Rachelle Hampton

Well, Ruth is two years older than Gemma. She's kind of witchy. Like, she sold love spells in high school. And Gemma had heard about the spells working for at least two different people.

Okay. Exactly. And a few months back, Ruth had posted about a room opening up in her apartment on Instagram. I see. Okay. Here's where our friend of a friend arguably makes her first mistake because Gemma agrees to take the room without ever seeing it in person. Okay.

Okay. Exactly. And a few months back, Ruth had posted about a room opening up in her apartment on Instagram. I see. Okay. Here's where our friend of a friend arguably makes her first mistake because Gemma agrees to take the room without ever seeing it in person. Okay.

Do you think this is a good idea?

Do you think this is a good idea?

Well, I gotta say, it works out relatively okay for Gemma. Like, her room is pretty cute. It's definitely small, but it's in a cool little attic space that gets, like, really incredible plantage light. The rest of the apartment is... Well, it's an apartment with four walls that keep out rain and snow. We love shelter. Shout out to shelter. But the kitchen has clearly never been updated.

Well, I gotta say, it works out relatively okay for Gemma. Like, her room is pretty cute. It's definitely small, but it's in a cool little attic space that gets, like, really incredible plantage light. The rest of the apartment is... Well, it's an apartment with four walls that keep out rain and snow. We love shelter. Shout out to shelter. But the kitchen has clearly never been updated.

The windows in the kitchen are tiny and covered in grime, so no natural light gets in. Oh, God. All the furniture in the living room is clearly just like what's been left over from previous tenants. Yeah. There are currently four tenants, including Gemma and Ruth, but there's only one bathroom.

The windows in the kitchen are tiny and covered in grime, so no natural light gets in. Oh, God. All the furniture in the living room is clearly just like what's been left over from previous tenants. Yeah. There are currently four tenants, including Gemma and Ruth, but there's only one bathroom.

I will say the apartment's saving grace is that it's really clear that someone has tried to make it a home. It has that, like, cozy kind of overstuffed vibe. There's a lot of, like, fabric wall hangings and floor pillows. It always smells like sandalwood incense. Every available surface has a plant on it. Okay, we love that. Okay, I'm sorry. This is great. More of this, please.

I will say the apartment's saving grace is that it's really clear that someone has tried to make it a home. It has that, like, cozy kind of overstuffed vibe. There's a lot of, like, fabric wall hangings and floor pillows. It always smells like sandalwood incense. Every available surface has a plant on it. Okay, we love that. Okay, I'm sorry. This is great. More of this, please.

The other two tenants, besides Gemma and Ruth, are a couple. Darcy and Duncan.

The other two tenants, besides Gemma and Ruth, are a couple. Darcy and Duncan.

Darcy and Duncan are also witchy. Oh, God. Not a coven. Well, Ruth gives like practical magic witchy. Yeah. Darcy and Duncan give like Burning Man witchy. They're like evangelists for composting. They have a struggling herb garden growing in a windowsill. Aluminum hasn't touched their armpits in at least a decade. They talk about their gut health a lot.

Darcy and Duncan are also witchy. Oh, God. Not a coven. Well, Ruth gives like practical magic witchy. Yeah. Darcy and Duncan give like Burning Man witchy. They're like evangelists for composting. They have a struggling herb garden growing in a windowsill. Aluminum hasn't touched their armpits in at least a decade. They talk about their gut health a lot.

Nadir, you have so many incredible questions. These are questions that my good sis Gemma should have asked before she went in, but it's too late now. It is too late. You're right. One last thing to know about this apartment. On the floor that's street level, there's like a little plant shop. Okay, we love that. Yeah. That's kind of like rom-com setting. Yeah.

Nadir, you have so many incredible questions. These are questions that my good sis Gemma should have asked before she went in, but it's too late now. It is too late. You're right. One last thing to know about this apartment. On the floor that's street level, there's like a little plant shop. Okay, we love that. Yeah. That's kind of like rom-com setting. Yeah.

At first, this works out relatively okay for Gemma. In fact, she's having a phenomenal time. She's working a ton, so she's rarely home. Plus, everyone at the restaurant she's waiting tables at is like really, really cool. She joins a running club, which I know neither one of us would ever do. As we've established, we do not run.

At first, this works out relatively okay for Gemma. In fact, she's having a phenomenal time. She's working a ton, so she's rarely home. Plus, everyone at the restaurant she's waiting tables at is like really, really cool. She joins a running club, which I know neither one of us would ever do. As we've established, we do not run.

jemma's new enough to town that like every guy she passes on the street is hotter than the one before you know that feeling when you move to a really big city and you're like i didn't know they made them like this yes unfortunately yes so everything's coming up jemma everything except for the stew rachel the what Are you familiar with the concept of perpetual stew? God, yes.