Greetings and Reunions

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Rodney Copperbottom is currently walking to his dorm with a big box that contains all his stuff in his hands. You'll think that being a tall (5'11), young man (18) with sparkling blue eyes and bright baby blue hair will have perks along with it, but to him, he hates it. Ever since he and his girlfriend broke up, every other girl has tried to be with him. Now he's not sure if he could ever be himself again. It doesn't help the fact that whatever he dresses good, they try even harder. So for that reason alone, he's wearing a black polo, with white khaki shorts, and baby blue converse.

(Rodney's pov)
Man, I'm not sure if I can ever get over Piper, and mom was right. This box is actually heavier than I thought. I'm gonna drop all my stuff anytime now. Ironically I was right, the box moved to my left and I couldn't move in time. But before it could reach the ground, two soft hands manage to reach the end of the box and properly situate it back into my arms.

Her hands were on top of mine to assure that the box wasn't going to try to drop again. "Whoa easy there, you wouldn't want to be embarrassed before college even started, now would you?" The voice said jokingly, when I looked up, I didn't expect to see the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.

Her emerald-green eyes shined brightly, her dark hair move in accordance with the wind. Her tan skin was so soft and inviting that the sun's rays were reflected off her. She was wearing a black blouse that hugged her and skinny jeans that made her legs stand out. Her black vans were slightly covered with dirt. Is she an angel, cause I think I'm in Heaven.

I blushed a red, I looked down and saw that her hands were still on top of mine. She noticed and a rosy pink blush rose to her cheeks. She quickly removed her hands away, the moment she did I wished she didn't look down. I then cleared my throat to discard the awkwardness surrounding us. "Thanks, without you my stuff would be broken." I put the box to the ground and extended my right hand. "My name is Rodney. Rodney Copperbottom." She looked at me bewildered, as if I did something that wasn't normal. She then smiled and gave me her hand. Once again I felt like I was in Heaven.

"Cappy Jade, it's a pleasure to meet you Rodney." The moment our hands meet again, a spark of electricity flowed thru our hands. I knew she felt it to, because she immediately let go. After that spark, I thought she was gonna leave. But despite what happened, she instead smiled and her lips parted to speak once again but before she could, some girl took her by the arms and dragged her away.

"Let's go Cappy, she's waiting for us!" Wait, she's leaving, don't let her walk away. I quickly turned to them, Cappy saw me turn and she untangle herself from the girl. The red hair girl gave Cappy an annoyed look. "Just go along without me Loretta." Cappy was now walking to me and I to her, until a pair of strong arms intertwined with mine.

"There you are Rodney, we've been looking crazy for you!" The man on my left, Lug said, "Yea, you're not gonna believe this, just what til we show you!" The man on my right, Fender said. "Fender, Lug, get off me. Crank tell them to get off me!" "I'm sorry buddy but this is necessary." Crank said, I couldn't escape their grips, "Let me just-" "Don't worry Rodney, Diesel's got your stuff, now let's go."

My "friends" kept dragging me away from Cappy, I tried to escape but I couldn't. Hopefully my look of desperation convinced Cappy that I wanted to go back to her. Once again, Cappy's friend, Loretta, dragged her away. "He's leaving let's go, you should know that leaving someone behind is rude." Before Cappy was gone, she said "Rodney, meet me at the freshmen orientation party tonight!"

"I will Cappy!" I said in a somewhat high pitch voice. Wow Rodney, that's the first time in forever since your voice has cracked. Cappy's smile melted my heart on sight, she was now gone. "Now with that being over, let's go! Who knows if he's still there now." I looked at my friend, "Fender what are you talking about?"

Fender Pinwheeler, he may seem a bit odd at first, especially with his bright dyed red hair, but in reality he's a great guy. I remember the first time we met. It was my freshman year in high school, I was being bullied by a fellow freshman. But at the time I was more timid by anything taller than me. So when the bully continued to harass me, Fender came up and told him to pick on someone his own size. The bully was going to retrot back until he saw him. Fender was always tall, at the time he was a junior and was still remotely taller than everyone. So when he saw him, he immediately ran off. I'll admit I was scared too, Fender was 5'11, I was 5'6, he had muscles, I was wimp, his red hair to my baby blue hair, you get the point. I expected him to walk away, but instead he complimented my hair. From that moment on, we were brothers. He's currently 6'1, age 20, he's wearing a yellow shirt and khaki pants with tan suspenders.

At last we arrived at the destination, we were in our dorm hallway. It was crowded, everyone was circling one person in particular. All the attention of the women in the hall were drawn towards it. They all looked like teenage girls who couldn't control themselves. We then heard a man's voice, and I recognized it immediately.

When we entered the hallway, their attention immediately turned to us, but all eyes were on me. I could hear the whispers, the guys said the could feel the tension in the air, the ladies said I was very attractive. But I ignored them, they then moved to the walls of the hallway, and the only people who were left in the middle were my friends, me, and one other guy on the opposite side of us. He just stood there, as if he wasn't sure of what to do. He then walked towards us, and we to him. We stopped, meeting halfway, he may have had the advantage of looking more intimidating by being 6'1, (two more inches taller than me). But that didn't matter.

The man was no other than Phineas T Ratchet. He was the same guy who bullied me as a freshman and throughout high school. Thou in our sophomore year, it became more of a rivalry. He was the school jock, I was a nerd, geek, I would stand up for others while he would put them down. He's the same age as I was, the only differences are that he's a dark hair, small beard and mustache. Grey eyes, a little more muscular, and very cocky. He's more modern while I go with the classics, that's obvious because he's wearing a brown leather jacket, denim jeans with brown Levi's, and a white T-shirt.

I was the first to speak, "Ratchet, fancy seeing you here." "As to you too Copperbottom. I didn't know they accepted low life bottoms kids like you and your friends here." I got angry, I was about to retrot back, til he broke into a grin "Relax Copperbottom, you should know by now that I like to push people's buttons. But that isn't the reason why I told you're friends to bring you here." "Is that so?" I asked, "No, but let me ask you a question."

I stood there awaiting his question, which felt like an eternity. "When you and Piper broke up, were your intentions for her to try even harder?" While Ratchet said that, he lead us outside the hallway and looked straight ahead. "Excuse me?" I then looked where he did.

I thought she was going to Georgia Tech, apparently Fender was wrong too. We all looked at her, I don't know what made her change. She was the one to break up with me. We all saw Piper Pinwheeler, aka, my ex-girlfriend and Fender's younger sister.

We met the same day I met Fender, I could tell immediately that she had a crush on me, but we didn't date til our junior years of high school. I was afraid of Fender, I thought he wouldn't like it if we were to go out. He actually loved it, he would even recommend places to go on dates.

Piper Pinwheeler, she is a great person and friend, despite our break-up. She broke up with me, people were telling me that she was cheating on me, but when I asked who, they couldn't give me an answer, so I ignored all the rumors I heard.

But it's not like I didn't consider them. I was shocked when she agreed to go out with me. She really did change from the last time I saw her a few months ago. Three months ago, she was 5'6, now she's 5'7, she was a pretty blonde, now an attractive blonde, short hair, much more longer hair now. I didn't know what to think. One day out of the blue, she broke up with me. On our two year anniversary date. We were at a fancy restaurant, halfway in dinner, she said she couldn't do this to me. She said she was sorry, we were over. She left me at the table, that was also that last time I saw her, till now.

The girl to Piper's left, isn't she the same red hair girl who interrupted Cappy and I? I looked closer, she was the same girl. What, if she's here, then that means Cappy's near by. I really didn't want to see Piper, and if Cappy comes in between, well wouldn't that be a very awkward situation.

"Well this was meaningless, I'm leaving. Oh and by the way Ratchet, I'm over her." Of course when I say that, Piper had to hear me. "Rodney?" I stopped walking, it's rude to just ignore her, besides, she's the one who ended the relationship.

I turned to see her, she was now in front of me. "Your hair's longer." Piper blushed a soft pink, I'm assuming out of modesty. "Yea, I always did like long hair." Before she could say more, I decided to end this conversation as quickly as possible. "I gotta get going Piper, I haven't even seen my room yet." "Oh ok, later we should meet up at the freshmen orientation party tonight."

I looked at her incredulously, does she really expect me to go with her after what happened? "I don't think so, I plan on meeting someone there." All of my friends including Ratchet looked at me with a surprise look. "I gotta go," I grabbed my box from Diseal, "goodbye everyone." With that said I left to my room.

At last, I finally have peace and quiet. I put up my clothes in the closet and in the dresser. I laid down on my bed, I thought of Cappy. She was beautiful, different, that spark that conspire between us, I've never felt it before. Not even with Piper. I didn't think much more longer, a soft knock on my door interrupted my thoughts. "Come in." The door opened to reveal Crank. "Hey Rodney, the party is gonna start in another few hours, are you gonna go?" "Yea I will, at what time?" "At seven." "I'll see you there." Crank then closed the door and left.

Crank Hammer, (5'9), 18 and bright orange hair. I met him the same time as Piper and Fender. I always thought that he had an crush on Piper but I never asked him. He's a chill dude, he's there when you need support.

I checked the time and saw it was four o'clock, I'll just watch some TV, get ready in another hour, then go to the party. A smile spread on my face, I can't wait to see Cappy again.

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