And They Were Roommates

 And boy, did that dorm room see it all.

Two nervous girls on a hot August day moved away from everything they had ever known,

campers coming back covered in mud from a program for new students,

late-night phone calls to a boyfriend at home, 

sneaking out after the other one was asleep to hang out with a boy of interest,

rants about the girls next door,

coming in late at night with a burst of energy because they were high on life,

tears when they were heartbroken,

hugs when they were homesick,

friends that laughed louder than the neighbors would have liked,

many rounds of uno,

pages upon pages of typing, 

plants,

books,

dance parties.

Most of all,

that dorm room saw the most beautiful friendship grow

and watched strangers become inseparable best friends.

Damnit, I miss her already.

-Emma Lancaster