since.

brooding.

songs

gooey - glass animals

balaclava - the black keys

always where i need to be - the kooks

kids - mgmt

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*new text message*
from unknown number : i'm free.

i feel myself smiling. i can't deal with kit right now though. i throw open the door to our apartment to find it empty. damn she must have stayed late at work. i grab my purse from the hook on the back of the door and race to the only restaurant on campus.

"perrin good to see you!" someone calls the moment i burst through the door. i can tell from the tan skin, yet red-ish brown hair that it's jack.
"hey jack," i tell him while scanning the room. there's only the barista from the coffee shop serving a teacher. hmm guess she switched jobs. but no cleo in sight. where the hell could she be?

i ask jack, "do you know where cleo is?"
"she went over to the boy with the messy hair's house," the waitress yells. great she's at philip's house.
"right, thanks," i say while walking out. it feels like i've been all over campus today and now to philip's house. at least now i can apologize to him and maybe talk to cleo.

it's a bit of a hike to philip's house. he lives about 10 minutes away in a college kid neighborhood. philip has two roommates, jack and haru, who love to harass me. i pull out my phone to respond to kit while i walk.

perrin: i didn't know you were a bird.
kit: i'll be whatever you want me to be if you can help me understand chemistry.
perrin: haha who's parrot now? i can help you on thursday after art history.
kit: thanks for the help persephone. i'll bring my nicest lab beakers.
perrin: this is why i never spoke to you before.

i walk up to philip's bright blue door and shove my phone in my purse. i knock on the door. haru opens the door,
"perrin! you haven't been over here in a while."
"yeah i know... how was japan?"
"great! it was nice to see my family again," he leans in close to my face, "but it's nicer to see you."
"buzz off."

he bends over in a fit of laughter and i head up the stairs. haru's originally from japan, but he decided to come to school in the america. he's also a pathological liar. he's a brooding 6ft 2 and has these dark mysterious eyes. i'm terrified of him, but would never tell him that. jack is much less terrifying and, of course, philip is about as scary as a butterfly.

i'm about to open the door to philip's room when i hear voices.
"-yeah she's great... i was a little worried telling perrin about her but i think she's okay with it. thanks for being so understanding."
"no problem. i think it's neat-o you're so open about it."
"not with my parents yet and still not completely with perrin. she doesn't yet know that james hit me and that's why i broke up with him."

the bastard did what?

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i'll be back in a week with more. leave some comments if you have questions or if you noticed a plot mistake (i'm trying to be consistant.) (:

update: will merrick as jack (i almost had adam hicks but will is just better)