How D'ya Do and Shake Hands (Chase)

Miles lay on his bed wondering what his roommate would be like. Hopefully the two boys were get along. It would be so much more enjoyable to be friends than disliking each other. He couldn’t wait to meet him. It would be nice to be rooming with a friend.

From the busy day of moving in and learning his way around campus to having a nice warm dinner sleep started to take over Miles. His dark brown eyes were getting heavy. He was quite comfortable on his bed. Miles’ mind began to drift. Highlights of the day came to mind but nothing stayed long. The young teen was on the thin line of falling asleep and waking up.

Miles’ conscious took over his body when there were noises by the door. Someone was at the door. The person wasn’t knocking but unlocking the door. Must be his roommate turning in for the night. Finally the moment Miles was waiting for all day. The moment where he gets to meet his roommate.

Roomie came in and Miles knew right off the bat what shifts Roomie could do. He could shift into a canine, a reptile, and an avian. Having two canines in a room may not go so well. Miles just had to make sure his roomie knew he wasn’t going be a threat. Miles knew how possessive a canine could be. Plus his main shift was his tiger and his tiger was also a possessive animal. This may not end well. But having a good first impression could avoid any negative emotions.

Miles sat up to greet his roommate. “I’m Miles Xu. Nice to meet you Chase.” He smiled at Chase. “I hope we can get along and be friends.” Miles was a pretty friendly guy. Hopefully Chase would be able to see Mile’s friendliness and not just his possessiveness.

Miles crossed his legs in crisscross applesauce. He was a little a disappointed to hear that Chase wasn’t interested in making friends with Miles just because he had a canine shifter in him. He understood the reasoning behind it but still it hurt Miles a little. The two roommates just met and there was already some tension. This little bump in the road was not going to intimidate Miles. Miles was determined to befriend Chase weather he likes it or not. The two were going to be roommates after all. Might as well make the best of it.

The corners of Miles’ lips turned up when Chase said that they could possible acquaintances. Maybe there was hope after all. For now Miles will do his best to prove to Chase that he will be honest and is worth befriending.

“Maybe if we get to know each other, then you might feel different about friending me. I want to get to know you more. We are roommates after all. We should have some sort of a base line, ya’ know?” Miles was rambling on. Sometimes the kid did not know when to shut up. There were times where his friendliness was his down fall.

“Here I’ll start. I’m 14 years old, so I’m a freshman. I like martial arts mainly Tai Chi.” Miles tapped his hand against his knee as he thought of something else to say about himself. “And I’m from Littleton, New Hampshire.” Miles smiled brightly at Chase while he waited for Chase to answer. Miles was going to make the best out of this situation.

Miles was practically glowing. “See that wasn’t so bad. Don’t you feel better now? We got to get to know each other a little bit. Now we’re not total strangers. I have three older sisters. They’re all shifters.” Miles scrunched his face at the thought of his sisters. Yes, he loved his sisters. But they were his sisters. It was that wonderful love hate sibling relationship. “Not fun.” Miles paused and looked around the room. He bounced his legs a little then stopped. An idea popped into his head. If there was a light blub over Miles’ head it would of lit up when the idea came to him.

Miles scooted himself to the edge of his bed. He let his legs swing over the edge. He had his hands on the bed next to his legs. Miles leaned towards his roommate. “You’re a senior then you know all the ins and outs to the school. You know which teachers are the really cool awesome ones and which ones are really mean ones and everybody hates their class.” Miles spoke fast. Excitement fueled the shifter. He bounced some more. He had a key to the school right in front of him. It was up to Chase whether or not he would help the freshman out or let the freshman suffer and learn things the hard way.