Biking back to the dorm felt as if she was in the spotlight and everyone knew she was a freshman. The campus had such older people than when she was in high school. It was chilly for this time of year and she pulled the red fleece hood over her head to hide from the world. Her mother had given her the hoodie for Christmas when she was 12. She got a bicycle that year and always wore the red hoodie when she rode the bike. She stopped at the dorm and hopped off the bike. She hated how tall bikes were to her. Another curse of being barely 5ft tall. At least she’ll never grow out of the red hoodie. As if the older students weren’t enough, her petite body made her stand out even more.
On the outside, she smiled at the other students she recognized as she walked up the stairs to her dorm. On the inside, she just wanted to get away. She opened the dorm door and like a poorly written sitcom, there was her roommate, Alicia. Alicia is everything Kim isn’t. She’s all legs. Long, smooth, legs. Her blonde hair has the volume of one of those cheesy shampoo commercials and it bounces. “How the fuck does your hair bounce like that?”