It's been a week since we moved into our own units, and I decided to stay at Jade's unit until Monday because it's the start of school and I just like to go to school with my sister. I went down to the basement and drive my car to Jade's. I parked beside her car and went to her unit. I prayed that I will not meet Dylan in the elevator again and I think God heard my prayer I did not even felt his presence in the whole building, so I guess God's on my side. I knocked at Jade's door and she's smiling at me when she opened her door "Sis! You're here!" and hugged me, I guess my sister's soft spot is only for me she's as cold as ice with others even with my parents. We talked about a lot of things and then decided to study, I opened my book for Anatomy and looked at Jade's book... It's something like Criminal Law, I think? We were both so occupied when someone knocked at the door I decided to stand up and open it when I saw Dylan, I was shocked, and he is too. "O-oh Uhm... Hi! I live on the unit next to yours and I was just going to inform you that I am hanging up a painting so I'm going to bang the wall for a while and I'm sorry for the inconvenience" he said to me "But the units are soundproof Dylan but thank you for informing us." I smiled and he just awkwardly smiled at me and went back to his unit. "Who's that?" as I sat back down to my chair "Your neighbor, which is Dylan" and looked at her she seemed shocked that the man that we met when we enrolled is her neighbor. I continued studying and I think we both spent 4 hours just studying and not talking to each other. I studied anatomy for about 3 hours, and nothing is entering my brain, I decided to go out and went to the convenience store down Jade's building. I was sitting on one of the chairs and suddenly someone sat down in front of me I almost shouted because of shock when I saw Dylan. "Hey, why are you down here?" he asked while drinking a can of beer. "Just tired of studying, I just can't suck up the information right now," I said then I ruffled my hair out of frustration. "Hey, it's okay. I heard that professors don't enter on the first day of class so you can just breathe" then he offered me a beer that I immediately took from his hand and drink. I don't know how long we were sitting there and drinking beer, but his presence is enough to comfort me, I mean his presence is just so warm that even though he doesn't do anything, you feel like he is hugging you. I looked at my phone and saw that it's already 10 PM so I decided to go back to Jade's unit, as I started to walk, I felt like I needed to invite Dylan to come with me so he can also go back to his unit. I looked at him and he's staring directly at me and I smiled "Aren't you coming?" I asked and he stands up and walked towards me and smiled, I didn't realize it, but his eyes were sprinkled with gold. It just shines as you look at it. I felt awkward because we were staring at each other, so I quickly walked away but since he was much taller than me, he was able to catch up with my pace. We quietly ride the elevator and walked to Jade's unit. I looked at him before entering "Thank you" I smiled and quickly entered the unit and close the door before he could say anything. I was smiling while leaning against the door then saw Jade staring at me weirdly "Why are you looking like a fool there?" I quickly shake my head and went to the bathroom to take a bath, after I finished taking a shower Jade's already in her bed and talking to the phone. I overheard the conversation and I think it's my parents, I sat on the bed and saw my parents' video calling my sister "Hey mom, how's the house?" I asked and she quickly faced her phone towards me, I saw how mom smiled when she saw me, she really likes seeing us together "Maisie! I miss you. The house is so quiet without the both of you here. We were so lonely without you and you're noisy mouth." I quickly frowned "Mom, my mouth is not noisy. It makes relevant noises to our house and see?! You even miss it!" I heard Jade laughed and I looked at her and mouthed a curse and she mouthed it back. My parents were looking at us and laughing. I remember the second day that we moved out of the house, my mom was calling me and she's crying because she said that she's used to waking me up every morning for breakfast when she's home and when she entered my room, she was so startled because I was not there. We made sure to give our parents our address in case they miss us so badly and we're very busy with our studies so they can visit us anytime. I tried to give my parents the passcode on my unit, but they refused it, they said that my privacy is very important for them and they respect it, even in our house they always knock in our room and waited for us to answer their knocks because they respected our privacy so much.
I don't get why other parents think that they should just barge in their child's room and read their diaries or go through their stuff just because they're a parent.
We talked to our parents for about an hour and decided to sleep, but I couldn't sleep. My head's wandering around and I just can't get the comfort that I felt earlier out of my mind. "What is it? What are you thinking about?" Jade asked. "Is it possible to feel comfortable with that person even if they don't talk or do anything?" I felt her move and looked at me "Yes... It is possible. He makes you feel warm and cozy with just his presence because he's giving you the assurance that even though you don't talk or touch, he will be right there for you. Whatever you need or whatever your problem is he's just right there for you." I looked at her "Sis, I felt it earlier. I felt it to Dylan."