“You don’t know?” Collin scoffed.
I sighed and clutched my head. “Please, Collin, I’m not in the mood. Can this wait? Do we have any Tylenol?”
He gave me a couple of Tylenols and we left the apartment. If I didn’t have two exams today I would have stayed home. I was nearly caught up in my English Literature class, so I didn’t want to fall further behind.
When we got to school, I let Collin give me a perfunctory kiss as he told me he hoped I would feel better.
“Whoa, Blake,” Gavin did a double take as I took a seat next to him. “You don’t look so hot.”
“Gee thanks,” I halfheartedly stuck my tongue out him. “You really know how to make a girl feel beautiful. I think I’m coming down with something.”
“Speaking of beautiful girls,” Gavin squirmed in his seat. “How do you feel about getting a cup of coffee after class? Or I can run you home?”
I knew that was code words for he wanted to talk in private.
“I might take you up on that ride after our next class. I need to finish these two exams and maybe I can catch up at the apartment,” I said as I laid my head on the desk, angling myself so I could still see the front of the class.
I loved this professor. She was no nonsense, and she always handed out our exams right away. She also dismissed us the moment we turned them in. She posted all the notes and some important reminders at the beginning of the week, so everything else was on us.
This book wasn’t one I was familiar with, but when I had the time, I didn’t mind curling up with an enjoyable book. Not that this book was good; in fact, I found it quiet boring, but I was always great at retaining stuff just enough to test on it.
We were given the whole class period to complete the test. I took 30 minutes. The professor smiled at me when I turned it in. She liked me, and I liked her. She wasn’t one of those teachers that wanted us to give our theories based on her personal bias. She liked having a lively debate on our interpretations of the novels we read.
I smiled back and headed out into the hallway. I knew Gavin wasn’t going to be too far behind. He was bright, and I was going to be amused to see how he and Jemmy meshed after the ‘honeymoon’ phase was over.
I curled up in one of the leather armchairs located in the lobby, and shot him a text using Collin’s phone, so it didn’t look suspect.
Blake: Hey. Out in the lobby waiting for that coffee.
I then pulled out my other phone and noticed I had missed a text from Noah.
Noah: Good morning, beautiful. Why can’t I get you out of my head? Last night I had a dream we were sitting in a hot tub and you were wearing this hot red and white bikini ;)
I gulped. I wanted to tell him it hadn’t been a dream. It was a memory. Instead I wrote back.
Blake: Good morning, handsome. :-D A dip in a hot tub sounds amazing right about now. I feel like crap. Think I’m coming down with something.
He texted back immediately.
Noah: I’m sorry, you don’t feel good :( Too bad Drake’s in classes all day. He makes a chicken noodle soup that’s amazing and cures all maladies.
Blake: Says the healer :-P
Noah: Hey, hey, hey no fair. You know I would take away any pain you had if I could.
Blake: Sooo sweet :)
And I meant it. I knew our relationship was stronger than it had ever been.
Noah: Well, getting the stink eye from the proff. TTYL :-*
Blake: Okay :)
I smiled down at my phone as I put it back in my bag.
“Well that’s a happy smile,” Gavin said, startling me as he walked up.
“Noah,” I mouthed silently. Out loud I said, “Just felt really confident about that test.”