The Girl In Apartment 13 | Apply Fic

Chapter Two: As Dawn Falls

Carter throws herself onto Yumi's bed, wrapping herself in the blanket. Yumi picks up her suitcase, dropping it on the bed next to Carter. The latter props up her head on a pillow, staring as the other girl unpacks.

"So, considering that both you and Pierre decided the most important thing to tell me was that we got a new neighbour in the infamous apartment thirteen, I'd like to assume that you've met them. What can you tell me about them?" Yumi asks cautiously.

"Pretty little mocha bitch. Jade's already crushing but damn, there's something off about that girl."

"Off? What does that mean?"

"Off is defined as being characterized by performing or feeling worse than us-"

Yumi grabs a pair of underwear out of her bag and slingshots it into Carter's face. She grabs them and throws them back at Yumi.

"Okay, but for real, Lovie. What do you mean that the new neighbour is off?"

"I guess the thing that throws me the most off is that she feels safe enough to move into apartment thirteen. Sure, maybe she seems nice but I just can't trust anyone that can move into a cursed apartment and say that they don't feel the least bit threatened."

"Well, not everyone is smart enough to-"

"The thing is, I don't think that she's dumb. I overheard that she's in law school and is currently working as a paralegal. She's not dumb, she's just lying to herself that she can be in that apartment and be completely free of danger."

Yumi sits down on the bed, brushing Carter's hair back so she can see her face.

"I just don't get why we must assume that she is lying to herself. I mean, she's allowed to believe whatever she wants to. And who knows, maybe she's right."

"But the number of cases where people became paranoid and even suicidal in the end is crazy high to the point where assuming coincidence is kind of-"

"Carter, stop. If we want to actually know what the deal is with that place, our best bet would be to be nice to this new girl and work to become her friends. We can watch her and check the place out better."

Carter lets her head sink against the pillow and closes her eyes. She holds her hands up, pouting.

"I need a cuddle buddy," she groans.

"Well you're going to need to text either a Jay, a Perry, a Captain, maybe even a Hensley."

"Not a Hensley. Never a Hensley. And besides, little Miss. Jay has every intention to work her way under the new girl."

"Jade is actually going to try to have sex with that girl?" Yumi asks, complete shock in her voice.

"She's not just going to have sex with her. Come on. Jade's going after a girlfriend. The last time we saw her lose her connection to the world from a crush was our outing at the beach, and the sexy blond guy with all the muscles kept walking by us. Pretty sure if he would have gotten too close, she would have put his dick in her mouth."

"Come now, Oscar was there. Do you really think that he would let her pounce on a random guy just to get a dick in her mouth?"

"Why not? He's not dating her and he's not her dad."

"Still. Captain takes care of us. He's a sweet boy."

"And that leads me somewhere else." Carter points at Yumi, surprising her. "Is our sweet little bi boy setting himself up to get hurt?"

"I thought you said Jade was the one going after the cursed girl?"

"Yes, Jade is going after Hensley, but honestly, if Oscar hadn't run across the parking lot to go meet the new girl, we wouldn't have met her yet. Hell, it probably would have been Jade leaving her apartment one day and bumping into her across the hall neighbour. In that situation, we probably wouldn't meet her until she and Jade were deep in a relationship, since we know how Jade gets when she's dating."