Jemma (Jem) Rogers sat rigidly on her bed.
"It's happening again!" She thought angrily, while not helping listen to the high pitched voice of her roomate. Jem's nightly schedule was just that, a schedule. No surprises, yet each night was just as annoying as the last. First the phone calls, then the music, then the singing (bad singing to clarify), and then more phone calls.
LSSA, a 2-week academy for highschooler's at TLU, was Jem's first taste of college, and the classes were fine, the food was decent, but the rooming situation wasn't working.
Amy didn't seem so bad at first. When they met the first day of LSSA, she was more than friendly, offering the snacks she brought with her to Jemma, and even helping Jem move the heavy desk that was for some reason in the girls' closet.
After dinner, and immediately following Jemma's shower, Amy began her nightly routine.
"I have to make a quick call every night, is that okay?" Amy had asked.
"Yeah sure, no problem." What was one quick phonecall, right?
That "quick call" ended up being a 3 hour conversation, most of the language consisting of exchanging "I miss you" and "No, I miss you more." By then it was around 1:00pm, and Jem wanted sleep desperately. "Please phone, die! die!" She prayed, hoping that Amy's phone would miraculously split into a million pieces. It didn't, the phone seemed to be immortal.
Next up was the singing. The bad singing.
"Isn't there a rule against this?" Jem wondered, as she listened to Amy's terrifying voice running loose in the shower. The girl had no inhibitions, she just sang, not seeming to care that it was 2 a.m. After a while, Amy finally got into bed, and Jem sighed in relief. Sleep! Hallelujiah!
Well... that relief didn't last long because Amy needed music to sleep. She conviniently left her headphones at home, so Jem had to fall asleep to weird rap music.
This had happened every night, and Jem was ready to strangle her roommate. Amy had gone to the Room of Requirement to get on Facebook, and wasn't due back for about 15 minutes. Jem tried to calm herself down when she looked at her roommates messy side of the room. That's when she saw something beautiful. Amy's room key.
This is really funny Katie, does it come from personal experience? I think so many could relate to at least one part of this story this week. Very clever.
ReplyDeleteThanks Hannah Montana! Uh... hmmm.... well It's not from a personal experience directly, but I took some things I might do to annoy my roommate and emphasized on what could happen that's even worse.
DeleteI absolutely loved this blog! It was really funny especially when Jem wanted the phone to die. The ending was pretty good, but also a little messed up. You are really good at writing stories. I’m curious on what gave you the idea, or inspiration, for writing this particular story.
ReplyDeleteThanks Chris! Yeah.... the phone was a must with how obsessed our age group is with cell phones. I don't think this story is as good as my pixie series, but we'll see :D
DeleteBeing locked out is not as much fun as it sounds. I like the blog, and I like the story. I'll email you a copy of my story that I wrote the first chance I get
ReplyDeleteThanks Michael! I can guess that actually being locked out isn't fun, it's happened to be before :( I got your email and I can't wait to read your story!
DeleteThis blog is extremely funny!! I can truely relate to this situation. Roomates are sometimes not considerate about others, and often make you go crzay. Inndeed the ending was really good!!
ReplyDeleteHa! Yeah, roommates can be really inconsiderate, but I feel that the horror stories onen gets from college roomates is what makes college so special and memorable :)
Deletelol, is this one of the free writes? nice job, i like the story. dont think ive ever had a roommate that annoying (knock on wood) but im sure there will be some challenging times in college with situations similar to these. nice narritive, id love to read some of your other stuff sometime.
ReplyDeleteIndeed this was a magnificent story darling. twas hilarious to say the least. Interesting perspective you have on this subject; I too have been locked out before and the experience was quite intriguing. I adore the character's reaction and hope to rest my eyes upon more of your extravagant stories. Bravo
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