to her right when she heard it.
“Oh, hi Kato,” she replied, turning her eyes forwards again as she continued to walk outside.
Kato was one of her Economics classmates.
“A few of us are going to the Green Bridge later,” he said nervously.
The Green Bridge was a small student bar near the water bridge. It was for the older juniors and seniors; strictly over twenty-one only.
“That’s nice.” Raven didn’t want to seem as though she was trying to get away from him, but she wasn’t too fond of Kato anyway. He was one of the students who’d accused Beck of cheating, and he also thought he was something special because his cousin worked in the college administration department.
“Do you want to come with us? I mean, you could come with me and we could go together?” he asked, looking hopeful.
“I’ve got a lot of stuff to do, Kato, but thanks anyway,” she smiled.
“What do you need to do? I could help you.”
Kato wasn’t giving up easily. He’d dropped hints about them going out, in the past, but Raven wasn’t interested in him in the slightest.
“I have to call my mother and discuss family matters, I have to finish up the last of my assignments and I have a huge chocolate bar and tub of ice-cream to devour. A girl on her period needs these things.”
She wasn’t, but she needed the excuse to put him off.
“I can help with your assignment,” he said eagerly.
“It’s for E-studies,” she lied. “You’re not in my class.”
“Oh, well, when your done…”
“Look, Kato,” she stopped and turned to him. “I’m flattered that you want me to go to the bridge with you, but here’s the thing; I don’t want to.”
“Maybe tomorrow…”
“I’m really trying to turn you down nicely,” she rubbed her temple, “but seeing as though you’re not getting the message, I’m going to have to be blunt. I’m not interested; sorry.”
Raven walked away from Kato feeling terrible that she had to do that to him.
She got out her phone to send a text to Ava. She needed her friend’s advice.
R: Hey. Kato just asked me out to the Green Bridge. :o
A: What did you say? Are you going? :P
R: No. I tried to turn him down gently but he didn’t take the hint. :(
A: What happened?
R: I snapped…a little. I feel terrible!
Raven placed her hand on her stomach. It was rolling so much she felt sick.
A: Don’t. If he can’t see that you’re not interested, then a more direct approach is needed.
R: I think I hurt his feelings.
A: I’m sure he’ll be fine. :D
R: I’m on my way back to our dorm. Are you there?
A: Not yet. I’m just catching a few more minutes of study. Won’t be long. X
Raven put her phone back in her pocket and walked towards the dorms.
She’d walked a few feet when she heard a low whistle. She paid no attention until she heard it again, only louder. She looked in the direction it was coming from, and the air left her lungs as though she’d been squeezed tightly.
Beck was leaning against the wall, his eyes fixed on her, and he was grinning widely.
The gray long sleeved V-neck tee showed just how muscular he was. He wasn’t showing off, though. No, it just fitted him in all the right places and the way he was looking at her, looking at him, he knew it too.
The dark blue denim jeans were hugging his thighs as one leg crossed the other at the ankle -even his white flats looked great on him- and even from the distance between them, she could see the bulge that was hidden behind the zipper.
Her lungs burned, and then she remembered she needed to breathe.
Beck winked, sending her heart into a fluttering frenzy, then he looked at something else, then back to her. He looked amused as he looked back to the other point again.
Paranoid, Raven turned to look too.
He was looking at Kato.
Kato was looking at her.
Beck knew he’d asked her out.
Oh shit.
Raven knew he would have to say something. He hadn't spoken with her since the library incident,
“Oh, hi Kato,” she replied, turning her eyes forwards again as she continued to walk outside.
Kato was one of her Economics classmates.
“A few of us are going to the Green Bridge later,” he said nervously.
The Green Bridge was a small student bar near the water bridge. It was for the older juniors and seniors; strictly over twenty-one only.
“That’s nice.” Raven didn’t want to seem as though she was trying to get away from him, but she wasn’t too fond of Kato anyway. He was one of the students who’d accused Beck of cheating, and he also thought he was something special because his cousin worked in the college administration department.
“Do you want to come with us? I mean, you could come with me and we could go together?” he asked, looking hopeful.
“I’ve got a lot of stuff to do, Kato, but thanks anyway,” she smiled.
“What do you need to do? I could help you.”
Kato wasn’t giving up easily. He’d dropped hints about them going out, in the past, but Raven wasn’t interested in him in the slightest.
“I have to call my mother and discuss family matters, I have to finish up the last of my assignments and I have a huge chocolate bar and tub of ice-cream to devour. A girl on her period needs these things.”
She wasn’t, but she needed the excuse to put him off.
“I can help with your assignment,” he said eagerly.
“It’s for E-studies,” she lied. “You’re not in my class.”
“Oh, well, when your done…”
“Look, Kato,” she stopped and turned to him. “I’m flattered that you want me to go to the bridge with you, but here’s the thing; I don’t want to.”
“Maybe tomorrow…”
“I’m really trying to turn you down nicely,” she rubbed her temple, “but seeing as though you’re not getting the message, I’m going to have to be blunt. I’m not interested; sorry.”
Raven walked away from Kato feeling terrible that she had to do that to him.
She got out her phone to send a text to Ava. She needed her friend’s advice.
R: Hey. Kato just asked me out to the Green Bridge. :o
A: What did you say? Are you going? :P
R: No. I tried to turn him down gently but he didn’t take the hint. :(
A: What happened?
R: I snapped…a little. I feel terrible!
Raven placed her hand on her stomach. It was rolling so much she felt sick.
A: Don’t. If he can’t see that you’re not interested, then a more direct approach is needed.
R: I think I hurt his feelings.
A: I’m sure he’ll be fine. :D
R: I’m on my way back to our dorm. Are you there?
A: Not yet. I’m just catching a few more minutes of study. Won’t be long. X
Raven put her phone back in her pocket and walked towards the dorms.
She’d walked a few feet when she heard a low whistle. She paid no attention until she heard it again, only louder. She looked in the direction it was coming from, and the air left her lungs as though she’d been squeezed tightly.
Beck was leaning against the wall, his eyes fixed on her, and he was grinning widely.
The gray long sleeved V-neck tee showed just how muscular he was. He wasn’t showing off, though. No, it just fitted him in all the right places and the way he was looking at her, looking at him, he knew it too.
The dark blue denim jeans were hugging his thighs as one leg crossed the other at the ankle -even his white flats looked great on him- and even from the distance between them, she could see the bulge that was hidden behind the zipper.
Her lungs burned, and then she remembered she needed to breathe.
Beck winked, sending her heart into a fluttering frenzy, then he looked at something else, then back to her. He looked amused as he looked back to the other point again.
Paranoid, Raven turned to look too.
He was looking at Kato.
Kato was looking at her.
Beck knew he’d asked her out.
Oh shit.
Raven knew he would have to say something. He hadn't spoken with her since the library incident,
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