Nights Like These

Five: hazy memory

The next week flew by as quick as it came, the air was still warm and the trees still held onto their blossom. Liam had spent that week still at Nolan's preparing their prank which was; buy lots of copies of Theo's diary. Which wasn't that hard because Liam remembered what the book looked like and he searched it online and found it straight away. They bought a bunch which was soon to be delivered and Liam couldn't wait for the look on Theo's face.

To see him panic and question if they got their hands on his proper diary- they tried, Liam went back to their dorm room (Theo wasn't there thankfully) but he couldn't find the book. It had vanished, Theo's doing of course. Liam suspected he had a paranoid nature since he clearly hid the book, and he had all of his personalty safely tucked away.

Meaning all of his pictures of the people in his life hidden in his closet, he thought back to what Theo had said. "I want to know who's sleeping next of me" clearly he's not a very trusting guy and he likes to keep to himself, which is probably why he is hating having a roommate. And why he's trying to get rid of him so much, but Liam won't allow that.

He's been walked over one too many times, this time he'll actually fight back. And that is what this prank is doing, showing Theo that he isn't scared of him and he's not going to leave without a fight.

Mason and Corey don't know about their prank because they've been spending a lot of time together on dates or whatever they're up to lately. Which gave Nolan and Liam plenty of time to plan, and have sex. Because what else is there to do when two boys room together?

Liam still receives those looks in his classes from his peers, watching him with weary eyes scared of his next move which he found so ludicrous that it brought him and Hayden close again. They laughed and snickered in the back of the classroom when Liam would come in late and the teacher would berate him, or when their classmates moved their desks slightly away from him in fear as he took his seat.

He now understood why everyone was so terrified of Theo, because this whole college is made from a bunch of pussies who eat rumors up.

He liked having Hayden back as a close friend again, they would walk to their class together and to lunch before they parted. She asked if he had met anyone he liked yet and he said no and questioned if she had and she said "yes, there's this one girl" with dreamy eyes but never elaborated.

When Liam had told the guys under the bridge of what happened in the locker room (Liam punching Theo) they all looked as though they saw a ghost. Except Nolan, he was howling.

Mason had spat out his drink and hit him upside his head saying "that's it, you're never allowed out our sights again!" Which was fair enough he thought.

Brett and the others have left them all alone which Mason had found suspicious. They sat under the bridge one night and discussed under the star lit sky of what they thought their next move should be. Nolan had groaned around a ciggerete, "give it a break, they're leaving us alone because they already know that Theo is after us 'cuz of this one" he motions to Liam who grins. Mason glares at them both.

"It's still suspicious, they're probably planning somthing. I can feel it" he shivers and snatches Corey's drink off of him who then whined.

Liam thought it to be strange too, he only hoped that Brett and them lot weren't planning anything since they already had Theo on their back. Everytime they passed Theo, at lunch or in the hallways he always had this look on- a calm look that didn't show much but it was unnerving. Like he was coming for them and they wouldn't know when, or how.

Mason still had his foot down about not getting Theo back if he does anything which Liam found pathetic. He was just glad that he and Nolan had a prank prepared.