Chapter 2: Tell me everything
(Sophia's POV)

After what felt like my mind snapping like a torn ligament, the sharp pain pierced my brain. I turned, grasping my head in pain..

"Oh my god, you're bleeding!" she squeaks as I feel warm liquid dribble over my lips.

Her hand fetched a cloth from her pocket. Her fingers holding gentle pressure on my nose. I wanted to calm her down, wave her off but my mouth went dry. Every thought had my head reeling in pain.

"Are you sick? Are you diabetic?!"

I mumble unhelpfully, feeling completely distorted.

I feel myself moving to something firm. A shadow kneels over me. I hear words being said but none of them reach me, there moving too fast and there gone before I can make them out. I feel something on my neck.A hand maybe? It's cold. So, a cloth?A million questions swirl in my was I? Who was with me? Who was watching? Would Sheila find out?A million questions were left unanswered as I slipped into a calm sea of blackness.

(Javier's POV)

I walked around the campus, sliding left and right to avoid the hustle of students now pouring into the quad.

Freshman Welcome Week.

God, I hated this. The hustle, the noise, the bright-eyed faces of hopeful scares. The curious eyes following me around, observant eyes recording my every move, and hungry males. Eyeing up my ROR sweater as they started plans to try and take it from me. It was common knowledge that ROR was one of the most sought after fraternities on campus. Many monsters of legends came from ROR, some stories exaggerated as they passed from mouth to mouth.

"Woah!" a female voice says and I feel someone bump into me.

I instinctively reach forwards, gripping a set of arms. My reflexes agile and quick from years of scaring. I see the face of a girl, dressed head to toe in pink with butterfly clips in her long purple hair and glasses on her face. A face that flushed as she sees my fraternity sweater and my face.

"I'm so sorry!" she says in a high-pitched tone.

I place on one of my alpha male looks and smile,

"Please, the fault is all mine señorita." I grab her hand and place a kiss on her knuckles "I hope you weren't hurt by my clumsiness."

AndJust. Like. That. She's reduced to a stuttering mess. I release her from my powerful grip and keep walking.

I hated doing that.

Hated it with a passion but'keeping up with appearances'was one of Johnny's priorities and blowing off a freshman would be bad publicity.

My face fell back to its normal stoic features, weaving my way through the group, paying a little more attention this time.

To avoid the noise I found myself walking towards the dorms, the student dorms that I spent a single night in before Johnny snatched me up. God, It felt like a lifetime ago, four years going just like that, and I found myself in my final year of college.

I turned when a familiar female voice rang through my ears.

"The dorms are large to hold the majority of the students here at MU. The dorms are split up Male and Female!" I turn to see Chrissy, the student tour president finishing the last of her rounds "There are no male and female dorm room partners! Same-sex roommates only!"

This statement gets a few chuckles, mine included as memories of Big Red's hilarious half an hour argument with the dean went public for weeks on Fearbook. Our president wasn't too happy but gave big red credit for his ballsy move.

I block out the rest of the speech, leaning on a tree as I waited for Chrissy to finish. It's not like we were super good friends but we've seen each other at a few parties and not seeing any other familiar face in the crowd I chose to stay by her side. Chrissy caught my eyes, her voice stopping for just a moment. At my curt nod she wraps up her speech.

I swerve through the crowd as it dispersed.

"Oh my god, you're bleeding!" Chrissy's voice cuts through my head and I move faster, pushing some people out of the way.

Chrissy's standing with another female, a bloody cloth over her nose and hands. Her eyes snap up to lock with mine, concern clear.

"Javier, I don't know what's wrong with her."

I still remember the mandatory six-week medical lessons Johnny gave me on the couch, calmly wrapping up Chet's leg or arm. Adding that to the massive amount of medical book i read on my spare time I had quite an impressive arsenal.

At first, I thought it was just a nose bleed, possibly from the heat of the summer day and not enough water but as I knelt down I could see Chrissy's concern. I wasn't sure what her normal color was but the shades were off. Chrissy placed a hand behind her head as the other sunk backward. I placed a hand on her cheek, the skin feeling cool and clammy to the touch. This instantly set off warning bells, that and not a moment after the female head fell to the side, slipping into unconsciousness.

"Javier!" Chrissy squeaks, her eyes now filled with tears.

For all her success, Chrissy didn't do well in stressful situations.

"Its fine, I got it." I scoop the woman "Go alert the dean, I'll take her to the medical wing."

I yell at people to move as I raced across the campus. She was so light; barely moving my arms, so much so that I often found myself looking down to make sure she was IN my arms. It was like I was carrying a feather. Yet with each step her body folded up against mine and I could feel actual muscle under her clothes, lithe muscles that were clearly well maintained. Dangerous muscle that shouldn't be underestimated.

"look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under it" Despite the situation I couldn't help but laugh.

I saw the marching band crossing my path and curse. They were blocking my way. I knew instantly that they wouldn't hear me, bending in the run and jump, watching with slight self-impressment as I easily cleared everyone heads. The music stopping just the slightest as they glanced up to watch me, a few odd noises cracking through the air as they struggled to find their last spot. I set a mental reminder to apologize for later.

(Dean HardScrabble's POV)

"Oh god, James..." I trailed off, my head now spinning with the information I had received "How could you do that?"

"I don't know it just happened!" he lean back "I'm not saying that excuses what I did." He runs a hand down his face "Sophia is an amazing monster and she'd be an excellent scarer, better than I could ever be but she's not taking the course."

"Well, I wonder why?" I state a bit harsher than I'd intended to "Sheila's been controlling her entire life. Sophia's never done anything on her own. How the hell is she supposed to make decisions now?" I run a hand over my face "And I assume she has no idea about that last part of the conversation?"

"No." James sighs "Carla I know you don't owe me anything but please, look out for her. For me?"

I looked into his eyes and sighed, going to answer when my door bursts open.

"Dean Hardscrabble!" Chrissy yells, James and I both jump in surprise "A freshmen collapsed in the quad, Javier's taking her to the hospital wing, you need to come quickly!"

I sigh, running a hand down my face hoping that this wasn't yet again, another drug problem.

"And the surprises never stop..." I exhale and stand up, pausing beside the larger male monster "James... I will do what I can. Please, see yourself out."

James nods once.

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"What happened?" I asked as we walked, our feet moving quickly down the hall.

"I'm not sure, she was fine during the whole tour and suddenly she started having a nosebleed, and got all pale and started shaking and then she passed out!"

"Do you think it's drug-related?" I ask.

Chrissy looks at me quickly.

"No," she says honestly "No, I don't."

"Well then" I nod "Let's go see who it is."

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"She's fine." Doctor Agustine says, calmly coming out of the room "I think it was just a mix of things throughout the day." She lifts the chart up "Her blood sugar was a little low which explains the fainting, she skipped breakfast or possibly purged herself in one of our garbage cans which explains the paleness and shaking and the added stress of starting university must have triggered the nose bleed." I glance back to see Sophia lying on the bed "I've got her on an IV for fluids and I'd like to monitor her for a little while but after that, she'll be fine."

"Thank you, doctor," I state

"Don't thank me" she chuckles "he's the one that brought her in. If he wasn't so quick to could have been much worse."

I turn to see Javier Rios. The senior bug-like monster and well-known member of ROR. He looks at me for a moment before his eyes fell back to the hospital window, with her on the bed.

"Thank you, Javier."

"Of course Dean Hardscrabble." He answers, not even looking at me but the tone was real.

A rare thing as the bug-like monster was mostly known for stoic tones and faces, hiding his emotions from the world like someone was out to kill them.

"I should go." He states quietly, more to himself it seemed as his feet weren't moving in the slightest "I have a party to help set up for." He states again, this time with a little more force and it seems to do the trick as after a second his feet move "Dean, Doctor." He says, dipping his head politely and walking off down the hall.

I walk into the room, my clawed finger sliding down the side of the bed. I'd promised to look after James's girl and she was in the hospital room, not an hour after god, I guess it didn't matter who the Sullivan was, every one of them was a pain in my ass. And now, there are two of them.

(Javier's POV)

The Greek houses bustled with energy as everyone got ready for the party of the year. It was known that parties were held each night, each house hosting at least once in the next few weeks but the first was always ours. Roar Omega Roar. The best of the best, the one that held the most legendary parties all through the night. Everyone came and wouldn't leave till we forced them out. A party that I should have been setting up right now, I could only imagine how pissed off Johnny would he'd hear me out before he started yelling, one could hope, right?

As I walked, a little slower than I'd liked I finally came to our house, the reason for my tardiness still lingering on my mind. It also seemed that other stuff happened as well, the thought that more lingering eyes fell on my body as I walked crossed my mind more than a few times and for once, frat row was actually quiet while I walked past. I caught the eye of a few girls, the PNK's and they just giggled a few times before whispering to themselves. what the hell was going on, had some asshole stuck a sign on my back or something?But like I'd feared Johnny was standing there waiting for me. Dramatically opening the door with a look on his face that screamed trouble.

"Now Johnny hear me out-"

"Well well well, if it isn't the college hero! Hey, guys look who's back!" Johnny says with real happiness "You know, I knew you were hiding a trump card but this was a whole other level."

He chuckles and wraps an arm around my shoulder.

"Wait, what?" I ask as I'm lead inside.

My other brothers were around the room on chairs, some standing, and some sitting as they strung up party favours and other trinkets.

"Nice job man! IT'S ALL OVER FEARBOOK!" Chet yells excitedly, jumping up and down like a child.

"How's the princess Jav?" chip teases before adding more air into a balloon.

"It's got five hundred likes already and it keeps growing," Johnny says impressed

"Okay, what?"

They pause, glancing at me oddly, even Chet had stopped his childish jumping, a rare sight indeed.

"What?" Johnny pauses "Don't tell me you haven't seen it..." my confused look has him rolling his eyes once more and running a hand down his face. He pulls out his phone and in seconds shoves it in my face. I glanced at the title page of Fearbook and my eyes widen

"Campus hero saves his princess?!"

I see a picture of myself jumping over the marching band and a few videos from fans previously recording the songs and one of us sitting on the steps, Chrissy's face clearly distraught. Johnny pulls the phone away, walking around the room like a king declaring new rules.

"Monsters University's very own, Javier Rios, a proud member of Roar Omega Roar saves the life of a freshman, not yet identified, collapses in the heat of the day. Rios's quick thinking and calm attitude may have just saved her life." He says and eyes me; I roll my eyes "Dude, it's all over the web."

"Oh come on! She just fainted, it's not like she was dying." I sigh and jump as Johnny pulls me to his side once more.

"It doesn't matter!" he chuckles "this little stunt just adds more credit to our house, and what can I say," Johnny chuckles and pulls up the collar of his shirt once "ladies love a hero."

"Oooh!" chip chuckles "Someones getting laid tonight!"

"Chip calm down before you break something!" Johnny yells from another room, the jumping ceases.

I sigh, looking out the 't people really be buying this shit right?From the predatory looks I was sent by the PNK's I had a sinking feeling that Johnny was right. In a few hours, I'd have people eating out of my hand.

Fuck.

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