Chapter 9- "R.A on Duty"
Nate's here. He must have heard what I said because he looks at me with a puzzled face and asks, "What? Are you disappointed I'm here?"
"No, of course not! I'm happy to see you. I meant to ask you something at the fair but then I got distracted by choking, TITS, and some other really cool clubs," I say.
"Tits? Did I miss something at the fair?" he asks in a genuinely confused tone with a smile on his face. I laugh, "No, it's a club. 'Teachers Inspire Their Students.' It's a club for education majors and people who enjoy working with kids. I definitely think I'm gonna join."
"So you're an ed major?" he asks. "Yeah, early childhood education major with a concentration in child psychology! How about you?" I ask. He says, "Psych. But, I'm only taking gen eds right now. Like astronomy, calc 1, theater..."
"Wait, you're in the gen ed theater class? Theater 100? With Dr. Daniels? I'm taking that too!" I say excitedly. "Yeah, with Dr. D! He's so chill and funny. I'd love to see him perform one day!" Nate says.
"100% agree. He'd be amazing on stage. He's got such a good personality for theater," I say. Nate agrees and asks if I want to sit with him next class. I haven't really made any close friends in the class so sitting with him would be nice. I tell him I'd like that. I hear giggling not too far away and see Rose talking to Luke, the g-spot guy whose friends with Nate. "They look cute together, don't they?" Nate says to me. I look at him and smile and lightly nod and then he lightly puts one of his fingers on my face and says, "Eyelash. Make a wish." I close my eyes and wish for love while I blow away the eyelash on his finger.
"What did you wish for?", he asks. "That's a secret I'll never tell. XOXO." I laugh and he looks so confused. "It's a Gossip Girl reference," I say. "Ohh, okay. Well, I hope your wish comes true!" he says. I hope it comes true too. Maybe I'm already on my way to finding it? Maybe the guy I'm meant with is right under this roof?
Rose and Luke walk up to us and Rose suggests showing them our room. I agree and we all walk up the annoying 4 flights of stairs until we reach 420. My side of the room is the left and it is pink and has flowers and pictures everywhere and a small "This is Me" tapestry. I have these beautiful gold butterfly lights hanging up. I love how I decorated it. Rose's side is blue with more of an ocean theme. She has seashells on her desk and a big tapestry that says "Let the Sea Set You Free."
"Wow, you guys have very different styles," Nate says. Luke looks at Rose and says, "Ooh. You're a rule breaker." She looks at him confused and he says, "No tapestries allowed," and he points to the giant oceanic scene tapestry on her wall. She laughs and says, "What are you, an RA?!" "Would you like me to be?" he asks jokingly and leaves the room. He then knocks on the door and says, "R.A. on duty; is everything okay in there?" Rose, Nate, and I laugh because the R.A.s say that every night when they knock on the bathroom doors to make sure everyone's okay. Our door automatically locks so Luke is stuck out there. Rose makes him ask a few times before she lets him in.
We open the door for him and then an R.A, Mel, walks by and just smiles at us and says hi. We all give each other awkward looks and then break out laughing when she walks away. Saying "R.A. on duty" to someone could give them a real scare if they were doing something bad. They only say it in the bathroom every night to ensure everyone is safe. I guess people in the past have passed out in the bathrooms before after getting drunk so now it's a priority to check every communal bathroom every night.
Rose suggests we knock on someone's door and say "R.A. on duty." Immediately, the guys run out of the room to the closest guy's dorm room. They don't realize it's Josh and Ryan's room. I don't get a chance to stop them, and they say the ever-so-famous quote. We all listen closely and hear someone quietly saying "Shit. Shit. Damn it."
They knock again and finally, the door opens up. It's Josh and he's only wearing his boxers. He sees us all and first looks shocked and then annoyed and then angry. "What the fuck, guys? I thought an actual R.A. was checking in on me," he says. Luke and Nate just push open the door and walk in so Rose and I just follow them and close the door when we get inside. Luke says, "So... you hiding something? Something that you wouldn't want an R.A. to find?" Josh rolls his eyes and goes into the bottom drawer of his dresser and takes out a bottle of vodka and some shot glasses.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Luke says. Josh asks, "Who wants one?" Everyone agrees, but me. I stand there and shake my head no. "No, thanks," I say to him while trying not to look at his abs. Josh must feel uncomfortable standing in his underwear with people in his room so he puts on a pair of sweatpants. Nate looks at me and asks, "Why don't you want one?" I say, "I'm not much of a drinker."
And that's true. I've never drank alcohol in my life. But, that's not why I said no. I said no because I'm on medications that you can't mix with alcohol. I don't tell anyone this because it's no one's business but, Nate looks at me and says, "Come on. Just take a small sip. You'll like it!" He puts the drink right in my face and I take it in my hand and hold onto it. I turn around and pretend to drink some of it. I pour some of it into an empty cup on one of the desks. Nate must've bought the act because he praises me for finally drinking. I don't think anyone really noticed. Why would they? Now that I've turned around, I'm looking at Josh's side of the room. He's got a Secondhand Serenade poster! I love their song, "Fall for You!" It's amazing. Josh must notice me staring at it and he asks, "You like them?" I say, "I don't know too much of their music but I love their song "Fall for You."
"Yeah, that's a good song!" he says and then goes into his closet. He brings out a guitar. He places the guitar down and jumps onto his bed. He goes to grab the guitar and I give it to him. He keeps one of his hands held out after I give him it. He gestures for me to come join him on his bed. I don't really think about it. I just grab his hand and jump up into the bed. I'm so short I had to make a big jump to get up onto his high lofted bed and I kind of land on top of him. He smiles at me.
I'm literally laying on top of him for one second when the door opens and Harper walks in. It was one second. I jump off of him when I see her and he gets off the bed and runs up to her. She is pissed. Then I realize she saw a shirtless Josh with a girl she hates laying on top of him. I can see why she's angry. I begin to speak up and I want to say that nothing happened. It was just a weird position we were in. It was only for one second. Literally, my friends were still in the room. They were drinking, yes, but they knew we didn't do anything. I would never do anything with Josh, I mean- mini dick.
Josh says, "Nothing happened. She fell on top of me when she was getting into my bed." Harper asks angrily, "Why was she getting into your bed, Josh?!" He says, "She wanted to hear me play a song." Harper groans. "Again, with the stupid guitar?! Josh, music isn't a real job. It shouldn't even be a hobby. You should be focusing on your business classes and the soccer team!" Luke clears his throat and says, "We're gonna head out. Thanks for the drinks, man." We all leave but not before I hear Harper yell, "What do you think you were doing? You thought you could just flirt with some other girl, THAT girl and it would be fine." The door is shut but I can still hear Josh say, "Woah, I wasn't flirting. I was just going to play her a song. It's not a big deal. She doesn't mean anything to me. Trust me. She's a nobody."
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