Celia
“Celia, what do you mean you’ve moved in with a boy?” My mother was horrified on the other end.
“It’s not like that, Mom, calm down.” Well, not exactly like that I thought to myself as I glanced over at Keith. He was cooking a vegetarian dinner for us, and she’d called as I waited. “I had an incident with my roommate.”
“What happened, honey, are you alright?” I could feel her concern over the miles that separated us.
“I’m fine. She just,” I sighed and looked up at Keith. He smiled a smile that told me to be brave. “She cut all my hair off while I was asleep.”
“But that’s assault. Or battery. One of those. Isn’t it?” Mom sounded near to hysterical, so I knew I had to calm her down.
“It’s being taken care of, Mom. Calm down.”
“But baby, things like that aren’t supposed to hap
