The awkward silence stretched on as I stood there with my bags, waiting for some kind of normal roommate interaction. But Sarah and Mika just stared at me like I was an unwelcome intruder.

This is going to be a long few weeks if they keep acting like this, I thought. But I need to try to get along with them if I'm going to be living here.

"So," I said, trying to break the tension, "how long have you two been playing hockey?"

They exchanged another one of those looks and didn't ...