Ineffable Plan

By the end of the week I was finished decorating my room and unpacking my stuff. I had to go shopping to buy the dorm room stuff like bed sheets, curtains, and cleaning supplies. I also had to buy school supplies and my textbooks. I had gotten to know my suitemates and the campus better. Melanie, who lived in a regular dorm room and had a roommate that she wasn’t too happy with, spent most of her time at the suite. Classes would be starting on Monday, so we had the weekend left before we needed to “buckle down” as Chris kept saying.

It was around one o’clock on Saturday and we were sitting around the living room (we being Chris, Amber, James, Phin, and I). Mary didn’t like being around me.

"So what are we doing tonight? There are going to be so many frat parties. There is going to be lots of beer and chicks. We should go,” Chris said. He was lying on the couch with his feet across my lap.

"What about the minor?" Phin asked. He was talking about me. In the past week he took to calling me “the minor.” I rolled my eyes but kept my head facing the T.V. "You know the frats always check IDs before they let you buy a cup. They’ll blue cup her," he continued. Blue cups were given to the under-aged kids so that they couldn’t get their cups filled at the keg.

"I won’t get blue cupped, Phineas. I have my sister’s learner’s permit. It says that I’m 21."

"Well, it’s settled then. Tonight we’re hitting frat block!" Amber exclaimed jumping off the arm of the chair she had been sitting on.

"What about Mary?" Phin asked, smiling at me. "We should probably let her know what we’re doing and ask if she wants to come with."

"You’re right," James said. "You tell her Amber."

Amber sullenly walked to Mary’s door and knocked lightly. A second later Mary’s head popped out.

"We’re hitting frat block tonight. Do you want to come?" Amber asked.

"Is she going?" Mary asked, while glancing in my direction.

I shot her a big smile. She flinched and quickly looked back at Amber.

"Yes. Justine is coming."

"You’re taking it to the frat parties." And there "it" was. The bitch called me “it” again. I didn’t say anything though. I had gotten good at ignoring her lame quips at me. I let her continue. "All those people are going to be there. It isn’t safe."

At that everyone’s head shot up and stared disbelievingly at her. I raised my eyebrows at her and searched her face for what she could possibly have meant. Did she mean ‘it’ as in me or ‘it’ as in the party?

"I didn’t know you cared. I’m touched," I replied sarcastically.

She shot me a disgusted look. "I wasn’t talking about your safety."

I nodded and returned my gaze to T.V. Everyone else seemed to have relaxed again.

"I guess I’ll have to come," Mary conceded. "Someone has to watch her."

I rolled my eyes dramatically causing Phin and James, who had been staring at me, to fall into a fit of giggles. Mary went back into her room and slammed her door shut.

I threw a pillow at Phin. "You two sound like girls."