Dorms With You: The Short Series #1

Day 1

Chapter 1.
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8:46 AM

Echo's POV
January 12th, Sunday

"Yeah, mom I'll be there in about an hour, depending on the traffic." I hold the phone between my shoulder and my ear as I throw my hairbrush and some granola bars in my backpack.

"Ok, sweetie! Just be safe! And see you soon Hunny! Love you, bye!" My mom says.

"Love you too mom!" I say clearly into the phone before hanging up.

Every Sunday my entire family gets together to catch up even though we basically talk every day. We play games, bake, karaoke: off-key obviously. We bring friends just to make it more interesting.

I brought my roommate Izzy last time. She wanted to come this time but she had to babysit her baby sister, Lea. So I'm going by myself like I use to.

A knock at the door grabs my attention. I walk over to the door before opening it slightly to see who's on the other side. A male about average height stands there smiling down at me. His teeth are literally so white. It's like he uses the Mister Clean scrub thing on them.

"Can I help you, sir?" I ask with a straight face.

"Hi! Is Izzy here?! I have to drop off her notes!" The boy says holding up a yellow notebook with Izzy's classic property tag written on it, 'Izzy Is Baby'.

"She's not here right now. But you can set it on her desk over there." I say while moving and letting him pass. I close the door and walk to my bed, grabbing the CDs I bought for my younger sister, Evie.

He sets the notebook on the desk. He turns and walks to the door and turns the handle but it doesn't open. I turn around when I see him struggling with the door.

"The door won't open." He says pointing to the handle.

"Yeah, it's been weird the past week or two. You just have to yank on it." I say as I walk up to it to open it. But a loud static sound comes over the speakers.

"Hello, students of Clover University! It seems we've had a glitch in the locking system. We're not sure how long it will take to repair. So unfortunately you're stuck in the dorms until further notice. We're sorry for the inconvenience." The speakers make a beeping sound then go quiet.

I sigh before throwing my bag on my bed and plopping down. I pull out my phone and call my parents to tell them what is happening and that I won't see them until they fix the issue in the system.

The phone rings a couple of times before someone eventually picks up.

"Hey, sweetie! Is there something wrong? We just talked a few minutes ago." My mom asks with a worried voice. I pinch the bridge of my nose already frustrated with the whole locking system.

"I won't be able to make it today. There was a problem with the University's locking system. So right now I'm locked in my dorm with one of Izzy's friends. They don't know when they'll have it fixed." I mumble upset at the last part.

"Are you gonna be ok? Like do you have food and other supplies to sustain you for however long it'll take?" I nod even though she can't see me.

"Yeah. Izzy and I bought enough food to sustain him and me for about a week." I say looking up at him. He stares at me with a lazy smile.

"Well that's good- wait! HIM?! IS HE CUTE??!!" I pull the phone away from my ear as my mom basically screams into the phone.

"Ok. Love you too mom. Bye!" I say quickly before hanging up.