BloodRedRoses04: I think that you're right! Johnny has a group of crazy guys to handle this year, doesn't he? Hope you like this next chapter!

Nymris: I'm glad that you liked the interaction between Chet and Johnny there. :) Poor Chet is the opposite of Johnny. But anyway, Reggie sticks his foot in his mouth a lot of the time, crazy guy. xD Thanks for reading!

Remy: Hi there! *waves* That's okay about not reviewing the last chapter. I'm so sorry that you had to study so much. Are you okay? =/ Studying stresses me out to the max; I'm so glad that I'm done with school. It is great that Johnny remembers Chet though! Chet tends to get very excited over things, especially Johnny, haha. Thanks for catching up on this!

Guest: Chet is very innocent and adorable. Don't you just love him? And omg, yes, yes, yes! Javier and Reggie belong together. Have you seen Monsters University yet? There's a cute scene in the film where Jav is leaning on Reg's shoulder. :) Thank you for the review!

Chapter XIV

Reggie immediately quiets down when he learns that Ms. Hardscrabble is the Dean. He shuts his gaping mouth as much as he can and waits for the jelly-like monster behind the desk to hand him his class schedule, id, and room number. Looking impatiently, Reggie shifts from foot to foot, sending a sideways look over at Javier. Javier is staring at the wall with glassy eyes, looking like he's more off in la la land than here at the university right now.

The monster behind the desk finally emerges with two papers he took out of a folder and places them on the desktop. Reggie immediately makes a grab for them, but the monster behind the desk shakes his head at him and says, "Please wait a minute, Mr. Jacobs. I need your picture for your id. Can you stand a few inches more to your right?"

Reggie shuffles over to his right and makes a scary face at the camera, his jaws gaping and his yellow eyes practically popping out of his skull. A shiver runs down my own spine as I point out, "Now that is scary!"

Johnny looks over his shoulder at me and gives me a sort of amused look. Hoping that I've said something good, I smile up at him and take a step closer to the gray-furred monsters. Maybe this was the wrong thing to do because Johnny automatically takes a step forward as well and starts talking to Chip.

The monster behind the desk finally finishes with Reggie's id and hands it to him a few seconds later along with his class schedule and dorm room key, saying, "Here you go, Mr. Jacobs. All of the information you need should be in here. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me or the Dean."

The fuzzy green monster scoops up his id, room key, and class schedule without saying thank you to the monster behind the desk and immediately starts scrutinizing his new things while Javier steps up to the desk, eyes still glassy and voice in a monotone as he tells the slimy monster, "Name's Javier Rios."

While Javier is busy getting his school information, Reggie sidles up to him and shows off his new id, saying, "Hey, look at this, Jav! I look wicked awesome, don't I? I bet I could earn an A in my scaring class just from showing this picture of me to a little kid!"

Reggie puffs out his chest proudly as Javier glances mindlessly over at his friend's photo, nodding along and trying to hide a hint of amusement in his expression as he says, "Definitely wicked awesome, Reg."

Javier gets his photo taken while Reggie finally digs out his school schedule and starts eying it intently. My eye turns back to Johnny. He's still talking with Chip. I tilt my head at the two of them, getting a gut feeling that they might be talking about me for some reason. I'm really not sure what gives me this feeling until Johnny glances over his shoulder at me and Chip sends an almost dark look in my direction. Uh oh. I don't like being looked at this way. Am I getting kicked off of Roar Omega Roar?

Panicking, I shuffle forward and come to a halt directly behind Johnny so I can listen in to his conversation with Chip. I guess that the two monsters realize what I'm up to because they immediately stop talking. Seeing that Javier has received his papers from the monster behind the desk, Chip nods toward the slimy monster and suggests, "Why don't you go get your id, Chet?"

"Okay," I say happily, liking the idea of having my very own id. Scuttling up to the slimy monster behind the desk, I give him a friendly smile and forget all about Johnny and Chip's whispered conversation about me as I wave a crab claw at the monster and say, "Hey! I'm Chet Alexander!"

The monster behind the desk looks relieved to meet a monster who is not as rude as Reggie and returns my smile, making me feel welcome at the school as he replies, "Welcome to the university, Chet! I hope that you enjoy your stay here. I'm just going to find your class schedule and your room key before taking your picture and making your id. Please wait just one moment."

"Alright," I nod, scuttling to my right and preparing to get my picture taken.

While I wait somewhat patiently for all my new stuff, I hear Reggie blabbing away as usual to Javier. Daddy used to say that I have a big mouth, but I'm starting to think that Reggie has an even bigger one. Looking over the buggy monster's shoulder, Reggie asks, "So what's your dorm room number, dude? Maybe we're staying in the same room. That would be tight."

"Tight?" Javier repeats, raising an eyebrow while he sorts through his things, not at all in a hurry. "Why tight, Reg? You saying that I take up a lot of room or what?"

"Nah, you don't take up that much space. Tight means cool or awesome, doesn't it?" Reggie says confidently before thinking this through and realizing that he has no idea what he's talking about. "Well, I thought that's what the damn word meant anyway…"

"Well, I've never heard of it used that way before, so I dunno. You're your very own walking, talking dictionary," Javier snickers at Reggie before finally selecting his room key and reading the numbers on it aloud, "According to this thing, my dorm room number is seventy-seven and it's on the fifth floor. What's yours?"

Reggie's face automatically falls as he says, "Two hundred and twenty! We're on different floors even! This is stupid." Reggie kicks the ground in his annoyance, earning himself a dark look from the monster behind the desk looking through files for my papers. Folding his arms across his chest, Reggie adds, "I'm probably gonna have to room with some lame-o. Life so ain't fair!"

"Hey, calm down, man. It's just a room," Javier says, trying to wipe the sullen look off of Reggie's face. Reggie doesn't look any happier, so the bug-like monster wraps an arm around his shoulders and says, "Look, how about I go and help you find your dorm room so I know where to go to come visit ya sometime, hm?"

Reggie brightens slightly at this and thinks it through only for a second before nodding and starting across the large entrance area just inside the school, waving to the rest of us as he calls out, "Jav and I are gonna go find our rooms! See ya later for the Dean's speech!"

As the two monsters disappear, I catch Johnny rolling his violet eyes in Chip's direction as he mutters to his friend, "That little fuzz ball has no idea when or where the Dean's speech is taking place, does he?"

Chip rolls his eyes along with Johnny and shakes his head, saying, "You might have to teach him to take things down a few notches. From what I've seen of him, Reggie will make a good scarer, but he's too rambunctious for his own good."

Johnny nods and gets a contemplating look on his face. I'm snapped out of their conversation when a flash of light practically blinds me. I blink in shock and turn back to the monster behind the desk. Smiling kindly in my direction, the monster hands me a room key, my student id, and a class schedule before saying, "Sorry if I caught you off guard by taking your picture there. Anyway, everything that you need to know should be right here."

"Thanks!" I exclaim, giving the monster in front of me a beaming smile before scuttling to my right to check out my id, class schedule, and room key. I'm busy examining the room key when two large masses loom overtop of me, shrouding me in a dark shadow. For a moment, I'm reminded of daddy and the way he used to stand over me. I shiver until I look up and find Chip and Johnny standing next to me. I immediately brighten and grin at them, saying, "Hi guys! I got my id, my class schedule, and my room key! Don't you guys have to get yours too?"

Chip shakes his head calmly and murmurs, "Johnny and I have been to the school before. We're sharing a dorm room and we already have our ids and schedules. Listen, Chet, the Dean's speech takes place in the cafeteria at six pm. You won't want to miss it, so make sure you show up at the cafeteria on time, alright? I think that it says somewhere on your class schedule that the Dean's speech takes place at six, but just remember it. Do you think that you'll be able to find your dorm room on your own? Johnny and I have some things to talk about."

I start to nod before looking down at my small bag and realizing that it's not so heavy. I'd much rather follow Chip and Johnny around then go and find my dorm room. I can do that later. Feeling like I've just come up with a very good idea, I reply, "I'll just hang out with you for a while! I can find my dorm room after the speech!"

I look very pleased with myself and tilt my chin up to see Chip's and Johnny's reactions. Neither of them are smiling. Johnny exchanges a look with Chip and clears his throat before saying in a firm tone of voice, "You should go find your dorm room. You'll need to know where it is. Come find us at the cafeteria later for the Dean's speech after you've dropped your things off at your room."

I may not be the smartest crab ever, but even I can tell from Johnny's tone of voice that I'm not welcome to follow him and Chip. I'm not wanted. Feeling sad that Johnny out of all monsters doesn't want me around, I hang my head and say in a sorrowful tone of voice, "Okay."

A look of regret flashes across Johnny's face and he claps a hand on my shoulder, saying, "Chin up! It's not hard to find your dorm room." Johnny misinterprets my sadness for fear of getting lost and flips my class schedule over to reveal a map of the school to me. You know, now that I think of it, getting lost is something that could easily happen to someone like me. Johnny goes on, "If you aren't sure where you're going, just look at the map here. I can't have my future ROR scarer getting lost now, can I?"

"I won't get lost, boss. Promise," I tell Johnny, wishing that I knew the reason why he doesn't want me to hang out with him and Chip.

"Make me proud, Chet!" Johnny says, cuffing me gently under the chin before he turns and swaggers through the mass of monsters shuffling through the entrance of the school with Chip by his side.

A sort of warm tingle ran through my body when Johnny touched me just now. It was a good sort of feeling, not the bad sort that I usually associate with being touched. Still trying to figure out why Johnny didn't want me around him and Chip, I start scuttling toward the staircase closest to me since I know that my dorm room is located on either the fifth or sixth floor.

I probably should've checked my dorm room number before starting up the staircase, but I'm too busy thinking about Johnny to worry about this. What if he doesn't want me around because I talk too much? That could be the reason why he doesn't want me around. Daddy always said that I have a big mouth. Then again, maybe Johnny doesn't want an ugly, one-eyed crab following him around. That could be a good reason for him not to want me around too.

By the time I've reached the top of the staircase, I've come up with a long list of reasons to why Johnny wouldn't want me spending time around him. I'd probably ruin his reputation. Someone like me is better off with a group of monsters that are more my equals. Johnny is anything but my equal. He's amazing, strong, handsome, capable, and everything that I'm not. He's a born leader and I'm a born follower.

Feeling slightly depressed, I suddenly realize that I have no idea where I'm going and come to a halt. Now would probably be a good time to get that map Johnny told me about out. Unfolding the paper, I squint my eye at it and scan the tiny font for anything that says something like "dorm rooms". Either I really am going blind or the map is about impossible to read because I don't see anything that says "dorm rooms" on the map. I puzzle over this for a good five minutes before deciding to read the whole map. This time, I find a section on the map that says "dormitories". Oh, these must refer to the dorm rooms! Thinking that writing "dorm rooms" on the map would've been less confusing than writing "dormitories" on them, I realize that I'm on the right floor for my dorm room. My room number is seventy-seven. I wonder who my roomie will be. What did Javier and Reggie say that their room numbers were again? I scratch my head and realize that I've forgotten already.

I trail all the way down the long hallway looking for a number seventy-seven on the rooms to my left and right, but don't see any rooms in the seventies. I end up at a dead end and frown. I was sure that I was going in the right direction! Checking my map again, I take a closer look at it and realize that I've been holding the map upsi-down. Oopsy. No wonder I was going in the wrong direction! Who knew that maps could be so confusing?

Now off on the right course, I turn and start scuttling in the opposite direction, making slow progress since the hallway is full of students pushing this way and that in order to find their own dorm rooms. At the end of the hallway, I take a sharp right and end up knocking into someone. Flinching, I bring myself to a halt and look in front of me to see who I just ran into. There's nothing directly in front of me. Huh, that's weird! I could've sworn that I just knocked into something or someone! I scratch my head with a crab claw before suddenly glancing downward and noticing a very small monster on the floor. I must have knocked her over on accident in my hurry to get around the corner and find my dorm room.

Feeling awful for knocking a girl one-tenth of my size down, I immediately drop my bag and offer her a crab claw to use to stand back up, saying, "I'm so sowwy; I wasn't watching where I was going. Are you okay?"

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