My Roommate is a Boy
Her face looked older, but her clothes and energy screamed ‘forever 23.
"Hello, ma'am, I am River Wilson, and I..."
"We do not have any rooms left; this semester was brutal." Hearing her say that made my heart skip a beat, but I was sure that I would be able to convince her to swap me with someone else.
"Oh no, I already have a room," I say, and she looks at me as if I had gone mad.
"Then why are you here?"
"There was a mix-up," I say, setting the file on the table that separated us and pulling out the rental agreement. "My roommate is a boy." She looks up at me as if I had just spoken a foreign language. I clear my throat and reaffirm.