Emily's POV

Two weeks.

It's been two weeks since college started.

Alice and I have been closer than ever. We are literally best friends. We know every thing about each other. We can practically write a 600-page encyclopedia on each other. It's scary. Alice is a really nice person. She is crazy. Full of energy. Its good to be around her. She is a very good listener. She is kind and loving. I trusted her with all my heart because she was such a nice person and that's why I told her about my parents and trust me it was not easy. It took a huge tub of ice cream, kit Kats and a marvel movie marathon to calm me down. I made Alice promise me not to tell anyone. I don't want everyone pitying me.

Alice told me it wasn't my fault just like aunt Tess but I couldn't believe her. The image of that day, of my parents dying still haunts me. It's been 3 years and I still can't erase the painful memory.

I haven't told her about my anorexia I'm still not ready to tell her about that even though I trust her. It's a topic that I don't want anyone to know about except for me and aunt Tess.

Anyway... Justin ad I have gotten close lately. He is the funniest and goofiest person I've ever met. He always makes me laugh. We share same interests and he has taken up the same courses as me so he helps me with studies sometimes.

Cole too is a very adventurous man. He has jet-black hair and bluish-grey hypnotizing eyes. He is like the male version of Alice. He is energetic and crazy. No doubt, they both love each other. Cole is also a protective man. He is like the big brother I've never had.

Alex is still the mysterious man. He doesn't talk much. He replies with a simple yes or no or short phrases. But he is a very decent man. He acknowledges and observes everyone.

I've been happy for the past two weeks. Its like my luck has turned because I finally have friends. They are with me because they genuinely care about me, especially Alice and Justin. They don't ignore me, they drag me into every conversation they have. Justin sits with in class, Alice hangs out with me almost everyday after class, and Cole too talks with me whenever we hang out.

Even Alex walks me to my class sometimes. He doesn't say much but he also doesn't shut me out like Luke.

Luke is a different story. He has been ignorant lately. He talks in a robotic and flat tone. While we are in the room, he talks with short phrases and simply ignores me. I don't know what his problem is. Not that I care. But it bothers me sometimes.

Like right now. I am discretely munching on an apple, which is the only thing I am planning to eat for lunch. Justin and Cole are stuffing their faces with spaghetti in a very animalistic way. Alice is chewing down her salad to my right while revising for a test she has after lunch. Alex is fiddling on his mobile with a chicken sandwich in his hands.

No one is talking; everyone is busy in his or her own world. Luke strolls into the cafeteria with a simple flat look on his face. He gets a sandwich from the counter and approaches our table. He sits on my left, which is the only space available right now. He glances at me for a second, sees the apple in my hand, he frowns for a second and then returns to eating his sandwich.

Okay?

"Hey man, how are you doing?" Justin says, his face stuffed with food.

We all look at him, waiting for his answer. He looks at Justin with a scowl on his face. After a couple of minutes, he says the same reply he has been saying for the past two weeks.

"I'm fine." He groans, returning to his food with the scowl still plastered on his face.

We all sigh. He is again in one of his 'Touch me and you're dead meat' mood. I look at everyone else's worried and concerned expressions for their friend and a pang of anger curses through me. How can Luke treat them this way when all they do s care about him?

"Luke, is everything okay?" I ask him a little cautiously.

"Everything is fine, why?" he says flatly looking at me.

"You have been a little disturbed lately." I choose my words carefully. Everyone else is pretending to be busy with his or her work but I can see them sneaking glances at him, waiting for his next words. His jaw clenches and I gulped nervously preparing myself for what's to come.

"I said everything is fine! You don't have to interfere in my life Emily. I don't need you sticking your nose in everything." He snapped. He then got up from his seat and stormed off to god knows where.

We all sighed. This has been going since college started. For me, college was a good start but for him, its like he is being punished. It's affecting everyone around him, especially his friends. They all have been together since childhood and Alice has known him from high school. It hurts to see them like this.

I wonder sometimes if it is because of me. Is Luke upset because I'm his roommate? Did I do something wrong? If I did, then what was it? I haven't done anything except to stay out of his way. Should I apologize? He doesn't want me hanging out with his friends? Then I wont. I don't want to be the person to break someone's friendship by getting in the way.

"Its not your fault, Emily. He is just being a dickhead." Alex says as if reading my mind. I look at him and he gives me a small tentative smile. Like I said, he is a man of few words but he is observant and very smart. I feel a spark of friendship inside me and give a small smile back.

"He is right, Ems. Luke is just being an idiot. He'll get over it. We all have been trying to talk to him. He is a little stubborn but it'll pass. Trust me, you have done nothing wrong, okay?" Alice says swinging her arm around my shoulders. I nod back and go back to my apple.

I have only eaten half of it and then I throw it away. I turn around to see Alex again; his face is impassive, staring at me.

"You done already?" he asks referring to the apple. Oh god, he can't know. Nobody can. Think of something Emily!

"I had a heavy breakfast." I say hastily and then turn to Alice. "I'm headed to class. I'll see you later." I say to her and then walk away from the group.

Phew! Saved.

I sigh once I am out of the cafeteria and then walk towards to my next class.

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It's been a few hours since I got back from my last lesson and I am sitting on my bed in my dorm completing an important project that is due tomorrow. Luke enters the room and plops down on his bed without glancing my way.

He just lays there like he is dead. Not even moving a muscle. It was a little fun to see him laying dead on his bed.

Hey! That rhymed!

After a minute or two, he gets up and goes straight into the bathroom. I hear the shower running which signals that he is taking a shower.

After a while, Luke re emerges from the bathroom with his hair wet. He walks towards his desk throwing the towel towards me. The towel hits my face. WHAT THE HELL! HE IS TREATING ME LIKE I DON'T EXISTS. WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM? I was fuming with anger now. You could probably see smoke coming from my ears. Its been going like this for two weeks. I Can't take it anymore.

Luke's POV

I miss her. I miss her so much. It hurts to now that I don't have her beside me. You are probably wondering whom I'm talking about. It's my girlfriend. Actually ex-girlfriend. Maria. I am over her now but I can't help missing her. She left me. She left me for some other boy. I wasn't enough for her. I am so over her. I don't have any feelings for her whatsoever but I miss her.

I was brought back from my thoughts when a towel hit my back. I turned around to se Emily sitting on her bed with an angry expression on her face. She looks beautiful in her pajamas sitting cross-legged with fury in her eyes. She looked cute when she was angry.

WAIT.... NOT AGAIN. Why do I keep calling her cute and beautiful? Although she IS beautiful no doubt in that but its weird. I haven't found anyone one more beautiful than Maria but Emily definitely outshines her.

"What? Why did you throw the towel on me?" I asked her a bit rudely.

Lately I've been talking rudely with almost everyone. I've been ignoring everyone and it's all because of that Maria bitch. Two weeks ago when I went to a club with Justin, I saw her there with John, the guy she left me for. They were dancing happily. Laughing and enjoying. I stormed out of the club right then and I've been behaving like that since then. It hurt to see that Maria was having fun without me. She looked happy.

"I could ask you the same thing. What is your problem anyway?" Emily said angrily.

"I don't have any problem. What's your problem?" I asked her.

"My problem? My problem is that you have been acting like a jerk for the past two weeks. I don't know why but you have just been acting ignorant towards everyone" she said.

It was true though. I was a jerk to everyone in the past two weeks.

"Why do you care?" I asked her.

"You're right. I don't care, but your friends do. I know that Justin, Cole and Alex are very close to you and they have been worried about you for the past two weeks. And for your information, I am a human being too. I have feelings. You can't just treat me like I don't exist. I am your roommate for god sakes! Can't you at least be decent with me!" she said, her voice slightly louder. I am about to say something but she cuts me off.

"Look if its something I did then I am sorry. I don't know what wrong I did but if I am the reason you are acting all cranky grandpa like then I am sorry. I don't want be the person who gets in someone's way, if you don't want me hanging out with your friends then I wont. But please stop being a dick to them." She finishes.

Guilt floods me at her words. She thinks it's her fault that I am acting this way. She has no idea that she is not the reason for my indecent behavior, far from it. Oh god Luke, you are such a selfish idiot. You screw up every time!

She is right about my friends too. We all have been friends since childhood, we are practically brothers. I didn't even think how much I am worrying them I flipped them off every time they came to talk to me.

Better fix this Luke or you are dead. My inner voice taunts me.

"You're right," I said looking at her. Her face morphs into a confused one with her eyebrows drawn together. Damn she looks good.

"You're right, I've been a fucking jerk to everyone." I went and sat beside her on the bed. She seemed a little shocked but I ignored her and continued,

"And now that we are going to be roommates for god knows how long, we should have decency between us. So, lets start as friends. What do you say? Friends?" I said extending my hand towards her. I was expecting her to shake my hand and say yes.

For some weird reason, I don't want her to be angry with me. Besides, it never hurts to make a genuine friend. Emily gets along with everyone else in our group; it's just me who has been treating her like a jerk.

She thought for a bit then a small smile tugged on her lips and she shaked my hand. The moment our hands touched, I felt a jolt of electricity run through my arms.

WAIT. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? This is not a freaking movie! How can I feel electricity run through my arms!

I decided to shrug it off.

"Friends" Emily said.

"Friends" I repeated, confirming.

I got off her bed and walked towards my own bed. I started working on my homework too and a comfortable silence engulfed us. We worked on our homework till 10 at night. I decided to sleep by then. Emily had also packed up her bag setting it down beside her bed. She then took out her guitar and settled on the bed again.

She started playing some random tunes. She strummed tunes for a while then she started finger picking her guitar. She was playing short tunes. She played beautifully. This was the first time I saw her play the guitar. I knew she had a guitar but never had the chance to hear her. She was so elegant and smooth while playing the guitar. She was engulfed in playing, like she was in another world. After some time she stopped. And packed up her guitar. She laid down on her bed.

"You play beautifully" I commented.

She smiled looking at me.

"Thanks" she replied.

"You look sexy while playing it too," I said smirking.

"Shut up" she mumbled turning off the lamp on her bedside.

"Goodnight pumpkin"

"Good night" she replied.

And then I drifted off to sleep.

The next morning I walk into the cafeteria for breakfast. Emily was showering when I left so she isn't here. I spot everyone else and walk over to them. They all look at me cautiously, waiting for what I am about to do.

I smile at them and they all gasp, a little shocked. Bet they were expecting me to grumpily sit down, stuff my face and then storm off like I did yesterday. Get ready for another surprise then.

"I wanted to apologize to all of you. I've been nothing but a selfish jerk these past two weeks. I saw Maria in the club I went with Justin a day before college started. She messed with my head, that's all. I am sorry for taking it out on you guys."

Its silent for a couple of seconds. They all exchange looks as if communicating silently and I grow a little nervous, expecting them to shout in my face about how big of an imbecile I am. But then, they all smile.

"Its okay man, we understand. But you have to apologize to Emily too for snapping at her yesterday." Cole says.

"I already did. She was the one who knocked some sense into me yesterday." Their smiles turn into knowing smirks.

Okay?

"However, we could use some ice cream as an apology." Justin says. I roll my eyes but smile nonetheless.

"Okay, lets go." I say. Since we have some time before classes start, we start walking to the small ice cream shop just outside the campus. We see Emily on our way and wave her over.

"We are going for ice cream, are you coming?" Alice asks her.

"You're having ice cream for breakfast?" she asks making a funny face.

"Yeah, I am making up to them for my behavior." I reply. She looks at me and gives me a smile. Shit. My heart just skipped a beat. The sunshine is making her face golden and her eyes look beautiful golden brown in the bright light.

"So, you're coming, right?" Alex asks her. Her face turns a little nervous and pale.

"Uhh... I have to hand out this project right now or else I'll be marked late. Maybe some other time. You guys enjoy." She replies hastily. I frown along with Alex. No girl refuses ice cream no matter how important her work is. Something is fishy with her eating habits. I did notice the apple she had for lunch. The rest of her tray was empty with only a small bottle of water.

"I got to go now, see you all later." Emily says scurrying off. I shrug off my thoughts and we all proceed to the ice cream shop.

They guys take three scoops of ice cream each with extra topping and everything.

Way to blow my money guys.

At least after that, everything returns to normal and I hope it stays that way.

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Thank you so much for reading this far. I am so sorry for all the mistakes, if you find any, you can point them out in the comments and I'll fix it as soon as I can.

That's Zac Efron as Cole at the top ;)

Love you!

Bye!!!!!!