Loving Me Is Wrong

2. Jace Is An Asshole.

I rose to the loud noise coming fro
m the alarm I had set the previous day.
I dragged myself out of bed, did my morning rituals and headed downstairs.

Everything I needed for college had already been packed. I saw mom in the kitchen, her back facing me cooking breakfast but the truth is I am so anxious but for mom's sake, I managed to eat a little.

"Are you ready to take this bold step"
"Yeah , I am". I said; not very sure of myself.

College campus was nothing like I expected it to be. It was huge and amazing. We were told by the chancellor to go to the Campus B ; room 25 on the second floor.

" Mom , it's this room". I said and opened the door. I was astonished to see the occupied part of the room. Every room has two students so each student on either side.

The occupied side of the room has posters of people in tattoos, piercings, rock and pop stars, various bands I knew nothing of. A girl of age nineteen , I suppose was lying on the bed. She had pink bangs and chestnut hair and was reading a fashion magazine.

She turned to look at us and stood up from the bed. " Oh! Hi ,I'm Olive, I had been told I'll will be having a roommate. It's so nice to finally meet you. You're going to love it here".
"I hope so". I said and gave her a light smile.

" I'll be heading out so you can check the room out."She said and left.
Mom looked around the room and said," Am getting you a new room."
"No, it's alright, mom. I am going to be fine here and besides; Olive seems
like a nice person."
"OK, if you insist. I'll get going but give me a call if you need anything."

Mom kissed me goodbye and left. I got my stuff arranged in about an hour. I had to do shopping but it's going to have to wait. I had tired out from arranging my stuff so I laid down on my bed to catch a few minutes of sleep.

I woke up at around 4 pm. That's how much I could sleep. I took my sponge bag and headed towards the shower room. This is one thing I hate about college, sharing bathrooms with everyone but did I have a choice?

I left the bathroom after taking a quick shower in a towel. I entered my room and was about to get dressed when the door opened to a boy of about Olive's age heading for Olive's bed.

" Hey, do you mind leaving? I'm about to get dressed." Even in my annoyed state, the guy was beautiful. He had dark hair that fell a little over his face, the bluest eyes I've ever seen and his two arms were covered in dark tattoos. He was in a plain black t shirt that showed a few tattoos high up his chest.

He sat down on Olive's bed and stared at me, the corner of his lips twitching slightly.
" It's not like am gonna look at you anyway." He said and covered his face with the palm of his hands.

How could someone be so rude? He must be Olive's boyfriend. I started dressing as quickly as I could .
I was on wearing my favourite blue shirt when he stated," Would you be quick. Are you this slow and my hands are getting tired."

At this, he had excided what I could take." Could you be anymore rude after disrespecting me? Are you like this to everyone you meet?" He said nothing more but seemed perplexed at my choice of words.

" I am done dressing." He removed his palms from his face but remained seated.
I got on my bed, took my favourite book' faceless' and started reading.

I was half way through the book I had read countless times when Olive entered. " Hi, I can see you've already met. Maddie, this is Jace." "Your boyfriend is so obnoxious." Olive burst into laughter and Jace looked like he was trying really hard to keep his in.

" Jace is not my boyfriend. He's just a friend and he has a unique way of conversing with people new to him.
Oh! and there's gonna be a party tonight. Please come with us. Jace will ride you there if you want."

" This nerd knows nothing about parties." Jace retorted and I gasped.
" I am not going, certainly not with him." I retorted back.
"Please!! It's going to be fun." This girl doesn't take no for an answer.
" Ok , I'll come with you guys but I won't stay there for long." " Yay! You're going to like it." Olive squeaked and smiled. Jace is gonna pick you up at seven. Bye , we've got somewhere to go. Olive headed out and Jace followed suit.

Oh! What a pleasant day it has been, my first day in college. I said to myself in sarcasm. I have to get an attire for this party. I chose high waist jeans , a tank top and my canvas after a long thought of what I would wear.

I am going to get some sleep to gain the strength to fight Jace if he's going to be there with his rude comments. This party is going to be anything but fun.

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Do you guys think Maddie is going to like the party? Read on to see what's going to happen next..
Xxxxx 💖

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