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My name is actually Rosie but I changed it to Roxie myself."

"Why the heck would you do that? Rosie is such a cute and sweet name, I mean...rose is such a beautiful flower," I retorted.

"That's the thing...it's too 'cute and sweet', I'm not cute and sweet...and roses are definitely not my thing, I would go for a bundle of dollars anytime," she replied.

"OMG, Rosie..."

"It's Roxie! Don't let me knock all your teeth off," she playfully threatened and I bursted into laughter.

"The fuck! You sound just like Kelly right now...she doesn't like her middle name," I said inbetween my chuckles.

"See who's talking...Cowry..." She said sarcastically.

"Hey! Mine's different...my middle name sounds really weird plus it reminds me of cows and I don't have anything to do with those smelly animals...except eating them though...but Kelly simply hates hers because it sounds girly. Sometimes I even wish we could switch, who would want a name that sounds 'Cow-y' when she can have a name that sounds 'girl-y'. I mean, isn't it normal for a girl's name to sound girly?" I blurted out quickly, trying to make a point.

"Is that so...well then, I think I love Kelly already," she said.

"Oh...really? You wouldn't love her for long though. When you get to know her closely, you'll see how annoying she could be with each day that passes by. Trust me...she could be a pain in the ass..." I trailed off.

"Hmmm...luckily for me, I've got no ass, B," she replied.

"You're kidding me."

"I mean...my sister says I'm annoying all the time, so if I'm annoying, then, being annoying should be a normal trait...since I think I'm normal," she continued.

Is she even hearing herself?

"Weirdo," I scoffed.

Several weeks had already passed by and the more time I got to spend here, the more I get to know about her, her sister and her late parents.

They had been through a lot.

We were presently squeezed on one of the beds in the middle of the night.

I normally slept on the down bunk bed while she was above me.

It had to be that position for a while because I still couldn't get the fact that the bed here was five times smaller than the one I had at home.

I usually roll and find myself on the cold floor, especially during my earlier days.

Imagine I was on the upper bunk bed...

But right now, we were curled up on my little bed since we both couldn't catch any sleep.

I couldn't sleep and she couldn't sleep so we decided to can't sleep together.

"So how about Timothy?" She suddenly asked and my nerves were suddenly alerted by the question.

"Why do you ask?"

"Nothing...just wanted to know how the little guy is doing?" She said and gave me a wink.

A wink I could see even in the dark.

"Stop...it," I said, using my fingers to pinch her arm.

"Awww!" She groaned in pain.

After the conversation between Timothy and I on my birthday, she was curious about it when I got back.

I had told her earlier that he was the one that ratted me out in the first place so she was curious about what we had probably talked about.

I told her about it and with her further questioning and interrogations from her, my big mouth released more than it was supposed to and I had talked about Timothy's dad, the day at the hospital, the night at the beach...the kiss.

Oh! The short stupid kiss...

Okay, maybe it wasn't that short but that doesn't count.

She had been teasing me with it ever since then...

Big mouth!

My visitings weren't as frequent as they were before. After the Christmas and new year holidays ended, I could tell that everyone was already busy with school...and work.

But I had to keep up with it and remind myself that I didn't need to be selfish...that everything doesn't have to be about me plus they also had their lives to live.

With the weeks I've made quite a number of new friends. Thanks to a Roxie.

If it were left to me...I would have just been a complete loner because I felt like neither of them are just my type.

I'm just really picky with people.

But Roxie always reminded me that I should drop that attitude and learn to relate with anybody, regardless of their social status as long as they had a good heart.

With my final exams approaching, my parents sent extra textbooks for me and I put in more effort into my lessons and also in my psychological and anger management counseling.

Atleast, I was getting a bit consent with myself again.

The thing is that, ever since my birthday, Timothy never visited again till now.

I knew that I shouldn't feel pained about that. I mean, it's not like his duty or something.

But my emotions couldn't help it. He was like the only friend I had outside this hell hole aside my family.

And I'm already feeling how lonely I could be when I finally leave here.

"I wonder why he hasn't visited ever since then?" She asked.

"Well...he probably has his reasons plus it's not like it's his duty to come check me up every time," I retorted.

"Hmmm...look at Cowry sounding so protective of her man, huh?" She waggled her eyebrows.

"He's not my man! Just a good friend of mine, is that so hard for your brain to interpret?" I argued, already getting annoyed of her constant teasing.

"Just a little kiss by mistake doesn't mean I suddenly have feelings for him...and I bet he didn't take it as anything serious too," I continued.

"Okay....boss," She teasingly replied.

"...And don't ever call me Cowry again!"

"Ok....fine...Cowry..."

Oh....are you kidding me?

I turned away from her, and we just kind of stayed quiet.

I suddenly had a change of mood.

"I wouldn't have ever imagined saying this...but I might actually miss it here," Roxie said, breaking the comfortable silence.

"Really?"

"Yeah...I'll miss being squeezed up in a bed, with you scowling beside me," she replied.

Is she trying to say that she'll miss me?

Unluckily for me, Roxie's nine months sentence was going to be due a month before mine.

A whole month!

What can I do in here for a whole month without her.

The thought of it was just like a nightmare.

I turned and put one of my arms around her, embracing her still in our lying position.

"Hey...calm down B, I don't do girls, remember," she complained.

"You don't do boys either, so?" I playfully argued.

"It doesn't mean that I won't prefer a dick over a pussy any fuckin' time," she replied.

"Just shut up Roxie...I just realized how much I was going to miss you...dumbass," I replied and she chuckled before encircling her arms around me too.

It looked like we were cuddling on my bed.

Well, we were cuddling on my bed.

"Same," she said before pulling apart abruptly.

"But I still don't do girls...."

Mehn....This girl is crazy and she just keeps on giving me reasons to miss her even more.

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