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a meeting of the suitemates, and
agreed that we would each take a maximum of fifteen-minute showers. Maddie and
I seemed to follow the rule pretty easily but that wasn’t the story for the
other two.
    Just as I suspected, Maddie and I
hit it off pretty easily. We were both a little bit more laid back than our
roommates were, even though I really was glad I ended up with Kitty, she seemed
to bring me out of my shell. 
    But I put my foot down when Kitty
tried to drag me along to join a sorority; Maddie did the same thing when Kylie
tried it too. We suggested that they go together and they reluctantly did, thinking
maybe it would be a bonding experience for them.
    So instead, Maddie and I checked
out the over 300 student organizations that were offered. I wanted to try
something new out, but I still wasn’t sure what yet. They offered everything
from a white water rafting club to an actual quid ditch club. Who ever knew the
power Harry Potter actually had over college students?
    “Ok, how does this look?” I padded
across the  thick furry rugs we had picked up to cover up the cold tiled floor
and stood in front of Kitty, who was already dressed in a halter style black
sundress.
    Her hair was pin straight like
usual and I was so jealous that her hair seemed to come out looking like that
almost instantly. She turned around from the mirror that she was centered in
front of after one last swipe of her makeup brush. “You look gorgeous, Paige.”
    She smoothed out the bottom of the
skirt that flared out just a bit and ended mid-thigh. I had dried my hair and
pulled it up into a high ponytail, figuring that it would get pretty hot,
especially once we got into the stadium surrounded by all of those bodies in
the student section.
    “Ok, just a few accessories and we
will be good to go. Did you see if Maddie and Kylie were up yet?”
    “I think I heard movement when I
was leaving the bathroom. Hopefully it was Kylie since she takes so long to get
ready.” I bent my head forward as she slipped a chunky garnet necklace over my
head and added a few bracelets to my wrist.
    “One last touch, we need our game
faces on.” She peeled back the paper on a temporary tattoo of our team’s mascot
and smoothed it onto the corner of my cheek.  She put a matching one on to her
face and threw an arm around my shoulder.
     “There, all set. Ugh, I’m so
jealous of those cheekbones of yours. You know women pay big bucks and still
don’t get anything that compares to yours.”
    “Thanks,” I laughed out as we both
slipped on a pair of cowboy boots. Kitty had been telling me that same thing
just hours after meeting. My phone dinged from the small nightstand next to my
bed and I scooped it up, seeing that it was a message from Ben.
    “Hey Kitty, I forgot to tell you
that I made plans to go to the game with someone. I figured he could join our
group, is it alright if he meets up to tailgate with us?”
    “Of course! Have you been holding
out on me Paige Brinton, there’s a guy and you haven’t even told me?”
    I shrugged my shoulders and
followed behind her as she pounded on the bathroom door to see if our
suitemates were ready yet. “Just a minute,” Maddie yelled through the door.
    “We’re just friends, we have a
class together and he asked if I wanted to go to the football game. I didn’t
think it was a big deal.” I had actually forgotten since my head seemed to be
stuck in Dylan Turner mode only. Her painted pink lips curved into a wide O and
a musical giggle floated out from between her lips.
    “Paige, don’t you know when a guy
asks you to a football game around here, it’s like considered a date. This is a
big thing for you.” She knew I hadn’t ever dated before and I had about as much
experience as a twelve year old.  “So who’s the lucky guy, do I know him?”
    “Yeah, actually you do.” She
scrunched up her nose, trying to think of who my date could possibly be and a
look of horror covered her face.