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Walking into the room, he turned to notice his tutors eyes fixed on him.
"You're late again Xephos." He said, turning around to write something on the massive chalkboard to the front of the lecture hall.
"Sorry, had an appointment before class." He shrugged and walked to his usual seat. In between a blonde girl who wore a blue shirt with an owl on the front, Hannah, he believed her name was. And one of his best friends, Nova. Nova was just a bit taller than him, and that was a hard thing to achieve, with black hair and sweeping fringe, and of course, his signature yellow hoody with the duck face on the front, wrapped around his waist.
Xephos and him began to chatter, talking about this and that, getting told off by the tutor a few times, and eventually, he managed to fall asleep atop his books.
He felt Nova nudge him near the end of the lesson and sat back up sleepily, looking to his friend who was grinning at him, his brown eyes happy.
"First lesson back after your expedition and you fall asleep." He smirked, packing away his books into his bag. "I'm impressed. Not been getting enough sleep again?"
"You don't know the half of it." Xephos answered, smiling back and packing away his books.
"Xephos." The tutor called as everyone was filing out of the room. "Come here for a moment."
"Ah shit..." Xephos sighed.
"Good luck man. Hey, if you need any medication for sleeping or anything, I'm sure Exza can lend you some. See yah later. Movie and pizza tonight?"
"Yeah movie and pizza." Xephos agreed, watching as his friend smirked and jogged over to the door, greeting their other best friend, Exza, and then walking away. Xephos walked towards the tutor.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Have you got my assignment for last month all sorted?"
Xephos froze. "Ah... The assignment. I knew there was something I had to print off!" He said, bluffing.
"Xephos. Did you do it or not."
"No... Sorry man, I just... I just got back from this trip and I didn't sleep well the night I got back... And today I had a doctors appointment... I just... Haven't really found time to do it." He admitted.
"Xephos. The other students who are allowed to go to the trips you go on, are still able to work on their assignments and written projects while there. You shouldn't be an exception." He sighed and took off his glasses, softly placing them on the desk in front of him. "Xephos, I appreciate the work you do for this museum. Everyone does. And I know that it would have made your father very proud had he been able to see how strong you've grown. But I cannot pass you for this course based on your charity work alone. I need written documentation, proving that you know what you're doing. I set you an assignment... I need you to stick to it." There was a moment of silence before the tutor sighed and turned back to his desk, placing his half rimmed glasses back onto his face. "You have two more weeks. Do not disappoint me Xephos. You have so much potential. Make it count."
Xephos gave a small side smile and a nod. "I'll do my best sir." He said before walking out the door, meeting up with Nova and Exza outside the big college doors.
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He looked up at the rolling clouds, they were dark. Breathing out a breathe of smoke as he looked out the window, resting on the frame, he sighed.
"Pizza should be here soon." Exza stated, putting down the phone and continuing to roll a fag.
Xephos smiled back at her and continued to smoke his. "Looks like a storms coming." He stated, closing the window and taking in another drag of smoke.
"Wouldn't be surprised." Nova stated, laying back on the couch with a spliff in his hand, looking at the TV. "Haven't had rain in a while. Wouldn't be England without it." He added, taking a long drag.
Exza walked over and sat on his legs, taking the spliff from him.
"Nobody likes a hog." She said, taking a drag herself.
"Hey! Not fair."
"You've had half of it already, are you forgetting who paid for it?" She asked, taking another drag before handing it to Xephos and lighting her fag. "Did you get the vodka Xeph?" She asked, blowing out the smoke.
"Yeah, you owe me nine quid." Xephos answered.
"Nine?! Jesus Xeph I payed twenty for the weed. Then extra for the papers, new lighters and stuff."
"That's true... Ok, I'll get the vodka out. We doing shots?" He asked, walking over to the cupboard as Nova switched on the DVD player, still with Exza sat on his legs.
"They're your shot glasses bro." Exza answered, continuing to smoke.
There was a knock at the door.
"Ooo pizza!" Nova said, attempting to get up. Exza tackled him and then ran to the door, paying the pizza man and then running from Nova as he attempted to take the pizza from her. "Aww come on Exzy! I'm fucking starving over here!"
"Maybe you shouldn't have had so much to smoke then." She smirked. Xephos smiled at his friends conversation and bought over the alcohol, finishing off his fag as he did so and stubbing it out in the ash tray.
"Come on guys, sit down, its movie time." He said, his tone jolly as he sat next to them. At this point Exza handed the pizza over to Nova in exchange for the spliff and they all sat there happily eating, smoking and watching films. Occasionally doing shots.
Once they were more chilled they started talking, not about much, just random stuff.
"So what did tutes want from you earlier? He want you to suck his nob?" Nova asked, lighting his fag.
"Not today. He just asked me for the assignment. I told him I couldn't do it cuz of the doctors appointment and stuff and he said I have an extra two weeks." Xephos answered, eating some pizza.
"Woah, doctors appointment? What they experimenting on you or something?" Exza asked, smoking her own fag.
"Haha." Xephos answered sarcastically. "Nah, just about my sleeping."
"You seem to sleep alright to me."
"Cuz you have insomnia! Everyone sleeps alright to you." Xephos laughed.
"Fair point. Nicked some medication from one of the girls dorms at one point, they were using them to make these weird crack mixes. Didn't wanna be a part of it but got some sleeping pills out of it." She stated, sitting forwards and handing him a little bottle of circular pills. "Don't think I'd trust them though." She added, relighting her fag.
"Yeah labels could have been mixed up or something." Nova added. "You could end up like... Getting mutated balls or something man."
Exza shook her head. "You're such an idiot..." She said, getting a sarcastic pouty look back from him. "Look Xeph, if it was only a one off you don't have anything to worry about. What did the doctor say?"
"He said I should be fine, if it continues to happen to see him, get my blood checked stuff like that. See if any things wrong. And if necessary hell give me some drugs to help with it." Xephos stated.
"Weed?" Nova asked excitedly. "I'm in!"
"Once again, you're an idiot. They don't tend to give out weed, or 'medical marijuana' to people who suffer from it. Like me. Till I stopped going and they cut off my supply." She smirked, taking a drag of her fag. "They'll probably give you pills like that or something." She added, talking to Xephos this time.
Xephos nodded and shrugged. "Oh well, you guys wanna stay here tonight?" He asked, pocketing the pills.
"Mmm, nah. I think I'd be better looking after old dipshit here." Exza stated, giving Nova a slight slap round the head as she stood up.
"Hey! Don't be mean man." Nova said, standing up. "Ight I'll see you tomorrow Xeph. Better get working on that assignment." He joked. To which he got a pizza box thrown at him.
"See you guys later." Xephos said, watching as they left before beginning to clear away the mess.
It was hard to believe that those two were his best friends. Nova was family to himself and not too outgoing until you got to know him, and Exza was hard to judge. Sometimes she'd be the biggest introvert he'd ever seen, but when it was just them three she was the most outgoing person ever. She was smart too, though she hid it well, smoking, drinking. Everyone knew she was fairly clever, based on the fact that she got good grades and her assignments were always good.
Nova was fairly smart. About average to be honest. He was the type of person to bring up random conversations when the room was quiet, or shout the lion king song in a silent lecture hall. He was a joker.
Exza was funny, that much could be said, though her humour was mostly snide and sarcastic more than anything, and her and Nova would mess around a lot and pull pranks. They would both always be smiling. Even in serious times. He didn't think he could recall either of them not being happy.
He smiled to himself, and waled over to the counter, noticing that Exza had left him another fag. He smiled. Exza was the only decent roller in the group, and it was always nice to find a little treat when she left. He walked over to the window, opening it and leaning on the windowsill again, taking a drag of the fag as he looked up at the sky. The small spatters of rain beginning to fall and hit the street. Within a few minutes, rather large puddles had began to form on the cobbled floor and everyone was hurrying around, holding their jackets over their heads or, umbrellas. Rushing to get out of the rain. He signed, finishing his fag and stubbing it out before putting the end into the ash tray.
He walked over to the bedroom, got changed, and flopped down onto his bed, the lightening effects of the alcohol and weed seeping in and helping him to relax as he nodded off to sleep.
But once again, the images flashed through his head, not as fierce as the last night but still as confusing.
Needless to say, his sleep that night didn't go too well either.

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Walking into the room, he turned to notice his tutors eyes fixed on him.
"You're late again Xephos." He said, turning around to write something on the massive chalkboard to the front of the lecture hall.
"Sorry, had an appointment before class." He shrugged and walked to his usual seat. In between a blonde girl who wore a blue shirt with an owl on the front, Hannah, he believed her name was. And one of his best friends, Nova. Nova was just a bit taller than him, and that was a hard thing to achieve, with black hair and sweeping fringe, and of course, his signature yellow hoody with the duck face on the front, wrapped around his waist.
Xephos and him began to chatter, talking about this and that, getting told off by the tutor a few times, and eventually, he managed to fall asleep atop his books.
He felt Nova nudge him near the end of the lesson and sat back up sleepily, looking to his friend who was grinning at him, his brown eyes happy.
"First lesson back after your expedition and you fall asleep." He smirked, packing away his books into his bag. "I'm impressed. Not been getting enough sleep again?"
"You don't know the half of it." Xephos answered, smiling back and packing away his books.
"Xephos." The tutor called as everyone was filing out of the room. "Come here for a moment."
"Ah shit..." Xephos sighed.
"Good luck man. Hey, if you need any medication for sleeping or anything, I'm sure Exza can lend you some. See yah later. Movie and pizza tonight?"
"Yeah movie and pizza." Xephos agreed, watching as his friend smirked and jogged over to the door, greeting their other best friend, Exza, and then walking away. Xephos walked towards the tutor.
"What's up?" He asked.
"Have you got my assignment for last month all sorted?"
Xephos froze. "Ah... The assignment. I knew there was something I had to print off!" He said, bluffing.
"Xephos. Did you do it or not."
"No... Sorry man, I just... I just got back from this trip and I didn't sleep well the night I got back... And today I had a doctors appointment... I just... Haven't really found time to do it." He admitted.
"Xephos. The other students who are allowed to go to the trips you go on, are still able to work on their assignments and written projects while there. You shouldn't be an exception." He sighed and took off his glasses, softly placing them on the desk in front of him. "Xephos, I appreciate the work you do for this museum. Everyone does. And I know that it would have made your father very proud had he been able to see how strong you've grown. But I cannot pass you for this course based on your charity work alone. I need written documentation, proving that you know what you're doing. I set you an assignment... I need you to stick to it." There was a moment of silence before the tutor sighed and turned back to his desk, placing his half rimmed glasses back onto his face. "You have two more weeks. Do not disappoint me Xephos. You have so much potential. Make it count."
Xephos gave a small side smile and a nod. "I'll do my best sir." He said before walking out the door, meeting up with Nova and Exza outside the big college doors.
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He looked up at the rolling clouds, they were dark. Breathing out a breathe of smoke as he looked out the window, resting on the frame, he sighed.
"Pizza should be here soon." Exza stated, putting down the phone and continuing to roll a fag.
Xephos smiled back at her and continued to smoke his. "Looks like a storms coming." He stated, closing the window and taking in another drag of smoke.
"Wouldn't be surprised." Nova stated, laying back on the couch with a spliff in his hand, looking at the TV. "Haven't had rain in a while. Wouldn't be England without it." He added, taking a long drag.
Exza walked over and sat on his legs, taking the spliff from him.
"Nobody likes a hog." She said, taking a drag herself.
"Hey! Not fair."
"You've had half of it already, are you forgetting who paid for it?" She asked, taking another drag before handing it to Xephos and lighting her fag. "Did you get the vodka Xeph?" She asked, blowing out the smoke.
"Yeah, you owe me nine quid." Xephos answered.
"Nine?! Jesus Xeph I payed twenty for the weed. Then extra for the papers, new lighters and stuff."
"That's true... Ok, I'll get the vodka out. We doing shots?" He asked, walking over to the cupboard as Nova switched on the DVD player, still with Exza sat on his legs.
"They're your shot glasses bro." Exza answered, continuing to smoke.
There was a knock at the door.
"Ooo pizza!" Nova said, attempting to get up. Exza tackled him and then ran to the door, paying the pizza man and then running from Nova as he attempted to take the pizza from her. "Aww come on Exzy! I'm fucking starving over here!"
"Maybe you shouldn't have had so much to smoke then." She smirked. Xephos smiled at his friends conversation and bought over the alcohol, finishing off his fag as he did so and stubbing it out in the ash tray.
"Come on guys, sit down, its movie time." He said, his tone jolly as he sat next to them. At this point Exza handed the pizza over to Nova in exchange for the spliff and they all sat there happily eating, smoking and watching films. Occasionally doing shots.
Once they were more chilled they started talking, not about much, just random stuff.
"So what did tutes want from you earlier? He want you to suck his nob?" Nova asked, lighting his fag.
"Not today. He just asked me for the assignment. I told him I couldn't do it cuz of the doctors appointment and stuff and he said I have an extra two weeks." Xephos answered, eating some pizza.
"Woah, doctors appointment? What they experimenting on you or something?" Exza asked, smoking her own fag.
"Haha." Xephos answered sarcastically. "Nah, just about my sleeping."
"You seem to sleep alright to me."
"Cuz you have insomnia! Everyone sleeps alright to you." Xephos laughed.
"Fair point. Nicked some medication from one of the girls dorms at one point, they were using them to make these weird crack mixes. Didn't wanna be a part of it but got some sleeping pills out of it." She stated, sitting forwards and handing him a little bottle of circular pills. "Don't think I'd trust them though." She added, relighting her fag.
"Yeah labels could have been mixed up or something." Nova added. "You could end up like... Getting mutated balls or something man."
Exza shook her head. "You're such an idiot..." She said, getting a sarcastic pouty look back from him. "Look Xeph, if it was only a one off you don't have anything to worry about. What did the doctor say?"
"He said I should be fine, if it continues to happen to see him, get my blood checked stuff like that. See if any things wrong. And if necessary hell give me some drugs to help with it." Xephos stated.
"Weed?" Nova asked excitedly. "I'm in!"
"Once again, you're an idiot. They don't tend to give out weed, or 'medical marijuana' to people who suffer from it. Like me. Till I stopped going and they cut off my supply." She smirked, taking a drag of her fag. "They'll probably give you pills like that or something." She added, talking to Xephos this time.
Xephos nodded and shrugged. "Oh well, you guys wanna stay here tonight?" He asked, pocketing the pills.
"Mmm, nah. I think I'd be better looking after old dipshit here." Exza stated, giving Nova a slight slap round the head as she stood up.
"Hey! Don't be mean man." Nova said, standing up. "Ight I'll see you tomorrow Xeph. Better get working on that assignment." He joked. To which he got a pizza box thrown at him.
"See you guys later." Xephos said, watching as they left before beginning to clear away the mess.
It was hard to believe that those two were his best friends. Nova was family to himself and not too outgoing until you got to know him, and Exza was hard to judge. Sometimes she'd be the biggest introvert he'd ever seen, but when it was just them three she was the most outgoing person ever. She was smart too, though she hid it well, smoking, drinking. Everyone knew she was fairly clever, based on the fact that she got good grades and her assignments were always good.
Nova was fairly smart. About average to be honest. He was the type of person to bring up random conversations when the room was quiet, or shout the lion king song in a silent lecture hall. He was a joker.
Exza was funny, that much could be said, though her humour was mostly snide and sarcastic more than anything, and her and Nova would mess around a lot and pull pranks. They would both always be smiling. Even in serious times. He didn't think he could recall either of them not being happy.
He smiled to himself, and waled over to the counter, noticing that Exza had left him another fag. He smiled. Exza was the only decent roller in the group, and it was always nice to find a little treat when she left. He walked over to the window, opening it and leaning on the windowsill again, taking a drag of the fag as he looked up at the sky. The small spatters of rain beginning to fall and hit the street. Within a few minutes, rather large puddles had began to form on the cobbled floor and everyone was hurrying around, holding their jackets over their heads or, umbrellas. Rushing to get out of the rain. He signed, finishing his fag and stubbing it out before putting the end into the ash tray.
He walked over to the bedroom, got changed, and flopped down onto his bed, the lightening effects of the alcohol and weed seeping in and helping him to relax as he nodded off to sleep.
But once again, the images flashed through his head, not as fierce as the last night but still as confusing.
Needless to say, his sleep that night didn't go too well either.