Through Your Eyes ✦ Vandy

VIII

Song of the Chapter: You're Not Alone - Of Mice & Men {♡}

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- Andy's POV -

Vic and I walked back to the dorms in silence. I couldn't tell if he was mad about the confrontation or just tired. He stopped at the door of his dorm and muttered "Goodnight Andy." as he walked in. I walked to my room, before I opened it I knocked, just in case there was a surprise awaiting.

"Come in," said Gerard from inside. I opened the door slightly and stood there awkwardly. There was no more room in here for on more person. "Andy these are my friends," Gerard said with a big smile. "You know Frank, That's Pete and Patrick," he said pointing to the two boys that sat on the floor, they gave me a smile and a wave. "and that's Brendon and Ryan." he said pointing to the boys that sat on my bed.

"Um, hi, I'm Andy and I'm new." I said not knowing what else to say.

"You don't have to be nervous around us love." Ryan said. "We don't bite." he said with a wink. Jesus Christ why does everyone wink around here, I thought.

"You must be hungry, do you wanna come with us to dinner?" asked Gerard.

"It's enchilada night, you wouldn't wanna miss enchilada night." said Frank.

"Sure, can I just grab my phone?" I said pointing to my untouched bags in the corner.

"Yea, we'll wait in the hall." Gerard said as he and everyone else filled out of the room. I went over to my bags and looked for my phone. Unsurprisingly it was dead, I plugged it in and stood up. I looked in the mirror, God I look like shit. There was nothing I could do about my appearance so I shrugged it off and walked out the door.

"Ready?" asked Gerard. I nodded and we made our way to the dinning hall. We walked quickly through the narrow halls that could barley hold seven people walking together.

We got to there quickly, the smell of cheesy enchiladas filled the air making my mouth water. Frank was right, I didn't wanna miss enchilada night. We all grabbed a plate and walked through the line were we were served other toppings. Once we were all through the line Gerard led us to a table near the back.

As soon as we sat down Frank attacked his plate, everyone laughing as his chin dripped with cheese.

"So," Brendon said turning to me. "Vic eh?" he asked arching an eyebrow.

"Oh give him a break Bren," Ryan said. "He probably hasn't even known the boy for longer than 24 hours."

"Actually I have," I said as I took a bite of my enchilada. "Almost three days now." Brendon wiggled his eyebrows at me and gave me a funny look.

"Well then, how'd you guys meet?" asked Pete.

For the first time I was the one doing most of the talking. I told them about the airport and the hotel. Once I got to the part about the igloo they seemed excited.

"We should build a massive igloo sometime." said Patrick. Everyone was just about done with their food, so we sat back and talked a while longer.

"Oh, also, who's Kellin?" I asked everyone. Their expressions turned awkward once I mentioned him.

"How do you know Kellin?" asked Pete shakily.

"Um, when Vic was done showing me around campus we ended up back on the quad, he came to introduce himself but Vic didn't look too happy, so we left.." I said trailing off.

"Uh, well, we gotta go. Bren?" Ryan said looking at Brendon.

"Yea, it was nice meeting you Andy." Brendon said as he and Ryan stood up with their trays. I nodded and watched them go.

"Yea we gotta go too," said Pete. "It was nice meeting you." he said as he and Patrick stood up with their trays. I frowned thinking about the possibility that Kellin did something so bad it made people uncomfortable just mentioning his name.. or maybe Vic could've done something. I was pulled out of my thoughts when Gerard said "Andy we should get going." I nodded and stood up with my tray. We threw our trash away and walked back to the dorms. When we got to Frank/Vic's room Gerard said he was gonna step in for a bit, and that I should go back to our dorm. I nodded and walked back to the dorm. I was in desperate need of a shower, but I was way too lazy to do that much. I at least had to unpack my suitcase, so I did that. I was folding a t-shirt when Gerard came in.

"Sorry about them," he said as he made his way towards his bed. "No one really talks about Vic and Kellin.."

"I understand ... did they uh, have a fallout?" I asked cautiously.

"Yea, a pretty big one. I won't go into the details, that's for Vic or Kellin to tell you." he said with a sigh. I nodded and folded the last of my t-shirts.

"Tell me about yourself Andy." Gerard asked curiosity filling his voice.

"Well, there's not much to tell. I was born and raised in Ohio, I'm an only child and I'm colorblind." I said. He was clearly surprised by the last bit of information.

"Ohmygod, I'm sorry." he said his eyes wide.

"Please don't treat me any differently. I know it's not "normal"." I said making quotation marks with my hands at the word normal.

"That doesn't change a thing." Gerard said with a sincere smile. Then there was a soft knock at the door. "Lights out." someone sair from the hallway. I stood up and flipped the light switch off.

I got into bed and said "Thanks Gerard."

"Mhm." he replied softly. He was asleep in a matter of seconds.

I closed my eyes and let the darkness take me to sleep.