"Eli, wait up". I looked behind me and saw Lenore chasing me. Since the first day I entered NYU she was someone who was I guess closest to a friend. We even share a room because of some problems with the old roommates.
"I don't have time, I have to do stuff", I replied friendly.
It was true, I was going to meet Clare in only 10 minutes. Well, it wasn't really meeting, since she was in Canada and I was in New York, but it was the closest to it I guess.
I hurried to my room to refresh my looks a little bit and waited for Clare to come on Skype. After only one or two minutes my computer started ringing, and I answered the conversation.
"If that isn't my dearest miss Edwards", I said.
"Well it's also a pleasure to see you", Clare replied with a little laugh. After all this time she'd still blush when we saw each other, it was one of the many things I loved about Clare.
"How was your day at school?", she continued, "I hope you didn't meet any cute girls", she said with a smile.
"But of course not, why would anybody want to date me?" I replied teasing. Clare and I loved to tease each other as much as possible, it was our own way to express our love. "how about your day, Saint Clare?"
"Nothing special I guess. Alli was busy, Jenna was busy, I was doing the student council together with Drew. I guess that's about it." But all of a sudden I saw her smile fading for a second."What's wrong?", I asked her with a genuine concerned face. The tension of the conversation changed as she replied. "I don't know how to put this, but I was at the doctor's office today..". Clare had been in the hospital for the entire summer because of cancer. Of course I stayed by her side to help her get through it. "Do I need to come home, is the cancer back?" I replied before she could end her sentence. She shook her head. "It's not that bad. Though I have something called "chemobrain", so I'm afraid of not getting into Columbia.", she said with a sad tone. We promised that after this year, she would come to New York and we would look for a place to ourselves.
"Everything will be alright my love", I replied, hoping to make her feel better. After a short silent moment we both said "I miss you" and laughed. The last time I saw her was a month ago. How we managed to survived, I didn't know. That's why I planned a surprise for her next weekend.
All of a sudden the door got smashed open. It was Lenore. I quickly turned back to Clare and said:"Can we continue talking at 8?" She hesitated for a second, but after a sigh she replied: "I guess I don't have any choice. But don't you dare being late even a second mister Goldsworthy". We both laughed and said goodbye.
At these moments I could shoot Lenore. It wasn't the first time she walked in on me while she knew I was talking to Clare. Lenore noticed my glare towards her but ignored it.
"How is your little high school girl doing?", she asked with a mean undertone. I don't know why, but Lenore didn't seem to like Clare.
"She's fine, and you know you should knock if I talk to her" I answered a bit irritated.
Lenore sat down on her bed and started taking of her pants. I never really liked it and felt guilty because I didn't say anything about it. I was surprised at that moment when she did that the first time on day one. "Well Lenore, I'm going to grab some food and make some homework", I said while I was taking my laptop. I left as soon as possible and started my special plan.