Falling For My Roommate

She almost always had to get up earlier than I did, which was a mixed blessing. She usually was up and gone an hour before I had to get out of bed, which gave me plenty of time to relax alone before I had to get up to go to class. With my old roommate, she seldom went to class, and got quite fussy if I woke up before she did, because she "couldn't sleep."

One Monday morning, I woke up to someone shaking me. "Kirby, wake up! You don't want to miss class, do you?" I rolled over and looked at my alarm clock. It was 10 minutes later than I normally woke up. My new roommate, Jesse, woke me up so I could get to class on time. Needless to say, my old roommate wouldn't have done that for me. From that point onward, I began to realize that Jesse was a much better friend than I originally thought. Even though we never studied together, she was quite eager to have me around in most other circumstances. On Friday and Saturday nights, instead of partying, she often stayed home and watched a movie or just some random tv show. It wasn't exactly the most fun I ever had, but it worked. Once we got too tired to watch tv, we'd go to bed... without having to worry about some random guy being in our beds. One evening, after we turned the lights off, she asked me "Do you know any good single guys around here?"

Quite frankly, I was dumbfounded by this question. As soon as I got over the shock of it, I replied "Well, no. If I did, I'd be dating him. I decided to somewhat give up on guys... and girls." As soon as those last two words escaped my mouth, I realized what I had just said. I could almost see the words traveling across the room. However, what shocked me even more than what she first said was what she told me next.

"Well, I think I'd settle for a nice girl too." At that point, I wanted to jump across the room into the bed with her. It took quite a lot to resist that temptation, but I did. I never even thought about that for a week or so, until one night when it was just the two of us, bored out of our minds. I was just laying in my bed, when she got up and laid down next to me, almost like someone who wanted something. "Do you think I'm a nice girl?"