Two weeks went by faster than Miral would have liked. It was time for registration again and she had a meeting with her advisor to schedule classes. Miral and John hadn't spoke about what classes they would take so she didn't know if they would have a class together this semester. It was probably for the best. Her thoughts were interupted by someone clearing their throat. Miral turned around to see John standing behind her. He looked good. Miral hadn't taken the time to notice just how handsome her friend w
as. He smelled good, too, but Miral didn't want to go there with her thoughts, so she spoke, "Hey."
"Hi. I uh was wondering if we could talk?" John was nervous and Miral knew why. They were finally going to have a talk about that night.
"Sure. My appointment with my advisor is an hour from now, so yeah let's talk." She smiled at him hoping he couldn't sense her nervousness.
They took off on a walk around the campus, neither wanting to be the first to speak. Finally, John spoke up, "Miral, I just wanted to make sure we're ok. I have been busy studying and taking extra courses so we could graduate together and we haven't talked really since you're birthday. I just wanted to know we're still friends and you don't hate me."
"Why would I hate you?" Miral was floored by John's questions of her friendship. Had she not made it clear to him lately that she still thought of him as a friend? "I don't hate you, John. I don't think I could ever hate you. We're friends, forever, got it?"
"Sure, I just thought well, the kiss thing, made things awkward between us. And I'm sorry, it just happened, ok? It didn't mean anything, really." Even as John was saying the words, he knew they weren't true. That kiss meant something, but something he wasn't willing to think about.
"Right, so we're friends and you don't have to apologize. It's not like you forced me to do it."
"All right. So, what classes are you signing up for today and which one of those are we going to have together?"
Miral grinned and grabbed John's arm, guiding him to one of the benches along the sidewalk, taking out her PADD they began to plan their semesters.