12. Calls & Deals-2

I felt myself smile at her words. Karina was always kind, regardless of how mean someone was to her. Don't get me wrong, she wasn't a pushover. I was sure that if someone tried to mess with her she would not hesitate to break their bones, but she would probably also be the one to take them to the hospital to have their injuries treated. What could I say? She was weird like that. She had always been the voice in my head that guided me through life. She had been the one who told me to live life to fullest and I think that was the reason I did what I felt like regardless of how silly it seemed, because I didn't want to have regrets later. "Yeah, you're right! I'll just have to try harder and maybe she'll open up" "That's my little sister! Now give me a hug!" I laughed, "How?" "Air hug silly!" I shook my head and placed the phone between my head and shoulder, and I did the awkward motion of wrapping my hands around, well, nothing and flapping my wrists. At the same instance the door opened and my roommate walked in wearing the same expression as the first time she had come in. I jumped and the phone slipped from my shoulder into my shirt. "Eeeek!" I shrieked and started to wiggle and shimmy trying to get it to slide out of my shirt. While I continued my self-induced seizure I heard my roommate sigh heavily as she came and sat on her bed. I felt myself blush as I finally managed to get my phone out from under my shirt. I quickly answered my sister who nearly died laughing when I told her what had happened. But then she had to go work again so she said she'd call me later to hear about my new job. "Okay, take care of yourself!" "Back at ya sweetheart. Bye. I love you Anna" "Love you too Rina. Bye" I heard a snort and turned my head to see my roommate rolling her eyes just as I cut the call. "Did you say something?" I asked to which she didn't reply but simply turned away to face the wall. I sighed and busied myself with the files Mr. Talon had brought with him. I spent the rest of the evening working on the files and typing mails. Roma very kindly brought dinner up for me and I ate alone as my roommate had left again. Later that night she had still not returned and I snuggled into bed, wondering where she was as I let sleep take over me. *** A soft sniffing sound drifted to my ears waking me from my slumber. I rubbed my eyes sleepily but the sniffing went on, followed by soft gasps. What was going on? It was dark and it took my eyes sometime to adjust to the lack of light. My eyes shifted to the clock, its luminescent hands read 12:35 am. I heard the sniffing again. It was coming from the bed opposite mine. I blinked and pushed my body up on my elbow. "Hey", I said and immediately the sniffing and gasping stopped. "What are you doing? Are you okay?" I asked sleepily. She didn't reply yet again and I continued to stare at her dark figure. Was she even awake? Or was I just hearing things like I had earlier? A few seconds later when she still hadn't said anything I sighed. "Alright well, goodnight", I said groggily, just in case she was awake and I lay back down, letting sleep take me almost immediately. The next morning when I woke up, my roomie was gone. I spent my day monotonously working on the few files I had been sent from work and just staring at the walls in sheer boredom. My roommate didn't show up all day and when I woke up the next day she was still missing. My days passed like that, filled with boredom and monotony save for the few nice conversations I could have with Roma. She was rather nice. My roomie had gone missing, and I was worried for her but Roma told me she'd return when she wanted to. Finally my last day of house arrest arrived and I was feeling ecstatic. My leg was almost healed now so I went downstairs for breakfast, hoping to meet a few more people. But my hopes were crushed when there was no one at the table but my lately missing moody broody roommate. I cringed. So she was back. I didn't want to deal with her rude behavior right now. But I guess I had no choice. Sighing internally I limped to the table to get myself some food. She looked up from her plate at me and I attempted a small smile but she looked away again. Oh brother! After getting my food I wondered if I should have sat next to her, opposite to her or far far away from her. The lattermost seemed like the wiser decision but that would also be a little rude, so I sat about two seats away from her, on the opposite side. Okay Suzzanah, here goes nothing. "Good morning!" my voice came out squeaky and high pitched, annoying not only her but also me. She scowled and began to chew her cereal more ferociously making me cringe. "How are you feeling this morning?" I asked smiling awkwardly to which she glared at me. I gulped and continued, "You know...since the last time I saw you, you seemed a little angry and then you sort of went missing..." She just rolled her eyes and I felt irritation seep into me. Sometimes people made it really hard to like them. People like this roommate of mine. So why was I still being nice to her? Because I feel like it... "So...where were you?" "Don't talk to me" Ah, she spoke! "But why not?" "Just don't!" I groaned, "Don't be like that. I'm not asking for you to be my BFF or anything, why can't we just be civil with each other? Let's try and get along." "I don't want to get along with someone like you?"