he’s already gone. I take the stairs two at a time and meet Ari near the front door where he’s waiting with two steaming mugs and my jacket in his free hand.
He’s smiling like a perfect little house mate and I walk to his side thirstily. I smile up at him and give him a gentle kiss on the cheek. He helps me into my coat, holding it for me as I put my arms into the sleeves and then pulls it up over my shoulders. Ari opens the door for me, and the polar breeze assaults my face.
I stop at his stoop, not sure where to go from here, and look up to him for an answer. “Here you go.” He awkwardly hands me the heated mug. He bends down and plants a soft kiss on my lips and then on my forehead before letting out a deep sigh. He takes my head in his hands and rests his forehead on mine, his eyes staring right into my soul. “I love that you used my toothbrush, by the way,” he whispers before leaving me standing on the stoop alone. I watch him sprint to the main administration building, just a second ticks by, before my brain cuts through the fog, and I again realize I’m late.
I run to my dorm, but it’s mostly empty since people have already left for class or breakfast. Once I’m in my room, I check the bathroom, but it’s clear that Kara is already gone. After quickly changing into jeans and a short sleeve shirt, I throw on my UGGs and grab my black coat, buttoning it up to my chin. Kara has a green scarf on her desk, so I quickly grab it and twist it around my neck for more protection from the cold.
I know I don’t have time to stop at the student center, so I delve into my stash of goodies and find a box of pop-tarts my dad bought me before coming here. I rush to first period while eating my pop-tart and drinking from the mug Ari gave me.
I get to class, and I’m the last to enter, even behind Ari. I rush to my seat and plop down, dropping my bags. I sit there breathing heavily as I try to regain my composure.
I rush from class to class in a funk all day long until it’s lunchtime when I finally have a little breathing time. Not to mention, I’m beyond excited to get some real food in my belly. The pop-tart held me over for all of one class period. Kara finds me in the lunch line and immediately starts grilling me about last night.
“Dish, girl.” Kara has that gossipy gleam in her eyes.
“Nothing really happened. I just told him how I didn’t want to have sex until the curse was gone and then we just made out and slept together,” I explain to her. “Hey, why didn’t you come looking for me? What if I was kidnapped?” It dawns on me that she didn’t know where I was the whole time.
“Remember when I walked into the woods because ‘I saw ‘something.’” She uses air quotes around her words. “Ari called me over secretly and told me his plan,” she explains, making my eyes broaden at the elaborate scheme.
“What a sneak you two are,” I mumble to myself while throwing a bag of chips on my plate. Megan spots us in the food area and backs out of the lunch line, rushing to my side.
“Where’d you go last night?” she asks me. I look to Kara for an explanation, but she just shrugs her shoulders, not being helpful at all. I can already see a pattern emerging.
“I forgot something at Ari’s house so I had to get it,” I say, praying that’s a decent cover up.
“Oh, that’s cool.” Megan trails behind Kara and me to the line like she’s got a rope tied around her waist connected to my back.
“How was the rest of the sleepover?” I ask them both, wanting to know what type of fun they were having while I was with Ari. I feel kind of bad that I ditched them, but I try not to let it bother me. The time I spend with Ari is far and few between. I need to soak up as much as possible.
“We just watched Across the Universe and then went to bed.” Kara sounds disappointed as she relays the information. “What the heck! Nice scarf, thief.” Kara
He’s smiling like a perfect little house mate and I walk to his side thirstily. I smile up at him and give him a gentle kiss on the cheek. He helps me into my coat, holding it for me as I put my arms into the sleeves and then pulls it up over my shoulders. Ari opens the door for me, and the polar breeze assaults my face.
I stop at his stoop, not sure where to go from here, and look up to him for an answer. “Here you go.” He awkwardly hands me the heated mug. He bends down and plants a soft kiss on my lips and then on my forehead before letting out a deep sigh. He takes my head in his hands and rests his forehead on mine, his eyes staring right into my soul. “I love that you used my toothbrush, by the way,” he whispers before leaving me standing on the stoop alone. I watch him sprint to the main administration building, just a second ticks by, before my brain cuts through the fog, and I again realize I’m late.
I run to my dorm, but it’s mostly empty since people have already left for class or breakfast. Once I’m in my room, I check the bathroom, but it’s clear that Kara is already gone. After quickly changing into jeans and a short sleeve shirt, I throw on my UGGs and grab my black coat, buttoning it up to my chin. Kara has a green scarf on her desk, so I quickly grab it and twist it around my neck for more protection from the cold.
I know I don’t have time to stop at the student center, so I delve into my stash of goodies and find a box of pop-tarts my dad bought me before coming here. I rush to first period while eating my pop-tart and drinking from the mug Ari gave me.
I get to class, and I’m the last to enter, even behind Ari. I rush to my seat and plop down, dropping my bags. I sit there breathing heavily as I try to regain my composure.
I rush from class to class in a funk all day long until it’s lunchtime when I finally have a little breathing time. Not to mention, I’m beyond excited to get some real food in my belly. The pop-tart held me over for all of one class period. Kara finds me in the lunch line and immediately starts grilling me about last night.
“Dish, girl.” Kara has that gossipy gleam in her eyes.
“Nothing really happened. I just told him how I didn’t want to have sex until the curse was gone and then we just made out and slept together,” I explain to her. “Hey, why didn’t you come looking for me? What if I was kidnapped?” It dawns on me that she didn’t know where I was the whole time.
“Remember when I walked into the woods because ‘I saw ‘something.’” She uses air quotes around her words. “Ari called me over secretly and told me his plan,” she explains, making my eyes broaden at the elaborate scheme.
“What a sneak you two are,” I mumble to myself while throwing a bag of chips on my plate. Megan spots us in the food area and backs out of the lunch line, rushing to my side.
“Where’d you go last night?” she asks me. I look to Kara for an explanation, but she just shrugs her shoulders, not being helpful at all. I can already see a pattern emerging.
“I forgot something at Ari’s house so I had to get it,” I say, praying that’s a decent cover up.
“Oh, that’s cool.” Megan trails behind Kara and me to the line like she’s got a rope tied around her waist connected to my back.
“How was the rest of the sleepover?” I ask them both, wanting to know what type of fun they were having while I was with Ari. I feel kind of bad that I ditched them, but I try not to let it bother me. The time I spend with Ari is far and few between. I need to soak up as much as possible.
“We just watched Across the Universe and then went to bed.” Kara sounds disappointed as she relays the information. “What the heck! Nice scarf, thief.” Kara
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