I do not own KND so stop making me say it!

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"You've got e-mail." The electronic voice blared out of his computer speakers. He selected the envelope symbol and read the contents. He had been e-mailing Hoagie for a couple of weeks now about nothing in particular.

He had decided that saying he had been in secret organisation called the kids next door and he had spent his childhood fighting against adults and that he wouldn't remember this due to him being decommissioned. O and did I forget to mention that I was your leader only I've been in a coma for the past 5 years really wasn't the sorta thing say.

Nigel could hear his parents down stairs arguing, which surprised him as, as far as he knew this had never happened before. He listened wheeling himself out of his room to the top of the stairs so that he could hear better.

"I just don't think he's ready for college just yet." He heard his mom pleading.

"Well he's got to start at some point, he's already missed five years of his education."

"And sending him away to some specialist college, with far from normal people is the best thing for him is it?" his mother replied now with an angry edge to her voice.

"It's for people just like him." He heard his father reply as if it was the end of the matter.

"Well I just don't think he's ready."

"No it's ok mom, I want to go to college." Nigel said appearing in the doorway leaning on it slightly to help him balance. "But not some specialist college, I want to go to Meadow!" he said smiling.

His parents just looked at him, "Nigel did you just walk down the stairs?" was all his mother could say.

Back in front of the computer he selected the reply to sender tab, "Hoagie I'm coming to college." He typed. After all it wasn't the first time he'd been to college, and he was hoping to meet a few people while he was there.

A week later and Nigel had been true to his word as the car stopped outside the college. "Now Nigel do you want me to pick you up at the end of the day?" his father asked concerned.

He was staring at the huge building and the hundreds of teenagers entering or hanging outside of it. That many teenagers made him feel uncomfortable, it wasn't so long ago to him that there was nothing he hated more than a teenager. "No it's fine dad, I'll be walking home with a friend."

Mr Uno smiled at his son, he hadn't even left the car yet and he already had a friend.

"So where shall I meet you?" hoagie had asked in an e-mail the day before.

"O around the front doors somewhere, I'll find you." Nigel had replied, after all he'd still recognise Hoagie wouldn't he?

Leaving the car he made his way towards the doors scanning the groups of teenagers for his friend. For some reason he had thought it would be easier than this, as a kid hoagie had stuck out like a sore thumb due to his weight and strange dress sense.

He noticed a teenager leaning up against one of the walls, his neck cranked up looking over the crowds as if he was looking for someone. No way Nigel thought to himself, this couldn't be Hoagie, maybe after all that he had in fact found the wrong one. The guy was slim and quite good looking, with baggy brown trousers and a light blue shirt over a white t-shirt.

He got closer to him, the guy was now staring at him too looking unsure. Then as Nigel got closer he noticed the yellow tinted goggles from under the brown cap the teenager was wearing and he recognised him. It was Hoagie, he felt like running over and hugging his friend, but this wasn't really the best thing to do. Unless he wanted Hoagie thinking he was some sort of freak ranting on about how much he had changed even though to his knowledge they had never met before.

"Hoagie right?" he said offering his hand to shake.

Slowly the teenager took his hand, "Yea, how did you know." He replied almost in shock.

"You just looked like a Hoagie." Nigel replied not really knowing what to say.

"You sayin I look like a sandwich?" Hoagie replied pretending to sound hurt. "You must be Nigel right? Come on I'll show you around."

Nigel followed him into the busy corridors of the college full with rows upon rows of teenagers gossiping and calling out to each other.

"This is your captain speaking and our first stop." Hoagie called out, "my locker and please no flash photography." Nigel looked at the locker, to be honest it wasn't really that interesting. Hoagie pointed to the locker next to his, "your locker" he said handing him a key.

"Thanks?" Nigel replied putting the key in his back pocket.

"Thanks!" Hoagie replied shocked, "do you have any idea what I had to do to get you that locker. I'm not going to be able to look at Muffy Jenkins in the same way ever again." He said screwing up his eyes and imitating being sick.

"Thanks a lot?" Nigel said smiling.

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