Chapter 2

Laurel’s roommate was having sex in their dorm room. She could feel the sexual energy all the way from the stairwell, but she couldn’t hear them until she was just outside.

Laurel sighed. It had been a long day and she just wanted to be home - for as much of a home as her dorm room was to her. She pulled up a reading assignment on her phone, resigned to wait, but found she couldn’t concentrate. She decided she wouldn’t wait.

After glancing both ways down the hall, she put both hands into her book bag. Her fingers turned as she worked through the specifics of her spell. It wasn’t difficult magic - she had done the same thing to countless noisy couples in the dorm, just to keep in practice. Inside her room, despite her roommate’s lover’s best efforts, he came.

Laurel waited impatiently for the couple to finish up their business. She was just about to knock on the door when the blue-eyed shaggy-haired boy emerged. Laurel entered the room, annoyed at the smell of sex.

“Hey Laur,” her roommate bubbled. “Good timing!”