Of course I want, I answer Marissa’s invitation, still hurrying to catch up with her.
She finally pauses and waits for me at the outer doors, and then without a word exchanged between us, uses her keys to let us both in. I still don’t say anything as I wait with her while she opens the door to her room next, and she remains silent once we’re inside. She did say she didn’t feel like talking, so I kind of expected this.
Glancing around, I can tell that her room is basically the same as Eric’s that I was just in earlier, except hers lacks the chairs and the clutter. She heads straight for her closet, grabs some clothes, and then hurries off to the bathroom, remaining tense and wordless as she moves about. I take myself over to her bed and stretch out on top of the covers to wait for her t
