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didn't know you were a geek, Kev. Don't worry, I don’t think any less of you. Drew might, but I don’t.” Saved me in a manner of speaking, at least.
    Drew shook his head. “No way, man. I have nothing but respect for those guys. If my laptop ever screws up, I'm lost. Hell, all I know how to do on it is check my mail, write my papers, and visit websites.”
    “Yeah, and we all know what sorts of websites you visit,” Max said.
    Jess continued to glare at me. Her expression was hard and disapproving, but she let the topic go. “I didn't think you two would be the type to take in a freshman.”
    “I’m not a freshman,” I said. All three of them stared at me. “I’m technically a transfer student. I went to community college for about a year before coming up here.”
    “That’s weird,” Drew said. “Andreas said we’d get a freshman.”
    “I guess we’ll keep you anyways,” Max said to me.
    “How generous of you,” Jess said.
    “We only signed up for the mentoring program because of the dining plan discount,” Drew added. “Though, it's nice to have someone else around. Max is pretty hard on the eyes after a while, you know?” I winced. Now I felt like a meal ticket.
    “Speak for yourself, Fabio,” Max said. “I've seen the way you gaze into the mirror in the morning. Kev's been pretty good so far. Doesn't look like he's going to need much training, and he already knows how to feed himself and use the litter box properly. I think by the end of the first trimester, we might be able to enter him in a show.”
    “You know, I can hear every single word you say,” I pointed out.
    “Why, so you can.”
    The door burst open. “Hey Jess, I just ran into Kaitlyn over at the Caf, and she said...hey, there's people here!” A tiny black-haired tornado swept into the room. She scooped up the skirt I had stepped on and flung it at the lower bunk as she flew straight at Drew. “Max! Drew! I almost missed you during winter break! No, I'm lying, I didn't miss you at all, but I did think of you once or twice.”
    “Drew thought of you once or twice too,” Max said.
    “I know he did,” she said. “Andreas said you guys were signed up for the mentoring program. I couldn't believe it, but then, I guess you wanted to corrupt some poor freshman. I bet you already took him to meet Andreas to begin the process. I was hoping that I could talk Jess into doing the same thing so we could cancel out you guys, but she didn't want to. I was so mad at her. I still am, by the way!”
    “No, you're not,” Jess contradicted her.
    “Well, I was!”
    “For about five minutes.”
    “Yeah, well, I can never stay mad at you,” she said, with a slight emphasis on the last word. “So where is he? Did you already abandon him? Don't you ever think about anyone other than yourself, Andrew Lee Grant?”
    “He's right there,” Drew said, pointing at me.
    I stood up just as she whirled around. When Max had joked about Drew having a fetish for tiny Asian girls, he wasn't exaggerating. If she was anything over five feet tall, I would have been shocked. She was no delicate flower, though. She ran across the room and threw her arms around me. “He's so cute!”
    “Full marks from the Chinese judge,” Max said.
    I flipped Max off behind her back. He snickered. I looked down at the girl hugging me fiercely. “Hi, I'm Kevin Parker. Nice to meet you?”
    “I'm Lisa Chen, nice to meet you too. Welcome to Ripley! I'm so sorry you got stuck with those two.” She let go of me and jerked a thumb over her shoulder. “They're complete assholes, both of them. If they give you a problem, just let me know, and I'll come beat them up for you.” She growled. It was more cute than menacing.
    “I'm not an asshole,” Drew protested.
    “Oh no?” Lisa spun away from me so quickly her hair whipped my chest. “Drew, we need to talk about something. Come here. Now.”
    Drew stood up. He was over a foot taller, and had to weigh twice as much.