Beast

It's been a few days after I was scolded by Crunch and I was getting tired of laying low in my room. I would go to meals, training, and then immediately return here. Which wouldn't be so bad if Hi-Tech didn't insist on joining me each evening to play a game of some sort. I love the man, but he sure can talk and I like silence every once in a while. Also he talks about a lot of things and mot of it I do not understand. I understand the basics of is nothing compared to Hi-Tech's knowledge because he has practically lectured me on it! In fact that was what he was doing right now as we were playing Yatzee.

"…you would be surprised at how often people confuse a reverberating OS with an oscillating one. The operations are completely different and can result in a malfunction from the main core encryption reader-" Hi-Tech was interrupted by someone opening my door.

My best friend stepped through with her flip-flops and mini shorts. "Argh! Laura! The AC in my room is broken and its hot!"

I smiled, thankful for the interruption,"What would you like me to do about it?"

"Nothing," she looked at Hi-Tech and pointed at him, "I want you to go and fix it."

Hi-Tech gave a weak smile "I don't usually work with mundane appliances…"

"Did I ask? I called maintenance hours ago and they never came. So that means, you."

He looked over at me as if asking for help. I shrugged. "You might as well, Hi-Tech." I yawned. "I'm feeling tired anyway.

A look of disappointment flashed across his face, but quickly disappeared. "Okay. I'll see you tomorrow."

I waved a hand in dismissal and flopped onto my bed. BQ was staring at me. I looked away but still felt her eyes on me. "What?"

"Did Crunch pee in your cereal?"

I sat up and looked at her. "Again, what?"

She sighed, "Every since you told me Crunch ripped you a new one, you have been hiding out n your room not talking to anyone but Hi-Tech and barely me." She flipped her hair over shoulder, "If you're not careful, people will start thinking you guys are coming in here to make kinky sex videos."

'What?!' I stared at her. A sharp smell hit my nose. I sniffed the in a way that I am sure looked canine. I leaned closer to BQ. The smell got stronger, sort of sweet and with a tang. "You've been drinking."

BQ

I rolled my eyes at Beast and her disturbingly accurate senses. "I just had some cherry schnapps. I needed a pick me up."

Beast tilted her head in that questioning way she does. I looked away deciding to try an ignore her. But not even ten seconds later I felt two holes burning into the back of my head. 'Damn, she is so much better at that than I am.'

I threw my hands up and stood off her bed. "I had some bad luck with the boys. Roadblock is busy toughing up the residents here and I think Duke is ignoring me."

I faced Beast. She opened her mouth to comment, but I held up my hand. "No. We aren't talking about me. I already have a plan and it's going to work." I pulled the corner chair forward and sat. "Let's talk about you. Why are you skulking in here when you have tall, dark, and mysterious out there?"

She raised an eyebrow. "Tall, dark, and mysterious?"

"Yes your ninja guy. He has been wanting to talk to you." She paused, "Or sign with you. Write? Whatever, I don't care. Point is, he is looking for you and you are nowhere to be seen."

She gaped at me, "He said that?"

I sighed while examining my nails. "Well, no." She fell back on her bed and rolled over. "But whenever I walk into the training hall he asks where you are. And he almost followed you twice after the you leave the car."

"It doesn't matter we've only known each other for a few days. His interest will pass.

My jaw dropped. 'Oh no. she didn't.'

Beast

The next thing I knew, I was shoved off my bed and onto the floor. I took the fall in grace by rolling with it and landing on my toes.I looked over my bed and say BQ's "bitch face" and I wanted to hide.

"You did not just say that!" She stomped around he bed to my side, pulling me up and shoving me back down on the bed so I was forced to look up at her. "To be honest Laura I know you have no sense of when a guy likes you and to be honest most of them aren't worthy of you anyway. You never seemed interested in getting into it with one before, even when I take you out clubbing. But for the first time in forever you seem interested in a man and he seems just as interested."

I opened my mouth to dispute that, but she cut me off. "Also, don't think that I'm cheesy, but when you handed him his ass earlier, you two looked like you connected. So I am a little confused as to why you are giving him the cold-shoulder." She flipped her hair, " And I am damn near sick of people ignoring people."

"I haven't spoken to him since we kissed," I blurted out.

BQ was frozen, mouth open with her hands in the air. She blinked, "And you haven't spoken to him since?"

I closed my eyes and nodded. "I've been playing games with Hi-Tech every night."

When I opened my eyes there was a handgun in my face, barrel pointed at my forehead. "Then the only reasonable thing to do would be to find him and clear everything up." She nodded in confirmation with herself before prodding me the gun. "Go on then. If you don't, I'm gonna shoot you in the leg and say it was an accident. And I know you hate being shot."

I groaned and got up, exiting the room, mumbling.

I was halfway down the hall when BQ stepped out of my rom, "And remember to use that winning smile of yours!" She yelled smiling.