First impressions can be dangerous things when they're wrong, but with some people those misperceptions can be quickly corrected...
He caught me unaware as I walked into my new dormroom, and grabbed my right arm and pulled it back and up.
“OW! God damn it, what’re you doin’?”
“Just want to give you a piece of good advice. Here’s what’s going to go down around here. You don’t go sneakin' around in these dorms, got it?”
“Uh!” I twisted my body to the right, easing the pain in my arm a bit, lifted my right leg and slammed the heel of my boot down onto his instep. The pain caused him to release my arm, and I slammed my elbow into his chin.
“Shit!” He pulled away from me. “Why’d oo do ‘at? I’m bleedin’, oo made me bite my toong.”
“I don’t like to be threatened.”
He looked at me. “Troose, okay?” He stepped into the bathroom and I heard him spit, then he returned.
“Tell me, what the fuck was all that about? I was just coming in my dormroom.”
“Sowwy, you looked like you were breakin' in, din't know you're my roommie.” He grinned, and I saw it hurt him.
“Oh, I'm sorry!”
“Can we be friends?”
I grinned. “Sure. Now go rinse your mouth, friend.”
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