Alphabet stories? Maybe.

Summary: Around here, Ace Lincoln is the star of the track team. And around here, Addison Noble is God, and he's Ace's roommate. When a bet threatens to turn them into something more, you'd better bet someone's going to get struck by lightning. Slash.

an absolute accedence

chapter01

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“You know what? Fine. I’ll do it.” I threw my hands up in the air, glaring viciously at the traitors I called my friends. “I’ll do it, but you had better well come through on your end.”

“Yes, sir,” Benji Cadence saluted me, grinning. I didn’t punch him like I wanted to; instead I folded my arms across my chest, scowling.

And then it all kind of sank in. What had I just agreed to? Seducing my roommate, just because I couldn’t stand to see Benji moon over his crush of four years anymore?

“But Benji, come on...Five days to get with my roommate? I whined, clenching my fists. I will not throw a temper tantrum, I will not... But that’s what I do best in the face of daunting challenges; I throw temper tantrums and have panic attacks. “He’s Addison Noble! It’ll take more than five days!”

“And she’s Leah Gates,” Benji replied, unfazed. “If you really want me to finally get with her, you have to realize your obsession with him. And I think five days is perfectly reasonable, don’t you?”

“No!” I shouted. The librarian, at her desk, sent me a withering glare. I cringed a little and lowered my voice. “Listen, Benji,” I hissed, “You’re going to find me dead in a ditch somewhere. And our team will never win at track meets ever. Again.”

“Well, that’s because our team sucks,” Benji said, shrugging. I glared at him, jabbing him in the chest. Why was he not affected by my plight? I was his best friend, dammit!

“I’m on the track team too, remember,” Cal Jensen spoke up, raising an eyebrow at Benji. “Jackass. If you get Ace killed I’m going to murder you.”

“Okay. Don’t get killed, then,” Benji told me, clapping me on the back. I growled; how he could be so calm in the middle of such an event was infuriating. “And your five days starts today.”

“Dammit!” I stomped my foot and turned on my heel, striding out of the library. Before I left, passing the scary librarian who was still glaring at me, I could hear Cal berating Benji for thinking up this stupid bet.

I sighed, dragging my feet as I stepped out into the sunlight. Damn, I hadn’t realized that it was this bright outside...or that the library was that dark inside. Either way, someone’s going to go blind, and it’ll probably be me.

I guess it would help to be proactive; get back to my dorm, find my roommate...

No. That wouldn’t help at all. In fact, all I should be doing right now is going back and begging Benji to call this thing off; but that meant endless hours of listening to him pine over stupid Leah freaking Gates, who isn’t all that great anyway, and my best-friend complex wouldn’t let me do that.

Addison Noble. Jesus Christ. They were basically the same person, anyway...except Jesus had magical powers and..wait...nevermind, I’m pretty sure Addison does too.

I’m almost positive he’s actually the one running the school; he has more authority than the teachers, that’s for sure. Nobody’s going to listen when the teacher says to quiet down, but the second Addison calls for silence? Not a sound. I’m dead serious.

Like I’m going to be dead when these five days are over.

Well, it could be worse. Addison could be horribly ugly. I could hate him. We could not be roommates. Oh, but the fact that it’s just the opposite only makes it worse.

I sighed again and sat down in the grass, falling onto my back and staring up at the sky. I had to shut my right eye though, to make sure the sun didn’t blind me while I thought. That was what I was doing now–not being a freak...though that had been the first reason to do this–so it only made sense to close my eyes. Close my eyes, lay in the warm sunlight, just breathe...

And if my way of thinking qualified as the same thing as sleeping, then so be it.

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This’ll probably just be short chapters. There won’t be more than ten parts, though, because I don’t have much time between...sleeping and doing nothing. Yeah, I’m pretty busy.

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