College - Chapter 9

Chris' jaw dropped and he made a gaspy-squeaky sort of sound. He drew his hands up to his face to cover up his flushed cheeks.
"Oh.... My.... God...." He said, eyes wide.
I said loudly, "Well, I may be stupid, but at least I'm not a stupid hypocrite."
I guess I was pretty surprised to see Geoffry, too. After our senior year, Geoffry, his mom, and his sister moved back to England. I never thought we would see him again.
Geoffry noticed us and his eyes lit up. He flashed us a breath-taking smile, accomplishing its goal of easily taking Chris' breath away.
Chris blushed deeper and grabbed my sleeve. Ah, just like old times.
Geoffry came over to us and smiled again. He said with his charming British accent, "Hi, Chris! It's been forever!"
Chris hugged him and sighed. 
They stood, hugging tightly, for a minute and Chris said, "Don't ever go back to England."
Geoffry laughed, "You are adorable."
Chris blushed and said, "I can't believe you're here."
Geoffry smiled another winning smile, "I flew here for this event, hoping to find some people that I remembered. Well, my day just got better. It's wonderful to see you again, Chris."
Chris' breath shorted out and he nodded, "You too...."
Geoffry's cheeks turned slightly pink and he smiled gently. 
He turned his attention to me and smiled, extending his hand.
I didn't know how to react. Should I hate him? Should I forget about what he did to my brother? Chris definitely seemed to be forgetting it.
I could see the slightest hint of hesitation in Geoffry's eyes, but it was barely there. It looked like he was ready to start a clean slate. I decided that my brother was probably lovestruck again and that hating the love of his life wouldn't help anything.
I silently smiled back and shook Geoffry's hand. He smiled politely and turned back to Chris.
When Chris saw that Geoffry's eyes were on him again, he sighed dreamily.
"Hi," Chris said cheesily.
"Hi," Geoffry said, beaming at him.
I didn't know whether to leave or not, but someone else came through the door, making up my mind for me.
A gorgeous girl (Why is everyone so attractive now?) with feathery dark brown hair that came down to her chin and big brown eyes stood in the doorway, looking around the room, a bit awkwardly.
The woman looked very familiar, but I had no idea who she was.
Leo came back over to us with Alice, Ayumi, and Jake.
Leo and Jake's jaws dropped and Leo said, "Who's she?"
I shook my head. Chris and I said at the same time, "I don't know."
Leo didn't even notice Geoffry, his eyes were on the girl, which was kind of pissing me off.
The girl spotted us and grinned. She came over to us and I exchanged a confused glance with Alice.
The girl then spoke to me, "Hey, Angie!"
Her voice was slightly husky and very familiar.
I gave her a 'do I know you' look and she said, "Ange, it's me."
Chris and I looked at each other and the girl said, "Mouse."
I tried not to look shocked, but my cover was pretty much blown by my comment.
"Mouse?" 
Mouse nodded, "Yes, Angie. Is something wrong?"
Leo's mouth was hanging open and he looked like he was about to throw up. 
Jake was checking Mouse out and she gave him a 'piss off' look.
Geoffry looked surprised and Chris looked unbearably calm.
Mouse turned her attention to Chris and he swallowed, trying not to look nervous. Leo, Alice, and I eyed them curiously.
Mouse walked up to Chris and pursed her lips. Chris swallowed again, but managed to not look entirely like he was going to wet himself.
Chris gritted his teeth nervously and tried to start a conversation, "Oh, Mouse, um... This is Ayumi, Angie's roommate, and this is Jake, my roommate."
Mouse eyed Jake then looked back at Chris. She said casually, gesturing to Jake, "So, Chris, is he your new boy toy?"
Chris's face flushed and his eyes widened. Mouse smirked slightly and, not willing to satisfy her, Chris laughed a loud, annoyingly fake laugh.
"I'm sorry, Mouse, I think you're mistaken." He said, putting his arm around Alice's waist, "Alice and I are together now."
Alice nodded stupidly and they both grinned.
Leo's jaw dropped and he gestured to Chris and Alice, "Wait, wait.... You two? Seriously?"
Chris nodded and said tightly, "Yes, Leo, we've been together for a while now. If you had been in touch, then you would've known."
He laughed another loud, stupid laugh and Alice joined him. Their chortling was kind of creepy, actually.
Mouse obviously didn't believe him, Jake eyed Chris and Alice suspiciously, Leo looked like he was mentally disturbed, and Ayumi was gritted her teeth, muttering something in 'Japanese', and glaring at Chris and Alice. Hmm....
I nodded and said, "Well, this has been nice."
Everyone nodded and Chris removed his arm from Alice's waist. She nodded awkwardly and, having nothing better to do, they both looked randomly around the room.
Jake wondered away from us, Alice and Mouse started talking (with Ayumi hanging around by them), Chris wondered off somewhere else, and I sat down with Leo.
"So," Leo said, "Is, uh, is Chris still on the down low?"
I tried not too roll my eyes. Maybe he wasn't that different from high school Leo. "What do you think?"
Leo shrugged and said defensively, "Sorry, he said he was dating Alice."
"No, no, it's fine." I said, "For some stupid reason, he told Jake that he was dating her. I don't know why."
Leo chuckled, "Weird."
I nodded, "Yeah, I know."
Leo looked at me and smiled, "You know, uh..."
"What?" I said anxiously.
Leo shook his head, "I was gonna say that you look really good, but I thought you would hit me if I did that."
I blushed and almsot laughed, "I wouldn't do that!"
Leo blushed too and smiled crookedly, "Cool."
I smiled, hating myself for being so easily entertained by this conversation. Chris was probably right that I was being completely ridiculous for liking Leo that way. Did I?