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These are apartments.
Like Maz and Birdie each have their own bedroom. And there’s a living room area. A desk to study but it’s stacked high with clothes. There’s a small refrigerator and a microwave.
It’s much better than Fay’s place.
I would never say that to Fay, but she would totally agree with me.
Back to the bed I told you about.
So Maz has the bigger bedroom.
Which she has to herself.
Birdie has a nice size bedroom too, but hers is a shared room.
Enter my bed.
There’s a very thin divider between the two makeshift rooms, but at least we both have privacy.
That’s where I find a ton of stuff on the bed.
“That’s Anita’s doing,” Birdie says to me.
“What is?” I ask.
“All of this,” she says. “If you need any more confirmation that you belong here, this is it. Anita does this kind of thing. She’s like a younger version of Linda. She loves this place and wants all of us to succeed.”
“That sounds terrible,” I say.
“Yeah, I really like you,” Birdie says. “So, on your bed, you’ve got your schedule. Then a bunch of books to not read. There are some maps, food schedules, social schedules. All of which are completely useless. And then your laptop. When you open it, there will be a name and password for you to log in with.”
“A laptop,” I say. “Wow.”
“They don’t have laptops where you came from?” Birdie asks.
I smile. “Honestly? If I had a laptop like this one back home, I’d sell it. Make some quick money.”
“I really don’t get why you’re here, Jaci,” Birdie says.
“Right?” I ask.
Maz blasts into the room. “We should get something to eat, then get ready to party.”
“Am I allowed to go to this party?” I ask.
“You can do anything you want,” Maz says.
“But stay here,” Birdie is quick to say. She grabs my arm.
“Why? Because of that guy? Archer?”
“Don’t even say his name,” Birdie says.
“Why? Did you date him or something?”
Birdie scoffs.
“Date?” Maz asks. “Birdie doesn’t date. Birdie doesn’t want a boyfriend. She likes to kiss guys though. But nothing else.”
