Chapter 4

After Missy was done with her classes for the day, she went straight back to her dorm. When she got there, she was greeted with the sight of Ares and her roommate, Deborah sitting in front of the T.V. completely engrossed in a game of MW2.

Deborah looked as she always looked when she was playing her games: a slightly distant look in her brown eyes, her headset falling toward the right side of her head all while biting her lip until it bleeds. She always scared Missy a little bit but the way Ares looked was completely frightening.

He sat bent over a little bit as if her was trying to get closer to the screen and his headset was resting on his shoulders as if they had fallen off. The thing that scared Missy thought was that he had a crazed look in his eye, as if playing that game was making him extremely happy and joyful.

Missy made a startled noise when he let out a loud howl of laughter just after he killed somebody. Seeming to finally have noticed her, Ares turned around and he seemed to go immediately back to his old self.

"Hello," he said to her with a glint of the happiness still in his eyes. "I was just playing this video game with your friend. It is quite fun."

"Yes, of course." Missy shook her head and walked over to her bed. She set down her books and plopped down on to her bed and closed her eyes with a sigh. She opened her eyes when she felt a poke on her shoulder.

"Where do I sleep?"

"You get the couch."

"Excuse me?"

"The couch. That's where you will sleep."

"But why can't I have a bed!" He was starting to whine like a child now and Missy was getting slightly annoyed. "When Deb isn't here then you can have her bed. She won't mind."

Ares looked down at her uneasily. "Are you sure?"

"Ask her yourself."

"I'll take your word for it." With that, he walked back over to the game and was lost in t once again. Missy took out her homework and worked on it until Deb announced that she was going out and warned Ares not to play her Xbox.

"Listen up, dude. No playin' any games while I'm out. Got it?" Ares didn't seem to like to be talked to that way but nodded his head anyway.

"See ya in the morning, Missy." With a final wave to Missy, she was gone. "Here are some of my brother's old jammies that you can wear." She handed him over a pair of large flannel bottoms and a white Under Armour shirt.

"Why do you have your brother's clothes?" She merely shrugged in return. "If you need to take a shower then just go down the hall to the right and you'll see a sign that say men's showers. Nobody should be in there this late." He nodded and left the room. After a while, Missy finally fell asleep and didn't notice Ares come back and watch her while she slept until she finally decided to go to sleep himself.

The next day was Saturday and Missy didn't have any classes. Ares followed behind her with a big basket of her dirty clothes while listening intently on how to do laundry. "It's simple really, all you really have to do is make sure that you don't mix up the clothes or put too much soap in."

Ares handed her the basket once they got to the washing machine in the basement. Ares was staring out the window until he heard something. He turned around and it turned out that Missy was singing to herself.

"Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a-drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
Singin'...

Joy to the world
All the boys and girls now
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me."

"You can carry a tune." Missy looked up at him confused. "What? Oh, thanks. For some reason I like to sing that song when I'm doing laundry." She finished a little while later and they made their way back up to her dorm.

"Can we please get new clothes for me? I don't like these ones anymore." Missy was really starting to get annoyed with his complaining. She thought a moment.

"I know! We need to get you a job!" Looking far too pleased with herself, she grabbed Ares' hand started to lead him down the hallway. "Do you have a job, Missy?"

"Oh, yes. I work at the Shack. It's just a little bar that we have on campus, but I can't let you work there."

"And why not?"

"Because a lot of guys pick fights there, and even though you're trying to be a normal human, I really doubt that you would control yourself."

"Then what do you suggest?"

"You can work with the janitor, Joe. He always pays kids a good amount of money if you help him work."

Ares was bewildered. How did it come to this? He came here to be a mortal not a janitor. With an exaggerated sigh, he agreed and they made their way to Joe's office.

Song: Joy to the world- Three Dog Night

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