The Beginning

It started with a wish...

We go together, the three of us; three parts of a whole. Others may come and go, but through high school and into college, it's been us three. But it can't continue uninterrupted forever. The beginning of August will set in motion a parting of the ways, which, however temporary, will put some distance between our trio for a while. Upon realizing that this will be our last summer as a unit for a while, we also realized that, despite our relationship, the three of us have never actually lived together.

Until now.


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Beth Black moved in at precisely at ten o'clock. Beth is a Landscape Management major, and brought eleven potted plants to the apartment. She is getting her papers ready as she prepares to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Working two jobs AND going to school full time, she is the one who knows how to get things done when the other two just want to play with bubbles for an hour.

Erin Asay came around at about eleven o'clock. Erin recently got out of a fistfight with the university and is NOT taking any classes. A pirate's life is the life for her: she brought a Jack Sparrow poster and a Jolly Roger to the apartment. She works on campus in one of the computer labs, trying to explain to students which of the buttons turns the screen on.

Jessica Grosland didn't come in until four o'clock in the afternoon. She works a custodial job at four in the morning, and was napping while the other two were settling in. She isn't taking any classes either; instead she is going to work all summer long saving money - see, she's going to be teaching English to children in Russia this fall semester. Jessica brought a lava lamp to the apartment, and greeted all her neighbors wearing her very best safari helmet.

Now it is late. The sun has set on the first day of their last summer together. They've already had their first minor catastrophe when the pizza they were trying to make (three-meat, stuffed crust) started falling apart inside their oven and they each tried to grab it out at the same time. So it begins - with a scream, and a laugh, and delicious cheesy goodness.

Jessica, Erin, and Beth.

Juh. Air. Eth.

The Jareth Chronicles.