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Chapter 34 New acquaintances

The campus was crowded with students and those who wanted to be students here. The newcomer were easily to make out, because they looked around and searched for the place they were supposed to be at the moment. Maria and Liz were just coming from the regristration, where they got their student card, their schedule and were told which house they would be living. Now they were looking for the mentioned house. But it wasn´t easy, because the campus was huge and nobody stopped to help them.

" Do you think we´re even in the right direction?", Liz was worried that they would never find their house. She felt like an animal trapped in a labyrinth. No matter which way they would take, they would never find the exit.

Maria looked at the map she got from the nice lady at the registration. But she couldn´t even figure out where they were now and to know which way they should take to get to their destination was harder to read. " I think you should take a look at the map".

Liz took the map from her friend and eyed it. No wonder that Maria couldn´t read a thing on this, she held it wrong the whole time. Without trying to laugh, Liz turned it around and tried to find the spot where they stood at the moment. Her brown eyes travelled over the piece of paper and here and there she brushed her long brown hair behind her ear. Suddenly she looked up and around. " Ha. I found it".

" Thank god! I already thought we have to sleep outdoors tonight", Maria followed her friend which was heading fast forward. She had slight problems keeping up with her, because there were too many people walking around.

And then it happened. She lost Liz in the crowd while she was busy with checking out a few of the boys standing at the side and eyeing her. Slightly paniced she scanned the place for a brown haired head or a person with a backpack in the form of a teddybear. But there were just too many people. Just as she decided to just follow the path she walked before and turned around to start walking, she collied with another body. Startled she lost her balance and fell to the ground. Great, she was not even here for an hour and she already behaved like a klutz.

" Is everything alright?", a good looking boy was looking down on her with a shy smile. Slowly he offered her his hand to help her stand up.

A little embarressed she took his hand and arose from the ground. Immediately she wiped the dirt from her jeans, while she tried to act like nothing happened. " Yeah, nothing hurt. Except my pride".

" I´m sorry. I didn´t see you. I´m new here and I was looking for my house when you walked into me", the boy wasn´t so sorry about the collision at all. He checked Maria out and wasn´t disappointed about her appearance. She was exactly the type of women he tried to get into his bed. She was small, petite and blonde.

Maria finally raised her head and eyed the wall she walked into. He was a real eye catcher with his million dollar smile, his spikey hair and the mischievous twinkle in his chocolate brown eyes. The body seemed to be not so bad either, at least as much as she could see from his black designer shirt he wore. " It´s okay. I wasn´t looking where I was going actually. I´m also looking for my house and I lost my friend somewhere in this crowd".

The boy regarded her closely. He had the feeling he knew her from somewhere. But how could he forget such a beauty? He would remember her for sure, especially with her green eyes that were so light like he never saw it at anybody else. " You´re kinda familiar. Have we meet before?".

" I don´t think so", althrough Maria had the feeling to know him, too. It was something in her inside telling her, he wasn´t so foreign to her. Like she would meet an old friend she didn´t see for a long time.

The boy noticed that she wasn´t so sure herself. Maybe they meet at a party or something. " I´m Michael by the way", he stretched his hand out.

Maria took it immediately. " Maria".

" Maria. The name is just as beautiful as you", Michael put on his most charming smile. It wasn´t so bad to be here actually. Not even an hour and he had a new conquest. He just had to see what was still laying ahead of him, when he was here longer.

Maria contained her reflex to roll her eyes. Damn she let his nice appearance fool her. He was just like every other male. Great another guy who thought he was a gift for all women. She should have known better. " You´re wasting no time, aren´t you?".

Michael lifted his eyebrow and smirked cockily. " No. Not with such gorgeous women like you".

" I wonder how many of this gorgeous women heard the same line before me", Maria wanted to go asap. She was so sick of this guys, who were just nice to you until they had what they wanted and then they dropped you like a hot potatoe. She would never fall into these traps again. She burned her hands too many times on this kind of men.

Michael acted shocked and put his hand on his heart. " Now you´re hurting my feelings. I´m not just trying to charm you into my bed. Besides I don´t even know where my bed is standing at the moment".

Maria just wanted to tell him if he even possessed feelings, when Liz came from the crowd and grasped her arm. " Thank god that I found you. What are you still doing here?".

" I lost you in all this jumble. And then I ran into him", Maria pointed at Michael. She was glad that her friend was here and would give her an excuse to go.

Liz finally realized that they weren´t alone and eyed the tall guy besides her friend. He was hot. Immediately she started to blush when he looked at her.

" Hey. I´m Michael", this time he didn´t shake hands, but he winked with his hand. She wasn´t someone he would nail. She was too boring for his taste. Contrary to her friend Maria. That was another case.

Liz turned a darker shade of red. Why was she always so shy around hot guys? " Liz".

" Great. Now that the introduction is over, we can finally find our rooms", Maria had no real desire to stay here any longer. Besides she wanted to put her things away and rest a little.

Michael put on his smirk for the last time. " We´ll be seeing each other", with a hinted salute he disappeared.

" Great. I can´t wait", Maria replied sarcastically when she made her way to her house with Liz.

The whole way, her friend pestered her with all kind of question about Michael and how hot he was. She was gushing over his appearance and the clothes which was clinging to his body really nicely. And his charming smile that made her inside flutter. Then she started to tease Maria that he obviously had casted an eye on her, which she denied of course. He was just after one thing and that was getting her naked and into his bed. It was nothing more than lust. And Maria knew that she wouldn´t fall for this number again. Not after her shitty relationship with Billy. He was also from this kind of man who promised you everything as long as he´s courting you. But after he´s sure that he has you bagged, he changes. But you don´t realize it at first, you finally noticed it when you´re so in love with him that you can´t image ever breaking up with him. Actually she should have noticed it earlier, because everybody was telling her that Billy didn´t fit to her. She was popular, intelligent and nice. He was a musician with no desire to make something out of his life. And yet she loved him. When she got her accepting letter from the university he fought with her. He threatened to break up when she would attend to college. This time she didn´t let herself forcing into something that he wanted. This time she did what she wanted. Billy didn´t actually know that she was here, but he would know it as soon as he tried to phone her at home. At this thought a smile appeared on her face. How much she would love to see his face when he realized that she went against him.

" Are you even listening to me?", Liz seemed to have registered that her friend was in her own little world.

Maria shook her head and turned to her friend. " I´m sorry. Did you say something?".

" No. I was just talking to strangers", Liz rolled her eyes at her friend. What did Maria think she was doing the whole time? Talking to herself? But after the far away look she had obviously talked to herself. " Where were you with your thoughts? Has it something to do with Michael?".

Maria felt how a slight blush crept up her neck at the mention of the name. Alright, she had to admit, he was an absolute hottie. But everybody with eyes would see that. It was just his pick up line that bothered her. " No. I was actually just thinking about Billy. I´m curious what he´ll do when he becomes aware that I went behind his back and did what he didn´t want me to do".

Liz groaned loud. What did her friend see in Billy? He was rude, had no ambition to make more out of his life, he treated Maria like an object and he didn´t even look that great. She and probably every citizen of Roswell didn´t understand why Maria dated him so long actually. They were the complete opposite and didn´t match. " You should forget about him. I mean you´re still young and there are better guys around here. You did the right thing by breaking up with him".

" You´re right. I shouldn´t worry about him", Maria knew that her friends and her family weren´t so keen on Billy. They told her time and time again that she would find someone better. And now she had the chance to start new.

" Hey, here is my room", Liz stopped in front of a door with the number 89. Sadly she turned to Maria. " I´m disappointed that we can´t share a room together".

Maria huged her friend warmly. Yeah she thought so, too. " Don´t worry, I´m just a few doors down the hall. Besides we can meet new people and maybe find new friends in the process".

Liz breathed deeply out before she released Maria. Let´s see what kind of roommate she got. " Wish me luck".

" Luck", Maria gave her two thumps up and then continued her way to her room. Nervously she took her time to walk there. She was dreading what she would find behind it. What kind of person her roommate was, if they would get along or if they would try to scratch each others eyes out.

When she finally came to her room, she opened the door with sweating hands and a fast beating heart. Slowly she stepped in and looked around. She seemed to be the first one to arrive here, because there wasn´t anybody in sight. Carefully she eyed the room properly. There were two small beds, which were seperated through a little table on which a phone was standing. At each side were big bureaus standing. Besides them seemed to be the closets for their clothes. Near the door was a sink and at the other side was a desk with two chairs. Maria was impressed with the furnishing. In a few days when she positioned all her things, she would feel really homey here.

" Hey, you have to be my roommate", rang a female voice behind her.

Startled Maria turned around and came face to face with a cute looking girl. She was just as tall as her, with blonde curly hair and pretty blue eyes. Her friendly smiling face seemed to be flawless. " Then you have to be mine".

" Yeah. Are you so excited about college, too?", the girl was extremely hyper and couldn´t stand still for a few seconds. But despite her expression of a cheeleader on exctasy, she seemed to be a nice girl.

Maria felt like she was still in Highschool and they were on a trip with the class, where she had to share her room with one of the airheads called cheerleader. " Are you always so... psyched up?".

The girl didn´t lose her smile and it slowly scared her. " No, it´s just the excitement of experiencing something new and be away from home".

Maria nodded her head in understanding. She knew that feeling, but she didn´t show it so openly. Actually she didn´t show her emotions ever, except for joy and absolute hate. But other than that nobody knew what was going inside her head.

" Oh god, where are my manners? My name is Tess Dupree", the girl stepped closer to her and stretched her hand out.

" I´m Maria Valenti", she took the offered hand and shook it. The moment their skins came in contact a little spark flew from their hands. Immediately they both pulled back.

Tess eyed her hand surprised. That had never happened before. She had got a tiny electric shock when she touched someone, sure, but she never had sparks flying. She looked up at Maria and noticed that she was as surprised as herself. For the first time she detected her eyes and the more she saw into them the more she thought she had seen them before. Suddenly the moment was broken through the ringing of something. Instantly Maria took her cellphone out of her little handbag and pushed a few buttons.

" Boyfriend?", Tess asked nosily. She wasn´t so curious actually, but she wanted to keep the conversation going. Something said her that Maria wasn´t so different than her.

Maria drew her attention from her cellphone. " No worse. Brother".

" Cool. I´m also here with my brother", Tess was glad that she found a topic. Maybe she could find out something about her while they talked.

Maria put her cellphone back in her handbag. " Let´s see how cool you still find it when you want to date a nice boy and you´re brother interfere´s the whole time".

Tess laughed about that. She had enough experience in that case than she liked. Her brother was a worryward and tried to protect her from harm. Sometimes it was cute and sometimes she could kill him. " You´re telling me. He´s treating me like a little child, althrough we´re the same age".

" I can relate to that. So you´re a twin, too?".

" Yeah. And obviously you, too", Tess liked Maria the more time she spent with her. They would perfectly get along. At least as long as they could rant about their overprotective brothers, which could take time. Maybe a few years or so.

Maria smiled for the first time wholeheartly. She liked Tess. " Yeah. Maybe we should exchange our best stories"

Other side of the campus

Kyle finally found his room after he walked around the whole campus. Boy was the place huge and the map was for shit. He wondered for the first time why he hadn´t joined the boyscouts when he was younger, at least there he would have learned to read a map. But no, he decided to join the junior baseball league. Hopefully Maria didn´t have the same problems, althrough she would have more chances at getting an answer when she asked someone after the way. Alright, he would have gotten an answer, when his stupid pride would have let him ask. However that didn´t matter now, he found his room without help. And he was stunned how big and cozy it appeared. He would definitely feel like home here the next years. Wasted he took his backpack from his shoulders and threw it at the bed on the right side. After that he followed and crashed headfirst on the mattress. She was as comfortable as she looked and Kyle moaned outloud.

" If I should leave you alone with the mattress, I can find another room".

Kyle didn´t hear someone coming in the room. Surprised he turned his head around and eyed the newcomer. " No it´s ok. I don´t have anything against bystander".

" Cool", the guy let a big black sports bag fall to his feet and surveyed the set up. " Not so bad actually".

Kyle rolled around and sat up finally. It wasn´t polite to turn your back on people. " That was my first thought, too".

" I think we should introduce each other. My name is Michael Dupree".

Kyle´s eyes widened at that name. Oh my god? " Are you related to Charles Dupree the multimillionaire?".

Michael sighed irritated. Why was always the first question if he was related to Charles when he mentioned his last name? He was so sick of this shit. " Yeah. He´s my grandfather".

Immediately Kyle jumped to his feet and shook Michaels hand. " Kyle Valenti. It´s nice to meet you".

" Yeah", he wasn´t so comfortable with that reaction. He hated that people would act like they liked him, only because he was the grandchild of Charles Dupress. All those shallow mens, who were just after the money or the reputation. Great of all the roommates he could have gotten, he had one that was someone like that.

" Is it true that your grandfather knows Hugh Heffner and is sometimes in his mansion?", Kyle didn´t have any interest in the money. But if Michael had connections to the playboy bunnies, he would use this to his advantage.

Michael was taken aback from the question. Slowly he got the message and a smile broke out on his face. Kyle wasn´t after the money or the reputation. He was just a guy like him. " Yes he knows Hugh, but he wasn´t in his mansion ever. Too bad actually. I would have liked to meet his girls".

" Damn! And I thought you would be my next best friend", Kyle was just joking and he hoped that it get across like that. He didn´t want to make an enemy right away, especially when he had to share a room with him.

Michael laughed. He liked Kyle´s humour. They both would definitely have so much fun together. " Hey, who needs this fake babes when there are so much better girls around here".

" I didn´t see any hot chicks here. But that could be because I was too busy looking for my way around this campus", Kyle shrugged with his shoulders. He had still enough time to check all this hot babes out.

Michael smirked while he rubbed his hands together. " Then you have missed something. I made first contact with a girl that was so hot that I almost burned my hands on her. Actually she bumped into me and man was I glad that she did".

Kyle got interested and sat closer at the edge of the mattress. He liked Michael better and better. He was exactly the type of guy he hung out with in Highschool. " And what did she look like?".

" She was blonde, not so tall, a tight body, green eyes and full red lips that were begging for attention. I tell you, she was so sexy that I almost came into my pants without touching her", Michael still had her picture in front of his eyes. He would never forget her beautiful face and her body that was screaming his name.

Kyle could imagine the person exactly and he liked what he saw. He was already hard from the thought. Oh boy, he needed to get laid and that as soon as possible. But that didn´t seem to be a big problem here and with Michael at his side they would cause much damage together. " Don´t say anything anymore. My pants are getting too small".

Michael finally swooped one of the office chairs and sat on it the wrong way around. " Then you can imagine how I felt".

Kyle wanted to retort something when his eyes landed on something shiney in Michaels jeans pocket. It looked like a cellphone. Suddenly he remembered what he forgot. " Excuse me for a moment", quickly he grapped his backpack and opened it. Then he took his cellphone out of it and pushed a few buttons.

" Don´t tell me you´re texting your girlfriend something dirty?".

Kyle hit the last button and sent off the message. Quickly he put his cellphone back into his backpack and faced his new friend. " No. I was just telling my sister which room I´m in".

" Is she attenting here, too?", Michael wouldn´t have anything against a hottie walking in and out of this room from time to time.

Kyle raised his eyebrow at that and his alarm went off. Hopefully Michael wasn´t someone that was after every skirt he saw. Because then they would have a problem. Maria was off limits for his roommate and he would do anything to protect his sister from heartache. " Yeah".

Michael immediately picked up the tension in this one word. He didn´t know why he could do it, but he had the gift to read other peoples emotion either through the body language or sometimes when the feelings were pretty strong, he could sense them. This time he read the message loud and clear. Don´t even think about going after my sister. " So. I think we should finally begin to put our things away".

" That´s a good idea", Kyle was relieved that Michael understood his meaning. Without waiting he started to unpack his backpack.

Room of Maria and Tess

The girls were finished with putting their things away. During their unpacking they managed to hold a conversation. They talked about Highschool, ex boyfriends, overprotective brothers and the fact, that they had the same clothing size. That meant they could switch it once in a while. The whole time they both got friendlier the more time went away. Now they were behaving like they would know each other forever. And they were glad it was that way. It could get really ugly if you couldn´t stand the person you´re sharing a room with.

" Hey Tess, I´ll meet a few of my friends soon. Do you want to tag along?".

Tess was still in the process to find the right place for her beauty contest cup, which she only lost because the winner was sleeping with one of the jury. She only made it to the second place, but she was proud of it anyway. " No. I want to phone my grandfather and then see after my brother. But thanks for asking".

" Alright. I´ll see you later then", Maria took her handbag and went out the door. She knew that she was a little earlier, but she wanted to visit Kyle and see how his room looked like. And a little part of her wanted to see his roommate. Maybe he was cute.

On her way over the campus, she noticed that it wasn´t so crowded anymore and she could finally regnorize her surroundings. It was really huge. The buildings were standing like a square and circled the place where the students could relax against a tree or just talk on one of the benches. Everything was so overwhelming and she missed her highschool. For the first time it hit her that she was away from her family and the people she knew. Thankfully she was saved from breaking out in tears when she stopped in front of Kyle´s room. At least she thought it was the right room. Hesistantly she knocked at the door and waited. Quickly she pulled her jeans higher and smoothed her top down. Before she had the chance to check her appearance the door opened. Shocked she looked in the face of the boy who had the nerve to shamelessly hit on her.

" Hey beautiful. Are you stalking me?", Michael was surprised that she was standing at his door for a few seconds. He didn´t expect to see her so soon actually. But he wasn´t disappointed in the least that he did.

Maria put her right hand on her hips and glared at him. " You wish, buddy", she tried to look behind Michael to see if her brother was near. " Is Kyle there?".

" Maybe. Maybe not. What do I get if I tell you that?", Michael was leaning cool against the doorframe and had his arms crossed over his chest. His eyes were fixated on her face and the twinkle in it was unmistakable.

Maria wanted to knee him in the balls right away. But she refrained herself and thought to that she could play this game exactly like him. She was the master in teasing the other gender to the point where they begged for release. Slowly she stepped closer to him and stretched her head close to his right ear. " If you tell me, I will change my mind about ripping your balls off and feeding you with them".

Michael swallowed visibly and stepped back from her. The smile on her face didn´t match the tone in her voice a few seconds ago. But then he looked in her eyes and noticed that they changed her colour and were now sparkling in a dark green. Oh wow, that was more arousing than the things the other girls did to him. She didn´t even touch him or even said something naughty. She threatened him and he found that extremely sexy. He was sick. There was no other explanation.

" Hey Maria. What are you doing here? Didn´t we say we´ll meet outside", the both didn´t realize that they weren´t alone anymore. Kyle had finally found his way to them.

Maria startled for a moment. She had been trapped in Michaels eyes. It was like she knew them from somewhere, only that she couldn´t remember it. Was it strange that she was attracted to someone that annoyed you? She was probably just a little tired and her mind didn´t work fully. " Yeah. But I was curious about your room".

Kyle noticed that something strange was going on here. He eyed Michael and then his sister. What happened before he disturbed them? " I see you´ve meet my roommate Michael".

" Yeah. I bumped into him a while ago", Maria let out the part where he tried to put a move on her. She knew her brother and he didn´t like it when a guy was flirting with her.

Kyle hid his surprise. So, she was the sexy girl Michael mention. That was so not good. Then he remembered his reaction to the description. Ewww, he got a hard on from the image of his sister. Inwardly he shuddered and tried to quell his feeling to lose his food. " Michael this is my sister Maria".

Michael heard the accentuation of sister. Damn, couldn´t he have a uglier sister, then it wouldn´t be too hard to keep the promise of not touching her. " Nice to meet you".

" Yeah. Same here", Maria looked at her watch and noticed that they had to hurry or they would be too late. " I think we should go".

Kyle passed Michael and layed his left arm around his sister. " I´ll see you later".

Michael watched after them. He liked the way Marias butt moved with her steps and the jeans hugged her curves the right way. Yeah it would be really hard to keep his hands off of her.

TBC