Living in Sin (On Hold)

Twenty Three _ ?

Nicole

“That red hair would’ve gone so well with our home kit, don’t you think?” He added, making me confused.

“What red hair?”

“Ellie’s?”

Ellie? Who was … of course, Elizabeth! An uncontrollable laugh stumped its way up my throat and I didn’t force it back. “You’re talking about Elizabeth?”

“Of course, I am!” he threw the words out like it was the undeniable truth.

“For a second there, I actually thought you could think.” I confessed, still laughing but relieved. I wouldn’t wanna have to fire any warning shots. 

“You’re putting it like I’m wrong.”

“You are.” I clarified. “it’s her friend there that tried out.” I said, jutting my chin in their direction, and met eyes with Rina. No sooner had our gaze locked than a smile was born on her face. Same was with me.

“Really?” He paused as the warning bell rung. It felt kinda strange. I hadn’t heard that sound while sitting in a classroom for quite some time now. “But I wasn’t wrong about that bombshell part.”

Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder, I guess. It’s not like Elizabeth isn’t pretty but she obviously , in my eyes, just doesn’t hold a candle to her friend.

“Maybe not.” I agreed, turning back to the front as Rina did the same, and asked the guy the question that’d been there for quite some time. “Anyway, did she make it?”

“She didn’t.”

“Those joining this class for the first time note that this assignment is your chance to make your first and lasting impression on me. And the result will have a lot to do with how I’m gonna grade your works the whole semester.” Boy, does he say that a lot!

This was the third in four classes this morning I’d had together with Rina. Not like we whispered to each other, or sent messages during classes; on a side note, I still didn’t know her number. We just exchanged glances and smiles as usual. And smiling isn’t that hard for one to find me doing anymore.

I chanced a glance at Rina and found her staring at the teacher, just as Elizabeth. Whether she’d make ‘the first and lasting impression’ on the guy or not after the assignment, he surely did make that on her.

Thank god, he was old and wobbly. If this was Curt who’s relatively young and sort of good-looking, I might have to do something about it; you know, to stop … inappropriate things from happening.