"I was staying with my brother back home but before then I was on my own so it's hard getting back into being...Well..." Cora laughed. "It isn't easy having an overprotective brother who has enhanced senses. No privacy." Dating Stiles would have been a huge pain back home with Derek lurking. Worth it but a huge pain.
Someday she'd tell her roommate the whole story about the fire. She deserved to know why Cora flinched at any sort of flame. "I wouldn't mind having lots of dogs around. Maybe, I'll get one of my own, if that's okay?" she looked over at Faith. "A small one. Maybe a beagle." It was strange how much she liked the idea. Something to anchor her there. Something that needed her.
"Rum and coke." She scratched the puppy's stomach briskly. "I...um..I lost my family in a fire and it happened at night. I try to sleep but there is always that part of me that can't settle down. I nap a lot though." The next question made her laugh softly. "Well, Derek is safe. He's my alpha and Isaac and Erica are part of the pack. Stiles is..." She smiled shyly and shook her head. "The others are friends or starting to be. The only one to worry about is my Uncle Peter. He's a killer and he killed my sister Laura but until hurting me gets him something, he's relatively harmless. He's just creepy."