Goodnight?

Looking back on my first semester in college, I can see that a lot has happened and a lot has changed. Living in a new state as well as living with a different person was a big change for me. Luckily, my roommate was from a neighboring town from back home, so we had similar friends and similar lifestyles. We both loved going to the beach during the day and partying at night, so I thought we would be a perfect match. While we settled in each night that first week of school, we would  stay up for hours asking each other questions and telling each other stories. However, one night, my roommate was a little quieter than usual, as if he he had something to say but didn't know how to say it. Finally, I asked him what he was thinking, and he blurted out, "Why don't you ever say goodnight to me?" 

I was completely caught off guard by his question and at first I started to laugh a little bit. I could tell by his silence that he didn't find the question funny at all, so I bit my lip and held in my remaining chuckles. Clearly this guy liked someone to say goodnight to him, so every night since then I've tried to remember to tell him goodnight.