'Bobby,
I have practice early today and wanted to make sure I could wish you good luck on your first day of classes. As you know, my classes start today too. I have conditioning after my two afternoon classes so I won't be able to talk until around 8:00 tonight. I look forward to catching up later, can't wait to hear how your first day went. I miss you.
All my love,
Rob'
I was always happy to hear from Rob, but it made me miss him more. Billy walked in with a towel wrapped around his waist and started digging through his dresser.
"We still meeting for lunch at 1:00?" Billy asked as he slid on his boxers under the towel before hanging it in his closet.
"Yeah, sounds good." I answered as he nodded his head and continued to get dressed. Billy was straight, and not my type, but I had to admit that he was a good looking guy. He played soccer in high school and was in pretty good shape. He was five foot eight inches tall with spiky black hair. He eyes were almost gray in color and looked like they had a story to tell. After he got dressed he scooped up some hair glue and rubbed it throughout his hair in a chaotic manner, giving it that messy look.
"Alright I'll meet you at D-hall Bobby." Billy said before he grabbed his backpack and headed off to class. Billy and I had been sharing a dorm since last Wednesday, and thankfully we were getting along well. I sent Rob a quick email wishing him luck on his first day of classes before I walked across the hall to take a shower.
I got dressed and sat at my computer and printed out all the documents for my upcoming classes. I gathered the books I needed for class today and noticed a professor had added another book to the list that I didn't have. I left my dorm in 'The Village' and walked down the hill through the identical looking dorms and crossed the street and walked into the bookstore to find the book I needed. I still had some time to kill before class started. I crossed the railroad tracks that cut across campus and headed up a hill. I decided to stop at Chick-fil-A for an egg biscuit before class. I sat and ate at a table outside and watched as the students made their way across campus. Class started in fifteen minutes so I threw my trash away, and headed to the quad for my general literature class.
Thankfully, Billy and I had found all of our class buildings yesterday, so that we wouldn't get lost. Harrison Hall was one of the original bluestone buildings and they were really stunning in appearance. A quadrangle of similar buildings surrounded a large grassed area dotted with sidewalks. My professor looked like she could have retired twenty years ago, but was very nice and even funny at times. She discussed the syllabus and dismissed us early with our assignment for Wednesday.
The walk from the quad to the new side of campus for my next class would take at least 15 minutes, thankfully I would have plenty of time today, and in the future I would probably need to catch one of the buses to make it to class on time. The modern sandstone colored buildings towered in the distance. They were a stark contrast from the original campus. My required general health class was in the aptly named Health and Human Services building. The auditorium was large and looked like it held 200 students. The front of the room was dominated by a massive projection screen.
The professor walked out and clipped on her microphone before she started welcoming us to class. She looked to be in her mid-forties and had a short pony tail of black hair. She turned on the projector and a collective moan of disgust was heard as an image of a disease ridden penis was plastered against the screen.
"You're all new to college, and I like to get this out of the way first." The professor spoke telling us about all of the STDs and STIs out there. I was silently grateful that Rob was the only person I had ever been with, I would never have to worry about catching these diseases that were shown in the graphic pictures. The professor continued by passing out condoms, she even licked one of the strawberry flavored condoms before shrugging indifferently at the taste. She dismissed us and urged us all to get tested and practice safe sex. I had only been with Rob, so I was sure I was safe. Rob had had a couple of relationships before me, and said he was safe. 'Better safe than sorry,' I thought to myself when I made the decision to stop by the Health Center sometime today.
My final class of the day was a general business class and was over near the football stadium. That class was ok, but the professor just read from a power point presentation. Thankfully, there were no pictures of diseased genitalia.
Billy was waiting outside of one of the dining halls when I walked up. We had a good lunch before he headed off to another class. I had the afternoon free so walked to the Health Center and filled out the paperwork to have a STD test. The nurse was nice and didn't give me any judging glances; I guess being on a college campus that she was used to this sort of thing. She told me my results would be available in a couple days and I told her I would be back to pick them up, instead of having them mailed to my shared mailbox.
The grounds around campus were meticulously maintained and reminded me of how my grandma maintained her flower beds. There was an ominous rumble of thunder in the distance which made me quicken my pace as I headed back to my dorm. Dingledine, like all of the dorms in The Village, consisted of three residential sections and a lounge. Each section was three stories tall. Thankfully, I was on the first floor and I swiped my ID card to head into C-section. One of my suitemates was coming out the hallway door and held it open for me.
"Thanks Dave. You might want an umbrella." I warned as he nodded and headed into the courtyard. My suite consisted of a common room that had three doors branching off. There were six people in a suite, two in each room. I hadn't spent much time with the other four, but we seemed to get along pretty well. Across the hall was a bathroom with two stalls and two showers that we shared with a similar suite on the other side of the hall.
A torrent of water rained down outside my opened window as the skies unleashed their fury. I thought of Dave and the other students walking to class in the downpour and thanked my lucky stars that I made it back in time. It was nearly three in the afternoon and I had nothing to do. I collapsed on my bed and closed my eyes for a quick nap.
Billy woke me up coming back from class looking like a wet dog.
"Man it was really coming down out there." Billy said as he tossed his backpack on the floor.
"Yeah it started as soon as I got back." I answered looking out the window; the sun was starting to peak through as the storm passed.
"I'm gonna head to URec in a minute, wanna go?" Billy asked.
"Yeah, I'm bored; I'll go check out the pool." I answered.
"Cool." Billy said as he started to exchange his wet clothes for gym clothes. I pulled out a pair of board shorts grabbed a towel, and threw them in a bag. "I'm gonna lift some weights, but I'll probably be there an hour and then we can grab some supper."
"Sounds good." I answered as we made our way to the University Recreation building. Billy stopped to read a flyer on the bulletin board as we entered.
"The football team is having open tryouts for a placekicker Wednesday." Billy said. "You wanna help me practice one day?"
"Yeah, I'll help you. Guess those soccer skills might come in handy." Billy laughed and headed off to find the weight room while I headed to change in the locker room. The pool was massive and had lanes up and down the length of half the pool. The other half was being used for water polo practice, probably the club team training. I found an empty lane and eased my lean but toned, five foot ten inch frame into the cool water. I immediately relaxed as I started swimming freestyle at a moderate pace. I had lost track of time until my head bumped into something and I spluttered to a stop to examine the disturbance. There was a yellow water polo ball and I looked around to get my bearings. A guy was waving for me to throw him the ball and I did a double take. Upon first glance I thought it was Rob. He had shimmering green eyes and a neatly trimmed beard. I shook off my confusion and lobbed the ball over to the waving stranger.
"Thanks dude." He shouted before returning to his practice. I checked my watch before I resumed my swimming. I still had twenty minutes before I needed to head out and meet Billy. I sprinted for two laps, swimming as fast as I could, before doing a lazy backstroke to cool down. I climbed out of the pool and grabbed my towel to dry off. The water polo practice must have ended as the beefy guys jumped out of the pool. They were all nicely toned and wearing skimpy Speedos. I caught a flash of green eyes catch my own and quickly turned away and headed towards the locker room to change. He really did look a lot like Rob. He was a couple inches taller than me, and had a nice hairy chest. Rob was definitely more muscular, but the stranger had long lean muscles. I showered and changed quickly before meeting Billy.
"I checked out these footballs to practice kicking, wanna hold for me on the practice field for a while?"
"Sure Billy." I answered as we walked out back and headed towards the goal post at the end of one of the practice fields. He showed me how to hold the football and made sure that I knew to place the laces out and away from him.
