A/N: I owe it to 'Redneckbabe,' that is where I got the idea of putting a girl in a boys' hallway, floor, that and all. To Redneckbabe, I really really promise not to take any of your ideas! To other readers, her story, Freedom in Misery, is AWESOME, I love it a lot. I know all of you will love it too! Anyway, the only thing is a girl in a boys'… place. So, thank you Redneckbabe! The rest of the plot besides that is mine though… Heheh. (Besides the fact that Jamie is sent to a boys' hallway/floor, that.)
Well, read this next part of the story, I decided to continue because apparently I got two reviews that told me to keep going, SO yah. I hope you like it! (I will start by repeating the last few sentences, just to refresh your memory.)
"Jamie," came a voice, "what are you doing here!"
Jamie spun her head around to see her roommate standing in the doorway. Her heart skipped a beat.
"Gee, Jamie… you… y-y-you're…" Jake stuttered. He stared at the ground, taking deep breaths, and shook his head. "Wow." All of a sudden, his hand still on the doorknob, he slammed the door closed. Jamie could hear Jake collapse on the door and crouch, his back leaning on the door. Jake glared up at Kevin.
"I TOLD you it was a girl!" Kevin smirked.
"Not that," Jake folded his hands and drew one leg up to his chest.
"What else could it be? You didn't believe me, remember?"
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Jake waved his words away.
"Don't you remember? You said, 'What's up Kevin!' and you were all happy right? Then I said, 'Go meet your new roommate.' And you said, 'Did you meet him already?' But I said, 'SHE!' and obviously you didn't believe me. Now you believe me?"
"J-Jamie's not just any she. I knew her. Well, know her." Jake retorted, gazing at the floor. He slammed the back of his head against the door. Flashbacks of when he had been with her flooded his head. He could hear her laughter, her sarcastic tones, one time when she cried, and other times when she had told him and her other friends to touch her head as the sun was burning brightly and heating her black hair. I have spent three awesome years with her, Jake smiled, and it looks like I'm going to have another 4 years with her here in college. Whoo!
"Dude," Kevin snapped, clapping in front of Jake's face, "what are you doing!"
Jake's smile disappeared, as he stared up at Kevin with his eye's slit. "You are so annoying, you know that?"
Meanwhile, inside room 5484, Jamie was lying on her bed. I thought it would be another Jake. But it's this Jake. Weird. Very weird. I wonder if I'll actually enjoy having him as a roommate. But then again he is one of my best friends. Well, I guess I'll just have to enjoy living with him… I wonder what'll happen next year. Will I still have him as a roommate? Jamie always tended to think about the future.
-Flashback-
Jamie and Jake were sitting on a bench on the last day of high school, the sun glistening on their black hair.
"Well, I had fun," Jamie smiled a little, "with you being my friend."
"Yah, guess I'll see you… later." Jake gave Jamie a high five.
"Keep in touch!"
"Haha, yah, unless we're roommates," Jake joked.
"That's basically impossible," Jamie laughed.
".0000001 chance dude! Jamie, it's still possible," Jake grinned.
-Flashback Ends-
Jamie thought aloud, "Now THAT… is freaky."
Just then, the door swished open. Jamie felt a little breeze.
"Hi," Jamie greeted weakly.
"Hi…" Jake couldn't find any words.
"They're outside right behind the door aren't they?" Jamie lifted her head and nodded toward the door, which was behind her to the right.
"What? Um… no, of course not! W-why would they be there? What m-made you think that?" Jake lied as he scrambled over to his bed, also making sure Jamie wasn't going to look out the door.
Outside in the hallway, all 6 of Unit 8's residents besides Jamie and Jake were lined up against the wall, listening intently. Kevin, who was closest to the door, put his finger on his mouth, motioning to the others to stay quiet. But unfortunately, there was a big mouth in the group.
"JEEZ, what is she, PHYSIC?" Everyone let out a big sigh except for Jamie, who rolled her eyes, and Zach shrugged innocently.
Kevin yelled, "ZACH!" and began chasing him around the hallway.
Jake, who was usually the one breaking up fights, ran out the door and grabbed Kevin by the shoulders. "Jeez…"
Jamie marched outside and laughed sarcastically. "…And Jake saves the day again…"
Jake smiled sheepishly, letting go of Kevin, who finally caught Zach and poked him repeatedly.
"What a funny group," Jamie lifted her brow, amused.
"So… what do you think of Jake being your new roommate?" Aaron finally spoke.
"Yah, what do you think?" Joshua, Pete, and Dave chimed in.
"Dude, he's one of my best friends," Jamie chuckled, "it's completely and utterly fine… isn't it?" Jamie elbowed Jake.
"Oh, yah, oh, of course!" Jake shrugged.
"SO, anyway, I see Jake has already met all of you and got acquainted with you all, so what are your names? I only met Kevin." Jamie wondered.
"I'm Zach!" he blurted out.
"So apparently you're the big mouth?"
Zach nodded, "Mayyyyybe. Zach Rowdy."
The rest of the group raised their hands as Jamie learned their names.
"Aaron. Aaron Freeman."
"Dave Young."
"Pete, Petey, Peter, whatever… Carlson."
"Josh… or Joshua is good. Joshua Cheng."
"Kevin Long."
"Right…. Okay. Well, Jamie Lin. Anyway, I'm hungry. Up for dinner anyone?"
"Sure, that would work," the boys replied.
"Okay then, Aaron Freeman, Dave Young, Pete Carlson, Joshua Cheng, Kevin Long, and of course Jake Wong! Off to dinner we go… anyone got a map?" Jamie laughed.
The buffet styled diner right next to their buildings was where they ate. All eight of the newly made friends piled up their plates and walked together to a peach colored rectangular table. One side of the table had cushioned seats, the other side having separate wooden chairs.
"Well, what are you waiting for guys? Sit!" Jamie exclaimed, motioning toward the table. The guys all cowered behind her, refusing.
"Um… Ladies first," Kevin promptly answered.
"You weird people…" Jamie teased. She sat down at the corner of the table, seating herself on the cushioned seats. Jake slid in next to her, Joshua and Pete following. Kevin sat himself in front of Jamie, and to his right came Dave, Aaron, and finally Zach.
Everyone paused for a moment, speechless, then discovered they were all ravenous, and started stuffing their food into their mouths. After finishing a plate, Jamie silently reached into her backpack, which she always brought along, and pulled out her digital camera. Even though the camera was still in her backpack, Jamie found the power button and secretly turned it on. A muffled sound rung, but the boys didn't notice it, as they were still too busy eating.
Before they knew it, a picture was taken of the seven boys all taking in huge bites of food, and Jamie was pleased.
"What was that flash?" Zach looked up from his plate of beef, noodles; all that could ever be found in the diner.
"Jamie?" Jake slowly bent his head toward Jamie suspiciously.
"What?" Jamie, who had rapidly stuffed her camera back into her bag, looked up and shrugged innocently.
"Camera please." Jake demanded with a smile.
"You," Jamie elbowed Jake and started poking his head, "ugh… I'll show you guys the picture later." Jamie kicked Jake from under the table, laughing. Jake tried unsuccessfully to kick back; he accidentally kicked Kevin's long legs instead.
"Hey man, what was that for?" Kevin seemed a bit angry. Jamie took a bite out of her food and kicked at Kevin's legs. Kevin attempted to kick back, failed and accidentally kicked Jake, who mistakenly kicked Dave who kicked Joshua who swung his legs and whacked Aaron who got Pete who got the best of Zach. Everyone started kicking each other and occasionally peering under the table, trying to kick someone in particular. The group had a blast, laughing until their stomachs hurt. In the end, it was Jamie who broke up the mini kicking party.
"Okay, we've been here kicking at each other for over an hour. Let's go," Jamie had the urge to kick Jake again, as he was the last one to bump her, but she knew if she did, it would all start again. She grinned broadly. "Let's get back to our dorm."
They all walked back to the dorm together, laughing their heads off, frequently giving each other a nudge, and Zach blabbering on and on about the night, making everyone beam brighter than the full moon above them.
When they reached the hallway, Jamie stopped. Pulling out her camera from her backpack, the boys huddled around her at the sight of her digital camera.
"Lemme see!" Zach whined, who was in the back, too short to see over the shoulders of his friends. Everyone else was laughing as loudly as a blaring trumpet, seeing themselves gorging the food down.
"Okay, disperse!" Jamie commanded through her non-stop laughter, "Zach, here." Jamie handed the camera over to Zach who glanced at it and immediately passed it back to fall over and roll on the floor guffawing.
"Okay boy, up! Up doggie! Roll over, go to bed!" Joshua clapped his hands and pointed. "Come on, bed doggie, bed!"
"Ha-ha, nice one Josh," Kevin said, giving him a high five.
"Rawr," Zach said weakly, his eyes were bored. He crawled into his room and slammed the door closed.
"So, who gets to shower first?" Pete ventured. "There are two toilets, and a shower. Who showers first?"
"I call bathroom!" Jamie cried, raising her hand.
"But who gets to shower first?" Pete waited patiently for his answer. Silence followed.
"Ladies first." Kevin stated again.
"WHY ME!" Jamie threw her hands up in despair. She rolled her eyes. "Fine! Okay I'll set two people. I'm Last, Zach's first."
"Why Zach?" Aaron tilted his head in confusion.
"Because… he's the funniest?" Jamie smiled and shrugged, "Zach, get out here."
"What?" Zach answered flatly, his eyes half closed.
"Get your clothes and shower. We decided you go first."
"AWESOME!" Zach instantly brightened up, eyes open wide. He rushed inside his room and sped back out with a ball of clothes in his arm. Racing straight across the dim hallway horizontally, he stopped abruptly an inch before the wall and acted as if he had hit the wall. We all chuckled.
Zach turned around and winked at us, giving us a thumbs-up. "I love getting the laughs out of people." He ingenuously walked over to the bathroom door and the door crashed closed. Everything was silent before running water was heard.
"He cracks me up," Jamie confessed, releasing all the laughter that had heaped up inside her.
"Ha-ha. Well, after Zach, Pete can go… then Aaron… and Dave, Jake, and me. And if Jamie wants to go last, then she'll go last." Kevin took charge.
"Nah, Kevin, you go before me. I'll go second to last." Jake backed away.
"Okay, it's settled then." Jamie supposed. "DISPERSE!"
Everyone retired back into their rooms.
"Hey Jake," Jamie called when she was back in their room.
"Yah?"
"What do you think of me… you know, beinghere?"
"Um… well, it's great, really!"
Jamie simply stared up at the ceiling, as since she was reclined on her bed. She didn't give any answer.
Jake felt uneasy about the silence. "Well, I would think it's better to have your best friend be your roommate then, like, well, someone you don't know. Right?"
"Sure I guess…"
"Is something bothering you Jamie? What do you think of living in a boys' hallway?"
"Eh, it's fine I guess. It's just that…" she paused.
"What is it?"
Jamie shook her head and turned to face the wall, her back to Jake.
"What is it?" Jake repeated, carefully venturing into Jamie's thoughts.
"Never mind." Jamie forced herself to smile as she got up and dropped down onto her desk chair. Turning on her laptop she realized she hadn't connected the internet or the printer yet.
"Tell me Jamie." Jake imitated a child's cry and displayed big puppy eyes for Jamie to see.
Jamie giggled and shook her head no as she opened up the instruction booklet and began setting up the printer. "Come help me," Jamie changed the subject.
"Fine." Jake got up and shoved Jamie a little. Before they knew it they had left their task half finished and had a small, friendly fight. Just like the times they had in high school.
Knock knock. "Hey, you two in there?"
Jamie recognized Kevin's voice and gave Jake a final push before opening the door to greet Kevin.
"Hey!" Jamie found him standing with a towel over his shoulder, frazzled hair and in pajamas.
"Jake's turn," Kevin said in a singsong voice.
"Gotcha," Jake started pulling out clothes from his closet and dresser.
"Well, my job's done," Kevin said tiredly, yawning, "see ya' tomorrow Jamie, Jake. G'Night!"
"Night!"
With that, Jake and Jamie showered and retired to bed. Jake was a heavy sleeper. Jamie found that out long ago at a sleepover, but renewed her memory today as she sneezed and whispered and almost shouted in Jake's ear, but he never budged. Jamie ended up lying in her bed, struggling unsuccessfully to fall asleep. As one o' clock rounded near, Jamie heard a knock on the door. I must just be hearing things. But the knock sounded again, this time louder. Jamie stood and tottered over to the door. She opened the door, and saw someone standing there. Her vision was blurry, but it soon cleared up.
"Hey Jamie."
Shriek. A cliffhanger. Who can it be? Nobody knows. Not even I know, so don't ask. Haha. Thanks to all the reviewers!
And actually Blue Streak, I guess she is taking things really well. I try to think up problems, but my brain is kind of dead. Ha.
Please review! Thanks, I appreciate it, and as I said, my brain is a bit dead, or in other words I have writer's block. So if you have any ideas please tell me! I need something... my brain is not working... haha.
Anyway, school started so it'll take me a bit longer to update. I would've updated yesterday but I wasn't very happy with what I wrote. I'm not sure this is the best thing I've written either, this chapter... Please review, tell me what you think. Need constructive critisism. Hehe Thanks to all reviewers! This is the first time I actually got three reviews grand. Wow.
Thanks Everyone!
