Chapter 5 - Friends

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Early the next morning, Grian woke up to his alarm clock. The blond groaned and threw the alarm clock against the wall.

Scott stepped into the room at the sound of the crash. "Geez, don't take it out on the clock."

"What," Grian groaned, lifting his head up from the pillow.

"Pearl's mum came by last night while you were asleep. She brought your things." Scott dragged two suitcases into the room.

"I went to sleep at 1 in the morning. How late were you up?"

"I went over to my friend's. When I came back around 3 in the morning, she was there."

"What in the world were you doing up so late?" Grian said, reluctantly standing up and pushing Scott out of the room. He closed his door and got changed.

"Do you always get up this late?" Scott asked when Grian went to check up on him. Scott was in the bathroom, standing at the sink.

"What do you mean?" Grian asked, leaning against the doorway. "School doesn't start for another hour. How early do you get up?"

"Well it might just be me," Scott said. "But I get up an hour and a half before school starts." He stared at himself in the mirror before zipping up his makeup bag. "Anyways, I was sleeping at my friend's place before coming back."

"Who you getting dressed up for?" Grian teased as Scott threw the bag into a drawer and slammed it shut.

"Oh shut it," Scott muttered, face pink. Grian laughed. Scott stepped out of the bathroom and pushed Grian playfully. "You could be a villain y'know."

"I think I would make a pretty good villain."

"I think I would make a pretty hot villain," Scott scoffed. "Well I'm headed off. Unless you want to get a few more 'z's."

"I'll come with you."

"Okay, I'm gonna stop by my friend's dorm though."

"Fine by me," Grian said, shrugging.

Scott and Grian grabbed their own keys before leaving. Grian locked the door as Scott headed down the street, towards the school.

. . .

Scott knocked on the door of dorm 120. The door was opened by a sleepy looking brunet.

"Hi Joel!" Scott smiled.

"Mm, morning Scott. Come in."

Grian followed Scott into the dorm.

"Hi Scott!" A pink haired girl waved at the cyanet.

"Morning Lizzie!"

"JIM!" Lizzie yelled up the stairs.

"GIVE ME A MOMENT LIZZIE!" A voice shouted back down.

"You guys hungry?" Joel asked from behind.

"Of course," Scott said, grinning.

"I'm Lizzie," the blue-eyed girl said, popping up next to Grian. "That's Joel. And my little brother, Jimmy, is upstairs."

"Jimmy?" Grian repeated.

"Yea." Just then, a boy with messy blond hair came down the stairs.

"Don't rush me next time Lizzie!"

"So, you don't wanna see Scott?"

"I never said that!" Jimmy cried out. He glanced at the parrot avian. "Oh hi G. Morning Scott!" He snapped his head back to Grian. "GRIAN?"

"So you do know each other," Lizzie said with a raised eyebrow.

"Yea, don't you remember him Lizzie?"

"From Evo High School?"

"Yes!"

"The one that went missing somehow? The one that kept calling you Timmy?"

"That's me," Grian said, cheerfully.

"I remember you know," Lizzie said. "Scott, help me out here?" Scott approached the pinkette. "The nail polish is scratching off."

Scott sat down at the coffee table, helping Lizzie repaint her right hand.

Jimmy approached Scott and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Friend, huh?" Grian said, smirking at Scott.

"Shut up Grian," Scott said, face flushed.

Lizzie laughed. "Is that what Scott called Jimmy?"

"I'm hurt," Jimmy exclaimed.

Joel and Grian laughed at Scott's now red face.

"I hate you all," Scott growled.

"Even Timmy?" Grian teased.

Scott groaned. "Fuck you."