I Have Roommates? (Maddie)

[Oliver Barnes]

For once, Oliver was in his dorm for other purposes than sleep. Although he liked his peace and quiet, there was always someone else in the room. He had short conversations with his roomies, but nothing too significant. It wasn't like he was trying to avoid them but... okay yeah, he sort of did. If he heard someone coming, Oliver would phase through a wall or lock himself in his room.

Strange? A little bit.

Right now, Oliver sat with a pile of homework around him on the ground. The dorm was empty, and he figured that he would take advantage of the quiet surroundings. He took a sip of his tea, labelling diagrams for biology. It was rather boring and repetitive, but needed to be done. Oliver hummed under his breath, continuing along at a steady pace. If he finished early, he could do creative writing instead of homework. Forget about all the drama in his life and just... relax.

[Madison Davis]

Madison tried to balance all her books in one hand so she could up the door to her dorm. She had just came back from the library and had everything from books to help her with her science and math to fiction books about the supernatural. She simple went in for research about her history project and came out with about ten books. She had to carve out some major reading time.

She walked in closing the door behind her with her foot. She looked up to see a one of her roommate in the living room humming. "Oh, hey Oliver right?" she asked sitting her books down on the kitchen counter. "Or are you Cameron? You guys are never around so I get you mixed up". Madison took out some peanutbutter and jelly and started making herself a sandwich. "What are you up to"?

[Oliver Barnes]

When the door opened, Oliver jumped, startled by the sudden noise. He looked over his shoulder with a wild expression that faded into a small smile once he realized who it was. It was just Maddie, one of his roommates. Both she and Cameron seemed to be very talkative, which is why Oliver tended to avoid the dorm. Not that he didn't like them or anything, the shy boy just preferred to be left alone with his thoughts.

But he was trying to change. Baby steps. Oliver smiled softly, nodding in answer to her question. "Yepp, that's me. Oliver. Maddie, right?" He knew it was her though, given she was the only female in the dorm room. Oliver twisted from his spot on the floor, facing the kitchen now. "All good." He snorted a little. "Sorry."

"Just doing some riveting biology work right now." Oliver said, gesturing around him to the scattered papers, diagrams and open textbook. "How about you?"

[Madison Davis]

"Well hopefully i'm Maddie because that's the name I have been writing on my assignments". She smiled up at him and bit into her sandwhich. "Ah biology exciting stuff" she jokes sarcastically. "An by exciting I mean I fall asleep every time I crack open a book".

She gestured to all the books she set down when he asked her what she was up to. " I just come back from the library and boy did I find some good books. I'm have so much reading to do". She grabbed a juicebox and her sandwhich and walked over sitting down next to him. "I don't think I ever really officially introduce myself to you. I'm Madison Davis and we should talk more sense we are roommates". She stuck her hand out for him to shake. "I don't know about you but living with strangers is creepy to me".

[Oliver Barnes]

Oliver blushed at her response, looking down at his biology textbook. "Yeah... it's rather boring." He admitted, glancing back up towards the girl. "Boring, but easy to do." It was all memorizing names and remembering diagrams.

Once Maddie mentioned the library and books, Oliver perked up in response. If there was one way to get the boy's attention, it was mentioning his favourite place to be and favourite hobby. "What kind of books do you enjoy reading?" He asked, happy to be talking about something he was truly passionate about.

"Oliver. Oliver Barnes. Yeah I... I agree." Oliver finally managed to stutter out after a moment. Talking more regularly with someone... he probably needed to do that more often. No way was he going to admit to his roommate that he had the tendency to go through walls whenever anyone came by.

[Madison Davis]

"Oh my god I almost forgot". Madison ran into her room and came back out with her camera in hand. "Say cheese Oliy" she said and snapped a photo of the boy before he could probably realize what she was going to do. She smiled at him sweetly and explained. "I always take pictures of people when I first meet them. Never know when it will be memorable moment. Oh and about your earlier question. I like supernatural the most but I love pretty much all books. Syfy, realistic fiction, fair tales and things like that".

[Oliver Barnes]

Oliver raised an eyebrow, craning his neck as Madison ran off to her room. He shrugged it off, assuming that the bubbly girl had forgotten about a homework assignment or something of the sorts. He stared straight ahead at the wall, not thinking of anything in particular.

Then, she was back. He turned his head to the side to look at Madison. His eyes landed on the camera, but it was already too late for him to protest. The picture had been taken and now he had a frown on his face. "Oh... uh, okay. As long as you're not publishing it anywhere..." He mumbled, with a slight blush on his cheeks. God, he hated getting his photo taken. No matter what, Oliver felt like he looked stupid.

He smiled when the subject when back to being about books. "Same here. I love all genres but supernatural books are great escape literature." Oliver nodded a couple times, tapping his pen against his bio notes.

[Madison Davis]

"I make no promises of putting it on my online scrapbook". She sat back down. "Dude don't I know it. Sometimes when I need to escape here I just pull out one of my supernatural books. That's the main genre I love to read. I like all things supernatural. Well...except if you count voodoo as super natural. Voodoo is so scary but witches and stuff are really cool. It's what most of my stories use to be about".

[Oliver Barnes]

Online scrapbook? Oliver's face paled a little at the thought. Then again, who was he to say no to the cheerful girl? He let out a defeated sigh, shaking his head instead. "Alright." He finally answered, leaning back against the couch.

He listened to Madison, smiling as she talked. This is always how he preferred conversations, him listening and the other person speaking. Especially when the other person was talking about one of their interests. He could hear the excitement in Madison's voice. "Same." Oliver loved all books though, and lately was into the classics that were mostly read as assignments in English class.

Her last sentence peaked Oliver's interest again. "You write too?" He asked with his natural, soft-spoken voice. Oliver's eyes darted, glancing at his notebook that sat nearby with all of his thoughts and poems.

[Madison Davis]

"I dabble in writing. My main passion is photography and dancing". Writing was one of those hobbies Madison left and came back to often. Taking pictures and dancing was the only hobbies that she stuck to constantly. "I'm not to bad at writing for dabbling though. Wait you said to. Oh my god you're a writer. You have to show me something like right now. I love reading others work. What do you do poems or stories"?

[Oliver Barnes]

"I could tell you like photography." Oliver joked, referring to the fact that the sunny blonde had taken a picture within five minutes of meeting each other.

Smiling, the introverted boy turned away from his biology homework to focus on the conversation with Maddie. His smile wavered as soon as his roommate had mentioned wanting to read his work. Being the shy person he was, Oliver... never liked sharing his work, especially the personal poems about AJ. A lot of them were based around her and that night. He swallowed hard, chuckling nervously. "Right now?"

His eyes darted between the girl and his black journal. "Uhm... but yeah, I write. Not sure if I'm any good." Oliver shrugged.

[Madison Davis]

"Yes right now silly. I bet your great at writing but you will never know unless you put yourself out there sir". She gave Oliver a big encouraging smile. "So don't be nervous your stuff is probably awesome-sauce".

[Oliver Barnes]

Oliver's hand hovered over the black journal. There wasn't a lot of incriminating details in the book. He wasn't even sure if A.J's name was in there. A lot of it was vague poetry and descriptions of his surroundings during times of inspiration and muse. "Well.. alright. I'll cave." His hand touched the leathery surface, and Oliver picked up his journal, extending it as an offer towards Maddie.

Smiling back, he nodded once. "Thank you... but you'll have to judge for yourself."