This is my first story and is part of what I hope will be a very fund series. A bit of set up in this one so less sex, but don't worry, plenty of that later on. Feedback welcome!
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Claire was in trouble. Trying to get through college was hard enough, but she now was staring at an eviction notice that had been posted through the door of her and friend Lauren's place. The two girls had both been trying to hold down waitressing jobs at a restaurant that recently went bust and they'd quickly fallen behind on their rent.
"What are we going to do?" Lauren asked, taking the notice out of Claire's hands.
"What can we do? We're going to have to find a new place to live where we don't have to pay much if any rent!"
The next couple of days were spent apartment hunting but both girls struggled to find anything they could afford and in desperation Lauren told Claire she was so sorry but she'd decided to take the room her cousin had offered her, leaving Claire to find a place by herself.
This is what brought Claire to answer an ad she saw online. The ad read
'Room available. Spacious room as part of apartment share with three college boys. Apartment comes with longue and fully equipped kitchen plus two bathrooms. Rent negotiable if terms can be agreed.'
The idea of living with three other college boys was not Claire's idea of a good time. However the place did come with 2 bathrooms so maybe she could try and get one exclusively in this 'negotiation' the advert mentioned.
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Bill opened the front door the next day to see a young college girl standing in front of him. The girl was short with long reddish hair. She was dressed in a vest and shirt combo with the buttons undone. He could clearly make out her decent sized chest and the edges of her bra poking through. The girl had completed the look with a pair of brown leather boots and some tight fitted jeans.
"Hi, I'm Claire." The girl nervously said, "I messaged about the room you guys are advertising?"
"Of course," Bill replied, "Come on in." He gestured with a smile as he stood to one side allowing her into the apartment.
Once inside Claire walked through the entrance way straight into the living room where two more guys were sitting on a sofa watching TV.
"The blonde haired guy at the end there is Joe and the dude in hoodie is Shawn. Guys, this is Claire from the advert."
After they'd all exchanged hello's bill gave Claire a tour of the apartment. Claire had to admit, they made it hard to refuse. They'd left her the largest bedroom which clearly had previously been held by another girl with how it was decorated. Both bathrooms were a good size and one was right next to her room.
This made Claire even more nervous as she sat at the breakfast bench opposite the three young good looking guys following the tour.
"So what do you think of the place?" Joe asked as he passed out 4 bottles of beer to everyone (Must be a senior Claire thought).
"It is certainly very nice and I am tempted but I suppose I should say upfront I'm current in-between jobs so I might struggle with the rent for such a nice place." Claire answered honestly.
"We can always come to terms on rent no problem, question is, are you interested in the room and do you think you could handle 3 guys"? Bill replied
Claire thought the phrasing of 3 guys was a little odd, but moved passed it to ask a couple more questions.
The guys all agreed they'd be happy to let her have a bathroom and said everyone was responsible for their own food and cleaning so it wouldn't be a case where she would be expected to do it.
The three guys all seemed nice enough, no jocks which was a plus for Claire. So it was with hesitation she asked about terms and rent.
"Well, see here is the thing," Bill began. Claire noticed all the boys had gone a little bashful and awkward, "The last roommate we had was also a college girl and well, she also ran into rent problems while living here." Bill trailed off leaving Claire confused.
Shawn then added "She missed two months payment and couldn't find a job. Trouble was the 4 us really got on well together and didn't want her to leave so one night she proposed a new arrangement which worked out great and we now she has graduated and left we hoped to find someone who also fit into that arrangement."
"What kind of arrangement?" Claire asked very cautiously, fearing she had an idea where this was going.
