Professor Romanoff

Chapter 8

I wake up at 5am like always. I groan to myself as it was a Sunday and I wanted to sleep in, but knew I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep again.

I go out on a run, getting coffee on the way. I stop at a park bench and scroll on Instagram for a bit, drinking my coffee. It was now 6:45am. I don't know why the coffee shop opens so early, but I'm not complaining. I decide to walk back to my dorm, and get to the building at around 7:30. I look down to see I have a text from Nat.

Nat:
Hey котенок, how did you sleep?

Me:
Hey, I slept pretty well, woke up super early and couldn't get back to sleep though. How did u sleep?

Nat:
I slept good. I was thinking about cancelling class as it's only you and me, do you wanna come over to my apartment and hang out, maybe watch some Tv or something?

Me:
Yeah that sounds nice, text me your address and a time and i'll be there :)

Nat:
*addressss :)* Is 8am good for you? I always wake up quite early, but we can have it later if you want.

Me:
8 is good, i'll see you then

I get up to my dorm and message Carol asking her if she wanted to do 1v1. I shower and get ready, then see a text from Carol agreeing.
"Morning." Wanda says as she gets out of bed.
"Good morning." I reply. "Me and Carol are gonna go down to the courts and practice, you can come watch if you want." I say.
"Yeah sure, sounds fun I guess. What time?" She asks. She wasn't really into basketball, but we would probably only mess around anyway.
"11." I reply.
"Okay." Wanda says.
We meet Carol over at the courts and play for a bit, I thrash Carol like always. Wanda was sitting on the sidelines watching.
"Okay, that's unfair. Wanda, who won?" Carol asks.
"It's clearly me and there's no point asking Wanda because she doesn't know shit about basketball." I say, grabbing some water. It was now around 12:30, so we were gonna get some food from a place on campus. We leave the courts, Wanda was explaining about who she thought won, and couldn't make her mind up.
"Y/N had a higher score, but Carol was really good.." She says, rambling on.

We get back to me and Wanda's dorm and binge watch tv all day. I was messaging with Nat for most of the time though. I really like her, no one has made me feel this way.

Natasha:
Is there anything else you're doing on monday?

Me:
I have basketball practice at 2 but apart from that, no.

Natasha:
Okay котенок

Me:
Do you?

Natasha:
I have a meeting around 3. They might be stopping Russian class.

Me:
Wait what? Why?

Natasha:
The lack of students. They would fire me, or put me in a different language.

Me:
I hope they don't fire you, I like seeing you around campus, plus you'd be out of a job. But if they do, how am I suppose to get better at Russian

Natasha:
It's not like we would've been getting much work done, котенок. I'm sure I'd be able to figure things out if I'm fired.

We text for a while, but now I was worried. I don't want her to lose her job, even if it's not because of me. I wouldn't see her as much, and what we have would probably fizz out and I wouldn't talk to her as much. That's selfish of me. She wouldn't have an income, a way to pay her bills.. I was probably the least of her priorities.
"Hey, you okay?" Wanda asks me.
"Yeah... Nat might lose her job though." I respond, putting my phone down on the side.
"Why? Did someone see you guys?" Wanda asks. Carol pauses the TV, interested in what was happening.
"No, I don't think so, but Russian might be cancelled and she could lose her job because of the lack of students. They might just move her to teach a different language though." I say, playing with my rings.
"I'm sure it'll be fine." Carol says reassuringly. I don't know why I'm so worried, I mean we've been on one date, but we had been talking for a while. Ugh.