Chapter 82: Chapter 82

When I woke up and looked at the time, I was shocked. It was 9: 10 Am. I shot up from the bed and found Gavin sleeping peacefully on his bed. Why didn't his alarm ring today ? Now how are we going to school ?

" Gavin ! ", I shouted. He groaned and buried himself a bit more under his blanket. I crawled out of my bed and went to him, shaking him harshly.

" It's 9 : 10 Gavin. First hour already started ! ", I shouted into his ear.

" Ahh..what's wrong with you Ethan ? Today is a holiday.", Gavin groaned closing his ears with his palm.

" Holiday ??", I asked confused. " What holiday ?"

" Today is October 14th you fool.", he said and buried his face into the pillow.

October 14th ? Oh ! Columbus day. I see, so that is why our school conducted ball yesterday night instead of on weekend.

Oh wait ! That means tomorrow is October 15th. And October 15th is my Mom's birthday ! Shit ! I almost forgot it and was planning to stay here this weekend. So I need to go. Thanks to Columbus day that I don't forget my Mom's birthday.

I walked to the bathroom and quickly did my business in there. Then I came out and took my phone from my bed, dialling Michael's number. He probably has woke up already.

Yesterday Mr Garvey was standing in front of the hostel gate when we arrived after the ball and so Michael and Grace were forced to part ways to their own room. Also Grace had to change her big Cinderella dress which was almost impossible to sleep in. So we didn't think about ways to somehow sneak them into our room.

Michael answered the call after a few rings. " Good morning baby. You woke up ?", I asked.

" I woke up an hour ago and had b..breakfast.", he responded.

"Oh..you guys had breakfast from mess ? We could have went out.", I said.

" Today's breakfast was really g..good. And there was chocolate milkshake.", he said.

" Oh..! Really !? Because today is Columbus day ?", I asked.

" Yeah..maybe. So you guys d..didn't have breakfast yet ? Mess closes at 9."

" Gavin haven't even woke up yet. Now we will have to go out and eat something. Why didn't you call me ?", I asked.

" I thought you woke up. You both are sports players who w..wake up before 6, right ?", he asked.

I sighed. " Okay, what are you doing now ?"

" I'm trying to figure out what all p..portions they might have taught yesterday afternoon.", he replied. I could hear the sound of him turning pages.

" Why don't you just call somebody and ask or just ask in the class WhatsApp group ?", I asked.

" I'm not in any WhatsApp group.", he replied hesitantly.

" Oh why ? You didn't tell anyone to add you into the groups yet ?", I asked.

" No..uhm..I don't know who are the admins. "

" Admins are the prefects. Their number will be in the school manual. Don't you have that ?", I asked.

" No.."

I left an inaudible sigh. " Okay..just wait for sometime. I'll get you added into the groups. I'll text you.", I heard a small soft thanks from him before I ended the call.

He is so insecure about his stutter that he didn't even ask anyone to add him into any class groups. I guess he never opened his mouth in his previous school. Or did he have any nice friends there ? Probably not. Cause there's considerable improvement in his speech after he started talking to us.

He once told me his stutter worsened after his brother's death. I guess he completely stopped talking to people after that and that is why his stutter increased. Maybe he can decrease it further if he try and talk more. But why didn't his parents opt for speech therapy when he was young ? Or they did it and it didn't work with him ??

Leaving a sigh, I went to the gallery of my phone to look for Michael's timetable. Earlier Grace had clicked and send me a pic of his timetable. After I found it, I went to my shelf and pulled out the school manual from inside it. Then I sat down on my bed and started sending the class prefect's numbers one by one to Michael.

' Text these people and tell them to add you into the groups.',

I texted him after sending the numbers. I wanted him to text them and get added into the groups himself.

I want Michael to be a really confident person when he graduates from this school. He should be able to confidently say he and I are boyfriends. That's my aim.

I got an ' Okay' from him as reply for my text. I send him back a simile and then went to wake Gavin up. And .I had to do a great job at waking him up.

" Go brush and get ready quickly. I'm hungry. " I said when he at last sat up from the bed. He groaned and cursed me whilst walking to the bathroom. Anyway within ten minutes, we were out of the room and were walking to the nearby cafe where I and Michael went yesterday.

We had sandwich and milkshake from there and headed back to dorm. On the way I asked Gavin his opinion about exchanging dorms with Michael. I was a bit nervous about his response. But he said,

" I'm totally up for it man. I was actually thinking to ask you. Come, let's go ask the secretary now itself."

And we went to the hostel office and peaked in. But instead of Miss Rose, Mr Garvey was sitting there.

" Let's go and come again later.", Gavin said.

" Yeah..", I nodded to him.

" Boys..! ", Mr Garvey called us in his heavy voice before we could turn around and escape.

" Shit ! ", Gavin cursed under his breathe whilst smiling wide at Mr Garvey.

" Come inside.", Mr Garvey motioned with his hands. So we were forced to walk inside

" What do you guys want ?", he asked with scrunched eyebrows as we reached near his desk. Suddenly I got an idea.

" Sir, he is my Roommate. But he is a very big disturbance. I want to change my roommate.", I said. Gavin tilted his head and looked at me with a half open mouth, totally shocked at my betrayal.

" Oh..how is he a disturbance?", Mr Garvey asked me whilst eying Gavin.

" Ahm..he is always sleeping and he disturbs me by snoring loudly.", I said.

" Snoring ??", Mr Garvey laughed. Gavin tilted his face and gave me a look that said ' I'll kill you'

" Yeah..", I nodded looking at Mr Garvey. " Sir, right now I'm a lot behind my portions. I was on leave for one week after my concussion. So I'm trying to learn all that portions with the help of my friend Michael. And Gavin won't even let Michael tutor me in peace with his loud snores. Can I get Michael as my roommate, so that we can study together in peace ?", I asked.

Mr Garvey laughed leaning back on his chair. " This is the funniest complaint I ever got about a roommate. You really snore that loudly ?", he asked looking at Gavin whilst controlling his laughter.

" No..I don't think I snore that loud. My last roommate didn't have any problem with my snores. ", he replied.

" But why you always sleeping ?", Mr Garvey asked him.

" I'm not always sleeping. I'm actually a morning person. So I sleep early and wake up at 4 Am. And he is a night person who sits and study until 2 Am. So I also want to change roommate, sir. The light is so disturbing for me while sleeping. And he is always making fun of me and kicking me in sleep for snoring.", Gavin said.

Woah ! He is playing along very well.

" You kicked him ?", Mr Garvey turned to me.

" No. I only threw a pillow at him. But if he stay in my room and continue to snore, then I may kick.", I said.

"Oh ! No no boys. No violence. ", Garvey shook his head giving us a stern look. " Anyway I think putting you two in a room is not a good idea. Ethan you can move to your tutor friend's room. And ask his roommate to move to your current room."

" But Michael is in Dorm D. His roommate is a girl. So she can't move to our Dorm B.", I replied.

" I see. Then Gavin you move to that dorm. Are you okay with sharing room with a girl ?", he asked.

" I don't really like to share room with a girl. But I guess it would be better than sharing a room with him.", Gavin said eying me with pretend hate.

" Okay. Then Gavin, you may go pack your things and change room. ", Mr Garvey said.

" Thank you very much sir.", I said and walked out of the room. Gavin followed me a few steps behind. We didn't talk anything until we turned the corner of the hostel office. Then suddenly we both were jumping and whisper shouting in triumph.

" Woah Ethan ! We efficiently did it, right ?", He asked me, laughing.

" Yeah..", I laughed giving him a high five. Then we enthusiastically walked to our dorm to pack him up to Grace's dorm. It's gonna be a real surprise to Grace.

Within fifteen minutes, Gavin and I together packed all his stuff in his two suitcase and walked out of the room rolling them behind us.

" Are you sad to leave me and our room ?", I asked him.

He chuckled looking at me. " I'll definitely miss this room.", he then looked at the 69 written on the door. " But I'm happy to let you and Nate give this room it's real meaning.", he laughed.

" C'mon Gavin ! We aren't even dating according to Michael. Don't let your imagination go that wild.", I groaned. He laughed and then started walking, rolling one of his suitcases. I followed him behind with the other.

Grace was the one who opened the door when we reached there and knocked on the door. She confusedly eyed the suitcases for two or three seconds. Then she asked in a surprised voice,

" Gavin, are you and Nate exchanging rooms ?", Michael soon appeared behind her, hearing her high pitched voice.

" You guessed it right.", Gavin said and walked in rolling his suitcases, leaving Grace at the doors in surprise.

" Wait ! You guys asked Miss Rose ?", Michael asked.

" Yeah..we asked the Warden itself.", I replied.

" He allowed ?", he asked in surprise.

" Yeah. That is why Gavin is here. Now you pack your stuff and come with me to our room.", I said.

" Wait..", Gavin said and turned to Grace. " Grace, do you have any problem in being my roommate?"

" Ahm...No..but Nate is leaving me ? Why you guys didn't tell me earlier ?", She asked.

" He is just moving to my room. Don't worry Grace. We all will be like earlier itself.", I said.

" C'mon..you won't be even coming here after today. ", she sighed.

" No..we will come. And you guys can come to our room at any time. Everything will be like earlier. No change in that.", I assured.

" Yeah..yeah..okay. Let's start packing his stuff then.", Grace nodded and walked to Michael's shelf to take out his books.

And all of us or better saying the three us together started packing Michael's stuff while he stood there and watched us running around the room. He looked a bit nervous and confused about moving to my dorm but thankfully he didn’t try to protest. Our task was finished in less than ten minutes and I was out dragging Michael and his luggage with me, impatient to take him to my room before he changes his mind.

" I'll miss you.", Grace said standing at the doors.

" I'll miss you too.", Michael replied.

" Enough..", Gavin laughed.

" Okay then bye.", I said impatiently.

" Okay..we are having lunch from outside and then we are going somewhere. So be at the gates at 1.", Gavin said.

" Where ?", I, Michael and Grace together asked.

" Somewhere. It's a surprise.", he winked and then walked inside.

" Any idea ?", I asked Grace. She shook her head.

" Okay then see you.", I said and took Michael's hands in my right hand and his suitcases in my left hand. Then I was heading with him, back to our own room.