Chapter 1
I waited inside my dorm, repeating my roomate's name over and over again.
Gerogia Warr.
It sounded like a lovely name to have. I hated my name. Wished it sounded less Child-ish? Anyways, I put the paper back in my drawer when I heard footsteps behind the door. She must've been nervous because she waited awhile to come in.
Eventually the door opened and in came a blonde haired girl with bright blue eyes. She was very pretty.
"Oh my God, are you Georgia Warr?" I asked, stupidly. Of course she is. Who else would it be? I suddenly remembered I was holding my watering can and casted it aside on my bed-side table.
I suddenly realized how nervous I was, my legs were shaking and I waited awkwardly for her to say something. She looked around the room, her eyes glancing from one point to another. I became self-concious. Did she hate the room? Why is she frowning? Do I seem too enthusiastic? No, Roonie. I told myself. You can't think negatively. I then noticed the aqua blue rug on my bed and grabbed it.
"Rug," I said. "Thoughts?"
She looked at me, looking a little dissapointed, but replied with,
"Um, it's great."
"Okay, amazing." I said, releived and placed the rug neatly on the floor and she just watched.
"There. It just needed that splash of color." I smiled. She wasn't talking much, so she must have been nervous. She looked around the room a little more.
A man and woman-I assumed was her parents came up to me.
"You've done up this place nicely already!" Her father complimented me.
"Oh, d'you think so?" I replied happily. "So, this is my bed, the sheets aren't as expensive as I thought they would be. They were gorgeous when I saw them on Amazon and I was scared they would be too much. Luckily, they were on sale which was a relief! Over here, you see these paintings? Well, I made them! I went to this special art class over the sunmer and they taught me how to paint meadows. I love going on country walks, which helped even more with painting. I love that one Shakespeare play, 'Much Ado About Nothing' is what it's called! I also have this fleece sweatshirt that has a super fancy name: fleece duvet topper which is aqua. Oh and this is Roderick! I almost forgot to water him today, so that wouldn't be good. I also have an aqua desk lamp which I don't often use, but it matches the room. And last but not least is my favorite poster! It reminds me to keep chasing my dreams." Once I finished my practiced speech, they all stood there, astounded. I must have been talking super fast because they all looked confused as well.
Georgia sat on her bed and her mom turned to her, facing away from me. They all decided to leave and say good-bye to their daughter. Meanwhile, I got bored and decided to start Blu Tack-ing pictures of my friend Beth to the wall. I frowned, remembering how much I missed her. Suddenly my thoughts were interuppted by Georgia.
"Is that your friend from home?" She asked me.
I was startled and turned to face her. Gosh I hope I don't look sad. I thought.
"Yeah!" I said. "Beth. She's-she's not here, obviously, but...yeah. She's my friend." I immedietly regretted saying that. "Do you know anyone else in Durham? Or are you here all alone?" I asked curiously.
"Oh, erm, well my two best friends are here, but they're in the Castle." The Castle was on the other side of Campus.
"Oh, that's so nice! Sad you didn't get into the same college, though." I replied
Georgia shrugged and said,
"We tried, but, yeah."
"You'll be okay." I beamed. "We'll be friends."
I then offered to help her unpack, but she declined, so I sat on my bed and talked about highschool.
"So..." Georgia began, studying my shakespear poster. "You like Shakespear?"
I looked up from my phone and smiled. "Yeah! Do you?"
My smile grew when she nodded.
She mentioned how she was in a theatre back at home.
"You act?" I sat up, excidedly.
"Um..." she mumbled. "Yeah, a bit."
"Oh. My. God I patted my hand to my heart, feeling like Georgia and I were destined to be roomates.
Reminder: these characters belong to Alice Oseman.
Okay, how did you like that? I wasn't sure where to end off at. Also, I reccomend you read the book BEFORE reading this. If you're not convinced to read it yet, Alice Oseman wrote Heartstopper as well, along with Solitare and Radio Silence. AND if you are lazy and want to read it for free, search up: Loveless by Alice Oseman free online.
Once you do that, you can just read the book for free if that wasn't obvious.
