Chapter 35 Back Again
“Hey there. I’m your new roommate. Hope we’ll get along.” The guy at the door had a blanket slung over one arm and a slip in the other. With a smug little smirk, he raised his brow in challenge.
Bradley was utterly speechless. Standing there wasn’t anyone new–it was Xander, back again like nothing had happened
Bradley blinked, deadpan. “Seriously? What kind of circus are you running now?”
Xander waved the slip in his hand. “I’m just following the school’s arrangement. What’s the problem?”
Bradley bit back a sigh, thinking, ‘Following the school’s arrangement? Yeah, right. Everyone in this school knows the Student Affairs Director is his aunt.‘
Xander lifted the slip again and arched a brow. “What, you’re not gonna welcome your new roomie?”
Bradley couldn’t be bothered to argue and simply stepped aside. Xander strutted in with his blanket in his arms like he owned the place.
He used to sleep in the bed closest to the bathroom, with one empty bunk separating him from Cameron. This time, he dropped his blanket right onto the bed next to hers. From now on, he and Cameron would be “next–door neighbors”
Bradley looked thoroughly done. Elijah frowned–he’d actually planned to request a room transfer, but the Academic Office had told him there weren’t any open beds for now.
Since Xander was leaving, Elijah had figured he could stay put. But now Xander was back in full force. Elijah thought, “Yeah, I’m definitely transferring.”
Xander strolled over to Cameron, all smug and shameless. “Hey there, I’m your new roommate from now on. Be nice to me, okay?”
“Get lost,” Cameron said flatly.
Xander instantly dropped the act. “Cameron, are you asking for a beating?”
Cameron stared at him, her expression cold. “Xander, the terms of our bet were that you’d get the hell out of Room 316. What are you doing here?”
Xander stiffened his neck. “What do you mean what am I doing here? I did move out, didn’t I? But I still need a bed, right? Room 316 just happened to have a free one, so I got reassigned. It’s not my fault, is it?”
Cameron didn’t buy a single word of it. “Xander, if I wanted to crush you, I could do it any time. You’d better behave.” She gave the warning without so much as a flicker of emotion.
Xander fell silent, thinking, ‘Damn it. This punk’s seriously full of himself.‘
Afraid Cameron might really get him kicked out, Xander swallowed his pride and backed off.
And just like that, Xander stayed. Right after lunch, he rushed back to the dorm–obviously waiting for Cameron. But she headed straight to the library instead. He waited the entire afternoon, and she never showed.
As soon as the evening study period ended, Xander rushed back to the dorm, thinking Cameron had to come back eventually.
The evening study period ended at ten, and Cameron walked back into the dorm at exactly 10:18 p.m.
Xander was already sitting in his chair, flipping through a book like he’d been reading the whole time. He beamed at her like nothing had happened and gave a little wave. “Pretty boy, you’re back,” he greeted.
Cameron set her books down without sparing him a glance and headed straight for the sink to brush her teeth.
Xander scrambled to follow, grabbed his toothbrush and toothpaste, and started brushing his teeth right next to Cameron. His elbow kept bumping into hers every now and then.
Each time he bumped her, Cameron inched further away. Then he moved in again.
Eventually, Cameron ended up backed into the corner. “Are you done?” she asked flatly.
Xander put on an innocent face. “You’re brushing your teeth, I’m brushing mine. What’s your problem?”
Cameron shot him a look colder than steel. Shrashed brushing interdime, turned, and headed for the bathroom.
Successfully unlocked!
Xander tried to follow, but Cameron slammed the
clocked him straight in the nose.
t moved fast enough, the door would’ve
Rubbing his nose, Xander muttered, “We’re both guys. What, we can’t even take a leak together? Why shut the door?”
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