What's Better Than Studying? (John & Jake)

[Hunter and Terrence Park]

Hunter and Terry were swamped. Teachers had been giving out study materials for the finals. Hunter and Terry had all their study materials. All their textbooks, study guides, and guide lines for projects in a pile on the desk in their dorm. Hunter and Terry were very busy during the of week of finals. They were busy playing foosball which was kind of pointless because they have the same mind. Hunter and Terry should of been studying at least a little bit, but they didn't see the point. They should of been graduating this year but they repeat the seventh grade. They really just didn't care about school.

There was a little nagging feeling in the back of their minds. It was like someone was far away shouting at them. The person was too far away to hear what the person was saying. Hunter and Terry knew that the little nagging wordless voice came from Terry. Hunter's personality had taken over Terry as their powers grew. Somehow Terry was able to keep a tiny piece of him and gave it to Hunter. The voice wasn't strong enough to convince the boys to go study though.

"This is boring." Terry spun the rod making the little foosball players spin fast.

"Let's see what's on." Hunter went to the sofa with Terry in tow. The two plopped down the sofa. Hunter grabbed the remote and flipped through the channels.

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

John and Jake were meeting up Rain later to "study". But since they were way early, the brothers decided to hang out in the student lounge for a while. Since they lived off campus, the brothers didn't spend much time hanging around the campus, except when they were visiting Rain. And they were starting to realize that they didn't know as many of their classmates as they probably should. They knew some names and most faces, but really it was pathetic how little they knew about their classmates after being at Hammel for so many year.

They walked into the lounge playfully shoving each other as they continued their "argument" from they ride here.

"We should really take a history class. We'll need it to graduate on time," Jake said.

"But history is soooo boring," John complained.

Really at this point, their arguments were more for show, or for working things out than the brothers actually having separate opinions.

"Oh..." "...Hey!" "Didn't see you there," "Didn't see you there," the brothers added as they walked the edge of the couch and almost sat on the laps of the boys already sitting there. John continued to smile while Jake took a step back, an apologetic look on his face. 

[Hunter and Terrence Park]

Hunter flipped through the channels not caring if someone was already watching TV. Hunter and Terry finally settled on a cheesy sci-fi movie. It was one of those stupid giant cgi snake movie. The level cheesiness made the movie more of a comedy than a "scary" movie. Hunter and Terry were making fun of the overly dramatic acting. They care if they were bothering any of few students who was also in the lounge.

"Hey, watch it." Hunter and Terry glared at the two boys who almost sat at them. When they took over the television, they also took over the couch. Hunter and Terry weren't going to move. But the tiny little space was making the brothers uncomfortable. They gave in. The Park twins scooted over a little bit just to get some distance between them and the two boys.

Looking at the two boys it was quite obvious that they were brothers, twins in fact. Most twins were gestalt pairs. But every now and again there might be twins with different powers or one had powers and the other didn't.

"Gestalt," Terry said. It was more of a statement than a question for the twins.

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

There was an uncomfortable silence for a moment or two while John and Jake stood wondering if they should leave the room, find another place to sit, or just pile on top of the other brothers. Coming from a large family, the Bishop twins were comfortable with close quarters. But they had learned that not everyone felt the same. And there were also some students at Hammel who wouldn't take kindly to being almost sat on.

"Uh...Sorry?" "Uh...Sorry?" the brothers said, their expressions going from concerned to laughter as the other brothers moved around to make room for them. They plopped down with a grin.

"Are we that obvious?" John asked sarcastically, laughing and shoving his brother a bit as if it was Jake's fault they had guess correctly.

You too? Jake asked, his more of an actually question. Though the two did look like brothers, he didn't want to offend them by assuming. Both and John and Jake couldn't help but be a little hopeful, they loved talking to other gestalts. Well not so much talking to as pestering for advice and support.

[Hunter and Terrence Park]

Hunter and Terry turned their attention back to the television. The commercial break started. The two were sour about moving over. Although there was no game or competition they did felt that they lost. And they didn't like that. Hunter and Terry aren't two who take to losing well. The game is never over until Hunter and Terry Park wins. They would find a way to get back at the two, even through it wasn't the Bishop twin's fault.

They glanced at each other like the answer was totally obvious. Hunter and Terry looked to the brothers sitting next to them.

"No. We've need seen each other before." Hunter was full of sarcasm. "This is the first we've met. I'm Hunter." Hunter extended his hand to Terry.

"I'm Terry." Terry shook Hunter's hand.

The two turned their attention back to the brothers. "Of course we're gestalt."

"Don't know any twins who aren't gestalt."

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

John and Jake missed any clues that the brothers were upset with them. In the Bishop twins' world it was always 'the more the merrier'. Probably because they had grown up in a huge family. It wasn't like they ever had much space to share.

The twins were pretty gullible, something their older siblings loved to take advantage of. So they went right along with the introduction. Joining in as well.

"Oh. Cool. Well we're John-" "and Jake. You guys really could pass for brothers." the twins said, extending their hands.

It took them a moment to understand what they boys had said and that they had been joking. Though they smiled along once they'd figured it out, not upset at all to be teased a little.

"There were some twins here last year who were gestalts..." Jake said, looking to John for help with names and getting none. "Last name started with a 'C'?"

"Gestalts are better though." John added, grinning. He and Jake were obviously happy with the hand they had been dealt.

[Hunter and Terrence Park]

O. M. G. Hunter and Terry couldn’t believe how gullible those two were. Too bad they didn’t know about how gullible the Bishop twins were. Hunter and Terry could of had so many much fun continuing like they had just met. The Park twins found it humorous that they could pass for brothers even though they were identical twins. The biggest and easiest way to tell the Park twins apart was by their hair color. Hunter was the one with the dyed hair and Terry was the one with the natural brown color.

Hunter and Terry smiled at John and Jake. They were already plotting. ”Nice to meet you.” They shook hands with the Bishop twins. Oh boy, Hunter and Terry were going to have so much fun with their gullibility.

”Yeah, gestalts are the best.” Hunter agreed with John. Terry scoffed.

[Jonathan & Jacob Bishop]

John and Jake loved the fact that they were identical. Though they usually didn't go so far as to wear matching clothes at this age, there had been a time when it was even harder to see a difference between them. Though those who knew them could see that their hairlines were a bit different (Jake had a widow's peak).

The twins raised an eyebrow in unison at Terry's scoffing. Though they had briefly been in a sort of support group for gestalts and sometimes worried about the effect their ability had on Rain, the Bishop twins wouldn't trade their ability for anything. And the idea that another gestalt wouldn't be just as agreeing, though not a new idea, still shocked them a bit.

"You don't-" "think so?" they asked the brown hair Park brother.