Chapter 34: Calls & Deals-4

"Please just sit on the floor", I told her blushing as she laughed at my embarrassing narratives, "because at this rate you're either gonna break that chair or your back" But she continued laughing making me worry about what the people around her must have been thinking. At that exact instance I heard her drop the phone and for a few seconds I heard nothing but a lot of shuffling and muffled voices. A short while later my sister came back on line. "Hey hun, I-I'll...have to call you back...is that alright?" she was whispering and I could tell she sounded embarrassed. "Is something wrong?" I asked involuntarily whispering myself. "He's here", she whispered back and I immediately knew by her irritated tone that it was that Terrence guy. I smirked. "Ooooh! Well all the best sister dear", I whispered suggestively making her tell me to shut up before she kissed the phone and cut the line with an abrupt bye. I shook my head at the phone and laughed softly when I heard a throat clearing behind me. I turned to see my freshly showered roomie standing with her hands crossed over her chest. She had changed into a white tank top and shorts. "What?" I asked making her scrunch up her face, "Why are you whispering?" My eyes widened, I hadn't realized I had whispered. I quickly cleared my throat and said louder this time, "What?" She huffed before walking to her bed and sitting down facing me, "I'm not going to share a room with you" she told me, "I don't share what is mine!" I sighed, "Can we not do this right now? I'm tired" "I don't care, this room belongs to me!" "Belonged to you", I stressed, "now it belongs to us", she grimaced at the word 'us' making me want to ruffle her feathers further so I added, "roomie" making her squeeze her eyes shut and scowl harder. "Don't call me that!" "Then tell me your name" "No!" "Fine by me, ROOMIE!" "ARGH!" she yelled and shot off her bed with her hands fisting her hair in frustration. Was it just me or did I hear her growl? "This isn't going to work", she said glaring at the door. I sighed, "Look, I told you before, I'm not leaving but it would be morally incorrect for the earlier owner to have to leave because of that. You don't like me", she snorted, "and I'm not exactly your biggest fan either", she glared, "so why can't we just compromise with each other?" I said making her look at me with uncertain eyes, "Lets act like grown-ups and just share-" "No!" she immediately cut me off, "I will not share" Ugh, this was getting nowhere; I thought slumping and shaking my head. "I will definitely not share" she repeated making me look at her wearily, "but I'm willing to, as you said, compromise" This caught my attention and I sat up straight. She inhaled deeply then stared me dead in the eyes "Let's divide the room" My eyes widened and my eyebrows disappeared into my hairline. "This half of the room is mine and that half can be yours", she stated making me gawk at her, "I won't cross over to your side and you won't cross over to mine" She couldn't be serious! "No!" I refused vehemently, "that's ridiculous. The bathroom is on your side!" She eyed the bathroom door and a wicked smirk made its way to her face and she shrugged nonchalantly, "Can't be helped! The bathroom is now my property!" "You can't do that! Where will I bathe?" "That's your problem, not mine. That's just how it's going to be now" "I haven't agreed to this yet", I grit out. "You may as well have", she said pointedly, "because this is the only way I'll agree to stay with you. You wanted me to compromise and now I want your cooperation" "This is so unfair!" "Life is unfair! Deal with it" she said coldly then smirked at me haughtily. She got up and walked to her desk taking out some colored tape. I gawked at her as she pasted it in a straight line across the room dividing it into two equal halves such that the balcony was also divided into two. Then she got up and dusted her hands looking proud of her handiwork. I gaped at her in disbelief before slowly taking in all that was on my side. My eyes slid over my desk, a half of the balcony, my bed, the door, a window- THE DOOR?! My mouth fell open as I stared at the door before it slowly widened to a huge grin. My roomie noticed my sudden change of mood and her eyes drifted to the door and all of a sudden the tables had turned. Now I was smirking and she was gaping in disbelief. "The door-" "Is now my property", I said smugly making her face contort in rage, "all the best getting down from the window or balcony, roomie" I added with a sickly sweet smile. "You can't so that! That's not fair!" I smirked at her, "Life is unfair! Deal with it" Her face went red in fury as I continued to smirk at her. "Fine then", I said after she had glared holes into all of the walls, "you share the bathroom, I'll share the door"