Finding Space

chapter three.

Auden's POV
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"Let's do something" Casey's muffled voice whines at me as she lies on her bed facedown.

I look over at her state of despair and boredom and chuckle, "Well, if you're so full of desire to do something, who do you know and what do they have planned?"

Rolling over to face me, Casey says, "That's the thing! I don't know anyone yet! You're the only person who's bothered to be friends with me!"

"I think that has to do with the fact that we live together?" I mock her.

"Oh. Yeah, true," she nods her head distractedly.

"Who do you know, Auden? You seem like quite the socialite," she praises.

"Um, well there was this one girl I met when I first got here," I offer to Casey.

"Yeah....." she nods her head egging me on.

"Oh, and her name is Ydstmenia, I think." I finish.

"What's her name?" She asks a confused expression dancing across her face.

I laugh, "Tough name, right? But it's pronounced EATS-MEN-EE-UH."

"Yikes, wonder how she deals with that all the time," Casey says thoughtfully.

"Your guess is as good as mine," I state, "but, seriously should we go find her?"

"Totally," Casey answers eagerly.

I rise from my desk chair and walk out the room into the hallway then stop.

"Where should we start?" I ask worriedly.

"Honestly, Auden it isn't that hard, just start knocking on doors and ask for the damn girl," Casey calls from her bed.

"Alright, alright, geez you're pushy." I mutter to myself.

I approach the door next to mine and knock confidently, there's a rustling noise behind the door and a tall girl wearing shorts and tank top opens up.
"Yeah?" She asks her bright pink hair standing out among her pale face.

"Hi, do you know where I could find Yd- Ydstmenia?" My voice betraying me.

"Who?" The girl asks sizing me up.

At this point I was nervous as hell afraid I'd be making a fool of myself asking around for someone, god, I should have just gotten her number from the start and maybe this wouldn't have been so hard.

"Ydstmenia. Do you know where I can find Ydstmenia?" I say with more confidence.

"Oh!" the girl starts, "Meni. You mean Meni, right?"

"Sure, why not?" I answer slightly confused.

"Well, she's a couple doors down from here to the right," the girl finishes.

"Oh, cool thanks so much," I tell the girl before walking away.

"Hey, wait!" She calls grabbing my attention, "before you go on ahead and just start hammering on her door, she usually has her boyfriend over there and they, well, they.... ya know..." she hints at them being sexually active.

"Oh!" I say my face heating in embarrassment, "but aren't we not supposed to have guys in our rooms?" I say shocked.

Laughing, the girl says, "Well, after all it is Meni she couldn't give a fuck, just letting you know, though."

"Um, okay thanks," I say slowly before walking away as the girl closes her door.

Walking down the hall to where the girl said Ydstmenia's room was I approach the door carefully. Written across the front in sticky letters are the words: "Meni's Casa". I quietly listen before knocking on the door to hear the "noises" the girl next door to me warned about.