Clay was in his History class. The professor paired the students up in twos as study partners. Clay got a girl as his partner. Clay knew her but never really talked to her. She had light brown eyes, wavy jet black hair and glasses.
"I don't think we've really met before." Clay said. "I'm Clay."
"Tricia."
"Nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you to."
Later that afternoon Clay went to eat. He sat down at a table in the cafeteria.
"Is this seat taken?" Tricia asked coming up to the table.
"No." She sat down.
"Do you like it here so far?"
"Yeah but I miss somebody."
"Girlfriend?"
"Yeah."
"What school does she go to?"
"The University Of Michigan."
"It must be tough."
"It is." "Does your boyfriend go here?"
"I don't have one right now." "He dumped me on prom night."
"Ouch."
"Yeah." "I think he was just dating me because I helped him with his homework." "How did you meet your girlfriend?"
"She was a new student in my school last year." "We had a class together." "I was her student tutor for English." "Eventually we fell in love."
"That's so romantic." "I was a student tutor to." "I guess you could say I'm a geek."
"No."
Clara was outside sitting under a tree studying. She'd decided to rush. She was going to a few mixers later tonight to check out a few sororities she was interested in. Someone sat down next to her and opened a book. She looked at the cover of the book.
"Advanced Chem, yikes."
The person put the book down. It was the guy who showed her where the Science Lab was. "It's hard but it's a requirement for a pre-med."
"A pre-med?" She said surprised.
"You sound surprised."
"I would've guessed jock."
"How did you know?"
"Just a hunch." "So you are a jock?"
"Wide receiver."
"I never thought I'd meet a pre-med jock."
"Well I like football but not as much as I want to be a doctor." "I'm here on a full athletic scholarship." "Without it I wouldn't be able to afford college." "What's your name?"
"Clara."" What's yours?"
"Ben."
"It's nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you to."
Later that night Clara was at her second mixer. It was for the sorority Alpha Gamma Phi. Also at the party was the fraternity Omega Kappa Gamma. Clara was socializing and making friends. Someone tapped her on the shoulder. She turned around. It was Ben.
"Hi Ben." She said.
"Hi." "So, thinking about joining Alpha Gamma Phi?"
"Yeah." "You're part of Omega Kappa Gamma?"
"Yep." "Do you like it here?"
"Yeah, I miss my boyfriend though."
"Where does he go?"
"Princeton."
"Princeton?" "He must be really smart."
"He is."
"Well I guess that gives me my answer without asking the question."
"What do you mean?"
"I was gonna ask you out."
"Oh, I'm flattered."
"We can still be friends right?"
"Sure."