Lyra;
I walked back from campus to my shared dorm. My roommate, Mariah, still had a few more classes, so we decided to have dinner at a restaurant near our dorm after she's done. To pass the time, I chose to get started on any assignments I had.
Opening my inbox, I found a new e-mail from my English professor. It was the assignment he has mentioned in class today. I started reading the email:
[English and Art Assignment.
Dear students, please note that this project is due in 2 weeks from the assigned date. Any work handed in later than that will not be accepted. The following file contains all the information you need for you to start your assignment including your partner's names. if you have any requests or comments regarding that, please come to my office ASAP and inform me then.
Group #: 8
Members: Lyra Garcia, Apollo Davis
Assignment due date: 19th of January
Topic: The Law of Attraction in literature
Task: Write an essay regarding the law of attraction, what it is, examples of it, and explain how it has been included in literature with examples of literary works it has been included in.]
My partner and I had 2 weeks to finish this assignment, so we get started soon.
"Davis? isn't that the same name the professor called the 'amused guy' by?" I couldn't help but think of the way he stared at me when I answered his question today or think of what I overheard.
5:45, the clock read. I have 15 minutes to get to the restaurant Mariah and I are dining in. I rushed over to my closet and grabbed a plaid skirt with an oversized graphic shirt. picking up my white sneakers and rushing out the door, I almost forgot to lock the house.
in 10 minutes, I was at the restaurant's entrance. New record, don't you think?
"Took you long enough! I had to wait for you to order! my stomach is devouring itself to keep me alive right now." That's Mariah everyone.
"Sorry, I got caught up reading my new assignment, I lost track of time." I sat on the chair across from her and picked out what I wanted from the menu. A waiter came up to our table and wrote down our orders.
"What was it about?" Mariah asked about my assignment
"About the law of attraction, including an example from a literary piece"
"wasn't it a group project?"
"Not a group, a duo. My partner is this guy called Apollo Davis. I just met him this morning in English class"
"Apollo Davis? He's a year old than . He's pretty closed off, really. He never spoke much to anyone in the past year I've been here, and I don't think he's going to change that in my second year either." she rolled her eyes
"Has anything happened to him?" curiosity got the best of me and I couldn't help but ask.
"What do you mean?" she tilted her head playfully
"I heard him having a conversation with Mr. Benjamin about forgetting his past and moving on..." I trailed off
"I don't know, but if I were you, I would make it my mission to find what that's about!" she leaned in across the table and whisper-yelled
"Not your spy shit again." I dragged my hand across my face in .
I feel like Mr. Benjamin right now.
"What? it's been my dream since I was a child. I'm joining the FBI and investigate murders and follow clues." she shrugged simply. like it was the easiest thing in the world
"That's why you're a criminal justice major!" I sarcastically cheered and let out a whoop!
"What about you? how's your art class ?"
"I haven't attended it yet, I have it first thing tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it, though"
"Of course you do! Its paint, drawing, sketchbooks, canvases, and drawing hot men that are na-" my hands rushed to cover her mouth before she spurted out more of her daydream descriptions to the innocent bystanders around us.
"Some people are trying to eat, not dream of hot models that are na-" she copied my previous actions by covering my mouth with her hand.
"Nah-ah-ahh" she moved her index finger left and right "bad Lyly, no dirty thoughts." I groaned.
She makes it her job to treat me like a 3-year-old child who just learned that birds fly.
"I've decided to talk to him tomorrow in English class about the project. I have it right after art class." She hummed in response
"Now let's go back home so I can sleep and dream about hot na-" I automatically covered her mouth with my hand
"Mem-ah-ooe-ow" Mariah mumbled from under my hand
"Huh?" I removed it from her mouth to let her speak
"I said, let's just go home now" I tilted my head away from her, trying to hide my laughter
"Ha-ha. funny Lyra. It's almost your bedtime, come on" she dragged me by my arm
"My what? I'm 19!" I .
"Your mom told me to take care of her only daughter" she .
"And you took that seriously?" my brow raised.
"Yes! Now come on." She continued dragging me back to our dorm.
Once I reached my bed and touched my soft mattress, I succumbed to deep sleep.
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Hey everyone! This is only the second chapter, I know there isn't much happening, but we found out who Lyra's partner is!
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Under The Jasmine Tree ✔
RomanceUnder the Jasmine tree; Lyra and Apollo, both artists, meet around their college campus. He plays the guitar, and she paints the world around her while sitting under the jasmine tree. They can't let go of each other. But fate had its own hand in the...
