"What are you doing?" the professor shouted.
Brady looked up from his notebook with his eyebrows raised. "I was just...gonna take notes."
"Why?" Dr. Henderson demanded.
"Uh..." Brady wasn't so sure that his history professor was totally sane.
"Well, why are you taking notes?"
"I just...am."
"No! You were trained to take notes. They stick you in a warehouse for twelve years and they train you like monkeys."
Brady glanced around the classroom and was relieved to see every other person was just as shocked and confused as he was.
Dr. Henderson continued to rant about the warehouse like high schools all of them had come from. He stomped in circles at the front of the classroom, waving his hands in the air and shouting.
Brady started to look around the classroom. He noticed a pregnant girl eating tater tots from her purse and made a note to sit by her the next time the class met because he was starving. He'd signed up for the nine o' clock class thinking it wouldn't be that hard to make it, but he'd been up all night feeling nervous about starting the semester. He wondered how Ezra was doing next door in the honors version of the same class.
Class was dismissed early and the entire class bolted for the door. Brady lingered by the door and watched the pregnant girl gather her things. Her big purse tipped over and an extra-large order of tater tots spilled to the floor.
"Oh, holy fuck," she said loudly, not seeming to notice Brady was still there. When she did see him she smiled sweetly and said, "Hey there, handsome. Why don't you come help me out? I don't want to leave a mess, but if I bend down I most likely will not get up."
Brady smiled and went to help her out. "So, what did you think of that professor?"
"He's a total fucking lunatic. I'm Grace, by the way."
"I'm Brady. Nice to meet you."
He threw the floor tots into the trashcan by the door and walked with Grace to the hallway. "Where are you headed from here?" she asked.
Before he could answer, Ezra's class was released and Brady's focus shifted. When he saw Ezra, he rushed forward and hugged him close. He kissed him on the forehead and didn't care who saw.
"That was too freaking cute," Grace chimed in.
Ezra blushed turned his face in towards Brady's chest. Brady put his hand on Ezra's shoulder and smiled. "Grace, this is my boyfriend, Ezra."
"Well, I never would've guessed it, but good for you." She smiled and adjusted the strap of her bag on her shoulder. "I have to pee now, but it was nice meeting both of you. I'll see you later, Brady."