Ulrich sat in the auditorium as the professor kept rambling on about psychological theories. Nature vs. Nurture, Fraud, the unforgivable experiment, stuff like that. Ulrich's tape recorder was in position to record the entire lector, so he didn't have to care immediately. He just sat there, doodling to make it look like he was actually doing something so the professor wouldn't be offended. Only six other people showed up today. The blond guy, the chick who dyes her hair every other week(today it was pink, reminded him of a friend), some guy in sports who always cheated on tests, a pair of fraternal twins girls with black hair, the other brown, and the girl who wanted to have sex with him. Ulrich couldn't remember a day in class she didn't tease him.

Every now and then Ulrich would look up to make it seem like he was paying attention. Seemed to be working so far. The red head who wanted to have sex with him was staring at him while chewing on her eraser. She winked at him and leaned over from her chair so Ulrich could see her cleavage a little better.

"Miss Solovieff, what did I just say?" The professor said as he leaned against his desk with the chalk still in his hand.

"How Fraud was a perv who thought boys wanted to kill their fathers and screw their mothers," Milly said quickly and faced the front again as Ulrich chuckled.

"Multitasking is handy, but please look forward, you can seek a sexual partner after the lecture," the professor said and then turned around so he could continue speaking and writing.

"I plan on it," Milly said then looked over her shoulder at Ulrich was looking down again and drawing. The twins looked at each other and whispered slut to each other.

"Ulrich, why don't you just bang her once, she seems worth it," The sports guy said as he examined Milly's back.

"Last time I did I had to take an aspirin, the sex isn't worth the headache," Ulrich said without looking at him.

"I heard that," Milly said to herself and continued to chew on her eraser and write down what ever was needed to pass the test with at least a B.

The professor finished writing on the board and then checked his watch.

"That concludes the days lecture, I'll leave what's on the board for you to finish, you have an exam on Friday," The professor said then grabbed his coat and started to walk up the stairs to leave through the door at the top. Ulrich stopped his tape recorder and leaned into his seat some and looked at the board. What did I miss, he asked himself.

"Ulrich, you got time to hang out today?" Milly asked then leaned over her seat again. What a view.

"If you say no, you're gay," the sports guy said then grabbed his stuff and walked out of the room. The twins were packing up and the blond guy was putting his coat on.

"Yeah I do," Ulrich said then put his recorder in his bag and yawned from doing nothing but sitting for an hour.

"Want to go to my room, lock the door. I promise I'll be quieter this time," Milly said as the twins walked by and shook their heads at her.

"Slut," The black haired one said with a confirming nod from her twin.

"You two need to get laid," Milly said as they walked out.

"Go to hell," The brown haired one replied.

"Buy a vibrator with a duel clit massager, then we'll have something to talk about," Milly said as they looked at her disgusted and slammed the door shut. The blond guy left a moment later chuckling and the door swung shut again, leaving Ulrich and Milly alone in the auditorium.

"Haven't done it in a classroom yet, interested?" Milly asked with a smile as she stood up wearing her medium length skirt. She dropped something so well planned it seemed on accident and bent over slowly to get it, her skirt rising up but not showing anything off. Making it more teasing for the suspense.

"No," Ulrich said then stood up and stretched and placed his bag over his shoulder and his coat on top. Sometimes when he did that he'd forget he put the coat on second and would get caught while dropping his bag, he'd worry about that later though.

"Oh come on Ulrich, it's been three months since my room. My roommate is gone for the holiday," Milly said then placed on her coat, zipped it up, then placed her bag on her shoulder.

"My ears are still ringing from that night," Ulrich said then started to walk out.

"I'll be quiet. I'll just bite down on a leather strap or something. You know I can't help myself," Milly said then followed him up the stairs to beat him to the door.

"Well get someone to help you then. Medications work wonders now-a-days," Ulrich said then opened the door, but still held it for her on her way out.

"Thanks, and I don't like meds. I don't need chemicals telling me how to feel. What am I, american or something," Milly asked as she suddenly regretted wearing a skirt today. It hadn't snowed this year so far but it might of well have with the wind chill factor.

"No, you're a horny french girl with a vibrator," Ulrich said as she continued to follow him.

"Well I wouldn't need a vibrator if you'd just say whatever and plow me for a change. Isn't it supposed to be the guy begging the girl for sex?" Milly asked.

"Not in this situation," Ulrich said as he stuffed his hands in his pockets, "Why can't you be like the twins?"

"Flat chested and bitchy?" Milly asked.

"Close enough," Ulrich said then walked across the quad of the college with his breath hanging in the air.

"What, my boobs are too big?" Milly asked as she looked at her chest. Ulrich just laughed to himself as Milly kept concerning herself with her body structure.

"Look fine, just so you'll stop talking about vibrators for a week. It's really annoying," Ulrich said then stopped and turned around to look at her.

"Really, my room?" Milly asked with a smile of delight.

"My apartment. Screwing you isn't worth getting expelled over," Ulrich said as he started to walk again. Milly smiled and jogged after him and locked arms with him to keep warm and be close to him. Soon they'd be a lot closer.


In Ulrich's cold apartment Milly fidgeted around in her sleep. She tuned over expecting to wrap her arm over Ulrich's chest but the bed was empty. She'd go to sleep with him feeling satisfied and happy, and when she awoke he was never there. Strange pattern she would think. Most nights he was nice enough to leave a note though. Since they were in his apartment this time, no note was needed. Milly looked around his room, seeing it was just getting dark since the blinds were red from the setting sun. Still cold though.

Milly hugged the blanket to her chest as she sat up. Seeing her undergarments on the ground she leaned over and picked them up, and slipped them on. Grabbing her skirt from the ground she opened Ulrich's closest and found a shirt to borrow for the time being. With her feet being bitten by the cold hard wood floor she left his room and stepped into the living room. No Ulrich. Looking across the living room she saw the kitchen was empty, but pass the door to the balcony she saw him outside bare chested smoking a cigarette.

Milly walked across the living and kitchen and opened the door to the balcony. It was cold outside and Ulrich turned around and looked at her. Milly walked over to him, took the cigarette out of his mouth and threw it down.

"I told you I don't like it when you smoke," Milly said then looked at Ulrich as he sighed in annoyance.

"And I don't like it when you talk, but you don't see me strapping duct tape over your mouth," Ulrich said then reached into his pocket and pulled out the pack of cigarettes and looked through his pockets for the lighter.

"Are you crazy, it's freezing, your nipples could probably cut diamonds," Milly said then hugged her arms and shivered.

"The cold getting to you?" Ulrich asked as he leaned against the railing and finally lit the cigarette, making Milly shake her head.

"A little, you really need to get a heater," Milly said then looked down five stories.

"I'm working on that," Ulrich said then pocketed the pack and inhaled the next breath.

"Really, what did you ask your dad?" Milly asked then looked at her own breath.

"No, I figured if I did this myself I'd get some self-gratification from it," Ulrich said then exhaled the smoke and watched it dance with his frozen breath.

"And how are you going to get money, did you get a job or something?" Milly asked.

"Yup, I start this Saturday," Ulrich said then inhaled and exhaled.

"Really, where?" Milly asked since this was big for Ulrich. One step away from his fathers handouts.

"From six to two in the morning, I operate the suicide hotline for the city," Ulrich said then looked at Milly as her expression changed from excited to confused.

"Suicide hotline. Like people call depressed you make then flush the pills, stuff like that?" Milly asked.

"That's the gist of it," Ulrich said then continued to inhale and exhale till another cigarette fell, Ulrich wanting to race it to the ground.

"Well, that's...interesting," Milly said then leaned against the railing and sighed.

"You don't think I can do this job?" Ulrich asked.

"I don't think it's smart to put someone who is depressed himself on the phone with someone about to shoot themself. What's your plan, tell them to pull the trigger, hang up and you still get the check at the end of the day?"

"No, the conversations are recorded so if I am actually telling people to kill themselves, if I get fired I got off lucky," Ulrich said then placed another cigarette to his lips. As he was trying to light it, Milly grabbed the cigarette from his mouth and tossed it over the railing. Ulrich looked into his pack and saw she had just thrown out his last one.

"Dammit Milly," Ulrich said then walked into the apartment and into his room to get dressed to go out.

"Where are you going?" Milly asked.

"Getting more cigarettes," Ulrich said then pulled on his jacket and fixed the collar, "Coming?"

"Let me find my shirt," Milly said then began to looked around the bed for what she was wearing earlier.

"Those things kill you," Milly said as she took off his shirt and placed on her own.

"You think I smoke for my health? I'm suicidal but I'm also a procrastinator," Ulrich said then put on his shoes and opened the door to his apartment. Milly walked out and Ulrich closed the door, locked it, and proceeded down five flights of stairs to the sidewalk.


Ulrich and Milly entered the convenient store with the bell ringing above them. Before going to the counter to get his cigarettes Ulrich walked to the back freezers and looked at the beverage options. Soda's, beer, wine, so much to choose from. Ulrich wasn't sure if he felt like getting drunk tonight so just looked at the cans before he made up his mind.

Milly scanned the shelves as well, till she found what she wanted to drink and opened the door. Cold air rushed out with a light fog that dispersed in seconds as she grabbed the can and closed the door again. Ulrich still couldn't make up his mind, so continued his search. Milly sighed and leaned against the cold door and looked at him.

"Just get something, you always take forever," Milly said and Ulrich turned his head at her.

"For someone who loves to have her way, you always seem to never argue during sex," Ulrich said and finally opened the door and grabbed a can.

"Well that's because there's nothing to bitch about when you always seem to read my mind," Milly said and tried to kiss him, but was denied. Milly sighed again and leaned against the fridge. 'Why doesn't he ever kiss me. You'd think at this point it'd be required.'

"Come on," Ulrich said and began to walk to the front before a man walked into the building and shot the security camera.