Combination Highway

{TWO}

Riley POV
I find myself on the top of the college roof. On the top garden. Those girls really pissed me off and right now all I need is to be alone. I have about an hour and a half until the college meeting so some time to cool off is perfect right now.
The view from up here is amazing. It can see pretty much everything and anything. Taking a photo and then sending it to my sister and my mum, I admire the trees and the nature around me, inhaling and exhaling every now and then, picking up every little scent on this rooftop.
All of a sudden I hear footsteps and as I turn around I see this guy leaning against the rooftop bar barrier and daring out at the same view I have, except he's behind me.
"Amazing isn't it?" He says. At first I thought he was talking to himself but then actually realized it was a voice asking me.
"Sure is. It can't get much better than this" I say as he sighs deeply and then making his way over to me. He sits down next to me and folds his legs as I get to look at the better half of him. His face.
"You new here?"
"Yeah. I am" I say and smile at him as he admire the scenery.
"Same here. It's scary but I think this place will be such an amazing place for me. Be my me-time spot" he says and I chuckle
"I'm Charlie by the way" he introduces himself
"Riley" I smile shaking his hand.
"You're so beautiful. You match the view" he says and I somewhat find myself smiling even more, probably even blushing as he chuckles at my weirdness.
"Anyways. Lovely meeting you. I should probably go and unpack but I hope to see you around?" He asks and I smile as he stands up.
"Definitely. Have a great afternoon" I call out to him as he waves from behind.
Wow. Shows what new schools can bring. Maybe college isn't so bad after all? I mean Tess and Shantel can't ruin my college life forever! Can they?!?

1/2 hour later .........
James POV
I arrive at my dorm after pushing through thousands of screaming 18 year olds. Everyone I guess is just so impatient to get to their rooms and see everything. Meet roommates, unpack. We have this whole college meeting in like an hour so I guess I'll have to be quick.
"Shit" I curse under my breath as I try to unlock the door. The key however won't unlock no matter how hard I try. After about 5 minutes of constant groaning and shuffling around with the key, the door finally opens. But not by me.
"Are you done? Finished trying to unlock my door?" The young brunette yells as I stand there, unsure of what to do next.
"I'm sorry. But this is where I live" I fight back after a while of staring at the girl up and down. She is short to medium height with brown shirt hair and added highlights. She is wearing a colorful play suit that sits just mid way on her thigh and on her feet are just casual sandals. She's hot alright but not really my type.
"I'm sorry. But you don't. I live here. This is dorm 6" she says confidently. I'm already confused. Maths really isn't my subject of strength.
"This is 9 though" I try telling her and she weakly smiles before glaring at me and moving around to the door. She touches the "9" and moves it around so it is positioned like a 6.
"It's broken. The number is 6. You're just across the hall" she says plainly and I look again at the number and the back at her. Sighing deeply, I carry all of my luggage back to my room and use the key to unlock the real Dorm "9."
"Hello?"
"Hey. Sup bro. I'm Hunter"
"West" oh. It's not south. Or north. Or east.
"I'm eldon. Nice to meet you man" they all say as they stand up, going me random hand shakes.
"Wow this is something" I say and eldon laughs
"Yeah. We were all surprised. Yo dude. Start unpacking. We have a college meeting in 30" hunter says and I smirk before going straight to my room and unpacking my 3 large suitcases full of clothes.
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"No cigarettes are allowed on campus. Make sure all butts are smoked off ground please. And turning the page please" the principal says as the entire student body is gathered into the huge college hall.
After about 1 hour more of this, everyone is cleared except me and this other girl.
"Sorry guys you two were next on the list. Just stacking the chairs in this hall and on the stage please. You two will thank me for this later" Principal Mc Callister instructs. I mean why me out of all the people on 'the list?'
"Oh my god this is unbelievable. I still have to un pack" I groan as I start making my way over to the girl.
"Hey" I introduce myself to the back of her. She turns around.
"Hi-- Oh my god. It's you" he says simply and I look at her confused
"I'm sorry do I know you?"
"I'm the door girl. The person who opened the door you tried to break into this afternoon"
"Oh. Riley right?"
"Yeah. Is it James?"
"Yeah" I say and i smile, going back to my previous seats and start stacking the chairs on my row while riley does the ones near the stage. For a moment there is complete silence until I hear this massive crash from down near where she was stacking. All of a sudden I see Riley in the mid air falling from the stage. For some reason I find myself running towards her, holding my arms out and catching her before she would hit the ground.
Now she's staring directly into my eyes as she is being held down.
"You ok?"
"Well yeah now I'm fine cause you saved my life" she says breathing heavily.
"Haha well at least you're ok. Now I can pretend I have never met you and we can also pretended that didn't happen ok?" I ask her now really impatient as I pull her back up to the right position.
"What?! Why?!"
"Because I'm supposed to be the jock. The player who everyone is talking about. But I'm not. Now I'm just the guy who catches girls off stages" I admit, sitting down and leaning against the stage.
"Yeah well I'm the complete opposite. I have been on dates but not in a long time. And I met this guy this morning. His name was Charlie" she tells me and I nod
"Ok. thats great" I say sighing
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Just worried"
"About what?" She asks moving closer towards me.
"About school. About girls. About college. about my future."
"I know me too. It's scary when you come to think of it. But I guess for me I'm pretty good with my studies, i work hard and my future an depend on that. There's not much to worry about really" she admits and I sigh
"Lucky you. I can't even get a B-" I say and she giggles
"Hey! Not funny" i chuckle
"I'm sorry it kind of is"
"Is not. I suck at maths. I swear I can't even work out numbers. The only one I actually understand is 69"
"Are you kidding?! You only know one number, just because its sexual!! Unbelievable" she says and I chuckle, shuffling in my spot.
It's all of a sudden quiet again before she speaks up.
"I have an idea."
"Shoot me...."
"Well, from the sounds of things, you're good at girls right? You know getting dates? Obviously your knowledge on sexual numbers means alot..."
"Yeah. I lost my virginity at 13" I admit proudly.
"Oh ok. You want a medal for that? You sound so proud! Especially for someone who had sex at an age where some of the other people of the same age had no clue what sex was!!" She teases and I roll my eyes.
"She was hot ok? My first crush to be exact. It didn't last long. Just a few weeks but the whole grade knew" I say while she looks at me in a way that's indescribable.
"What?!" I ask pre cautiously, throwing my hands up. She chuckles
"No nothing. But anyways as I was saying, you have the looks and I have the brains so I was thinking that maybe we could---" she starts but I interrupt her before she can even keep on going
"No no no no no I'm not getting together with you. No. Just no. I barely know you! That's so stupid. No" I plead and she looks at me dumbfounded. Almost like I'm stupid
"You didn't let me finish" she says calmly and I smirk
"Oh. Sorry. Continue"
"I was thinking maybe we could do a compromise. I'll help you get high than a B- and you can help me get a date with Charlie" she proposes and I look at her, squinting my eyes, contemplating the idea.

"Mmmmm I don't know. Sounds pretty dangerous. I mean I don't even know you that well. For all means you could be a creepy psychopath!!" I say louder than I expected it to come out as.
"Please? It's not like anything is going to happen to you! I promise I won't tell a soul. And neither will you!" She says
"Mmmmm I still don't know"
"Please. No one will know and you can get girls and grades at the same time!" She begs and to be honest I knew I was going to say yes. I'm just saying no because the teasing part is just more amusing.
"Ok fine" I admit in the end.
"Deal?" She ask showing me her hand.
"Deal"

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Hey guys!
So 1741 words is probably the most I have written in a very long time. Imogen writes so much and I couldn't let you guys down by only writing 1000 words but at least I have an update. This will be all from me so no 6 Years On update, just this.

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