Rule Two// c.h

Something That We're Not

"So who is your roommate? You live on campus right?"

"Yeah and it's my best friend, Jake. He's a shitty roommate though." Andrea laughed and then proceeded to tell me about her roommate and how horrendous she is.

"I've put in an order for a new roommate. I'm moving out soon." She shrugged.

"Well that's good then." I replied with a nod of my head. When our food arrived, conversation was a bit easier. We quickly started talking about all our other classes and then our high schools and we sat in the Panera long after we had finished our food.

"Hey, we should probably go." I aid, glancing around. "I feel like we've been sitting here for way too long." Andrea laughed, glancing around at all the new people in the restaurant.

"Yeah you're right. Let's head back to campus." We moved to put our trays away and then headed out the door. The walk back to campus was short and as we got to the quad separating the girls dorms from the boys, she turned to me with a smile on her face.

"Well this was fun." She laughed.

"Yeah we should do it again sometime."

"That'd be cool." Smiling wider Andrea moved in for what I thought was a hug. Instead, she put her arms around my neck and kissed me. "Whoa! Wait. Andrea." I said stepping back and holding her at arms length.

"Sorry." She said, blushing. "Too sudden? I just thought the date was going well and all and.."

"Whoa.. Date?" I questioned. She stared at me, her cheeks a dark red.

"Umm yeah.. Right now. At Panera?"

"I uhh.. I'm sorry Andrea I thought we were going to lunch as friends. You know, I helped you study and all and this was like a thank you for helping you pass the test."

"Oh.." She looked to the ground.

"It's not that.. You're not pretty or anything it's just.. I have a girlfriend Andrea. I love her."

"Oh.. I-I didn't know."

"Yeah.." We were quiet. I bit my bottom lip. What was I supposed to say to her. I opened my mouth to say something else but she ran off. "Andrea!" She didn't look back. Oh god. What had I done?

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"This is going to be amazing!" Maria exclaimed as she danced around my room. I laughed at her as we finished getting ready for tonight. When I had told her about the movie she was so happy I thought she might cry. "He's picking us up right?"

"Yes as I keep reminding you." She pretended to swoon, falling onto my bed.

"His car is beautiful."

"It's just a car."

"But it's a BMW. It's a nice car. A stylish one." I rolled my eyes at her. "Oh I really hope something comes from this. You know, he's being really flirty with me. He sits next to me in math class and always leans over to whisper things to me. Mostly some joke about what our teacher is wearing." Maria laughs. "Who else is coming?" She asks. I shrug.

"Daniel." Maria's eyes lit up with recognition.

"Oooo, Lily. Are you hopping from one Captain of the Soccer team to the next?" She asked, poking my side.