It was officially Reading Day: the day between the final day of classes and the first day of final exams. The library was absolutely packed with students trying to finish the projects and research papers they had kept putting off throughout the semester, and the tiny study rooms were all occupied.
It was not until I had reached the seventh and highest floor of the library that I finally found a study room with only one other person in it. I had not seen her since before Spring Break, and even then I had only seen her briefly across the main quad, but that single glimpse of her had instantly captivated me.
I knocked softly, then slowly opened the door. She looked up at me, the golden hair framing her face styled a little differently than I remembered but still quite becoming of her. The makeup she wore was rather sparse, but she had a face which did not require any makeup to attract guys' attention.
...or my attention.
With practiced ease, she took off her delicate glasses, appraising me. "Looking for a quiet place to study?" she asked.
"Yeah," I said softly, "if you don't mind..."
She smiled at me, her lips curling upward almost too slowly to be natural, yet I was too thrilled with sharing such a small room with her to really think much about any other than the fact of her smile. The way she gestured toward the chair nearest me made me wonder if she really was a standard-age university student or if she was a non-traditional student who was fortunate enough to appear to be about twenty years old. In either case, I hoped that I looked even half as good to her.
"Thanks," I acknowledged, closing the door behind me. Through the window in the door, I noticed a guy looking at me and oddly giving me a wink. I shrugged it off, for he was not the reason I had stepped into that particular study room.
I sat opposite the reason and set my backpack on the floor. Soon I had notebooks, textbooks, pens, and assorted papers spread out before me in much the same manner as my unnamed study companion. While I was focusing on studying for the following afternoon's exam, I was also keenly aware of the student sitting at the opposite end of the rectangular table. Over time, I "forgot" about her, but eventually, my mind began to drift further and further away from studying for the exam and closer and closer toward studying her as discretely as possible.
I was quite impressed by her. She had a thin build which seemed entirely natural for her, unlike many of the thin coeds I knew who appeared to have starved themselves for many years to achieve such a physique. Her breasts were small, but quite appropriate for her frame, yet the ribbed shirt certainly clung to her in such a way that emphasized her breasts tastefully even though they remained fully covered, with not even a hint of cleavage due to the neckline being just below the level of her collarbone. Her bare arms were adorned with bracelets on each wrist and what I could only term as a pair of thin "elbow rings" in such shiny well-polished silver that they reflected the light as if they were mirrors. Her fingernails were not particularly long, painted in black with what appeared to be tiny yellow star stickers providing additional decoration.
"What are you studying?"
Her voice was sweet, angelic, and shocking after such a lengthy silence between us. Her question seemed genuine, yet I had to wonder if she had just caught me studying her despite my attempts to be discrete in admiring her.
"Um..."
She smiled. "I'm having trouble concentrating, myself."
"Well, yeah," I noted. "It's not good for us able-bodied young women to be cooped up inside on such a bright and sunny day when we could be tanning by a pool somewhere."
Her smile widened. "Swimsuit or bikini?" she asked.
It took me a second to understand her question. "Actually, monokini," I admitted.
The gleam in her eyes and the further widening of her smile assured me that I had indeed attracted her interest. "Good choice."
"Only choice for me," I added. "I prefer to keep the surgery scar hidden, but I like being able to show as much skin as possible."
Clearly, I had intrigued her, and the conversation continued from there.
*****
Having given up on studying for our respective exams the following day, we strolled from the library to the nearby coffee cart to get iced lattes. The late-Spring sun was hot, but definitely nothing like it would be in another few weeks with the onset of the truly oppressive summer heat.
Like many of the guys who saw us, I kept admiring her long legs as they emerged from beneath her pleated white miniskirt. Fortunately, my sunglasses had rather dark lenses, so it is quite unlikely that she noticed I was very much admiring her.
Then again, I had a sense that she was subtly appraising me as well.
I let her lead the way: across the street, past the sports practice fields, beyond the last of the dorms, across another street, and a block into the residential neighborhood to a small house.
"You live here all on your own?" I asked, seeing no sign of anyone else being present.
"No, but my housemates were both student teaching this semester, and that was their only unofficial 'class.' They're done with student teaching, so they're taking a road trip during Exam Week."
"Wow. Must be nice."
"I know. But they left some of their stuff and said I could use it if I wanted to."