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Before she could answer, a movie flashed through my mind about the moment Peter and I first met. " Peter? Like Peter Parker?I had thought he was cute the first day, but so much had happened since then. At least now, I no longer saw myself in this position of being Peter's candidate for a boyfriend. I saw him more as a friend, almost a brother..." Do you really want to know? It happened. And it was a lot, baby! " Loretta finally confessed, snapping me out of my reverie. She was clearly excited about the news, to the point of infecting me with her happiness." Oh, tell me about it. How did it go? I want details! " Oh, sordid details, please don't! " she says, finishing her lipstick. Only she herself would not neglect her lipstick to go to class, so early in the morning. ". No, I won't. Tell me! You know all about me and my fumbles..." Wait, fumbles? I wouldn't put it that way... " Adventures? " I say, smiling, naughty. " All right, I'll tell you... but... " she says, in a whisp
At Break Time 019
The class went about as close to normal as you could consider normal, if you consider that I was in a notorious anxiety crisis the whole time. Every time Stephen looked in my direction, I tried to disguise my discomfort. I looked away, poked Loretta, contracted my leg muscles involuntarily in the motion of closing them. My mind wandered to places far away from verbs, pronouns, nouns.I think that if I had a surprise test today, I would get a zero. I don't think so, I'm sure." Hey, wake up. Class is over. " Now Loretta was nudging me, hurrying us to go. I looked one last time in Stephen's direction, I wanted to make sure I wasn't going crazy, or that there really was a different atmosphere in this class. No other way. When I did, he looked back at me at the same moment and then turned away, trying to disguise it by coughing, as if he were scraping his throat. " See you next week, guys. " He concluded.Next week? That long?" I don't know what you're getting at, Aria. Are you going t
At Break Time 020
" But you're right, he really is hot. There wasn't anyone who didn't notice. - Loretta concludes, biting her lower lip." Is that so, Loretta? And Peter was right by your side, behave yourself, okay! - I imply." Here, ladies. Natural juice, no sugar for you and little sugar for you. - Klaus delivers with his usual kindness, like a programmed robot." Do they open part-time positions to work here? - Whisper to Loretta."Why are you interested?" I don't know, it seems relaxed working here, Klaus always seems to be in a good mood. Besides, at some point I'm going to need to become more independent of the money sent by my father..." Got it. And you've always been like this?" Like this?" Half crazy, half nerd, half nymphomaniac... - She says and starts laughing." I don't consider myself any of that. - I say, just before drinking some of my juice." Swear? Sometimes it's hard for us to have a more realistic notion of ourselves. Philosophy explains. But those who are outside see better
At Break Time 021
" So you can start, I'm all ears. I love hearing about your adventures. “ Mellanie sits on the bed, excited.I make an expression as if to say “Really? We haven't even brushed our teeth yet." But Loretta is happy to see you and her tongue itches to update you." Speaking of adventures, you're looking at a much more daring girl than me and you combined. In a week, she surpassed us. - Loretta says, provocatively, totally ignoring my presence.Mellanie opens her mouth in a big O in mock puzzlement, and then they both burst out laughing."Be more specific Lori, what do you mean by that?I roll my eyes and before they continue this game of talking about it in front of me, as if I were invisible, I join the conversation too." You mean I'm a free woman and a kisser, that's it! I don't see a crime in that, do you? - I question, directing the question to Mellanie." Of course not, but what you are not telling me, are the details that matter most! - She insists.I look at Loretta as if asking
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"Shall we go to the library?” Peter approaches me in the hallway at the end of one of the classes."Ahn... Okay, it could be.” I answer, looking around, a little confused."I need to talk to you, alone. - He says, in a firm and convincing voice. I don't remember seeing him so serious."Fine. Is there a problem, Peter?" It's not really a problem... It's nothing serious. But I wanted to talk soon, and alone. - He reinforces.Loretta and Mellanie are on another floor of the building, in an extra class and in a different grade than us freshmen, so it wasn't difficult to follow Peter to the library without them, considering that the last few days we've only been hanging out together.Luckily, the space was practically empty. The huge library was perhaps the quietest and most private place on the entire campus. At this time, close to lunchtime, it was even emptier, with a maximum of four students, reading or studying." Here we are. You can talk - I ask, smiling lightly and gently." I don
At Break Time 023
I leave the library with my thoughts still scattered, trying to come up with a way to fix something that wasn't even my fault after all.In the corridor, towards the exit and on the way to the republic, Loretta leaves one of the classrooms, her extra class had ended less than a minute ago." Aria, what a coincidence to find you here! - She calls me, making me jump." Coincidence? Um... why?" Can we go to the cafeteria? I'm hungry and I have a good gossip to tell you.I clear my throat lightly and say yes, no problem. Apparently, she had no idea what I had just learned from Peter." Ready, speak! - I ask, feigning custom and animation."It's about Peter!I widen my eyes, my heart stops for two seconds."What happened? - I ask, trying my best to hide it." He texted me just now, I was in class and I only saw him after class ended. He says he wants to talk to me later today, in the cafeteria. What do you think it could be?My hands start to sweat. All I want is to piss off Loretta. It w
At Break Time 024
"But here? No, too risky. Come on.”Max pulls me by the arm and I feel like a kid who's just got up to no good and is being taken by his father to the corner of his mind. He always looks around, attentive as a rabbit with its ears pricked."You always surprise me”. I whisper as I follow him.And after a few steps, always on the prowl looking like fugitives, I arrive at a new hiding place he has shown me. Okay, it's not exactly a hiding place, it's a room, a little bigger than the storeroom and the cafeteria bathroom, spaces we were already getting used to frequenting. And yes, it was no less risky than anywhere else within the university. I soon learned that it was nothing less than the faculty advisors' room. Can I already consider myself a student from another level? I smirk at the idea.We go in, he makes sure no one is behind us and then locks the door. Max starts to speak and I take the initiative before him. I leave the books and diary on one of the tables in the great room and
At Break Time 025
I can't come up with a decent answer listening to it. I let out a smile as I'm hit again by flashes of memories of my last dream. Delicious dream that we starred in that room, just a few centimeters from where we bumped into each other.As I didn't answer and we stayed in that kind of awkward silence when no one says anything else, he made the enigmatic invitation, always careful to see if anyone was close enough to us to denounce us."What are you going to do next weekend?" Um… me? I don't know, nothing at first. Why?" I wish I could be with you in a quiet place, without the risk of us being ratted out all the time." You're talking like a teenager, professor... - I imply, with a deliberately more sly voice." I'm serious, Aria. I want to get to know you better. I think I've already said that, but we haven't had the opportunity yet.In fact, we did. But they were always taken advantage of in a non-verbal way…" That would be wonderful. I don't know anything around here, I mean, bey
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