King and Commoner

9. Heated

Chapter 9

Jeremy III

Jeremy almost tripped over the box sitting right in front of his dorm room door. He cursed as he tried to find footing on the other side of the box. "Who would put this freakin' box right in front of my door with no freakin' lights on!?" He said, opening the door.

His roommate laid on his bed, sat up when Jeremy entered. He chuckled. "Maybe they want to see the ice king trip." He thought for a moment, then said. "Hey, I wouldn't mind seeing that myself." He laughed and ducked when a book flew his way.

"Shut up Nate." Jeremy kicked the box into the room and used the same foot to knock the door closed. "What I want to know is why this box was right in the doorway." His name was scrawled untidily across the top.

"Mail delivery?" Nate laid back down, picking up the book Jeremy had thrown at him.

"Then why didn't you take it when they knocked on the door?" Jeremy asked irritably.

"No knock." Nate read the back of the book, then flipped through the pages.

"Don't they knock on the door when they deliver?" Jeremy asked as he knelt down next to the box.

"Yeah." Nate said simply, his nose was stuck in between the pages of the book.

"Then why..." Jeremy looked up at his roommate. "Are you even listening to me?"

"Huh?" Nate looked at Jeremy. "Uh, yeah. Hey, can I borrow this?"

Jeremy's shoulder's fell a little, and his expression turned bland. "You weren't."

Nate took one look at his roommate and smiled charmingly. "I am now."

Jeremy rolled his eyes and sighed. "So you don't have any idea where this box came from?"

Nate squinted at the box. "Mmm. No. Hey, maybe it's Pandora's box. Don't open it!" He reached toward Jeremy dramatically.

Jeremy didn't laugh. "Very funny. Besides, it clearly has my name on it, so it can't possibly be Pandora's."

Nate pouted. "You're no fun."

Jeremy opened the box with a pair of scissors, and peered inside.

Nate watched his roommate closely. When he saw him blush he had to find out what was in he box. He bounced off the bed and plopped down on the other side of the box. The first thing Nate saw was chocolates, but that's not what Jeremy saw. Stuffed right next to the chocolates was a cream-white pillow. In quite big letters across the front, it said, I LOVE YOU in sparkling, pink glitter.

Nate laughed. "You've got a secret admirer." He elbowed his roommate.

"Shut up." Jeremy closed up the box and pushed it away. His darkening face made Nate laugh harder.

"Maybe you should find out who she is and go out with her."

"No." Jeremy stood and changed to his dark blue silk pajama bottoms, leaving his chest bare.

"Speaking of going out with someone, I found out someone's name today." Nate said in a sing song voice.

Jeremy's eyes sliced straight to Nate.

"Maria Floretta."

Jeremy's eyes narrowed. "And just what do you plan to do?" His voice was just as hard as his expression.

"Oh, hm." Nate tapped his chin. "I haven't figured it out yet, but I do know she's made another male friend. Mike." Nate pounced back onto his bed. "You know, one of the Owen brothers who star on the football team?"