It was suspected by most of the guys in the class, with the exception of Mitchell Hollis, that his roommate, Greg Simmons, was passionately in love with him. Eighteen-year-old Greg's five-eleven, one hundred and ninety-five pound body, along with his notoriously aggressive attitude, prevented others from saying anything negative about Mitch, or from telling him about Greg's desire for him.
Mitch was the same age as Greg but had a slightly smaller body and a modest attitude, seldom found in truly handsome guys. The typical boy-next-door, he had medium length, wavy, light brown hair and brilliant, laughing-blue eyes that melted everyone.
Continual knocking on their door by guys wanting to kiss Mitch's ring was a constant irritation to Greg, who resented having to share Mitch's attention. It was Arnie Phillips who was had knocked. "Oh, hi, Arnie," Greg tentatively greeted, making no effort to hide his indifference.
"Yo, Dawg, Mitch here?"
"Yeah. Just a sec, huh," he said closing the door to leave Arnie in the corridor. He knew he'd been rude but he'd hoped Mitch wouldn't need to invite him inside.
Arnie sighed apprehensively as he leaned back on the sofa. "Hi, Arnie, hey, it's great to see ya," said Mitch, enthusiastically shaking his hand. Greg, pretending he was busily working on his computer, cringed. "Wazzup, Arn?" Mitch asked, smiling widely.
"I sure would like to get yer opinion on something that happened-"
"Sure, Arnie, break it down, buddy." Greg cringed again.
"Well, Mitch, I've gone out a couple of times with this girl okay; she's not my girlfriend, er anything like that."
"Okay, so what's the problem?"
"Well, she's sorta pregnant," Arnie, said, shyly.
"Wow! Congratulations, daddy, I can give ya the name of a good place to get cheap cigars, Greg said, killing himself with laughter, "It mightn't have been planned, Mitch, maybe he didn't know he was cumming." Arnie's eyes shot an arrow in Greg's direction.
"What kinda trouble am I in, Mitch, like legally?"
Mitch was a brilliant first-year law student but certainly not qualified to be giving legal advice; however, all the guys relied on his knowledge of the law and continually sought his opinion.
"Arnie, all ya gotta do is plead that yer dick's so small the condom came off an' ya didn't notice." Greg advised him, smugly.
"Fuck you, Greg," Arnie, replied, expressing his appreciation. "What do ya think I should do, Mitch, I sure as hell don't wanna get married to a broad I hardly even know," he explained, needlessly, Greg thought.
"Are ya sure yer the father?" Mitch asked.
"I don't know how I can know that; shit, I don't know much more than how to get my penis in," Arnie said, expressing how fed up he now was with the whole thing.
"Ha, ha, too bad ya didn't know how to get it out," Greg laughed, hilariously, again. "Ya should get a bunch of guys to all say they screwed her without condoms, around the same time," Greg said, trying to maintain a straight face.
"Fer jezzuz sake, dickhead, will ya mind yer own freakin' business an' crawl back into yer condom?" Arnie said, cleverly, he thought.
"Mitch, can you believe this ingrate? How does he have the gall to come here, begging fer us to help him, with a rotten attitude like that?" Greg asked, indignantly. Arnie released another arrow but said nothing.
"Why don't ya wait a little while, Arnie, to see what happens; I don't think you should worry too much, immediately," Mitch suggested.
"Ya, I'm in complete agreement with Mitch," Greg said, supporting his legal advice, "No point in us breakin' our head fer nothing," Greg said, readying himself for Arnie's anticipated assault that didn't materialize.
"You know, Greg, you're a first class shit disturber," Mitch said, after Arnie had gone.
"So am I," Greg replied; and they both laughed aloud. "So, what kinda trouble is he really in, Mitch?"
"It's hard to say, but usually this type of thing is resolved, amicably; at least, that's what I think," Mitch said, positively uncertain.
"Would his case come to court before you graduate?" Greg asked, facetiously.
"For his sake, I hope so," Mitch said; then, at least, he'll have a real lawyer, if it comes to that... I'm gonna shower, Greg, try not to show yer aggra if anyone else knocks, okay?"
"Okay, Mitch, I'll be very polite, ya want me to show 'em to the bathroom?" Mitch smiled and left without replying.
Greg wished he could show himself in to wash Mitch's back, along with all of the erotic parts of his body. Mitch had always brought clean underwear into the bathroom, where he'd dry himself and put them on before coming out. That was something Greg had always watched for.