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first two days than the first month or so. It's great! I also appreciate
the ideas submitted (which I will be using). Anyway, keep it up! : )
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*******Stacy********
Louis set down his bag and took a seat. First day of college. So far nothing was different. His high school teachers had stressed on strict policies to prepare him for college, but it all seemed pretty boring to him, and he hadn't even started yet.
"Art history," he said aloud. "Why do we have to learn about dead guys and their paintings anyway? I think we should just get painting."
"Yeah, I totally agree," replied a slender brunette.
"Well you should. 'Cause I'm right. I'm always right." Louis replied smoothly.
"Well I wouldn't doubt that." She smirked.
A tall, bald man stood at the front of the room. "Ok class, shut up now," he said wearily. "I'm Professor Briggs, and I'll be your Art History 1-2 teacher..."
Louis ignored him. "My name's Bruno. I didn't catch your name. What is it?"
"I didn't throw it. Lets just say my name's Stacy," she said, catching on. He shook her hand. "Does your mom have it going on?" he laughed at his own geniusness.
Briggs looked straight at Louis, clearly annoyed. "I suppose all of you completed your reading. Isn't that right..." he shuffled though his things and pulled out a piece of paper. "....Mr. Stevens. Name the achievements of Leonardo Da Vinci."
Louis turned to Briggs. "He painted an ugly lady then died."
Only Stacy seemed to be laughing.
*******
"So how was your class this morning?" Tawny asked, biting into her sandwich.
""I got kicked out, first day too. It was a record." Louis replied. "He told me not to come back if I was going to be a smart--" Tawny laughed, interrupting him. "It figures. You know the college professors don't take the crap high school teachers do." "Well I'll take his advice. I won't go back. It's a pointless class about dead painters anyway."
Tawny shook her head. "Louis, you shouldn't do that. I mean your parents paid for it, and you won't get credit for that class. You need that credit to graduate."
"Man, you are starting to sound like Ren."
Tawny rolled her eyes, suddenly irritated. "This is when it actually counts. I mean sorry if I sound like your sister who's a school fanatic, but can't you just care about school for once?"
"Come on Tawny, I'm just having a little fun, enjoying skipping class when the professors don't care, I mean we used to have fun in high school. You know, you and me cutting class. What happened, you used to be fun? Where is your spirit?"
"You know Louis, whatever. That was high school. It's time to grow up." She got up. "I have to go, I got a class in thirty minutes. Thanks for lunch."
"Well someone's PMSing!" Louis shouted back as she headed for the door. She smiled and gave him what his mom called 'the bird'.
*******
Louis walked into his Art 101 class and found 'Stacy' waiting for him.
"Well, you can't get enough of me can you?" Louis said, sitting down next to her.
"Na, I think you got it the other way around. I think I have a Bruno Stevens stalker."
They laughed. The class dragged by for what felt like hours, then finally released. Stacy picked up her things and headed toward the door and stopped midway. She bit her lip.
"Bruno?" Louis looked up from his stuff. "Are you busy tonight? I could use some company at dinner if you don't have anything going on," she added hopefully.
Louis shook his head. "Sorry, I can't."
"You can't, or you won't." Louis found himself in an uncomfortable position.
"Can't...I'm kind of already seeing somebody..." Stacy stared down at her feet. "I'm sorry, Stacy."
"That's ok. Well see you on Wednesday."
*******
He didn't know why he did it. He just did. It wasn't Tawny's fault. Last night he had told her he couldn't spend the evening with her cause he had a huge test today. Tuesday was his day off, no classes, no big test. Instead, last night he found himself poking files to find more about Stacy, when he already said no to her. He had thought about taking back his answer and just going to dinner with her, but that proved difficult since he didn't know how to contact her. Not only that, but he felt a guilty twinge for lying to Tawny.
Breaking into PUFA files was easy, but the real problem was finding her. They had never exchanged real names, so he had nothing to go on except that she was a pretty brunette around 5'6". He looked in hundreds of files before giving up.
Tawny had four classes back to back from 10:00 to around 1, which meant they had most of the afternoon together. But strangely enough, he wasn't with Tawny. Instead he found himself at the door of Stacy's classroom, waiting for her to come out. He could see her through the window in the door, sketching on a drawing pad.
His patience was running out. He slowly opened the door. The professor was at his desk, busy. He either didn't see him or chose not to acknowledge him. Louis tapped on Stacy's shoulder. Her face lit up as she saw him.
"Louis! How are you? What are you doing here?"
"Well, I do believe I owe you a date." He smiled.
*******
"Thanks for lunch Bruno." Her heart was fluttering. He was perfect. Cute, funny, sweet...everything she wanted. Why he turned her down yesterday was a mystery, but those miniscule details really didn't matter to her at that moment. She flung her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
Louis broke away momentarily. "One sec there," he said, laughing. "I don't even know your real name. What is it?"
"It's Lauren. Lauren Davis." She leaned in to kiss him again. Louis stopped her.
"Wait, don't you want to know mine?"
She shook her head. "I already know it. Louis Stevens. But I like Bruno better." She seemed irritated by the interruption and started kissing him again.
He broke away. "How did you know that?" he asked, puzzled. She smiled.
"I hacked into PUFA and found your file. Remember, I got your last name in class before Mr. Briggs threw you out."
He laughed nervously. "Well that's one way to find out information." He didn't want to admit he tried to look her up unsuccessfully.
"Ok, now shut up and let me kiss you."
*******
"Welcome to Philosophy of Art. I'm Professor Macknez. Let's begin."
A tall brunette slipped in the door and sat next to Tawny.
"Hey Tawny!" it was her roommate. "Oh hi Lauren. I didn't know we had any classes together." She faked a smile.
"This is great! Now we can help each other with homework!" She responded.
"Yeah, that would be great." Tawny said politely. She knew she would never work with her. She got out a sheet a paper to take notes.
"Can I have a piece of paper? I left my notebook in my boyfriend's car."
Tawny handed her one. "Thanks. Yeah, he's great. I asked him out last night and he turned me down, but today he took me out to lunch." She nodded, not really listening.
She talked over the professor. "Yeah, he's so cute! He's really nice too." Tawny tried to block her out. "I love his hair! It's brown and curly. He's tall too, around six foot." Tawny stopped. Tall, brown curly hair. "He's a good kisser."
"What's his name?" She tried to sound uninterested.
"Oh, his name's Louis, but I call him Bruno."
*******
"Louis can I come over?"
"Yeah, sure Tawny."
"Ok, see you in a little bit."
"'K, bye." He hung up. Around ten minutes later he let Tawny in.
"Hey Tawny. Wanna go to dinner or something?" She looked away.
"Louis, do you think I'm stupid?" Tawny said, malice thick in her voice.
"No, why?" he asked, hoping she didn't know.
"Don't play dumb."
"Tawny, I don't even know what you're talking about."
"You're a jackass. Do you even know who that girl is?" Louis sighed. So she did know.
"She's my roommate." Oh shit.
"Tawny, don't get mad. I didn't know she was your roommate."
"Don't get mad?" she repeated. "I have every right to be mad. You were cheating on me!"
Louis diverted the topic. "That's not the issue. You never let me get close to you."
"Oh come on Louis! I do too."
"The only emotion you show is anger. You never tell me how you feel."
"Ha! That's funny. A guy talking to me about not showing emotion."
"Well it's true! You only show your emotions when it's almost too late." She rolled her eyes. Louis searched for an example. "Junior High! I had liked you for somewhere around two years by then. Yeah, that's right, cause we were in eighth grade. You finally told me you loved me when we thought I was moving to D.C." Tawny just turned and sighed. "Not only that, but I stole the tape Tawny! I wouldn't have even known if I wouldn't have stolen the frickin tape!"
"Louis, I was fourteen. Don't you think it's a little ridiculous to bring that up?"
"Ok then, what about junior year Tawny? What about that? I don't think you kissed me more than twice when we were going out."
"Oh, so now I'm supposed to french you every time I see you?" Tawny said sarcastically.
"How many times have we made love? Oh, I know the answer! None." Tawny was silent.
"Look Louis, if you wanna go out with Lauren, then go!" She slammed the door and left.
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Finally done! I started writing this chapter right after people reviewed last month. It took a while for me to process all my thoughts though. You guys are great, I appreciate all the reviews. Sorry I took so long....I'll try not to take that long for next chapter, but I'm not making any promises. Well R&R! Thanks
Ren117
Ren117
*******Stacy********
Louis set down his bag and took a seat. First day of college. So far nothing was different. His high school teachers had stressed on strict policies to prepare him for college, but it all seemed pretty boring to him, and he hadn't even started yet.
"Art history," he said aloud. "Why do we have to learn about dead guys and their paintings anyway? I think we should just get painting."
"Yeah, I totally agree," replied a slender brunette.
"Well you should. 'Cause I'm right. I'm always right." Louis replied smoothly.
"Well I wouldn't doubt that." She smirked.
A tall, bald man stood at the front of the room. "Ok class, shut up now," he said wearily. "I'm Professor Briggs, and I'll be your Art History 1-2 teacher..."
Louis ignored him. "My name's Bruno. I didn't catch your name. What is it?"
"I didn't throw it. Lets just say my name's Stacy," she said, catching on. He shook her hand. "Does your mom have it going on?" he laughed at his own geniusness.
Briggs looked straight at Louis, clearly annoyed. "I suppose all of you completed your reading. Isn't that right..." he shuffled though his things and pulled out a piece of paper. "....Mr. Stevens. Name the achievements of Leonardo Da Vinci."
Louis turned to Briggs. "He painted an ugly lady then died."
Only Stacy seemed to be laughing.
*******
"So how was your class this morning?" Tawny asked, biting into her sandwich.
""I got kicked out, first day too. It was a record." Louis replied. "He told me not to come back if I was going to be a smart--" Tawny laughed, interrupting him. "It figures. You know the college professors don't take the crap high school teachers do." "Well I'll take his advice. I won't go back. It's a pointless class about dead painters anyway."
Tawny shook her head. "Louis, you shouldn't do that. I mean your parents paid for it, and you won't get credit for that class. You need that credit to graduate."
"Man, you are starting to sound like Ren."
Tawny rolled her eyes, suddenly irritated. "This is when it actually counts. I mean sorry if I sound like your sister who's a school fanatic, but can't you just care about school for once?"
"Come on Tawny, I'm just having a little fun, enjoying skipping class when the professors don't care, I mean we used to have fun in high school. You know, you and me cutting class. What happened, you used to be fun? Where is your spirit?"
"You know Louis, whatever. That was high school. It's time to grow up." She got up. "I have to go, I got a class in thirty minutes. Thanks for lunch."
"Well someone's PMSing!" Louis shouted back as she headed for the door. She smiled and gave him what his mom called 'the bird'.
*******
Louis walked into his Art 101 class and found 'Stacy' waiting for him.
"Well, you can't get enough of me can you?" Louis said, sitting down next to her.
"Na, I think you got it the other way around. I think I have a Bruno Stevens stalker."
They laughed. The class dragged by for what felt like hours, then finally released. Stacy picked up her things and headed toward the door and stopped midway. She bit her lip.
"Bruno?" Louis looked up from his stuff. "Are you busy tonight? I could use some company at dinner if you don't have anything going on," she added hopefully.
Louis shook his head. "Sorry, I can't."
"You can't, or you won't." Louis found himself in an uncomfortable position.
"Can't...I'm kind of already seeing somebody..." Stacy stared down at her feet. "I'm sorry, Stacy."
"That's ok. Well see you on Wednesday."
*******
He didn't know why he did it. He just did. It wasn't Tawny's fault. Last night he had told her he couldn't spend the evening with her cause he had a huge test today. Tuesday was his day off, no classes, no big test. Instead, last night he found himself poking files to find more about Stacy, when he already said no to her. He had thought about taking back his answer and just going to dinner with her, but that proved difficult since he didn't know how to contact her. Not only that, but he felt a guilty twinge for lying to Tawny.
Breaking into PUFA files was easy, but the real problem was finding her. They had never exchanged real names, so he had nothing to go on except that she was a pretty brunette around 5'6". He looked in hundreds of files before giving up.
Tawny had four classes back to back from 10:00 to around 1, which meant they had most of the afternoon together. But strangely enough, he wasn't with Tawny. Instead he found himself at the door of Stacy's classroom, waiting for her to come out. He could see her through the window in the door, sketching on a drawing pad.
His patience was running out. He slowly opened the door. The professor was at his desk, busy. He either didn't see him or chose not to acknowledge him. Louis tapped on Stacy's shoulder. Her face lit up as she saw him.
"Louis! How are you? What are you doing here?"
"Well, I do believe I owe you a date." He smiled.
*******
"Thanks for lunch Bruno." Her heart was fluttering. He was perfect. Cute, funny, sweet...everything she wanted. Why he turned her down yesterday was a mystery, but those miniscule details really didn't matter to her at that moment. She flung her arms around his neck and kissed him passionately.
Louis broke away momentarily. "One sec there," he said, laughing. "I don't even know your real name. What is it?"
"It's Lauren. Lauren Davis." She leaned in to kiss him again. Louis stopped her.
"Wait, don't you want to know mine?"
She shook her head. "I already know it. Louis Stevens. But I like Bruno better." She seemed irritated by the interruption and started kissing him again.
He broke away. "How did you know that?" he asked, puzzled. She smiled.
"I hacked into PUFA and found your file. Remember, I got your last name in class before Mr. Briggs threw you out."
He laughed nervously. "Well that's one way to find out information." He didn't want to admit he tried to look her up unsuccessfully.
"Ok, now shut up and let me kiss you."
*******
"Welcome to Philosophy of Art. I'm Professor Macknez. Let's begin."
A tall brunette slipped in the door and sat next to Tawny.
"Hey Tawny!" it was her roommate. "Oh hi Lauren. I didn't know we had any classes together." She faked a smile.
"This is great! Now we can help each other with homework!" She responded.
"Yeah, that would be great." Tawny said politely. She knew she would never work with her. She got out a sheet a paper to take notes.
"Can I have a piece of paper? I left my notebook in my boyfriend's car."
Tawny handed her one. "Thanks. Yeah, he's great. I asked him out last night and he turned me down, but today he took me out to lunch." She nodded, not really listening.
She talked over the professor. "Yeah, he's so cute! He's really nice too." Tawny tried to block her out. "I love his hair! It's brown and curly. He's tall too, around six foot." Tawny stopped. Tall, brown curly hair. "He's a good kisser."
"What's his name?" She tried to sound uninterested.
"Oh, his name's Louis, but I call him Bruno."
*******
"Louis can I come over?"
"Yeah, sure Tawny."
"Ok, see you in a little bit."
"'K, bye." He hung up. Around ten minutes later he let Tawny in.
"Hey Tawny. Wanna go to dinner or something?" She looked away.
"Louis, do you think I'm stupid?" Tawny said, malice thick in her voice.
"No, why?" he asked, hoping she didn't know.
"Don't play dumb."
"Tawny, I don't even know what you're talking about."
"You're a jackass. Do you even know who that girl is?" Louis sighed. So she did know.
"She's my roommate." Oh shit.
"Tawny, don't get mad. I didn't know she was your roommate."
"Don't get mad?" she repeated. "I have every right to be mad. You were cheating on me!"
Louis diverted the topic. "That's not the issue. You never let me get close to you."
"Oh come on Louis! I do too."
"The only emotion you show is anger. You never tell me how you feel."
"Ha! That's funny. A guy talking to me about not showing emotion."
"Well it's true! You only show your emotions when it's almost too late." She rolled her eyes. Louis searched for an example. "Junior High! I had liked you for somewhere around two years by then. Yeah, that's right, cause we were in eighth grade. You finally told me you loved me when we thought I was moving to D.C." Tawny just turned and sighed. "Not only that, but I stole the tape Tawny! I wouldn't have even known if I wouldn't have stolen the frickin tape!"
"Louis, I was fourteen. Don't you think it's a little ridiculous to bring that up?"
"Ok then, what about junior year Tawny? What about that? I don't think you kissed me more than twice when we were going out."
"Oh, so now I'm supposed to french you every time I see you?" Tawny said sarcastically.
"How many times have we made love? Oh, I know the answer! None." Tawny was silent.
"Look Louis, if you wanna go out with Lauren, then go!" She slammed the door and left.
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Finally done! I started writing this chapter right after people reviewed last month. It took a while for me to process all my thoughts though. You guys are great, I appreciate all the reviews. Sorry I took so long....I'll try not to take that long for next chapter, but I'm not making any promises. Well R&R! Thanks
Ren117