The Great Lakes University for the Supernatural, Inhuman, and Undead

Chapter 2

In the moment as the door is opening, James has several visions of what his new roommate could be. What if it is some ferocious, horned beast, more monster than man, with a thirst for blood and an extensive Nickelback collection? Or possibly some swamp creature who smells like a wet ass and looks like a gross wet ass? Maybe it is an incredibly hot sex demoness who is training in her sex craft and is willing, no... eager, to take James's virginity.

"Uh, hi! You must be... James?"

All of James predictions are dead wrong. Standing in the room is a normal looking, sorta handsome white dude. He is maybe an inch or two taller than James, but slouches slightly which makes him look a bit shorter. He has a decent build and clearly muscular arms, but a small layer of fat covers everything to hide any definition. His hair is wavy and dirty blonde and kind of poofs up on top. His eyebrows are thick and seem unnaturally high above his dark blue eyes. He has strong cheekbones, a good jawline, and a crooked nose.

James drops all of his stuff on the floor and extends his hand towards the new roommate, "Hey yeah, I'm James Park. Nice to meet you."

"Cool yeah, I'm Liam Bergstrom. It's nice to meet you," Liam gives James a firm yet slightly clammy handshake.

The two young men stand awkwardly for the next few moments. Almost simultaneously, they break the handshake and then look down to their feet, then at James's suitcases, then over at their respective single beds.

"I took the bed on the right side I hope that's ok," Liam starts but at the exact same time, James says, "So what are you?'

There is another moment of awkward silence.

"Umm well my parents are Lutheran, but I haven't really picked one yet. I'm kind of keeping my options open," Liam says with a lopsided smile and a nervous laugh.

"No I meant like... haha never mind," James says and then drops down on to his new bed.

The springs make a horrible metallic groan, as James lays on his back and gazes up at the ceiling. He lets out a deep sigh, feeling some relief that his new roommate isn't a horrible mage-eating Nickelback fan.

"Uhhh what do you think of the girls here so far?" Liam asks still sounding slightly awkward with his new roommate.

James sits up and says, "I don't know. I've seen a few cuties but also a lot of like weird um people I guess."

"Same here! Did you see that girl with the hair?"

"You're going to have to be way more specific than that."

"Well she just... if you saw her you'd know exactly who I was talking about," Liam replies with a wink.

"Haha no! I mean I've seen so many girls with hair today, I may have seen her."

"Well she's like tall and hot but her hair is like... you know what you really just have to see her to know what I'm talking about."

"You are awful at describing girls," James says with a chuckle as he gets out of bed and starts unpacking his stuff.

"What about you? Any early contenders for your heart throne?" Liam asks as he slouches into the chair beside the desk.

"Heart throne?"

"Shut up. You know what I mean."

"Well, there was this one girl..." James begins kind of wistfully.