Alex POV

Laf, being fast, raced ahead of me and shouted "I BAGS THE RIGHT BED!" I don't know why he cared, they were exactly the same. I shrugged, and headed over to the left one.

After putting my bags down on the bed, I went to look around the dorm.

There was a bathroom on the left side of the room, with the typical shower and toilet. Laf had already made his way into the kitchen, and was whistling something as he unpacked all the food. There was a coffee machine, which I was pretty happy about. I basically live off coffee. Laf could cook, and that was something I was extremely grateful for. The only thing I could cook were 2 minute noodles, and sometimes toast, but that would always burn. Each of the beds had bedside tables and a cupboard for clothes next to them. It was pretty simple, but I'm not complaining. It is way better than in the Caribbean.

I went back to my side of the room, deciding to get unpacked.

~small time skip~

"It's time to go, Mon ami!" Laf called from the doorway.

"Do I have to?" I groaned. Laf was trying to coax me into going out to a club with his friends.

"Yes, you need to get off that laptop! Classes haven't even started yet and you're already working! And besides, someone needs to be the designated driver!" he exclaimed enthusiastically.

I sighed. He was right, he and his friends would get completely wasted and would need someone to get them back to the dorms.

"Fine. But you owe me one." I said, giving in and shutting my laptop.

"Merci! Now, come on and meet the squad."

~Time skip to when they arrive at the bar~

To be honest, I expected maybe 7 or 8 people to be a part of this 'squad', but I was surprised when I saw the number of people.

Two. Only Two. I thought my brother had heaps of friends? Guess he lied.

They were both pretty tall, only slightly shorter than Laf. Great. More tall people I have to keep up with. One of them had dark skin and looked pretty buff. He was wearing a blue bandanna and was laughing at something the other person said. I wouldn't want to get on this guy's bad side.

The other one had curly brown hair, pulled back into a ponytail. He had hundreds of freckles scattered across his face and arms. When he turned to face us, I saw he had beautiful ocean green eyes.

"Laf! You made it!" freckled boy said. "And who is this?" he asked, gesturing to me.

"This is my brother, Alex!" Laf responded. I waved shyly. "This is John Laurens," he continued, gesturing at the freckled boy. "And this is-"

"HERCULES MULLIGAN I NEED NO INTRODUCTION!" bandanna guy shouted, jumping on the table and scaring the living daylights out of me. Laf and John chuckled.

"You're never going to stop doing that, are you Herc?" John laughed.

"Nope, never," Hercules responded. He grabs Laf by the arm and starts walking over to the barista. "Let's get drunk!" they shouted together. Surprisingly, John didn't follow suit.

"You aren't getting a drink?" I asked him.

"Nah, I don't drink much, and besides, I doubt you could carry 3 tall people back to the dorms by yourself, you might get squashed!" He joked, a smile on his face.

"Hey, I'm not that short!" I protested. This sparked up a conversation, and pretty soon, hours had passed.

"I think it's time we went back to the dorms. We've got class tomorrow," I said. John nodded in agreement, and we went to go and find Laf and Herc.

***

We found the two of them in the middle of the bar, drunkenly dancing and singing to You're the Voice by John Farnham. John went to get Herc and me Laf.

"Come on Laf, it's time to leave," I said. He started talking in french, but his words were so slurred I couldn't understand anything. "We've got class tomorrow, you don't want to miss that!"

He ignored me, so I took his arm and started walking. Thankfully, Laf didn't resist and was quite easy to drag behind me. John thankfully had the same luck as me, and we met at the exit.

"Laffy!" a drunk Herc slurred, and he ran up to Laf and hugged him. Laf hugged him back, and they stood there for a while. I took a few photos and started a video, this could be good blackmail.

"Ok, time to go now," John said, trying to pry Herc from Laf.

"Nooo, I want Laffy," Herc protested, pushing John away.

John sighed. "Ok, how about you walk with Laffy then?"

"Yay!" Herc said, going over and holding Laf's hand. It was so cute! John and I guided them the right way back, and their hands didn't disconnect the entire time.

When we got to the dorms, somehow managing to get the two of them up the stairs, we said our goodbyes.

"Night John," I said.

"Night Alex," he responded.

Herc and Laf hugged goodnight. Again, I silently got out my phone and started recording

"Bonne nuit!" Laf shouted to Herc, blowing a kiss. They weren't even a couple!

"Goodnight Laffy!" He shouted, blowing a kiss back. I led Laf back into our dorm and he immediately went to his bed and was out in seconds.

I followed suit, but got changed first. As I felt my eyes droop, I had one thought. I sure had some embarrassing things to show Laf and Herc tomorrow.