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"Sorry to intrude, but I was sitting opposite you and by chance, I saw what you were researching about. I'm a Pharmacy student at La Prèsa college, Italy," he explained, and when I just nodded my head, he awkwardly scratched the back of his neck. "Do you mind some help?"

Instantly, I nodded my head and he pulled out his chair, placing it beside me as he sat down.

"Thank goodness I was not doing something illegal," I joked to lighten the mood, and he smiled in response. The scent of incensed candles wafted into my nostrils, and I subtly looked him over.

He seemed to be around my age with brown hair, just a shade lighter than Cole's, and a pointed chin which jutted out when he smiled. One of his hands were hidden in his trouser pockets, and he leaned forward exposing a rosary on his neck as he pushed the glasses seated on his nose upward and turned to me.

"I'm Dave, by the way. You sure I'm not disturbing you or something?" He asked, but I shrugged a shoulder.

"Not at all. I was beginni