Dorm 624 // Jyatt

First day of my life

"Okay okay spill all the details!" Jack hopped onto my bed and Finn threw himself down next to him.

"And be sure to include the 'why you ignored the group chat till today' details please." Finn joked. I was actually really excited to tell them. I remembered Jack saying how sweet Wyatt is and I assumed that Finn agreed with him.

"Well.. you guys aren't going to believe me but.... he blew me off." I looked down sadly as their smiles died down.

"Jae- I'm so sorry." Finn placed a hand against my arm.

"I'm just messing with you!" I looked up and smiled again as Finn looked slightly annoyed and Jack simply rolled his eyes and smiled. "He was easy going and lovely. Oh and I kissed him!" I blushed, allowing that day to rewind and play again through my mind.

"That's great! When do we get to meet himmm?" Finn smirked.

"That's the thing.. you already have." I watched as they both looked at me as if I was speaking another language. "It's... It's Wyatt. But he's completely different. There's a whole different person underneath whatever he was trying to be." I explained.

"Really?! Small world, eh? I knew you guys would get along eventually." Jack began, "I told you Wyatt's a sweetheart. I think you need to start trusting me more."

"I think you're right." I smiled.

"And I think you guys are crazy." Finn got up and started pacing around the room. Which is often what he did when he was upset or confused and at that moment it was difficult to decide which one. "Wyatt treated you like shit and you're just going to let him in that easy? I know he 'was different over text' but do you understand how easy it is to put on a fake personality and hide behind a screen? That is still the same boy that resulted in those sad late night FaceTime calls to me and has ruined your entire college experience from the minuet you fucking got here. I've seen you hurt more than happy over that kid and i'm not going to support you falling for somebody who use to purposely make you fall down the stairs. I love you to death but you're such a pushover sometimes."

"Can't you just be a supportive friend?" Jack put on his angry face and he was so adorable it was always hard to be threatened by it.

"Can't you pull your head out of your ass?" Finn cocked his head over to the side and sarcastically smiled.

"He agreed to help me.. with the theater." I hoped that would ground them since they knew how important it was to me. Although they agreed to help a while ago we had little to no progress or money to make any because they were both so busy and easily distracted. It mainly just became a hang out spot. Plus if they say they'd rather play video games I always agreed in order to make them happy. But I swear I am NOT a pushover!

"We've been meaning to work on that for weeks and I think the most I've done is pick up a piece of lint. How much more could he possibly contribute?"

And of course Wyatt, being the master of oddly perfect timing, opened the door. "Hey , if you guys aren't too busy.. can I show you something?" He had an old T-shirt on that I didn't even know existed and a smudge of brown paint under his right eye. He looked like a complete mess but for some reason I couldn't get my eyes off of him.

"Of course." I smiled at Jack who pulled Finn along and thank god Jacks grip is tight because that boy was a time bomb.

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Wyatt took us back to the theater again. "Okay, it's not super impressive but I thought you guys might want to see it." It's only been a day since I brought him here and he had been missing from the dorm all day weather he had a class or not. He opened up the door and the border surrounding the stage was repainted with light brown and swirls of gold that reminded me of the curls in his hair. It extenuated the old run down stage in a way that made it seem even more beautiful and almost new. Although it was a little thing he seemed so proud of himself and it was so wonderful to see somebody finally caring about what i'm passionate about. "Maybe you guys could help me with the walls? Only if you're not busy of course."

"I'm actually so bus-"

"We'd love to!" Jack interrupted Finn and Wyatt smiled and started to help them set up what paints and other materials they'd need. "Where'd you even find all of this?"

"Craft store. I use to be really into art because my mom always painted and I'd watch her and follow what she'd do but after moving away it became easier to lose the motivation I once had." Wyatt explained and I could see in his face that he really missed his home life. I wanted to ask more and get to know more details but now didn't feel like the right time. He was so mysterious I'd known him for so long but it still felt like I knew nothing about him. I wondered where he got the time to do this or the materials we needed especially so quickly but I suppose that was another factor to his mysteriousness.

We all started working and Finn wandered into the back. Instead of chasing after him I just let it happen because I didn't care to argue with him anymore. All of the sudden we heard guitar strumming echoing through the room and I remembered how Finn left his old acoustic from when he was first starting out here. He always found joy in serenading us when we'd hang out here. I immediately recognized it as First Day of My Life. It felt fitting for the situation since everything is so vast and different it may as well be the first day of my life and I am glad I didn't die before I met Wyatt, Finn and Jack. Wyatt was completely in his own mind set and sang along as he stroked the paint against the wall reforming it from chipped to polished. I worried we'd get in trouble for fixing up property that we don't own but I would rather worry about it when I see another soul in here. Plus,  We're doing them a favor right? I tuned back into Wyatt's voice it was so beautiful and I wondered if he realized how smoothly and easily each word rolled off his tongue. I heard Finn's voice join in with Wyatts from the back room. I'm not even sure if Finn had any idea who he was duetting with because I couldn't remember the last time me or Jack ever sang but it still felt like a bonding moment for them in my mind. There was something right then and there that felt like it was telling me that Finn and Wyatt were meant to be good friends and I'm really hoping that feeling in my gut is right.