Chapter 3. Meeting Iris's Crazy Dogs

The classes went on back to back with Iris sitting with every Tom, Dick, and Harry, but never with Nick. It made him pissed off with everything and everyone around him. He snapped at everyone who spoke to him.

"Nick, shift your fat ass," said Ken, pushing him a little to sit beside him.

"Must you sit on my lap?" snapped Nick, and Ken grinned.

"Why? Do you wish someone else would?" asked Ken.

"I don't know what you mean," said Nick, fiddling with his mobile, waiting for the professor to come in and the lecture to start. Iris turned from her chair and got up and trudged up to Nick.

"Nicholas, can I sit beside you please?" asked Iris with a pissed-off expression.

"Sure," grinned Nick, with a glorified look on his face. He shifted with too much enthusiasm to make room for her, and Ken fell off the bench.

"What the f*ck, man? I was sitting beside you," said Ken, glaring at Nick. Nick pulled him to his feet with a shit-eating grin. Ken