Meeting the flat

I put some shoes on and caught up with Josh just before he left the flat; we took the stairs on the way down and got chatting a bit. I think we hit it off, and we had a lot in common. I found out that he had been with Annie since they were at school. He wasn't going to uni but had started working as a car salesperson in the city, so it would probably be around a bit. I didn't mind; I had already consigned to Annie's lack of availability. At least her boyfriend was a nice guy to hang out with, it seemed.

After a few more trips back and forth than I expected, the last thing we had to get in from the car was a massive flat-screen TV. As we were taking it out of the car across the court I saw a guy and the redhead from 508 walking towards their flat with some shopping.

Redhead: 'Hey, last night was great fun, shame about finishing early.'

I tried to laugh naturally, but it was a little ****. That just made her laugh instead.

Redhead: 'Anyway, I can't wait until next time

Me: 'Next time?'

Redhead: 'I hope so, especially because you and Jonny here have some forfeits to do.'

I presumed the guy next to her, Jonny, just looked at me and shrugged. I guess they had their own game going on over there as well.

Me: 'Yeah, that sounds good. Just drop me a message.'

Redhead: 'great, new you were gonna be some fun.'

With that, she turned and headed towards their flat. Jonny also hung back a little bit before being dragged off by her.

Josh: 'What was that all about?'

Me: 'Long story, and I think I only know the half of it'

Josh: 'Sounds like you had an intriguing first night.'

Me: 'Yeah, that one word for it

We couldn't fit the TV into the lift, so we had to take it up the stair, luckily, we were only on the 2nd floor so it could have been worse, but we were both out of breath by the time we got to the top of the stairs where Annie had pretty much finished unpacking.

Annie: 'look at my two strong boys. Can you put it in the living room? figured it would be too big for my room, and the flat doesn't have a TV.'

While the idea was generous, it also meant we had to carry it further through another door. Luckily Annie decided to help with that and held the door as we went through. With a final grunt of effort, we lifted the TV onto the little table in the corner, and we both collapsed onto the sofa.

Annie: 'Thanks, boys. Do you mind if I steal Josh back? I need his help setting some stuff up in my room.'

Josh: 'What did your last **** die of?'

Annie: 'Disobedience'

Josh smirked at that; they disappeared out of the communal area. I liked Josh, he was someone I could get on with, and despite Annie's girly entitlement vibe she gave off sometimes, I got on pretty well with her too. It certainly helped she was easy on the eyes. They seemed like a lovely couple. They had a playful charm that put me at ease.

Some time passed, and I heard my stomach growl, so I decided to sort something out to eat. Josh and Annie had emerged at some point and said they were heading to the shops and asked if I needed anything, but they left and hadn't come back yet. Lucca had emerged once to grab somewhat, but he went back into his room apart from a quick hi. Yeah, defiantly shy, I thought to myself.

I had just finished my food when I met the other Gemma. She was pretty tall for a girl, not taller than me but more so than the other 2. She had long jet black hair and dark eyes. I guessed she was of Latin descent as there was a natural bronze to her skin. She was curvy too, boobs probably as big as Annie's, but she was nowhere near as skinny as her. She wasn't fat per se but certainly not thin, thick-set? is that the correct phrase? Either way, she wasn't my type. If I'm honest was a relief, it was bad enough having two perfect girls running around and controlling myself, let alone if there was a 3rd. A big black guy accompanied her, I don't mean big as in basketball player big, but he was taller than me but big in that he probably wasn't that into basketball. I introduced myself to both of them and asked if they needed help. They had already brought all of her stuff up. As she said to call her, Gem didn't need as many things as Annie did. I found out the guy was also called Grant; I was fairly sure they weren't a couple. Grant came off as pretty camp, so I suspected his temptations lay elsewhere, especially as their chemistry seemed purely plutonic.

Gem: 'was nice to me, you Alex. I'm off to help move Grant into Brecon now.'

Brecon was one of the other four blocks of flat on campus, and I figured Grant must be a first-year student hear as well. With them gone, I only had one flatmate left to meet now. I wondered what Matt was like when Gemma walked into the kitchen. It was the first time I had seen her since last night, and I had no idea how to act...