did you hear about river?

chapter 1

lowercase intended :) (i'm too lazy to change my settings back to auto capitalisation)

I walked around campus, talking it in all again. we finally got to share a room. I linked arms with the girls and squealed.

"this is so amazing!" I said.

they did not share my enthusiasm but I didn't blame them, both girls were autistic.

"oh look it's the skank, River." I turn around and see Remi Abrams, still trying to get under my skin.

i can feel someone tense, rory turns around.

"you don't even go here?" rory says it so calmly yet I watch as Remi's face starts to crumble and she turns around and laughs weakly. "you know me and my sister share business information, her programme is a part of my company. you do realise I have the authority to give you a strike." rory says the words slowly as if to scare remi.

it worked.

"i also remember something along the lines of, you're 23 and you act like a child, when really you should be taking care of your own." what she said was harsh but nothing but the plain truth. "look i'm sorry i'm being so harsh but you and your sister have tried to destruct our families lives way too often for me to be okay with you insulting river, hell you don't even know why you're doing it. you just do."

Remi just nods before turning around and walking away.

"why do I always get into the weirdest predicaments i'll never understand." rory says under her breath but loud enough for us to hear.

we walk into our room, this may have been a simple room but we were all grateful for it anyway.

we have always been accustomed to the humble lifestyle because we never knew when we might lose that money, wealth and unfortunate as this was to say, status.

wealth admittedly gives you status.

I walk into our room, a room that could've been split into two. it was perfect for us.

"who are we sharing with?" mia asks.

mia (who once went by a different name), rory and I have been friends for as long as I can remember. we aren't best friends but we understand each other a hell of a lot more than other people do.

we'd made our own friends along the way and we would always be grateful for each other regardless of how our friendship turned out.

I couldn't stay in the bed for long.

I twirled around the room before attacking the tv and pressing all the buttons.

"it's a coed dorm and as much as i'm hoping that it's going to be more girls because we were lucky, i'm sure it's going to be boys." I say as rory grabs me and takes me back to my bed.

"have you taken your medicine?" I shake my head and lose myself faking my head looking at the weird shapes that arose when I did so.

"no i'll do it now." I rummage around my bag but i'm interrupted by a knock on the front door.

"hello? anybody in there?" rory shoots up.

"no, way. there's no way. that's kingsley! I need to hide, don't tell him I live here and i'll explain later. please." I can tell that she's serious so I do what any good friend would do and cover for her.

"don't worry, you don't even need to explain." I say.

"yeah what she said." mia says.

"thank you." she says as we leave the room, walking to the door.