So imagine his surprise when not a supermodel was there to greet him, but a chubby girl with freckles and square glasses. "Erm...do you need something?" he blubbered out, refusing to believe that this girl was actually going to be his new roommate.
"Uh..can...can I speak to Diana?" the girl replied quietly. "She said I could take a room and move in."
"Wait...you're the girl from Florida?"
The visitor shuffled uncomfortably and avoided eye contact. "I don't look it, do I? But yeah, I'm from Florida. I got a scholarship over at UMD Augusta, so I thought it would be okay to move here." David stared at her for a moment before she continued, "Do..do I have the wrong address?"
"N-no, you have the right address," the lanky man answered before leading his new roommate to a door decorated with carefully made hearts and pink dragons, secretly damning the gods for crushing his dreams and sending..whoever this chick was.
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Not that the girl was pretty happy about how her new roommate was treating her. Staring at the wrong places? Jaw wide open? She could only hope he didn't keep looking at her like she was a whale with brown hair and glasses. Once a familiar face peeked out from the heart-covered door, relief came over her. "Diana!" she squeaked, pushing the door open and extending her arms out for a hug.
"Samantha~!" Diana replied, giving her friend a firm hug before flicking her red hair out of her eyes. "Oh, its so good to see you again! Had any problems getting here?"
"Nope!" Sammy replied. "I even got sent to the right side, instead of having to drive through what you said was a jungle of crazy. Is it okay if I move in?"
Diana smiled as she opened the door wide and pointed over to a room on the other side of the hall, decorated with green dragons breathing paper flames all over. "Sure! That's your room right there. I took the time to decorate it while waiting! I'll even help out, hold on!"
David looked back and forth between the chubby girl and his more slender roommate and asked, "But I thought you said she was a super model?"
"Well, that's your fault for thinking I was serious!" the redhead replied as she put on some black boots to go with her green dress. She shot David a glare as she continued, "And as if a super model would seriously move into Augusta! Seriously, if you treat my roomie like shit just because she's not what you wanted, supermodels will be the least of your problems."
Sammy looked away from them as they argued, quickly heading out the door to get her stuff. Was that how he felt? And why did Diana have to tease him like that? Her heart sank as she went out into the night, hoping that this would be the last awkward moment they would have together.
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A few hours later, Sammy was finishing putting up the Sarah Sisters poster over her bed and straightening out her Last Legend collection. Her game system would have to wait a while before they were unpacked, as she was tired of just putting thing after thing after thing in their appropriate places. She was glad Diana was there to help and talk with her as they sorted out mythology books and fantasy books in the bookshelf her dad was more than happy to buy.
She recalled Diana asking her, "So, I guess you know about Augusta's weirdness, huh?"
"Yeah, I heard from dad. Said it had fairies and demons and stuff. Just like in my video games."
"Did he tell you about the psychics?"
"Um...he did mention people acting like wizards-"
The elder girl chuckled and smiled at her. "Those are psychics, alright. They're all over the place, keeping the city safe. People outside of the Big Five fear them, but we love 'em, for the most part. You'll fit right in!"
Sammy gulped. "But aren't they weird? I mean-"
Diana playfully slapped Sammy's shoulder and said, "Don't worry about what other people think of you, girl! You're fine! You're like Super Sarah, all short and chubby! Bet you can jump like her, too! Me, I'm a stick!" She put her hands on her hips and grinned. "I bet I can't tank hits like her!"
"Oh, come on!" Sammy smiled right back. "You're the Ariel to my Sarah! You can probably play basketball with those leaps, gurl! You'd probably be like one of those Yellow Mages in Last Legend, pelting the Nasties with Holy magic! All like, 'Bitch, please, I ain't got time for villains gettin up and startin shit!' And givin errybody some good ol' fashioned healing!"
"Yeah, I guess! I rather be one of those rogues, though. I'd steal Imps lunch money. Not like anybody cares about imps, right?"
"Pffft, they're the easiest monster to beat ever. They're a joke!"
"Not if you merge all of them into a super imp!"
"Just use Blaze on it and they'll go up in flames. Pow, mission complete!"
The two talked and talked about games until Diana left for bed, leaving Sammy to finish what she started and change into her bird-covered PJs. As she tucked herself into bed, she remembered one thing that stood out the most...
"Don't let things that other people say about you get you down, alright?"
Easier said than done, Samantha thought sadly before drifting away into dreamland.
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