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“Ours,” he corrected “And yes What the hell do you think I’ve been working on doing all this time?”

It was astounding It took us a while to even believe it But then Hunter produced a key, and guided us on a tour of the place It was strange, al the same halls and bedrooms we’d already spent so much time in Only these halls were cold and dirty and broken We’d have to fix theain Fill them armth, and memories, and love… just like before

It was absolutely thein the world

“This gives us a big incentive to finish the other house,” I said as ere about to leave “Take the bonus Ithis place up”

Hunter nodded “And then onto the next place,” he sed “Hell, between the four of us we’ll do these in record time And who knows? Maybe one day we’ll even have a house we can call our own”

Brandon rubbed his chin “I dunno… I kinda like theAll new places, all new adventures” He looked up at us “With the same people, of course”

Colin, who’d been pretty silent, finally stepped forward “I uh… I have a bit of good news also Depending on how you look at it”

We all turned to look at him He seemed excited… but also somewhat reluctant, at the same time

“I knoho’sinto our house”

The other guys had no clue what he was talking about

“Another fraternity?” I asked “That’s what I was told by the University housing board, anyway”

Colin nodded “Yup”

“Who then?”

He looked at Brandon, and then at Hunter His face went gravely serious

“O around that So I went out and applied for a new charter To open up a new chapter… of an old story”