John was running late. He'd spent an extra few minutes in bed this morning trying to decide wether or not to skip class. His roomate had the same section and could fill him in on all the notes and assignments he might miss but, no, John remembered that he was really trying to buckle down this year and really do well. Being late really wasn't going to help me John chided to himself. Ok, which hall is it again? He checked his mental map and couldn't tell if he needed to go left or right. Damn engineering quad! All the buildings looked alike! He quickly picked right and climbed the stairs to the third floor. Walking down the hall he saw his roomate sitting at one of the tables and knew he was in the right place.
Only one seat was left, this was a packed classroom due to all the budget cuts. John quickly walked in avoiding the teacher's gaze and plopped into the seat. He took out his notebook and only then looked around to see if he could ask anybody what had been going on. That's when he realized he was sitting next to her.
Her name was Bethany and she was the only girl in the class, and quite a girl indeed John thought to himself. She had auburn hair and a beautiful soft face. As she diligently took notes he quickly studied her. She was wearing a green tank top that showed her petite but well shaped breasts. He noticed a red satin strap nudging out of the shoulders and took note of how the color was well suited to her soft looking skin. Thight jeans and flip-flops rounded off the outfit to make her look conservative, comfortable, and unmistakibly alluring.
He leaned over and asked her, "Hey, do you know what we're doing in here?"
She smiled back, "I don't know about you but I'm taking notes."
A smartass - John loved that in women, he always considered it a subtle way of letting people know that they had their own minds. John grinned sheepishly, "Taking notes? Damned Theif."
She chuckled under her breath. And so the witty (oh, let's be honest - childish) banter and bad puns continued for the better part of the class. John thought he was doing pretty well for himself. He was saying all the right things and she was eating it up.
But John's heart sank when he heard her crack a joke about her boyfriend. "Well, Danny does...." John listened half-heartedly while he thought about what had just happened. BBS - Big Brother Syndrome. John didn't know what it was but every girl he met thought of him as some sort of brother figure. He realized he had lost track of the conversation when she looked at with those big green eyes and said, "So, what do you think?" John silently cursed himself for drifting off and did the one thing that he knew he would regret; he spoke honestly,
"I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention - but did you know you have really beautiful eyes?"
She then did something unexpected, she scowled. "Hey, are you making fun of me?"
"No no no no," John said with a confused look, "Why would you say that?"
She visibly relaxed, "Oh, my boyfriend does that sometimes when he wants to make me mad. He hates the way my eyes look."
"Ha ha, I'm sure you're just jumping to the wrong conclusions."
"No, he told me that. He did, among other things."
"Like what?" John said with genuine concern.
"He calls me hypocritical."
"What do you mean, hypocritical?"
"Well, my last boyfriend and I dated for 3 years and we had sex after about the first year and a half. But I've only been going out with Danny for 3 months and he's mad at me because I don't want to rush the relationship."
"What an asshole."
"No, he's really sweet. I just don't feel that way about him."