Six Freaks Meet

"Heeeey, I did not expect to see you here. Are you gonna be my roommate? That doesn't matter now it's late. You must be getting hungry. I was just about to go call for pizza from the front desk. Don't worry about unpacking now you can do that after the little pizza party me and the gang are throwing. You might have "joined" up with us on the bus but the rest of us are kind of outsiders that have known each other since forever. Aaaah you'll understand when they get here."

He kept rattling off sentence after sentence not letting me get a word in edge wise. "Are you going to let me respond in anyway or just keep talking." I cut in to hopefully damn the river that he had become.

"Oh, Sorry dude I have a tendency to ramble when I'm excited, or nervous, or scared. Which I'm kind of all three at the moment. I hope you don't mind that the others from the bus are going to be joining us in our little room. I--"

"Woah, woah, woah slow down a little who's coming? Why are they coming? Why can't I unpack now? And why are we going to the lobby to order the pizza."

"Sorry I'm rambling again. The reason that we're going to the lobby is because my phone just died. Unpacking now is no fun we have a week before classes actually start. Finally we have the people that sat with us on the bus. You didn't socialize much more than getting their names so now is the chance to actually talk with them and possibly get to know each other more. Let's see it was Darcy, Dean, Penelope, and Uriel. But the real reason that they are coming is because we're all friends. We all go back about three years. Aaaah you can learn more when they get here."

"Well at least now i have a handle on the situation. By the way I didn't bring any luggage I wonder why I would have to unpack."

"Oh, that's right your new. Most of the students that live in the dormitories get some of their stuff from home transferred to the dorms here usually stuff that the student requested transferred. Of course there's also the stuff that they pack into their suitcases. That being said your room looked more like one that a permanent resident would have." He looked over at me and was just about to say something else but we had just reached the main floor lobby. "I guess we can always get to that more."

The gentleman from earlier was no longer leaning over the counter instead he seemed to be kicking back in a chair that was held behind the desk. He looked over at us as we approached the counter. "Hey kids, you settling in okay."

"We are thanks Edward, been a few months hows life treating you. Family still back in the states." Garrick said without reservations.

"Life's been pretty good and yeah unfortunately the wife and kids are still back in Miami. School and job are just to important to them. Any thing I can do for you boys."

"Can we borrow the phone I need to call for pizza for the yearly start of school year party. Oh also the twins, Penny and Uriel are on their way as well just send them on up when the get here."

"Go ahead it's right over there. And Yeah I'll definitely send your friends up." Edward gestured towards a little table across from the front desk that had a wireless phone set up between two chairs. I had seen the lobby just a little bit ago but had been too focused on filling out the form and the feeling of being watched by whoever it was on the fourth floor. It seemed like a fully functioning lobby with the desk on one side of the door and a comfortable waiting area. We had taken two of the seats in the waiting area while Garrick made the call for the pizza.

A few moments passed and He had finished up. It seemed that he was pretty used to it he had ordered five pizzas with only two of them sharing the same toppings. Instead of taking the stairs back up we decided to take the elevator this time.

After we had returned to the dorm room I finally got a chance to get the lay of the land so to speak. Rather than being small rooms typically associated with dorms these rooms were more like little apartments. The "living room" portion had been set up with a very large screen TV with a game console hooked up to it. As I didn't have either of my own I assumed they were his.

When I peeked into my room I was hit with a wave of shock it was the exact setup of the small apartment I rented as a hitman. All my furniture had been brought here and set up in the exact same way. The contract had said that any assets that I possessed would be brought here but I thought it would have been at least a week to bring here and also that it would only have been my computer.

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About an hour later Garrick opened the door to the arrival of the pizza along with the twins. Dean and Darcy Dark, as expected, were in the same clothing as they were on the bus. For the sister that meant a floral print, pleated skirt with spring colors under a rose pink blouse. Her hair done up in one of the most common hairstyles for younger girls--pigtails. Dean on the other hand had a pair of tight jeans, a plaid, button up shirt with a pocket protector, glasses and was still wearing his backpack which never seemed to come off.

"You ready for tonight Gary. I WILL beat you in Shooter Guy 4 this year." She danced around him approached and inspected me walking in a circle around me. She glanced up and down for a little bit before saying, "Your taller than I thought you were. But I guess everyone seems smaller on the bus. Nice to see you here glad you could join us tonight. Get over her Dean say hi to our future senior."

Dean had been considerably slower as he creeped around Garrick as he made his approach to me timidly. "H-h-hello Mr. Mordecai sir." He spoke in a voice that was very quiet and sounded almost terrified.

"Mordecai is fine Dean. You don't need to add sir or mister. I'm not that much older than you. Anyway, nice to officially meet you two."

They each took seats on the couch in front of the TV as Garrick turned it. The pizza was placed down on a coffee table that was between the two. As they all got ready to load up the previously mentioned game a knock was heard on the door. "I'll get this one Garrick. No need to get up You guys can start playing."

"You got it guy."

Standing up from my spot on one of the armchairs I drew near the door barely grasped the handle before the door burst open. On reflex I jumped back, went on guard and became extremely spatially aware of myself and everything in the room.

"THE PARTY HAS ARRIVED" exclaimed a rough feminine voice. The voice was attached to Penelope in her ripped jeans and rock band tank top. She was carrying a box on her shoulder that was revealed to contain chips, soda and other party confections. Behind this amazonian was a lanky fellow in all black goth style clothes complete with a wallet chain, ear and lip piercings and long black hair that partially covered his face.

"It's too early to be this loud Penny." he said as he released a sigh. "Oh hey it's the rebel from the bus. Wish I could have stood up to Liliana like that."

"Now that ya mention it Uriel it is the little rebel. Glad to properly meet ya if you're sticking around then welcome to the Five Freaks."