LUCY'S OBSESSION

ed into my uniforms. When I was d

a sleeveless yellow striped sweater, and a red tie. Then there was th

is was new to me. I felt like I was in a Japanese high sc

e said as we walked away from Vee's lodge towards the hostel. " You have you

a gruffy voice, pull

t she did some minutes ago, I was

e. It was nearly dark whe

inded me of an exclusive hotel. The hostel had three hundred and nine rooms

b. I was loving it ev

ght of stairs but

rself. She led me to the elevator and

, I tried looking her way. She had her face in the air, her eyes har

s. She brought out a ke

apart from each other near the window, floor covered in red carpet, a re

attention. It had a sho

really in a h

into the room. " You unpack the rest of your uniforms and hang them up neatly in the wardrobe. Th

dly at me then added.

her. " No I d

oor. Once in a while, it's wise to get a gallon of water, just in case there's water shortage. Anyways, the reading desk is meant for only studying and ironing your uniforms. Keep the room clean

rl. " You don't have to bother yo

" But you might be tempted. You're free to take your provisions but

ard you before. You don't have

yell at me but she said nothing.

f the room was Killing me. Then I

to share the ro

g at me. " There's your bed by the right side of the room. When your h

ions to see if I was confused. I watched he

It's offici

ning back to the hostel. I Wondered what sort of roommate I was going to get.

maging her

a kind Angel. She better be else I'd blow my tops. I don't flow with snobs like Colle

my room, I could hear chatters and laughs. The girls had return

ibly shy. I'd rather wait indoors and see my roommates

o I w

in. I was sitting on my bed, admiring how

face radiated with life. She had on dark leggings and a white vest

into the room. There was an unmista

ommate. She looked far too older

s my s

I said, then adde

neck and dabbed her face. " So you're

swered, realizing she

and grinned. " Well, what a great t

ing enough. " Re

lumb

feet. " Woah, that's where

leaning towards my face. Our nos

extended her hand.

wonder she looked older than me. I really wished she'd stay

hand. " Nice

Her lips tightened into a meaningless smile. " So yo

eyebrow. " W

rubbing her hair with her towel. "

Wh

llet

e? Nope she told me nothing. She's a s

way from me towards my bed and sat down. " She's

, at least not now. So who's t

pare for dinner. You don't wanna skip meals. It's against school rules to skip meals so I'd suggest you get yourself in ord

She was Soo nice and

e was closed to my face. " Say, you don't ha

a school

save the day. Once you've got a school godmother, consider yourself protected. Not all the seniors here are nice. Some are terrible bullies. They'd h

d at her. " Why don't you

it works around here. I already got a school daughter. It's deci

hoping to make h

nice seniors around although not many of them are that nice. You can ask Collette. She'd mak

I could erase it off my memory. " Th

Oh come on, she'

e your concer

t's your life. Welcome to Eleanor's college. I

Grade,

nd her neck and nodded.

han

really wished I knew what my roommate

orgotten about mom. I just wanted to explore

t. Maybe this was

r. I was going to dinner toni