'River, you better call me and give me an update of where you're right now, it's unlike you to go two days straight without calling me. Call me or you will be seeing me tomorrow in campus' I ended my mother's voicemail. I know she is worried about me ever since I told her that I planned to live off campus since my roommate was getting more difficult to handle these days.

My plan began after I had secured a job at café near campus working part time in the evening from 4pm till 9;30pm on a normal day when there's no people overflowing late in the night. Safe to say I usually get from my job at 10pm, Since the dorms close at 10;30 pm.

But lately with my assignments, studying for the end of term exams, unfinished school projects, work and to top it all an annoying, self-centered, lazy ass, noisy and disrespectful roommate it's was becoming to much for me that I forgot to call my mother. All in all it was too much for me and soon it was bound to take stroll on me. She Is going to give me an earful for this one I thought to myself as I dialed her number.

I didn't have to wait for the call to ring twice for she answered it on the first ring. 'If isn't my lovely daughter who has forgotten about me.' She says as faked a sad voice. I stiffed a laugh, 'I am sorry mom, just been busy and all. sorry I forgot to call you.' I apologized.

'How have you been River, is everything alright?' She asks ignoring my apology. 'Mama I am okay it's just that I want to finish the term in peace without having to argue with Florence about her taking and stealing my things or bring over her friends over past dorm time to drink and their loud talking disrupting my sleep, or bring a guy over to fuck in my presence and on my bed!' I tell her feeling my tears fall. I was just tired of it all, my mother listened as I continued my rant over when I found my roommate wearing my hoodie and headphones that I had been looking for over week before I saw her wearing them on campus, to say I was mad, I felt like I was going crazy for she had told me that she doesn't have nor does she know what they looked like. Like hell she didn't. it ended up with me arguing with her and missing to hand a project that was due that afternoon.

God bless my sweet, considerate and understanding lecture Madam Micha who shooed me off with a 'put your personal problems away from my class and project. Cause there won't be a next time. And a word of advice River it's time for you to move out from that dorm.. and before you the term is coming to an end , I know it is but for your sake don't let her get a reaction from you. Keep it cool and calm' she told me.

Apparently she had witnessed the ordeal that day and I had previously sort her advice regarding my roommate whenever she did something that I deemed unacceptable to me.

I heard my mother sigh on the other end of the line listening to me vent all my frustrations out , 'Mama I don't know what to do currently am stack in finishing my assignments and projects that are due this next Friday 'I cried to her not telling her about my current job that I had taken.

'You will have to move out sweets.'

'But mom I don't have….'

'I will send you some money before the weekends but I need you to finish your projects and assignments first then we will talk.'

Okay Mama, I love you'

'I know sweets, just bear with the situation, okay love?'

'Okay mom, goodnight'

'Goodnight sweets, call me when you have time'

I end the call. feeling all better now and strangely motivated to finish my assignments.

As I continued with my assignments, I heard Florence enter our oddly silent. she didn't say anything other than shower and go to bed. it was peaceful.