Late Wednesday March 10th, days until spring break
He sits on a bench in the dark corner of the campus across from the library waiting for her to come out. "Lynne" he breaths to himself as his mind drifts for a minute to picture her long dark hair covering her beautifully shy face. She is the most precious woman he has ever seen. Since the first day of classes this semester he has thought of nothing but having her. However, she's too focused on her grades and blending in with her classmates to notice him. She should know she could never be able to blend in with her peers.
He was so wrapped up in thinking about her, he almost missed her coming out of the library. He sighs has he notices Aaron Logan is walking her back to her dorm. That annoying prick is never very far from her. Too bad his competition doesn't stand a chance. Only he knows how to please Lynne in the way she needs. Lynne could never guess how badly every guy wants her, but he is the one that will have the prize at the end, just wait and see. He follows them in the night trying to get close enough to hear their conversation.
"What are your plans for spring break this year?" Aaron asks
"No plans, I will probably be one of the only students staying on campus," she responds. He can tell from where he is standing she is blushing. If only she knew how wrong she was. He found out she never left campus for the holidays. Which makes spring break the perfect time to make her his, only his.
He stops just on the other side of the tree in front of her dorm watching as Aaron tries to convince her to meet up with him tomorrow to study for midterms. She is just to polite in her response, saying she would have to see. She turns and rushes into her dorm. Both him and Aaron stay glued to the spot watching as she disappears inside. Aaron walks off toward the boys dorm once she has vanished, but not him, he needs to know she made it too her room safely. He looks up to the 9th floor window of her room and waits for her to turn on the light. After a few more moments the light turns on and he knows she is safe. He adjust his pants before slowly making his way back to his car.
Just 9 more days until she will become his.
Thursday March 11th, 8days until spring break.
I slowly make my way to my 1 o'clock psych class, quizzing myself on the material I'm about to be tested on and feeling ready. Im so glad to get one midterm over with before the others start next week.
Taking my usual seat in the back of the class 15 mins before class starts. This is my routine, I really hate the hustle and bustle of the crowds which will start to scramble to class soon. Unlike usual, Professor Drew is already here setting up for the midterm. I watch him through my hair getting lost in a day dream staring him. What can I say, I have a major crush on him. He is a new doctoral student and is required to teach this course, but he seems to enjoy teaching and is very good at it. I am so lost in my daydream of Professor Drew, I don't notice Sara has sat down next to me and is talking.
I look up at Sara and blush slightly, "sorry what did you say?"
Sara laughs, "I asked if you are ready"
"oh, yes. Let's get this over with." I reply.
Just as Sara is about to respond Professor Drew gets everyone's attention. He starts with a few announcements including no class next Thursday and as we turn in our tests we will be receiving our last papers back.
The test is a bit harder than I expected it to be with 5 essay questions and 75 multiple choice. It takes me close to the end of class to get it finished. Wow there are only 2 others students left when I get up to turn in my test. As I hand my test to Professor Drew he hands me a paper with an office appointment setup for this afternoon at 5, not my paper. I look up at him surprised and he smiles.
I lean in and whisper, "Where is my paper?"
"We will discuss it at 5" then looks at the other two still taking the test, dismissing me.
SHIT, my paper was good. It took me 2 weeks to write it. After staring at him a second too long in my shock, I slowly walk out of the classroom. Luckily, Sara didn't hangout to wait for me. My next two classes go by in a blur and I barely retained anything. I am smart enough to setup a recorder so I could go back and listen later when I'm not so preoccupied.
My last class lets out at 4:30 and I'm not sure what to do with myself for the 30 minutes until my meeting, I head to the far end of campus where Professors Drew's office is located. I sit outside his door for 15 minutes before he calls me in. By now I am a nervous reck. My hands and legs are vibrating so bad I can't sit still. Professor Drew notices and smiles at me.
"Please don't be to concerned. I asked you to come to my office to discuss plagiarism, Ms. Reese. Someone somehow got access to your paper and turned it in as their own."
A quick flash of relief washes over my body. Wait someone turned in my paper? "What do you mean?"
He hands me my paper to look over then hands me another one similar but not quite the same. It's my rough draft. Wow as I look over it I noticed they hardly changed anything even though it still needed a lot of work. "Oh my god"
"I know this must be a shock to you but, do you know Alyssa Smith?" He asks gently
I can't speak because I am in shock so I nod my head in response. As if understanding he just sits and waits for me to process everything so I can correctly answer his question. I swear I sit there staring at him blindly for 10 minutes before I find my voice. "Yes, she is my roommate"
We discuss the process of reporting plagiarism to the school and what will happen to Alyssa. Expelled, geez. While Alyssa and I aren't super close I did think we were friends. How can she do this to me. By the time we wrap up its 6:30. Professor Drew offers to walk with me back to my dorm and while normally I would jump at the chance to talk with him more, I'm too distracted and in some serious need of some alone time to think.
