![]() ![]() Oh my God! Jennifer was saying to her friend Christina as they entered the room. Just as Tamika turned off the vacuum, the door opened. However, Jennifer was nowhere in sight, and half of the room was untouched, unkempt for yet another day. Today, the two had discussed the uncleanness of the room, and Jennifer had promised that her side of the room would be clean before Tamika returned that afternoon. Tamika would usually keep both sides tidy, but Jennifer would complain, stating that it made her feel guilty and promising that she would clean her side from then on. However, Makisha now had a single, no roommate, a situation of which Tamika could only dream.Īs she vacuumed and organized the room, Tamika thought of Jennifer’s forever broken promises, swearing that she would clean her side of the room. She had been lucky the year before as a freshman, when she was placed with her now best friend Makisha. Tamika had heard horror stories from her friends who had experienced strenuous roommate situations, but now she was experiencing it firsthand. In her room, she took one last look at the disastrous mess before she began cleaning. Sighing, she rolled the vacuum down the hall. Tamika shrugged, too upset with Jennifer to allow the RA’s rudeness to bother her. Mandy was so angry that she did not even remember to take Tamika’s student identification card as collateral. She rolled the vacuum into the hall, and she slammed the door in Tamika’s face without a word. ![]() Mandy rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth, upset for having been disturbed for such a trivial matter. Sorry to wake you, Tamika apologized in a calmer tone than her knocking had suggested, but I need to borrow the vacuum cleaner. Her red hair was disheveled, and red imprints stood out against her pale skin. What’s wrong? She gasped, thinking the matter to be an emergency. She was pounding impatiently on Mandy’s door before she realized it. Blond hair strands had begun to gather into dust balls under Jennifer’s bed.Īngry, Tamika stormed out of the room, marching down the hall to the resident advisor’s (RA) room to get the vacuum cleaner. They had been there for two days already. ![]() A pair of shorts still lay untouched on her roommate’s desk. Her roommate’s clothes were thrown carelessly about the room. I’m tired of this!" Tamika kicked her dormitory room door closed in disgust. Qur’an, Al-‘Ankaboot (29:64) Chapter One " What is the life of this world but amusement and play?īut verily the Home in the Hereafter-that is Life indeed, Dedicationįor all who have open minds and hearts and ever tread the path of life as students. Quotations from the Qur’an are taken from Yusuf Ali translations.Ĭover design by photograph by gezzeg/Īll characters and events in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real persons or incidents is coincidental.Īll quotes from real people or books have been cited in the footnotes as such. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. Copyright © 1973, 1984 by International Bible Society. Quotations from the Bible Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version ®. Library of Congress Control Number: 2001129076 ![]()
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