nineteen and unravelling
Inside Room 304, the pastel pink accents and light blue velvet pillows were completely buried under a sea of discarded hangers, leather jackets, and half-empty bottles of setting spray.
"If we miss the window for the surge pricing, we are walking, and I am not navigating three blocks of broken campus brick in these heels," Talia declared. She was standing in front of our full-length mirror, adjusting a sleek, backless black mini dress that hugged every curve perfectly. She'd left her hair down, her laid edges transitioning into a voluminous, glossy blowout that bounced every time she moved. She looked effortlessly striking, carrying that precise, high-maintenance energy of a girl who knew