King's Crossing - 1. Chapter 1

MIKE
What's up? My name is Mike and I'm from Rochester, New York. I'm 19 years old, 6' 2'', 170 and very cute. I have shoulder length dreads that I usually keep up in a ponytail and a nice caramel complexion. Many people say I have a nice body, but I surely think that it could be better. Anyway, I just finished my AA at Monroe Community College in Rochester and recently received a Basketball scholarship from Florida State University and moved down here in January to start the Summer '09 Semester at FSU. I spent quite a while looking for an apartment and finally decided to move into some nice 4 bedroom/ 4 bathroom townhomes on the noth side of town. I had been down to Tallahasse a couple of times to visit my aunt, and so I went and filled out my application when we came down for Christmas.

They called me and said i was approved, so i packed up all my stuff, kissed my mom good bye, and got on the plane to Tallahassee. When I got here, the apartment was ready for me to move in. When i got to the leasing office, the landlord, Mr.Henderson, was sitting at the desk. I introduced myself to him and he said he was expecting me. He gave me my key and we rode in his little golf cart over to apartment 1604. He helped me take my things inside and said that if I needed anything to just give him a call.

I was the first out of the 4 of us to arrive.

AHMAD
I'm what you call a real thug ass nigga. 5' 10''. 160. Short cut, dark skinned. Skinny as hell, but da hoes be lovin me. I was born and raised in the ghettos of Tally. (Reppin' dat 850, baby!) My Pops died when I was a git in a drive by shooting, she same shooting that put my moms in the hospital for 2 months. I had to grow up tough, I always had to fight and stand up for myself. That includes stepping up to the plate and being the first man in my family to graduate high school and go to college. Since I was a kid, my moms always told me that she wanted at least one of her 3 sons to do good in life. My older brother is in jail for another 20 years on top of the 5 he's already done; And my younger brother is going down a horrible path, but he's another story.

For all 18 years of my life I have been struggling to become something so that I can make my momma proud. I graduated from Rickards High School last year and I start at TCC later this month. My moms and I decided that it would be best if I got my own place on the other side of town, closer to campus and out of the ghetto. When I got to the King's Crossing Apartment Complex I went straight to my apartment, I already had my key, so there was no need to go to the office.

I was the second to arrive.

REGGIE
Heyyyyyyyyyyy!! How you doin'? My name is Reginald Jenkins, but everyone calls me Reggie and I am the Queen Bitch!!! Ever since I discovered myself when I was a teenager, I have always been known as and been happy to be the flamboyant, loud, fun, and always keepin' it real, gay guy in the group. Now, please don't get me wrong, I don't wanna be woman, I AM A BOY! I'm 21, 5' 10''', 187. Kinda short , with a low cut, pretty eyes, and beautiful brown skin. I am known around town as THE Fashion Guru. If anyone in the "family", ever needs some fashion advice, they know what to do. Send me a pic of the 'fit and shoes, and I'll be glad to give you a yay or nay. Ya got me? Good!

Anyway, I go to Florida A&M University; I'm majoring in Cosetology. I used to live Stratford Landing Apartments, but I had to get the hell out of there! Living there sucked! But, child....Thats another story. Ok, so, I had been looking around for an apartment, and I came across King's Crossing. It was nice sized complex of beautiful townhomes. As soon as I layed eyes on it, I knew that's where I wanted to live.

So, I pulled up in my red 2002 Camero, and parked out front. And that's when i saw him. The sexy ass 20 something that I would soon find out to be my landlord. He was beautiful! He was at least 6' 2'', the perfect weight, a very sexy caramel complexion and sexy ass cornrows that had designs in them. I almost had an orgasm just looking at him!

"How are you, sir? Welcome to King's Crossing" he said.
His voice was deep and sexy.
"I'm fine. And yourself?" I barely got the words out, I was mesmerised by his presence.
"I'm fine as well. What can I do for you?" There was that voice again.....
"I'm looking for an apartment, I need to move as soon as possible."
"Ok, come on inside, and I'll show you a brochure and maybe show you a model if you're interested."
"You can show me more than that" I thought.
But what actually came out was "Sounds great"

I did go on a tour of the property that day, I loved what I saw. We went back to the office, and I signed my lease.

I moved in a week later. I hoped I was livin' with some fine dudes. I made sure that it was clear on my roomate matching form that I was openly gay and would prefer to live with three other gay guys or guys that don't have a problem with gays.

When I got there i was the third to arrive.

KEVIN
I'm Kevin. I'm 20 years old, tall (6' 1 1/2'') and light skinned. I only weigh bout a buck sixty at the most, and I have sexy ass waves in my hair. I'm half Black and half Puerto Rican; You can easily tell by my skin complexion. I have these beautiful hazel eyes that make me wanna even fuck myself! Now don't think I'm conceited or anything, but I do think that I am a very sexy ass niggah, and i know that others do to. I currently am going to FAMU majoring in Theater and Business. I want to open my own stage theater company one day. Anyway, I'm currently living with my older sister, Fabiola, who took me in after I got into some trouble with law; But now I'm out of trouble and back in school, I have a job as well, and I'm ready to get my own place. After searching around town for quite a while I made up my mind, and ended up moving into King's Crossing, over on the north side of town.

I didn't know what to expect. I filled out a roomate matching form and I hoped that the office people filled my requests well. I didn't really put all my requests on the form though. I left out one small detail.....I'm gay.

Even though I was the fourth to arrive, I thought I was the only gay guy to arrive. Boy was I wrong.....