Adonis Sequence, Chapter 2, #6
Added 2019-04-03 03:03:05 +0000 UTC
My OCD was on high alert, due to my unbuttoned shirt and lack of glasses. But that didn’t stop me from putting away a huge breakfast. Afterall, I was moving out, wasn’t I? I needed to use up all the food I had in the fridge, didn’t I? And I did. And I was still hungry afterwards. Increased appetite was definitely in the Adonis Sequence brochure, but this was getting ridiculous.
I loaded my stuff into my car and said good bye to Mrs. Olsen, the woman I had been renting my room from. She looked at me a little strangely and asked if I’d been working out. To save myself a long and needlessly complicated explanation, I just said, “yes.”
“You’re looking good,” she said. “It agrees with you. I rent to a lot of students. So many of the brainy ones are pale and too thin or too fat. Nice to see you breaking the mold. Wearing contacts was a good decision, too.”
“Contacts? I’m not… Oh, yeah, I’m wearing contacts. Thanks.”
I hated saying I worked out and wore contacts. Those were things shallow people did. Next thing you knew, I’d be sounding just like my narcissistic twit of a roommate. Well, that was never going to happen. I didn’t know how much further this Adonis Sequence thing was going to go, but I had to have been through the worst of it. I mean, how much more could I possibly change.
I wasted no more time and drove straight to the school. The morning drives were always easier, but on this occasion, I was distracted by my open shirt and lack of glasses. It was really irritating, kind of like that itch you can’t reach and that won’t go away. I was almost tempted to stop on the way and buy a shirt, but then I would have missed my morning class and that just wasn’t an option.
First stop was the dorm room to unload my things. I opened the door and walked in on… Well, I’m not sure what I walked in on!
My roommate was just as naked as he’d been the day before and the other dude, well, he was almost in the same state.
“Is this him?” the other dude said to Grant.
“Yup. What do you think?”
“Not much to look at yet, is he?” said the other dude.
“You should have seen him yesterday,” said Grant. “He was way worse.”
