First Impressions 5/?
Here is chapter 5! Sorry for the wait. It's really short this time. :(
Walking further into his apartment, James spotted his friends, Chris and Brian.
"Hi, guys. How was your day?" he asked them cheerfully.
"My day was good, considering it's the first day back," replied Brian.
"Same here," Chris agreed. "We've been wondering where you were though."
"Oh, well, remember that guy I told you about? Greg?"
"The one you ran into…literally?" asked Brian with a grin.
"Yes, that one," James sighed as his friends tried not to chuckle. They remembered how excited their young friend had been when he had arrived home after meeting this fellow student.
"What about him?" inquired Chris once he pulled himself together.
"Well, I ran into him after classes today," James explained with a smile. "We decided to get something to eat together and long story short we ended up having dinner at his place with his friends."
Chris and Brian shared a look that James couldn't figure out.
"Oh, that's… nice," Chris said, smirking slightly at Brian even as he gifted James with his patented wounded puppy eyes.
"Yeah," Brian nodded, catching onto the game. "We had kind of planned on taking you out to celebrate your first day at med school," he continued with a slight sulk that morphed into a clearly fake smile, "but it's nice that you're making new friends!" Chris' chuckle-turned-cough went unnoticed by James.
"Oh my gosh," James gasped, eyes widening like saucers. "Guys, I am so sorry! It was really sweet of you both to try to do that for me. If I had known I would have been here! I'm sorry, I just lost track of time there and completely forgot to call, and next thing I knew--"
"James, calm down!" Chris interrupted as Brian tried, and failed, not to laugh. "We were kidding. We're glad you had a good time with Greg," he finished, smiling.
James looked at them for a moment, unmoving.
"Well, that wasn't very funny,” James pouted, clearly upset. “I came home in a great mood only to have my two best friends in the world make me think I ruined their nice plans for me." crossing his arms over his chest as he finished.
"Aw, James, we're sorry," Chris said, looking down at the floor. "We didn't mean to hurt you," Brian added quickly, sad that they had ruined their friend's great night.
"Kidding," James grinned, starting towards them. "Jeez, and you guys thought I over reacted!" he laughed.
Chris and Brian looked up at James, then at each other, realizing that they had just been had.
"Seriously though, that was kind of mean." His small smile letting them know he held no ill feelings towards them.
"Sorry," Chris stated once more, smiling sheepishly.
"It's alright, but I think I'm going to go to bed now," James murmured with a yawn. "See you guys in the morning."
"Good night James," they both said as he walked past them and down the hall to his room.
Shutting the door behind him, James began undressing leisurely even as another yawn escaped his tired body. Casting a quick glance to the bathroom, the young student debated over which was the greater need, getting clean or getting sleep? On the one hand, if he showered now he wouldn't feel dirty and grimy when he woke. If he were to sleep though, he would probably get more rest and it would be better for his studies. After all, a rested mind is necessary for the rigorous class schedule of a med student. In fact, not getting the additional sleep tonight could turn out to be detrimental to his future career. If he were tired at class tomorrow, he could miss getting key information that would be on his final, thus causing him to fail and eventually flunk out of school. Either that, or because he would be so tired he would miss his professor transforming into a student eating alien and become the day's special. This night's sleep could be essential to his continued existence!
Chuckling over the scenarios his tired brain concocted, James brushed his teeth quickly and efficiently before crawling into bed. Turning onto his side, he smiled softly as he snuggled into his pillow. Today had been wonderful, mostly because of a certain blue-eyed grad student. As he drifted off to sleep though, he couldn't help but wonder what this new friendship with the resident genius would bring.