The next hour was the 5 girls talking about what to do for their guy's trip. The final plan was to meet at Leslie's place since it was off campus, but each would come when her classes were over. Fortunately, his classes were done first. When they decided to camp, Leslie wondered how many of them had done it before, based on what they were thinking about bringing. At least they would be taking his car. Lila had lunch delivered as they were figuring out the final details. Leslie got a text from John while the others were busy.
"Hey Leslie, I was wondering if I could have a rematch with the games, maybe this time Wesley will be able to control himself"
Leslie replied, "sure, I can meet up in a couple hours. Same place?" John replied with a thumbs up. Staci stuck her head up to ask, "What are you up to over there Les?"
"Just setting up some games for a couple hours from now. I'm meeting with John and the guys to play some videogames. He wanted a rematch."
"Or he just wanted to see you again," said Kiki
"Or he wanted to get down in your business," giggled Tammi, "your vajayjay, silly."
Leslie looked at her confused. "No, he just wants to hang out," countered Leslie
"He thinks you're a cute lil' girly-pop, so he's tryna put his peen inside you," explained Tammi further. Amber made a circle with her index finger and thumb and put her other index finger through it, then moved it back and forth. The other girls nodded.
"You are all wrong, he is a good guy. A fellow veteran. He only wanted to hang out and play games," argued Leslie. The girls all nodded and went back to their planning. After another hour or so, they were done and knew the ground rules that Leslie set. All 6 left at the same time, after Leslie put on a sweatshirt, with most of them excited about tomorrow. Leslie turned to John's dorm and the others waved, with Amber making the gesture again and laughing. Several times on the way to John's, Leslie was stopped by girls to take pictures with him. Eventually,Leslie knocked on the door and John answered.
"Hey Leslie, ready to play?"
"Of course, what am I beating you at this time?"
"We have the new mario kart. We've been practicing, so you'll have to catch up," said John playfully. The two went into the room with the TV and Eric and Wesley were in the middle of a battle. Once they were done, all 4 started a grand prix. Each time Leslie did a little better and actually beat Eric the last race of the set leading Leslie to say, "Move over Granny!"
"Enjoy your win, I'm so shelling you next time," Eric retorted. The next set had Leslie come in second overall, beating John that time. Over the next hour, they played all the modes and finished 6 cans of both Mountain Dew and Coke between all of them. The Cheetoes were gone. As they changed games, they talked about classes starting tomorrow, State sports teams and new anime they were enjoying. John and Leslie talked a bit about the military, with Eric and Wesley asking occasional questions. It was nice to be hanging out with guys. Eventually, Eric and Wesley left saying they to go take care of a few last minute things to be ready for start of class tomorrow, leaving John and Leslie alone. The two went back to talking about military life and how starting college a few years older than everyone else was a little weird. They went back and forth about the maturity level of their fellow freshmen, with John feeling it was a perk and Leslie feeling like it was annoying. Eventually they got to the #dobetter video.
"It's pretty cool I know a girl that has 112 million views on youtube. How do you deal with the fame? Also, do you want a beer? I assume you are over 21."
"A beer sounds great, actually. Yesterday I got an e-mail from Dean Skinner. He tried to back me into a corner. Nothing I couldn't handle, but I haven't even started classes yet and I'm already in trouble." Leslie popped the beer and took a sip of the cold beverage.
"You think he'd like the publicity for this place. You going to take up those people on their offers?" John opened his up too.
"What people?"
"The sponsors! In the comments there were companies reaching out. Not sure if they are legit, but it could mean a pretty penny for you," replied John finishing his drink.
"I didn't check out the comments after the first day. Lots of nasty folk, and didn't feel it would be productive. I'll go back to check. Actually, looking at the time, I should probably get back to my place anyway to get ready for classes. It was great to hang out man," said Leslie.
"Yea, it was great. Maybe we could do it again sometime? Maybe something besides games?" asked John.
"Sure, man, sure. I'd be happy to after this weekend."
"Great!," answered John loudly, "I'll text you. Good luck tomorrow!"
"You too, goodnight John," said Leslie leaving the dorm room. He walked back home after stopped by the cafeteria to get some food to bring home. All of the girls passing by waved to him. A few guys did too. Leslie was happy to be home and alone. He ate about 30% of what he grabbed and put the extra into the fridge that he couldn't finish. After talking to his sister a bit and responding to some texts from his mom, he got his bag ready for his first day of college. He read his book until the alarm went off to change back. He took off his clothing and put on the medallion. He touched his clothing from yesterday to the item and felt himself change back to his normal self over the next 30 minutes. After hiding the thing, he went to the gym and worked out. He saw Amber, Tammi and Kiki there, who came over to say hi and that they were looking forward to tomorrow night. Tammi gave him a hug before the girls left to go back to the locker room to shower. He went back to his workout, with some guys coming up to him to complement him on his ability to pick up chicks. without responding he finished his workout and walked back to his dorm, noticing that people just walked by him. He enjoyed being left alone...mostly.
He went home, showered and had a little more protein before reading his book and going to sleep
