I headed to class in the dreary weather, mulling over the idea of going to law school somewhere like California. I liked the sun and didn’t see enough of it here. I heard someone call my name and turned around to see a redhead walking towards me. I groaned, not wanting her attempts to get me to take her out tonight.
“Hey. How are you?” I asked her, sipping my coffee as she smiled brightly at me.
“I’m great. I heard you were at the party this weekend. I had my sister’s wedding.” She pouted, and I thanked any Gods up in the sky that she was gone. Kendra was an aggressive girl and would not have left me alone the entire night. I made a mistake in sleeping with her last year and she hadn’t given up since.
“Yeah. It was okay,” I told her with a shrug.
“I heard that Grace was your flavor of the night.” I could hear the accusing tone in her voice and sighed.
“I have to get to class for a test. I don’t have long.” I turned to walk away, tired of these girls wanting me to give them something real. They didn’t make me want to and even the casual sex was getting old for me. I didn’t look back to see her face, cursing the fucking gossip mill that was my circle of friends.
I walked into my classroom and took the usual seat, sipping the last of my coffee. I could use another cup and I tossed mine into the trash to my right. My friends in the class greeted me in sleepy voices as I looked over my notes one more time. The teacher walked in and I shoved the notebook into my backpack.
I kept thinking back to the weekend as I moved through the questions. I played back the night in my room and the way I felt so comfortable with Rosie. I didn’t feel the same way in the morning but that was just because it was so new to me, both in general and with Rosie.
I thought about the talk we had at the ice cream shop and how we agreed that we’d keep things casual. We didn’t say that there would be no more sex at all, but I was pretty sure that I agreed to no more sleeping in my room together. I regretted that last night when I couldn’t sleep. It wasn’t really allowed to begin with though a lot of students did it, anyway.
I kept answering the questions, feeling confident about it. I studied a lot and gave up a lot of my spare time for it. I didn’t need the gym if I was having the kind of sex that I had with Rosie, making me smile as I looked everything over. I stood and walked up to the desk, handing the test to my teacher with a grin before I left. I headed out into the nearly empty hallway and decided to get some more coffee in the cafeteria. I walked over and ducked inside of the door to walk to the small stand that stood in the corner of the bright room. I noticed Rosie headed towards me with her own cup and smiled at her.
“You too?” I asked her as she shrugged. Rosie looked tired with a gray hat pulled over her loose hair and light circles under her eyes.
“I don’t think there’s enough coffee in the world for today.” She grimaced as she took a sip. “How was your first test?”
“I think it went well. Now to knock the others out. How about you?” I gestured for her to follow me to the stand and she laughed as she did. I ordered a large black coffee and handed the girl a bill as I looked back at Rosie.
“I think I did good. I studied enough to ace them. I’m so tired.” She rubbed her eyes to prove her point, and I wondered if it was for the same reasons that I had trouble sleeping. “I think I am going to go into a coma every night this week.”
“We should celebrate on Friday night. Dinner or something?” I asked her as she frowned at me.
“There’s another party. Aren’t you going? Violet says she is.” Rosie looked confused.
“No. I want to relax that night. Let’s go to that Italian place and have some wine.” I suggested as she nibbled on her glossed lip.
“That sounds better than a party.”
“Good. It’s a plan.” I looked at the clock and knew that I had to leave. I took the coffee with a smile and we walked out together and parted to go to our classes.
I watched her walk; her perfect ass shaking with her steps and shook my head. I loved having that in front of me. I pushed the idea away and forced my thoughts to the next test I had. Human sexuality was the class, and it made me laugh because I knew plenty about that.