we shared.
Aaron kissed me. “I missed you so much, Sunshine.”
“I missed you, too.”
He brushed the hair from my forehead. “Can we stay like this forever?”
I kissed his nose. “I don’t think my roommate would appreciate that.”
“Then let’s just stay like this until tomorrow.”
***
Olivia got back late the following evening. I gave her a big hug. Even though we had both spent more time with our significant others as the fall term ended, I still felt close to my roomie.
Olivia’s eyes immediately fell to the pendent around my neck. “Wow, that’s some necklace. The sex must have been amazing.”
I frowned.
“Just kidding. I know how much Aaron loves you.” She made a point of overemphasizing the word loves.
“And I know how much you just love to tease me.”
She smiled. “What are roommates for?”
I smiled back.
“But seriously,” she continued. “Was the sex really good? Was it worth the wait?”
“Absolutely amazing and totally worth the wait.”
“You go, Girl!”
“I missed you,” I said.
Olivia got an odd look on her face. “About that. You may be missing me even more. Marney’s roommate failed her classes and dropped out. She’s got her room to herself this term.”
I had to laugh. “I guess that means things are going well with the two of you.”
“Absolutely amazing and totally worth the wait.” We both laughed.
“And how did things go with your parents? You did tell them, didn’t you?”
“Lucas made me tell them, which I both love him and hate him for, as only a sister can. My dad didn’t seem to care one way or another and my mom took it better than I expected. They’re still helping me pay for college, so that’s a plus.”
“I’m glad. And where’s Lucas?”
“You probably won’t be seeing as much of him, either. He’s got a hot shot internship with a big engineering firm. He’ll be working his ass off to impress them.”
I sensed things were going to be different this term. My friends were going to be off doing their own things and I hoped to be spending more time with Aaron. It was bittersweet.
***
I was disappointed that Aaron and I didn’t have any classes together Spring semester. It felt like something was missing. As much as I initially dreaded our weekly art project group, I grew to love the time we shared.
Aaron made an effort to meet me for lunch every day, which was sweet. One day on the way from my late morning class to the cafeteria, an absolutely stunning girl walked by us. She could have been the most beautiful person I had ever seen. She had the face of an angel and a perfect body. What was really weird, though, was that as she walked by us, she stared at me the entire time with a strange expression on her face. I had never been anywhere with Aaron and had a girl actually look at me, or even glace at me, or even acknowledge my existence. Most girls were much too busy gawking at Aaron or flirting with him.
This girl was different. It was like I was the only thing she saw.
When I looked over at Aaron, he looked as white as a ghost. “Do you know that girl,” I asked.
Aaron didn’t answer my question. Instead, he pulled me in the other direction and said, “Come on.
Let’s get out of here.”
Over the next few days, I saw the beautiful mysterious girl around campus a few times and every time I saw her, she stared at me with the same strange expression. It was really starting to freak me out.
I had another Thursday afternoon three-hour block class. This one was Art for Educators. Even though I didn’t want to be a K-12 teacher, my dad thought it would be a good class to have “just in case.” I didn’t mind. It was credits toward my major.
The classroom was larger than the Introduction to Art class and when I stepped into the room, it was already beginning to fill up. I took a seat near the front, which was still fairly empty.
A few seconds later, I noticed the beautiful mysterious girl enter. She scanned the room and her eyes immediately fell on mine. I felt as if she was staring right through me and the feeling left me cold.
The girl sat a few seats away from me. She continued to stare at me throughout the class, which was unnerving and made it difficult to concentrate on the material the professor was presenting. Luckily, I was already familiar with everything the instructor