e is

some distance and no

ily our lectures had always ended at around the same period

ch that is coming up soon". And it had been impromptu

t a text, you d

ad

ne to check. I hadn't had time to check my phone since I left M

ue enough, his message sat there glaring at me, ju

Hope you aren't angry I left earlier, plus are

essages, inhaling once more, pushing the sad feeling away,

lans for today? "I aske

r mouth to speak when a

ing it was Leo, seeing

you might have, le

ends about plans or if it was coincidence, sighting him a

ause soon he had reached where we were, walking pa

Margaret today, said she needed help with some things and we offered to do it today, if you

r the fact that they were of different gender I would have be

overed we were better of as friends, any form of intimate contact had felt like a sin, this had all ha

cutie with unique features and

nt to finish, a work p

. I pulled out my cell once more to check if I had gotten a text from Mr. Ev

e loved to go with her but something came up, tur

ith extra school activity I was going to have

the files and doing all th

with Mr Kyrios, though we had not discussed where we were goi

ing to my laptop. A video call from Mr, Ever

what he had to say and also use the oppo

or me, but that didn't stop

o mind and the c

ng him I was on my way and ask

eclined. I wasn't really a fan of bringing people t

in school first, then he would

ng one which had left me tired and wondering

f his car which he had parked

hich quickly disappeared when he noticed me looking a

are

couldn't make it earlier", I replied to him, sti

onded in a way that made me feel small, then

my eyes to the ground, not before noticing that he ha

liding slightly down from the seat s

Mr. Kyrios voice rang through my hazy bra

were sleeping Mis

position looking

the negative, denyi

, I finall

ing of what else to say when he looked at me

said suddenly, mak