My girlfriend’s roommate Lauren

It all started one rainy September night.

I had just gotten off work, and was happy to be able to leave finally and go see my girlfriend. I checked my phone, and I had 3 unread texts from my girlfriend, Sophie.

“Hey Jason, turns out I’ve got work tonight too, but I should be home right after you.”

“Sorry, works been slammed, won’t make it home until after midnight. Love you”

“So my sister is in the hospital, she was in a minor car accident. I’ve now got to drive back to my parents for the night, would you go by my place and let the dog out? Thanks babe, I’ll get up with you tomorrow”

So my plans for the night were ruined.

All I wanted now was a cold beer and a hot shower, then bed. I figured I could just stay at Sophie’s anyway, since I had to let her dog out.

I open the door to Sophie’s apartment and am welcomed by the sight of such a clean place. Having roommates who are slobs makes any cleaning attempt at my place worthless, so I’ve come to live with a messy house. But here it’s nice and clean, due mostly to Sophie’s roommate, Lauren’s, cleaning abilities. She’s just on the borderline of being a clean freak, but not too bad. I walk over to the fridge, crack open a beer, and see that someone has already had plenty of drinks tonight, as there were only 2 left. I look to the trash and see an assortment of empty bottles, and wonder what’s going on. Sophie hasn’t been home to drink, and Lauren has not been much of a drinker since she started dating her boyfriend.

I look over at the door to Lauren’s room and see a light from under the door. She’s still awake, which is also unlike her, as it is easily after midnight. I brush it off for the moment, I really don’t feel like getting into any drama after my night at work. I go over to Sophie’s room and get out Zeus, her dog, and take him out. He’s happy to see me and takes his time doing his business. We finally make it back inside and I decide it’s time for that shower. I go into the bathroom and can hear a faint noise coming from Lauren’s room, which is attached to the other door of the bathroom. It sounds like she’s crying and listening to some sappy music. Maybe her and her boyfriend broke up? That would certainly explain the drinking.

I get the water going nice and hot and get in, enjoying the relaxing feeling of the water. I hear the music coming from Lauren’s room get louder for a few seconds, then the sound of a door closing.

“Lauren?” I ask.

“Jason? I thought you were Sophie, I’m sorry. I really have to pee though.”
“It’s ok, no big deal. Is everything ok?”

“Not really, I’ve had a rough week. I got fired from work because a coworker was stealing from the register and blamed it on me, got a flat tire yesterday, and today Aaron sent me a text saying it was over, and he dropped off all of my stuff back at my apartment. I’m kind of a wreck. I was hoping Sophie would be here to talk.”

“I’m so sorry. Sophie had to go back to her parents house, her little sister got in a car wreck. I’m here if you need someone to talk to though, I know how rough it can be to deal with everything alone.”

“Jason, can I ask you something?”

“Sure, anything.”

“Do you think I’m pretty?”

Let me take a minute and describe Lauren.