I sat the aging frame back onto the sleek, dark desk. My brother's smiling face caught my eye, and I suddenly wished I could be near him again. The picture was thererpose was to comfort me when I felt low, but somehow my heart broke every time my eyes saw it.
"Is that your family?" I jumped when I heard the unfamiliar voice. After gathering myself, I turned to meet the stranger. A short, blue-eyed girl stood in front of me. Her cheeks were dotted with pale freckles that followed her cheekbone before disappearing behind her amber hair.
"Yeah." I nodded towards the picture.
"Did your parents ship you here too?" She crawled into the bottom bunk of the plain set of beds. "Mine thought I needed to straighten up," she chuckled, "like two suspensions are the end of the world."
"Not really." I raised my eyes to look out of the window.
"Well you're here,aren't you?" She shrugged and plopped back onto the bed.
"Yea. Almost a year now. As for my parents, it's complicated. I take it you're the new girl Megan?" I had been told that I would be receiving a new roommate last month, but they only told me her name.
"Is that your family?" I jumped when I heard the unfamiliar voice. After gathering myself, I turned to meet the stranger. A short, blue-eyed girl stood in front of me. Her cheeks were dotted with pale freckles that followed her cheekbone before disappearing behind her amber hair.
"Yeah." I nodded towards the picture.
"Did your parents ship you here too?" She crawled into the bottom bunk of the plain set of beds. "Mine thought I needed to straighten up," she chuckled, "like two suspensions are the end of the world."
"Not really." I raised my eyes to look out of the window.
"Well you're here,aren't you?" She shrugged and plopped back onto the bed.
"Yea. Almost a year now. As for my parents, it's complicated. I take it you're the new girl Megan?" I had been told that I would be receiving a new roommate last month, but they only told me her name.
