Amy and I were now full members of Kappa Phi Theta. It was October and we were getting ready for the huge Halloween party we were throwing. Amy was a sexy devil so of course she made me be the sexy angel. Veronica was a sexy witch minus the green face paint though because apparently that isn't cute. Meagan was a sexy fairy and Wes was Harry Potter. We planned on ditching the party though. We were going to Wes' dorm to watch scary movies.
"Alright, we've got Scream, Pet Semetary, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Candyman."
"All of them!" Meagan said. I shook my head and put the first of our likely many bags of popcorn in the microwave.
"It's already 8'o'clock!"
"Will your roommate mind if we crash here?" I asked him.
"He's not coming back tonight. He went to a party."
"Perfect!" We watched movies the entire night and I'll be honest, we were all alittle afraid to go to sleep. We got one of the thicker blankets from Wes' bed and all slept under it. It was totally non sexual.
"Dude what happened last night? Threesome? I didn't know you had it in you." I opened my eyes and there was a guy standing in the room.
"No, it was nothing like that. We were watching scary movies last night and we got a little-" Wes tried to explain but was cut off.
"I'm sure that's it. Don't worry, I won't tell." He winked at Wes. Meagan and I took this as our cue to leave.
When we got to the house I found Amy sitting on the couch.
"Where were you?" I took a breath to prepare myself for the long speech she dived into.
"Who told you that you could leave? Were you with Wes? Are you sleeping with him now? You can't date him Samey. We're sorority girls. We need to date guys in fraternities. We don't need to be dating Veronica's dorky brother. My costume didn't even make as much sense. Do you want me to look like an idiot? Don't embarrass me just because you want to go off and be a slut." I wanted to say something but I just couldn't. Where was Jasmine when I needed her? Oh, right, AUSTRALIA!
"Sorry." I said and started walking up the stairs to our shared room. I flopped down on the bed. I was angry, and really sad. I'm always trying to figure out what I did to her. Did I take up too much space in the womb or something? That was seriously the only thing I could think of. I needed a pep talk or something of the sort. I wondered if Jasmine was available now? I dialed her up anyways. The phone rang twice and then she picked up.
"What did she do this time?" Somehow Jasmine already knew why I was calling.
"I left the Halloween party early to go watch scary movies with my friends and when I got back she chewed me out and called me a slut."
"What do I always tell you to do?"
"Stand up for myself. It's just really hard to do that."
"Why?"
"Because I've always stayed quiet. The only time I ever actutually stood up for myself was on Total Drama."
"Just do what you did then."
"I'll try. Thanks." We said goodbye and hung up. I went over to the closet and put on my jammies. I need to sleep all of my feelings off.
The next Monday I had an English class at 10. After I left class I went to the library. I didn't have any work to do, I just knew this was the one place I was sure Amy wouldn't show up. Or at least that's what I thought. I heard giggling a few shelves away from the corner I was in. I went over to check it out and there she was. Smiling and twirling her hair, just flirting up a storm. I looked to see the poor fly she had caught in her web. When I saw him I was in state of disbelief, possibly denial. There's no way she was flirting with Wes. She thinks he's dork. I shouldn't be surprised though. She stole my prom date. I picked up my bag and left, only now, I didn't know where to go. Why was I so upset? Tears started coming to my eyes.
"Meagan, I, can you come get me? I'm outside the library." She drove me to her cousins house. It wasn't far away. I broke down and told her everything. She didn't really know what to say. I guess she isn't much of the advice giving type.
"Does your cousin mind if I stay over tonight? I don't think I can go back to the house tonight, and I can't stay with Wes." I winced just saying his name. Asshole…
"Jenny, can Sammy and I stay here tonight?"
"Yeah. We can have a girls night. I have tons of nail polish colors!" I guess kindness and cheerfulness were inherited traits.
We both stayed over that night and I actually had fun. But the entire time all I could think about was Amy. Why did she always have to do this to me? I didn't get much sleep that night. Maybe this is what finally broke me. Maybe this is what led me to making terrible decisions, but I knew one thing, I had to ruin Amy's life like she ruined mine.
We got back to the house and I found Amy in our room.
"You should really call if you're going to be out all night." Yeah, and you should really stop being a bitch I thought, but of course didn't say.
"I'm sorry. I'll call next time." I went up to our shared room and moved all of my stuff. This was step one. Meagan and I had decided to room together. No one was currently sharing the room with her and I couldn't stand being in the same room as Amy. Bonus was that Meagan and I shared an affinity for the same colors so I was no longer shackeled to pink. When I was putting my makeup away one of my lip glosses rolled under her bed. When I reached for it I felt a dvd box or something like that. I pulled it out and it was a video game. I put it on top of her bed. I was planning on staying in here for awhile so I knew no one else was going to see it. She came in around noon with coffee and a bagel.
"This is for you." She said as she handed them to me.
"They made me go on the Starbucks run today so I brought back something for you."
"Thanks. Hey, I was wondering if I could play Final Fantasy XIII." She looked over to her bed. She smiled.
"Sure. I also have Kingdom Hearts, Dragon Age Origins, Halo Reach. If you want, I could even break out my 3DS and you could play Pokemon Y or Twilight Princess."
"We can play Halo if you teach me how to play." We played for a few hours and I lost every round.
"Okay, time out, I'm going to go get some snacks." I walked down to the kitchen. They had soy chips so I poured a big bowl of that. They had unsalted pretzels so I threw those in. Then I grabbed a few of the many bottles of the pink wine coolers they had. I heard a knock on the door. I put my treasure down and went to answer it. Of course standing at the door was, you guessed it, Wes.
"So are you going to invite me in or what?" He asked me. I realized then he hadn't seen me at the library.
"No. Begone vampire." I promptly procedded to close the door and precede with out shoot/snackathon. I heard Amy open it a few minutes later but I decided to ignore them.
A few wine coolers and rounds of Halo later Meagan and I were both very giggly.
"I have a confession to make." Meagan said. I was on the edge of my seat for no reason. "Sometimes I go to comic conventions."
"That's not a very good confession. I thought you were going to tell me a deep dark secret."
"That was a deep dark secret!"
"When is the next one? "
"January. Why?"
"I want to go with you!"
"Yay! I like to cosplay though, so it's time for you to binge watch anime with me!"
"Netflix here we come!"
That weekend we watched Death Note and I can no longer eat an apple without smiling.
