As I’ve stated before, each one of my housemates added to the adventure and excitement of living in the trap house. The mother and daughter duo was a pair that I could never fully understand. They lived on the second floor and shared a small room with no windows. The daughter was pregnant and her cousin often stayed with them.
I could never fully comprehend how the three of them could fit into that small room, but again that was none of my business. They were relatively polite to me and never caused me too much drama. All except the time their toothpaste went missing and the pregnant daughter actually came all the way up to my room to interrogate me. After a rude inquisition, I rarely had any other encounter with them; maybe passing pleasantries that they rarely returned.
But something I could look forward to almost every night starting around 9, was them banging on the door for someone to let them in. I do not know if they ever had a key, lost the key, or simply never believed in using keys. Regardless, they were always locked out and expected us to keep the door unlocked for them. Yes, I realize my next statement is completely unsafe, but hey I’m alive to write about it. So, for the majority of the time, the door would remain unlocked.
On a few occasions, I would like the main door, and when they would return realizing they were in fact locked, it was always a show. They would bang on the door and demand for someone to open the doors. Most of the time, it’ll take a while for someone to decide to let them in. I would never, just out of laziness and the fact that I could never understand why they didn’t have their key. When they would finally get in the house, they continued to yell and scream, and act like the house was purposely trying to keep them out.
One time I guess, the whole house was fed up with them and everyone refused to let them in. They did their usual banging and screaming and I assume they eventually called our landlord. He began calling everyone in the house, I politely declined the call and returned to watching my show. Eventually, the landlord arrived to let them in and I faked sleep. The more I think about it, the more I don’t miss that house.
Great post😀
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I’d be happy to be out of that house too. This was a good read.
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This is a good short. I would have eventually get tired of letting them in too.
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Yeah I don’t think I could stay in that house either! Good read.
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Oh wow…the musings in the house seem very interesting. This was really well written and was indeed a good read.
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Wow! This was a great read. I have to go back and look at the other parts!
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That sounds like a stressful living situation for sure. You have a gift for storytelling!
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I am not cut out to live with folks other than the family I created. I need peace where I lay my head.
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Glad you got out of there safely! That’s no way to live.
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Such a great short story. Thank you for putting it together. Can’t wait to read more of your work.
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LMBO whew been there done that. Hope to never have to have roommates ever again. It sucks
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