❣️ ROOMMATES❣️
?By Authoress Pinky?
?Chapter Five (5)?
Subtitle: {Cuss words are better use to describe a jerk like ‘him’}
★Ella’s Pov★
I gulped still staring down at my untouched pasta. What am I suppose to say? ‘Oh, yeah. I’m Ella Anderson by name and I was the cause of my mother’s death, no, in fact, I was the one who for-ced her death on her, funny, right?’
I shook my head over that thought as I tightened by grip on the spoon, I could even feel my nails on my palm.
“Ella?” Owens called out softly, staring at me closely.
Could he see it? Could he see the handwriting on my forehead saying, ‘murderer.’ I doubt that. That was my de-epest secret. A secret I was afraid of letting people know. A secret that would remain with me till eternity.
Even when my dad had taken me to some therapist to help me out of the guilt, and out of my unfortunate past, that didn’t still work out. I couldn’t bring myself to tell her what happened. I…I just blamed myself and that was when I realized that there was no escape for me. I was stuck.
“Ella?” He called out again and this time around he reached out to my clenched fist. Due to the shock, I quickly pulled away from his touch. “I’m sorry.” He said.
What was he sorry for? why was he apologizing? He wasn’t cause of my mother’s death, because that, that was the only thing one could be sorry for.
“No, it’s fine.” I finally managed to say as I gulped again, still not taking my eyes from my pasta. I was afraid to look at him. Because I couldn’t trust myself of not breaking down into tears. I mean, the tears of regret always win. What can I say?
“You don’t need to say anything if you don’t want to. Knowing your name is enough for me.” He said. “And also being your friend.” He added almost immediately.
That made me look up from my pasta to him. He was smiling at me. This guy was different. He was unique. I don’t even know him fully but yet I felt save with him.
“Here,” He handed me my smoothie. “Drink up.”
I nodded my head slowly before taking the smoothie from him and taking a sip. “Thanks.” I said calmly.
“For what?” He asked as he took a gulp from his drink.
I shrugged as I answered. “For und-erstanding.” And yeah, I was grateful to him. Very grateful. He was the first friend I have ever had aside from Winnie…okay, Winnie was a family then that makes Owens my first friend ever. He was the good vibe I had since I got into this college.
****
I unlocked the door to my apartment and walked in, feeling so tired and stressed. I made my way to the kitchen and poured myself a glas-sof chilled water and gulped it all at once.
I placed the glas-scup and on the sink and made my way out of the kitchen, with only one place in mind; My room.
I was almost out of the kitchen when the door was burst open. Yeah, yeah, my roommate. He walked in with a girl by his side.
She gave me a weird look then turn to the idiot and gave him another weird look then turned her gaze back at me.
“Wait… don’t tell me you went as far as getting a bitc-h for yourself.” She said as she turned her gaze back to that idiot.
“Excuse me?” I questioned. She didn’t just call me a bitc-h, did she? What’s wrong with all this people? mean, you walked into a guy’s apartment with the aim of having se-x and then you see an innocent girl on her way to her room but Instead of you to mind your business, you end up insulting the girl and calling her names that suit them. Is that even normal?
“Really? Is that necessary?” She asked again, ignoring me completely.
“Hold on, first of all, I’m not a bitc-h and second of all, you can’t just walk in here and call people names and lastly, I am with hooking up with… him.” I said the him with distaste. I’m sure she must have noticed it because she chuckled over that.
“Wow. Really? Most girls don’t seems to by pas-shis charming looks.” She said.
I rolled my eyes over that. “I am not most girl…like you.”
That made that idiot smir-ked. “Oh no. I’m not like that. I’m actually his sister. I’m Sonia, by the way.” She extended her hand to me for a handshake.
Shoot! Too much for being over courageous, Ella.
“Um, Ella.” I said, shaking her hand. “Um, sorry for what I had said earlier. I was just pissed that you had referred me to as a bitc-h.”
She waved it away, smiling. “No, it’s alright. I deserve it. Besides, I deserve it. I had called you a bitc-h and I’m sorry. You know my brother is just…you know… He’s…”
“A jerk? A player? An a-sshole? A manwho-re? Yeah, I think I know that.” Okay, I had used cuss words to describe him. But come on, cuss words are better used to describe a jerk like him. Not my fault.
Sonia started laughing while that idiot was glaring at me now. “oh my god. I like you already. Wow. You are the first person to ever by pas-smy brother’s charm, trust me.”
“She’s not even my type.” He spat as he stuffed his hands into his pocket and made his way to his room.
“Neither are you, idiot!” I fired back. Whoa, where have this side of me been hiding all my life?
Sonia laughed again over that. “Four eyes.” He fired back as well then stuck out his middle finger to me before walking into his room and slamming the door shut.
I rolled my eyes over that nasty behavior of his and looked back at his sister. She was cute. She had brown hair and full brown eyes. She had made her hair in a loose braid and she was putting on a black dress that reach her mid th-ighs and had a black ankle boot on. She was such a fashionista unlike me.
“Don’t mind him. He is always like that. I can’t even believe a girl as innocent as you could get stuck with a guy as wild as my brother.”
I shrugged my shoulder. “Neither can I. I feel so unfortunate.”
She chuckled and pulled me by my arms to the couch and sat us both down. “How about I help with that. He is my brother and I know exactly what you could do to have him und-er control.” She winked.
“Oh…Kay.” I wasn’t so sure about this idea of hers.
“Don’t worry, it’s nothing nasty. Listen, my brother might look tough and all that but trust me, he is afraid of spiders.” She grinned.
“He is?” I asked staring at her wide eyes.
She nodded her head yes still grinning.
“Wow. I didn’t know that.” I said in a whisper.
“You wouldn’t because of how tough he appears to be.” And she was right. Haha, So that idiot was afraid of a common spider. That means I had picked a good nickname for him…idiot.
“I never knew he had a sister.” I said after a long silence. Well, I would I even know when we both haven’t ever a word to each other aside from insulting each other and going our separate ways.
“Yeah. He is just a year older than me. And we don’t really showcase our relationship of being siblings out there. Only those who are close to us knows we are related.”
“Only those who are close to you guys….” I repeated. I wasn’t even close to them and yet I knew they were related.
“You can also be close to us…me, to be precise if you want. But I will really want to be friends with you.” She said as if she had heard my thought.
I grinned. “Sure. I might need a friend around this college.” I told her honestly.
“Then you’ve found a perfect person for that.” We both laughed. We talked for a while and I must say, I was glad to have met a girl like Sonia. She was nice and sweet. I wonder where that idiot had gotten his nasty behavior from. Well, let’s leave that aside. I’ve finally gotten myself another friend.
****
I woke up the next morning over the beeping of my alarm. I groa-ned as I pulled the covers over my face to block the beeping out but that didn’t work out. I pulled the covers off my head and shut the alarm off before getting up to my feet.
Today i had no cla-ss. Which means, free day! Yay! Wait, who am I kidding? I’m totally not happy about it.
I made my way out of my room and went over to the bathroom to brush my teeth. After brushing, I went back to my room and ripped my pajamas off, I was only on my bra and pan-ties when my door flung open.
“Wow, nice bu-tt.” He commented with a smirk.
“Arrrrrgh!” I jumped on my bed and pulled my covers over my na-ked body. “What are you doing here? Can’t you knock? I’m a girl, remember? What the hell is wrong with you!?” I said all those things in one sentence as I tightened my grip against the covers.
He leaned on my doorframe still staring down at my body which were now covered up. It felt like he could see throu-ghthe covers and I felt so disgusted thinking that.
“I almost forgot that you were a girl until I saw those nice bu-tt and… bo-obs.” He winked again.
I grabbed a pillow with my free hand and chucked it at him. He dodged it with a smirk still plastered on that idiot face of it…Wait, is there a word like that? I don’t care! I was pissed. Really pissed.
“You are crazy. Really crazy.”
He pushed himself from the doorframe and made his way into my room. “Let’s do this, four eyes. How about we satisfy each other’s need with no feelings attached, of course? That way, you won’t get to see any girl around.” He winked…again.
“When you said, each other’s need, what do you mean?” Though, I knew what he meant but I don’t want to believe the fact that that was what he actually meant because trust me, I’m going to strangle somebody.
“What are you? Four? You should know what I mean. Because trust me, I’m a se-x freak.” He said.
“Tsk, you are crazy. Do you think I will want to have se-x with you with no feelings attached. Are you serious? Do you think I’m one of those girls you have se-x with and then dump?”
His smir-ked becomes wider. What can I do to wipe off that stupid smirk on his idiotic face?
He stuffed his hands in his pocket. “Let’s look at the brighter side of it, you will be the first girl I would be fu-cking more than one time. You should be happy about that.”
“What?” I choked out. “Get out of my room. Now.” I ordered glaring at him.
“You can think about it, Four eyes.” He winked before stepping out of my room. Was this guy crazy? What? se-x with no feelings attached? What kind of person does he think I am? A bitc-h? A slut? What? What happen to, ‘She’s not my type?’ Or have I suddenly become his type now? That guy was crazy and I need to be careful of him.
But honestly, this was the first time me and him have actually had a conversation. Not a proper one but a long one. That’s one reason why I should be more careful of him.
****
I was preparing breakfast. I had already taken my bath and I had made sure to lock the door well with its lock…well, i would have, if the door lock was working perfectly well. But I still made sure to peek out to the door every second before that idiot shows up again and saw me na-ked.
Even when I was dressing, I made sure to lock the door. I don’t feel save with that pervert.
I was preparing macaroni and cheese for breakfast. Well, I won’t deny the fact that I love food but hey, don’t judge me.
My phone started ringing just when I was about to dish out my food. Great! Prefect timing.
I stare down at the caller ID and it was from Sonia. We had exchanged numbers the last time she was here.
I answered the call. “um, hi.” I greeted.
“Hey. What’s up?”
“I’m good.” I simply replied.
“Are you busy today?” She asked again.
“Uh…not really. I don’t any clas-stoday, why?”
“Me neither. And I’m kind of bored. How about we hang out? I have a perfect place in mind.” I could hear the smile from her voice.
“where?” I couldn’t help but ask.
“It’s a surprise!!!” She said sounding too excited. And that was freaking me out. Because I got to realize something, Sonia was the opposite of me.
“oh…Kay. So I shouldn’t be worried?”
I heard her chuckled lightly. “of course not. So are you up?” She asked.
I don’t see why i shouldn’t go. And besides, I want to avoid that idiot before I end up doing something I might regret. I won’t deny the fact that he was hot. He was also cute but he was a playboy and it’s not like I like him, cause I hate him! I can only like a guy like Owens and that is if I’m not liking him already.
“alright. What time?”
“don’t worry I will come get you. Just dress se-xy.” If she were here she would have winked at me. “See you later!” And with that she hung up.
Okay, I just need to eat this food as fast as I can and get ready for this… Surprise. TBC.