Date: Sat, 30 May 2009 13:22:57 -0700 (PDT)
From: Joseph C <hottennishunk87@yahoo.com>
Subject: Big Red Chapter 2

Hey, Thanks for all the good comments and feedback, guys. I'm glad you
liked it and I hope you like the new chapter as well. Sorry it took so
long, but it's been hectic with school and work. Email me at
hottennishunk87@yahoo.com if you have questions or comments. Enjoy,
boys. -JC

BIG RED

Chapter Two
Drama: The Way of Life

	Paul was seriously going to kill himself. He needed a roommate
change quick. He had already expressed his concern to Kristin, but she said
he needed to find someone who was willing to exchange rooms. His roommate
was just way too weird. He never talked, was always doing neurotic things
like locking the door when he walked two feet to the bathroom. Who does
that? Furthermore, had his name not been on their door, Paul would never
have known his name was Brady. It was getting to be too hectic of an
environment for him.
	"What up, Paul!" greeted Tristan from behind. "How was orientation
for my future doctor-engineer?"
	"Boring, how was Statler High? Orientation fun for you young kids
who are in Cornell's special education school?" Paul jeered. Hotelies got a
lot of shit at Cornell, mostly because they deserved it. To give them
credit though, it was the top hotel school in the world.
	"Hey, not cool" shot back Kyle from behind Tristan. "Sorry, we're
not all nerds like you. You wish you had our looks and charm, and plus,
we'll end up making a lot more money that you in the future!"
	"True that" agreed Tristan giving Kyle a high five.
	`Now, why can't I get a roommate who's cool like them?' thought
Paul. "Let's go to your room," said Paul motioning his head towards Brady's
annoyed, sneering face.
	"Oh, my God, I cannot stand him! He's always making our room extra
tension high! I already requested a roommate change, but I can't think of
anyone else who would be interested in changing."
	"That sucks, man," said Kyle with sympathy.
	"If we have anybody who wants to change, we'll let you know,"
Tristan offered.
	"Thanks, guys!" Paul said appreciatively.
	"So, you coming to ATO with us tonight again," Tristan asked.
	"Umm, I already told Chase I'd go with him to Psi U." answered
Paul.
	"Hmm, preppy snobs by any chance?" Kyle joked, well half-joked.
	"Duh, of course," Tristan answered for Paul.
	"You guys are horrible," Paul laughed, "but I'm guessing you're
right. We might as well check it out though in case we like it."
	"All right, we'll go, but we want to stop at ATO too," Kyle said.
	"Deal," Paul agreed.

	That night, the boys got ready to go to Psi U and were just about
to leave as they saw Adam.
	"Yo, Adam! Where you going tonight?" asked Tristan.
	"Some fraternity called Sig Phi. Where you guys going?" said Adam.
	"Psi Upsilon," answered Chase.
	"I heard those guys were rich snobs," said Adam.
	"Yeah, we assumed since Chase wanted to go," joked Kyle. Chase gave
Kyle a death glare, but it was all meant in fun.
	"You going to ATO later?" Tristan asked Adam.
	"I don't know. You?" Adam asked.
	"Yup!" Kyle answered.
	"Okay, then I'll be there." smiled Adam directing it at Kyle and
half-jokingly winking at him.
	"Ahh, I am where the party is, aren't I?" Kyle said with a jokingly
boastful tone.
	"Only in your mind," Tristan said popping Kyle's ego. Kyle
pretended to look extremely hurt and acted as if he was about to
cry. Everyone laughed at the jokester.
	"Maybe I'll just go to Psi U with you guys. You're way too funny."
said Adam.
	"Oh, sorry to be rude. This is Chase and Paul," introduced
Tristan. "And this is Adam, who's also on the lacrosse team with us."
Everyone exchanged hellos.
	"That's so cool that your suite is so tight. I don't really know
any of the other guys in mine. They all seem to do their own thing because
we're all so different," said Adam. "There's the football jocks in one
double, the engineering nerds in the other, and then there's the ROTC and
me in the singles. I wish I was in your suite.
	"That could totally be arranged," Paul half-joked. But then he
thought about it. Adam seemed like a laidback, easygoing guy. "Would you
mind a double instead of a single?" asked Paul.
	"Eh, I'm okay with whatever. I'm just not feeling my suite. The
football guys are annoying with their music, the nerds are awkward, and the
ROTC says the weirdest things and always wants to go crazy. It's a
nightmare," fumed Adam.
	"Tell me about it. My roommate won't say a word to me. It's always
a tension-high zone in our room. He disapproves of basically everything I
do," Paul replied understandingly.
	"You guys should tell Kristin about this tomorrow. As for now, we
should start partying!" Tristan exclaimed making some dance moves.
	"Haha, he's right! Let's go!" said Kyle. "You coming?" he asked
Adam.
	"Definitely!" Adam was sold after he saw Kyle's sexy smile.

	As they walked down towards West campus, the subject of political
affiliation came up. They were at an Ivy League institution after all. They
all knew where Chase stood. A conservative Republican and Bush-lover.
Tristan and Kyle were relatively liberal. Paul was pretty moderate, and
Adam was surprisingly conservative. However, he hated Bush, but thought he
had been a much better choice than Kerry in the last election. He was
actually more of a libertarian because he was only economically
conservative, and when it came to social issues, he leaned towards the
liberal side. This was the typical makeup of Cornell, mostly liberal, still
too many conservatives, but a lot people in the middle or people who were
apathetic.

	The foursome, or fivesome since Adam tagged along, arrived at Psi U
and became bored out of their minds. Well, everyone became bored except
Chase. The guys that talked to them were all very boring, and the
fraternity was mad preppy and snobby. Chase loved it and really talked to a
lot of guys trying to get a good chance at receiving a bid in the spring.
The other four were bored out of their minds. They wanted to leave within
fifteen minutes, but Chase wanted to stay so the remaining foursome left
without him. They decided to take Adam's advice and check out Sigma Phi
where the foursome started having a blast. Sigma Phi had tons of hot
guys. Many of the guys were on the varsity swimming and diving team and
quite a few of them were gorgeous.  There were also a lot of cute soccer
players, both varsity and club, and even a couple varsity lacrosse players
which surprised Adam, Tristan, and Kyle. Paul was having a great time
hanging out with the girls in Sigma Phi Society. The three lacrosse players
also found themselves taking a strong liking to the fraternity. It was
definitely a very attractive fraternity. Everyone was athletic and
intelligent. Their house GPA was always one of the top three every
semester, as they learned from the president, who was a gorgeous
dark-haired stud with blue eyes named Ryder. The high GPA could be affected
by the fact that there were a lot of guys who played varsity sports and had
bullshit majors like communications or sociology or easy majors like hotel
administration. However, it was still legitimate to the lacrosse players,
and they were really interested in the fraternity. The fraternity guys of
Sigma Phi were also very interested in the foursome as all four guys were
very good looking, and three of them played varsity lacrosse. The fourth
was a genius who would give their house some street cred when it came to
their GPA. The four guys were having such a good time at Sig Phi that they
completely forgot about ATO where Traci had gotten impatient waiting and
was fuming about the absence of the boys. She was not sure if she couldn't
find them, or if they had not arrived, but she assumed Adam would find her
if he had gotten to ATO. Traci had told him earlier about her crush on
Tristan, and he thought it was wonderful, and that they would make very
gorgeous babies together. Traci happily agreed.  But Traci was getting
annoyed, and was extremely upset that Tristan had not arrived so she could
hit on him.

	"Soooo...Kyle, you got a girlfriend?" Adam slurred.
	"Nope, single and ready to mingle, buddy," Kyle answered with his
own drunken tone, forgetting that he had told the others he did have a
girlfriend. Tristan looked up surprised. Paul was talking to some girls, so
he didn't even pay attention.
	"Want to mingle with me?" Adam flirted jokingly, but not really.
	"Sure, come sit on my lap, and I'll mingle you right up!" Kyle shot
back.
	Adam shot up and ran to Kyle's lap and pretended to make out with
him, causing both to go into hysterical giggles. Tristan didn't find it
funny at all, but laughed along anyway. He was jealous, but not really sure
why. Did he dislike Kyle for flirting with Adam or vice versa? Or was he
just jealous that they flirted with each other rather than him? He was
confused and had big questions about the sexualities of these hunks as well
as his own feelings towards them.
	Paul laughed and jokingly said, "Wow, you two are such fags."
	"True that!" Adam laughed actually meaning it though.
	Kyle laughed along, but Tristan was extremely offended by Paul's
lack of character and consideration. He glared at Paul and was extremely
hurt. He expected a comment like that from Chase because he was a tool, but
Paul was better than that in Tristan's mind. Nobody else noticed Tristan's
mood that night though. They were too drunk to really care at that
point. Tristan was thoroughly pissed off, both at the fact that Kyle and
Adam were paying attention to each other more than him, and at the fact
that Paul was a homophobic asshole. Since he was the most sober one out of
the four, he was thinking about pushing all three of them off the bridge
into the gorge on their way home. The gorge was famous at Cornell because
so many people committed suicide by jumping off. That was why Cornell had
such a high suicide rate compared to other schools. Tristan thought Adam
had been interested in himself, but apparently Tristan had been mistaken.
It was so obvious he was openly flirting with Kyle, and Kyle absolutely
loved it. They were both somewhat intoxicated, but that was when people's
true feelings showed. Tristan was extremely jealous and unhappy.

	Kyle, meanwhile, did not know that Adam was coming on to him. He
thought they were just hanging out as great buddies starting a budding
friendship, and was way too intoxicated to read much further into Adam's
advances. Adam, on the other hand, was finding Kyle to be more and more
attractive, and loved flirting with the lacrosse stud. He wanted to get as
close to him as possible in the shortest amount of time. Tristan watched
with unhappy eyes at the exchange between them. He was disgusted with
himself for being jealous, but he couldn't help it. The two guys that he
first had feelings for obviously liked each other instead.

	As the boys continued to enjoy hanging out at Sigma Phi, girls
started coming on to them as they were all very attractive. Unfortunately
for the girls, the lacrosse studs were not interested. However, even though
Paul had a girlfriend, he was still flirting with the girls and touching
them in inappropriate areas for someone who was in a relationship. Tristan
found this to be despicable and it made him dislike Paul even more. Paul
was turning into the stereotypical frat boy who was sleazy with the girls
and extremely homophobic. Tristan was immediately regretting this
relationship that he had started with this seemingly chill guy at first.
Perhaps Paul's roommate had gotten the right first impression of him all
along.