229 Stanford University: Friday 5 (1/2)

We were only left on our own for five minutes, before I spotted someone familiar. ”Concerned citizen!” I tugged at Noah's arm.

Noah turned to where I was looking and saw the young man from the sports store. He frowned as the man kept walking towards us. ”He can't be a player here, can he?”

I shrugged. How am I supposed to know?

”What? You guys know someone?” Dave leaned in to join our conversation.

”Nah.” Noah replied. ”Just a busybody.”

The concerned citizen was walking with another young man, who had a full grown beard, looking closer to 30 than 20. They were getting closer and closer, looking at us while moving their lips.

”Ah! What a small world!” The concerned citizen spoke up first as he and his friend stood before us. He eyed me and Noah. ”Familiar faces in familiar places. So you two are related to Zeke?”

I shook my head, but Noah was the one to speak. ”What's it to you?”

He smirked. ”Still have an attitude huh? I've been asked to babysit you. Apparently, even your parents know that you can't be trusted alone.”

”Wait, Nick, you know them already? Didn't Zeke just get here this morning?” The other man spoke with an eyebrow raised.

Nick, the concerned citizen, nodded. ”Met them before lunch at the sports store in the mall. They were playing with a reaction ball in the aisle and one of them let it pass.”

I looked away in embarrassment.

”Hey, Hey! I thought you said you didn't know him.” Dave stepped up to the two men. ”I'm David. This is my twin Kyle. And these two brats are Noah and Jake. If they annoy you, feel free to slap them upside the head.”

”I'm going to tell Mom and Dad that you're telling strangers to beat us up. Take a second and think about Jake, okay?” Noah folded his arms and stood as tall as he could, staring Dave down. Dave looked at me with a little bit of guilt in his eyes.

The two men laughed.

”Are you sure you're all related to Zeke? He was so much more mellow than you two.” The stranger asked almost the same question as their coach. Zeke must have really made an impression on them already.

Noah moved his glare passed Dave, to the new guy. ”Does a whole family have to have the same personality? Last I checked, we're not carbon copies of one another.”

”Woah, cool it kiddo.” Nick raised his arms and waved them a little. ”It was just a joke. No need to get so angry. How about we walk around and show you boys the school?”

”Sure. Let's start with the baseball field.” Kyle spoke up for the first time since their arrival.