Sorry that I haven't been working on this much, and this isn't that big of a chapter so sorry!!!!!!!! _


"Alright, class. The lecture is over, and remember, bring your books tomorrow! We'll be learning about symbology of the secret sect!" Avalon blinked as she leaned back from her book, realizing that the lecture had ended and that everyone was beginning to leave, chatting to their friends as they picked up their bags. The brunette raised an eyebrow. The secret sect? He wrote one of his books on that...Avalon sighed as she placed her notebook and pencil into her black messenger bag. She raised her bag's strap over her head to rest it on her left shoulder, letting the bag rest on her other side with her right arm against it. Avalon picked up her book with her left hand, and began to read as she followed the other students to the room's exit. Maybe I'm in too beginner of a class, she mulled impassively, as she waited for everyone before her to start moving. After all, no one here knows what the Last Supper is. That, or there's some guys who do know the answer, but are just too shy to speak up...She glanced around at the classmates she would have for a year, but all of them were talking to one another. Avalon sighed to herself and left the room once she reached the doorway, continuing to read her book.

Robert Langdon watched as the brunette girl walked out of the room, still reading, he noted. Another laid-back grade A student...he thought. Throughout the entire lecture, she was reading, only looking up to see the images and look back down. Robert only shook out of his thoughts, picked up his bag, and left the platform.

Avalon was walking through the campus of Harvard and heading for her car in the parking lot, since her symbology class was her last class for the day. She reached her blue 2008 Mitsubishi Lancer, and she pulled her keys out of her bag and unlocked it. She opened the driver's seat door and stepped in, placing her bag in the passenger seat. As the turned on the ignition, she placed her bookmark in her novel and positioned it on the passenger seat as well. Avalon checked behind her for any incoming cars or pedestrians, before backing up and driving toward the exit security post of the parking lot.

The yellow gate pole slowly descended to block her from getting out as she drove up, and she rolled down her window to face the security officer in the post. It was a grey-haired man in a blue suit with a tag hanging around his neck on a necklace. He smiled at her and asked,

"Leaving so soon, Avalon?" Avalon nodded and handed him her student I.D card.

"Hello, Jonathan. Yes, I just had my last class." Avalon knew Jonathan from meeting him at a coffee joint a few days ago. She had accidentally bumped into his table after she got her coffee and he accepted her apologies with a smile, as if his spilled coffee wasn't a problem at all. He was a nice man and offered to let her sit as his table.

"A little bit into art, are you?" Avalon blinked and noticed that the man was pointing at the book she got from the Vatican Art Museum while she was in Italy. It was filled with images of every piece of art at the Vatican. Avalon smiled and nodded after taking a sip from her coffee.

"Yes, I absolutely love art and the symbology of it, Mister...?" She hinted for the man's name and he laughed before he leaned forward with his hands folded on the table.

"Forgive me, where are my manners?" He held out his hand. "My name is Jonathan Benjamin." Avalon held out her hand and they shook.

"Avalon Howard, pleased to meet you." He blinked and his eyes widened.

"Avalon...Benvolio Howard?" he asked with a nervous voice. Avalon slowly nodded with pained eyes. Jonathan's eyes softened, and he leaned back. "I'm so sorry about your loss..." Avalon shook her head.

"Thank you..." she whispered softly. Jonathan nodded before asking suddenly,

"You go to Harvard, correct?"

"Yes, I start in few days from now." Her new friend grinned and said,

"That's good to hear. I work as one of their security officers at the parking lot admission post." Avalon smiled and leaned forward.

"Really? I-" Suddenly her phone rang and she gave Jonathan an apologetic look before pulling out her phone and flipping it open. "Hello?"

"Miss Howard, your books have arrived. The delivery man is waiting for you to sign it." The young girl gasped and replies,

"Oh, I almost forgot about those. Thank you, Thomas. Tell the man that I'll be there soon."

"Of course, Madam." She hung up and looked to Jonathan.

"I have to go. I'll see you at the university?" He nodded with a warm smile.

"Of course. Good day, Avalon." She gave her farewells, and left the cafe.

Jonathan nodded as he swiped her I.D through the scanner and replied,

"What class was it?" He handed her back the card as she answered,

"Religious art symbology and iconology." She placed her card in her bag as Jonathan raised an eyebrow.

"With Professor Langdon?" She turned back to him.

"Yup. He's...interesting," she commented awkwardly. Jonathan laughed.

"You'll get used to him. Trust me." He opened the gate and gestured toward it. "Off you go, now." Avalon drove off, shouting,

"See you tomorrow, Jonathan!" She saw him waving in her rearview mirror and she smiled before rolling up her window and driving off into the street.


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