Roses and Hooks /// Harry Hook

Chapter 5: New Friends

We stop at the boy's dorm room first, and I pray that Ben didn't make this a disaster like the welcome party. Doug nods his head goodbye and leaves the group with me. What about the girls? Does no one actually do what they say they're going to do around here? Looks like I'm the only one that actually plans to keep their word around here.

Sighing and praying to anyone that listens, I open the doors to the boy's dorm room with one of the two keys and Holy Mother of Knights, this room looks amazing! A large TV on the far-left side of the room with video games all around, two large beds directly across from the room door in each corner, and even a 3D printer smack in the middle of the room next to a dark wooden table.

The carpet of the room is a dark royal blue while the walls are a creme color with dark red trim going around it. There are several empty shelves along the walls for any projects or trophies they may want to display, and on both sides of the room are doors that lead to their walk-in closets. The even have their own bathroom in their dorm room, which not a whole lot of people get. My brother really went all out, and I'm glad he didn't go overboard with it, too.

The boys hoot and holler as push and shove at each other to try to get in the room at the same time. Once inside their room, they race across it and throw themselves down onto their beds, commenting about how it's the softest thing they've ever had the pleasure of laying on. The girls laugh and cheer at them as they start wrestling around, arguing on who has the softest bed. I chuckle and shove my hands into my jacket pocket as I smile brightly at their antics.

"I'm glad you boys like it. Not going to lie, I was really worried about what my brother was going to do with it, but he didn't do bad at all. Decorate it however you want. Make it your own space." I turn to the girls and motion them to follow me. "Come on, you guys are down the hall right next to my room. My brother figured it'd make the transition easier for you guys to be next to someone who won't be constantly judging you all the time."

Walking down several different hallways, we talk about the things that I like to do. I ask them about the things they did for fun on the Isle to pass the time, and they tell me about several games they came up with to try to help keep themselves entertained. We eventually make it to the second to last door at the end of the girl's dorm wing, and I pray that this room will be as good as the last.

I open the door with the key and nearly drop it when I catch sight of what the room itself looks like. Holy Mother of Princesses, this is much worse than what I expected it to be. Evie smiles as bright as the room while Mal cringes in utter disgust, and I can see why since it has me cringing, too.

The room is full of baby blues, bright sunny yellows, pastel purples, but most of all, bright princess pink. Pink is everywhere. So much to the point that it nearly runs the other colors over, and it takes everything I have to not start tearing everything down. I'm going to kill my brother, or at the very least punch whoever designed this room.

"It's way too bright in here." Mal says as she stares around the room, her eyes squinting at how the sun quite literally shines off several of the bright colors that are around the room. Evie looks like she's going to explode in excitement, her enter being vibrating with positive energy.

"I can fix that. At least, a little bit. I'm so sorry about this. I swear, we'll fix it by tomorrow." I say and start closing the bright yellow curtains, blocking some of the light out so the room doesn't shine as much. This is too much even for a normal princess, so why it the room so overpowering? Seriously, I'm going to have a long talk to whoever designed this room. "Better?"

"Much better. Thanks." Mal says. Evie sits on her bed slowly, a dazed look on her face. It makes me frown because I know this is the nicest thing she's ever owned, which is wrong on so many levels. I wish I could do more for them, and all the other kids still on the Isle. Once these four get settled in and show people that Ben's plan can work, I'm going to bring all the others over, too.