A Bedroom Story

I was 19 and living in Arkansas in a great three bedroom duplex. My two other roommates moved out, one graduated and the other was getting married, so I had my best friend move in and another friend, who ended being My Very Worst Roommate. The duplex was laid out so that there was the living room in the front, followed by a kitchen, first room (MVWR’s), bathroom, bedroom, and my bedroom with bathroom in it.

The first night MVWR moves in, he gets into a phone argument with his girlfriend and smashes his phone to bits on the wall. He proceeds to quit his job, and can’t pay rent. That’s fine, it happens, whatever… Well one day, after my girlfriend and I finished getting it on in my room (my bed touched my other roommate’s wall), we were watching TV when my best friend walked in.

“I got home my door was locked and [MVWR] was inside,” he said.

It turned out MVWR was looking at porn on my best friend’s computer while listening to us having sex.

I wanted to keep this short but there was some more details, including him not paying full rent and dropping out of a lease two months into the one-year agreement, plus small claims court, and a threatening voicemail from him…