The rhythmic thumping against the wall was making it damn near impossible to diagram electron configurations. Kate banged her fist on the adjoining wall. "Could you please keep it down over there, Veronica? I'm trying to study!"
A muffled giggle, followed by a wet, enthusiastic moan, was her only response.
Kate gritted her teeth. As if higher-level quantum physics wasn't challenging enough, she had to learn it while listening to Veronica's mission of eventually fucking the entire football team.
Veronica, currently wearing nothing but spray tan and perfectly applied glitter eyeshadow, seemed like she had a new boyfriend every week, and she wasn't too worried if they overlapped. She was sprawled on her pink sheets while Chad--or was it Brad?--clumsily thrust into her.
"Harder, baby!" She held onto the headboard as he picked up the pace. Her large breasts swayed with the rhythmic creaking of the bed springs.
Another annoyed banging on the wall. Veronica moaned loudly as he grunted out one last thrust, then pulled out and came over her tits. The white liquid contrasted beautifully against her perfectly tanned skin. She playfully swirled it around a couple times with her fingers, lost in the afterglow.
Her phone dinged. It was another booty call, this time from her newest boyfriend. She grabbed a tissue from her nightstand to wipe herself clean as she texted back "omw". Keeping up with all these guys was hard work, but she loved the attention. She needed to make sure she was always ready to satisfy them, otherwise they'd be on to the next bimbo in a flash, and she didn't have time for that kind of drama.
That's why she religiously popped two "Passion Drop" pills every morning. They weren't technically FDA-approved -- okay, they were probably made in someone's bathtub -- but the little sky blue pills kept her libido constantly firing on all cylinders. When she reached for the bottle, however, she found it empty. She'd have to pick up some more on the way.
On the other side of the wall, Kate massaged her temples and tried to focus now that the noise from the other room had subsided. Quantum entanglement? Easy. Staying focused with that racket going on? Near impossible. She chewed on the end of her pen, a nervous habit that always annoyed her roommate.
Veronica opened the door. "You know, your wall banging is really annoying. Maybe invest in some noise-cancelling headphones, babe."
Furious, Kate stood up from her desk. "I'm annoying? Maybe take a break from trying to fuck every guy on campus and actually do some studying for once!"
Veronica smirked. "Maybe if you made an effort, you'd actually be able to get a guy to fuck you." She looked Kate up and down--dressed in a baggy hoodie and sweatpants, her pale freckled face glaring at her from a pair of large round glasses. Veronica thought she had potential, if she would only loosen up and stop being such a nerd.
"I'm not trying to get fucked, I'm trying to study," Kate scoffed. "You know, what college is actually for?"
Veronica rolled her eyes. "Whatever. I won't bother you anymore tonight. I'm going to pick up my meds."
"Oh, great. Can you grab mine too? I just ran out." Kate asked. She had been too busy studying to pick up her "Brain Boost" prescription herself. Those little pale azure pills sharpened her focus, boosted her reasoning skills, and enabled the long study sessions that Kate's high academic standards required. Finals were looming, and she needed every advantage she could get.
Veronica nodded, gave her a practiced saccharine smile, and left. Letting out an exasperated sigh, Kate sat back down at her desk, determined to make the most of this short period of peace and quiet.
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Veronica sauntered down the dorm hallway, her tiny pink shorts barely concealing her ass cheeks. It was one of the older buildings across town, not nearly as well maintained as Kate and Veronica's. The walls had accumulated various stains over the years, and the carpet looked overdue for a deep clean.
She knocked twice on the door of 302. The door opened a crack, and then all the way to let her in.
"H-hi Veronica, can I help you?" Ethan stammered. He was a chemistry whiz who discovered he could make a tidy sum by selling various supplements to the student population.
"Picking up a refill, Ethan." Victoria said, shutting the door behind her. "And you'll need to increase the strength again."
"You must be b-building up a tolerance." Said Ethan, avoiding eye contact as he rummaged around in the various drawers behind his small desk.
Ethan had seen all types of students asking for kinds of strange and unorthodox concoctions. But no one made him as flustered as Veronica. She was in a different league.
The dorm room was small and cramped, as all dorm rooms are. This one felt especially claustrophobic due to the number of vials, jars, and assorted chemistry equipment stacked on every possible surface. Something bubbled ominously on a hot plate that surely violated every safety code.
"Oh, and I'm picking up Kate's too." Veronica said.
Ethan nodded. He filled two small bottles with the respective pills, and started printing the labels.
"Thanks, Ethan. How much do I owe you?" Victoria said sweetly.
Ethan swallowed hard as he looked up, distracted by Veronica's soft voice. Her ample chest was practically spilling out of her low-cut tank top. Sky blue eyes, luscious lips, and everything else... He briefly wondered why she even needed libido boosters; she seemed to exude raw sexual energy.
He peeled off the labels and, his mind elsewhere entirely, slapped them onto the wrong bottles.
"Okay, that'll be... uh... fifty-four."
Veronica pulled out a small wad of cash from her pocket and handed it to Ethan. "Thanks, sweetie! You're a lifesaver."
"N-no problem," Ethan mumbled, handing her the bottles. He watched her walk away, his gaze lingering on her swaying hips. He was pretty sure he'd just messed up something important, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. And honestly, he was too flustered to care. He suddenly had to take care of a much more pressing problem in his pants.
Later that night, Veronica returned to her dorm and handed Kate her bottle. Kate thanked her, feeling a little embarrassed for her outburst earlier. Returning to her desk, she stared at the last problem on her sheet, as if willing it to solve itself. Why couldn't she figure this out?
Kate took out two small blue pills. "Finally," she muttered to herself, and swallowed them with a swig of stale coffee.
She felt the effects of the unfamiliar medicine--a pleasant warmth spread quickly throughout her body. This was unusual, but Kate attributed it to her sleep deprivation.
No matter how much she tried, Kate wasn't able to focus the rest of the night. She kept subconsciously squirming in her seat, feeling a frustrated heat that was surely due to the difficult physics problem. Eventually, she gave up and went to bed, falling instantly into a deep sleep.
