I open my eyes and groan. With a yawn, I sit up and look around. When'd I get back to the dorms? And why am I sore? I look at the time. 7:38.
Why am I up so early? I frown and look at Jade, who's peacefully sleeping in her bed. I've come to the conclusion that her loud snores woke me up. I grunt and throw a pillow at her.
"I didn't steal the chocolate!" She yells, shooting up. She looks around before her glare lands on me. "What the hell was that for?"
"You never told me a damn grizzly bear lived inside you." She narrows her eyes at me as I smile innocently. "Should I be concerned Jade?"
"Fuck you. Leave me and my grizzly traits alone." She plops back down and snuggles her pillow. "Dylan O'Brien... Timothee Chalamet... Harry Styles... Hmm... Leonardo DiCaprio... Steve..."
"Steve?" I ask. She opens her eyes and turns to me.
"Cloudy of a chance of meatballs... Monkey scene. Steve." She says.
"Oh... Steve." I repeat. She hums and turns around, clutching the pillow tighter to her.
"Steve."
******
My phone starts ringing and I jolt awake. Time? 9:50. I rub my eyes before grabbing it. I don't bother looking at the caller ID as I answer, bringing the phone to my ear. I put my arm over my eyes as I yawn.
"Hello?" I answer groggily. I hear the person on the other line clear their throat and I frown.
"Hey Cassandra." I must've got up too fast because suddenly I get a really bad headache. I wince and grab my head. "It's Alexander." I know.
"Oh hi Alexander." I breathe. I see Jade slightly shift in her sleep. "Um... I uh... So how uh... How lone have you... Been a boy?" I immediately go wide eyed as I just completely made a fool out of myself. "Um..." I nervously chuckle.
"Well... You know. Since I was born. You see my mother and father they-"
"La La La!" I sing. I hear him laugh and oh man... He can totally laugh. "Hey how'd you get my number?"
"Mason." There's a hint of hatred in his voice as he says his name. I ignore it and hum.
"So what's up?" I ask, walking to the bathroom quietly. I put the phone on speaker as I set it down. "I mean you must've called for a reason." I play with my hair a little.
"I was wondering what you were doing today." I think for a second, rubber band in my wrist, hands holding my hair in a high ponytail. If that's what you can call it. It looks like the top of a damn trolls head.
"Nothing. Saturdays my off day. So is Friday and Tuesday." I tell him.
"But you worked yesterday."
"Yeah I filled in for a co-worker. Why?" I finally put my hair in a messy bun and sigh in relief.
"Was wondering if you wanted to join us at the bowling alley?" He asks. I pick up my phone and walk into the room.
"Us?" I ask, throwing the phone on my dresser as I begin to look through clothes. I'm obviously gonna say yes and try to look good. Key word being try.
"Yeah me and the guys. The ones you met yesterday." I hum to let him know I'm still listening. "Hi Cassie!"
"Hi Stiles." I respond, surprised I already remember his voice. "Bowling Alley huh?"
"Yep. We're all gonna be there. Including my boyfriend and Landon's girlfriend."
"Okay cool. What time?" I look at the clock. 10:27. I've been taming my hair for a while apparently.
"11 work for you?" Alexander asks. I smile as I find the perfect outfit.
"Yep. See you then." I hang up and begin getting dressed.
I begin thinking hard as I slide my pants on. Why would Mason give hin my number? They seem like they hate each other. Even though they tried to hide it when I saw them... I can see right through their act. Maybe I'm just paranoid. And why do I trust these people so easily? I barely know them.
"Who was that?" I look at Jade, not caring I'm in my bra. We're girls. We've seen it before. Countless hook ups.
"Oh. Remember that guy I told you hugged me at work?" She nods. "Well I'm going bowling with him and his friends."
"No." I raise an eyebrow at her. No? Did she just say no? "I mean are you sure you want to go? You barely know them."
"Yes I'm sure. Besides... Knowing Mason he'll just come crash the party." I put on my shirt and turn towards the mirror.
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My outfit is nothing special. Just some ripped jeans , a tied shirt, some bracelets, and my backpack. I put on my shoes and grab my phone. The screen lights up to reveal the time. 10:58. I should get downstairs.
"I'm off." I tell Jade. She frowns and I roll my eyes. I open my mouth but I'm cut off by the door handle turning.
"Hurry up slow poke." Mason sticks his head inside. "Oh you're ready. Well them c'mon. Hi jade. Bye jade." He walks out and I smile.
"Told you. See you later Jade."
*********
"Holy fuck." A guy with a baby says. Stiles smiles at me. "Baby that's-"
"Her name is Cassie. Remember I told you about her?" He nods and looks at me.
"I'm Noah." He says. I smile but don't say my name, considering he already knows it. "This little guy is Thomas."
"Hi Thomas." He passes me the tiny boy and I put him on my hip. "Well aren't you just the cutest." He lets out a toothless giggle. Thomas is obviously a new born. But he already has a little bit of hair. He's tiny with blue eyes. "How'd you guys come up with Thomas?"
"My name is Thomas." Stiles says. I raise an eyebrow. "But everyone calls me by my middle name. So Thomas Jr."
"And I'm Allyson." Mason's girlfriend says. I've never met her before. I do know that she's cool.enough to let her boyfriend flirt with me. But she knows it's only games.
"Now that we've all introduced ourselves..." Mason puts his arm around both of our shoulders. "Let's get ready to kick some bowling ball ass!"
