69. Far Beyond

Adrien and I walked back to the dorm room. The power was on, and a few more guys were milling around than before. We climbed the stairs, and at the fifth-floor landing, I paused and looked at him. He smiled sheepishly. "Yeah, I don't want to be alone right now... So..."

No surprise. I had already guessed he would do this.

I sighed. "Well, come up to my room. I really need to clean before Alec gets back."

Adrien followed me up and jumped onto the top bunk, watching me as I started to tidy up. "Are you a neat freak like Alec?" he asked.

I snorted. "No, not in the least. But living with one tends to have that effect, I guess."

"Yeah, when I roomed with him, he definitely made me cleaner. If a speck of dirty laundry hit the floor, he was mopping in here..."

I decided to prod a little. "Yeah, or maybe that's why you keep your clothes so neatly tucked in your hamper now, well, most of the time anyway..."

Adrien got a bit flustered. "Dude, okay. I wasn't going to say anything else ab