Chapter 7: Pikachu and the College Experience
One month later...
After Pikachu's close encounter, the past month went by rather quickly and quietly, nothing else huge happening. It was that time again for me. I had to head back to college, and Pikachu was coming along with me. It was the only choice I had, plus I needed to be with him. I was all set and ready to go, my bags packed and in the car. "Pikachu my friend," I said, looking at him, "If you thought it was crazy here, just wait till you experience college life."
"Pika pi?" Pikachu asked, confused.
"Oh trust me," I said smiling, "You'll find out rather quickly."
As soon as I checked to make sure I had everything, we then left. I go to a college called Shippensburg University, which is in south Pennsylvania. From where we live, it would take about two hours to get there. Not a problem for Pikachu and I.
"So listen," I said, while driving, "I have to let you know, it's not going to be nearly as easy to get you food. Plus, I can't let my roommate see you, so we'll have to find you somewhere in my room."
"Pika," Pikachu said, sighing. This isn't exactly what he had in mind. Still, he could think of worse things.
"Plus, I have classes on certain days so I might be gone for a little bit. But once my roommate is gone, you can come out and do what you want. Still, you hear someone and even if it's me, just hide. I'll let you know if it's me."
Pikachu nodded. About half an hour later, I noticed that he had fallen asleep. "Happens to me all the time," I thought, smiling. I figured out why people think he's cute when he's sleeping and I couldn't help but agree, although to a certain degree of course. We ended up stopping a couple of times for gas and to get lunch. Soon, after about another forty-five minutes, we finally reached the university. Unfortunately, we had to go through the same process as before and I had to put Pikachu in one of the bags I had. Luckily, all of them weren't packed full. "Trust me, it's more of a pain to me than you," I said.
I was able to get all of my things into my room and luckily my roommate hadn't arrived yet. I got Pikachu out of the bag so he could actually breathe. Pikachu looked around the room and giggled nervously.
"It might not be perfect, but its definitely bigger than my room at home," I said. I then looked towards the bed. "Unfortunately, the bed's smaller, but I think we'll be able to both squeeze in. Actually, there's two places you can hide under, either the bed or the desk, although I would probably take the desk."
Pikachu looked to where the desk was, and even though it was big enough, it wasn't quite the place he'd want to be on a daily basis. I soon started unpacking while Pikachu sat on the bed. "I also have to warn you, on certain days you may hear all sorts of things outside, don't worry they're just drunk. Hopefully, they won't wake you up, but I wouldn't get my hopes up."
"Pika?" Pikachu said, with a confused look on his face. Guess it was time to tell him what usually happens at college.
"You see Pikachu," I said, "People, when they come here, they like to party a lot, but not like the way you think. You see, lots of people here like to drink alcohol, which is illegal for my age and well, to put it short, it slows your reflexes and can get you killed. But unfortunately, I'm one of those people doing that." I was expecting Pikachu to have an angry look at his face, but Pikachu's face seemed content.
"Pika pika pi pika," he said, telling me that we all do crazy things and that he himself didn't care, personally, and that he would do silly things himself.
"Well don't worry buddy, whether I do or not, I'm responsible enough to not do anything stupid," I said. "But I won't do it every night so we'll have plenty of time to hang out."
A knock soon came to the door. I looked to Pikachu but he was already under the desk. I said come in and my roommate Jake came in. "Hey Jake, how was your break?" I asked when he came in.
"It was good, kind of the same old same: eat, drink, sleep, you know the whole thing. What about you, anything interesting happen?"
I smiled. "Oh you have no idea," I said, looking to where Pikachu was, giving him a quick wink. "But sleeping was practically all I did."
"So hows your schedule looking this semester?" Jake asked. "I practically have classes each day."
"I did what I did last semester," I said. "Have Tuesdays and Thursdays all to myself."
"You did that last year and you had five classes in a row," Jake said, laughing.
"Well, you just used to it," I said. I was finally able to get all my clothes and such unpacked. I was hoping maybe he would leave so Pikachu could come out. Some friend I was.
"Well, I didn't have lunch yet so I'm going to head into town and get something," Jake said, leaving. As soon as he was gone, I closed the door and told Pikachu he could come out.
"Phew, good thing he left quickly," I said. "I know it might be hard, but we'll work our way around this."
"Pika pika," Pikachu said. He then sneezed, causing electricity to come out of his cheeks.
"Sorry about that," I said laughing. "I guess they didn't quite get rid of all the dust. I'll go get a broom to clean it up."
And so began what would become an experience Pikachu would probably never forget.
A few days had passed and Pikachu and I already adjusted to our schedules. My schedule was more of the same as last year. Pikachu, however, it was new for him. Luckily, he liked to get up early. On Monday's, Wednesday's, and Friday's I would get up around nine and do the usual things I do at home. I decided that Pikachu was safe sleeping in my bed since he was small enough for no one to notice. However, on Tuesday's and Thursday's since I had no classes, I would just sleep in until the late morning. Despite what he usually does, Pikachu ends up sleeping in along with me. Luckily, Jake each morning has an early class so it hasn't been a problem.
It was Thursday and I knew like everyone else what that meant. Thing was, I didn't want to leave Pikachu by himself. Right now, it was about 9:30 and Jake was about to head out.
"Well, I'm heading out," Jake said. "You sure you don't want to go out, it's the first week back?"
"I don't know," I said, "I'm thinking about it."
"Well, if you do, you know where to go," Jake said before leaving.
I sighed. Pikachu came out with a worried look on his face. "Pika?" he asked.
"Oh, it's nothing," I said. "As much as I would love to go out, I can't leave you here by yourself. It just seems too risky. Besides, I don't want you to feel lonely." I sat on my bed, debating in my mind.
Pikachu jumped onto the bed next to me. "Pika pika pi," he said.
I looked to him. "Are you sure, you won't feel alone by yourself?" Pikachu shook his head with a smile. "Well alright then, I guess I will go out then." I checked to make sure I had my wallet and key and was about to leave, but looked back. "Oh yeah, if you do need anything, there's stuff in the fridge." And after that, I left the room, locking the door.
Pikachu looked around. It was rather quiet at the moment. He noticed he was rather thirsty and opened up the fridge. He saw what appeared to be cans full of some kind of liquid. He opened one of them and drank some of the liquid. As soon as it hit his lips, Pikachu's eye's glazed over. He had never tasted something as good as what he was holding now. He kept drinking the liquid until it was empty. He was wanting more, but was thinking it might not be a good idea. He noticed he felt a little bit more hyper. Apparently, this drink could make him more alert. He decided against his former decision and cracked open another can, drinking more of the soda, for that's what it was.
I was on my way back to campus. I wasn't in bad shape, I could still walk fine. It was around midnight and I had classes tomorrow, so I had to go to sleep soon. As soon as I got in my dorm, I went straight up to my room. When I got into my room, I let Pikachu it was me but then I noticed something else. There were at least five empty soda cans on the floor. When Pikachu came out, he had a rather strange look on his face, and electricity was coming out of his cheeks.
"Uh, Pikachu?" I asked. "Did you drink all this soda?"
"Pika pika," Pikachu said with a laugh. Obviously he was feeling rather hyper from all the caffeine. "I wonder if the caffeine is why electricity is coming out of his cheeks?" I thought to myself.
"I guess we're on opposite sides of the spectrum," I said, laughing as well. I had a feeling Pikachu wasn't going to bed for awhile. Little did he know the crash he was going to experience would be bad. "You know, it isn't good to drink a huge amount of soda at one time." I said. "Let's just say you're not going to feel so great tomorrow morning."
I had to get to bed. I always have a policy that I need at least eight hours of sleep but usually try to go for more. "Well buddy, I need to get to bed since I have class tomorrow. You might as well get in as well since you're going to be real tired soon anyway," I said, changing, turning off the light and then getting into bed. Pikachu then got onto the bed and then snuggled onto my left side. I was still rather tipsy, but at least I could think straight. "You know Pikachu, I know I said alcohol can end up killing you, but I forgot to mention only in rather high amounts," I said, almost laughing before I fell asleep.
Although he wasn't showing it, Pikachu was shaking his head in his mind, smiling. He definitely found Chris as a rather interesting friend, but a best friend nevertheless.
(A/N: So Pikachu got his first experience of college and drinking. Well, soda that is. Hopefully, you enjoyed that. I felt maybe the story was going kind of slow so I sped up to the college part. I have a feeling this story may be rather long, but hey who's complaining. Anyway, since I'm done with my one story for now, I'll have more time to write this, so expect new chapters to come quicker.)
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