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Knott's Perspective - Chapter 19

We are all gathered together enjoying our drinks when Bright asks, "Where is Arthit? I haven't seen that grumpy face in awhile!" Everyone looks around and noticed that he nowhere to be found. I decided to go looking for him.

As I make my way along the beach I noticed two people speaking to each other and I could tell right away that one of them is Arthit. I just didn't recognize the shirt of the other person. I just decided to walk back to the table.

"Ai'Knott, did you find our ex-head hazer?" "Oh, I did. He is busy talking to someone. I didn't want to interrupt their conversation." "What the hell dude! We sent you to get his ass over here! I will do it! Where is he?" "He is by the edge of the water far enough away to not be disturbed by others..." "Perfect! I will go see him then! Ai'Toot want to come with me?" "Hell no. He is going to eat you alive..." he just shrugs and leaves.

After five minutes, I decided to grab a drink at the bar, but to my surprise I find Bright there. "What the hell, Ai'Bright! I thought you went to get Arthit?" "He ignored me. He was speaking to Kongpob... since when were they so chummy?" Ha, this is so funny for me as I know they have been quite close for awhile, but nobody else has caught on. "Isn't that good thing? They are no longer trying to bite each other's heads off now?" "True! I was going to go back and yell at him again! He will listen for sure this time!" He smiles like a crazy man and heads towards the beach.

By the time I got back to the table, Arthit and Bright have arrived. It appears Bright is looking very worried and I see different type of emotion on Arthit face. We started to chat and laugh at old memories, when our fourth year senior, P'Deer joins our table. "How does it feel to know your job is finally done?" "Come on, P! We still have one more day left!" "Sure, with how many drinks I have seen in your hand I doubt you will be any help tonight or tomorrow!" "I can't help it! I am afraid of Ai'Arthit! He has threaten my life again!" "What did he do this time, Ai'Oon?" "That flugly guy of over there gave the alcohol to the freshmen. It was his fault for ruining today! We had so many fun activities planned..." we all just laughed, except Arthit.

I saw Arthit is still pondering something, so when he ask P'Deer about the gear. I was definitely surprised. "The gear is very hard to get. So the gear is the heart and heart is the gear. So if you ask someone to take care of it. You are asking someone to take care of your heart. Very romantic!" As P'Deer finishes I heard coughing and I turned to see Arthit is choking and his face is a bright pink shade like his favourite drink. "Did you drink too much, Ai'Arthit?" Bright shouted. "I'm fine. Just tried to breathe and drink at the same time!" We began drinking some more.

It's well into the morning when we leave the table, and it seems most of the freshmen have left for their cottages. Bright and Toota have been asleep for hours now and we need to figure away to get them into their rooms. Arthit and I grab Toota while Prem and P'Deer have Bright. We are walking down the pathway when we noticed someone is sitting on the steps of one of the cottages. However Our hands were too full to check on who it was. We struggled as we lifted Toota in to the cottage and onto his bed. We decided to leave the door open for Prem and P'Deer.

We walked back down the pathway to figure out what is taking Prem and P'Deer so long with Bright. When got close enough to the end of the pathway, we could see the reason. He is making them chase after him. He can be such as kid. I noticed Arthit had left my side and walking towards the person sitting on the steps. I walked over.

"Swadee, Nong Kongpob." "Swadee, P'Knott.. P'Arthit." "Why are you not in your bed? Your clothes are packed and out here with you?" Kongpob looks around at his bag and sighs, "'my friends drank too much and the room is ... disgusting. I hope you put a deposit for cleaning... anyways, I was thinking about finding a beach chair to sleep tonight." I noticed Arthit was being undeniably quiet towards Kongpob even though he was the one who headed towards him."You shouldn't have to do that! It can't be that bad!" "P'Knott, you can open the door and take a peak. Just don't be upset if your stomach turns upside down." He laughs sadly. "Understood. I will take your word on it." "Kongpob why don't you stay with us. We only have three people and we could ask Prem to sleep with Bright and Toota." "Phi, thank you, but I couldn't do that." "Nong, it is fine. We would rather you are inside, right Ai'Arthit." "Yes, let's just say I slept outside last night. I still have kink in my neck, and I have bug bites all over."

We walked towards our cabin when Prem shows up. "What is he doing here?" I responded, "his room is let's just say not human friendly." "Ahh! That bastard Ai'Bright is going to hear it tomorrow. It took us a good five minutes to catch him for him to puke all over P'Deer when we placed him on the bed. When we left the two of them were snuggling. Just to let you know We are definitely not getting our deposit back!" We saw your adventure with Ai'Bright!" Arthit laughed as he said it, I interrupted this chummy atmosphere, "Kongpob, did you want to sleep in my bed. I usually sleep beside Arthit, but tonight he can sleep beside Prem." "Woah, there Ai'Knott take him on a date first! Kongpob, you should stay with me because i don't want to sleep beside Ai'Arthit. He takes all the blankets and starts spreading out!" We are all laughing, while Arthit is looking sour. "I am okay with anything as I am the one imposing on your hospitality." "No need to feel like that! We are all brothers now!" I smiled and grabbed his bag and opened the door of the cottage.

Prem and Kongpob have decided to share the bed. Everyone showers and heads to sleep. Unfortunately, Arthit and I have watch duty, so we had get up every few hours. I could tell Arthit was having trouble sleeping. Which is weird since this guy loves his sleep. I woke up from my sleep to the sound of the door closing. I looked around and saw my friends were still sleeping... Kongpob was the only person left. Prem turned over in his bed and whispered "He left a letter on the bed. Thanking us for letting him stay the night. Who writes letters now a days?"Prem reaches over to pass the note. We still had a few more hours to sleep, so I put the note on the side table and fell back to sleep.

Once again everyone is waiting to board the buses, but unfortunately one of them had a mechanical issue. Everyone from that bus will have to split up onto two other buses. It will very crowded trip back to campus. Thankfully, I will be staying behind to look after a few things..like the deposit. I have seen a few of the cabins so far and it seems everyone was too lazy to make it to the bathroom...

Ai'Arthit has been very quiet this morning, but as I know we both had not slept very well. I am sure there is something else going on his brain... why do I know. It's because he always has this painful expression and doesn't speak when he mulling something over. I decided I won't bring it up today, but I will tomorrow.