Lavender Thorns

Chapter 4- Roman

Patton had dragged out the newbie by his wrist, and I didn't think too much of them. They'd probably be your average run-of-the-mill guy. 

I turned from my place by the fridge once Patton mentioned me and my eyes widened as I recognized who it was. 

The same boy who ran into me headfirst.

This will be interesting. Very interesting. 

I held out my hand to which he eyed warily and gingerly shook. You can already tell how anxious he is. It made me want to protect him honestl-

Stop it Roman, you barely even know the guy. You don't even know his NAME.

By the time I had snapped out of it, I realized I had held his hand a bit to long and pulled mine back quickly, and awkwardly.

He didn't seem to mind, and he turned on his heel back to his room, before called out asking hime what he wanted for dinner.

He stuttered out a quick 'pizza' and Pat quickly got on the phone.

He turned on his heel AGAIN and I frantically searched for ideas to keep him out here, wanting to talk to him and learn more about him. I got an idea.

A mandatory Disney night. 

Pat would love it, Lo? Maybe not so much but he can get over it. 

"Tonight's Disney night, it's mandatory." i said with as charming of a smile as I could.

Logan gave me a confused look and Patton squealed from the kitchen. Lo then opened his mouth to speak but I sent him a glare to shut up and he just raised and eyebrow and went back to his book.

The new guy groaned loudly and plopped down on the opposite side of the couch.

I smirked as Patton ran in and sat in the middle, already babbling out movie names.

Him and I eventually chose Beauty and the Beast, the other two didn't say a word, one because he was reading, the other because he was content not doing so.

The movie started, Pat and I singing to every song imaginable until the pizza arrived, and we paused the movie.

We each got four slices and still had an entire pizza left, to which Logan questioned why Patton would order so much. He ended of shrugging and shoveling another slice into his mouth while he unpaused the movie.

I gulped down my last bite and put my plate in the sink before coming back and sitting on the couch, but in the middle this time, and beside the emo nightmare. I should call him that.

The movie continued for a while, and I soon realized my plan was failing. 

The new guy was still hunched over, his head rested on a pillow in his lap and his knees brought to his chest. 

I didn't even know his name. I was supposed to be learning a bit about him.

I looked over at Pat, who was already asleep, and then to Logan, still reading his book but looking at the TV occasionally. 

I scooted a little closer to the smol boi, but not uncomfortably closer.

"You know, I never caught your name..." I whispered as I raised an eyebrow.

He glanced at me and smirked. "I never threw it."

His voice dripped with sarcasm and I became a little frustrated. I needed to learn more about this stormy stranger.

He looked back at the tv and I went to speak but couldn't find anything to say to that. I just did a small, breathy, chuckle.

This was going to be harder than I thought.