Okay, yay! The chapter itself is 2,000 words! I'm so happy! Thanks for all your reviews by the way! I love reading your thoughts on this, and haha I saw quite a few comments on the last chapter about Cole being a jerk to Jay. He softens up a bit in this chapter :)

Enough talking more reading!

Back in the dorm room, Jay sat on his bed leaning against the wall, with a blanket draped over him. He was on his phone, scrolling through all his texts that he had received from his parents.

The entire walk back since they met Zane, Cole had remained quiet. He wondered what Cole could have been thinking about after he had told Zane they were just roommates. Maybe he really did hate Jay with all his guts.

Jay rested his head on his knees and stared at the screen.

The door opened and Jay's head perked up when he smelled the sweet scented aroma. He poked his head out from under the cover and watched as Cole set two bowls of ramen noodles on his desk. Cole pulled over a second chair and waved Jay over.

"Whatcha doing under the covers?"

Setting his phone down on the side, Jay picked up a spoon and stirred it around in his soup. He had asked Cole earlier during the day if he could have his dinner back in the dorm. He didn't feel comfortable yet with his new environment and barely even knew Zane.

"Just checking on my parents." Jay lifted the spoon to his lips and blew on it gently, then stuck it in his mouth, melting when he tasted how good it was. "Did you make this?"

"No, stupid. I bought them a while ago and kept them in the fridge. I just went out to heat it up."

"Oh." So technically then Cole paid for my food. That's the last thing I'd expect.

Cole took in another spoon of the soup.

Silence filled the air and Jay couldn't stop thinking about yesterday. He wanted to ask Cole about it, but he didn't have the courage to bring it up.

"Anything on your mind lately?" He heard Cole ask.

Jay's muscles tensed and he dropped the spoon. "Uh, uh no… N-not at all… Heh why do you ask?" Why do you even care?

"Are you sure? You look like it."

Jay didn't say a word. Why is he acting all sympathetic towards me now?

"Jay…" he paused for a brief moment, Jay holding his breath. But when Cole didn't say anything else, Jay scooted backwards, putting his hand over his stomach.

"You know what, I am stuffed… thanks for the meal, Cole," Jay said offering him a smile but Cole didn't smile back.

Instead, Cole looked at him with concern.

After dinner, Cole went out to put the dishes away while Jay changed into his pajamas. Unfortunately he had brought a pair of his old fuzzy bunny slippers. He hoped Cole wouldn't notice.

A few minutes later, the door creaked open and Jay jumped onto bed, but was too late to hide the slippers.

"Are those yours?" Cole asked him, holding in laughter.

"Maybe…" Jay said as he scratched the back of his neck, face red from embarrassment.

"Cute."

He was definitely surprised by Cole's reaction. Letting out a sigh of relief, Jay collapsed, his head landing softly on the pillow. Just as he was about to call it a day, he heard the drawer open from Cole's side of the room. Sitting up, Jay blinked stubbornly as he stared at Cole, who was holding a shirt and nighttime pants.

"You're changing? Oh jeez I forgot." Jay sat there finding himself in what he considered to be an awkward situation.

"Hey, there isn't another room in here to change in, you're just going to have to deal with it." Cole took off his sweater and tossed it to the side. Next, he removed his shirt and reached over for his bed shirt. He wasn't sure if Jay had moved under the covers or something but he didn't care.

Turning around, Cole saw Jay just lying on the bed staring dead at the ceiling. "Come on, Jay, haven't you been in a locker room before?"

"I won't say anything else until you put a shirt on."

"Alright then," Cole slipped into his fresh shirt and changed out of his pants.

Jay threw the pillow over his face and lay with his arms flat out.

"Seriously?" The dark-haired teen closed the drawer and shook his head when he saw Jay.

"Are you done?"

"Yes."

Jay sat up once again on the bed relieved that Cole was done. "May I ask then how you managed to cope with me changing yesterday?"

"I didn't even know you changed yesterday. I was asleep."

Shrugging, Cole hopped onto his bed and got comfy under the covers.

"You're not going to bed right now, are you?" The ginger haired teen asked.

"No." Cole looked to Jay and reached over to his desk, pulling another book to him. Jay prepared himself for the book to be thrown at him. He shut his eyes and lifted his hands to shield his face, but when he never felt the hit, he lowered his arms and looked across the room.

Cole was sitting in bed, reading his book.

"You like reading don't you?"

"Yeah, and you like talking."

"Come on, you barely talked to me for the first couple days."

"Blah blah blah blah blah. There I talked to you. Conversation is now over."

"Really?"

The book flew towards his head. Jay's eyes widened and he ducked, letting the book pass overhead.

Cole swung his feet over the side of the bed and he glared at Jay, clearly already bored of the conversation. "What do you want me to tell you?"

"Well, let's start by sharing our hobbies. Sound fun?"

"No, it doesn't."

Jay was getting frustrated. During dinner Cole was acting so sympathetic, but as of now he was just being annoying. Suddenly, his phone buzzed and he quickly reached over the edge, directing his eyes to the screen.

"Your parents?" Cole asked him.

With a quick nod, Jay skimmed over his new messages as the phone continued to buzz.

Still missing you already, son! Oh, and guess what? Your mom found your old teddy bear! Mr. Fuzzy Pants :D

We decided to have your favorite for dinner last night. Hope you come to visit us soon, and make sure to bring a friend

… … …

Oh or a girl ;)

Seeing that they found his old stuffed animal made Jay snicker a bit. He'd been looking for that the first day he arrived.

The laughing coming from Jay caused Cole to direct his attention to his roommate. He walked over to Jay's bed and picked up his book, then leaned in to see what he was laughing about.

"Mr. Fuzzy Pants?" Cole scoffed and pulled Jay's phone away from him. He began scrolling through the message threads.

"Hey! Give that back, Dirtclod!" Jay jumped on his bed and reached his arms over Cole's shoulders to attempt at taking his phone back. Despite the fact that he was shorter than Cole, standing on his bed gave him an advantage.

"Hold on a minute, Jay!" Cole whirled around and kept his eyes on the screen, his fingers typing on the digital keyboard. Jay pouted and sat down, waiting patiently for Cole to give his phone back. After two minutes, Cole handed the blue phone back to Jay.

Jay went straight through checking his email and messages, hoping Cole didn't mess with anything. When he couldn't find anything different, he threw a pillow at Cole's face.

"What did you do?!"

"Check your contacts."

He opened his contacts and saw that there was a C group. That was never there before. Under the bold C was the name Cole. Jay arched a brow and looked up from his phone at his roommate.

When he opened Cole's contact it read:

Cole

And under nicknames it read:

Dirtclod

"Why? You don't like me."

"Yeah, but I just thought it might come in handy," he told Jay with a half smile.

Cole turned off the lights and dropped into bed, closing his eyes.

Jay, however, was still scrolling through his phone in a sitting position. Day two is finally over, he thought with relief. The blue eyed male slowly leaned into bed and as he turned off his phone, he remembered Cole's contact, and whispered quietly enough so Cole couldn't hear.

"Thanks…"

He'd never eaten from a college cafeteria before. The one thing he wondered was whether the food tasted good. He noticed Cole had also bought a meal at the cafeteria.

They took a seat by the cafeteria doors. Jay took a seat across from Cole.

"Do you think we could try one of those little restaurants next time?"

"You mean the ones sort of off campus?"

Jay nodded and brought the sandwich up to his lips.

He had made sure to find Cole everyday before lunch. When he saw his roommate hanging out by the cafeteria doors, Jay ran straight for him, all of the sudden joyed that he wasn't going to sit all alone like a loser.

"Jay! Cole!"

Jay turned around so that he could see whoever was calling their names. It sounded like…

"Zane!" Cole shouted with a proud wave. He motioned for Zane to take a seat next to him.

"Luck we all decided to have lunch at the same time huh?" Cole gave Zane a friendly wink.

Jay rolled his eyes. Yeah right. I just didn't want to look like a loser. Heh, me a loser? That'd be horrible for my reputation… er would it? I don't think I have a reputation here. Ha ha.

Zane ate his lunch quietly, as he watched Jay staring straight through Zane like he wasn't even there. He wanted to ask Cole if Jay did this often, but he wasn't here right now. While Jay was zoning out, Cole stood up to go use the restroom, leaving Zane and Jay alone at the table.

"... Ya know that would be great though," Jay mumbled, clear enough for Zane to understand.

"What would be great?"

Startled, Jay leaned backwards and the chair toppled over. "Are you okay? I did not mean to shock you," Zane told him as he walked on over to the other side and helped Jay up.

As Jay sat back down, he flashed Zane a toothy grin and rubbed his forehead. "Oh yeah, I'm fine, eh - where's Cole?"

Zane looked to his left where Cole would be sitting. "Oh, right, he left to go use the restroom."

Jay took a large bite out of his sandwich, looking unimpressed.

"Oh well," Jay muttered as he chewed.

"What was that?"

"Nothing! So Zane, what other clubs did you sign up for?"

"I signed up for the Book Club, and Community Service Club. How about you?"

"Well, hah, as you know, I joined the Book Club and the Gaming Club! And so did Cole."

"What was that last part? You said it really low, I couldn't hear -"

"Eh, it was nothing, Zane!" He picked up a cracker and offered it to his blonde friend. "Cracker?"

"No thank you, but I appreciate your offer," Zane said with a proud beam. Jay shrugged and stuffed the cracker into his mouth, then tossed in a few Skittles.

Jay ate the rest of his meal with delight. Mm, taste the rainbow!

Finally, Cole came back and took his seat, a refreshing look on his face. Jay glared at him with fire in his eyes.

Cole then started to have a conversation with Zane, turning to his side to talk to the freshman. But what irritated Jay the most was that Cole would check from the corner of his eye to see what Jay was doing.

Eating the rest of his food in his current mood, Jay continued to glare daggers at Cole.

Oh ha ha, big guy. Acting so nice around everyone else but me. Just you wait, I have a plan...

Taste the rainbow! Skittles :3 And don't worry you'll see more of Zane later. I'd say around chapter 7. Also, if you don't mind, could you guys take the poll I put on my profile? If you haven't yet, that is.

And, no, Cole did not sign up for Gaming, if you remember the last chapter he said he only had one club with Jay. Yeah, gaming club XD what a name. I'm trying. Still getting used to this college thing :3

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