College Freshman.

Chapter 1

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Nervous, overwhelmed, a little scared, but mostly excited. That's what the young Garfield felt as he arrived onto the college campus. Garfield didn't have the best experience in high school. He got picked on a lot, didn't have many friends, and wasn't too smooth with the ladies. But he's ready to start anew, now that he's a college man.

The campus was just as he imagined it would be; people sitting under trees, talking and laughing to one another, pretty girls walking by him, giving him winks and smiles, and guys doing ridiculous things in order to pledge to their fraternity. Garfield was excited to be a part of it all, and with a backpack over his shoulders and a big box in his hands, he animatedly headed to his college dorm. He entered his dorm room and could clearly see his roommate had made himself at home. The whole right side of the room was covered with sports memorabilia, posters, trophies, and medals. Garfield started to get a little nervous being that most of the bullies that picked on him in high school were athletes. Visions of 24 hour swirlies and middle of the night wedgies suddenly came to his mind.

"Hey roomie." He heard from behind him and he quickly jumped in response.

"Dude!" He yelled.

"A little jumpy, are we?" The tall man joked with a smile. "Here let me help you with that." He said helping Garfield with the box in his hands.

"Um… thanks." Garfield said wearily.

The man put the box down and turned to Garfield with a friendly smile as he held out a hand. "The names Victor, but you can call me Vic."

"Garfield, but you can call me Gar." Garfield responded, shaking his hand before wincing at the strong grip.

"Man, we gotta bulk you up." Victor laughed as Garfield cradled his hand.

"Dude, that was my controller hand." Garfield complained.

"Really? What do you play?" Victor asked.

Garfield snickered. "What don't I play." He said opening up his box to reveal a PS4 and an Xbox one, along with a bunch of games.

"Man, this is awesome!" Victor said to Garfield's surprise. "Finally, someone to challenge me." He laughed slapping Garfield on the back. Garfield winced but smiled back at Victor. "Well what are we waiting for? Let's set it up!" Victor said excitedly digging into the box.

"You don't have to tell me twice." Garfield said grabbing the controllers.

Victor and Garfield are two completely different people, but they did have one thing in common and that was Video games. By the first week there, Garfield quickly realized he couldn't have asked for a better roommate and friend, not only did they play video games all night, but Victor would defend the freshman Garfield from time to time. Garfield truly wondered if he had some sort of sign on him that said shove me to the ground or push me in a trashcan because that behavior seemed to follow him to college. But now that he had befriended Victor the bullying didn't seem so bad. Now when he got shoved or pushed down, Victor was there to help him up.

Victor was king on campus; he was tall, good looking, and smart too. His family had money yet he still got here on a football scholarship. He did very well with the ladies and was friendly to everyone, which of course got him invited to all the parties. But he would never go without asking Garfield if he wanted to tag along.

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Garfield was very new to the party scene, and attending his first party was very overwhelming, but he was excited none the less. He always knew he was gonna be a party animal.

Garfield pored himself a drink and instantly winced at the bitter taste. The Kool-aid did not mask the bitter alcohol enough, but that didn't stop him from taking another drink. "Slow down man, you don't want to overdo it your first try." Victor advised.

"I'll be fine." Garfield responded. If he ever was going to be a party animal he needed to build up his tolerance.

"Don't say I didn't warn you." Victor said with a laugh as a couple girls ran past them with their shirts off before jumping into the pool. Garfield's eyes widened as his mouth dropped, causing Victor to laugh again. "Geez Gar, have you never seen a pair of breast before?" Victor asked.

"I have." He quickly defended, turning to Victor. "Just never in person." He finished quietly causing Victor to chuckle.

"Don't worry man; we'll get that cherry popped for ya."

Garfield's face began to flush and he started to wonder if he had virgin written on his forehead or something. "Is it that obvious?" He questioned.

"Don't worry; you have a master wingman by your side; by the end of semester you will be killing it with the ladies." Victor reassured.

"Yeah, I will believe that when I see it." Garfield huffed taking another drink.

Garfield had one drink after another and before long he was living up to his party animal goal. He was dancing on tabletops, jumping into the pool, and doing body shots on babes. And by the end of the night Victor was picking him up off the floor and caring him to their dorm.

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Garfield woke up with a startle and fell off his bed! "Vic? What the hell?" He winced holding his hangover head in pain.

Victor stood across the room blending a drink in a noisy blender. "Protein shake." He said holding up a green liquid in a glass. "Want one?" He asked. Garfield took one look at the lumpy green drink before grabbing the trash can and hurling. "Told you not to overdo it." Victor said before gulping down his drink.

Garfield winced before letting his head rest on his hand. "What time is it?" He groaned.

"6am." Victor responded. "Gotta get some training done before practice." Victor answered before hopping down to the ground, doing pushups.

"You have fun with that." Garfield said laying back down on his bed.

Garfield tossed and turned but between the smell of the funky protein shake and the grunts of Victor working out, he just couldn't seem to get back to sleep, and by the time he did his alarm went off. First day of class with lack of sleep, a pounding head, and a nauseated stomach; Garfield was not off to a great start.

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