All Chapters of At Break Time: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30
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" 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
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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
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"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
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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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"So you know each other"." More and longer than I'd like." Max answers me, clearly troubled, his jaw clenched.As soon as I saw him storming out of the cafeteria, I followed him. On the one hand, I was finding it kind of cute that he was showing a slight jealousy flare. On the other hand, I rolled my eyes. We were too old for that. Or rather, he was too old for that kind of attitude. What did he expect from me anyway?" I don't know what you're thinking or what you expect from me, but nothing much happened. You saw a conversation between a teacher and a student".He looks at me like he could shoot me." Do you swear, Aria? Do you really swear?". He questions, in a mocking tone. " Teacher and student, just like you and me?There's nothing I can do but roll my eyes one more time."Max, I can't believe this is a blatant display of jealousy". I say, trying to look serious, without success, of course. The laugh escapes me and he looks even more furious."Look here. You need to understand
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I arrive late to class and feel several eyes on me. I hate being the center of attention, at least in these specific moments, and soon I take my usual place next to Loretta and also now next to Mellanie." I left, you were still in the room. Why did it take so long? - Loretta questions, curious, in a whisper." I lost track of time writing.In part, this was true. In part, the truth was that I was deciding whether to come or skip this class. I knew it was going to be almost an hour of tension and awkward stares averted by Stephen. Especially after what he confided to me in the cafeteria. And especially after I learned that being close to him was a source of irritation and jealousy for Max.But, let's get to the facts. I couldn't always run away, right?I'm just a freshman, I have things to learn. I have a course to complete for at least the next four years. I wasn't going to let a cheap line or two get me off track.Was it a daily challenge? It was.But I confess that the adrenaline o
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One thing was fact. We had a knack for going from college girls to hot babes in a matter of minutes. Once again, I borrowed a look from Loretta. I needed to go out urgently to go shopping and renew my wardrobe, my clothes were mostly casual, jeans or leggings, baggy blouses, some business-style button-downs. I could even say that I'm very relaxed and eclectic when it comes to dressing, but that simplicity now left me with no options when it came to enjoying some partying." This one was perfect on you! - Mellanie comments, as soon as I finish zipping the black dress, whose fabric adjusted perfectly to my body." It does you a lot of good to change your style a little, you know? You need to value that body that God gave you… - Complete Loretta." If I had that little belt... But God doesn't give wings to the snake, right! - Mellanie implies." They want to stop you two, if I'm not going to be feeling too much. - I joke, slightly embarrassed by the sequence of compliments.Loretta and M
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" I can't believe this... " Loretta whispers, loud enough for me and Mellanie to hear." Yeah, neither do I. - I confirm, what my eyes still refuse to see."Didn't you mention that at the last party, the teacher also came? It seems that it's becoming something common recently. - Mellanie concludes.I wanted her words to be true. I mean, I wanted Stephen's presence there to be just a fluke. And mostly, I wish his mere presence didn't affect me as much as it does now. My God, I need to settle down, right?" Let's just drink and camouflage, please? - I ask, smiling yellowly at the two." Why camouflage? Do you owe something, Lori? - Mellanie implies, and ends up having Loretta's complicity."Hey no, I don't owe anything to any teacher. Now only during exams. - Loretta says, lowering her eyes and simulating a disgusting face, which I knew she wasn't." You guys suck, you know. - I say and drink a whole glass of beer at once.Having him there, just a few feet away from me, was causing me i
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I was surrendered and, yes, troubled on yet another layer. Another one of… I don't know, I've lost count. As my tongue tangled with Stephen's, my mind traveled in several directions.“Someone will see us. If they do, screw them too. And Max? I'll see you tomorrow. What am I going to do after today? He's already had a jealous fit when he saw me in an apparently innocent conversation with Stephen, what if he found out we kissed? I mean, that I've been kissed? Oh, okay, I kind of reciprocated. I found myself ensnared somehow. I don't know how to explain it, they are different sensations. I want to be in that kiss. A hot and at the same time sweet kiss. Something touches me beyond the chill down my spine and the famous butterflies in my stomach when I'm with Stephen. It's more cuddly than sensual, you know? Already with Max, I feel alive, burning, powerful, on fire. I wouldn't say it's just a boner, but… Oh, I don't know. Did I mention I can't explain? It's crazy, it just has to be."" So
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