Chapter 3

BPOV

Irina remained awkward whenever I saw her. However, she was not home often. She would go days without coming back and when she did come back, Alec, her boyfriend, was always with her. Alec was a sweeter guy. I could tell he was shy but he had a smile on his face and tried his best to talk to me. Irina was just quiet and staring.

I spent most of my days walking around campus and looking for jobs. I was lucky enough to receive some grants and smaller scholarships to pay for school. I only needed to take out a small loan to pay for housing. However, I was surviving off of my saving account as of right now so I would need to start making money soon.

Most places I applied to wanted me to work longer shifts. Because of my class schedule this Fall, I was only able to work a few hours each day and that was not enough for a lot of places. I ended my search for the day with a defeated sigh and went back to my apartment.

I entered the apartment and saw a tall blonde figure in the kitchen carrying some boxes.

"Hi! I'm Tanya. Are you Bella?" she asked and put down the boxes. She was much taller than my 5 feet 4 height by a few inches.

"Yes! It's nice to meet you Tanya!" I tried to sound enthusiastically, "Do you need help with anything?"

"Oh no, I'm okay! I'm almost all settled in. I'm probably going to drive back home next weekend to get the rest of my stuff," she waved me off.

"You live close by?" I asked. She seemed sweet and not as awkward as Irina.

"Only an hour drive down South," she said, "Come! Sit down with me and let's talk!" We both went to sit down at the couch and began our conversation. It was a lot easier to talk to Tanya. She had an outgoing personality and is very outspoken so the conversation kept on rolling. She told me that she was a psychology major, but I already knew that from the quick profile snapshot the campus sent out with the housing email. She was not sure what exactly she wanted to do but she said she was a people person so interactions with people on a daily basic was what she was looking for. She was very friendly that I do not think it would be a problem in the future to be her friend.

"So have you met Irina?" Tanya suddenly asked in a much lower tone.

"I have! She moved in the same week as me," I answered and then asked cautiously, "Is she home right now?"

"Oh god no. But I was wondering if she was as awkward to you as she was to me earlier today when I met her," she asked seriously.

"So you too right?! It wasn't just me. She is kind of weird and strange. She kept to herself and barely home the past couple of weeks. She seems friendly though," I answered honestly. I was actually relieved. It was not just me who sensed her awkwardness and it was also just not me who she was being weird to.

"I mean I want to be good friends since we will be sharing a room together, but it doesn't seem like she wants to make friends," Tanya said sadly.

"I'll be your friend!" I answered her enthusiastically.

"Ahhh! You're so great! I'm glad we're roommates! Or really apartment-mates!" Tanya yelled and hugged me tightly.

"I'm glad as well!" I smiled at her. I had made a new friend in college so far!

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