Closing Doors

"Hey! Let's go, we are getting McDonald's. What are you even doing?"

"Oh I just finished printing off my first draft of my novel." I smile widely I get up from my desk.

"You mean that novel you've been working on since you were in high school?"

"Yeah," looking down to my printed draft. "It took a while but I finally finished it."

I could feel my eyes burn as I hold back tears of joy. My roommate wraps their arm along my shoulders, as they look at the cover page. "Nice title."

"Well, it does fit the best," I let out a breathy chuckle.

"I'm proud of you." My roommate smiles at me as they let go and pat my head.

I return the smile as I playfully shove them away, "Let's get out of here." My roommate makes their way out of the room, with me close behind.

"You must really be dying to get your hands on them fries." I tease while I grab my wallet from the nightstand.

"Fuck yeah I am, everyone knows McDonald's fries are top tier"

"I beg to differ."

"Excuse me, your opinion is invalid here. You literally like Wendy's Fries like what monster likes those?" My roommate continues to rant as they walk further down the hall.

I laugh, as I take a pause. I look again to my desk with the printed draft and proudly smile. I shut the door behind me and sprint to catch up to my roommate.

"Did you close the door?" They ask as I approach.

I smile, "Yeah, I finally did."