Finals are finally over and I'll be on here more often now! Yey! There are still a few more fanfics I need to catch up on but I needed to finish typing up this chapter first. :P

Okay, I am so ready for summer! Or spring! Whichever - as long as there's sun, and it's just really really warm outside. XD How bout you guys? and gosh it's already second semester for me! School's going by fast! Not to mentioned movies go by a lot faster the more times you've seen them... But can't say I'd get tired of watching em *shrug* - honestly though, I saw Moana for a third time over the weekend and it didn't even feel like an hour!

Anyways, few words before you get reading, I actually have Jay and Kai getting drunk in this chapter... Though I kept everything on the kid/family - zone. So no language or anything inappropriate. I wanna keep this AU enjoyable for everyone :)

"Jay you keep this up, you're gonna regret it -"

"Yeah, yeah, I get it."

Cole frowned and marched up to the chair, turning it around so that Jay could see him eye to eye, sharply. "Maybe if you cared about your grades, you'd actually get it. You're in college, Jay!" Jay gripped onto the armrests of the chair and shrugged carelessly. "You're not even caught up with the book club and the book we're reading. Not to mention you have a paper due in a few days."

"Since when do you keep track of my assignments?"

"Since I dunno. I wish I didn't, but you're a procrastinator and you're lazy. So someone needs to make sure you don't oversleep or turn in things late."

Jay huffed. "Have Zane do it or something, if you hate it that much. The guy can keep track of a ton of dates."

"He is, but he isn't in the room right now, is he?"

Jay's face twisted and he threw a pencil onto the desk.

"Fine! I'll get to work…"

Cole held out his laptop. He pulled the laptop from Cole's hands and opened a fresh new document, staring at the page. His hands refused to leave the edge of the desk. Pushing the laptop back, he banged his head against the desk.

"Are you being serious right now? You have these papers right here to help you," Cole scoffed as he flipped through the folder, pulling out a handful of papers.

"Whatever," Jay folded his arms across his chest and pouted. He was attacked by the stack of papers being piled onto his desk.

The minutes passed as Jay worked, or tried to work, while Cole sat on Jay's bed reading. Every time Jay tried to drift off task, Cole would threaten to throw his book at him. Obviously Cole didn't expect Jay to finish all of it today, but Zane probably did.

"Can we listen to some music?" Jay asked in the same tone any kid would.

He reached for his phone but Cole slammed the book shut, aiming it for Jay's head. Jay's hand drew back and he frowned, dragging his fingers down his face.

Cole picked up his phone and pulled up a playlist, mixed of different song genres and turned up the volume, setting it down beside him.

After an hour of nothing but music filling the room, Jay launched his feet off the back of the desk and rolled the chair by Cole.

"Eyy, by the way, I'm going to a party tomorrow night with Kai!"

Cole's shoulders tightened and he tore his gaze off the page, looking to Jay with his mouth halfway open.

"Come again?"

"I'm going to a party with Kai! I'm not sure what kind of party… but he invited me, so it'd be rude not to accept… wanna come with?" Jay skimmed the room for snacks and picked up a banana.

Cole shook his head swiftly. "No."

Cole was not up for hanging at college parties. At least, not while he was still in his freshman year. He wanted this year to run smoothly, and not get held behind by things like parties. Not to mention all the things that could happen. He smiled nervously and cleared his throat.

"You uh… you know it's a fifty-fifty chance it might happen, but uh, don't drink too much."

Jay froze, the banana already peeled. He burst into laughter.

"I appreciate your concern, Cole, but I'll be fine! I've never tasted anything but water and fruit juice in my entire life! Oh and soda... If anything, it'll be Kai who gets drunk."

Cole tried to put a smile on his face.

"Yeah… okay…"

"Did you finish your paper last night?"

That was the first thing Zane asked when he met Jay sitting on a bench by the large window the next day.

Cole snickered.

Jay kicked him.

"Really? Really!? Is everyone keeping track of my assignments? Couldn't you ask something like, 'how was your day, Jay?' Or, 'I like that shirt you're wearing', which by the way is my favorite shirt of all time… Or maybe something like: I bought an apple but I'm not going to eat, do you want it instead? And I'd say: sure! I'd love an apple!" He pointed to the ruby red apple on Zane's tray.

"I always buy apples, they are good for your health. I would have bought another one if I knew you wanted one."

Jay's face turned red and he held a fist in front of his face, deeply inhaling, than letting it all out.

"So how's your day so far, Zane?" Jay asked, taking another bite from his sandwich.

"It is going well, thank you for asking. How about yours?"

"I'm going to a party tonight!"

Zane raised a brow.

"You are?"

"Yeah! Kai invited me. I'm really excited! My first college party!"

"That sounds… Nice." He turned to Cole. "How about you? Are you going to?"

Cole bit into his granola bar and gazed up at Zane. "No…" He said, mouth full.

Zane sat down next to Cole and set the tray down on his lap. He watched as Jay caught notice of Nya walking buy, and hurriedly stuffed down the rest of his sandwich. The ginger packed his food away and stood up, running to catch up to Nya, leaving his things behind.

Once Jay was gone, Zane looked to Cole. "You aren't going to try and stop him from going to the party?"

"Oh, me? No- We don't gotta worry bout him, right? Just Kai."

"I remember you told me Jay's mom asked you about how Jay was holding up in college. And going to a party at this level does not sound like a wise idea. If he was older, sure, but he's still a freshman like us. Maybe you should do his parents a favor and look out for him as his roommate."

Cole leaned back against the window. No words left his mouth, but an exhausted sigh.

"I am very sure you don't think this is a good idea either, I can't be the only one who thinks this…" He cast a glance at his tray and picked up the fruit. "Apple?"

Jay slipped into his sweatshirt and tugged at the ends of the sleeves, wriggling his hands inside of them. He propped his hood and slid by his desk, picking up his phone.

It was about twenty minutes before the party started and Jay promised Kai he'd be there early.

Feeling confident in himself, he marched towards the door and opened it just halfway before looking back at Cole, who was sitting on his bed with headphones sitting on his head.

"You sure you don't wanna come?"

Cole pulled his right headphone off his ear and stared at Jay.

"What I said yesterday, I meant it."

"Oh, okay. Thought you'd change your mind… I dunno…"

Cole thought back to what Zane had said to him earlier today and continued to stare right through Jay. He shook his head and turned his attention back to his music.

Having no clue what that was all about, Jay shrugged and proceeded to leave until Cole's voice stopped him.

"But, hey. Have fun…"

"This party's really loud!" Jay shouted, hoping Kai could hear him.

They were standing by the stairs of the house, Kai holding a glass in his hand. Jay hadn't accepted any offer for a drink since he'd arrive. He put his hands on his hips in satisfaction and watched from the corner of his eye as Kai took a long sip.

"Don't you think you've had enough?" Jay's stomach growled. He sighed. There was barely anything to eat here. When he was told it would be a party, he assumed there'd be drinks and food, bit apparently not.

Kai flashed Jay a crooked smile and shook the drink in his hand. He took another sip, the glass already two thirds empty. Jay looked around him and saw everybody else doing the same. No one was sitting on the side like he was. Everyone was being just like Kai.

"You don't wanna try?" Kai asked.

"Uh… uh no thanks…" he bit his lip. Did Nya know about this habit of Kai's? After all, she did scold at him when he almost swore at the café.

"Why, you got some bad experience with it or something?"

Jay shook his head in one quick motion. "N-No, I've just never had anything other than water, fruit juice, and soda… I don't plan to try anything else." His eyes left the glass and he started to back away from Kai, trying to make up his mind whether he should just leave right now.

Kai frowned and looked at the bottom of his glass, tilting the glass from side to side.

"Ya sure? You haven't even tried it…" Kai held his glass up in front of Jay's face.

The ginger backed up and pushed the glass away from him. "I promised Cole I wouldn't do anything that might … ya know…"

Kai rolled his eyes and continued to stuff the glass in his face.

"Pfhhhhhhh… Is Cole like your big bro or something? I promised…" he mocked.

Jay winced, feeling a little hurt, and he pushed the glass away again. Kai had drank way too much. He swallowed and took a bold step forward.

"No… well… I dunno… but, Nya wouldn't approve of this either, Kai!"

The other scowled and curled his free fingers into a fist. "Just try some! I promise I won't let you get all…" he stopped as he pointed to some of the people around them who were already out of it.

Cole was in Lloyd's room, skimming through the comics Lloyd had brought with him.

Zane was out for the night, as he promised to help Nya with another project. Which left Lloyd alone in his dorm. It was nice having the room all to himself once in while, but Lloyd got easily lonely. So when he heard from Cole that Jay was hanging with Kai, Lloyd invited the guy over.

"So any plans for mid-winter break?" Lloyd asked as he stared at his phone screen.

Cole picked up another comic and continued reading. "No… not really. I'm excited for the Spring though. Can't wait for the sun!"

His eyes traveled up and down the page as he read through the panels. It was an interesting comic… And it definitely wasn't Starfarer. Something about a girl who spent most of her life on her phone. He wasn't sure why Lloyd had a comic like that with him, but it wasn't all bad to read.

He flipped the next page, slipping into a lying position on Lloyd's bed.

"I got some chips, want any?"

"Oh, sure!" Cole held up his hand as Lloyd tossed him the small snack back. Cole caught it with ease and brought it to the mattress, about to pop open the bag until: "Hey, you're okay if I eat on your bed, right?"

Lloyd's mouth was already stuffed with chips and he swiveled in his chair. "Go ahead!"

Once Cole was finally finished with the comic, he picked out another and dropped his face into the bed, giving his eyes a break.

"I heard Jay was going to a party with Kai. Tonight."

"Oh yeah." Cole spoke into the blankets.

"I'm kinda worried about that."

Cole's head came up and he looked to Lloyd.

"Nothing to worry about, Jay promised he wouldn't do anything dumb."

"Uh, you might want to rethink that… Kai… He… He could change that." Lloyd exchanged a worried look with Cole. "He's been to many parties that Nya never knew about… When you're with him… In other words, ya, you should be worried."

Cole slammed right into the door and wobbled backwards, nearly losing his balance. He rubbed at his forehead and gazed down at the ground. "Next time, I better watch where I'm running…" Cole told himself as he tried to reach for the knob.

"C'mon, Jay, where are you?" Cole opened the door and stared with wide eyes at what was before him. He gulped, as he watched people flailing their arms and laughing and shouting. He was gonna find Jay, he knew he was, but it wasn't going to be easy.

He wandered into the crowd and shouted either Jay or Kai over and over again, but was barely getting anywhere due to the loud music. Everyone around him was either bouncing or dancing as the music got louder.

Cole tugged at his collar. "Ugh, it's too warm in here…"

There were too many things going on at once to keep track of as Cole continued to squeeze past people. There were couples standing on the sides, people chatting upstairs, some of them munching away at the snack table, and much more.

Right as he got to the other side of the building, he leaned against the rail and dropped his head into his arms.

"Well, if it isn't Cole -"

Cole's head shot up and his muscles tensed. He spun around on his heels as his stomach twisted.

"Oh… No…"

He noticed Jay and Kai leaning against the wall with a drink in both their hands. Cole flinched.

He did not just...

"I didn't think that you would make it." Kai's eyelids were closed halfway and his mouth was curved upwards in a thin line.

"I'm not here to join the party, Kai. I'm here to make sure you two are okay."

"Haaah, okay? We're totally okay. Right, Jay?"

Jay nodded, looking the same as Kai. "C'mon, Cole, just stay here for a bit longer."

"No. I'm not staying, and I'm not letting you two either. Someone's gotta make sure you guys get back to your rooms safely."

"Safely? Cole we can get back to our dorms without you -" Kai clinked his glass against Jay's and drank, while Jay pointed at Kai using his thumb with a smirk on his face. Cole looked around awkwardly.

Finally he said, almost whisper, "You guys are drunk."

The two exchanged glances and burst into laughter. Kai put a hand on Cole's shoulder. "We just drank a lot, that's all."

"That's basically what being drunk is."

Jay stepped between Cole and Kai. "We're not drunk, I wouldn't have come if I knew I could get drunk."

It's a party! Cole screamed in his head, wanting to strangle both Kai and Jay. He put a hand to his face and groaned. Suddenly, both Kai and Jay had slung their arms over his shoulder. Cole's brows knitted together.

"You're just a party pooper - hah… Hah hah…. Haaaaah!" Cole felt himself tipping from side to side, while the other two were slowly swaying themselves. He grabbed both their arms and pulled them off, pushing them back against the wall.

"You. Two. Are. Completely out of it!" He threw his arms up in the air and ground his teeth together. Jay attempted to take a step forward but ended up leaning to the right. Cole caught him and stood him up beside Kai.

"How bout, you just give us a ride home then, huh, Cole?" Kai suggested as he elbowed Cole in the arm. Jay nodded.

"You guys didn't drive here… You walked." growled Cole.

"We what? Oh yeah! Heh… Well then you don't have to give us a ride home!"

"Yeah I don't, but I'm walking you two back to your rooms. This isn't healthy."

The two of them looked like a complete mess, especially Kai.

Zane was right, maybe he should've tried to talk both Jay and Kai out of coming. However, seeing how it didn't seem like the first time Kai's done something like this, Cole wondered if Nya knew about Kai and his parties. He snatched the glasses out of their hands and glanced around for the nearest table.

He caught sight of one all the way across the room. Just about ready to explode, Cole calmed himself and turned to the two drunkies.

"You two stay here. Not like that'll happen, but I hope you two are drunk enough to just stay in one spot."

He bit on his lower lip before finally crossing the room to put the glasses away.

Thankfully when he returned they were both still there. Kai, wandering by the restrooms.

Once they were all outside, Cole watched as both Kai and Jay high-fived each other for no specific reason. He nudged each of them to start walking and he followed behind, making sure one of them didn't trail off or fall.

This was officially the worst night ever. Worse than when he had to play some video game at Kai's room. Luckily this whole being drunk thing wouldn't last long, right?

Cole closed the door shut, his eyes tired from the night he'd had. A thump sounded from behind him and he turned around to find Jay collapsed on the bed.

His bed.

Cole chewed on the inside of his cheek.

"Um, you still aw-"

"Kai, why's Cole still here?"

Cole sighed and walked over to his bed, trying to pull Jay off.

"Jay, Kai's gone. We dropped him off like five minutes ago… and also, you're on my bed. Get off."

"This is my bed, you dummy!"

"My bed!"

"Sleep on your bed!"

"You're in my bed!"

"Hah hah haaaaaaaaaaaa… good times."

"Excuse me?"

"I'm gonna head to sleep now."

"What?"

"Since when did my bed get softer?"

"You haven't even changed -"

"When I wake up, imma beat the heck out of Cole. He's annoying."

Cole opened his mouth to speak as did raise his hand, but soon realized it was no use and lowered his arm. He sat on the edge of the bed which Jay had not taken up and put his face into his hands. Jay buried his face into the pillow.

Instead, he stood up and picked up a fairly thick book from his desk, coming back to sit down on the bed.

"You know, I'm actually going to enjoy this more than feel bad about it." He lifted the book above Jay's head and slammed it down just hard enough to knock him out.

Finally, Jay had stopped mumbling, and Cole collapsed backwards, staring,at the ceiling, his eyes slowly closing. Cole was no doubt, dead tired. All up for sleeping into the next day.

He told himself not to fall asleep or else he would've spent the entire night sleeping over Jay's tired body. Which wasn't good for his back, and for Jay's. Groaning, he pushed himself up and stumbled onto his feet. Reaching over, he pulled the blanket over Jay and dropped the book by his side.

When he finished, he slipped into his nighttime clothes and stood in front of Jay's bed. He quickly glanced back at Jay, who was completely motionless, lying on Cole's bed.

Cole cursed under his breath and plopped onto Jay's bed, resting his chin in the palm of his hand.

Kai had called himself a hero, a wizard, and some other thing he couldn't quite remembered as he walked the guy back to his dorm.

And Jay was sleeping on his bed.

If only it was Nya who'd came to drag Kai out of there. He chuckled softly to himself. Boy, he would've loved to see that.

Pretty long chapter but ey *shrug*