October- There was a moment

There was a moment of silence during which Zach gritted his teeth.

"No, of course not. It's, uh, against the rules to have pets other than fishes in the dorms," said Nick in what he obviously thought was a tone of convinced duty. "You must've brushed against the blanket."

Zach refrained from pointing out that the standard blankets in the average household, as a rule, are not around the size of a basketball and do not run. It was dark, it was sometime between two and three AM in what Zach generally called 'the unholy hours of morning', and they were tired. Besides, he decided that he wouldn't put it past Nick to have small, scurrying blankets. Weird things tend to evolve in any environment that Nick occupied.

"Hear that, Zach?" Mike tried for some weary humor that turned out more weary than humorous. "You just met your first running fish."

"SOMETHING's fishy here," muttered Zach as he started collecting the cans again. "Are we done here and if not, can we managed to get done before anything else weird happens?"

Of course, he wasn’t thinking about the list that they’ve made before and connecting it with the idea that a great deal of weird things had already happened to them, and were evening happening at that very moment.

"What're you going to do now if we are?" Nick had just made the mistake of enjoying the rather bad pun that Zach had made about fish and was currently sensing what he imagined to be Mike's glares when in fact, Mike was not glaring at him. He was scowling.

"Let's be logical," said Zach. Mike and Nick both groaned. Zach ignored them.

"Be logical," he persisted stubbornly, "It's..." he peered at his watch, "two-something in the morning, the lights are out along with the electricity, a tree just crashed outside for no reason in particular, so leaving right now might be a bit hazardous."

Nick picked this moment to go for sentimentality, unaware that it was something that should definitely stay five yards away from logic at all times. "Aww, it's really because you guys don't want to leave me, right?"

There was a snort coming presumably Mike that managed to eloquently convey the idea that, between Nick and the nighttime hazards, there wasn't much to pick from. Yep, no doubt about it, it was definitely Mike.
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I'm going back to doing my first draft in longhand, what fun. Happy the start of school year to you too.