I waited impatiently for class to finish up. I’d barely heard what the professor said the whole class because I was so excited.Today, I finally got to meet him.The moment class was over; I was one of the first to get up and struggle through the crowd to get outside. It was so unlike me. Usually, even when I was sitting down doing nothing, I tended to wait for the room to clear up a bit, but I was running late, and I still had something I wanted to do.I need to go back to the room first and get ready there…When I woke up, in my excitement, I’d just pulled on whatever clothes I got my hands on, even knowing the meeting time wouldn’t be until after my second class of the day. I didn’t look terrible; if anything, I was dressed the same as I was every day. But I was meeting a guy I was hoping to date, so I should dress up a bit more, right?I hurried back to the room. I found it empty, but I did remember Dana said she had something to do. I was in jeans, t-shirt, and sneakers. I pulled
At the end of the game, both Logan and I got caught up in the celebrations after our win. I’d played extra aggressively, and just barely managed not to injure someone, so things worked out well. But I couldn’t leave immediately like I wanted to, either, and Logan got surrounded by girls from the cheerleading team, looking completely happy to be in that position.By the time I could get my hand on my cell and open the dating site, quite a while had passed. Sophia had messaged me a few times, letting me know she was waiting for me.Shit.I sat down in the empty locker room and held my face in my hands as I tried to think. Sophia wouldn’t be happy, and it had been hours already so I doubted she’d still be there waiting for me. I cursed myself over and over in my head for being so careless. After a long moment, I got up and picked up my stuff.I didn’t have much hope, I still passed by the main entrance of the library on my way to my dorm room. Of course, she wasn’t there, and I just move
I looked calmly up at Elijah, who was staring at me with a surprised expression. On the inside, though, I was the furthest thing from calm.Was he…serious?“U-um,” he stuttered, blinking at me.I frowned. “If you’re not free, just go wherever you were going.”It was taking him too long to answer, and I lost the courage I’d had when I opened the door. I’d waited so long, because I didn’t want this to be another of his pranks, and I managed to psych myself up for it. But of course, how could it not be a joke?“Wait!”I was turning around to close the door again when his shout came, and I froze immediately. My heart practically skipped a beat, and I looked cautiously at Elijah. He took wide strides to close the space between us, and my hand clenched hard on the door.“I’m free. Right now. Have you eaten lunch? We can go right now.”I watched him for a long moment. He looked different today, and not just because he looked like he’d bothered to get dressed up. The expression on his face lo
Sophia pulling me into her room surprised me, and I stumbled. My arms instinctively went around her as I stepped back, so I wouldn’t fall on her, and I hit the door. I heard it close behind me, and went still. In a second, the realization that we were alone in Sophia’s room hit me, and I stiffened. I looked down at Sophia, and my hands tightened where I had them on her waist.“Sophia…” I said her name, my voice husky as my eyes went half-lidded.I’d wanted to kiss her for a while now. When I got her to relax around me, it was easy enough to be distracted. Everything about her drew me in. her long, brown hair and green eyes, the way her face would darken in a blush. And especially when she laughed. It felt like my heart would stop. I felt like I’d only really seen her this afternoon, though I’d known her distantly for more than a year.“If I asked you to kiss me,” she whispered. “Would you say no?”My hands flexed on her waist, and I pulled her a little closer, so the fronts of our bod
I sat in class, but at the end of it, I could hardly tell what the lesson for the day had been about. It was unlike me, and I didn’t even care. The entire time, if I wasn’t peeking at my cell under the desk and texting with Elijah, then I was daydreaming about Elijah.It had been a week since we got together, and I had to admit it to myself, I was going crazy over him.The moment we could leave the room, I was among the first people jumping up to leave. Elijah was waiting for me, and I needed to stop by my dorm room first. We were going on another date, and because I thought it would be too dressy to put on date clothes and go with them on to class, I needed to change.I got to the dorm to find our door unlocked and Dana inside.“Oh, you’re finally here! I thought we were gonna be late.”“We’re not, right?” I asked frantically, pulling my cell out to check the time.Dana giggled. “No, but we will be if you don’t hurry up and get changed already.”I looked through my clothes as she sat
The week passed, and Sophia and I got closer and closer. By this point, we might as well officially switch rooms so that Sophia would stay with me in my dorm, and Dana and Logan could stay in hers since we spent most nights that way. Even during the day, I used whatever time possible to meet up with her. We had plenty of chances, but in between classes and coordinating studying with my practice, it didn’t feel like nearly enough.We both had classes that ended around lunch today, and I knew this because we’d been texting since we parted earlier that morning, so I asked her to meet me so we could go to the cafeteria together. I usually ate with Logan and some guys from the hockey team, and they usually talked me into paying for their meals for them, so hanging out with Sophia instead was so much better than those bastards.My building wasn’t so far from hers, so when my class ended early, I headed over to where I knew her class was and waited outside for her. Five minutes later, the cl
It was Friday already, and I was waiting for the rest of the group so we could all go and watch the latest X-Men movie. I still felt a little awkward about going out with a bunch of hockey players. I wondered if any of them knew I’d hated them silently earlier, before I started dating Elijah?Elijah had told me we could make it a date and sit separately from his friends, though, which made me feel so much less anxiety.My classes ended earlier in the day, but Elijah had one in the afternoon, so after my class, I ended up in my dorm room, waiting. Logan and Dana both got lucky, and they were out doing whatever, they would meet up with the rest of the group later.As I waited for Elijah, I sat at my desk and studied. Just because I was dating someone and got to go out more than I stayed in now didn’t mean I could be lax in my studies. My mom was going through a lot of trouble to pay my tuition because it was the school I’d always wanted to go to. Somehow, I wanted to pay her back, and I
I listened to my friends chattering, feeling both relieved and anxious. Relieved, because they were talking so much they were covering for the fact that I barely said a thing about the movie. I couldn’t say what it was about if I tried. Sure, there were some explosions and fight scenes, but they bored me so much that I fell asleep, I wasn’t sure how much of the movie I watched. I was lucky because Sophia didn’t take a single glance at me throughout the whole movie to see just how bored I was, but she still caught me sleeping.That right there was the basis of my anxiety. Also because Sophia was looking at me oddly instead of following the conversation. She should have wanted to, but maybe she was onto me.Shit.“Hey, guys!”I looked around at Dana’s voice, feeling relieved again to see her and Logan, probably for the first time. She could distract Sophia.“We were thinking of going out to eat before we head back,” Logan said. “Who wants to come with? Just a heads up, everyone better h