The drive wasn’t really that long, but it did take some time to get to campus. By the time she arrived it was already 8:45. Still, she couldn’t get her dorm key until nine o’clock anyway.
“No, mother, I can’t go get your prescription,” a familiar voice said.
Bridget looked and saw Ami talking into her phone.
“I’m already here.” She paused. “At college.”
Bridget waved to Ami.
“I left last night while you and Dad were arguing.” Ami waved back.
While she was occupied with her phone call, Bridget started unpacking her car to take stuff into the dorms.
“No, I left because I can’t take the arguing anymore. I got to go. Bye.” She closed her phone. “Hi, Angela. Sorry you had to hear that.”
“Still having problems at home?”
“Nope,” she said. “I’m not home anymore, so it’s not a problem. I get to have some peace until Thanksgiving break.”
“I’m glad you have some peace. I have to deal with Miss Flower Childs.”
“And how she reacts to those nightmares you get?”
Bridget blushed. “It’s still happening too, but maybe she won’t notice my choice of pajamas.”
“I hope you are right. I only noticed because you kicked the sheets off at night. Hopefully it won’t be so freaking hot at night and you can wear some shorts to hide your diaper.”
“Well, I really don’t want to dwell on that aspect of my stay here in college. I have great plans for the future. For what it is worth though, I wish you were my roommate and next semester I will try to change roommates. Flower just caught me by surprise requesting me as a roommate. For what it’s worth, I think someone needs to keep an eye on her to keep her from causing trouble.”
“Good point,” said Ami. “I just think she needs to have a big plate of bacon and eggs.”