Cordelia sat back from her desk and sighed happily. It had taken an hour, but everything was finally unpacked and organized. Her bed was made perfectly and her desk was just as she liked it. She glanced to the other half of the room and rolled her eyes.
"Classes haven't even started yet and this girl is already late," Cordelia shifted her eyes back to her desk and grabbed the novel she was currently reading. She toed her shoes off and climbed up into her lofted bed to read it, "I just hope she knows how to be quiet."
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Misty stepped out of the elevator on the sixth floor of the dorm building and huffed. She momentarily sat her bags down and pushed her wild hair out of her face, "I know I had a hair tie earlier," She searched her wrists and pockets before sighing and picking her things up. She made her way down the hallway, "611, 612, 613, 614!" She pulled her newly issued key out and maneuvered her things into one hand to unlock the door and pushed it open. She dropped everything by the empty bed and looked up to see another teenage girl on the top of the other bed looking down at her with a large book in her hand, "Sorry I'm late. Traffic was hell."
The other girl nodded and Misty finally located a hair tie and pulled her hair up off of her neck and shoulders, "Hi, I'm Misty," The girl climbed down the bed and sat her book down before extending her hand.
"Cordelia," Misty grinned and turned back to her things, "Umm. So, what's your major?" Cordelia sounded unsure and Misty felt the same way. She didn't know how to make small talk with the girl either.
"Animal science and agriculture. Yours?" Cordelia bit her lip.
"Chemistry and a minor in botany," Misty grinned and nodded. Cordelia studied the girl as she began to unpack. She seemed to have a type of "hippie" flair, not that Cordelia would mind that if the girl could be quiet enough to let her get her work done. Misty had long wild blonde curls and big blue eyes and if she'd been anyone else but her roommate, Cordelia would have had an instant crush on her. The girl had on a pair of green denim shorts and a white tank top with the words "Thunder Only Happens When It's Raining" in black writing on the front of it. Cordelia bit her lip. Not many people still actively listened to Fleetwood Mac or Stevie for that matter, "Umm. Do you need some help?"
Misty turned back around and shook her head, "No, but thanks!" Cordelia nodded and sat down at her desk and picked her book back up. About an hour later, Misty's shuffling stopped. Cordelia placed her bookmark and spun around in her desk chair. Misty was hanging up a few dresses and tops and her side of the room was finished. It wasn't exactly neat but Cordelia wouldn't say it was entirely messy either. She could live with it. She shook her head at the sight of a Fleetwood Mac poster and noticed a few potted plants on the girl's desk as well.
Misty turned back around and met her gaze, "Do ya know where the bookstore is? There are still a few I gotta get," Cordelia shook her head.
"No, I haven't explored yet either.. Would you mind if I came with you? At least I won't feel completely hopeless if I get lost?"
"Sure!" Cordelia stood and grabbed her book list, room key, student ID, and her wallet. Misty grabbed her things as well and the two of them made their way down to the first floor after locking the dorm room.
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"Ya know.. The campus didn't look this big online," Cordelia nodded, "I swear I need a shirt that says "Hey. I'm a freshman. If I look lost, I am," Cordelia snorted lightly and Misty grinned, "It should not be this hard ta find a book store."
"It's behind you! Welcome to college!" The two of them watched a boy walk past them. He'd said the words without ever looking up from his text message. They turned and Cordelia rolled her eyes.
"How much longer would it have taken us to realize that?"
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Cordelia huffed for the fourth time trying to convey to the girl on the other side of the room that she wanted to sleep. She admitted to herself that she was being pretty passive but it was also after one in the morning and she wasn't exactly a night owl, "Misty?" The girl looked up from her laptop, "Can you turn that light out?" Misty nodded.
"Yeah, sorry," She flipped her desk lamp off, "Is the light from the computer okay?" Cordelia nodded and turned back over to finally get some sleep, "Night."
Cordelia rolled her eyes but uttered a good night back to the girl anyway.
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Cordelia woke the next morning and sat up in her bed rubbing at her eyes. She looked over to the other bed and saw Misty sleeping sprawled out on the mattress with her wild hair fanned out over the pillow. She glanced at the clock and grimaced. It was ten. She never slept past nine; it must have been how late she'd stayed up.
Cordelia climbed down as quietly as she could and pulled on a black top and a floral skirt. She slid her feet into little black flats and moved to the small sink in the room to brush her hair and teeth. She reached for her brush and knocked a bottle of perfume over. She tensed to listen and see if she woke the girl but didn't hear her move. She propped the bottle back up and turned around. Misty hadn't even stirred. Cordelia just shook her head and brushed her hair out before brushing her teeth.
She ran eye liner over her lids and blinked on some mascara before deciding that was enough for the day. She glanced back to Misty who was still sleeping heavily before grabbing her ID and keys and heading out of the room to get breakfast.
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Cordelia headed back to the dorm thirty minutes later. She entered the room and found Misty still asleep. She checked her schedule. They definitely had convocation for freshmen today, "Misty," The girl didn't stir and Cordelia raised an eyebrow. She tried again louder this time, "Misty," She still didn't move and Cordelia sighed. She looked around and saw the girl still had a playlist pulled up on her laptop screen. Cordelia pulled the ear buds out and hit play with it on full blast.
Misty finally shifted when the song reached the chorus and opened her eyes, "Is that my laptop?"
"Yes. I couldn't get you to wake up. We have a meeting in twenty five minutes," Misty nodded and sat up pushing wild hair out of her face.
"Thanks," Cordelia just nodded and picked her book up as the girl got down from her bed, "How long have ya been up?"
"About forty minutes," Misty nodded and got dressed quickly. She left the room and came back a few minutes after using the restroom down the hallway. She brushed her teeth and her hair as best as she could before huffing and pulling it up into a ponytail. Cordelia bit back her laugh, the girl's hair looked like a lot to have to put up with, "You ready to go now?" Misty nodded and the two of them left the room for the meeting.