Lavender Thorns

Chapter 3- Virgil

I yelped as I fell off the couch, cursing myself for making a fool of myself before they had even said their name. I felt heat rise to my cheeks in embarrassment as they merely raised an eyebrow at me and shut their book.

"I presume you are the fourth dorm mate, but I may be wrong, in which case you are trespassing." He pushed up his glasses as he said this.

I cleared my throat and straightened up a bit, stuffing my hands back into my pockets. "I-I'm your dorm mate." I gulped as the other stood up.

"Salutations then. I'm Logan Berry." He clasped his hands behind his back causing me to then notice his perfect posture, which kind of unnerved me.

"V-Virgil E-Elliot." I cursed myself again for stuttering.

"The other two shall be returning soon, I believe, if you could grab your bags, I'll show you to your room."

I nodded and grabbed my duffel bag and backpack, Logan gave me a side glance, almost questioning why I carried so little. He just seemed to shrug it off and continued down the tiny hallway.

"Compared to most colleges, the dorms here are quite nice. We have separate rooms, a kitchen, and a living room." He stopped at the end of the hallway and pushed a door open. "This here is your room. I'll leave you to unpack."

I nodded and set my bags down, pulling out my sketchbook to set on the desk with my pencils. I put my books on the bookshelf, and just kept my clothes in the duffel bag for now. There were some others items without much value in the bag, I just emptied it out and set them where they needed to go.

I hummed along with the music that had been playing in my headphones for a few minutes when the song ended and left a bit of silence between songs. It was pretty normal but I heard Logan holding a conversation with another in the living room and peaked my head out to see what was going on.

I just assumed it would be my new dorm mate, and I was right. Then I recognized that it was the same person from earlier, I already forgot their name.

The bubbly guy stared right at me and I could almost see stars in his eyes as they widened and he squealed.

Oh great.

He ran over and I sighed, pulling off my headphones and throwing them on my bed. I turned back around and saw the guy standing less than six inches from my face. It took a lot of will power not to jump back, as I didn't want them to think I was a wimp.

"Hi there! I'm Patton- WAIT!! YOU'RE THAT GUY I HELPED EARLIER, WHY DIDN'T I JUST ASK WHAT DORM YOU WERE IN?!" He yelped in astonishment. He was quite loud, but not insufferably.

I nodded and felt the urge to pull my hood over my head as I leaned against the door frame. "Y-yeah, I'll just head in my roo-" I was suddenly grabbed by the wrist (not forcefully) and dragged to the living room by Patton.

I gulped again as I realized the other guy was in the kitchen, staring at me from behind a counter. He was the guy I ran into earlier.

I scolded myself hard and avoided eye contact.

"Roman, how about you introduce yourse- Oops! I already revealed your name... You can still introduce yourself though!" Patton laughed lightly as 'Roman' made his way into the room.

He was suddenly in front of me, and his height intimidated me beyond belief, even more so than Logan, who looked at me amusingly from across the room. I gulped again and looked to the side, out the window.

Then he held out his hand, "hi, I'm Roman, but you already know that because of Padre over here.." He looked at Patton with a playful glare.

I looked at his hand, still reached out and then up at him. I gulped for the thirtieth time today and gingerly shook it. "Nice to meet you."

He kept a grasp on my hand for a moment, making me slightly uncomfortable and then pulled it back.

I stuffed my hands inside my pockets and turned on my heel to leave for my room. I walked semi-hastily before I heard a call from Patton. I. Just. Want. To. Take. A. Break.

"Hey! What do you want for dinner?" I stuttered for a moment and called out the first thing I could think of.

"Pizza?" It sounded like more of a question though. I'm never decisive enough for others.

Patton was already on the phone with a pizza place and Roman started shouting different types of pizza. I turned and went into my room but was stopped AGAIN, by Roman himself.

"Tonight's Disney night, it's mandatory."

I opened my mouth to protest but he grabbed me by the wrist and shushed me.

I groaned loudly as I plopped down on the couch and waited for the movie to start.

This dorm is going to be a nightmare.

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