Hard to Love

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Olive's pov

I grunted as I sat down the last of my boxes in my new empty room.
I'm living in a boarding house with six other people. I however only know five of them. We are all attending Michigan University.
"Hey Trent, do you know who our other house mate is?" Milo questions. Milo is my best friend's boyfriend.

"Some guy named River." Trent says coolly as he goes to retrieve another box from the U-Haul.

Trent and Dave are going to be sharing a room while Esme- Milo's cousin- Ainsley and I will be sharing the largest room. That also means that Milo is stuck rooming with this River guy.

"Hey Liv, I'm loving Olive you right now." Trent laughs at his own stupid pickup line and I just roll my eyes at him. Trent is Ainsley's half brother, and since she is my best friend he thinks it's okay to annoy the crap out of me all of the time. Ainsley thinks he just has a crush on me which is very unlikely, I think he just enjoys being a pest.

As we get close to finishing up unpacking, the door flies open and then slams shut.
A tall muscular figure walks past us without even looking at us and leans against a wall then pulls out a cigarette and starts smoking.
"Hey, are you River?" David asks the stranger. He finally looks up at us and then nods. "Well you're my roommate then." Milo says slightly confident.

"No."

"What?"

"I said no. I'm not sharing a room with anyone. I'm getting my own room." And then with that he goes into the nearest bedroom and slams the door. Dave and Trent let Milo stay in their room to not anger the beast anymore.

(4am)

I wake up before anyone else does and I go into the kitchen and set down on one the the stools with a glass of water. I hear a door open so I turn my head in the direction of the sound and to my surprise River came out of his room wearing nothing but sweatpants. I try hard to not make my eyes wonder anywhere past his chin, but fail to do so. He has a nice six pack what can I say.

I don't think he knew I was there because when he finally saw me he froze in his spot.

But he wasn't alone.

There was a girl with him.

"Umm... I didn't think anyone was... awake." He said while scratching the back of his neck. I didn't say anything. Like usual.
I hate how scared and panicked I get when I have to speak to someone I don't know.

"Why is she staring?" The mystery girl asked in a cold threatening tone. I just looked down at my lap not knowing what to say. "She's just some girl I'm forced to house with just ignore her, Emery." River replied emotionlessly as he put his hand on her lower back leading her to the door. His words hurt me more than they should have. I mean they shouldn't have hurt me at all considering he is also just some guy we're forced to house with.

I watch as he kisses her and closes the door behind her. "What is your problem?!" He whisper- yelled at me. "Excuse me?" I whispered back. "What's wrong with you?"

"W- What?"

"Dumb b*tch."

"What did I ever do to you."

He just looked at me like I had two heads then he stormed off to his room and slammed the door.

What just happened?!

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Word Count: 625

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