LLE's

returned to the position I had been before,

but then I jumped when the light flickered off, painfully aware of

, I found comfort in the plush mattress as

r to think i

bsence o

my private information without even realizing it. And after finding out that I wo

so strange, he may ask for a new roommate, and I could get stuck with someone like the b

ll in this school with the hopes of becoming friendly with him and getting closer

ut not to the point where I could see myself falling in love with

t of the closet, he didn't immediately call campus security, which was a relief. Even mo

me feel very energi

ess and said a silent prayer tha

ss in order to determine what it was. It took a second, but ev

cealed my smile behind the pillow as I listened to it.

**********..

walking down the beach while laughing and smiling at each other. We were ho

lled the dream once again. When I realized that it was the first day of school

that was still covering my face. When I recalled the reason why it

was so odd. The boy who h

eping on a cloud and being encircled by warmth. Like I was in my own room. But my throat choked up w

handsome roommate before slowly pulling the sheets of

overings. I glanced over, not knowing whether I should have hoped he was asleep or awake, o

leave while I

round the room while trying to ignore the chilly air that was blowin

y minutes after the hour of six. My first class will begin promptly at

er outside brought up feelings of wanting

After giving myself a bath in the sink--- scrubbing my face, armpits, hair, and my private parts, I stumbled into the cl

ang off my small frame. The pants fit unexpectedly well-a touch b

that Rina and I hadn't taken

ueless about how to

he long piece of royal blue silk that was draped around my neck. Finding with

led a braid. I chewed the inside of my lip as I stared at it as it lay there uselessly, twisted in

age point and twisted the ends together once more before looping the thinner end like a shoelace through the hole they formed

en it on the other boys, and the knot was more thick than sleek; in addition, it stood out at

st contracted in protest against its bonds, but I chose to ignore the sensation. Because the male students at Go

heck of my hopeless mop of dark hair in the

...**********

stein Academy hall. I fished my crumpled campus map out of my bag and used it to verify, for the fifth

Today, the guys were calm as they ambled around the hallways, which may have been due to the fa

tion of being a mouse lost in a maze as I made my way thr

d the corner, and I crossed the thresh

t of the third row. The classrooms that were taught in by Goldstein were more opulent than any others that I had been in

he smooth surface of the wood rubbed aga

otebook from my bag, keeping my attention on the task at hand, which was flipping op

rom his backpack. When he opened his pencil case, he flinched, surprised

ttle flick in the back, and when he turned

. My eyes whipped back to his blue slacks, trailing up to his Goldstein blazer to find Kaden s

I swallowed. I don't think he was a

o transfer at the back before it would be taken

od up. ''Thank you for this...'' he

ompanion walked down the aisle and t