Lin’s Girls Night Out
Two weeks later, the house felt different. Noah no longer waited for me to come to his room. He started walking into the shower while I was already under the water, turning me around, pushing in, finishing, and leaving before…
Story Bad Decisions
The First Job
Lucky for me, breakfast opened at seven, and I got my pancakes before the car showed up. Leah was already on her laptop. Rina had been busy, and Leah was deep in work mode. I decided to stay out of…
Ticket!
Mia’s on her way home after packing with Dan. Leah checks in — then the subject changes.
The Build
My days started falling into a somewhat stable rhythm. I got up at seven for breakfast with the crew, showered, then went into the desk room. I looked for jobs, sent applications, filled in whatever extra information companies asked for,…
Halloween
Friday was not the easiest day. I was hungover, and Sophie’s bed was not as comfortable as my own. But after a shower and some coffee, I made it to the lecture fine and caught up on my required reading.…
Heidiween
When the thirty-first arrived, the apartment was packed again. Everyone was in costume, walking around, sitting down, bending things and generally trying to discover what was going to break before they left. Beth, Ellen and Magnus moved between them doing…
Not a Thing
I woke up at around ten the following day. I had a headache, but it wasn’t as bad as I’d initially suspected. The water had helped. I looked over and saw Ava sleeping with her face toward the wall, tucked…
Mia’s Birthday
I woke up late. It had been a week since Halloween. Rina had gone back to LA, the downstairs had been cleaned up, and Leah and I had returned to something resembling normal domestic life. I’d had two in-person interviews…
The Return of Anna
I walked over to Ground Central Coffee Company on Tuesday. I had agreed to meet Dan there at nine thirty, half an hour before meeting Anna and Mark, so I could update him on the situation and what we were…
No Harm Done
Ava had started sleeping over more often. I suspected she’d gotten hold of my lecture schedule and was timing booty calls so she could walk to school with me the next morning. I had started putting stuff she left behind…