Paradise City
“I closed one eye, opened it, closed it, then switched eyes in a series of blinks that turned my vision into a lightshow before growing bored and sighing into the night. Eleven minutes past eleven and I couldn’t sleep, and neither, it seemed, could my roommate, who was suddenly rustling around in the dark. I rolled over, squinting across the room at the silhouette gently opening and closing her cupboards, before walking around the bed and stubbing her toe.
‘Shit,’ she said, falling back onto... the end of her bed.
I leant over, clicking on my bedside lamp and flooding the room in a shadowy light, causing us both to squint at the adjustment. Amanda looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights, flinching against the unexpectedness of it. I pulled myself into a sitting position.
‘Going somewhere?’ I asked with a curious curve to my brow.
‘Shhh,’ she glowered, before standing and limping to her drawer, rummaging around and slipping some money and lip balm into the pocket of her jeans.MoreLess
‘Shit,’ she said, falling back onto... the end of her bed.
I leant over, clicking on my bedside lamp and flooding the room in a shadowy light, causing us both to squint at the adjustment. Amanda looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights, flinching against the unexpectedness of it. I pulled myself into a sitting position.
‘Going somewhere?’ I asked with a curious curve to my brow.
‘Shhh,’ she glowered, before standing and limping to her drawer, rummaging around and slipping some money and lip balm into the pocket of her jeans.MoreLess
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