No one can know

Chapter 3

'You must be Maanya, I'm Sophie'

A blond girl with hazel eyes said as she looked at me

'I am' I answered extending my hand out to shake hers.

'Oh please darling' she said dismissively,  'I'm your roommate! Over the next few months  we might bond over our periods, out clothes, our hair but certainly not our courtesies... so tell me who was the hottie who escorted you here?'

'You saw him? But you were in the room' I said attempting to rationalize

'I didn't see him per se but his voice... he had one of those voices that automatically tags you hot. Don't you think?' she said dreamingly

She was right. It's like he was a group project of Aphrodite and Eros. 

'I guess so' I replied nonchalantly as I started unpacking my stuff

'So which side of the room do you want?' she asked concluding the former topic of conversation there and then

I looked around the room. It was... spacious to say the least. The window was between the beds and poured sunlight. I walked over and peered down from the square framed opening in the wall. It looked over the football field and pretty much the whole of Boston. I took in a deep breath of fresh air before turning around to look at the rest of my room.

Towards the foot of each bed was one study table and on the left side of the room was the washroom. Right across on the right side was a cabinet with a mirror on it and a dressing table right next to it.

'The right side?' I declared hesitantly pointing towards the side with the cabinet

'Very well. I'll take the left... which really saves me a lot of commute towards the bathroom at night.'

'Yeah' I said hysterically, "You're a sunny side up kinda girl, aren't you?"

'Look at that! We are already getting to know each other' she said while waving her hands under her chin.

'Well, meet your complete opposite' I said as I took a bow

'Well you know what they say "opposites attract". Now let's unpack' she said as she started unpacking.

As I started unpacking, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get that" I declared as I walked towards the door

I opened the door to see Carter and another boy with perfectly styled hair and a definitely stunning sense of dressing. I looked at Carter as if to ask him the reason for which he knocked.

'Hey girls!' he started as he leaned towards the doorway and continued 'We gotta pair up and... you know? get to "know each other"' He stated making the double inverted with his fingers.

'Now?' I asked. I was genuinely flustered at this point. I hadn't unpacked and we were already "getting to know each other"

'Yes, bedhead! That's our first assignment in sociology to understand how traditions and culture have changed and stuff.  Oh and this is Ben by the way' He told me as he gestured towards him.

'And that is Sophie' I pointed towards the blonde blur rushing about in our room.

'Wait a minute! I'm almost done!' She updated us as she put on a large quote on her bedside wall

'Carter? Ben? wanna come in?' I offered

'Yeah, sure. Nice dress by the way' Ben said as he entered the room.

'Thanks' I replied. Although it sounded more creepy than genuine

'Okay! I wanna partner with Ben' Sophie said as she hopped down from her bed