WildRock! Letters of Freshman Fortress (Book 3)

[Chapter One: Ridin' Solo]

10:30 A.M.
Tobias' POV

I'm back behind the drivers' seat.
Since I'm twenty years old now, my mom wants me to take driver's lessons.

So naturally, I say yes.
But even in this deluxe SUV, how can I possibly concentrate when so much is on my mind?

I graduated high school, and I'm about to enter community college in a few days.

Just what is being a music
major going to be like?

Going to look like?

Going to feel like, sound like?

More the point; how is my new music teacher (or should I really say professor) going to be like?

Also, did I have anything to eat today? I'm in a car....perhaps there's a McDonald's somewhere around here so I can---

"WHIRRR."

I look in my rear-view mirror. I'm stuck. Next to a trash can.

I push on the gas. Another "whirrr."
I'm not moving.

"Come on..."

Juliet looks across from me.

"Tobias?"

"Hm?"

I can feel something slide across my jeans.
I look down.

It's her hands.

Her delicate pale, soft hands.

And they're moving closer and closer up to my groin.

I gasp.

"You're too stiff in the driver's seat, my love! Relax." She says, her voice as silky as cashmere.

I swallow.

This is....clearly a test of my faith.

It had to have been. Right?

Right?!

"Lord, help me...."

A voice teases in my left ear.

"Dude, she WANTS you bro! I say we kiss her right here and now!"

That wouldn't be too bad, right?

Just drive to a nearby private area, turn on the heat, turn on the radio and go for it. We're both in college. We're both of age. A little make-out sesh wouldn't be so bad...

Another voice, only this time it's shouted in my right.

"T---NO! Stop everything! Stop the car!
You're going to crash right into that STOP SIGN!!!"

Wait, what?

I look up from my view. I was in fact going to crash, because the car wasn't stuck at all. It was actually on autopilot.

I put my foot on the break.

"AAAAAAAH!" Juliet and I scream, and thank God we stopped before we crashed into the stop sign.

"Well, it's not like you completely damaged the car..."

"I thought I told you to relax!" Juliet yelled.

"Girl, WHAT?!" I snapped.
"That was BEFORE you started touchin' and huggin' me! You almost made me crash!"

A pause. Other cars drive by.
Suddenly, she smiles at me. I blush and look down at the brakes again.

"This isn't a date, Juliet. This is supposed to be my lessons."

"Still in all....doesn't mean we can't have fun."

She was right.
It's been practically days---no---months after our high school graduation. A lot has happened.

My parents split up,

Sherlock threw up,

Hugh and Ozzy grew up and Juliet is practically smooching me up.

All of this and yet we all still don't feel "adult" yet.

We waited and waited and waited some more until finally....

10:12 P.M.

CM

DUDE! WE GOT OUR
FIRST CHALLENGE! 😜

I kick open the door with a SLAM!

I stood with Juliet, Hugh, Sherlock and Ozzy. After so long, we were finally ready for anything.

"We came as soon as we heard!" I say.

"All right!" Veronica smirks. "Let's do this thing!"

11:00 P.M.

"A virtual pep rally? That's it?"

For this to be Chris and Veronica's first challenge for us in college, this was pretty low-brow to hear in comparison to other challenges we did in high school.

Some included the "Army Weightlifter Challenge", the "Spicy Siracha Chip Challenge" and even the "Try Not to Scream during Scream Challenge."

But...a pep rally?

"Well, we did graduate. If we were still at Wildwood High, the first challenge would've been "Heroes versus Villains." Veronica sighed.

"So....for college, our challenge is..."

"Repeat history. The same thing we did as freshman in high school, we do again as freshman in college."

"Aight." I say. "We can work with that."

Juliet frowns, Hugh scratches his head and Sherlock and Ozzy both look at each other and shrug shoulders.

I pray this whole college thing is worth it in the end.

Well Lord, first couple months of college.

What now?