Chapter 4 - Roommates

I walked down the hall of the Women's Correctional Facility.
They were bringing me to the room where I would be staying I was scared, nervous and most of all overwhelmed that all this could happen so fast.
The heavy set woman led me to my room. They said I would staying with three different people, nervous that I would be living with three actual criminals frightened me.
We arrived to the door. The lady walking with me opened it to reveal A large room with Four beds, three looked slept in when the other was perfectly set up.
A small closet on the side, with the doors open revealed various clothes, most of was the uniform we had to wear.
She started to speak to me. "Ok, here is where you'll sleep." She said pointing to the unslept in bed.
"The bathrooms are down the hall. You are not allowed to have razors here. If you need to shave you will have a staff member supervise. Your room mates should fill you in on other things. Like when the lights are out and other things like that. They should be here soon. Fell free to unpack your things while you wait."
As she said that to me she left me alone in the empty room. You know how when people say "They made me feel like a convicted felon."? Well this time I knew exactly what they were talking about.
I sat down on my bed hands on my knees. I grabbed the bag were my things were and took some of the things out.
Then is when my roommates walked in. Two blondes and a dark skinned brunette.
They turned to me. A stranger.
"They said we would have a newbie." One of the blondes said.
"Leave her alone. Remember when we first arrived we were scared out of our damn minds." The other blonde told her. She knelt down to me. "Hi, I'm Darla" She pointed to the blonde that called me a "newbie". "That's Glory. Here's a little tip. Mind her shoes she had a thing for her stupid heels." She then pointed to the dark haired woman. "That is Kendra."
A little nervous but I was able to say. "Hi, I'm Buffy."
"Hello Buffy." Kendra said to me she had a very thick accent.
The three went and sat on their bed.
"So what are you in for?" Glory asked.
"I accidentally killed someone." I told them a little nervously.
"Really?" Darla asked. "I killed my Ex.'s new girlfriend then killed him for getting me pregnant then leaving me."
Kendra spoke up. "I attacked someone while they were sleeping. I thought they were someone else."
Glory then turned her head to me. "I tied up a 16 year old then cut her making her bleed on top of some tower. Oh and stabbed some guy in the chest. Then they accused me of making some girl crazy which I think is absolute bullshit. "Glory looked under her bed then pulled out a Cosmo magazine.
I smiled these three girls seemed down to earth and normal. Not psychotic like I though but sweet.
Darla got up and walked over to my bed sitting down. "Would you like me to help you unpack and fill you in on a few things?" I basically nodded. This place wasn't as bad as I had imagined.
"Great." she said jumping off the bed and grabbing my things. She walked over to the closet and I absently followed her.
The closet was tiny but you could tell which clothes belonged to who. "Here." She said pointing to the first section. "are Glory's clothes." Her clothes were basically bright red and beneath them were stacks of shoes which I doubt she ever wore. "Here she said pointing to the second section. "Is Kendra's, She only had one shirt and she refused to borrow any one else's." She pointed to the third section. "These are mine." Her clothes were mostly dark red and black. "You can borrow anything from me if you like. Glory is very protective of here clothes. Sometimes she acts like a goddess." I smiled at that. Glory over heard and yelled out. "Hey." Darla turned to her. "Well you do." Glory raised her eyebrows agreeing and she turned back to her magazine.
"Well." She started to talk as she hung up my things. "Lights are out at ten and we wake up at seven for breakfast then we usually go out for community work. How many years did you get?" She asked me. The judge announced my sentencing a few days ago. "5 years. He decided that it was self defense and shortened my sentence."
"That rocks." She said smiling. "Oh at seven we eat dinner. Which is about in half an hour. Did one of the staff tell you the razor rule?"
I looked at her and nodded. "Yeah, I tried it a few years back and I got in a lot of trouble." She said rolling her eyes. "I have about 5 years left too.

During dinner which was held in a huge cafeteria I saw officer Giles walking around, it looked like someone was giving him a tour. Now is when I remembered that they said he would be transferring here.
It would be nice to have at least one familiar face even when he wasn't that familiar. He walked by and turned to me then smiled. I smiled back.

That day was the day I truly felt something for him. I guess Faith hadn't completely ruined my life.

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