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“Hello?” Molly called as she opened the door, her voice echoing through the seemingly empty house. “Yes? Sally, is that you?” A slightly confused sounding voice answered her, a mop of ginger curls poking around the corner.
“Ehm- no, I’m Molly. Molly Hooper, the new- the new housemate?”
“Oh, right! Molly, I heard about you, well our landlord told us he found someone new to take Greg’s place. You’re- you’re lucky he had the room opposite of the bathroom. Anyway, I’m Martin Crieff, nice to meet you!”
“Nice to meet you too, Martin.”
As Molly’s words started to fade an awkward silence took it place and stretched out until the boy broke it again, looking at her suitcase.
“Want some help with that? Your room’s upstairs, it looks a bit heavy to –ehm, to carry it up on your own. Not saying you couldn’t but- I don’t know, want some help?”
“That’d be nice. Thank you, so my room’s upstairs and the bathroom is as well?” The girl asked, obviously already knowing the answer, not wanting to start another awkward silence.
‘Yes, the first floor has your room, Sally’s room and the bathroom. The second floor has Ian’s room and I have the room in the attic.” Martin explained as he walked over, tugging gently at Molly’s suitcase.
“Oh okay. Thank you. So –ehm, how long have you been here?” She asked another question as she let go of her giant pastel orange suitcase.
“A year. Starting my second year of uni this year. Chemistry, I know it’s not really interesting but I need to study something, I want to become a pilot and it’s best if you have some sort of degree before doing the flight school thing.” He shrugged as he picked up Molly’s suitcase, walking over to the stairs. “I picked chemistry because it seemed the less boring thing to do.”
“Chemistry? That’s nice- I thought about chemistry or biology before I decided on what to study.” Molly smiled shyly at him, her eyes shimmering with excitement. “I picked medicine in the end though. I’ve always wanted to do something with medicine, I wanted to become a vet though and now I’m going to uni to become a doctor.” She chattered on as she followed Martin upstairs who dragged the suitcase along.
“Oh, so you like that kind of thing, science and stuff?” The boy grinned as they finally got in front of Molly’s new room. “You sound a bit like my brother, he likes it too but –ehm, I’ll make us a cup of tea while you can unpack a bit? You can put your stuff that needs to be in the bathroom in the bathroom if you want, you shouldn’t have to knock either now. Sally’s out and Ian isn’t coming back until Monday so, anyway, I’ll see you in a bit then.” He rambled on before rather clumsily retreating to the kitchen, waving before he disappeared around the corner.
Molly stood their for a bit before finally opening the door and starting to unpack her heavy suitcase.