Chapter 5: Roommate
Okay, this chapter is probably more comedic than I meant it to be, but I wanted to make Beyond's experience at Wammy's worse than it already was. Meet Cat, the single worst choice for a roommate the director could have chosen for B.
Voices drifted down the hall. Beyond's head perked up. They were familiar voices, but who were they talking to? He decided to listen in.
"And this is where you'll stay. Your roommate will be Backup. You can also call him B."
Roommate? He was getting a new roommate? What? Why didn't anyone tell him?
The worker opened the door and let in a ginger girl who was about ten.
"Backup, this is Cat. Hope you two get a long."
He closed the door behind him.
"Hey Backup!" the ginger said to him. Her voice was so high pitched it pissed him off.
"Please, I prefer Beyond."
"Oh, okay. I'm Cat, but most people call me C!"
She was too nice. It was like locking a rainbow and a storm cloud in the same room. He sighed, getting back to the book he was reading.
"Ooh! Whatcha readin'?" C asked.
"Murder novel," he said without looking up.
"Could you at least look at me when I talk to you?"
"I'm just getting to the good part. If I look up to talk to you , I'll loose my place."
Plus, I'd rather not talk to you. Your voice gives me a headache, Beyond thought, but the words never quite graced his lips.
"Well Backup, what's it about?"
"Please go away. And stop calling me Backup."
"Fine Backup."
Oh my god. This girl only listens to herself. What is wrong with her? Something tells me this is my punishment for letting A escape.
"I told you I prefer B or Beyond." B said, still without looking up.
Cat sighed. "Fine, but I think Backup is a better name for you."
That hit home. He narrowed his scarlet eyes into a glare. If looks could kill, Cat would have had a heart attack at the moment her blue eyes met his.
"Personally, I think you should have been A, for Annoyance. Now let me read."
"Fine, Backup."
This was going to be a torturous existence.