Sam's POV

"You despicable child!" Nona exclaimed. "I can't believe you lied to me!"
"Well, I-" I tried to think of what to say, but I couldn't think of nothing. Aw, chiz!

"Sam, why would you lie to me?"

"Hey, don't be mad at me!" I said. "It's your fault for being the best roommate in the world."

Nona sighed and finally calmed down. "Look, honey. I'm glad that you consider me as the best roommate ever, but lying to me about Cat, that is very irresponsible!"

I rolled my eyes. "Okay, I'm sorry," I sighed.

Nona grabbed her jacket from the coat rack and put in on her. "We're going to Phoenix to pick up Cat and Dice. And after we do that, I don't want you anywhere near our apartment again."

What she said completely shocked me. She's seriously going to ban me from this apartment?! Where else am I supposed to go?

"But, I don't anywhere else to go!" I yelled.

"Why don't you go back to Louisville?"

Louisville? This old chunk of cheese thinks I live in Kentucky?!

"I'm from Seattle!" I exclaimed.

"I don't care," Nona snapped. "Now, let's go." She walked towards the door.

"Wait!" I shouted before she could open the door.

"What?!" She looked back at me with an annoyed look on her wrinkly face.

"Can you cook dinner first?" I asked.

"No!" she shouted. "Come on!" She opened the door and I followed her out.

Cat's POV

It was the next day and Nona and Sam weren't still here. I sighed as I played with my meatloaf with my fork.

"This place is so scary," I said to Wendy.

"And hideous," Wendy said in a flat tone.

I heard someone plop down next to me. I turned to see an African American guy. He noticed me looking at him and smiled.

Wow, I thought to myself. He's handsome.

"Hiiiiiiii!" I greeted him cheerfully. "I'm Cat!"

"'Sup, Cat?" he said, giving me a small nod. He turned to Wendy and smiled at her. "How you doin', Wendy?"

Wendy looked up at the cute guy and gave him a not-so-nice look. "Don't talk to me, Latrelle. I'm still mad at you," she said.

"Why?" he asked. "Because I dumped you?"

"No!" Wendy said, her voice getting louder and angrier. She stood up. "Because you cheated on me with that skunkbag!"

Latrelle rolled his chocolate brown eyes. "Whatever." He turned to me and smiled again. "So, you single?"

"Leave Cat alone!" Wendy yelled.

"Yeah," I told Latrelle, ignoring Wendy.

"Well, then," Latrelle said. "Maybe you should chill with me sometime." He gave me a wink.

I let out a giggle. "Kay-kay," I said.

"Here are my digits," he said, giving me a small piece of paper with his number on it. He got up and walked off.

I think I'm going to start liking it here, I thought to myself.