Dorm Suite 11

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Dorm suites include two separate bedrooms and a shared sitting room and bathroom.

Residents:
Kerrigan Fletcher
Lucy Evans

[Lucy Marie Evans]

Lucy scanned the room quickly when she entered. From the looks of things, her room mate had yet to get here. She sighed and made her way over to the bedroom doors, pausing at the one labeled for her room mate.

"Kerrigan Fletcher" she read aloud to herself.

The name sounded familiar, but she couldn't quite match it to anyone. She supposed that meant this wasn't her room mates first year here either. Which was good, Lucy didn't want to have to put up with someone asking for directions all the time. She moved on to the room labeled as hers and pushed the door open. This room, like all the other ones she'd stayed in at Brightvale, was nice, but impersonal. Like staying in a fancy hotel. She set most of her bags down. She'd unpack her clothes later, but right now she wanted to unpack her books.

She had a lot of books. Her last room mate had made fun of her for bringing so many books when they were probably available in the library, but she liked having her own. She had books in several languages and she liked taking notes in the margins and correcting typos and the like. She grabbed the large suitcase she'd stuffed full of them and went back into the sitting room to begin putting them away on one of the bookshelves.

[Kerrigan Marie Fletcher]

Kerrigan stood outside of the front door to her dorm suite for a few minutes contemplating the likeliness that her roommate would be a newbie. She hoped secretly that the student had at least attended one year so that she wouldn't harass Kerrigan with tons of questions about classes and rules. On the other hand, if the student had already attended Brightvale, that meant that they were one of two people. They were either high in themselves to the point of annoyance or they were trying to live up to impossible expectations. Either way, Kerrigan wasn't trilled to meet the girl behind the door.

Finally, Kerrigan pushed the door open to reveal a suite exactly like the one she had lived in last year. She approached her door, happy to find her name posted on the first door, rather than the second. It just meant that she would be able to escape the room in the future with no concern with her roommate. The lights took a moment before they flickered on. The room was clean and white, making Kerri's eyes burn slightly. She quickly closed the door to her room and began unpacking her bag labelled only as "home". Basically, Kerrigan had put all of her posters and decorations into. It was her bag that made the barren dorm seem like home.

It wasn't long before the room glowed with warmth, rather than pulsated with the same sterilizing white lights of a hospital room. She smoothed the sheets out on her bed, prolonging the moment as long as she can before she heads to the next room to make the obligatory introductions. Taking in a deep breath, she finally pushed off the bed and put on her best smile.

It wasn't more than a minute before she was standing in front of the door. The name typed carefully onto the label read "Lucy Evans". If Kerrigan remembered correctly, Lucy Evans transferred to Brightvale about two years ago. She nodded to herself before carefully knocking on Lucy's bedroom door. Kerrigan pushed the door open and quickly introduced herself, "Hello. I'm Kerrigan. Nice to meet you." Her eyes followed the piles of books that were stacked neatly in a large suitcase, "Wow!" This time, she was actually excited to see something so familiar.

[Lucy Marie Evans]

Lucy was surprised when she heard Kerrigan's greeting. She had been distracted by her books and had not heard the other girl come in. Because of this, it took her a moment to catch up with what the other girl was saying. Kerrigan, so that meant this was her roommate. Now with a face to attach to the name, Lucy could recall having seen her around. Kerrigan was a different specialty than her, something ology if Lucy could remember at all. She did remember that Kerrigan was one of the few who got into Brightvale early in their lives, and that made her uncomfortable. Anyone who could get into Brightvale as a kid, well they'd have to be crazy smart, and they've had the benefit of Brightvale's excellent teaching for longer. It was intimidating to be around someone like that, to say the least.

"Lucy Evans, pleased to meet you as well." She said, slipping into politeness like a shield, wary of her new room mate.

When Kerrigan exclaimed over the number of books she could feel the heat rising in her cheeks slightly. She didn't need to be told how ridiculous it was again. 

"Yeah, I know. They're probably all available in the library but I'm quite fond of them." She said letting a hand ghost over the books. Smiling and turning back to Kerrigan she said, "I'm a language specialty. What are you here for?"

[Kerrigan Marie Fletcher]

Kerrigan crouched down so she could get a better look at some of the books. She reached for one and was surprised when the title of the first one was written in a different language, French by the looks of it. Kerri ran her fingers through her long hair before flipping it over her shoulder and out of the way. She placed the French book back in the pile and replaced it with a book written in English, "Nice to meet you, Lucy." She replied, distracted.

She flipped the book open and found that, although the title was in English, the book was still focused on conjugation or something. Kerrigan shook her head and laughed before returning the book to its proper location, "A language student, huh? That's really amazing. I wish I could speak a different language. The only other language I know is Latin." She paused, "I'm here for psychology." Kerri pursed her lips and looked at Lucy skeptically, "You seem rather uncomfortable with me. Is it because of how long I have been here?"

Kerrigan asked even though she already knew the answer. It took a long time for Kerrigan to realized that it was better the listen to people state the obvious, sometimes, rather than freak them out because you already know something about their inner most thoughts.

[Lucy Marie Evans]

Lucy watched as Kerrigan browsed through the books. She was still unsure of the other girl, and was certainly not going to let her guard down, but the fact that Kerrigan hadn't made fun of her for bringing all of these books was a good sign.

"Ah Latin is a lovely language though, a strong background in it will definitely help you should you ever decide to pursue any Latin based language, such as French, Spanish, Portuguese" Lucy responded. The history and evolution of languages was a favorite subject of  hers, so Latin had been a must.

Lucy was surprised and rather off put by Kerrigan's next comment. She supposed she shouldn't be surprised, to have gotten in as a psychology student so young, would require quite a gift. Still it was unnerving, if she could figure that out, what other things would she be able to figure out in the future? Lucy would have to just be extra vigilant about keeping up appearances, and if that didn't work she could always try to simply avoid the other girl. 

Lucy hesitated to respond. She wanted to think her answer through thoroughly before giving it. Finally after considering how direct Kerrigan herself had been, she decided that an equally direct response would be best.

"Yes I suppose I am. Clearly you are very skilled, it's intimidating." And people like that usually reminded her of her sister. But she left that part out. It was a subject best left untouched.

"Have you finished unpacking? It always takes me ages to actually finish." She asked, hoping to divert the conversation

[Kerrigan Marie Fletcher]

Kerri bobbed her head up and down, "Yeah, I haven't had the time to pursue languages though, with my coursework." She let out a heavy sigh, thinking about the classes she had on her schedule this year. Abnormal psychology, criminal psychology, and psychology in parenting. Sounds like a recipe for a serial killer.

She leaned forward, placing a book back where she took it from and leaning against the wall lightly, balancing on the balls of her feet. Kerrigan's heart sank when she heard Lucy call her 'intimidating'. It wasn't anything less than what she expected but it always left a fresh sting of pain aching in her heart somewhere.

"You would be surprised how often I get that same response." Kerrigan didn't really know what else to say on the subject that wouldn't make the girl feel even more uncomfortable than she already did. Logically, she could explain why she came to school here at such a young age, but saying that normal school wasn't challenging enough seemed rude and could really only make things worse. There was also the option to appeal to her sentimental side, making her feel guilty for treating her differently because of something Kerrigan didn't have a whole lot of control over. Unfortunately, that was manipulative and Kerri didn't feel right about it. Instead, all Kerrigan could do was feign the personality of an average teenage girl, complimenting Lucy by putting herself down, "I'll bet I'm not half as skilled in psychology as you are in languages. You have so many books. How many languages do you know?" Kerrigna forced a look of interest on her face, which wasn't false more than toned down. She didn't want to seem too creepy or anything. Suddenly Kerrigan was comparing herself to R in Warm Bodies, thinking out every step of a normal conversation, say something human, say something human...

When Lucy turned the conversation to unpacking, Kerrigan smiled, "That's the only good thing about being here so long, you kind of get it down to an art. She shrugged, "I haven't quite finished but I'll be done by tomorrow afternoon."