The world needed more women like Maria in it.
But before we could move on to new play, the sudden, loud sound of something breakable shattering against a wall jerked all three of our heads around. This was quickly followed by heated shouting that carried quite well down the hallway.
My instincts immediately had me on high alert and I got out of bed and quickly slipped on my shorts as I headed for the door. I pulled it open just in time to see Jeff hurry by me towards the stairs as E-Beth stood in the doorway to her bedroom yelling at the top of her Lungs, “FUCK
YOU you stupid, ungrateful MOTHERFUCKER!"
Alert tension for violence gave way to shocked stillness as I realized there was no immediate danger to anyone. Well, unless E-Beth got something new in her hands to throw at Jeff.
Amber was soon behind me, clad in a bathrobe. Maria had nothing to wear but she was right behind my girlfriend as we peered into the hallway.
The other doors opened and now everyone was Looking towards the enraged brunette.
E-Beth just glared at everyone and then went back into her bedroom, slamming the door shut. Amber immediately cinched her robe around her and went to her best friend's door, knocking and then entering E-Beth's room before closing the door behind her.
Well... THAT was a mood killer.
Diane and I were chilling out in the living room mindlessly watching
TV. Maria, Nataliya, and Eric had already said their goodbyes. We were just waiting for our roommates to come down.
Eventually, Amber came down in her comfortable weekend clothes. My girlfriend raised her eyebrows at me in a hopeful expression that things would be okay and then she came around to join me on the couch.
E-Beth was right behind her, taking up a spot next to Diane and then sighing loudly.
“Well THAT was a fucking waste of a whole year."
“What happened?" Diane's question was both soft out of sympathetic consideration and rushed from being overcurious.
“He fucking broke up with me!" E-Beth's voice jumped a few decibels before she calmed down again.
“After everything I did for him, he fucking broke up with me." This time, her tone was a little more forlorn.
“Maybe last night was a mistake," Amber said glumly.
“What? No!" Diane protested. "I soooo needed to get laid."
“No, the party was fine. The mistake was me bringing HIM," E-Beth spat.
“Ungrateful, egotistical moron."
“Huh?" I wasn't tracking.
“So I start dating the asshole late Junior year and he's sweet and considerate and he's a nice guy. Yeah, he's a little dorky, but I'm thinking I can help with that and the asshole would make good boyfriend material." E-Beth threw her hands up.
“We start dating and we're both going to the city for internships over the summer. I start cleaning up his wardrobe and fix his hair and talk him into contacts. He even starts coming to the gym with me, and after a year of hard work turning him to a cute, confident guy, what does the asshole do? He says ‘thanks for all the help and now I'm going to go find a hotter girl than you!'"
Diane sat up, "He did NOT."