Back to the Dorm

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Traci decided to return to the dorm for now. When she got back, Kelly was gone—Traci hoped she wouldn’t be too upset about being ditched.

First, a quick text to Tommy just to make sure he was doing alright, then Traci fished a book at random out of her bag and lay on the bed and began reading. At some point she had fallen asleep and Traci woke up to find the book she had been reading still open, and laying across her belly.

The door burst open and an angry looking Kelly stomped into the room.

“Bitch,” she said flatly.

Traci shot into an upright position, a sense of panic shooting through her. “Me?”

“No,” Kelly said, sitting next to Traci. “Fucking Zoey from down the hall.”

“Umm…OK.”

“She’s a bitch.” Kelly collapsed sideways and rested her head on Traci’s shoulder.

“You said that.”

“Cuz it’s true.”

Traci instinctively moved her head to rest her cheek against the top of Kelly’s head. “Um, what happened?”

Kelly made a loud harrumphing noise. “I’ll tell you later.”

“OK.”

Kelly shot to her feet dramatically. “For now…”

Traci winced, and mentally braced herself for whatever was about to come out of her roommate’s mouth.