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The roommate

<p>First-year student Emma doesn&#x27;t worry about waking up her sleeping roommate when she turns on a light in the morning</p>

First-year student Emma doesn't worry about waking up her sleeping roommate when she turns on a light in the morning

These stories were made by students for their JRN 101H class. They are reported stories about the lives of other students on campus.

She seemed normal. Nice girl from a nice family. But they could not have been more different.

The girl was her roommate, the roommate Emma never wished she had chosen.

Sure, the girls get along okay. The small talk is always pleasant.

But behind closed doors, they roll their eyes in annoyance with the other.

The roommate sleeps in until 2 p.m. while Emma is up early at 8 a.m. It's almost impossible for Emma to want to keep quiet after being rudely awoken at 3 in the morning by her roommate who’s always out partying.

So she doesn’t.

Emma wakes up and turns on a small light to see the room that is pitch black even though the sun is out.

She doesn’t bother putting down her skincare lightly or softly closing the door when going to the bathroom because the roommate didn’t.

The roommate did not take a moment to consider the noise she made when she stumbled into the room after a long night out with friends.

The roommate loudly sets down her purse after the sound of the door closing echoes throughout the dorm room.

The roommate quickly changes into pajamas, obnoxiously opening and closing her drawers.

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Then, right when Emma thinks she will finally be able to fall back asleep, the roommate grabs her plastic water bottle that noisily crinkles throughout the room jolting her back awake.

Then, once the morning comes, the cycle starts all over again.

The roommate wakes up early in the morning to Emma getting ready for the day.

While Emma wakes up late at night to the roommate's return.

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