<P>“Shut up! Are you serious? She did what?”</P><P>I glanced up from the music I was reading to glare at my roommate Bella. She glanced at me and mouthed sorry before going back to listening to whomever it was she was talking to.</P><P>“Are you sure?” She was quiet a moment. “You know what that means right?”</P><P>I tuned her out and pulled my headphones back over my ears. Bella was always getting excited over one thing or another. I couldn’t keep up with her most times. Besides I had to work on this music. I had too much to do other than listen to her jabbering on.</P><P> “Okay. Yeah. I got it. Okay. Bye.” She hung up and turned to face me. “Oh my God!” she squealed. “You’ll never guess what Brie just told me.”</P><P> With a sigh I turned off my iPod and lowered the headphones around my neck. I wasn’t going to get any more studying done until she told me whatever it was she had to tell me. There was no point in trying. I knew from past experience.</P><P>“What is it?” I said knowing she wanted me to ask her.</P><P>She grinned and leapt onto my bed. I barely had time to...</P><P>An Author's Republic audio production.</P>