"unnamed" Written with Jo*Marie

Chapter 1




The sun shone bright over Marie City University, yet somehow it only served to make Mandy Thomas sick to her stomach. In her hand she held her college fate, her dorm assignment. Building J room 150. Her roommate would not be Angela Picatto as she'd once thought, no the name beside her's read Bree Palmer. Building J was right before her, yet somehow she couldn't bring herself to open the door and walk inside. Whomever Bree Palmer was, she wasn't what Mandy enjoyed. Mandy Thomas liked what she knew, and what she knew only. Her home town, her friends, her boyfriend of five years...no, rooming with a complete stranger was not on her to-do list.

"Could you move? You're sort of blocking the door!" a voice called from behind her.

Quickly, Mandy shifted out of the way, pulling her books closer to her as she watched a human tornado dressed in a business suit fly past her. Shaking her head, Mandy pulled her purse strap closer to her shoulder and walked inside the dorm. With each step she took, she looked at the number beside the room. 100, 102, 104..her breath was getting harder to catch as she made her way toward her doom. 148 loomed just ahead, and Mandy couldn't make herself take another step.

"Are you standing in the middle of the hallway for a reason?" asked the same voice who'd demanded her to move only minutes before.

"Um… yes." she replied calmly, careful to not let her voice carry too much emotion. Mandy Thomas had learned the hard way that people could be cruel.

"And that reason would be?" this girl was not budging, she stood before Mandy grey eyes assessing. Her blonde hair was pulled up into a pretty bun, something Mandy's hair would never do as it was just too frizzy. Aside from having beautiful hair and incredible eyes, this woman seemed to have confidence, and as well she should with a body like that!

"I..mm..was looking for my room." Mandy handed her schedule to the girl, knowing that the stupid card could get her out of nearly anything.

"Well, don't be silly! You're in my room!"

Mandy could feel her self-confidence taking a nose dive as she stood before whom she now assumed was Bree Palmer. "Oh… great”.She sighed, moving past her and laying her books on the desk provided for her. The room was larger than her room at home, and her things had already been placed inside courtesy of her father and brother.

"I guess we'll be living together now. I'm Bree Palmer, and you are?" Bree, sat on the bed she'd apparently claimed for herself.

All that Mandy could do was stare at her roommate, "Mandy Thomas." she replied, shaking Bree's slender hand.

"Mandy… that quaint."

Her giggling made Mandy cringe, but she sighed and bore it. She had a feeling that this year would bring her a lot of that.


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Bree clicked all around her palm pilot filling in her new schedule. As of now it had all of her classes plus alarm clocks that reminded her when she needed to study or do homework. Bree wanted to keep her life nice and neat. In high school she learned that not everything went as planned when you left your mind to control when things happened. She was in college and nothing would distract her, nothing could change her experience here and everything would go her way.

Bree had changed out of her business clothes and let her hair loose. After meeting her roommate she realized that maybe her looks could be a bit scary. The poor girl stuttered and froze multiple times during the day. Now, Bree wanted to show her roommate that she wasn’t a robot of some sort but a regular human.

Bree wished for a career in business management. She figured that it was the best way to go and what she also decided on was that she would begin now. If she wore the suits and kept the look maybe then she can actually suit the job. Having a career was a very important thing to Bree. She wanted a good life unlike many she knew and a career was exactly what could get her that good life. It was either a good career or a man with a large bank account yet even then she wouldn’t like relying on his money.

Just then the door to her room opened and Bree put her pal away. She looked at her roommate who had showered and changed for the night. Her roommate was a shy person. She had freckles on her face and eyes that were a tender blue. Her skin complexion was soft and her voice was unsure. Her hair was constantly undone and Bree wondered what it took to get the girl to comb it out and tie it up. The girl’s frame was small like Bree’s yet her skinny body made her look weak as appose to Bree’s body which made her look sexy.

Her roommate placed her things in her closet and moved for her bed. She sat on her bed and stared straight ahead not even looking at Bree. Bree wanted to take on a good relationship with her roommate. She wanted zero drama and lots of fun. She was here to enjoy herself while creating something of herself. Bree put on a smile and said “So hows the water? When I took a shower it was a bit cold.”

Mandy bit down on her chapped lips and said “It was fine.” She brushed a hand through her hair and lay back on her bed.

“You know I think I saw a couple of my classes on your schedule. Maybe we have some of the same classes.” Bree said.

“Really? That’s… wonderful.” Mandy said staring up at the ceiling. “What are you majoring in?” she asked. This was progress because this showed maybe she cared just a little bit. It also meant that maybe she could stop being so uptight and to herself.

“Business management.” She said.

“Oh, I can see that for you. You have the look down.” Mandy said turning over onto her stomach.

“Thanks. What about you?” Bree asked her moving around lying on her stomach too. She rested her head on her hand to carry the conversation looking at Mandy.

Mandy grabbed a bit of her dark hair and curled it around her finger. “I’m still deciding really. I want something I will enjoy not just something that will get me money.” Her reply was honest and she spoke with hope.

“Interesting…” Bree said. She was really something. Mandy was so very different from Bree and Bree wasn’t sure that was anything good or bad. All she could do was get to know this girl and maybe hope to change a couple of things about her. After all this was the girl she had to introduce to people as her roommate.