Saturday, September 19, 2009

More trouble in the dorms.

So just this very second I hear sobbing at my door and frantic knocking. I get up and a young woman is standing there crying so hard I can barely understand her. But I make out "throw" "hit" "boyfriend" and "911" so I call 911 and hand her the phone. She says she wants to report a domestic dispute and that she's scared that her boyfriend is coming for her, all the while staring terrifiedly at the end of the hall, since, she tells the 911 operator, he boyfriend may still be after her. So holy shit get inside my room, lady. I motion her inside but she refuses, either too scared to think straight,or not entirely trusting of men at the moment, so I just have to hope that he is not in fact still after her. Of course this is partially my fault since looking at me in my boxers and T-shirt with Pong paused on the computer screen she probably thought that this tough, strong stranger who is obviously trained in the martial art of Street Fighter 4 could protect her. As I listen to her tell her story, I can see red marks on her shoulders and back, which I learn are from being pelted with bottles, shoes, and whatever other things her boyfriend could grab. She's about 5'2" and can't weigh more than 100lbs, so unless her boyfriend is one of the many 6th graders I've met at Magic The Gathering tournaments, she is pretty lucky to have gotten away with just bruises. The rest of her story was pretty confused, but the one part that stuck out was she said she ran out of the room and her boyfriend tackled her to the ground. Some other SJ resident opened the door to see what was going on, so her boyfriend pretended to be helping her up and said "She's fine," at which the SJ denizen just said "Ok" and closed the door. I'd like to believe that he was actually suspicious and decided to call the police just in case, but somehow I doubt it. So she waited in front of my door until the 911 operator said the police had arrived at the front door. So I tensely escorted her the the main entrance, and I noticed she paused at every corner until I was completely beyond it. And so goes the continuing adventures at the SJ dorms.

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