Phil: Okay, thanks.
Adam: You're welcome.
Narrator: Phil drops you off at the apartment. Whew, things are starting to get crazy this week in school. You've got midterms this week. You haven't much time for anything else, so it's time to buckle down.
Tuesday...
Narrator: You're working on your paper about feudal economics when you decide, as often as you do when faced with an impending due date, to head to the kitchen for a snack.
Penny: How long do you think that's going to last?
Adam: At least a century. I hear asbestos is pretty durable.
Penny: No. Not the ceiling. Listen. The silence. I'm waiting for T-rex Tuesday to start any second now. If he makes another racket, according the lease agreement, he'll get evicted.
Ian: Seriously, I couldn't concentrate at all last week. Ended up fragging myself during PvP. My rank feel from 454, 113 to 470,304. I used to be somebody, Adam.
(Doorbell rings)
Adam: Either of you guys expecting someone?
Narrator: Your roommates shrug. You open the door.
Adam: Um, hi?
Narrator: Jed waives at Ian and Penny.
Jed: I'm Jed, I live upstairs.
Narrator: He grins at Penny.
Jed: I remember you, Purplelady.
Penny: ...
Jed: I'm guessing you don't recognize me with my clothes on?
Penny: Well, um...
Jed: I thought I'd swing by with a peace offering.
Narrator: He hands you the piping hot pizza box. The smell of pepperoni fills the air.
Penny: Um, thank-you.
Jed: Sorry for all the noise, but I have to rock out. It's in my DNA.
Ian: Hey, no worries, man. It's all good. This world judges us harshly. But I believe in giving others a fair shake. You never know until you walk in their shoes.
Jed: That's amazingly poignant. I may get that tattooed on my neck someday. Can we chat a sex, Adam?
Adam: Why don't you take this to the kitchen, guys?
Ian: It's cool, we can eat it right here.
Adam: The kitchen is a much better place.
Narrator: Penny shakes her head, grabs the box, and yanks Ian towards the kitchen.
Adam: So you deliver pizza.
Jed: Yeah. Lost the ticket for that one. Not sure where it was supposed to go, but you guys can have it. Starving college kids need love, too. So, sorry about what happened. My sis tends to overreact a little when dudes with erections show up at the door. But lemmee get to the point. I was wondering if you'd like to have a drink with me on Friday. A bar down town. Live music. I think you could use a little unwinding, Sparky.
Adam: You don't need to call me that.
Jed: Sorry, you look like a Sparky I knew. From prison. Bit someone's nose off. But okay, how about it?
Narrator: You think about your schedule. School's gotten busier and you've got midterms coming up. If you accept Jed's invitation, you'll have time for little else.
