Summary :
Takes place after the graduates (Season 3) but Marissa didn't die, and she decided to go to Berkeley along with Ryan and his girlfriend Sadie. Unlike Atwood, she doesn't have her own apartment and has to live in one of these on-campus rooms. … Surprise when she meets her roommate! MALEX.

Yes I'm feeling very inspired about this fic right now. Hope you like it.

Reviews :

tines : LOl. Well I never said who it was… I just gave a very big hint on it. I'm glad you're liking it.

malex4ever : Hurray! Thanks, I'm very glad.

shassy25 : Haha. Yea, no Trey. It's a Trey-free fanfic! Oh you think it's Alex? What makes you think that? … whistles…

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You again?
Chapter 2 – Facing you

Marissa immediately covered herself with the closest t-shirt before meeting the brunette's eyes. They both stood speechless for the following seconds. Marissa studied her roommate's attire. She had a black t-shirt with the letters "F.c.u.k" typed on it, along with a pair of tight jeans. She also had a heart shaped necklace gleaming, and a pair of penetrating green eyes. Then the identity of her roommate hit Marissa.

"You changed your hair" She said, finding nothing else to say. Marissa also wanted to tell her how much it suited her well, but she didn't. She had a feeling Alex wasn't very pleased to see her.

"Yea", Alex coldly replied, crossing her arms. What kind of sick coincidence was that?

"I…" Marissa said and, noticing she was still topless, put on the shirt she had grabbed in a hurry and walked closer. "I didn't know you were coming to Berkeley" She completed.

"You though I was too dumb?" Alex replied, which made Marissa stop.

"What? No, of course not." She replied right away, surprised by Alex's respond. "It's not what I meant, I just…"

"Don't tire yourself" Alex cut her, "Ryan's waiting outside." Marissa blinked. Ryan… right, she forgot about him. She also forgot how Alex felt about him.

"Ryan and I are not together." She said. It sounded random, but she felt the need to clarify it. Alex raised an eyebrow.

"I don't recall asking you who you were not dating" She said. Rolling her eyes, Marissa grabbed her purse and left the room.

"And to think that I was relieved to see you were my roommate" She said on her way out. Alex watched her go and closed the door behind her. Now that was just fucking great.

XxX

As she got out of the room, she heard Alex slap the door and sighted. Just like the old days, she though angrily as she tried to find Ryan. Freedom never lasts long.

"There you are!" She said angrily as she found him standing next to a pamphlet wall.

"Oh I'm sorry I just though…." He started.

"Alex is my roommate" Marissa cut him. Ryan's smile disappeared as he noticed how angry Marissa was.

"Alex is here?" Ryan asked, surprised

"Well yea", Marissa replied, "And I'm stuck with her for the whole year".

"Weren't you two like bestfriends… not to say…" Ryan stopped right away as Marissa shot him an evil glance.

"She's giving me this bitchy ex-girlfriend I-don't-want-you-anywhere-near attitude" Marissa kept going as she crossed her arms and laid her back against the closest wall. Sighting, Ryan faced her.

"Come on", he smiled. "Let's go shopping. In a few hours, she'll probably have cooled down and you two will have a nice talk"

"Or…" Marissa said as a sudden idea crossed her mind, "I could stay with you until Sadie comes back. Come on, she won't here before next week…" Ryan rolled his eyes. There was no point in arguing with Marissa.

XxX

Avenged Sevenfold was playing loudly in the room. Jumping around, Alex took out a few of her band posters and hung them randomly in the room, not respecting the roommate border. Marissa probably had nothing interesting to do with her share of the walls anyway, she shrugged.

It was now past midnight and there was no sigh of the Newport Brat. Satisfied, Alex made her way to the window and opened it wide, letting the cool air get in the room. So Marissa freaked out, Alex figured happily. She had won.

XxX

As she heard someone get in and slam the door, Marissa opened her eyes and grumbled as her back hurt like hell.

"Good morning" Ryan greeted her with two cups of coffee and muffins. Marissa turned to face him. "Slept well?" he asked. She could tell he was being ironic.

"This floor is the most comfortable one I ever slept on" She winked. They did buy a bed yesterday, but there was a tree days waiting for the delivery. Ryan sighted.

"You know, you got a nice bed down the campus" He said. "You don't have to put up with this." The brunette sat up and took one of the coffees.

"I'm fine where I am" She lied.

"You can't hide from her forever" Ryan insisted. Although Marissa did not tell him what was going on, he easily figured it out. "Besides, you're going to run out of clean clothes". Marissa frowned.

"Why do you always have to be rational?" She asked him angrily. Taking it as a compliment, Ryan smiled at her.

"If you want, I'll come with you" He offered. Marissa almost spit her coffee.

"I don't think that's a good idea" She said.

XxX

Marissa was walking through the campus, her hands deeply shoved in her jeans and her sunglasses covering half of her face. It was still early, the fields were empty. Maybe it was better this way, in case Alex started to throw beer bottles again. Slightly grinning by the though of it, she got in the college and reached her door room quicker than she intended to. She raised her hand to knock on the door, and then remembered how she also lived there and used the key instead. As she got in, she found Alex wide awake in bed.

"What the hell?" Alex said as she pulled up the sheets.

"Still sleeping naked?" Marissa grinned. She already knew the answer.

"Whatever", Alex replied angrily. "You belongings are right there" She said. Marissa found her bag next to the room.

"Why are they here?" She asked.

"You're leaving, aren't you?" Alex said again. Marissa felt a rush of angst. It wasn't even a question.

"Hell no" She replied, wanting to piss off Alex more than she wanted to really stay. Taking her bag, she walked over her bed and put it back on it. She could tell Alex wasn't feeling much comfortable having her around while she was naked under the sheets.

"I…" Alex started. She wasn't going to ask Marissa to turn around, that would be like surrendering.

"Yes?" Marissa asked with a huge grin. She didn't mind looking the other way or leaving the room for a few minutes, just as long as Alex asked her nicely. But they both knew that wasn't going to happen.

"Nothing" Alex said as she lay back in bed. Marissa will have to eventually leave, right? Smiling, Marissa stood up.

"Nice posters", she commented. "But I believe this one is on my side of the room" she said, looking at the Tegan and Sara. "Oh well" She ripped it off, making sure to make the most noise possible. "Problem solved." She said, making a paper ball with the torn poster and throwing it on Alex's head. "Man I'm going to love this year".

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Yea it was Alex! Nobody guessed it, uh!
Note : I looooved Tegan and Sara. There's no significant reason why I made Marissa tear up their poster.

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