Don't own Sherlock or any of the characters. The only ones I do own are Zoe Tyler, Walker, and Maddy Holloway. I am doing this story with theD0ct0rD0nna and we both hope you enjoy this!

Walking up the third flight of stairs, Zoe spotted room 321. Opening the door she saw another girl just finishing unpacking. Coming into the room, she dropped her bags on the empty bed across from the girl. The sound of the bags hitting the mattress made the other girl turn.

"Hi," Zoe said with a smile. "I'm your new roommate."

The other girl smiled. "Alright how's it going? Wasn't aware I was getting an American."

"Really? Wasn't aware I was getting Brit," Zoe smirked cheekily.

The other girl laughed. "Well you are in the UK girl."

"True," she smiled and held out her hand. "Zoe Tyler."

"Well Zoe Tyler it is well good to meet you. I'm Maddy Holloway." The two girls shook hands. "So where about the States are you from?" Maddy asked as Zoe began to unpack.

"I'm from Huston, Texas," Zoe explained as she put her things away. "I got into this study abroad program that my school has."

Maddy finished putting things away and sat on her bed. "Oh a study abroad program. Must have cost a few pounds for you to come across the pond. Welcome to England."

Zoe smiled. "Thanks. But it hardly cost anything. I'm a military brat, Marines specifically. The government is paying for my education and the university back home paid for half the trip."

Maddy leaned her back against the wall her bed was up against and whistled. "Well, well. La tee da Miss Marines."

Zoe faced her and gave her a formal salute. "Hu-rah!"

The two girls laughed. Zoe took this time to take a quick study of her roommate. Her over active brain went to work. It picked up every little detail of this Maddy Holloway, taking in every crease in her clothing to the way she smiled.

Without being able to stop herself, Zoe slipped with, "Sorry about your boyfriend."

Maddy's smile dropped. She paused before speaking. "Oh…yeah…that…" Zoe turned back to her unpacking. As it got quiet, Maddy began to wonder. "How'd you hear about Walker?"

Zoe kicked one of her duffle bags under her bed and fixed her sheets. "Scuttlebutt."

"Scuttle what now?"

Zoe laughed as she continued to fix up her bed. "Sorry. Scuttlebutt is Marine code for gossip." Maddy nodded. After finishing with her bed, Zoe sat down and looked to her roommate. "Do you really want to know?"

Maddy shrugged. "If you don't mind." She waited for the girl to speak, Zoe's face an unreadable mask.

Taking a deep breath she began, hoping this girl wouldn't hate her guts afterward.

"I can tell that you that you're from London. Born and bred, you lived here all your life. You just started college this term. Which makes you around 19-21, give or take. You can be a smart alleck when you want to be and you're loyal to your friends. You were in a long term relationship with Walker. But you dumped him because of something he was involved in. He's tried to call you the last five times within the last two days. Three times within today alone."

All went quiet in the room again. Zoe sat on her bed waiting to be criticized and mocked. But nothing happened. Maddy sat on her bed, mouth gaping.

"How the bloody hell did you…I didn't even…wow," she finally responded. Zoe's brow furrowed.

"That's it?" she asked a little shocked. "No 'predict the future' crap?"

"No that was utterly amazing!" she said in awe. "How'd you do that?"

Zoe, still unsure if this was a joke, asked, "Seriously?" Maddy nodded. Zoe shrugged. "I always could do it since I was five. It just comes naturally. I see what others miss. For example you don't have an accent like other people do here in the city. Well, different parts of the city. And you have that 'vibe' of loyalty."

"Hu," Maddy answered lamely. "Well that is some party trick you've got there. Sure you'll be popular in no time round here."

"Or be to 'go-to' person for cheating on exams." Zoe shook her head. That had happened to her way too often. Every school she went to she thought she was making friends but most of them just wanted her for her brain. But Maddy didn't seem this way thankfully. "Still want to know how I knew about Walker?"

Maddy froze at the mention of his name. "Yeah. How'd you figure that one?"

"Your face, phone, and necklace," she listed on her fingers. "Your face. When I said 'sorry about your boyfriend' you were sad and thinking about him. People are always like that when they think of a dead family member or a lost love. Your phone. It's showing that you have five missed phone calls. Plus, you are charging it and it shows the times when he called you. And lastly your necklace. It's old. I'd say about two or three years old."

She took a closer look at it. "It could be a Christmas, birthday, or anniversary gift. But girls in a long term relationship keep items of anniversary more than they would with birthdays or any other holidays. Sentimental value. Plus you were touching it when I said I was sorry."

As Zoe spoke, Maddy hadn't noticed that her fingers were tangled in the chain of the necklace. When Zoe mentioned the item, Maddy quickly took her hand away from the necklace.

"It's our four year anniversary today," she said with a sad smile. She shrugged. "Or well it's supposed to be. Call me a sentimental sap," she laughed. "Bravo you."

"Or a hopeless romantic," Zoe blurted. Catching herself, Zoe looked away from Maddy. "Sorry. Guess that was rude of me."

Maddy shrugged. "Makes me sound like a character in a Disney movie." She smiled. "I like that a lot better."

The girls laughed. Zoe was glad everything seemed to be going well. As she finished putting her clothing away she thought of something and turned back to Maddy.

"Promise you won't tell anyone I can read them like a lie detector?"

Maddy picked up on the hint of worry. "You're my mate. Wouldn't rat you out like that."

She smiled. "Thanks. Oh and heads up, I'd stay away from the guy in 313. He's cheating on both his girlfriends. And they are best friends."

"Oh? Well good thing you told me. We were flirting this morning while I was moving in."

Zoe winced before turning back to her clothing. Once that was done she got her phone and hooked it up to her charger. Setting the phone down she pulled out her class schedule.

"So what do you got this term?" she asked Maddy.

Maddy got up and grabbed a paper off her desk. Coming over to Zoe's bed she began to read out her classes. "I've got Anthro 101, English 102, Art History 45, Advanced Math, and Core Humanities. You?"

"I've got World Civil 1, Kine class- kickboxing, AP 1, Advance Math, and English lit," she read out. "Huh. Looks like we are in the same math class. Cool."

"Brilliant," smiled Maddy. "Should be interesting. Hear this Professor Brooks is good."

"Depends on who you're asking. All the girls drool over him but the guys love his lessons."

"Heard he is an arse when it comes to grading though." Maddy made a face. She hated grades, especially when the professor graded toughly.

Zoe nodded in agreement. "I heard that."

Maddy smiled. "So are you peckish? I could go for a jammy dodger right now."

"I can eat," she nodded. "Haven't had a good decant meal in a while. Don't eat when I concentrate on things." A wicked look came into the girl's eyes. "Want to watch people and I can tell you things about them?"

Maddy's smile widened. "Girl you and I are gonna be well off as roomies."

The two of them laughed and hooked arms as they walked out of the dorm.

Zoe spotted four adulterers, one lawyer, three teachers, one teenage mom, and four who needed to come out of the closet. Maddy watched in amazement and awe as she picked them apart by simply looking at how they walked, if their hand was in their pocket, or the way their hair flowed in the wind.

"Well I have to say you have a keen eye. All of that in an hour," she clapped.

Zoe shrugged. "Like I said, it comes naturally. Plus you can do it too you know."

"Me?" You mad?" she laughed. "I'm not that bright."

Zoe frowned. "You're putting yourself down. You don't have to do that anymore. Especially not now with you away from Walker."

Maddy gave her a puzzled look. How did she know Walker used to make Maddy feel like a pile of rubbish? "Yeah well he was a ditch in my life. Not out of it yet."

"You'll get out. You just have to stop living in the past Maddy. Move on, you know?"

Maddy smiled. "I knew you'd be well good for me." She put her arm around Zoe's shoulder. "My upbeat Yank."

Zoe placed her own arm around Maddy. "My smart ass Brit."

Laughing Zoe began to search through the crowd. She was determined to show Maddy she could 'dissect' a person as she had. Searching she finally found a good one. Zoe spotted two men sitting on a bench. One was a lean blond in a sweater vest and carried a cane.

"Alright Maddy how about that one?" She nodded to the men sitting on the bench across from them. "The blond in the sweater. Go on, what can you tell me about him?"

Maddy looked to where she was talking about. "That bloke? Hmm. Alright…let me see…" She tried to study him like Zoe did. "Uhm well…he and the dark haired bloke are together? Romantically I think. His knees are pointed towards the other man almost intimately."

Zoe shook her head. "No. They are old college buddies. The reason why his knees are pointed like that is because of the war wound he has."

Maddy burst out laughing. "Well I was off. Told you I was rubbish at this."

"You just need practice that's all," she smiled.

"Yes Master Zoe." She gave a bow.

Finishing her drink, she threw it in the trash. "C'mon then grasshopper. Better get going. Classes start tomorrow."

Maddy and Zoe stood and began to head back to campus. As they walked, they pasted the two men sitting on the bench. The blond Maddy had tried to analyze watched them walk by as the other man continued to talk.

The next day, the both of them met in the hall just outside their math class.

"Hey how is your first day so far?" Zoe asked.

Maddy ran a hand through her hair and let out a huff of breath. "Horrible. I already have two projects due next week. You?"

"Three test in two weeks."

Maddy made a face. "Ouch."

"Yeah."

Looking to the door, Maddy asked, "So ready for the infamous Professor Brooks?"

Zoe shrugged. "As ready as I'll ever be."

Together they entered the lecture hall. A majority of girls filled in the first couple of rows, all giggling and fidgeting in their seats. Maddy and Zoe rolled their eyes and made their way to the top rows of the class. There they found seats and sat next to each other. A few minutes later the door opened and the professor came walking in.

All eyes watched as he walked to the board and began to write. It was so quiet in the class, all waiting in anticipation, the only sound was the chalk hitting the board. Finally he set down the chalk and turned on the class.

"Good afternoon class. This is advanced math. If you are rather dull I suggest you leave now. I can't be bothered with dull minds," he drawled.

Zoe leaned in and whispered, "Well see yeah then Maddy." Maddy laughed and hit Zoe's arm.

Professor Brooks waited a few minutes but no one got up and left. He raised his brow.

"Well then all of you think you are bright enough? We shall see."

With that he passed out the lesson. As he went through the problem, Zoe got all of hers done before he even finished with the second problem. Maddy looked over and shook her head.

Nudging her friend, she said, "How about waiting for the rest of us Zoe?"

Zoe smiled and shrugged as she mouthed, "Sorry." Maddy shook her head and smiled.

"Now then," boomed the professor's voice. "Before class ends I would like to inform you there will be no makeup exams. If you miss a quiz you will get an F. If you interrupt the lesson with a mindless thought or are late to class you will get an F. I expect all my students to use their brains. Understood?"

The class agreed before being asked to hand in their work. As the class filed out of the hall, Professor Brooks called for her to see him. She walked over to his desk with a glance to Maddy.

"You can go," he said directing a quick gaze to Maddy.

Maddy shook her head. "I'll wait for her thanks."

Professor Brooks smirked as he watched her take a stance by the door to the classroom. He riffled through the student's papers before turning his attention back to Zoe.

"This work you did," he said holding up her paper, "not one problem wrong. On the first day no one ever gets any of these right. Impressive."

Zoe tilted her head a little. "Uhm thanks." She looks him over but can't get a read on him, making her feel a little uneasy.

He nodded and looked through some of the other papers. "I look forward to seeing more of your work. As for your friend," he added nodding towards Maddy, "she got half of them right. You two are exceptional."

Zoe smiled and waited for him to say something more. But he simply waved for her to go. Zoe made her way over to the door quickly.

"What did he want?" Maddy asked as Zoe reached her.

"Don't say anything. Don't look back. Wait till we're around the corner," Zoe said as they walked out of the classroom.

The two of them hurried down the hall till they were a good distance away from the class. Finally around the corner, Maddy looked to her friend. What had her so panicked? Zoe looked around the corner to make sure Professor Brooks wasn't watching or following them.

"Okay that was really weird," she said finally breathing with ease.

"What? What did he do?"

"Nothing. He said that I got all the problems right and you got half of them right."

"Oh well yay us," Maddy said with a smile.

Zoe shook her head. "But I couldn't get a read of him Maddy.

"Maybe you're broken." She tapped Zoe's head. "Testing, testing. One, two, three. Testing."

Zoe glared at her friend. "Don't quit your day job kid."

Maddy laughed. "Oh come off it Zoe. Not going to be able to read everyone."

"Oh yeah? Then how do I know that your Anthro professor is sleeping with your Art History professor?"

"How…"

"Child's play," she answered with a sigh.

Maddy rolled her eyes. "Whoever marries you will have his hands full."

Zoe ignored Maddy and stalked back to the dorms before her kickboxing class.

Hope you all like this so far! Okay so let's have a little Sherlock quiz! Who can name the two men on the bench in the park?