Epiphanies of Lust

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And so it begins...


Pierce Talent pulled his big U-Haul truck to a stop next to the curb in front of the student apartments just off campus. He was a sophomore and was quite excited to have a place off-campus, to not be living in the dorms anymore. It was early on a Tuesday morning, moving-in day. Pierce hoped he was the first one; he wanted to claim first dibs on the master bedroom, if there was one.

He got out of the truck, carrying a backpack and lugging a milk crate full of kitchen tools. His blond hair was perfectly spikey, and he hefted the heavy crate with ease. He unlocked the front building door and then climbed the four stories to the top floor. The apartment took up half the floor; there was another, mirror-image apartment on the other side. He opened the door and found the place empty. He was first. Perfect.

He took the milkcrate to the kitchen, and walked around, opening all the doors, flipping on lights. He found the large room at the end of the hallway, and opened the window. Nice view of some of the buildings on campus. That settled it.

He heard a knock on the door, and the creak as it slowly swung open, and he left his new bedroom to see who it was.

Elena Raynolds

Elena had always been encouraged to be in time for everything she did. Sure enough, the girl was never late if she could help it. Sliding fingers in the strap of the backpack on her shoulder, she turned around and waved quickly to her older brother Lucas.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come in with you? You know, make sure you are properly settled and everything?" he asked. "No, really, don't worry about me, I'm sure I will be fine. Plus I don't think it is nice for my new roommates to think I am being babysat by you" she chuckled and waved him off again "..Tell mum I'll call her tonight". He nodded and sped off, leaving his little sister to commence her college career.

Elena was lucky, because freshmen were always supposed to live in the dormitories, but her father pulled a few strings to get her out of that tight trouble. She didn't know what excuse he used, but whatever it was.. it had worked. She pulled her luggage under the stairs and stared up unto the fourth floor. Looking around for an elevator, she opted for that instead and soon she was knocking on her new apartment door.

It was unlocked so she entered slowly. "Hello?" she called out. It was then that she saw a tall guy with spiked blonde hair appear from deeper within the house. Her eyes glanced him over briefly and she immediately smiled.. "Hi, I'm Elena. I'm guessing we are to be roommates?" She hoped the uneasiness didn't show on her face, as honestly the only men she ever lived with had been her father and her brother.

Pierce smiled his easy smile. He had assumed his roommates would all be guys, because, really what chick wants to live with a dude she's not in love with? Pierce walked towards her.

"Hi, I'm Elena. I'm guessing we are to be roommates?"

"I'm guessin' so. I'm Pierce Talent." He stopped a couple paces away from her. "I just got here. I've still got a lot of stuff to bring up." The last thing he wanted to do was run away from this pretty little blonde, but that's exactly what he did. The clock was tickin, after all. That U-Haul had to be back at the rental yard by noon, or he was going to be charged for a whole extra day. Fuck that. "Make yourself at home."

Pierce was out the door and down the four flights. He looked at his watch; if he didn't wrangle some help, he might not make it. Especially taking these stairs over and over and over again. The sofas he would definitely need help with. He was beginning to think he should have wrangled his little brother into helping, but that brat was such a lazy, clumsy fuckwad that he probably would have broken half Pierce's stuff.

Pierce got down to the truck. So he had a lot of stuff. The sofas, a whole mess of electronic equipment like speakers, a computer, DVD, video game consoles. He going to pick up a new TV in the next day or so. There was a coffee table with a mirrored surface that was pretty cool. Cardboard boxes bursting with his ridiculous library of DVDs and video games. There was a big rug rolled up. He immediately regretted bringing his weight bench, but then figured it would be a really good workout to haul all of those weights up the four flights of stairs.

He got the weights out of the truck and set them on the front lawn to get them out of the way. He grabbed the weight bench and hefted it over his shoulder, and picked up a big duffel bag that was stuffed full of his dirty clothes. He carried them both back upstairs and into the apartment.

Elena

"Make yourself at home."

Elena stepped inside the apartment and dragged her luggage behind her. "Thank you, and it is nice meeting you Pierce" She turned to add that if he needed any help, although she couldn't do much with the heavier stuff, perhaps she could carry the lighter things but he was already gone and headed down the stairs. She straightened up and looked around, leaving the bags besides the door. Finding herself in the living room, she was surprised by the size of it. Although it did make sense, after all there would be six of them in total. Elena went down the small hallway to check out the kitchen and the dining room.

There were two bedrooms in that area but she'd rather pick a room that's a bit more hidden. She returned to pick up her bags, dragging them to seek out the rest of the house. She chose one of the bedrooms on the left - hand side, one was bigger than the other, but she didn't need that much space anyways so she got comfortable in the smaller one. Elena had quite a bit of unpacking to do, there mainly were clothes, shoes, books, and of course her computer and all that came with that.

She got to it right away. In the mean time, she thought about Pierce. He seemed like an all around nice guy, but she couldn't tell much else. She hoped the atmosphere in the house would be a harmonious one after everybody settled in. If she got lucky, she may even find a friend or two to hang out with. Speaking of which...

She had promised Dylan, her boyfriend, that as soon as she returned on campus with her things she would give him a call. Reaching for her phone, she slumped on the bed and dialed the number...

Dylan heard his phone ringing. He was running around his dorm room, trying to find it, but his roommate had the music up too loud, so he couldn't pinpoint the ringing.

Finally, he found it, tucked under his pillow for some reason, and he flipped it open.

"Hello!" he shouted, just barely over the music. He quickly ran to the door and was then outside in the hall. "Layna, is that you? All moved in yet?" he asked her.

Dylan had a full-ride scholarship to play lacrosse at a prestigious east-coast school, and it had been too good an offer to pass up. So here he was, thousands of miles from his sweetheart. A very attractive, tall, leggy blond walked past him, and he was totally staring at her ass as he listened to Elena tell him about moving in so far.

In fact, he'd gotten so caught up in the blonde, that when she turned and caught his eye and smiled and waved from down the hall, he wasn't paying any attention at all when Elena told him there was a boy living with her in the apartment.

"Uh-huh," he said.

*****

Pierce managed to get a couple of his buddies out of bed and over to the apartment to help him move his shit up the stairs, all on the promise of beers and a bar-be-que once all the work was done.

It was going to take all morning, but by the time they were done, just after 1, there were three sofas, two recliners, a big-screen TV with DVD and video games and surround sound in the living room; a big wooden table and half a dozen chairs for the dining room; a variety of useful kitchen appliances and tools; and Pierce's queen-size bed, a couple dressers, desk, computer, bookcase.

Elena

"... and so I finally got Lucas to leave me alone, you know how protective he gets sometimes, but anyways I got here... and I met my first roomie! I mean I wasn't expecting to be living with guys, but he is one"

"Uh-huh"

"Uhm.. Dylan?"

Silence

"Well, you..seem..distracted, but if you are busy I guess I will call you later so we can talk then. Wait for my call... Love you baby"

Elena hung up the phone with a bit of disappointment. It was as if she weren't talking to him at all. Shrugging, she laid back down on the bed. Times had changed and so had they, now he was in college and perhaps he had a lot to deal with. Heck she was barely holding it together, so she'd give him a break... at least until they both settled down, then things will return to normal.

She could hear a lot of noise emanating from the living room area and from the room across from hers. She guessed that's the one Pierce had chosen. Soon it became obvious that more guys had joined him, maybe two or even three, but it wasn't until a female voice was heard in the back that Elena ventured out of her new room.

Leaning against the door post, she could see a girl standing in the living room. She was probably her height but with dark brown hair and a pretty nice figure. She had her hands placed on her hips as she glanced around admiringly. Of course the living room now looked like one thanks to Pierce and his..stuff. But what really caught Elena's eyes were her clothes. The girl..wore...practically nothing. A guy came up behind her, and as she turned, he asked...

"Hey which room are you picking so I can start bringing in your things, plus I'd like to know where we'll be screwing for the rest of the semester"

"Shut up you dork, just bring them. I'll have it decided by the time you get your lazy ass up those stairs" she replied.

Elena's eyebrows couldn't raise any higher, was...she..roommate..number..2?

Pierce had noticed the brunette in the tube-top and daisy dukes when he and Marcus had been pulling his bed out of the U-Haul. She had a pick-up truck, the bed overflowing with her junk. Well, it probably wasn't her pick-up, it probably belonged to the dude who was driving it.

It was a hot mid-west August day, so the skimpiness of her clothes was almost acceptable. She might have pulled that look off a little better if her tits weren't quite so large and threatening to spill right out of that tube-top.

Pierce and Marcus got to the top of the stairs with the bed, the brunette having walked past them a couple of times. Pierce had caught her gaze, and knew what that gaze was saying, even as she flirted with the boy that drove the pick-up truck. They took the bed inside the apartment and started to lug it to the back, to Pierce's room, when he noticed the brunette's presence again, behind him this time. He turned his head and looked at her, smiling a charming little smile. "I'm Pierce Talent," he told her, before going down the hall with the bed. After dropping it flat on the hardwood floor in his bedroom, he returned to the living room, where the brunette was directing traffic and chatting with Elena. Pierce was beginning to wonder if he was going to be the only guy in this apartment.

Hailey

"Sweetie, remember I said I wanted that little table right here..in this corner."

"No, what you said was that you wanted it in your bedroom.."

"Yeah well I changed my mind, bring it out here in the living room. Its colour will go beautifully with the decor"

Hailey gulped down about half a bottle of water before she turned to see the blonde girl who was staring at her wide eyed. She had a rather nice body from what Hailey could tell. "Hey, I'm Hailey, are you taking in a room or are you here because of..." she slid fingers through her hair slowly, she was horrible with names "..you know, the hot one with his friend" Her eyes perused the other girl slowly, she didn't look like she'd go out with a guy like that . They were just.. well..different.

"Oh no, I'm just..yeah..I'm just here f-for the room. And my n-name is Elena, his name is Pierce" The girl replied in a sweet soft voice. She seemed so innocent, it made Hailey's chest hurt.

The guy returned to the living room and she flashed him another smile, unable to stop her eyes from glancing over his body. Sure her current boyfriend was downstairs sweating in an attempt to carry all her things, but he knew she was a flirt didn't he? at least she hoped he did. "It's great meeting you Elena, and you Pierce. Though I'm beginning to think you should be compensating us for hogging up the biggest room.."

Just then, his friend came out of Pierce's room with his skin glistening."Oh, are you two sharing the room?" Hailey asked innocently enough to raise a few eyebrows. If they were, it would be weird she thought, but at least they both looked good enough to eat and it wouldn't hurt to have more candy around the house.

"Hey, in which side of the room do you want the dresser?" Hailey's boyfriend asked between clenched teeth as he walked past them all carrying three pieces of the disassembled mahogany dresser.

"Uhmm.. left..no... right..yeah right is fine"

"Nice to meet you, Hailey," Pierce said. Hottie number two, he was thinking. At least the scenery would be nice all year.

Pierce almost laughed when he saw they guy who was obviously Hailey's pussy-whipped little boyfriend hauling her stuff into the apartment. He wondered about just how serious they might be, but then figured it would be better not to get caught up in that kind of drama. Right? Banging your roommates is bad form. At least, right away. Besides, Hailey would probably be single before too long. Pierce was pretty sure she had gone out with one of his friends at the beginning of freshman year, though he couldn't be certain. Maybe they'd had a class together... he couldn't remember.

But there was still more stuff to get out of the U-Haul, so he and Marcus went back downstairs. It was getting near noon, and starting to get bloody hot and humid, and Pierce peeled off his sweaty tee-shirt when he got outside. He carefully lifted his computer monitor and Marcus grabbed the box full of the computer's brains and they went back upstairs.

They got inside, and while they were moving some furniture around in the living room, there was a knock on the door, although it wasn't closed all the way and just swung open. Standing there was a latino, athletically built, with long thick black hair and dark skin. He was carrying a stuffed gym bag and a suitcase, and looked a little confused when he saw the women.

"Um, hi, I'm Alejandro, this is 3A, yes?"

The two girls got to talking about random things in an attempt to get to know the basics about eachother. Of course Hailey was doing most of the talking. Being that Elena had been overwhelmed by the amount of testosterone in the air, it shouldn't be a surprise that she was clinging on to the only female presence. After all Hailey's stuff were moved upstairs from the pick-up, her boyfriend had to leave for the gym with a few of his friends, leaving Hailey alone in her new apartment. Well alone..with one girl and two, no..three guys.

"Um, hi, I'm Alejandro, this is 3A, yes?"

Both women turned in time to the voice.. "Yup.. 3A it is" Hailey replied, giving him a blatantly thorough glance. "Alejandro.. I'm Hailey, this is Elena, and that.. " pointing to the guy who was now shirt-less "..is Pierce. There are four of us in here so far, two more on their way" Elena smiled that quiet smile at the new-comer, stealing glances at Pierce's bare chest (now that Hailey had brought it up) and feeling a little helpless just watching whilst the others seemed to be working.

"Is there anything I can do to help Pierce?" she asked. "No girl, come with me... leave the men to do the hard work. We can talk whilst I unpack my clothes hm?" Hailey reached for Elena's hand, pulling on her whilst they both entered her room. She had chosen one of the bedrooms right in between the kitchen and the living room. They were spacious, and had better access to the rest of the house.

The last that could be heard from the living room just before Hailey's bedroom door closed shut was "So which one of them do you wanna fuck?"

"So which one do you wanna fuck?" Marcus ribbed Pierce, just loud enough so the girls would hear. He didn't care; the worst that could happen would be dirty looks, but the best was that he would get laid, maybe, eventually...

Pierce watched the door close, Hailey in her little skirt disappearing with the blonde girl, Elena, into her room. Pierce was a little bummed he didn't get to share a wall with that girl. He was sure she had some wild times in bed, and he sure wouldn't mind listening in through thin walls. He turned his attention to his next new roommate, Alejandro.

"Hey, aren't you on the soccer team?" Pierce asked him.

"I play futbol, yes," Alejandro replied. "So which rooms are still available?"

"There's an empty one down the hall," Marcus suggested.

"Thanks," he said, and headed down the hall. He saw Pierce's bed in the room down the hall. He took a peak in Elena's room before taking the room in the corner of the house. It had a couple windows, and outside one was a very nice view, over the trees, of some of the taller buildings on campus. He set his bags down and opened the windows, letting the warm air in. There was no air conditioning in the apartment, except for old hot-water heaters for the cold winters. The bed was small, the dresser reeked of marijuana, and the desk had uneven legs.

Home sweet home. He checked his watch. Practice was in a few hours, so he quickly went about unpacking his few belongings and gathering his futbol gear into his gym bag to go to practice.

Outside, Pierce and Marcus continued bringing the last items up from Pierce's U-Haul truck. Finally. Done. On the way down to take the truck back to the rental yard, Pierce finally got around to Marcus' question. "Man, I'd love to fuck the shit out of either of those chicks. Or both of 'em. Shit, together, that'd be fun, huh?"

Hailey was slightly bent over with her fingers still curled around her door knob. Turning slightly she gazed over Elena who was giving her a questioning look. "Shhh" she whispered whilst she so desperately tried to listen in on what the boys outside were saying about them - Nothing- they had resumed talking to the new guy. With a slight purse of the lips, she walked to her bed and flopped down on it with a huff. "Oh I'm tired. I haven't really done much, but..ehh..it's been a long day".

Elena chuckled and sat slowly beside her, unable to deter her eyes from the very scantily clad brunette who didn't seem to care that her mini skirt was riding even higher with her laying down like that. "Well now, you can get some rest, I've already unpacked so if you like I could help you with yours. Don't worry, I won't take any of your clothes" Elena told the girl with a soft chuckle. "Are you kidding me? I'd love to share my clothes with you! Hell I go shopping every week.. there's plenty to share.. trust me on that"

Hailey finally got up and slipped her feet from those heels, dropping in height at least by four inches. She padded to her dresser and opened up its drawers.. "Alright, since you are here I might as well get this thing over with. Open up that black suitcase.." she ordered the blonde one, who obediently pulled on the zipper to reveal it full of lingerie. Elena frowned, blushed, and frowned some more. There were things, in all colours.. from teddies to g-strings to crotchless panties. There were other things too, many of which she wouldn't even know how to put on. "Well don't just stare.." Hailey laughed "Pass them over, I'm folding them all nice and neat in the first two drawers"

"Since you like them so much Elena, you can pick one of your choice and take it as a nice-to-meet you gift. But damn, those guys are so freaking sexy.." just like that, the conversation had changed. "Do you have a boyfriend? I kinda sorta do, but I got with him before I realized I'll be living in a den full of good looking men" Elena smiled and shook her head. "Yeah, actually I do. He's in a different college, but I've been with him for a while. We've promised to see eachother during the breaks" Elena caught Hailey staring intently into her eyes and she didn't know what to make of that look. It was almost as if Hailey knew something really important that she didn't. "Hmm..that's interesting" the brunette replied.

They continued to talk and unpack Hailey's many clothes, and as time went on the two girls felt more and more comfortable with eachother.

Pierce hit the bars with his buddies after dropping off the U-Haul, buying them pitchers for helping him get all moved in. It was only the right thing to do. His buddies had been quite impressed that he had scored an apartment with two hottie roommates, and they ribbed him about it for most of the evening.

He wasn't sure which one he wanted, to be honest. They were both very attractive, and he knew their tight young bodies would be a lot of fun to play with. But the roommates thing had so much potential to complicate things, cause drama. Drama would be totally unavoidable if there were hook-ups involved. And hook-ups would be probably be happening frequently; Pierce hooked up pretty frequently, it was only a matter of time before one of his hottie roommates was too much to resist.

Back at the apartment, Alejandro was heading down the stairs to run to practice. He passed one Mikey McKay, who was on a landing, waiting for the Brazilian footballer to pass, as he had quite a bit in tow. A backpack and electric guitar case slung over his back, a half-stack Fender amp resting next to one foot, a suitcase next to the other. There was a big pillow strapped to his backpack. He was still wearing his mirrored aviator sunglasses; his curly dark hair was a mess from the humidity. His faded blue jeans clung to his legs. A cigarette was tucked behind his ear. His tee shirt had been taken off a while ago, the day being too hot, and stuffed in his pocket. Alejandro passed him by in a rush and Mikey hefted all his stuff again and carried it up the last flight of stairs.

"3A, hmm..." he said, finding himself outside the door. He set his amplifier down and fished his key out of his pocket, and then tried the door and found it open.

"Hello? Anybody home?" Mikey called out. He looked around. Somebody had a lot of toys, it seemed. The living room was already decked out with a big TV and sofas and recliners. Mikey knew he'd be living comfortably, at least. He just hoped whoever owned the sofas didn't mind that they'd smell like coffee after Mikey sat on them.

Except today he smelt more of marijuana than coffee, as he had had the day off. He had already helped two of his friends move into their new apartments, which were actually just right around the corner. He still had a couple of boxes of random junk in a storage unit, but he could pick that up in a couple weeks, when he needed it. Everything he really needed he had with him.

He set the amp down just inside the door, looking around, when a door across the living room opened and two really attractive girls, a blond and brunette, came out.

"..so what I told him was that I didn't wanna be in his class you know? I mean who'll sit down and listen to that boring shit anyways? So then he turns and he's like..." Hailey had been narrating an incident between herself and an old Ethics professor, but her sentence was cut short as another guy entered the apartment. He didn't look familiar, so she figured he was yet another roomie. She smiled at him and glanced him over, much like she had done with the first two and introduced herself. Yeah..she was really good at that.

"Hey.. I'm Hailey, welcome, you are our fifth roommate. One more left and then I can start tripping if I see another new face just barge in here like this" She grinned at him and pointed to the room right next to hers. "That's empty.. uhmm.. there should be an empty one down here also." now pointing down the hallway.

Elena hadn't been saying much, she just stood behind her eloquent friend and smiled. Without the heels they were both around the same height, but that's where the similarities ended. "And I'm Elena, nice to meet you" she finally told him, her head tilted a bit as she watched his things. That was definately a guitar on his back.. she thought before heading towards her room. "Why don't you give him a hand Hailey, it's time for me to call my parents anyways... we can finish talking later" With that said, Elena returned to her cozy bedroom and hopped on the phone with her daddy.

Hailey stepped in closer to the new guy, having noticed the guitar also and the cigarette behind his hear, and now... the faint smell of what could only be one thing - weed. "So, from the looks of things you must be a musician right? Or do you just like to play for fun?" Her dark eyes settled on his and she smiled. "Don't worry, I like noise, so you can be as loud as you want. I tried learning the flute once but it didn't work out too well... figures" She turned on her toes and strutted off to the kitchen, making a show of swaying her hips here and there..uhm..more out of habit.

"Is that all you have to bring in?" she asked after opening the fridge and peering inside for a drink "If there's more Elena and I can help.. but we charge by the minute"

Well now, they were both very cute, Mikey thought. He hadn't expected to be sharing the apartment with girls. He really should have known, he'd heard stories before from old buddies with crazy apartment and house situations.

He watched the blonde walk off, admiring her curves out of the corner of his eye before answering Hailey's question. "I'm a musician because I have fun playing," he said. He just watched as she sauntered away. He heard her open the fridge.

"Is that all you have to bring in?" she asked after opening the fridge and peering inside for a drink "If there's more Elena and I can help.. but we charge by the minute"

"And this is everything for today, I really don't have much. I'm getting some things out of storage next week, but, your rates might be a bit too steep for me. But I sure could use a cold drink!" He looked around, taking a peak down the hall, and then into each of the rooms that were off the living room. One was definitely already occupied, definitely a girl's room, and it could only be Hailey's, as Elena had gone down the hall to her own room. The other contained just a small bed with a thin mattress, a splintery desk and chair and a dresser. There was a closet, and a window, which looked out at a window about fifteen feet away, the same building. He took a look out the window. The hop onto the fire escape didn't look that far. He set his bag down on the bed, and dragged his amp into the room.

Which was when he noticed the door connecting his room to Hailey's. It was open. He left it that way. Interesting, he thought. He popped open the window before bringing his guitar and suitcase into the room, and that was that. He went back out into the living room.

Hailey

The fridge was pretty much empty. It looked like they would have to either go grocery shopping really soon, or order out till the end of the week. However, what she now needed was a drink, and there were bottles of water alongside cans of beer. "Hmm these are probably Pierce's.." she mumbled before pulling two out and shutting the fridge with a loud thud. For all she knew, the blonde guy was the first to have settled in. She returned to the living room to find him there, apparently he had already chosen rooms because his things were gone. "Here.. catch" she tossed one of the beers at him and opened her own - letting herself fall backwards on one of the couches.

"Well, we can always negotiate the price, since we are all about to live together and all" Hailey tucked a leg underneath her and looked at him with a steady smirk on her lips. "But I'm sure even Elena will agree that we at least have to know your name to do you any favours" the last was said right before she took a few gulps of the cold beer. The temperature was hot, the lack of air condition was going to be a big problem.

Hailey thought he was hot too, not like Pierce and Alejandro had been, but hot none the less. It is true, her taste in men ran far and high, but then again, you don't earn the kind of reputation she had by being too narrow do you? She caught herself oggling the man, so she stopped. The room next to her own had its door open, so she could only guess that the two of them would be sharing that space. Plus their room, actually connected. The thought alone flooded her mind with lots of naughty options. A lot of girls called her a slut, honestly, she couldn't really understand the negative connotations that went along with that word. What was wrong with one being comfortable with her sexuality? She liked the attention though and she'd go through great lengths to obtain it.

Mikey caught the beer when she tossed it to him, and then set it down the coffee table to let it set for a moment before opening it. He knew better than to open a just-tossed carbonated beverage container. He sat down next to Hailey on the sofa.

She said: "Well, we can always negotiate the price, since we are all about to live together and all" Hailey tucked a leg underneath her and looked at him with a steady smirk on her lips. "But I'm sure even Elena will agree that we at least have to know your name to do you any favours"

"Oh, shit, I'm sorry," Mikey said. "I'm Mikey McKay. I'm a grad student, and I work at the Espress-n-Go downtown." He saw the look in her eyes, the way she was sizing him up, so he took a moment as he cracked open his beer to admire her body: long legs, nice tan, all the right little curves and a nice big pair of bouncy full breasts, barely contained in her tube-top.

He looked at his beer, not wanting to stare too much at the girl, though she was quite easy on the eyes. He looked around, fighting every urge he had to hit on his new roommate. Well, he thought, we'll see what happens. "We probably shouldn't smoke cigarettes in here, huh?"

"Allright Mikey.. cool to meet ya" she said right before downing the rest of the beer. She kept her eyes on him the whole time. "I think you are the only grad student we have, I envy you.. still got some time first as an under grad. But if you ever need help..I'm your girl" she chuckled "Hmm that is if you have to clean up a cut, or know some muscle name" Hailey reached over and grabbed the remote, switching on the tellie after finally turning from him.

"Pierce has saved us quite a bit of money, he set this place up really nicely." Realizing that Mikey probably didn't know who he was she continued.."Oh, Pierce is another guy who will be living here with us too. Speaking of which, I may have passed by your workplace with a few girl friends here and there, weird I never caught you there. Maybe next time I'm over..I'll look for you."

She reached over to Mikey, slipped the cigarette from behind his ear, and stared at it briefly. "Mmmhmm.. we probably shouldn't.." grinning "..and we probably shouldn't be doing a lot of other..bad..things in here either, but do you care?" She leaned into him after placing the stick in between her lips.. "light me up?"

-Meanwhile in the smallest room down the hall-

"Dad.. no, like I told you before. All my room mates are girls, yes, most of them are in their first year too... No.. they are all very nice.. right.. of course not. No alcohol, no smoking..none of that stuff.. You don't have to come see me, at least not yet, let me get settled first.. Right.. Ok.. Tell mum I love her.. I love you too daddy.. Bye"

Elena was busy trying to convince her father that things had gone just like he thought they would. Otherwise, he would have definately raised hell. As much as she hated to lie to her parents, little white lies sometimes were needed, plus what was the worse that could happen right? - Well so it was believed, until the acrid smell of smoke reached her nostrils...

Mikey lit her cigarette and then pulled one out for himself, lighting it, letting the smoke fill the room and crawl through the entire apartment. Mikey walked through the living room, opening windows as fully as possible. He opened a couple more in the dining room, which created a decent draft every now and then. Mikey grabbed another beer for Hailey and then walked back to the living room, and sat back down next to Hailey again, a bit closer to her this time, and tapped away some of his ash into her empty beer can as he handed her a new one. He took a drink on his own beer before he asked her: "Do you have a boyfriend, Hailey?"

Meanwhile, downstairs, Pierce was parking his shiny black BMW in front of the apartment building. He got out and shut the door and went to the trunk, opened it, pulled out a case of cheap light beer and shut the trunk. He walked up the three flights of stairs, realized that he was going to get sick of this routine real quick. When he got to the top he sniffed.

Cigarettes. Hmm.

Elena could still hear Hailey and Mikey's voices from down the hall. She hadn't even asked if Hailey smoked, apparently one or both of them did. Although the smell was unpleasant, she also wasn't about to jeopardize the only friend she had in the house because of a few cigarettes. So she opened her two windows.

In the meantime Hailey was busy puffing smoke out of her pouted lips whilst talking to Mikey about random things. She felt rather at ease with him and she wasn't afraid to show it. He seemed very worried about the smoke also, for he was going around opening windows. She pulled her barefeet up to her chest and chuckled. "You worry too much.." flipping channels on the TV, she stopped to watch the new Pirates' trailer, but her eyes didn't cease following Mikey around the house.

She grabbed her second beer and opened it almost instantly to take a swig. "Do you have a boyfriend, Hailey?" He asked her after sitting his fine self next to hers. "Mmm..not really. I mean,there is someone..but it's not serious at all. Do you.. have a girl?" her head tilted so she watched him from the corner of her eye.

"Girlfriend? Nah, I don't think I've had a steady girlfriend in a couple of years now," Mikey replied. "Think this kind-of boyfriend of yours would mind if you smoked a joint with your new roommate?" he asked, opening his cigarette pack again and pulling out a long thin hand-rolled joint. He took a drag on his smoke before tapping some ash away in the empty beer can and then precariously set the lit cigarette on top of the can.

He didn't wait for an answer from her, she just seemed like she'd want to, so he popped the joint in his mouth and lit it quickly, puffed it a few times to get it going, took a big fat hit and handed it over to Hailey. He was holding his hit in, and blew out a giant cloud of smoke towards the door, just as it was being unlocked and swung open and Pierce was standing there, and got hit with the cloud of pot smoke.

"Uh, hi," Mikey said. "I'm Mikey. I took that room over there," he said, pointing over his shoulder to his door.

"I'm Pierce," he said, shutting the door behind him. "That pot smells really good. But it's fucking stupid to smoke out here in the main room."

"It's the kind," Mikey replied, watching Hailey puff on the joint. Pierce came over to her and took it from her when she pulled it from her mouth. He took a fat hit and then handed it off to Mikey.

"I see you found the beers," Pierce said, raising an eyebrow.

"We were just about to make a beer run, too," Mikey said.

Pierce smacked the case of beer on his shoulder. "I think there's plenty for tonight," he said, and walked off towards the kitchen. He slid the beers into the fridge and pulled out two cold ones. He walked back to the living room and looked around. "Is Elena still around?" he asked.

"The blonde girl? I think she's still in her room," Mikey said.

Pierce shrugged, walked down the hall and came to Elena's closed door. He rapped a knuckle against the wood a few times. "Elena?" he said. "We're having a little house meeting out in the living room, why don't you join us?"

"Think this kind-of boyfriend of yours would mind if you smoked a joint with your new roommate?"

"Actually yes. My boyfriend would mind if I did anything with my new roommate.." Hailey replied with a chuckle as she finished her beer before setting it on the table next to the empty can. The issue wasn't wether or not Josh would mind seeing her like this, especially with someone like Mikey whom he'd see as a threat, because he certainly would, but if he'd have the guts to say anything about it or not. Hailey was willing to bet her last condom that he was too much of a pussy to utter a word. Let's just say that literally this girl was an utilitarian.

Hailey didn't answer, also because it seemed like Mikey wasn't really expecting one. Instead she watched him light up the joint with eyes that have come to look a little brighter than before. After he was done, it was passed and she inhaled. That was when she turned to see Pierce had returned from wherever it is that he went. After hearing his comment, she couldn't hold the smoke in any longer because she was laughing at the same time. Needless to say, she spent the next minute or so in a coughing fit.

"What..do you... mean?.. the windows.. they are opened" she replied to Pierce as she finally settled down.

"Mikey here made sure of it. Wow, it looks like we won't go thirsty for a while longer." Licking her lips she leaned over and took the joint from Mikey and took another hit, puffing the smoke through her lips like before, except with a bit more class now. When Pierce left in search of Elena, Hailey curled her left hand around Mikey's arm and whispered in his ear...

"Do you think Elena will go report this little smoke party of ours?"

In the back of her mind, Hailey hoped the other girl wouldn't. Perhaps if she called her in and had her join them, then she wouldn't be able to go snitching. The girl in question was writing in her journal when the knocks were heard. She was a bit shocked really, but she slid off her bed and opened. "Oh..hey Pierce. Uhm.. a meeting?" about what she wondered, but she merely nodded and walked to the living room to see the other two smoking away and drinking beers. Her eyes watered and she couldn't help but cough. "Oh my god I didn't know you guys were into cigarettes. Is there a problem?" The last was asked of Pierce in particular.

In time, she should get used to the smell. Elena figured the only reason why she couldn't now was a matter of novelty. It sure looked like Hailey and Mikey had got rather comfortable pretty quickly. But it also looked like she'd have to hold off her father from coming to visit for much longer than previously expected.

"Oh my god I didn't know you guys were into cigarettes. Is there a problem?"

Mikey turned his head and smiled at the girl. "No problems at all. Classes don't start for another two days. We're just having a little roommate get-to-know-ya session here." Then he took a hit on his joint.

Pierce spoke up then, placing his hand on Elena's back. "Yeah," he said. "You want a beer?" Pierce asked her, cracking open his own beer. Mikey watched her, as he handed Hailey the joint, and she seemed a bit overwhelmed by the suddenness of their little party. A thought occurred to him suddenly. Was she a freshman who had somehow lucked into off-campus housing? He knew there was a shortage of space on-campus. If she was a frosh, this all might be a little intimidating, especially if she's never really been exposed to it.

Mikey replied to her and she nodded, it was followed by a flimsy "Oh" Elena's attention was stolen by Pierce who had a hand against her back whilst he offered her a beer. Her eyes went wide and for a while she didn't say anything at all. His tone had been so reassuring, almost like he were offering her something good and totally not detrimental to her mind and body. She didn't cringe away from him, but she smiled and politely turned him down flat. "No thanks but.. I don't drink"

Elena looked at Hailey who was grinning wide at her as if she knew something Elena did not. That stare had her eyes squinting a bit before she shrugged.. " I do like the sound of that though, afterall we are all kinda strangers here so..sure I'm up for it" With that said she distanced herself from Pierce but only to take a seat in the unused couch and tuck her legs underneath her. Hailey leaned down to shake up one of the beer cans before leaving it on the table with a sigh. "Hmm..okay.. well, I'll go first. You all know my name, and I'm nineteen. Mmm..I'm doing nursing for reasons I can't understand yet, and pretty much a free spirit" Her voice was slightly slurred as she went on and Elena chuckled.

"Alright, I'm eighteen, a freshman, and trying to do psychology. I was brought up in the suburbs where nothing really happened, and my parents are pretty strict." Elena stared at the scattered cigarettes and bit on her lip "I actually just got off the phone with my father and told him nobody smoked or drank in here, and that we were all females.. hehe..sorry guys, I just had to, or he'd take me away from here and I wouldn't want that". With that said, both girls waited curiously for the guys to speak of themselves.

"Well we sure wouldn't want that either!" Mikey said, taking a final swig on his beer and setting it down on the coffee table. Pierce had sat down in a recliner, across the room from Elena, but from there he could see all of her sexy little body sitting on that sofa. Mikey was taking another puff on the joint, and holding in his hit, so Pierce went ahead and started talking about himself.

"Uh, well, I should get this right out on the table, if you all don't know. My dad is James Talent, our state's junior Senator in D.C."

Mikey raised an eyebrow, a bit of a smirk crossing his face as he let the smoke escape his lungs in a long narrow stream pointed at the ceiling.

Pierce continued: "I'm nineteen, this is my second year here, political science major for obvious reasons." The joint came around to him, and he took a hit on it before handing it back to Hailey. "And you all have to promise not to photograph me doing anything like this, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Mikey said. "No worries, I'm too apolitical to give a shit." Pierce rolled his eyes at that, but Mikey missed it and just kept talking: "I'm a graduate student in the music program. I'm 23 and I smoke too much and I play music too loud. I also work over at the Espress-n-Go downtown, and I'll make any of you a mean vanilla latte anytime you come in."

Pierce spoke up then, catching Elena's eye across the room. "But listen, just let us know if your old man is coming to visit, and we'll get the place cleaned up real nice and make sure all us guys are out of here until we know it's safe to return."