CARTERSTROPHE

CHAPTER 8

"Baby, I'm just your nightmare dressed like a daydream".

BEE

Last night was one of the best nights I've had in a long time. Spending a lot of time with Harry and Nicki made me get to know them more. They were very amazing people and were even more accommodating than I had imagined. After my annoying encounter with Mr. Airhead, I thought my entire day was going to be ruined until he did me a huge favor by leaving before I was forced to do so. When he left, Harry cleared the tension by apologizing on his behalf. I accepted her apologies but I couldn't just let the jerk off the hook easily, I was going to avoid him completely. The rest of the afternoon went smoothly and just as Nicki had bragged, the meal was delicious and their services were cool too.

Landon was quite funny and kept trying to flirt with me. Sean interfered by destroying whatever plans he had by telling me how many girls he had been with -countless. The guys were undeniably cool and witty. I enjoyed everything moment till it was time to go. Harry and Nicki had taken me to the dorms from Venus. They were occupying room 412 which was tons of stairs away. They were lucky to have a room with a lot of space to accommodate them and their loads of stuff. They were also organized, everything had a place of its own in their room. Nicki's closet was filled with tons of cool outfits and she still had some clothes hung in the unused half of Harry's closet or folded away. Her shoe collection was out of this world, ranging from stilettoes, pumps, and wedges, to sneakers, and flats. I wondered what someone needed all those shoes for.

I was taken on a tour around the dorm and visited some of their friends on each floor. When we were tired we returned to the room and ate a few slices of pizza while Nicki tried to talk me into getting my nails done. I had turned down her request but finally gave In and let her paint them a soft pink color. She was really good and when she was done my nails looked so much better. We talked for a long time about our families and where we were coming from. Nicki was from Bronx, New York while Harry was from Los Angeles. I told them a bit about spring lake the small town I was coming from and my highschool.
We finally slept by 3 am, completely exhausted from laughing and talking.

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I awake to the extremely loud sound of Harry's Thunder by "Imagine Dragons" ring tone. Nicki is still sleeping soundly, so I quietly get myself out of bed and check the time on my phone, it's Sunday and a few minutes past 8. Why can't I wake to the sound of my alarm anymore? Tomorrow will be my first time attending classes and I have a class as early as 8'oclock, I wouldn't want to risk being late. I was yet to study the previous work done during the three weeks I wasn't here that was mailed to me by our course representative. I almost begin to get paranoid as I put my things together.

"Good morning Harry". I greet the half-awake Harry who just got off the phone with Landon.

"Hey. Why you up already?" She rubs her eyes and pulls down the blanket she wrapped herself in.

"I have to go home now, have some things to do against tomorrow."

"Oh, that's true. Big day huh?"

"Yeah, I'm pretty nervous," I respond, feeling the urge to pee. I cross my legs and try to hold it in. "uhmm Harry where is the bathroom?"

"It's down the hall to the right".

I grab my bag of toiletries and a small towel and change to bathroom slippers. "Can I have a key?"

"Sweetie, you don't need a key". Harry says and I get confused.

"You mean its open?"

"Yeah, and it's co-ed too". Disappointment washes through me as I drop my toiletries in my overnight bag.