Just a forewarning, there may be a lot of time jumps in this story. It does have a main plot line, but it's suppose to represent college life and I obviously can't sum up college life in a whole chapter. Anyways, with that out of the way, enjoy a new chapter! I love my fans! Oh and one of the scenes in this chapter is credited to Easy A!

Third Week of Freshman Year

Ethan walked out of the classroom amongst the flood of other freshman students with his books in hand. He smiled as he listened to music on his phone through his headphones, class had been a drag today. That's when he felt a hand on his shoulder turn him around suddenly, startling him.

"Holy crap, wha!" Ethan stuttered out as he yanked out his headphones and caught his breath before he looked up into two green orbs.

"Sorry E, I didn't mean to startle you again. I really need to quit doing that don't I?" Benny said somewhat startled himself as he stared down at Ethan.

"Yea, one of these days you'll give me a heart attack." Ethan joked, continuing to walk with Benny at his side.

"So where ya heading? I just got out of entry course geometry." Benny said, walking out of the campus building towards the quad with Ethan.

"Well I'm done with classes until four, want to head over to the Creamy Cafe and get a cup of coffee?" Ethan asked, putting on a pair of black and gold sunglasses as the sunlight streamed into his eyes.

"Sure, I could go for a dark chocolate frappe right about now." Benny said, smiling as Ethan looked up at him in shock.

"Really? That's one of my favorites!" Ethan said excitedly, making their way across the quad filled with people sitting down and studying or playing sports together. Ethan smiled as they approached the Creamy Cafe and ran forward to open the door for Benny.

"Why thank you kind gentleman." Benny said giggling as he walked into the cafe with Ethan behind him.

"Hey Ethan!" came Erica's voice as she spun around from the counter with a tray full of coffee mugs and sandwich plates.

"Hey girl, hows work?" Ethan asked as he walked up to the counter alongside Benny as Erica put the dishes down and walked over to the register.

"Oh you know, serving hot coffee and creamy frappe's. Girl's gotta make a living, am I right?" Erica said with a small wink as she got ready to take their order.

"I'll have a dark chocolate frappe with extra cream, and what about you Benny?" Ethan asked, looking at his taller companion.

"Same thing, but hold the cream." Benny said, opening his wallet and grabbing a twenty.

"Oh I can pay for myself, you don't have to." Ethan began to say before Benny raised a hand to stop him mid-speech.

"It's no problem E, I don't mind." Benny said with a smile on his lips as he handed Erica the twenty as she opened the register and deposited the money and got the change back.

"Two dark chocolate frappes coming right up, one with no cream, the other with lot of whipped cream." Erica said with a sultry tone as she winked once more at Ethan, not noticing the look of fire coming from Benny's eyes. Soon Ethan and Benny were sitting across from one another enjoying their frappes and conversing with one another as they smiled and laughed.

"Hey, tonight would you like to help me study for one of my upcoming tests?" Ethan asked Benny, not noticing how Benny's eyes lit up.

"Yea, I'd like that. What time and what subject?" Benny asked, finishing off his frappe in one big gulp before rubbing his head from brain freeze.

"Around eight, and physics. The professor has a lot of hard to understand material and I can't quite grasp the material in the correct way. So, my room or yours?" Ethan asked, laughing at Benny's facial expression as he fought the brain freeze.

"Your room, my isn't clean and littered with laundry at the moment. And I've seen your room, it's never dirty." Benny tease, finally coming over his brain freeze before looking at Ethan with a smirk on his lips.

"Hey, don't blame me because I'm organized!" Ethan scoffed, giggling whenever Benny raised a eyebrow at him. Ethan smiled at Benny, not noticing how close their hands were to each other as they continued to talk to one another.

Later That Night

Ethan sat on his bed as he opened a card from his mother, opening it up to see it was a musical card.

"I got a pocket, pocket full of sunshine! I've got a love and I know that it's all mine. Oh oh oh." the card sang as Ethan fell back on his bed laughing. Ethan got up and opened up the card and started to sing along with the song.

"Take me away! A secret place! A sweet escape! Take me away! Take me away! To better days! Take me away! A hiding place!" Ethan sang as he danced around his room in a crazy motion, laughing as he continued to open and close the card to sing along with it.

"Having fun are we?" came a voice as Ethan jumped and threw the card behind him, shutting off the music as he stood there awkwardly with Benny standing there at his door.

"It's a nice song..." Ethan said as he kicked the card under his bed, blushing as Benny walked in and set his books down onto his bed.

"Mhmmmm, if only I could get that on video." Benny teased, watching Ethan blush even more before he walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. "I'm just teasing E, don't worry. Now let's get to studying." Benny said as he walked back off and flipped open a physics book.

Four Hours Later

Benny continued to write notes down before looking over at Ethan was face down into a book.

"You okay E?" Benny asked, reaching over and shaking Ethan a bit before realizing he was sound asleep with gentle breaths coming from his mouth. "Yea, I understand that feeling. Come on, let's get you in bed." Benny said before walking over and positioning Ethan in his arms before picking him up and carrying him over to his bed. Benny used one arm to bring back the covers before laying Ethan down in the soft bed and rolling the covers back over him. Smiling to himself, Benny gathered his stuff in his backpack before walking back over to the sleeping Ethan and ruffling his hair. Benny smiled to himself and walked out of his room and back to his own, a sweet feeling inside him.

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