I had a somewhat successful study time with Stephano, but we both kept getting distracted. I never get distracted. We have a curfew at 7:59 pm that we can't be roaming the halls after that time.
Stephano looked up at the clock I had over my desk and silently cursed. He knew it was past curfew.
"Do you think I could make it to my dorm if I sneak out?" Stephano asked.
"No way, Pewdie has Brutes roaming the halls every night to make sure no one goes sneaking through the halls." I replied.
"Oh merde, well what should I do?" Stephano asked again a little more shyly.
"Um, well… My bed is big enough for two…" I replied, blushing and looking down to my feet.
"Yeah… It wont be like, gay or anything though… Right?" The golden boy questioned further.
"Of course not… I uh, actually have a stuffed whale… Named Shammie…" I trailed off.
"You named it!" Stephano gasped.
"Sorry! I was only twelve… But he's like five feet, so he could be a barrier." I mumbled.
"Um, alright…" He replied, scratching the back of his head. "Geezus Christ."
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"Ah, you wouldn't happen to have an extra pair of Pjs lying around would you?" He asked laughing a bit nervously.
"Um, oh! Yeah actually, in my dresser, it's new so don't worry." I replied going over to my dresser.
"Oh okay, thanks." He said taking the extra pair of Pjs from me. He went to go change in the small bathroom every dorm was equipped with.
I changed into my pajamas and soon Stephano came out, the pants just a bit short on him.
"I feel exposed." He stated, rubbing his foot on his ankle.
"It's okay, I'll roll my pant legs up a little if it makes you feel better." I offered.
"Uh, if you want, but I'm tired, so I'm going to go to bed." He mumbled, walking to the side of his choice and laying down, covering himself with the green blanket.
I sighed and put my glasses on the dresser and got on the other side, the stuffed whale being our barrier. My foot grazed his, and he was cold to the touch, making me flinch a little.
"Sorry… It's part of being a golden statue." Stephano chuckled, obviously noticing my flinch.
"It's fine…" I replied, gripping the whale's flipper and shutting my eyes, drifting into my sleep.
I woke up and something cold was wrapped around my arm, I opened my eyes and blinked a few times, looking down, noticing golden arms entwined with mine.
I flinched and gasped, falling out of the bed, making Stephano grumble and sit up, he leaned over the edge of the bed and chuckled a bit.
"You alright Mr. Chair?" He asked tiredly.
"Yeah… Can you please hand me my glasses?" I groaned, sitting up myself.
He nodded and handed them to me, and I slipped them on, everything becoming more clear. Stephano stood up and stretched, grabbing his pile of clothes and walking into the bathroom. I jumped up and stumbled around for my own. I put them on quickly and looked into my mirror, noticing my hair looked like a brown cactus. I combed it down and adjusted my glasses. I took Chair Mode and started reading my book.
Stephano soon came out of the bathroom without his shirt/tunic on, he still had pants though.
"Um, could you put on your shirt please. I don't think they'd let you roam the halls without one." I mumbled not looking up from my book.
"I wish I could but I can't seem to find it," He replied chewing on his finger, "Could you help me find it?"
"Oh sure!" I said marking my book and getting out of ChairMode. We started looking when I heard someone knocking on my door.
"Oh no…" I breathed. I quickly went to where Stephano was and grabbed him.
"Hey what're you doing?" He asked surprised.
"Just stay in the bathroom quietly until the person leaves, them seeing you without a shirt in my room wouldn't be good for either of us." I said while pushing him into the bathroom and slamming the door.
"Come in!" I said a bit nervous. I was quite surprised of who walked in, Jessica the other golden statue.
"Hey Mr. Chair! Sorry to interrupt, but I was wondering if I could ask your thoughts on someone. Sorry if it's a weird question." She said looking at her shoes blushing a copper color.
"Oh, um, sure." I replied a little unsure, "You can have a seat over there" I pointed to a spare chair I had near my desk for visitors, as you could imagine I didn't get many.
"Kay thanks." She said going over and sat down.
"ChairMode Activate: Boop." I chimed. I heard her giggle a little.
"So, who was it you wanted to talk to me about?" I asked.
"Oh yeah! Well, he's the new kid, Stephano was it? Anyway I see him talking to you sometimes, and um…" She trailed off.
"Yeah?" I wanted her to continue.
"Well… I think he's kinda cute… do you think he would like me?" She asked nervously.
"Uh, I don't know him too well, but maybe, he seems like the stubborn rebel kind of dude. And you're both statues, so that's a plus." I chuckled shyly.
"Oh, well that's-"
Something fell over in my bathroom and we both looked over. Stephano…
"What was that?" She asked, standing up.
"Probably my… Hairspray can, I put it a little close to the edge of the counter because you knocked." I said quickly.
"I'll go look." She offered, walking over.
"No, it's okay." I insisted.
"No, and what if it wasn't the hairspray? Why would you even have some?" She giggled, opening the door.
We all stood frozen, she had a bronze blush covering her cheeks.
"Hi." She squeaked, waving at Stephano.
"Hi…" He mumbled, looking down.
She bit her lip and ran out of my dorm, slamming the door behind her.
"Talk about awkward…" He breathed, scratching the back of his head.
"Well um, do you like her?" I asked.
"Well… She's cute but, I uh… Have my sights on someone else." He shrugged.
"Will you tell me?" I asked, smirking a little.
"I can't." He shook his head, walking from the bathroom and sitting on the bed.
"I'll tell you who I like." I said, instantly regretting it.
"Maybe… Who is it?" He mumbled, scanning the floor.
I don't like anyone… I know Morticia will back me up on this, she always has, we had this same problem in eighth grade, but she didn't like anyone, so I know she'll understand if this gets to her.
"Morticia." I lied.
"R-really! You two would be very cute together…" He sighed.
"Really? Um, thanks." I've never thought of me and her together, if I wasn't gay ya know.
"Well, better get ready for class right? Still gotta find my shirt though" He sighed.
"Oh hey, there it is," I said pointing to the underside of my bed. "You must have accidentally kicked it there."
"Ah, thank you." He grabbed his shirt/tunic proceeding to put it on.
"You're welcome, see you in class then." I waved at him as he left. He waved back smiling.
I sighed and walked to my bathroom, smiling a little as I passed my bottle of hairspray.
"She thought I was lying." I chuckled slyly.
I sprayed my hair into place and put my beret on, brushing my teeth and all the necessities. I put socks on, then my shoes. I grabbed my books for Mr. Faustus's class and sped walked down the hall.
"Oi, Chair fag!" A barrel laughed, shoving me into a locker from behind.
"Saw Stephano coming out of your dorm, what did we tell you?" He hissed into my ear.
"Just leave me alone…" I sighed, starting to shake.
"Why was he even there!" He snapped, ramming my face into the lockers.
"Barrel boy, leave my buddy alone!" Stephano hissed from down the hall.
"Buddy huh? Fuck off Chair." He scoffed, walking away.
"Are you okay Mr. Chair?" Stephano asked, the Bro's right behind him.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks…" I mumbled.
"Those damned Barrels are gonna get it someday!" Stephano hissed.
"LOL, can't wait for the day." I laughed. It was the first time I've laughed since I got to this school.
"Today, you can walk with us to classes." He said slapping my back. He had a hard slap so I fumbled my step.
"Thanks Stephano." I said with a little grin on my face. Things were starting to look up for me.