Week Four - In the upper floor of a university hall,
adjacent to a major stairwell, lay a small collection of seats and tables. This
is an area is perfect for a moments rest between classes, a short period of
study, or a small gathering of students partaking in a noon lunch.
A small collection of six girls sit together in a corner of
the alcove, closely hunched within a tight group excitedly whispering. Despite
the absolute silence of the alcove, their voices are barely audible. In
listening closer, I hear a single girl’s voice standout amongst the responses
of the rest. A story of illegal activities and sexual favors is being divulged
by this standout voice. As the girls are discussing such a scandalous tale of
events, they sporadically throw glances over their shoulders to view the
contents of the alcove, searching for unsolicited listeners. As I do not wish
for it to be learned that I am listening in on their conversation, I divert my
eyes to my computer, throwing off an active façade of study. The story being so
actively discussed within the group unfolds as follows:
Standout Voice is an avid under-aged drinker, being just a
freshman at the university but wishing to get the full “university experience”.
As an active partier, she often returns to her place of residence significantly
intoxicated, stirring up quite a commotion as she attempts to enter her
apartment. With this commotion, her light-sleeping male neighbor is regularly
alerted to her inebriated returns. This neighbor knows that she is underage,
and has made a point to threaten alerting the authorities should she continue
her so-called unsafe drinking hobby. These warnings have occurred a subsequent
number of times, and Standout Voice has recognized sometime ago that she needs
to neutralize this hazard, should she wish to continue her drinking hobby. Within the past few days, she again returned
to her residence absent of her convictions. Her neighbor, who had undoubtedly
noticed her friends arrive and pick her up to take her to another party earlier,
was waiting for her return on his front porch, a stern expression plaster
across his demeanor. Mustering as much alcohol-spirited courage her body could
bring forth, the young female stepped across her neighbor’s lawn, stepping up
to stand directly in front of his judgmental glare. Wasting no time, she
embraced her neighbor in a sexually suggestive grasp and, ignoring her
potentially flammable breath, proceeded to momentarily kiss him unrestrained.
After a short period of time, she broke her embrace and in a slurred voice
stated, “No cops.” This female student has successful kept her neighbor at bay
through repeatedly engaging in this post-party ritual every time she returns to
her home.
Given the girl’s collective desire to keep this story
secret, the members of this hushed group are seating with little to no space
between themselves. The group is forfeiting their commonly well-kept areas of
personal space for the sake of hearing Standout Voice’s narrative. Whether her
story holds any truth or not is uncertain, however, the females were spurred to
work collectively to keep their member’s secret hidden.
While this story took place, I observed that the girls
surrounding Standout Voice actively kept their eyes on her, ignoring their
phones wished I saw to be present upon the table as the girl’s got up to leave
later on.
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