The Twisted Tale of Alex and Hazel

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Alex POV

"I demand a room switch." Is the first thing I say when Johnny and I enter the General Office.

The secretary raises her eyebrows. "Why?"

"My roommate tried to kill me. In fact, you should send him to the mental hospital." I say bluntly. John face palms.

"And why did he do that," the secretary asks calmly.

"He looked at his computer." John offers helpfully.

"I was trying to make friends with him!" I argue.

"Invasion of privacy," The secretary says thoughtfully. She looks happy for some reason. "You do realise that could get you a temporary suspension."

"What??"

"Yeah, haven't you read the school rules?" She points to a thick ass book.

"No," I say at the same time as John says, "Yes."

When I glare at him, he shrugs. "What? I need to know what we can and cannot do."

"So what can we do?" I demand.

"Nothing," he admits sadly. The secretary shakes her head happily.

"That's why college is so fun isn't it?" She sings. We both stare and her voice drifts off, until all of us are just standing around awkwardly.

"Anyway," she coughs, "answer is, no. You don't get a room change. Now go away." With that, she goes back to typing on her computer.

So that's that.

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"You didn't have to do that to the poor guy, you know." John tells me as we walk to the ground floor of the Main Building for orientation. "You only just met him, he's going to be your roommate for four years, and you've already given him a black eye and a broken rib."

"Did I?" I laugh scornfully. "Asshole. He was such a weirdo, and so rude to me. I tried to make conversation and be friendly. Scout's honour."

"From what I heard, you were basically annoying and insulting him." John's roommate, Sam pipes up. I glare at him. John and Sam, unlike me and my best roommate, hit it off immediately, in spite of (or maybe because of) the guy being a total nerd. Sam is studying physics with a minor in astrology because he says "the universe intrigues me". Yawn. I guess nerd and trillion the nerd does go together.

Also, my fight with Cody has spread across the campus like wildfire. Two Freshman bashing each other on the first day of moving in (when college hasn't even started yet)? Awesome! Hot guy beats Fat boy? Even more awesome! Without even opening my mouth, I'm already attracting chicks because as one said to me 'I need a guy that can protect me. And be hot.' And also guys and teachers, though it's more of the 'I need to fight this guy so I can prove myself' or 'this guy spells trouble. Maybe I can place him in detention soon' vibe. That part's not so good.

Trailing behind me is a bunch of dudes that I've befriended. I can't remember all their names, but there's Riley, Tom, Connor and Joseph. For now, the only one I know I'll definitely stay friends with is Joseph, who is smiley, friendly and nice, though with a playful and mischievous side to him as well. Definitely a friend I want to have.

Thankfully, I've let off with only a warning. The admin of our building just gave us a lecture on how we're not little kids anymore and that we should keep our voices low because seniors are studying or people are sleeping, and they may fail their exams or suffer from insomnia because of our racket. Since we're roommates and are more or less stuck with each other for the rest of our college life, we may as well suck it up and be best buddies (I snorted aloud when he used that phrase). Whatever it is, I know that I seriously can't stand Cody. Just the sight of him makes me want to tease or slap him. So for now, he's trying to keep out of my way, and that's how I like it.