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-Shelby right after talking to Cyd over the phone-
She double checked all the apartment to make sure she was alone, and considering the one double bed and the time, she could say she lived alone.
She got her phone and opened her Facebook app, and was very pleased to see her profile picture, her 21-year-old version was nice to look at. Her eyesย
Profile picture, my 21-year-old version is nice, a landscape on top. Wait a minute. Studies at Yale??
"I got into Yale!" She yelled alone and started jumping and repeating that until she realized that probably, if Cyd wasn't there with her, Cyd wasnโt studying at Yale, where was she then?
Again to the facts, it was September, so they were all having classes which means that probably Cyd was where she studied. Different from her, Cyd lived with someone, probably a roommate.
Going back to Facebook, she took a look at her info page, family, when she went down the page, she nearly let her phone fall down when she read her relationship status.
"In a serious relationship!" She couldn't help but saying it out loud "I have a boyfriend?!" She couldn't believe it but when she decided to see her album on Facebook she didn't find any picture with boys that would look like what she imagined a boyfriend would be . Lots of pictures of Cyd, - obviously - she thought to herself - Best friends even in the future.
Hours passed when Shelby finally gave up trying to find anything else about her life. She found pictures of Cyd, her parents, people she assumed were some friends and even her brothers that she would dare say got handsome, she had never thought that this would be possible though. She ends up falling asleep.
-Cyd's apartment the next day-
"What the hell!?" Cyd yelled while jumping out of bed because the strange girl was throwing water on her. "Why on Earth?" She so wanted to jump at her and hit her, nobody messes with her sleep.
"Keep talking, but do that while taking a shower please, or we're gonna be late" That girl said turning around and getting dressed, that's when Cyd realized the girl was half naked. She immediately blushed and looked up to the ceiling. She didn't see that the girl looked back. "Oh C'mon, like you've never seen before, hurry up, I told you the last time, I'm not gonna miss another test because of you, I'll leave in 40 minutes, if you're not ready then, I'll go without you.โ
"Like you would dare" Cyd said sarcastically, she felt so comfortable around this woman/girl, she wasn't sure what to say, she felt like a girl but she knew they were older.
"Did you forget what happened last time?" The girl stopped getting dressed right before putting on her blouse, that girl was so thin that she could be a model, but then Cyd forced her eyes to go from the girl's body to her face, and she shook her head the second she saw how serious the girl was. Whatever happened that last time Cyd felt like she really screwed things up.
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"We've got time, Cassie. Don't worry" Cyd said, getting out of the shower, seeing her roommate stressed.
"15 minutes, Cyd! We're not gonna get there on time" That didn't seem to bother Cyd who was getting dressed at a very normal/lazy speed.
After she got dressed they ran to their classroom where the test was going to be. But when they got there, the professor didn't let them in. Cassie got furious.
"I hope, for your sake, that this doesn't interfere with me being in the swimming team. I have to call my coach, I swear Cyd, I'm never gonna let you make me arrive late anywhere again.
"I'm sorry, you know how I am sleeping" Cyd tried to come up with an excuse but the moment she said that she regretted
"Exactly! I know! What I don't know is why I still wait for you!" She said, taking a deep breath. "I'll see you later, I gotta see if I can find Laura." She left.
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"Cyd!" Cassie screamed
"Alright, that will be the fastest shower you've ever seen" She hurried to the bathroom. The apartment was pretty easy to figure out, one living room in the middle with a very small kitchen separated by a balcony and 3 doors. One Cyd came out of it, the bedroom. The other door to leave the place and the other one had to be the bathroom. Of course because of Murphy she first chose the door that led her to the hallway. She quickly closed it and went to the other one and yes it was a bathroom.
I remembered, but how? My mind is 15, I skipped the last years, including the moment when that happened, how could I remember that? That's too much for me alone. Shelby and I always figure things out together. Shelby, where are you? I still have to figure out that whole girlfriend thing and the worst part is I have to pretend that I know everything. But I can't now, if there's something I got from that memory thing was how pissed Cassie was. And OMG how good it is to finally know her name. I just can't forget. Cassie. Shower fast. Cassie. Shower fast.
She kept repeating in her mind.
While Cyd was on the phone her cell phone rang and Cassie answered it.
*Hi Shelby* Cassie said not very happy *Cyd is taking a shower*
*Oh Hi! That's okay, just tell her to call me when she's done, please*
*Alright then, bye*
"Were you talking alone?" Cyd entered the room.
"Singing" She answered fast "That was really fast, but I'm only gonna be happy when we get there and take the test
"Alright, I don't like you, like that" She went to her wardrobe and really liked that she didn't change her style, a lot of black there.
"What?" Cassie asked and she saw that Cyd abruptly stopped
"No, just trying to think what to wear, I've got extra minutes from the quick shower right?" - I'm getting good at this thing, getting out of tough questions . Okay now the problem is that I need to get dressed. She didn't seem to bother being here with me but I'm not. I don't want to get naked in front of her, but she's going to be suspicious. What should I do? - She closed her eyes very strongly. Took a long deep breath and without looking at the other girls face she took of the towel and threw it on her bed, turned to see the clothes - damn I should've chosen before taking the towel off, you stupid, now I have to keep calm, it's normal - she tried to convince herself โ Let's see, underwear fast, oh god which drawer is it in? โ She started opening all of them acting as if she knew what she was doing but Cassie didn't care.
"Are you sure, you seem a bit uncomfortable"
"I'm okay, just hungry" That wasn't a lie.
"Alright then I'll fix us something" She got up and got out of the room. Cyd was so relieved that she fell on the floor. "Are you ok? What noise was that" Cassie asked from the other room.
"I Tripped, nothing to worry, almost ready" Not a lie again, she almost felt pride.
"Okay then"
Cyd managed to get up and get dressed, now normally, comfortable, taking her time to put on her clothes.
"Damn, you always had a nice ass" Cyd froze at that moment and she heard footsteps heading towards her. "Here, see if it's okay" She gave her a cup of coffee. Cyd calmly finished putting her pants on, trying not to think of her comments, she took a sip.
"More sugar" Cassie agreed and went back to the kitchen
I didn't have that much intimacy not even with Shelby, maybe when you're an adult things change, I don't think I'll get used to it, I have to remember to take my clothes to the bathroom next time
Cyd finished getting dressed, and headed to the kitchen to have breakfast.
"So Cassie, remind me again, how important is this test? I mean for me." She asked, getting her cup of coffee.
"For you? I really don't know" She laughed and Cyd saw that some things don't change.
"Oh good. Because of you I was starting to get worried because I didn't study"
"Worried because you didn't study?" She made a shocked face "Maybe there's hope after allโ
"Shut up" Cyd told her with a smile on her face, she missed Shelby, a lot, but Cassie wasn't all bad, a little bit stressed but hey, Shelby was too. Cyd wondered what her best friend was doing.