It was Wednesday afternoon, and most of the students would be doing their work or studies after classes. Samson heads over to the library and saw Dex sitting down by himself at one of the library tables. Reading over notes for his classes. Approaching him and sitting down with him "Hey Dex, how're you doing?"
"I'll be honest I'm a bit of a wreck. I found out that Callie got back with her ex, TheoElston."
Samson nods knowing who he is, "oh yeah, I was his chemistry partner. Always was weird about dissection."
"Yeah, well she's back with him now and I guess after seeing me fight Isaac she wanted a new tutor as well."
Samson placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, "That sucks man, I'm sorry."
Dex looked up at him, "It's not your fault, you don't need to apologize."
"Ok, so what happened after you and Isaac got arrested?"
"well after being sentence to a night in jail, my mom actually came by to pick me up. I explained to her what happened and even though she wasn't proud of me for fighting people. She at least was proud of me that I stood up for myself."
"Well that's good? I'm glad your mom wasn't that upset"
"By the way, I never got to hear about this girl you took to see the crash site? What happened?"
"Well we made out-"
"epic"
"and then after that, we heard sirens. Guessing that was because of the fight you guys had."
"Yep, the ranger shut it down after"
"When we got back, it was a tad late so I suggested to her that she crashes at my place since I'm pretty sure her friend was long gone and escorted off. Drove her back to my place and she started having a panic attack."
"Holy shit, was she ok?"
"Yeah, I sat with her to calm her down. Try to get her to take breathing techniques that I learned finally calming her down. She seemed pretty ok, let her wear my hoodie before she crashed on my couch."
"What happened after that?"
"Drove her back to her place"
"Where does she live?"
"Possum Springs, you know where that Casey guy went missing"
"Oh yeah, with the cult"
"Yes, yes the cult. You mentioned it every time we talk about Possum springs"
"Sorry"
"It's ok, it's just we get it. There was a cult there, probably ate each other before they all died. We all listened to that one true crime podcast about it, the stay at home slashers Episode 236 or whatever."
"Ok, shit"
"I'm sorry"
"It's ok, I assume you went on a date with this girl after you dropped her off right?"
"Yeah I did"
"How was it?"
Samson had leaned back as he thought, "The date was... interesting" Samson trying to find out the words to describe his date, "I guess what I can say is that I loved how outgoing and spontaneous she was. I might've been banned from that crappy socialist café down the block, but I honestly think it is worth it"
"I guess she's something to you eh?" Dex cocks an eyebrow to Samson
"Yeah, I guess she is. I guess it was the cute way she has pizza sauce all over her face or... here beautiful eyes, like pearls in oysters. Very red pearls."
"Maybe work on the describing things, at least you have a tutor friend to teach you better ways to gush about how much you love her" Playfully joking with him while he had a small scowl from his comment
"Is there a reason why you called me down here?"
"Yeah, but can we go somewhere else so I can tell you?"
"Alright."
The two would go to a Fro-yo place, it was always a nice first date trip as they had a wide variety of Fro-yo. The two would get their fro-yo, and sit down
"I swear to you, they rig that scale every time. I get the same order and I somehow it's always a different result every time."
"Let it go Samson, ok?" he'd sit down and eat his chocolate frozen yogurt, with chocolate sprinkles and peanut butter candy mix, "I bet that girl you like would've loved this place"
"Yeah, speaking of which was there a reason why you asked me to come here?" asking Dex, while the wolf wiped off his face before he would answer.
"Right, right. You know how you used to go to a lot of parties before?"
"Well I wasn't a frat guy or anything. I went because Ron and I used to smoke a ton of weed and the people that have better weed go to those parties."
"Oh please, Mr. Trick shot king"
"Listen, ok... that was two isolated incidences where I got challenged to two different games of beer pong"
"Sure, dude. Anyway I need you to do me a favor. I got an invite to Sophie Eyer's house party and there'll be a lot of single people there."
"Ok, what do you need me to do?"
"I need you to be my wingman." The wolf would stare into the raccoon's eyes as he spoke truthfully to him. A little confused,
"but why do you need my help?"
"because you were the only one of us that occasionally scores girls from the previous parties." Dex would lean in to whisper to him, "You know next Felix before he met Robyn."
"I also really thought that Jen girl was kinda cute and I heard that she might be coming to this place. I really want to chat with her again. I just need you to do me a favor and just hype me up so I can try to get with her is all. I will owe you big time, if you do help."
"so the whole hitting on that Bright Harbor girl wasn't just a jab at Isaac, then?" Samson would raise an eyebrow back at his lupine best friend.
"Truthfully..." He'd pause before taking a deep breath, "It was but I slowly realized when we did end up chatting with each other that I did discover we did have some things in common. I would've asked her out on a date before Felix asked me to help him find Isaac and I guess after seeing him make out with Callie, I just lost my shit. You know? we kinda have been at least been going at for a long while. I don't know if you noticed that, since we never fully got along we just tried our best to tolerate each other in the group"
"Yeah I get it I guess" Samson would awkwardly eat his frozen yogurt as his best friend would continue to explain,
"Look, all you have to do is talk about my positive traits while I hang out with her at the party, maybe talk with a friend she might also have wingwomanning her"
"wingwomanning?"
"That's what they call it right?" asking the slightly confused raccoon friend,
"I think it would be Wingpartnering, but do you know anything about this girl exactly?"
"Well she told me a few things; she had family living in Bright Harbor, she mentioned she's majoring in fashion design. She also owns a crossbow and occasionally likes to go hunting."
"Hmmmm anything else? or should I ask is there any other reason why you want to talk to this girl?" continuing to question the wolf's true motives behind getting with her.
"Dude, I don't know what the hell you're talking about"
"Look, I'm just saying there's a specific reason I don't go to these parties anymore. Not because I might run into Alex or Vivian there, but there's a specific thing that at least some of the frats from the other colleges get invited to these things do and most of the shit comes mostly from those bright harbor assholes. They were caught doing those things at the parties I went to." His incredible vagueness of what he was describing was confusing Dex a little bit before finally it hit him
"Oh shit, is this about the list?"
The raccoon would make eye contact with him while he took a spoonful of his frozen yogurt and ate it, "Yes, I remember a bunch of those guys at the parties I went to had these bets on how many girls they could bag. I despised those people so much, and to find out most of them did that was just disgusting, it was one of the various reason I don't go to those parties anymore."
Finally understanding his reservations about it, he'd shoo them away. "Look, I promise those people aren't gonna be there. I'm sure the fraternity is on probation for doing that stunt."
"Ok, fine where it is the party going to be?"
"Oakway" the raccoon would pause hearing the town name
"Are you kidding me? That it is a two hour drive" Dex would become equally annoyed
"You literally drive three hours to Possum Springs and back for your date"
"That's different-" before he could explain Dex would cut him off
"In what way? In. What. Way?" there'd be a pause between both before Dex spoke again, "besides I did pay for your Fro-yo"
"Ok fine, We'll go to Oakway to hang out at the frat party. If shit goes south I'm leaving with or without you."
"Geez you seem so excited to help a friend" being a bit frustrated by Samson's response.
"Look, I'm ecstatic to help you as a friend but I really can't do Oakway"
"That's fine you don't need to talk to anyone, you just need to help me."
"Fine, so when is this Party exactly?"
"The 15th I think" Dex would try to recall the exact date of the party.
"Also how do you know that girl is going to be there?"
"Oh, I actually got her contact info when we chatted before I got into a fight with Isaac, and she mentioned the party. She also said she might bring her cousin or something. I can't remember."
Albeit, Samson would be confused on why she would still want to talk to him after he fought Isaac over Callie but he really didn't want to pry any further as he wished to get out of the conversation.
"Ok"
"You got to meet me at my parents place, we'll have dinner than head over there."
"What are you guys having?"
"Tacos"
"Ah hell yeah" Samson would shake his to confirm that he'd tag along with him to the party. The two get up, Dex would drive Samson back to his apartment to drop him off. He'd thank him for the frozen yogurt as he spent the rest of his day working on his art.
