“Oh! That hurt! What the heck are you doing,
Liv!?”
I instantly woke up, sat up, and saw Stacy on
the floor, looking like a blob. I frowned, and
then I noticed that her phone screen was
showing… a photo of me!
It was taken while I was napping!
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09
I was faster than Stacy, picking up the phone.
“Why are you taking pictures of me?”
She glanced at the screen, looking guilty.
But then, two seconds later, she gave me an
annoyed look. “It’s just a photo! What’s your
problem? You always take selfies. Why does
it bother you?!!
I said coldly, “You’re violating my privacy. I’m
going to tell the resident advisor.”
I was going to go report her when she jumped
at me, squashing me with her bulk and
grabbing the phone. She quickly deleted the
picture.
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She laughed. “Deleted it. No harm, no foul!
Don’t be so sensitive!”
Then she pushed me out of the dorm room,
sneering, “Go ahead and report me! You can’t
prove anything! Get lost!”
I was furious and messaged my resident
advisor.
The resident advisor replied quickly: “[Liv, I
understand. I will talk to your other roommate
to hear her side of the story.]”
I sighed, that was all I could do.
Then the RA messaged: “[The city is having a
‘League of Legends‘ meet up next week. We
need someone to go out and do a cosplay as
a character. They’re missing a performer for
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your grade.J”
Me: “[Fine, I’ll go.]”
It was just a show. It’d be quick.
It was such a big campus. There was no way I
would see Chad there.
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I jinxed myself.
Later that day, Chad was on the phone with
Stacy. I overheard Chad ask, “Hey, Valkyrie,
can you come watch me at the big game
meet–up next week?”
Stacy loves to speakerphone her chats with
Chad.
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She said, “I have something going on that
day. But I’ll watch you on the stream!”
Chad sounded sad, “Okay, then, maybe next
time?”
I frowned, but I shook it off.
Who cared?
Even if he was there, he wouldn’t know it was
- me.
Stacy said she wasn’t going to the meet–up.
When I was backstage changing, I saw Stacy
in the audience.
