With no classes today, I went to the library to do some writing. I found an empty terminal and sat down but the chair was uncomfortable so I looked around and spotted an empty one in the back next to a coed.
I'd seen her earlier when the librarian helped her access something on her computer but thought little of it at the time. When I sat next to her, I noticed her working on anatomy and studying the skeletal structure.
I logged into my terminal and began working on my paper. I can type pretty fast and on a loud keyboard it can become a loud racket so I'm always conscious of this. I'm zipping along and I see her glance at me several times. I stop and asked her if I was typing too loud and disturbing her. She smiled, and says I wasn't bothering her and that she likes that I type really fast. I said, "Thanks" and continued my writing. Sometimes the brain takes a little while to realize what the body is doing.
A few moments go by and she asks if I can help her look up something in her book. It's at this point I see her for the first time. I mean I really see her. To say she's beautiful is an understatement. Her dark brown skin is flawless, enhancing her radiant face and fine features. She looked at me with expressive eyes that held a touch of mischievousness. Realizing I was staring, I looked away for a moment then back to her. She spoke with an accent in a velvetly soft voice as she hands me her book. I noticed that it smells like Ethiopian spices and I comment on this. She asks me how I know this and I explained how Ethiopian food is my favorite food and how I'd recognize the smell of berbere anywhere. She says that she is from Ethiopia and is impressed that I knew.