Chapter 6
Andre opened his eyes to the bright sunlight coming through his window. He could barely open his eyes at all. He stuffed his face into the pillow to block the sunlight. Andre took a heavy sigh and sat up on his bed. He saw his shirt at the foot of his bed. He leaned over and picked it off the ground. He searched the floor for anything else he may have dropped. There wasn't anything to Andre's pleasure; he hated it when things were left in a mess. Andre forced himself up and dropped the shirt in his dirty clothes basket.
Andre then returned to his bed and sat down. He rubbed his eyes to clear his vision. It had been three days since Andre had seen his roommate last. It scared him to know the guy was still out there. But when he thought about it, he thought it would be dumb for his roommate to do anything to Andre while he was here; he would be caught for sure. He still didn't feel very safe even when he thought of this.
Andre stopped dwelling in his thoughts and stood up to take a shower. He walked towards the bathroom and stopped at the mirror to admire his messy black hair. As he was looking at himself in the mirror he noticed the door was cracked. He turned around to see it with his own eyes. Andre knew he had closed the door before he fell asleep; he always did. He walked over to the door and opened it. He stuck his head out into the main room and looked around. The sunlight was coming in through the window on the back wall, which lit up the entire room. He didn't see anything in there out of the ordinary.
Andre cautiously walked into the main room. He kept his eyes on the door across from him. He didn't want to think his roommate came in there in the night. Andre opened the door to his roommate's room and looked around. There was nothing out of the ordinary in the room. Everything was exactly the way it was the last time Andre checked; which he did often. Andre walked out of the room and closed the door. He looked to the apartment's main door, which was closed shut.
"It's probably nothing," he said to himself.
He then walked back into his room and took his shower.
Andre walked in the doorway to his first class. He walked to the back as usual and sat in his seat. Amy wasn't in her desk, she must be running late. He had really started to like her a lot and he was sure she felt the same way about him. She was really the only person Andre knew at school, with the exception for the few people who he talked with on occasion.
The professor walked into class and closed the door behind him. The whole class Andre waited for Amy to come through the door. It wasn't like her to completely miss a class.
She is probably still sleeping.
The class finally ended and Andre was the first one out the door. He couldn't wait to catch Amy sleeping in and rub it in her face. He walked across campus to her dorm. He got to her room and knocked on it.
A pretty girl blonde girl opened the door. She was still in her pajamas. This must be Lucy; Amy talked about her roommate a lot.
"Hi is Amy here," Andre asked her with a smile.
"You must be Andre," Lucy said to him.
"Yes," Andre answered, "and you must be Lucy."
"That's me," she told him, "Amy has told me a lot about you."
"Oh yeah," he said with a smirk, "Likewise."
She giggled for a second. Andre was kind of annoyed by the way she avoided his question.
"Is she in," Andre asked her?
"No she left this morning," she answered as she opened the door all the way.
"Are you sure," Andre asked as he looked towards Amy's door.
"I'm pretty sure," she said as she looked towards Amy's room, "Let me go check."
Lucy walked over to Amy's door and knocked lightly on it. She called Amy's name a few times and knocked again. Andre stepped inside the apartment to look around. Lucy called Amy's name again. Lucy and Andre's eyes meet each other. Lucy finally decided to open her door. She twisted the doorknob and slowly opened the door halfway. She poked her head in and called Amy's name.
"I don't think she's in," said Lucy as she opened the door all the way. She walked into Amy's bathroom and looked around and didn't see anything.
"Nothing?"
"Yeah she's not in there," Lucy answered.
"Okay, well could you tell her that I was here when she gets back?"
"Yeah, sure," she replied.
"Thanks, Lucy," he told her.
"No problem," she responded as she closed Amy's door.
Andre made his way to the hallway door, and Lucy followed him to it.
"Okay, well it was good to finally meet you," Andre said to Lucy.
"Yeah it was good to finally meet you too," Lucy answered.
They both said their goodbyes and Andre made his way back to his apartment to wait for his next class.