title: Roommates
author: Lyles, Whitney
description: All Elise wants is a normal roommate. One who doesn't, say, have constant sex on the squeaky top bunk--or leave just one chip in the tortilla bag...
  
  Elise thought starting her life over in San Diego would mean writing at the beach and rendezvousing with sun-kissed surfer gods. But once she arrived at the ill-named Casa del Paradíso, the California dreaming turned into a nightmare. She's moved into Justine's apartment, miles from the ocean. Unfortunately, Justine's rocker boyfriend has moved in too, and he isn't kicking in a penny.
  
  True, Justine does keep the place neat and clean--though it's hard to tell through the haze of cigarette smoke. And Elise is starting to get used to the helicopters that routinely fly overhead, warning everyone to stay inside and lock their doors. But she knows there must be better places to live, and better people to room with. Like Max, for example. The trouble is, she'd like to share a whole lot more with him than a bathroom...