There were only a few guys now on the floor. At the peak still a week off there would be around 96 guys on his floor. 

Now it was just 15 international students. Slowly trickling in from different southeast Asian countries. 

During the day he didn’t see many people but...

"The halls got lonely." Howard said this out loud, just to hear someone else. 

There was just him most days for the past week. The cleaners sometimes, and a few guys installing new beds in this room and other things in that. 

Today was especially quiet. They didn't have training,...

The meal plan was one of the only reasons he was doing the job. It was chill too he got his own room out of it. He told his old friends at a party. 

"Dude you should throw like some sick party there."

"Imagine, like one room to rule them all,...

His job was simple enough. "Be a good friend" essentially he'd tell his family back at home. "I help the local people adapt to international kids, and the international kids adapt to the locals." But it was all consuming, there were weekly meetings, and get togethers. He organized some otehrs...

There was a slight breeze. Howards skin still had the feel like it was summer. Almost hot from the sun earlier the breeze felt nice. 

"You know what you're gunna do?" Chuck asked, taking a drag from his cigarette. 

"Not a clue man, I think. I uh I'll probably uh...

It was the summer of Chuck. The nickname stuck, along with it tall boys, and everyone's first foray into cooking. For some reason everyone had gotten serious about it. They'd try to one up each other. Taking out cook books from the library, or lifting some random utensils from the...

Howard touched his table. It was a sort of fake linoleum. He checked underneath, compressed board with just some lino on top. Hideous. He thought. He remembered his friend Charlie's. There he had a real table. Wood, light like pine. He said he had made it just on his own. ...

It became a sort of test. If he could get through these he'd be alright. He wouldn't be that old he thought. If he could get through these there would still be life in him. 

But the cans were hard. The first one was good, but the second hard. The...

There was an old guy with rickety bones, who was across the street while the ambulance came. 

Poor girl he thought. 

When they back up like that, its never a good sign. The ambulance. They want to get someone in and out faster he thought. 

Poor girl he thought. 

He...

Johnny had tip toed up to the peephole, and looked out.
He motioned with his hand for Max not to move. Johnny's ability to move so silently scared Max a little. Like Johnny knew every place not to step. After some time, Johnny turned to him.

"I Knew it." Johnny said.

"That creepy...