“Hey, Pat, I didn’t know this was your room?” “Yeah. I take it you’re my new roommate?” he said as he gradually sat up. “Yep,” I said as I walked over to my bed. “Good. I don’t have to get used to someone I don’t know.” I unlocked my closet and started to put my clothes away methodically, while Pat grabbed the newspaper from the nightstand and began to read. My new room was exactly as before, with the exception of the location and roommate, of course. I put my bag in the closet and locked the door. As I lay in bed I scanned the daily schedule to see what was next on my agenda. Lunch was from 12:00 to 1:30, and the clock on the wall showed 12:05. “You ready to go for lunch?” Pat said. “Sure, I didn’t know you were waiting for me.” “I wasn’t, I just figured since I was going, I might as well see if you wanted to go,” he said. As we walked to the elevator, the hallway was nearly bare, except for the new and confused aliens. “So did anyone show you around the second floor yet?”
