College - Chapter 10

After the party had been going on for a while, Jake realized he had forgotten to bring an extra pack of cigarettes. He groaned and made himself stand up.
Jake wondered around campus for a while before walking to the building where the dorms were. 
He walked down the halls of the building until he found his room. Jake put his key in the locked door and turned it.
He casually pushed open the door, but what he saw almost caused the cigarette in his mouth to drop onto the floor.
Geoffry was sitting on Chris' bed, with Chris in his lap. Chris' arms were around Geoffry's neck and they were making out. The boys took absolutely no notice of Jake and were far less traumatized.
Jake stared at them, mouth hanging open, for a while, and decided that he didn't need his pack of cigarettes quite as bad as he had thought.
Jake slowly closed the door, feeling mentally scarred. Without a word, he went back to his roommate's high school reunion, in which his roommate was inconveniently missing.

Chris had been out of sight for quite a while now and I was starting to get worried. I asked Alice if she had seen 'her boyfriend' and she said she hadn't.
Just then, Jake came into the room. A guy who was wearing a Super Man t-shirt and glasses was with him. 

Feeling a bit intimidated by Jake, I walked up to him and said, "Jake?"
"What?" Jake said, seeming to be dazed and slightly caught off guard. He was probably drunk.
"Um..." I said nervously, "Have you seen my brother?"
Jake stared at me blankly. Yep, drunk. I didn't notice at first because he always smells like alcohol.
"Have you seen Chris?" I said slowly, "Your roommate? My brother?"
Jake swallowed and I could've sworn his pale face got slightly more pale.
"I, uh...." He said, "Yeah. He's in 'is room."
This guy was clearly hammered and no fun to talk to. I wished I could tell him to go take a nap, but I didn't want to get punched in the face and this guy was clearly capable of doing so.

The guy with glasses nodded and said, "Well, well, Jake. You know this young lady?"

Jake cocked his head and squinted at me stupidly, "Uh, she's my roommate's sister."

"I'm Angela." I said, holding out my hand.

"Nice to meet you, Angela." Said Jake's friend, shaking my hand, "I'm Brent, Jake's babysitter."

Jake punched Brent in the shoulder and Brent said half-heartedly, "Oh, I meant friend. I'm his friend."

Brent seemed much friendlier than Jake.

I smiled tightly and said, "Yeah, I should probably go look for my brother now."

Jake and Brent both looked uncomfortable.

"Is something wrong?" I said.

Brent cleared his throat and said, smiling tightly, "Uh, no. Nothing's wrong, it's just...."

Just then, Leo, Alice, Ayumi, and Mouse walked over to us.
Alice studied our expressions and said, "Is something wrong, Angie?"
I shook my head and smiled tightly, "No. Everything's fine. Oh, uh, this is Brent."

Brent smiled politely and Leo scowled at him.Daniel, who I remember as the captain of the football team, came over to us. He whistled at Mouse and she snarled at him. 
Not wanting to feel like he'd failed, Daniel turned his attention to me and grinned crookedly, "Hey, Angela. You sure have grown up. You're one good lookin' thing, aren't you?"
I smiled tightly and Leo scowled at Daniel.
Daniel snorted and said, "Wait, wait, wait. Hold up. You're with him?" 
He gestured to Leo and I blushed. I said, "Um, well, not...."
Back in high school, this is where Leo would've put his arm around me and earned a punch in the face in return.
Leo smirked and Daniel looked disturbed.
"So," Daniel said, "Is your little bro here, Angela?"

I shook my head, "I don't even know. He was here for a while, but he's been acting weird ever since Geoffry...."

Jake and Brent exchanged a nervous glance.I scowled when I put the pieces together. I almost swore, but that would be unladylike.
I got up and started to walk away.
"Angie-sama?" Ayumi said, "Where are you going?"
Without turning around, I said through clenched teeth, "Taking care of my brother. BRB."
Screw not hating Geoffry.


I stormed out of the room and jogged to the building where Chris and Jake's dorm was. Luckily, I had swiped a key from Chris a while ago, so I could get in if he said something stupid and Jake hurt him.
I ran down the hall and opened the door as fast as I could. I shoved the door open so quickly that it banged against the wall.
Sure enough, Chris and Geoffry were sitting on Chris' bed, making out. Geoffry had his arms around Chris' waist and Chris' shirt was half un-buttoned, which kind of surprised me.
Startled by the loud sound of the door hitting the wall, they both whirled to face me and the blood drained from there faces.
I smirked, wishing I had a camera. If only Chris and Geoffry could see the look on their faces; They looked like they had seen a ghost.
I chuckled to myself and, without a word, closed the door.
As I walked back to the party, I grinned to myself, proud to have succeeded in my mission.

I went back to my high school reunion party and sat down with my friends.
Leo studied my cheeky grin and said, "What's up?"
I shook my head.


"Nothing."