~*~ Whoever said life was fair? ~*~

~*~ Chapter One: Meting the roommates~*~

Mariam Echinacea unlocked the door to her new apartment. She had just turned eighteen, and her parents had finally allowed her to stay away from home and stay in an apartment in a different high school for her last year at high school.

She was so excited. She couldn't wait to see her roommates. As soon as she unlocked the apartment door of room 807 of build number 49, in Thorn-Edge, she was soon met by packages of opened up suitcases, wallpapers lying around, with the wallpaper paste mashed and spilled around the floor. Open cartons on different color of paints. On one side was a pile of five mattresses. Vases, flowers, decorations, air fresheners, and god knows what else. The entire house was a MESS!!

Mariam raised an eyebrow and shook her head. She went inside the house with her suitcases and other equipment. "Is anyone there?" She called out, but only her voice echoed through the room. Suddenly a short girl with bright orange hair and big purple hair came out. His had cream paint smeared on her face, and her glasses her on her head instead of her nose. She was wearing blue baggy shorts and a really big, baggy, oversized blue t-shirt.

As soon as she saw Mariam she stopped dead in her tracks. "Uh…. Hehe …… surprise?" She said nervously and she suddenly screamed. "HILLARY, MARIAH, SALIMA! GET YOU'RE ASSES DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!" Suddenly the hallway the orange haired girl had come through had suddenly filled with three other girls. One had chocolate brown hair, and it clearly stated by her scowl that she was bossy.

"Whoa, Ems. Since when do you swear?" The girl with bright red-hair asked. "Since now, dumb-ass." The bossy girl stated, rolling her eyes. The long pink haired girl shook her head. She was very pretty. She smiled at Mariam. "Hello, I'm Mariah." She said sticking out her hand for Mariam to shake.

Mariam smiled back and took the offered friendship in front of her. "Hey, I'm Mariam." She answered. Suddenly the hyper redheaded girl butted in. "I'm Salima." She said smiling widely but not really sucking in being friendly. "I'm Emily, and this is Hillary." Said the girl with the glasses as she pointed towards the chocolate brown haired girl.

Soon the girls were seated on top of bags filled with pillows, since they still had to fix the sofas. Emily had made coffee for them, and they were enjoying a nice conversation. "Sorry about the mess and all. We were trying to surprise you by giving the house a makeover, but thank a CERTAIN redhead we messed up. BIG TIME!" Hillary said glaring at Salima.

"Well, it isn't MY fault. I mean there was a HUGE cockroach and I screamed and smashed everything." Salima said defending herself. Mariah sweat dropped. "It wasn't a cockroach Sally, it was an ant. And it was tiny." She said as the rest of them laughed and Salima pouted.

Suddenly there was a knock at the door, and was soon stopped as Emily opened the door. Three girls soon greeted them. One of them had long curly, not puffy, black hair, and the second one had light brown hair, and the third one had dark brown hair.

The girl with the long curly black hair ran and hugged Mariah in a friendly way. "Mari, it's so good to see you. Oh GOD! What's wrong with this place?" She said looking at the disaster around them. Mariah laughed at her best friend's stupidity. "Mariam met, Lia, (An//: It's said this way, Lee-ah) She my bestest friend in the whole entire world." She said laughing.

"There is no such word as "bestest" Mari." Lia said, "Enough with the "Ms. Perfect" attitude." Said the girl with light brown hair. She had short light brown hair, up to her cheek. "Hey, I'm Sara." She said, it was clearly stated that she was a tomboy; by the way she was dressed. She wore baggy jeans, and a baggy "Nike" logo t-shirt.

"Hey, I'm Jenna, but call me Jen. Everyone does." She said laughing. She was the last of the three. She had dark brown hair until her shoulders; it was wavy, unlike Sara's who's was straight. It was clear that Jen was one of those wacky girls, who are fun, nice, kind, and not to mention perverted in a wacky weird funny way.

Lia on the other hand seemed to be one of those smart girls, who are also fun, but try to be really perfect in studies. But she seemed like a nice girl to Mariam. Lia had really beautiful Mahogany eyes though. They were…. Gorgeous. Red and light brown mixed, absolutely… breathtaking.

Mariam smiled at the three girls. "Hi, I'm Mariam." Just as she had finished there was yet again another knock at the door. This time it was a guy. He had light blue hair on the front and a patch of darker shade of blue at the back. He wore a tight black sleeveless shirt, which showed his muscles. He wore baggy pants, and boy was he HOT! But there was something familiar about him. He had those same Mahogany eyes...

Mariam heard Jen gasp and whisper "Kai…"

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Johnny McGregor sighed for the millionth time. If only he could have changed time. He had liked only 'one' girl since 4th grade, and now he was going to 12th grade. If he didn't tell her about his feeling now, God knows what will happen. This year will be his last chance, or else, how else could he tell her? She was so smart; she'd probably get in a better University then him.

But there's no chance, She's going out with the most popular, hottest, sweetest, guy on the school. She won't be interested in him, after all her put her through. She had liked him ever since she laid eyes on him, but he always pushed her away, just for his pride and popularity.

If only he had said yes…

~*~

"YO RAY MA MAN!!!" Tyson Granger screamed his head off. "WHAT!?!?" Ray asked glaring at the blue-haired teen. Even arrogance was too little to describe Tyson. Tyson stuck out his tongue. "Shesh. SOMEONE'S grumpy today." Tyson said huffing.

Ray's expression softened, "Sorry." He mumbled. "I was just going through my old stuff." He continued mumbling. Tyson looked over his friend's shoulder and saw the picture in his hand. Tyson quickly mumbled a sorry and got out of Ray's room.

But before he reached the door, Ray called after him, "It's okay Tyson, what did you want to ask me?" "Oh… I was…. Um… kinda… looking for the sugar." Tyson answered blushing.

"We're all out, so Kai went next door to get some." Ray answered still looking at the picture. "Mariah's place?" Tyson asked, but suddenly stopped as soon as he realized his mistake.

Ray closed his eyes and mumbled, "Yes", as his grip on the picture tightened. Tyson smiled nervously at his roommate. "You still like her?" He asked nervously. "WHO?" Ray asked sharply as his big yellow-cat-like eyes opened in a bolt of shock. Tyson was caught of by surprise.

Ray suddenly calmed down, "Never mind, sorry Tyson. It's just that, I don't know WHY Mariah broke up with me. I never did anything to her. She thinks I'm cheating on her with FRANKIE! Can you believe it, FRANKIE! The purple-headed girl in 9th grade. OH GOD! That is SO stupid; her and me are practically brothers and sisters. I don't know why she dumped me, and in front of the ENTIRE school to make it worse. WHY THE HELL DID SHE DO THAT TO ME??" Ray roared as Tyson jumped of the chair he was sitting on. "Uh… Ray, maybe I should leave you alone." Tyson quickly answered and left the room before could say anything else.

- To be continued...

- ADIOS

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