Warnings: None

Word Count: 1645

Author's Note: This is a part two to the fic Fire Alarm! Also a college!AU. Fire Alarm is one of my favorites, so getting a chance to write more for it was super fun! You'd think I would right more college!AUs considering I am in college, but I guess not... anyway, lots more sequels to fics coming in the next few weeks! :)

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You slid your laptop into your bag and pulled it up over your shoulder, muttering quiet apologies to people as you brushed past them. Today's lecture had been boring, as most of them were, but you were just glad to be done with it until next week. The only exciting part had been that Josh had sat a few rows in front of you, meaning that you had been able to stare at him instead of paying attention for most of the class.

You turned your music up as you followed the stream of people out of the lecture hall. Dark clouds filled the sky outside, but it wasn't raining which you were thankful for. There was nothing worse than arriving back to your dorm soaked from the knees down.

Your roommate was nowhere to be found as you returned to your room. They had the tendency to stay out during the day, and as long as they made it back by the next morning, you didn't really stress yourself over their whereabouts. Besides, who were you to complain about having the room to yourself?

You grabbed your laptop and took a seat at your desk, already flipping through pages of your anatomy textbook to find what pages you had to read. Your browser had just finished opening when there was a knock on your door. Figuring it was your roommate who had forgotten their keys, you quickly got up and opened the door.

It wasn't your roommate.

"Hi," the boy smiled, pushing his curly brown hair back from his face. "I'm glad this is the right room."

"Uh, hey, Josh," you returned his smile.

You and Josh hadn't spoken much since the fire alarm incident last week, aside from a few shared smiles as you passed each other in the hall or glanced at one another in anatomy class. The whole situation had already been written off as a fluke in your mind and you had returned to admiring him from afar.

"What's up?" you asked, breaking the silence that had formed between the two of you.

"I was just wondering if you wanted to study with me in the lounge," he shrugged.

"Oh, um, yeah! Let me grab my stuff."

Josh took a small step inside your room as you gathered up your study materials. His eyes wandered over all the posters and photos that covered your side of the room. It was hard not to feel at least a little embarrassed.

"Alright, I'm ready," you said as you desperately tried to balance all your belongings in your arms.

"Great. Do you mind if we stop by my room?"

"Not at all."

You followed Josh down the stairs to the third floor. He snapped his fingers as he walked down the hall, finally stopping at a door towards the end. Two name tags were stuck on it, although Josh's was starting to peel away at the edges.

"You can come in, if you want."

You took a small step into Josh's room, too nervous to venture much farther. His roommate was sitting on one of the beds, tapping at keys on an electronic keyboard. He had headphones on, so he didn't immediately notice when you walked into the room.

"This is my roommate, Tyler," Josh said, gesturing to the boy on the bed. He looked up and waved at you with a smile. "This is Y/N, we have anatomy together."

"Nice to meet you," Tyler said quickly before sliding his headphones back on.

"He's not big on talking," Josh said quietly to you as he grabbed a textbook. "But he's cool."

You nodded and looked at the stuff on Josh's wall. It was mostly posters for bands that you had never heard of before, but there were a couple pictures of his family and friends scattered around. Tyler's side was a lot cleaner than Josh's.

"Alright, let's get out of here," Josh said, grabbing his keys from where he had tossed them on the bed and walking out of the room.

You and Josh headed downstairs to the lounge that was on the first floor. There weren't many other people there, so you had no problem snagging a couch. It only took a few seconds for it to become covered in textbooks and papers.

"What are you working on?" Josh asked.

"Just the reading for anatomy. Not very exciting."

"Is any homework exciting?"

"I guess not."

Josh pulled out a folder that was covered in a variety of stickers. Most of them were for bands or local radio stations. You thought Josh had mentioned something to you about working at your school's radio station, but you couldn't be sure.

"What is that?" you asked as he pulled out sheets of music.

"A lot of stuff," he laughed lightly. "Some of it is for classes, but there are a couple pages from music Tyler has written. He wants me to figure out some drums for it."

"That's really cool. Do you mind if I take a look?"

"Go for it."

You grabbed a nearby page and began to look over it. The word "Forest" was scribbled across the top in messy handwriting, accompanied by a few other little notes. The sheet music didn't really make any sense to you since you weren't a drummer, but it was still nice to look at.

"I had no idea you were a musician," you said, handing it back to him. "I just thought you liked music."

"I mean, I do," he grinned. "But I've also been playing drums since I was little. Tyler and I have been talking about starting an actual band, but we're not sure that we can do it with just two people."

"Sure you could. Plenty of people perform on their own, so why couldn't you two do something just as good?"

Josh seemed to like that answer, "You have a point."

You smiled and flipped to the assigned reading in your anatomy textbook. It actually seemed like it might be decently interesting, unlike most of the other chapters you had been stuck reading over the last few weeks.

"Have you finished the lab for anatomy?" Josh asked. He was still sorting through his papers.

"Yeah, I finished it up last night."

"How was it?"

"Not too bad, all things considered."

"Do you think you could, maybe, help me out with some of it? I tried to finish it last night, but I got stuck on labeling the diagram."

"So that's why you wanted to study with me," you laughed.

"No!" Josh smiled, rubbing at his arm. "I swear, I actually just wanted to study with you. It also just so happens that you're really good when it comes to anatomy."

Don't make a dirty joke, Y/N.

"I'm just teasing. I'll totally help out."

"Thank you so much."

He grabbed his laptop and began to open his lab report. You, meanwhile, skimmed over the assigned chapter and wrote down some of the bolded terms and their definitions. Midterms were drawing near and you needed to make sure that your notes were as comprehensive as possible.

"Alright, here's what I have so far," Josh said, setting his laptop down between the two of you.

You scooted over a little so that you would better be able to see what was on the screen. To your surprise, Josh did the same so that your legs were now pressed up together. It was hard not to smile at even the smallest amount of contact.

"What you have so far looks right," you said. "What were you having troubles with?"

"I was just getting the arm and leg muscles mixed up in my head."

"Did you try using the textbook?"

"Yeah, but that diagram looked totally different and I couldn't tell what was what."

You spent the next twenty minutes helping Josh figure out which muscle was which and how to tell them apart for future reference. Thankfully, he seemed to be picking it up pretty quick.

"I think you should teach the class," Josh laughed. "That taught me more than our professor ever has."

"I took anatomy in high school so most of this is just a repeat for me, but thanks."

Josh grabbed his laptop and scooted away from you, leaving your leg feeling a lot colder than it had been. Now that he no longer needed your help, you went back to reading through the textbook.

The two of you stayed in the lounge for the next couple hours, occasionally asking each other for help or taking study breaks that involved telling high school stories or things that had happened in your other classes. You were genuinely enjoying time with Josh outside of class, and you were hoping that maybe this wouldn't be the last time you two studied together.

"Well," Josh said, shutting his laptop. "I'm starving so I think I'm going to head to the student union to grab some food."

"Oh, ok. Thanks for inviting me to study with you."

"Yeah, it was fun. We should definitely do it again sometime."

"Agreed."

Josh grabbed the rest of his things and started to walk back to his room. You decided to stay in the lounge for a little while longer, at least until you finished the reading, before heading back to your own room to make some food. Of course, this plan was short lived because Josh was quick to grab your attention again.

"Actually, would you want to come with me to grab some food?"

"What were you going to get?"

"Not sure yet. I'm open to suggestions."

You smiled, "Yeah, let me just drop my stuff off in my room."

"Meet you back here in five?"

"Yeah."

Josh walked off and you quickly gathered up your things. Maybe you wouldn't have to admire him from afar, after all.