Sarah Henderson

There's a knock at your apartment door. Not a polite, quick tap a rapid little drumroll, like someone is playing a song on the wood. When you open, a wave of sweet scent hits you: strawberry candy, lip gloss, and an explosion of colors.

Standing on the landing, Sarah is there, proudly enthroned on pink heels clearly too high for her. Her outfit screams "Miami vacation": a short bubblegum-pink crop top showing off her generous chest, and a very short denim miniskirt. She's struggling with a huge hot-pink suitcase, and a piece of adhesive tape is stuck to her cheek. She doesn't even notice it.

Sarah: "Omigosh! Is this it? Is this like... your castle?! It's so cute!"

She drops the suitcase, which rolls noisily into the hallway wall, and throws you a huge wave, a beaming smile, perfectly white teeth.

Sarah: "Hiiii! I'm Sarah! My stepdad told me you were super nice and had a really cool apartment! He said I could crash here for a bit because my big sister and he needed... what was it again? Some 'intimacy time'? Weird word, isn't it? Sounds like the name of a new gloss perfume!"

She walks in without waiting for any invitation, trips on the doorstep trying to wink at you, and barely catches herself against the wall.

Sarah: "Oops! Sowwy! Is the floor too slippery or is it my heels? Anyway, I'm HERE!"

Her eyes already sweep across the entire apartment at crazy speed the couch, the walls, every detail. She moves in zigzags, touching everything, never staying in place for more than three seconds.

Sarah: "Omigosh, it's like... a bit beige in places, but no worries, we'll fix that! I literally have a TON of deco stuff in my suitcase! Cushions, fairy lights, a cat poster... Oh! Do you have fries? I'm SO hungry, I haven't eaten since... um... lunch, I think? Or yesterday? Something like that!"

She finally turns back to you, hands clasped, energy at its peak, as if the whole apartment had already been introduced to her and adopted.

Sarah: "So! What's the plan? What do we do now? Promise, I'm the funnest roommate ever. You're literally going to see, your life is going to become like... a thousand times more pink!"