"Well? What are you waiting for? Sit down and help me out! Time is ticking, girl!"

"Right, I'm sorry. I have a habit of spacing out. So, do you have anything started?"

"Can you not tell from my desperation that I don't even know how to start?"

I take a seat next to her and look over her shoulder at the blank screen and sigh.

"Have I disappointed you already, Amy?"

"No, I've just always found starting off to be the hardest. The rest of the paper comes easy."

"So we just have to get started. Ughhh," Beth groans and puts her head on the table.

"Hey," I say playfully tapping her shoulder, "isn't that how got you in trouble in the first place?"

"Yeah yeah," she says with a smile, "I'm just so tired from practice and I've been up for three days. But you're right. Ok, let's get this done so I can actually get some real sleep in my bed and not on a hard surface."

"Sounds like a plan. So basically what I did was procrastinate as much as I could and then I turned to Google."

"Brilliant," Beth chuckles and places her hand on my thigh. As soon as it's there it's gone though.

Beth starts searching through Google and glancing over at me occasionally. As she starts typing away, I'm looking at her long black hair that she keeps running her hand through whenever she pauses. When she looks over at me and smiles I can see her green eyes and I blush and look away.

"How is this looking so far?" she asks looking at me expectantly.

She has over two-pages written already and it's been less than an hour. I don't see why she thinks she needs my help at all. Her paper is way better than mine turned out to be.

"Not very smart, huh? Didn't make you out to be a liar."

"Oh please. I'd never lie to you, Amy. It's not that good. Just a whole lot of bullshitting."

"Well it's better than what I wrote. I don't even see why you wanted me to stay because you definitely do not need my help."

"Are you saying you don't want to be here? I like your company, Amy even if you haven't said much. Anyways, I'm almost done."

She turns back to typing out her last few paragraphs. It's clear that Beth does not need my help and I could leave if I want to but she says she likes my company and that's enough to make me want to stay. I realize then that I never texted Karma or Lauren that I was going to be later than expected. I take out my phone and see the amount of calls and texts on the front screen.

"Done."

My focus is on my phone and I'm letting Lauren and Karma know that I am OK and that I just got caught up.

"Hello? Amy? Did you hear me? I actually finished on time with like ten minutes to spare, that has to be some kind of record."

Beth is smiling and grabbing my arm trying to pull my attention from my phone.

"Who are you texting? your boyfriend?"

I chuckle, "no, I don't have a boyfriend. It's my roommates their freaking out because I forgot to tell them I wasn't on my way anymore."

"Your friends have you on a short leash?"

"I do what I want," I say with a cheeky grin.

"Is that right? So what is it that you want to do now then?"

My mind wanders while I'm blatantly checking her out as if I hadn't already done so. As I said earlier, she could easily beat me up (although that's probably not very difficult) and I remember how she said she was tired from practice and I begin to wonder what it is she was practicing for. She looks so athletic.

"I want to walk you back to your dorm so you can finally get some sleep. I don't know how you're even functioning right now."

"Lots and lots of coffee and pep talks from my teammates. I am craving sleep right now though so I'll accept your offer. I'm just over in Legend Hall. I won't forget that I still owe you for waking me up though."

We get up from our seats and make our way out of the library. Legend Hall is actually the building next to mine so it's convenient enough for me since I'm starting to feel tired myself.

"So what team are you on?"

"I play lacrosse. It's an addiction really. Couldn't get me off the field if you tried."

"I'm sure I could find a way," I whisper to myself.

"What was that?"

I laugh to myself, "nothing, I just admire that really."

"You should come to one of my games sometime. It's the most beautiful sport in the world. I think you'd really enjoy it."

"I probably would."

We're outside her building now and stop by the door.

"Thank you for walking me back. Don't make yourself a stranger OK? I'll see you in class."

Then she's gone. I can't really pick up whether she was flirting with me or not. I've never been particularly good at picking up on vibes and girls are just so flirty in general even when they don't mean it. I walk over to my building and into the common area of my dorm.

"Amy, what the hell?" Lauren says jumping up from her seat on the couch. Karma is next to her giving me a disapproving look.

"I told you guys, I got caught up."

I start walking over to my room and Karma is instantly at my side. She's looking at me like she knows I'm hiding something.

"Why do you have that look?" she asks blocking the entrance of my room.

"What look?"

"That look that makes it seem like you've been blushing for hours."

"You should really get your eyes checked, Karma. I just ran into someone from class and they asked me for help it's no big deal."

"Oh come on. You cannot expect me to believe that."

"Yeah, you haven't always been the best liar, Amy," Lauren says over from the couch, "You know we're going to find out anyways so you might as well just save us some time and tell us yourself."

"There's nothing to tell! Nothing happened. It was literally just class work. Now if you'll excuse me, I'd like to go to bed."

Karma moves out of my way and I slip into my room and fall onto my bed.

It's the next day and I'm walking to class with Karma. It's Friday and so she's talking about some party that she wants me to go to tonight. I tell her that I have work right after class and she's pouting.

"You never go out anymore!"

"I know, it's not that I don't want to. It's just that I'm so exhausted by the time I get off."

"Come on, you'll be tired at first but once you're around everyone for a little while you'll wake up."

"Alright, look. If I get off at a decent time, I'll come out."

"Yes! I did it! I got Amy to agree to go out!"

"That's if I don't get stuck there!"

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Right now I'm a delivery driver at a pizza place near campus and somehow whenever it's time for my shift to be over, we of course get crazy busy and I end up having to stay. But the money is good even if I have to put up with drunk college guys wanting to "trade their dick for pizza" and houses overwhelmed with the smell of weed. I can even put up with the married men who flirt with me while their kids are hanging onto their legs. I can't really bring myself to complain too much because it's really not that bad. Yeah I want more time to myself, but I do need the money.

After my class with Karma, I tell her I'll message her when I get off of work to see where she is. Then I make my way over to my next class. I sit in my usual seat and put my headphones on. I'm early as usual since I have a half hour break in between. I fold my arms out in front of me and rest my head. A few minutes later, I feel someone take out one of my earbuds.

"Hey do you have a paper due soon?"

I smile before looking up at Beth standing over me.

"Miss me?"

"Hey Beth. Feeling more awake today?"

"Yes, absolutely. I fell asleep as soon as I hit the pillow."

Beth is wearing her work out gear and looks like she just got out of practice. I can't help but stare as she takes a seat next to me.

"So what are you doing here so early? Usually it's just me for a while," I say.

"Oh I got out of practice early and uh…I just thought…maybe….I figured I could try and be early for once."

I'm amused by this. Beth seems nervous and she's obviously not telling the complete truth.

"Yeah sure," I say, smiling to myself as I reach down to put my headphones into my bag.

When I turn back, Beth is extremely close and has this look of confidence on her face like she wasn't just fumbling her words.

I swallow hard and Beth leans in and wipes away a piece of lint off of my shirt.

"Are you going to come to my game tomorrow?"

I can feel my heart beating so fast and it takes all I have to be able to even form words.

"I uh didn't know you had one. What time is it at?"

"It's at 10 am," she says, "think you can wake up early enough to see me?"

She has to be flirting. She keeps turning the tables on me. Acting all nervous one minute then so confident the next.

"Well I am supposed to go out tonight after work but hopefully I can wake up."

"Hopefully? Do you want to see me play?" I nod my head. "And you do what you want right?" Again, I nod my head. "So then I'll see you there." She winks at me and then takes out her phone and asks for my number. I give it to her and I'm really hoping that she intends to use it for more than just to see her play.

"I'm going to text you so you have my number and I can actually talk to you outside of class."

The rest of the class starts to slowly take their seats and the professor soon follows and starts the lecture.

I'm completely distracted the whole time. I just want to learn more about this girl and figure out what she wants.

She keeps looking at me and smiling. I smile back and then look back to the few notes I've managed to jot down.

At the end of class we pack up our bags and walk outside.

I get a little further in front of Beth and she grabs my hand.

"Amy I umm, I want to get to know you better," she says and I can't help but notice how close we are. We're just about the same height so our eyes line up perfectly.

"So what's stopping you?" I ask.

"Nothing I guess I'm just not sure…"

I get closer to her and let my eyes drop to her lips and I smile slightly.

"You like me don't you?"

She looks completely speechless and her cheeks turn red.

I chuckle, "You so do!"

Beth hits me playfully on my arm. "Oh whatever," she mutters and then she pulls me close and kisses me so softly.

"Who's speechless now?"

My eyes flutter open and I'm just looking at her and I pull her back so I can kiss her again.

"I guess that means you like me too."