"Emanie!" Alexis yelled as she banged on his door at 5:43am. She had been knocking for about three minutes without response "it's almost 6am!" She yelled still banging.
She paused for about thirty seconds and she raised her hand to continue banging but before her hand could land on the wooden door, the door flung open and her hand landed on Emanie's chest.
"Ow" he said leaning on the door post. His hair was so rough, it fell over his face telling from the bags under his eyes, he was so tired. "What?" He asked struggling to keep his eyes opened. His voice was deeper than usual.
"It's almost 6am, I need to get to school" she replied.
"Oh jeez" Emanie muttered rubbing his forehead. "Didn't you sleep?" He asked
"I didn't" she replied sharply.
"Why?" He questioned raising his head to look at her.
"I wanted to make sure I get to school early" she replied.
Emanie sighed again. "How important is this class you're interrupting my sleep for?" He asked
"Very important!" Alexis replied "I can't miss a class again. I did on my first day and it was terrible, I had no idea what was discussed and..." She was saying.
"Goldilocks" Emanie called cutting her short.
"Yeah" she raised her eyebrows.
He brushed aside the strands of hair that fell over his face and stared straight at her with his sleepy eyes. "Shhhh" he said placing his index finger on her lips.
"Emanie..." She struggled to say.
"Shhhh" he cut her off again.
She kept quiet and just stared back at him. He then took a step backwards, his eyes still focused on Alexis.
Then he shut the door.
"Emanie!" Alexis yelled.
"Give me thirty minutes" he said
"No, we don't have thirty minutes," Alexis began "Emanie, you need to hurry up!" She yelled .
"Oh jeez, Ryan!" Emanie yelled and immediately, a door flung open right beside his room.
Ryan stepped out looking even more tired than Emanie.
"Enough yelling" he said to Alexis right before he lifted her off the floor placing her on his right shoulder.
"What the fuck, put me down!" She yelled
"No" he replied sharply.
He got to the room where Alexis stayed and he kicked the door open.
He stepped in and dropped her on the floor.
"Seriously!?" She yelled at him.
"Yell again and I might actually lock you in here" he shot back. "It's not only Emanie you're disturbing" he continued "he said give him thirty minutes" he added and he stepped out slamming the door behind him.
***
Emanie's car screeched to a stop in front of the dorm at exactly 6:52am.
He turned off the car and turned to look at her. She was asleep.
Emanie just chucked and he slammed his palm against the wheel honking loudly. Alexis jerked awake and Emanie smirked.
"We're here" he told her
"Were you trying to kill me?" She asked placing her hand over her chest.
"Of course not" he replied "if I wanted to kill you, I would have done that at my house" he continued "no sleep for the wicked" he muttered opening the door and stepping out.
Alexis stepped out of the car rubbing her eyes.
"Your room is on what floor" Emanie questioned.
"First" she replied
"Ok let's go" he said
"You don't have to follow me" she told him
"Oh right" he began with a bit of sarcasm "then you faint in the hallway and when you wake up in the clinic, they ask you who was the last person you were with, you tell them my name, then they eventually find out I took you to an illegal beach party and boom, they hand us over to the cops" he said without pausing for a second
"That would literally never happen!" Alexis exclaimed
"Well, better safe than sorry" he shot back "lead the way please, thank you" he added.
Alexis just shook her head and began to walk, Emanie followed behind her and they stepped into the dorm.
Soon they got to the front of Alexis' room and Alexis tried to open the door but it was locked.
"What the hell?" She muttered then she knocked.
After about thirty seconds, the door flung open and Candace stood at the door post wearing a black robe.
She narrowed her eyes as she saw Emanie and she gave him a death stare.
"Candace" he said in a low tone.
She just turned her back and walked into the room.
"You know her?" Alexis asked Emanie
"Uh...yeah. Everybody knows Candace" he replied
"Really?" Alexis questioned "how is she popular?" She added
"I have no idea" he replied "she is such a grouch" he added
"Tell me about it" Alexis rolled her eyes.
"So.." Emanie began "see you some other time?" He asked
"Maybe" Alexis smiled and she stepped into her room. "Bye" she said
"Bye" he replied and she closed the door.
She sighed and turned to walk towards her bed.
"I need some sleep before I go to class" she muttered to herself sitting on her bed.
Candace walked out of the bathroom and just stood in front of her with her hands on her hips.
"Cavalero?" She questioned with a scoff and Alexis raised her head to face her with her eyebrows furrowed "that's stupid" she added.
"How about you mind your own business Candace" Alexis shot back pulling off her sneakers.
Candace scoffed again and she walked back into the bathroom.
Alexis crashed into her bed and soon she fell asleep.
****
After something that felt like thirty minutes, Alexis was woken up by the sound of someone sniffling.
She slowly opened her eyes and she saw Candace sitting on her bed with her back turned and her head down. She wore a pair of black pants and a black hoodie. She had her hands over her face. She was...
'Crying?' Alexis thought
"Uh... Candace are you alright?" She asked sitting up on her bed
"How about you mind your own business Alexis" Candace shot back.
"Ok then" Alexis shrugged and laid back down.
Candace got up and pulled her hood over her head. She picked up her black backpack and she began to walk towards the door. She flung the door open and right before she stepped out, she threw a scrunched up piece of paper into the waste bin.
Alexis saw that. She was gonna ignore it but her curiosity got the best of her.
She sprang up from her bed and walked towards the waste bin by their door.
She bent down and picked out the paper Candace threw in.She straightened it out to see.
It was a picture of Candace with a guy. They were at a pool. The picture was taken from behind the guy so his face wasn't visible. He wore a pair of ash coloured joggers and hoodie with the hood over his head while Candace who was being lifted by this guy wore an orange tie front bikini. Telling from the huge smile on her face, she was so happy and her hair wasn't black, it was brown and wavy.
Until then, she couldn't picture the image of Candace in a bikini, or in orange!.
Alexis didn't even try to connect the picture with the reason Candace was crying. Her brain was too tired to do that.
'why the fuck is this dude wearing joggers and a hoodie at a pool?' Alexis thought with furrowed eyebrows.