Chapter 30: Kevin’s New Dorm

Two days later, Sophia arrived in class early and saw a face that made her very happy. Her brother Kevin appeared in front of her.

"Kevin, you've come to school!" Sophia walked up to him and quickly asked so many questions, "Have you taken care of everything at home? Your stepmother didn't come back, did she?"

"It's all done. My stepmother hasn't come to me since that day you saved me. Thank you, Miss. Green!" Kevin nodded, and a shy smile slipped in his lips.

"Miss. Green? Didn't we agree last time that you would call me sister?" Sophia stared at him, feeling a little when she heard her little brother addressed her.

"Oh, sorry, I mean, sister!" Kevin was embarrassed, but he repeated it, "Sister. There! Sorry, I am not used to it!"

"Yeah, it's okay! That's right!" Sophia smiled and patted his shoulder.

She walked to her seat, not noticing that the rest of the class was watching her petrified. They were surprised at Sophia's behavior before Kevin. They have no idea what happened to her.

Had Sophia…just made Kevin Green her brother? Did she wake up at the wrong side of her bed, today? These are the thoughts lingered in her friend's mind.

In just one morning, the news had spread all over the school, and everyone knew that Kevin was now Sophia's younger brother. To everyone's surprise, no one dared to question Sophia because they were afraid of her. Even her close friends are amazed at the sudden change she has made in recent days.

There had always only been four girls in the Sister Alliance. It was the first time that Sophia had involved a boy, the first brother in their group.

"Is it true that Sophia's got Kevin Green in her gang now?"

"Don't get on the wrong side of him, and you better be careful when you see him! Sophia had his back now as they said he now her declared little brother,"

"Oh, no, I bullied Kevin last term… I'm finished. I'd better transfer to another school! Sophia might run after me!" One of the students exclaimed.

"Oh, Kevin is so lucky. How come he got included in Sophia's group?"

"Maybe because …he's hot? Maybe Sophia really likes him or knows him before," Another one uttered.

When Kevin arrived that morning, he had applied for a bed at the school dorm. His home was quite far from the school. He used to go back home every day to take care of his sister, but now his sister was no longer there; staying at home would only make him sad, and so he decided to live at school from now. After the burial of his sister, he went back to school to start a new life. He often misses her older sister after her tragic death.

Ms. Acheson immediately agreed to arrange this for him, but there were so many students already boarding at the school dorm that he would have to go wherever they could find a free bed.

"It seems that only room 509 has an empty bed. That dormitory…" Ms. Acheson hesitated, "The students there are rather badly behaved. I'm afraid that…"

"It doesn't matter. Dorm 509 is fine." He quickly assured Ms. Acheson that he could handle bullying from other students. He doesn't want to get pitied from his teacher. He thought that he needed to stand alone.

Kevin didn't care. The dorm was just a place to sleep. He usually studied in the classroom and would only go to the dorm at night, so all he needed was a place to lie down. To skip the sad reality, he is bearing silently.

"You can live there for now. If there are any problems, just tell me. When another dorm becomes available, I will switch you out." Ms. Acheson was worried. The boys in that dorm were particularly troublesome. She can't let harm happen to Kevin because his sister Sophia had become close to her heart.

"Thank you, Ms. Acheson!" Kevin bowed his head to give his thanks to his teacher.

"Don't mention it, Kevin. Don't hesitate to inform me if other boys have done something against you," Ms. Acheson said.

"Noted, Ms. Acheson!"

Despite her concerns, there was nothing else to be done. She repeatedly told Kevin to tell her if he had any friction with his roommates.

Kevin got the key to dorm 509 and went to class.

The dormitories at Colin High School were four-bed rooms with two top and bottom bunks and four simple desk-cabinets.

Dorm 509 was all male. In short, it was dirty, messy, and had a bad smell! He is not used to this kind of environment, but he needs to accept it.

The floor of the room was littered with rubbish, the desks were littered with clutter, the beds were messy, the quilts were scrambled on the beds, and there were stinky socks hanging by a bedside.

It was lunchtime when Kevin went to the dorm to drop off his luggage. A fat boy was sitting on his bed playing on his phone.

"Hi, I'm moving in here." Kevin greeted him, "My name's…"

The fat boy looked up and impatiently interrupted him, "Another new guy? Right. There's no hot water left. Go get some!"

"Alright." Kevin put down his luggage and nodded.

He picked up the kettle and went to get hot water.

The boiler room of Colin High School was on the first floor of the dormitory block. After filling the kettle, he took it back upstairs.

The dorm he now lived in was on the fifth floor. There was no elevator in the dormitory block, so it was a pain going up and down. After bringing the water back to the bedroom, Kevin took his luggage to the only empty spot and began to make the bed. Just then, the other two roommates returned. Seeing Kevin making his bed, they immediately understood what was going on.

"Hey, new guy!" One of the boys, whose hair was dyed yellow, shouted at him, "You must be brave. Did you know that the three students who lived here before you all cried to the teacher and begged to be transferred out of here? One of them couldn't get a transfer and decided he'd rather rent a house off the site than stay here..."