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Here we go again, Alex thinks to herself, furious that she’s been woken up in the middle of the night again, as her roommate Maggie comes crashing through the door, most likely drunk.
She rolls over trying to ignore the noise, glancing at her phone finding it to be 2.37am. Maggie continues to bash about, god knows what she’s doing, throwing her shoes off, grabbing a drink, dancing with a herd of elephants. Alex huffs out a loud breath.
“I see you’re home Sawyer” she grits out sarcastically.
“Excellent observational skills there Danvers” she bites back with a slur.
“Shut up and go to bed, some of us like to actually get up and go to class in the mornings” said Alex as she snuggled under her cover a bit more, grateful that tonight was one of the rare occasions Maggie didn’t come stumbling through the door with some random girl she’d hooked up with that night.
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It was fair to say Alex and Maggie did not enjoy sharing a room together; they hadn’t got on since the moment they met on their first day at Stanford University. Alex hadn’t moved far from her home in Midvale, choosing to stay in California for school so she could be close to her sister and best friend Kara, who was still in high school. Kara had helped her move in on that first day and they had made it to the room before her roommate. The two girls were super excited for this new chapter in Alex’s life and hadn’t wasted a moment decorating her side of the room. Alex, a self-confessed nerd had brought her astronomy posters with her for pride of place, she had loved looking at the stars ever since her father Jeremiah had begun to teach her about them when she was young, developing a new appreciation later, once her new alien sister came to join after the Danvers family adopted her when Alex was 14.
Alex was about to embark on a bio-medical degree, so there were a couple of light humour science posters too, with one poster of her favourite punk band, just for good measure. Her and Kara completed her side of the room by placing her prized possession on her small desk, it was a top of the range (at the time) microscope Jeremiah had given her for her birthday, just months before he had passed away, not long after Kara had been adopted.
“Oh I’m so excited to meet your roommate Alex! I hope you’ll be best friends for life, like in the movies” Kara squealed, jumping up and down, just about stopping herself from hovering.
Alex laughed at her excitable sister and grabbed her upper arms gently, with a smile, to calm her down, just as someone walked into the room.
“Oh hey, you must be Alex’s new roommate, I’m so pleased to meet you, this is my sister Alex, who you’ll be sharing a room with, she’s the best, I’m Kara, what’s your name, where have you come from, do you want to watch a movie with Alex and I tonight” Kara hurtled her questions out at a hundred miles an hour.
“Kara, let the poor girl get a word in edge ways” said Alex with a shy smile as she glanced at the girl, who she then realised was looking at Kara with contempt.
“Whatever” she said as she laid her box of stuff and her duffle bag on the empty bed and all but ignored Alex and Kara.
“Sorry, I just got a little excited, what’s your name?” Kara persevered.
Maggie spun round as if it was an inconvenience; she looked at Alex and Kara, then to the posters on the wall and back to Alex and Kara, rolling her eyes.
“Just my luck to get stuck with a massive nerd” she muttered under her breath, not particularly bothered whether either girl heard, but of course Kara, with her excellent hearing caught it, she then simply stated “Maggie” as way of an introduction.
Before Kara could defend her sister, Alex began talking, “Hi, I’m Alex…Danvers, I guess we’re going to be roommates Maggie, would you like a hand with the rest of your stuff?”
“Err, no, this is all I have” replied Maggie gesturing at her small pile of possessions.
“Oh, ok, well Kara and I are going to get candy and soda, then snuggle up for a movie marathon, want to join us?” Alex offered and Kara flashed her biggest smile at Maggie.
“Fuck that, I’m not here to become part of the frigging Brady Bunch Danvers, I intend to live college life to the full, and that begins with finding a party tonight!” she stated, before turning, grabbing her key and walking out the door.
“See you around Danvers” she threw over her shoulder as she walked away.
“Well she’s a bundle of joy isn’t she” said Kara.
“What a dick” stated Alex.
And that pretty much set the tone for their roommate relationship.
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Beeeeep! Beeeeep! The alarm on Alex’s phone was going off signalling it was time for her to get up for class. Groggy, she leaned over to silence it and swung her legs out of the bed, pausing to rub her eyes and pull together the energy to stand up. She mentally cursed Maggie for waking her up in the middle of the night, it had taken her forever to get back to sleep, and when she finally did, it felt as if her alarm went off seconds later. She quickly showered and got dressed, trying to be as quiet as possible and only switching on the small nightlight on her side of the room not wanting to wake Maggie. Maggie might be an inconsiderate roommate, but there was no need for Alex to be like her.
Alex had some time to kill between her morning and late afternoon classes, so decided to take herself down to the gym. The gym was her release, she spent most of her time in there on the bags, working through combinations, or sparring if there was someone around to do so with. Today J’onn was around, he was somewhat of a mentor to Alex, training her and several other students who frequented the gym, but was also often a voice of reason when Alex needed to vent.
She had gotten carried away sparring with J’onn, releasing the frustration caused by her roommate before realising she was now likely to be late for class. It was her final class of the day Forensic Science, at 4pm across campus, she really needed to take a shower, but she hated being late. Alex made her apologies to J’onn for the abrupt departure, before quickly deciding to forgo the shower and run to class, she’d just sit at the back out of everyone’s way.
Alex slowed to a walk, spraying some perfume to mask her workout smell, as she rounded the hallway to her lecture theatre, immediately remembering as she walked in the door that this was a small room, great, I can’t hide my sweaty ass at the back. She scanned the room for a spare seat, spotting one two thirds of the way back and heading towards it, annoyed when she realised who she was going to be sat next to, the once class they shared in the week, typical.
“Thought you always turned up 10 minutes early to give the teacher an apple Danvers” Maggie said with a smirk.
“Shut up Sawyer! I lost track of time at the gym”
“I can see” continued Maggie “you’re a hot mess!” she said, still with that smirk on her face.
Alex narrowed her eyes at Maggie, staring questioningly for a few seconds, before turning her attention to the front and grabbing her notepad and pen as the lecturer started talking.