Comment Warning: My Roommate's Plot to Ruin Me Chapter 2

"Jamie, stop making things up! Fine, I'm not going anywhere. Happy now? I'll just stay here and suffer all night!"

Lily spun around and started climbing into bed.

But I wasn't about to let her end the conversation that easily.

I caught the back of her shirt and pulled her away.

"Let me go! Are you crazy?" Lily shrieked.

I ignored her and went straight to my desk, yanking open the bottom drawer.

Those comments had put me on edge.

If they were right, Lily's plan tonight went a lot further than tricking me into marking her present.

I pulled out my wallet and opened it.

My credit cards, debit card, and student ID were exactly where they should be—but not my driver's license.

The slot where I always kept it was empty.

My stomach dropped.

I knew it.

I turned and fixed Lily with a hard stare. "Where's my driver's license?"

Something flickered across Lily's face.

It vanished almost immediately, but I'd already seen it.

"What driver's license? How would I know where you put it?" Lily immediately went on the defensive. "Don't accuse me of stealing just because you can't keep track of your own stuff!"

I held up my wallet, the empty slot clearly visible, and walked toward her. "I had it with me at the library this afternoon, and I put it straight back in my wallet.

"After dinner, you were the only person who came into our room. Now my license is missing, and suddenly you're desperate to sneak off campus in the middle of the night."

I stared straight at her. "Lily, what exactly were you planning to do with my driver's license?"

Her face flushed bright red, and her voice shot up. "Jamie, that's nonsense! Why would I steal your stupid license? Stop blaming me for every little thing that goes wrong!"

Sophie hurried over and stepped between us. "Jamie, are you seriously this paranoid? You lose something, and your first reaction is to accuse Lily of stealing it? You owe her an apology. And if you don't give her one right now, we're taking this to the RA."

"Taking it to the RA?" I laughed. "Works for me."

I dialed 911.

"If neither of you know anything about it, then I'm calling the police. My ID is missing. Someone could use it to open accounts in my name, check into a hotel, or commit fraud. I'm not taking that risk. I'm filing a police report tonight, and they can come down here and figure out who took it."

My thumb hovered over the call button.

The innocent expression Lily had been clinging to disappeared. Her face went white.

She lunged at me. "Don't!"

She grabbed my hand, digging her nails painfully into my skin.

"What is wrong with you? It's a driver's license! Why are you calling the cops over something this stupid?"

I ripped my hand out of her grip, my expression turning icy. "If you didn't take it, why are you so desperate to stop me?"

Lily was breathing hard now, her eyes red with panic. "I… I just remembered! I borrowed your license this afternoon to make a copy. I needed an ID for a research competition. I think I put it in my bag and forgot to give it back!"

The excuse came out in a nervous, stumbling rush.

"You borrowed my license? When exactly did that happen? Because I don't remember giving you permission."

"I… I asked you through the bathroom door while you were taking a shower. You probably didn't hear me."

The comments went wild.

"You 'probably didn't hear'? She straight up stole it!"

"Unbelievable. She's really going to keep lying until she has nowhere left to run."

"Make her give it back! She can't, because Mr. Miller already took it to the hotel front desk to check in!"

I held out my hand. "If it's in your bag, give it back to me right now."

Lily froze. Her fingers fidgeted near the opening of her bag, but she made no move to reach inside.

"I… I can't find it right now. Maybe I left it at the copy shop. I'll go look for it tomorrow, okay?"

Her embarrassment quickly turned to anger, as if speaking louder could somehow make her story more convincing. "Jamie, why can't you just let this go? It's one stupid driver's license! Do you seriously have to make my life miserable over it?"

I shook my head. "Lily, do you have any idea how much trouble you can get into for stealing and using someone else's ID?"

Lily's lips trembled.

Before she could come up with another excuse, the door to the room next door swung open.

Several girls poked their heads into the hallway, drawn out by all the shouting.

"What's going on?"

"Why is everyone yelling this late?"

Sophie immediately seized the opportunity and raised her voice so everyone could hear.

"You guys need to see this! Jamie's completely abusing her position as floor rep! Lily has horrible cramps and just wanted to go get some medicine.

"Jamie refused to cover for her, and now she can't find her own stuff, so she's accusing Lily of being a thief! How is someone like that supposed to be our floor rep?"

Whispers quickly spread through the growing crowd outside our door.

"Jamie's taking this way too seriously."

"Seriously. Lily's always been generous with everyone. Why would she steal anything?"

"It's the middle of the night. Can't Jamie just drop it?"

As the murmurs grew louder, I caught the smug little smile tugging at the corners of Lily's mouth.

She thought she'd won.

She thought she could just get enough people on her side and make me look unreasonable, and sooner or later I'd cave just to make the whole thing go away.

Too bad she'd picked the wrong person to mess with.