MY ROOMMATE STOLE MY BOYFRIEND DURING MATRICULATION WEEK
I didn't know you could lose two people in one week and still have to smile for matriculation photos
My name is Joyce.I got BA psychology, Regular, Aggregate 11.I screamed when I saw the admission letter.My boyfriend of 2 years, Kelvin, screamed louder than me.He said "Now we will be on the same campus."Finally.
I believed him
I arrived at Sarbah Hall three days before matriculation.Room 14 . Four beds. My roommates were nice, but one girl stood out. Vanessa second year, Business Admin. Fair
, always smelled like vanilla, and she knew every spot on campus
She helped me and even showed me where to buy mattress,where to iron corporate skirt, how to register courses. I was grateful,so grateful that when she said "Joyce, can I borrow your black corporate skirt for my presentation tomorrow? mine is dirty, I said yes without thinking
That skirt was my only good one. My mom bought it in Makola for Gh¢120. I washed it, ironed it and gave it to her.
That night, Kelvin didn't call.That was strange"I said to myself ". He always called before 9pm.so I called him."Busy,babe.Department meeting,"he said so fast and ended the call
At exactly 11:47pm, I woke up to use the bathroom. Vanessa's bed was empty, her skirt, infact my skirt was gone too,it wasn't on the chair where she left it.
But her phone was charging on her bed.it lit up.My eyes popped up immediately I saw the message on the lock screen.
Kelvin:where are you? I'm outside Sarbah annex,wear the black skirt I like.
What!!!
My skirt???
The one I ironed??
I wondered
My hands started shaking so bad that I had to sit on the floor. I read it three times, thinking my eyes were lying.Maybe it's a different Kelvin or it's a different black skirt
But there's only one black corporate skirt in room 14 and only one Kelvin who likes black skirt.
I didn't wake her up when she came back at 1:13am. I pretended to be asleep, I heard her take off the skirt, folded it and place it on my chair. It smelled like his cologne. The one I bought for him on his birthday.
In the morning, she smiled at me "Thanks for the skirt, Joyce.You saved Your boyfriend is so lucky to have you
I smiled back"you're welcome ".
The matriculation was in 6 hours. And I had to wear that same skirt for my matriculation photo.