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I sighed. “Something’s wrong. I can’t sit down when something’s wrong.”
Her voice lowered. “No shit.”
I whipped around. “The hell’s that supposed to mean?”
She snickered. “You’re dating a criminal, Dani. Of course something isn’t right.”
“You wouldn't understand. Just go back to studying.”
“What? I don’t understand because I’ve never been there, done that with a criminal? Well, let me fix your perception of me for a second. Because I have been. I’ve done the bad boy thing to piss my parents off. I’ve done the rebellion thing. It’s overdone and overdue. This is exactly what I was worried about when you hooked up with him in the first place.”
“Can it, Hannah. I’m trying to listen out.”
“And this will keep happening, too. This is his life, Dani. This is how this man gets by. That’s how guys like this are. It’s not a one-off thing for them. I wanted something better for you. Something nicer. Something easier.”
I growled. “I don’t want easy.”
She sighed. “I don’t even know who you are anymore.”
I stared at her. “Maybe you didn’t know who I was in the first place.”
I turned back toward the window. I didn’t need to be dealing with her shit right now. I had enough on my plate. Like figuring out what the hell had happened to Max. He should’ve been here by now. I knew he wasn’t far away. But how the hell could I help him?
I don’t even know where he is.
“Pack. I have to keep packing.”
Hannah snickered. “Yeah. What’s with that anyway? You're packing as if you’re going away for the summer or something.”
“Again, wouldn't understand.”
“Try me.”
“No, thanks. I’ve heard enough of your mouth to last a lifetime.”
She scoffed. “I don’t know what you’ve done with the Dani I love and cherish, but I’d like her back, please.”
I shoved shirts into my bag. “Yeah, well, she’s not coming back. Don’t like it? Get a new roommate.”
I walked over to my closet and ripped it open. If I had more time to pack, then I might as well pack as much as I could. I ripped shirts off the hangers. I pulled open drawers and picked up socks. Panties. Jeans. I shoved it all into my bag until the damn thing wouldn't zip. Then I paused to see if I heard Max. I walked back to the window. I peeked out it again. And when I didn’t hear him, I rushed to my bag.
Pouring the contents out over my bed.
“Now, what are you doing?”
I shook my head. “Will you shut the fuck up? No one wants to hear you talk anymore.”
Hannah paused. “Wow. I knew this man might change you. But I didn’t think he’d make you into a bully, Dani.”
I sighed. “When you stop bullying me about my choices in men, I’ll stop bullying you about your unwanted opinions on every single part of my life. Okay?”
I looked back at her and her gaze dropped to her book. She flipped it back open and I started rolling my clothes down as small as I could get them. If I had things my way, I’d just move in with Max. Commute to and from school. Save my parents’ money on campus housing. But I’d settle for a new roommate.
No, not a new roommate. A new dorm.
I needed a new dorm.
I picked up my phone and sent a text message to Max. Where the hell was he? I needed to know what was going on. I leaned against my bed and started looking up the paperwork information for requesting a dorm room change. I needed something across campus, even if that meant my classes would be a hike. Preferably, the dorm room across the street from campus police.
