went overboard with the perfume and it was somehow nauseating.

I reached for her hand and shook it.

“Nice to meet you Anya I'm Julia. I'm sorry to interrupt but I thought you would be having dinner.”

She smiled and send me a dissmisive shrug saying

“Oh no don’t be ! My boyfriend is coming to get me we are going out for dinner.”

I smiled back noding and answered her 

“Ah all right then. I was just heading for the showers. Have fun !”

I didn’t stay long enough to hear her reply. The smell of perfume was just too much for me.    

Evan

We both stood there stunned. What was a girl doing in the men’s bathroom at this hour of day? And more precisely what was “she” doing here ?

I wonder if Julian put something in my food. That would explain the hallucinations. Was I dying?...Well, I guess I underestimated Julian’s undying love for Brad.

I realized that I was standing there lost in my thoughts for too long  when I heard her clear her throat and say

“Towel? Please.”

I smiled when I saw that her face was dripping wet and covered in soap. I made my way to the end of the room where all the towels were stored and I handed her one. She took it and immediately started rubbing it on her face. When she lifted her head her face was  red and her beautiful eyes were starting to tear up. Yeah soap does that to you sometimes ! Since she wasn’t running away this time I decided to take a step back and take a good look at her.

Her dark brown hair was tied in a messy  bun and she was drowning in a gigantic sweater. So much for checking her out! The only visible part of her body were her thin legs .They were quite short and normally I wouldn’t like it but on her it just worked. There was only one word to describe her “cute”.

I realized that I was starring for too long when she folded her arms over her chest and said.

“Are you done ?”

Yeah I was definitely busted. I was getting ready to apologize when I realized that she was the one in disadvantage here.So I straightened my back and said

“Euuh… Care to explain what you’re doing in the men’s bathroom first ?”

She tightened the grip on her arms and looked obviously annoyed with my question.

“Well I kind of live here now.” She sighed and unfolded her arms. “Believe me  I am not  happy about it either .”

Wait what ? She lived here ? When did that happen ? Bradley Georges Morris you are so dead !

Since I was completely lost here, I decided to take a risk and ask her

“I'm sorry.I was out of campus all day I didn’t know about it.”

She didn't say anything so I just kept talking.

“I don’t mean to be rude but why exactly do you live here now ?”

She looked at me,sighed,and got out of the bathroom. Was I supposed to follow her? I shrugged and  did anyway.

She made her way to the common room and sat down on my favorite couch. Well that’s a happy coincidence! She patted the empty space next to her gesturing for me to sit down and I happily did.

As soon as I was seated  she threw an icy look at me. I swallowed the lump in my throat.Those eyes sure were beautiful but if looks could kill… I felt a shiver run through my whole body. Yeah I wasn’t sure whether I was turned on or dead afraid.

She flicked her eyelashes and said through gritted teeth.

“Not so close.”

Again her voice was like a cold shower. I looked down and realized that I was almost toughing her thigh with my knee and that our shoulders were lightly brushing. I moved further on the couch and she crossed her legs as if to put more distance between us. I cleared my throat,looked at her and said

“So… still no going to answer me ?”

She sighed, again, I was starting to wonder if it was a habit of hers or if she was really annoyed with me.

“ Our dorm is full of termites so we had to move here until they could fix it.”

What ? Did I just hear that right ? It took me few minutes to get it through my system but I finally managed to  understand that  a whole bunch of girls were moving into our dorm. Fucking brilliant !

I was getting ready to fist bump the air when she said.

“You can lose the creepy pervert smile. It’s only temporary.”

I didn’t even realize that I was smiling. But hey who wouldn’t ? Perhaps this day would turn out to not be as shitty as I originnally thought it was going to be.

I felt the couch move a little and figured that she just stood up. Without even realzing it, I quickly said.

“Wait ! Where are you going ? I thought we were having a  conversation here ?”

She didn't answer me but for some reason I kept on talking

“This would be the second time you left me today. Wouldn’t that be rude ?” 

Seconds later,I saw the blush creep up on her face. She started twisting her ankle and looked straight at me. Damn those eyes !

“Well I kind of had a rough day. So I just wanted to go rest. I didn’t think my company would make any difference to you.”

At first I stood there in complete silence racking my brain to find a way to not make a complete fool out of myself since the only replies that I could think of were along the lines of "No love you should stay and perhaps we could...you know...get to know each other a litller more." See? pathetic! So seeing that there was no way around this I went with the safest reply possible. 

“I see.I am going to bed too. I’ll see you in the morning then.”

She looked at me one last time and mumbled “okay”.

I was going to head to my room when I realized that she was going in the same direction so I took a few steps back to follow her path with my eyes. She walked to the end of the hall and opened the room…. Oh fuck me ! Her room was just next to mine.