Despite her initial misgivings and her lesbian play with Angelique, Ida felt confident and assured that everything would work out to her advantage at long last. Scott had told her to call Patrice and invite her to move in with them as soon as she could arrange it, so she got on the phone that evening and spoke with her daughter. Just hearing Patrice's soft, sweet voice over the phone reminded her how much she missed her daughter. It had been them against the world for such a long time.
"Hello baby, how are you? I know it must be cramped staying there with Jessica, so I have some good news. Your Uncle Scott is going to help us out, he gave me a job and he's offering one to you as well. No, don't worry about school β he says we can work around that, but he wants to meet you. What's he like? Well baby, he's quite β eccentric, but in a fun way and I think you'll like him. He'd like you to come down as soon as possible, when could you ... in two days? I'm sure that'd be fine, now baby, I can't stress this enough ...
dress nicely
, your Uncle Scott has very strong ideas on how a woman should look. Okay baby, see you then. Love you, too."
****
atrice set the cordless phone down on the nightstand. She smiled and then let out a loud cheer. Next thing, she got back into bed and cuddled close to her best friend, and longtime roommate, Katelyn.
The saucy redhead hugged her close, gave her a sweet little kiss and asked "Okay, what the hell was that all about?"
Patrice smiled at her roommate, her perfect white teeth offset by the ebony beauty of her long, slender body. "Oh baby-doll, my Mom's found a new job, she's working for my Uncle Scott. All of which means I don't have to leave College!" She cheered again and gave the tiny redhead another kiss on the lips. Katelyn was equally thrilled and returned the kiss with elation. She slid her manicured fingernails along Patrice's smooth, dark thigh. "Oh baby, that's great, it means you get to stay here with me!"
"With
us
!"
Their other roommate, a lovely Vietnamese girl who called herself Jessica [she didn't like her given name] entered the room with a tray of sandwiches and chilled champagne. "The minute I heard that yell, I knew we had to break out the bubbly! Congratulations, baby!" All three girls kissed at the same time, then Jessica opened the champagne and poured 3 glasses, which were hastily downed. They ate their late-night snack and drank, happy to be together for a while longer. Patrice explained that she would have to work out some kind of arrangement with her Uncle, but her mother had assured her he was very amenable to any arrangement they'd need to make.
All three girls had chosen to be roommates, because the rumors had swirled about campus regarding a sex-crazed, bisexual black girl who had scared off 3 other women already. Katelyn, being out of the ordinary herself, made some inquiries, found out who the crazy girl was, applied to be her roomie, her application was accepted immediately. Katelyn & Patrice spent their