Chapter Three
"How do you think you did on the test?" Cole's friend Alex asked as he ran one of his hands through his short blonde hair.
"I think at least passed but there were a few questions on there that I don't remember studying at all" Cole replied as the two walked out of the building and out into the campus.
Although there was a bit of a breeze the sun was shining its warm rays beating down on the college freshman. Normally they would have had one more class to go to but the teacher had to cancel for some reason giving them some additional free time. The two decided to grab a late lunch and then head back to their dorm building. The two grabbed burgers from a place just off campus that many of the college students went to and worked at. Since the weather was still kinda nice they grabbed a small table outside. While they ate the two had standard conversation over classes and girls passing the time.
"Hey there Cole" the clearly recognizable voice of Marcus rang out from the entrance to
Cole froze for a moment as he heard the voice.
It had now been three weeks since Cole and Marcus had first crossed paths and quite a bit had happened. Of course it had all been in secret and Cole had not told a soul about Marcus or what he had done.
"Cole I think those black guys are trying to get your attention" Alex said nodding at Marcus and a second person as he walked up to the table where Cole and his friend sat.
Cole scrambled to think of what to do not knowing what Marcus might say in front of Alex. Before he could come up with a plan Marcus and his friend were standing over both of them sitting at the table.
"Oh -- hi Marcus" Cole responded trying to act as if Marcus was just a fellow student he knew.
"Whats going on pal" Marcus responded.
"N-not much just grabbing a bite" Cole said a bit shy with a stammer.
"Jamal -- this is that white boy I told you about." Marcus said to his friend who was roughly the same build as Marcus but had his hair done in cornrows instead of just trimmed like Marcus.
"Ahh" Marcus's friend said with a chuckle and grin.
"You gonna introduce us to your lunch buddy here?" Marcus asked with a smile.
"This- this is Alex --" Cole started.
"I'm Marcus, this is Jamal" the upperclassman replied motioning to his friend for introductions.
"Nice to meet you both. How do you know Cole?" Alex asked curious how and when Cole would have befriended these two and not mentioned them to him.
"Oh -- we met a couple weeks ago I think. It was at a party -- poor kid was alone so I stuck up a conversation and we hit it off. Didn't we Cole?" Marcus said seeming innocent to Alex but hitting the right buttons for Cole.
"Ya-" Cole agreed.